#lack-two

[pokedex-holder-pink]

Re-reading the b2w2 arc after 5+ years and omg the way i screamed at this panel

The way she didn't leave HIM. The way she made sure he was okay, despite how he made her feel a few chapters back (realizing he was only nice because he wanted to use her for his goal).

SHE MASSAGED HIM DESPITE NOT WANTING TO BE TOUCHED BY HIM BEFORE, JUST TO UNFREEZE HIS BODY.

Say what you will about how these two can be toxic to one another in canon. That Lack-Two is a menace and should not deserve Whi-Two in any way (and don't worry, I agree)...

But this. This just takes the cake for me, and I think this is why I ship these two despite Kusaka's open defiance to give us a proper plot between them. Whi-Two is supposed to be the "criminal" here while Lack-Two is the "enforcer" (of the law), yet somehow, time and time again, Whi-Two shows that her ideals and values are what's supposed to be strived for because it results in people actually being saved. Lack-Two on the other hand, walks with this blind ideal of holding up what's systemically correct—something he only LEARNED thru lessons and not necessarily through experience, and, more often than not, he ends up causing harm (either to Genesect or the people around him) trying to uphold these ideals.

I just wished these two ended up working together more, with Lack-Two's flawed ethical standards slowly being questioned and destroyed from the ground up the more he stands next to Whi-Two. I've seen pokespe do it time and time again, so why couldn't it have been done for this arc.

B2W2 breaks my heart tbh. It had the capacity to be one of the best, with all these parts being set up to move, and these thematic dilemmas being laid out. But at least we have scenes like these that people like me can deep read like a mad man. The canon Lack-Two and Whi-Two relationship is not necessarily the best (especially if stood against the agencyshipping of it all), but gems like these are what make it really worth exploring. At least for me.

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Blake (4th May)

Pokémon Adventures

[pokespefangirl]

"Don't worry, miss Whitley." Looker's sternly raised eyebrows barely matched his soft voice, "That man won't bother you anymore. He's said so himself." Himself?

Whitley had expected to feel relief.

Instead all she feels is the shock draining down to the rest of her body as if she's a poorly made sink.

"Miss Whitley?" Looker continued, concerned, but Whitley still remained frozen. Cold winds are blowing over from the dock where giant white ships are delicately floating but she's sure that's not the reason chills are being sent throughout her skin to her very fingertips, anxiety pacing her heart as beads of sweat form on her warming temple, "Miss? Did you listen to what I just said?"

Whitley looked at the elder, finally registering that, yes, he was still there.

And she was still here.

Something about that seemed deeply unfair.

"Great." Looker smiled, and Whitley found herself robotically releasing the luggage as the elder Detective rolled them away, a "thank you" coming little by little out of her lips as she struggled not to search for yet another memory of doing something similar with Blake that would bring her nothing but a world of hurt.

"Me, Hugh and Leo will always be in communication." Looker continued, before waving to some of the ship workers, "We have also paid off these guys. They will take care of you while you're uncover."

Whitley knows she's supposed to feel grateful.

No, but all she does, is miss him pathetically, childishly.

Only he can take care of her, not anyone else.

"Oh, what?" Looker says, and his nervous tone of voice as he looks behind her immediately makes her perk up, entire body no longer limp like it could be falling any second, "Superior, you're here? What happened?"

She almost doesn't turn around, fearful that it wasn't real, that she'd misheard, but sure enough…

It's him, in the corner of her slowly opening vision.

He gazes at her with only a blank and robotic stare.

"Oh," he says as if it's just a casual Sunday encounter and nothing that happened between them had ever mattered, "You're here." Then, the corner of his lips tilt to form a clearly fake smile. "Don't worry, I won't take up much of your time."

No. Don't leave. I need you here.

[dummymango]

Sorcerers Lack-Two n Ruby 4 the funsies, they're besties

THIS IS A TRANSGIRL RUBY POST!!! DO NOT TAG AS GENDERBENT

[pleucas]

joyride!

[nonbinoclard]

classic toxic yuri btw.

[mishy-mashy]

Unovan Pokemon OC fic (based on the manga), featuring:

Exploring what happens to cochlear implants in the Pokemon world

Beep. Beep. Beep.

[Hint: NOT GOOD.]

Blake being scared of taco trucks

He was not keen on eating food from a place that would be gone the next day.

Jerry ignored him, pushing him toward the bright yellow truck that certainly could've been written up for parking in a no-park zone. But only Blake would know that, and so kept quiet.

Looker being terrible at being inconspicuous

"Hello, young man. I'd like to talk to you about a recent incident."

Jerry stared, mainly at his huge nose, plastic glasses, and even a plastic mustache. All attached to one prop.

The man wore a trenchcoat belonging to those of drug dealers, big leather shoes, and a strange fedora.

He also just came out of an alleyway.

"...."

Jerry's hand moved toward a pokeball.

Friendship?

Jerry looked up at the door, clearly listing whose inhabitants belonged.

Blake

Jerry

He twisted the doorknob, walked in, and—

"Oh! Hello!" Blake waved, in the middle of unpacking a box.

—closed the door, immediately walking away.

Not knowing what meat or dessert is

"Jerry, what food do you remember growing up?" Blake asked, looking up from his recipe booklet.

His gaze moved around, thinking, before saying "... I remember a slab of brown meat. And broccoli. And a whole apple."

"......"

"..... Dude, do you even know food terms?" Hugh made a face like that of a Swadloon.

Jerry stared at Hugh. Then, he whispered, "I don't know."

Looker is comic relief

"Young man, are you okay?"

He looked at Looker, and felt his stomach kick itself again. Bile rose up, and he ducked his head, immediately throwing up into the can.

Did he really have to look at me and throw up? Looker sweatdropped.

"Sorry.. I can't help it. You.. blugh.."

Looker, uncomfortable, looked away with a little sweat on his face. But he was mainly concerned, sticking a hand in his coat. "Goodness."

Listening to the boy's dry-heaving, he pulled out a pad of napkins and held it close enough that he could see it.

"Here. Wipe your mouth."

"HURK!!!"

[raepliica]

i think they should take turns cuddling for healing purposes

[zillychu]

I NEED Loop to be further tormented by finding out confessing to their party doesn't break their loops, and Siffrin wishes to see Loop again so hard he pops out of the favor tree so he gets to be Loop's guide

[deikshen]

Shen Yuan is a young demon prince from a rather unimportant kingdom; actually, his kingdom and his race of humanoid demon-snakes are actually so unimportant and unimpressive that not even Emperor Luo Binghe had been interested in getting the lands, or control of the kingdom... Or any of the princes! Of course they are loyal to the Emperor and serve under him, but... Luo Binghe hadn't tried anything!! Not even once!!!

Not that Shen Yuan is offended, though, the Emperor's HUGE harem is a crazy thing... He doesn't really want to be there nor anything like that. But it can't be a little hurt in his pride that the kingdom he grew up in and adores is so uninteresting to someone like the Emperor.

However, the final straw comes when Luo Binghe marries an Eastern Bird Demon Princess. Yes, she may be pretty as a painted doll, but the Eastern Bird Demons have shitty behavior! They are less interesting than Demon Snakes, much more flattering and fragile, conflictive and above all hypocritical! They don't even have their own venom or are capable of hunting their own prey!! They were just tasteless birds with huge tits and wings that shouldn't allow them to fly because of their anatomical inaccuracy!

"If you're so upset with Junshang's marriage decisions, why don't you marry him?" his younger sister says one day, fed up with Shen Yuan's ramblings. And Shen Yuan thinks, well, it's not a bad idea. Even if his sister didn't mean it at all...

But Shen Yuan KNOWS that he really needs to get the Emperor's attention before he just walks up and says "we have to get married, Junshang, because I find it disrespectful for you to marry with all the boring demons in the realms except my type. Which just happens to be me and not my older brothers or younger sister. I'm the only one willing to fix this."

... No, he would be dead before he even said Junshang correctly. So Shen Yuan must... Conquer the Emperor's heart!

Well, considering the huge harem, it's not a difficult task apparently. He will only have to pay for some rumors and stories of how some wives got to that place, prepare lots of court gifts and organize a big engagement party. After all Shen Yuan is very persistent and, above all, patient. He will obtain the Emperor's hand in marriage, and prove that his kingdom is not some insignificant little thing that can't even get the Emperor's attention!!

...

And one day, Luo Binghe starts to be attacked with stranges gifts.

They arrive at his office by confused royal assistants. And those gifts are the rarest and most expensive ones: swords made of crystal bone of an abyssal creature of the rarest kind, flowers with letters which explain all the effects on the cultivation of mixed-blood creatures, venom from a mythical beast thought to be extinct that can be consumed and used as a spice in recipes (which was accompanied by long letters containing strange cooking recipes that Luo Binghe had never heard of, and a more personal letter claiming that it would keep the Emperor entertained, since his mysterious penpal had heard that he enjoyed cooking).

The gifts keep coming, but they get stranger and stranger each time.

Crowns and hair jewelry of reverse reef corals, hairbrushes of mythical blue jade? Handmade perfume floral and exquisite that gave him peace just by smelling it? The essence of a flower that a single drop mixed with dry powder would work as the longest lasting eye paint?

Even silver scales of some demon presented with rubies and diamonds in the embroidery of a... wedding robe??? Exactly being the emperor's measurements????

Someone is... courting Luo Binghe? With useful and exquisite gifts, letters full of excessive details of someone erudite and chaotic, all with that strange air of mystery and power behind it? The servants who leave the gifts are mysterious, pale-featured and somewhat serpentine; Luo Binghe finds it strange to think that this kingdom is behind all this. Why would they do this if after of all, is the kingdom from which his cousin comes? Why would a kingdom that Luo Binghe is already a blood ally with want to deepen an alliance?

But that doesn't take away the absolute surprise that Luo Binghe feels with every gift, the way that every day he wait for something, even if it is a detail, a flower, a letter, anything. Luo Binghe, the Emperor of the Three Realms... is being courted for the first time.

He had courted all of his wives effortlessly some and with ease others. They had, of course, exchanged gifts with him in addition to the pleasures of their company… but none had even attempted to return the courtship. Luo Binghe had never considered it an offense, of course; before being an Emperor, he was a nobody. Now that he was an Emperor, he was just taking from the world what was his.

Being courted was not something Luo Binghe had given much thought to. Now, however, he is being courted by some anonymous suitor seeking his attention, and Luo Binghe doesn't understand why or how the hell he no longer has his future spouse at his desk, probably leaning on it, so Luo Binghe can lavish his attentions to thanks for every detail.

If it was his turn to be the sweet maiden who is courted and pays with his body and attentions, at that moment, even if he doesn't know who the hell his suitor is, Luo Binghe is definitely very interested.

[humming-fly]

Team Dark Week Day 6 - We love a good view at the end of a hike~

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[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Blake (4th May)

Pokémon Adventures

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

genuinely is my brain erasing itself or is google/tumblr censoring that post about notre dame and old growth forests.

[pouletpourri]

black spy being a jokester is a headcanon that lives in my head rent free

[forgettable-au]

HOW ARE WE FEELING ABOUT THE NEW DELTARUNE NEWS???!! Just two months more...

I wanted to make something to celebrate, but I have NO time soooo here's another WIP for the animation I'm working on hehe

[egophiliac]

should've just let Vil be the one to fly, it would've gone SO much easier. 😔

also HEY how are everyone else's pulls going, because I have had the most RIDICULOUS luck, seriously, halloween magic is 100% real