#magma!ruby au

[franticruby]

I’m not sure if you’re still in pokespe but i am horribly curious what magma!ruby’s lore is if you want to share anything!!! I absolutely love his design it’s soo good <3

hihi so sorry for the late response! and thank you SO MUCH i’m so happy you like my design!! i had to genuinely think about how to format this because this ask sent me on a month long ruby renaissance (he never left i just got real into some old interests for a couple weeks) and trying to think of a short winded way to explain my au because the original explanation i wrote was literal pages long 😭🙏 OFFICIAL MAGMA RUBY LORE! THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION MADE ME SO HAPPY

Magma Admin!Ruby, also known as Magma Ruby and Fourth Flame Ruby, is my take on the AU that I started working on a little over 3 years ago where Courtney began researching Ruby a lot earlier and thus scouting him for team magma. A lot of the au focuses on some hypotheticals i find interesting and some dynamics i really wanted to happen so really it’s just very self indulgent lol ^^

in this ruby never took the running shoes norman gave him and because of this he never ran off that cliff and never met sapphire/started the bet, instead being chased into a bush where he was helped by courtney. they get along pretty well, ruby likes that she doesn’t ask questions, and it’s just nice to have someone out there who believes in his contest career. she offers to let him crash at her place but he’s adamant that he can stay at hotels for now until that money starts to dwindle. courtney introduces him to tabitha, soft launches the idea of team magma, that seeds planted in his head, and then ruby’s flat broke. the contests aren’t covering all his expenses, he barely knows how to camp, and he’s conveniently got these two friends who’re willing to let him stay at their place. and what is that place? abandoned house.

what courtney failed to mention is that their pseudo-cult does NOT have stable housing but she assures him that it’s not that bad and brings him in to speak with maxie, who he actually gets along pretty well with. it’s clear that these guys are well established, loyal, and committed. he doesn’t really agree with what they’re doing but it’s better than being on the streets and potentially found by his dad. and so now he’s staying with team magma and all he’s required to do is help out a little bit with the stuff they’re doing, at first just some research, preparing food, even making some outfits which he’s excited to do, and in return he gets a room, meals, and… a FATHER FIGURE!?!?!

he gets emotionally attached to maxie. he’s a weak weak boy and very lacking in that department and now he just really cares about making him proud. now his responsibilities are piling up a bit and he can’t really travel a ton to participate in new contests, sort of at the whim of when they have to move bases, but they do so frequently enough that he’s still content. now he’s coming along on missions and doing some support work, still not battling, but then they’re on their way to steal the submarine when who do they come across? SAPPHIRE!! AND SHES KICKING THEIR ASSES!!!!!

most of the grunts are down so it’s really just tabitha and ruby, who’s helping out pretty minimally, mostly being lookout, but sapphire recognises him as a weak link and immediately attacks. ruby panics because this very strong, fanged, leaf wrapped girl is now tackling him to the ground and he doesn’t really want to fight her in front of all his coworkers so he ends up running away and leaving tabitha by himself. everyone’s pretty pissed at him for that because it cost them the submarine so courtney sits him down and opens up a little bit about her backstory and why she fights and how beautiful she finds burning things. this resonates with a ruby a bit and he starts to consider fighting again when necessary, at least to help team magma.

This au is stretched out along a longer timeline than canon, and when ruby meets blaise they are very annoyed with each other and begin a rivalry in which either one tries to become an admin before the other. over the months ruby climbs the ranks and becomes more ruthless and desperate to please maxie, not knowing that all the admins basically know everything about him and who his father is. after a successful mission, he’s finally promoted to admin, basically only so that he feels more indebted to stay with team magma and not because he really deserves it, BUT!! because of this he gets a little promotion gift.

tabitha is a bit of a blend between his rs and oras designs/traits and is a little more chill— but because of this he’s very technologically savvy and makes gauntlets and boots for ruby. all of the admins (also blaise but not yet) have their own little gimmicks, like his smoke putting people to sleep, blaise’s illusions, and courtney’s berries (also burning things to crisps but i see that more as her rejecting gimmicks) and ruby’s is vortexes of fire that are used to propel himself in the air. these are meant to parallel the running shoes ^^ courtney also gives him a solrock that’s his fire type

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i’m gonna take the promotion as a chance to explain sapph just a bit because i love her so much. i have more but this’ll be too long if i use it but basically i used this au as a chance to explore some themes i really like and wish were used with her story ^^

sapph, of course, doesnt meet ruby at the start of the arc, but birch does task her with being on the lookout while she’s on her journey. She’s just a little more messed up by the salamence incident and has more of a complex about strength and this’ll affect her a lot later on.

she ends up meeting wally in petalburg because she was sent to speak with norman a bit and helps him catch a pokemon, not lending him her own pokemon but encouraging him to be more active in the battle himself and kind of legends arceus-ing (i’ve never played it dont quote me on that but like. he didn’t fight the pokemon with his bare hands but he distracted it yknow lol) but then the earthquake happens and wallys washed away!!! and so she goes on her journey mostly as normal, helping mr stone and being given the letter, and then she’s approached about a capture of the museum because of some coverage she’s gotten under gabby and ty (i love them i need them somewhere) and goes to help out.

they’re not too hard to deal with but there’s this kid her age who’s doing an insane job picking apart her team but wont fight back when she comes after him? and she kind of tucks that away in her mind for later, but successfully chases them away and is approached by winona, who wants her to train under her gym and sapphire’s very excited about this! this guidance is really what she needs because she’s not really getting that competitive push, and she’s knocking out badges until the threat of team magma and aqua begin to be a little too real.

Since the story is drawn out a bit more unfortunately i do not know how to use the bet’s significance yet but basically it’s just like in canon where she abandons it for a bit because of everything going on😭 during this weird period she’s mostly jsut camping out and training and plotting and all that.

wally was found by mr briney and goes through a lot of ruby’s plot points until he returns to the mainland where his parents are of course a little very worried about him and bring him to verdanturf to recover, but he’s still doing his own training when he can. sapph is mostly hanging out between mauville and fortree and she’s still very close with and helping wally out while coordinating w gym leaders, but while she’s doing that who shows up to her campsite in the middle of the night? MAGMA ADMIN RUBY!?!?!!??

this parts confusing but basically ruby isn’t the strongest admin but he’s borderline maxie’s right hand man and assistant, and by this point since ruby’s joined team aqua and magma have been looking for the orbs for about a year.

it’s now june and they’re at a stalemate, so ruby’s been sent to negotiate with matt and shelly. the two of them want to speed things up and while aqua has the technology to locate the orbs, it’d be a lot faster if tabitha and shelly were to work together again, and so they temporarily team up to find both orbs faster.

eventually the locator is finished and there’s a mad dash to get the orbs, which are claimed by team magma!!! they celebrate and this is a huge moment for them all, but now suddenly this overarching goal that ruby doesnt really believe in is becoming a little too real, and he never imagined itd go this far. This is when team magma throws a party, drinking and eating for hours into the night, and the admins are DRUNK. and it’s let slip just how much they know about ruby’s past, which makes him furious.

ruby leaves the room, betrayed, and goes to speak to maxie for any reassurance from this guy he trusts so much. they talk for a bit and ruby tries to breach the subject of groudon a bit, asking just how serious maxie is about this whole thing, maxie takes this as him faltering and questions just how loyal ruby is to team magma. he backtracks and assures him that he loves this place, because he does, and wants to help them, but ruby also kind of has to come to terms with how far he’s willing to go. The conversation escalates a bit as ruby tries to talk him down but maxie’s very out of it and comes off way more abrasive than he should, telling ruby that he regrets making him admin over blaise. this sends ruby over the edge and he leaves, going to his room.

At this point he’s manic, he feels this intense loyalty to team magma, but also this sense of justice telling him he can’t let them get away with controlling groudon. At the same time he’s also just fearful and angry and wants to leave, and so he packs his stuff, breaks into maxie’s office, steals both orbs, and leaves. he runs and runs until he reaches route 119 and finds sapphire, who’s camping there.

now sapphire is very hostile towards him and for good reason, he’s supposedly evil, but he manages to explain himself and while she’s still skeptical, he allows her to take his pokeballs temporarily and stay the night. for a while they’re both very wary of each other and she’s very hesitant to let her guard down around him but he’s completely willing to expose team magma plans to her, just as long as she doesn’t rat him out to the gym leaders.

they camp a bit more, make plans together, bond a bit, and ruby offhandedly mentions that he was interested in doing contests in the hoenn region but wasn’t able to pursue it because of everything that’s been happening. sapphire admits that she’s been going through a similar thing with the gym challenge, and tells him that while she’s can’t commit herself to that dream she’s planning to travel to verdanturf and reconnect with wally, which would give ruby the chance to compete. he’s very excited about this and goes with her, where he also meets wally for the first time.

she tells wally about what’s been going on in hoenn and he’s very eager to help, but sapph says that he probably shouldn’t leave town for his health. this leads to all three of them LIVING TOGETHER!!!! while there’s still natural disasters happening and the teams running rampant (sapph and wally don’t know ruby has the orbs, wally doesnt know ruby’s from team magma) they actually are able to have a fun coming of age summer!

but by ruby’s birthday team magma is closing in on the orbs location and ruby is very very anxious about this. the three of them are still hanging out but there’s more grunts in the area and the presence of the orbs are really weighing on him, until one night wally comes to call him for dinner and ruby panics and drops the orbs on the floor.

wally walks in, sees these, and is rightfully very confused and upset. ruby swears he has reason for them and begs wally to trust him, and he gives him the benefit of the doubt in thanks ruby gives him celebi as a parallel to ralts.

not even days later the entirety of team magma is swarming verdanturf and sapph has called the gym leaders to the area in order to subdue the teams. ruby’s about to run, but when suddenly he sees blaise running around in an admin uniform, he becomes extremely jealous and ends up confronting them all. this is a TERRIBLE decision and obviously they all corner him, ruby asks why he was replaced, if he was really only chosen because of his dad, he only really wants answers but then a grunt notices the orbs and his bag and it becomes very serious.

suddenly he’s being attacked on all sides and starting to feel very cornered. sapph and wally realise what’s happening and run out right at the moment ruby pulls out the orbs.

(gore warning!)

sapph is PISSED. ruby’s not only completely destroyed her plans but also has been lying to her for ages. the contact with the orb is waking up groudon and kyogre and tremors and floods are beginning to happen around verdanturf. gym leaders begin to show up slowly and now in being surrounded ruby ends up absorbing the red orb and being possessed by groudon.

unfortunately ruby is 11 and extremely stubborn! and while he does in part want to use groudon to drive everyone away, he also doesn’t want to help team magmas plans, and also doesnt want the orb destroying him from the inside. so in trying to will groudon both back underground and out of his arm, the force of it causes the orb to explode inside his body, causing his arm to shoot off. and norman sees ALL of it.

and so he runs onto the battlefield, seeing his son for the first time in a year, and rushes him to a hospital. the red orb has exploded and thus there’s now no way to control groudon, that’s now gone back underground, and maxie is very frantically searching through all the blood for any fragments he can find. He finally stands and leaves without saying a word to any of his teammates, leaving them without guidance.

Archie, however, has taken the chance to steal the blue orb and fully control kyogre, turning the situation into a battle to stop team aqua. Sapph’s still upset of course but now she, wally, and the gym leaders (minus norman) are working with team magma to try and defeat kyogre, but before long central hoenn is almost destroyed.

Ruby’s been taken to the hospital but the orb took too much of a toll on his body and he’s died before he could be really helped at all. Everything has gone to shit and now wally has this very heavy weight in his pocket in the form of everyone’s favorite,,, celebi. the deus ex machina is included yeah. BUT!!!! celebi reverses time but goes to visit ruby in the instant of his death. they’re in the time warp and they have a wordless exchange where celebi offers to reverse ruby’s injuries and restore the orb, but ruby decides to decline this and keep the orb shattered in exchange for his arm. and yeah! he wakes up at home where his mom is by his bedside. sapphire is still very rightfully upset and while she is VERY worried for him, is physically too mad to visit.

there’s intentionally many plot points not wrapped up because i have an epilogue that’s almost the size of the main story and also this would be too long with every point i wanted to explain (this is insanely abridged) but that’s the main bit! the epilogue focuses much less on ruby and it’s mostly about/covers the equivalent of mirage island/juan, sapph’s gym challenge/very unhealthy mental state, each admin but especially blaise, amber, wally’s training, the salamence incident (we don’t have time to unpack all THAT during the fight!), wallace, etc. but ruby does get a lot in regards to learning to live as an amputee, trying to function in society as a criminal, getting along with his parents, etc!

umm but yeah! lmk if y’all have any questions i love to yap. sorry again this took so long, i’ve written this in my head/physically at least 7 times lol. i’m still trying to figure out how to work in emerald/oras so if y’all have any ideas lmk…

i also tried to draw out parts of this but i did not get far so y’all can have a couple lol

[defoozor]

Playing ORAS with friend, we randomly came up with faun Maxie and merman Archie idea

I’m being silly with it

[gleaming-glasses]

swap au where Maxie is the rambunctious scallywag and Archie is the one with a stressy job and big coat

As far as a story goes for Archie it taps into my head canon that he was mentored by Mr. Briney when he was younger and in this au followed more in his footsteps and became a sailor, and eventually captain, instead of a pirate.

Idk why Maxie’s a cowboy other then if Archie’s a pirate in canon then Maxie is a cowboy in this swap scenario

If these were Sygna suits Maxie would have a mudsdale and Archie would have a pelipper

[hollyhowl]

team magma in my rom hack basically

[sinnabonns]

Don’t mind the awful Shelly back pose, I got lazy 😞

But I really like their outfits and couldn’t help myself. And how could I not draw them ON their bikes??

[feralsciencenerds]

Grimsley and Tabitha both wearing kimonos would be super cute!

"My my, thank you for the suggestion~ Doesn't Tabitha look striking?"

OOC// Thank you for the ask!

[toucheholland23]

Doodles from the weekly magma 😆 ft. Pumpkaboo @jackobbit and Ruby + Sun from @system-anonymous ‘s Alice AU 🙌💖💖💖

[vivid-lite]

I return with COURTNEY

[curlycorzetti]

nice magma :-3 @bb-the-loving-bee @ratqueenlol2 @butterbuhgs

[gx-gameon]

Okay show of hands who’s played skyward sword?

Spiritshipping Skyward Sword Au

Brief overview and spoilers

The game starts with Link and Zelda and childhood friends who are obviously in love.

Zelda falls from their home I. The sky to the world below and link goes to find her.

Zelda is rescued by Impa, a servant of the goddess, who shames link for being to slow to save her.

Later we come to find that Zelda is the goddess Hylia reborn and that she needs to travel back in time and seal herself away so that her divine power can keep the Desmond king at bay.

Link forges the master sword, defeats the demon king x2 and saves Zelda.

Okay so now that we are roughly on the same page how do we make this spiritshipping? There are two ways.

1st option: Jaden as the hero

Let’s be honest Jaden is always the hero. If we follow this path Jesse is taken and Jaden goes to find him and you get a story that’s very similar to cannon but with a new flavor.

Make the Crystal beast fill Impa’s role as guardian and protector to their god.

Jesse fills the role of the reincarnated god either Crystal Protector or the Rainbow dragon themselves.

Jaden and Jesse go to hang out and Jesse is take down to the surface below. Jaden follows later after getting his own guiding spirit. In the game it’s a sword spirit named Fi. Here you could make it Neo but maybe a lower level Neos like Neos Alius as he will grow into his power later in the story. Or you could make it Yubel, again unlocking new levels as the story moves forward. You could even make it winged Kuriboh if you wanted.

Jaden and his partner go to the surface to look for Jesse. The first temple they are two late and run into Trueman, the servant of the demon king darkness.

Again the story continues with Jaden looking for Jesse. You could swap dungeon items with the Neospaianis. Instead of getting digging mits in the second dungeon Jaden finds Neospacian grand mole.

By then end of the story Jaden has his team of hero’s and a fully powered up partner (be it Neos, Yubel, or Winged Kuriboh and is ready to save Jesse)

2nd option: Jesse as the hero.

I really like this option because it’s a fun twist in cannon.

The start is the same with Jaden and Jesse going out but this time it’s Jaden who is taken.

Jesse worried about his friend goes to give chase. But first he receives a gift from the god. Ruby Carbuncle. A creature who can help him search for Jaden and guide him on the right path.

The two head down to the surface meeting many strange characters and entering the first dungeon: Skyview temple. An underground labyrinth found in the woods that is filling with water. Here Jesse finds his second companion: Emerald Turtle. Creating shield and walkways for Jesse as he moves and fights through the dungeon. Jesse also encounters Trueman for the first time. Jaden is not here anymore, but he was here at some point.

The next place Ruby guides them to is Elden Volcano. Here they enter the Earth temple. A place full of Magma and find their third companion: Amber Mammoth. He’s able to use his size to ram into the walls knocking down pieces of the ceiling to make new walkways over the magma and to aid Jesse in combat by taming enemies. They find chains in the dungeon that have been broken and Trueman tells them he had Jaden but the servant of the king came and saved him before Jesse arrived.

After defeating Trueman’s monster Jesse runs to the back of the temple where he finds Jaden and Yubel. Jaden is excited to see him but Yubel stops their reunion and shames Jesse for taking so long. That if Yubel hadn’t been there Jaden would have been killed by Trueman. Yubel then opens a portal to take Jaden to the next place they need to go. Jaden follows because he knows he has a role to play. Even if he wants nothing more than to stay and reunite with Jesse.

The third place they go to is the Lanayru Mining Facility, found in the dessert. There are time stone here that allow you to switch between the present dessert and the past oasis. Here Jesse finds Cobalt Eagle. He has the ability to create gusts of wind that clear the area of sand/debris. He can also grab Jesse or Ruby and fly them up. Opening up new mobility options and combat options.

Jesse completes the dungeon and runs out just in time to catch up with Jaden and Yubel. Once again their reunion is interrupted by Trueman. He goes to attack Jaden but is stopped by Yubel. Trueman is able to push Yubel back but before he can attack either Yubel or Jaden Jesse jumps in. Asking if he’s late again? Teasing Yubel for their earlier harsh comments. Yubel grabs Jaden and the two flee to the past while Jesse holds back Trueman. Yubel blows up the gate behind them so neither Jesse nor Trueman can follow.

Jesse’s now at a loss for what to do next Jaden and Yubel are gone, and there is no way to follow them. Ruby guides him once again and he learns about a second time gate and sets off to find the missing pieces

The next dungeon is the Ancient Cistern. Based on the Buddhist story of the spider tread there is a heavenly side to this dungeon and an he’ll side of this dungeon. The vibes best fit Topaz Tiger. He definitely helps in combat and is big enough for Jesse to snag a ride either on the ground or in the water. Tigers are great swimmers and this dungeon has a lot of water.

The next place is the Sandship. Another place with time stones allowing the sandship to be a rundown ship in the middle of the desert or a battle ship floating in the middle of the ocean. The corridors are tight and are a great place to as Amethyst Cat to the party (I wanted to add her in the first three dungeons but use and theme wise she works best here) she defiantly helps with combat and sneaks up on enemies to get double damage. Her and Ruby work together to find hidden parts of the ship and get Jesse into them.

The final dungeon is the Fire Sanctuary. A place that fills up most of the crater of the volcano. It has giant gaps between locations and either has to be carefully traversed from the inside of flown over. Finally Sapphire Pegasus is here. Once again a big help in combat. But also opens up so much mobility. While Cobalt could fly Jesse for shot distances and blow enemies and debuts away, Sapphire is made for long hauls. Jesse can ride on his back indefinitely. Making traversing the dungeon and other areas easy. Paired with a bow and Jesse and Sapphire are a real problem as Sapphire keeps Jesse at a safe distance while Jesse can just pick off enemies.

Together the 7 beasts and Jesse are able to travel to the part and meet up with Jaden. Jaden tells Jesse what happened in the past. How the Supreme King kept the world in balance, using the power of the Gentle Darkness to keep the Light of Destruction and the Darkness at bay. But then the Darkness took human form as the Demon King, also just know as Darkness, and waged war against the Supreme King. The King was able to save the world but at the cost of not only his life but that of the Fabled Rainbow Dragon. Jaden is the Supreme King reincarnated and it is his job to hold Darkness back. The Supreme King gave his life to seal Darkness away and now Jaden must stay in the past to maintain the seal.

After telling Jesse the legend of the Supreme King, Rainbow Dragon and the Demon King. Jaden reveals that if he is playing the Role of the King he will need the help of Rainbow Dragon to defeat the Demon King. He asks Jesse to find/free/resurrect Rainbow Dragon. (This will take the place of the triforce quest)

With a tearful goodbye the two separate and Jesse and the Crystal Beast are off to find Rainbow Dragon.

So those are the two ways you could play this au. Obviously I have one way more thought out than the other.

Which one do you guys like?

[razorblade180]

Not really in the mood for writing a prompt so I’m just gonna ramble about how cool Weiss is in TSF AU

I basically made her the closest thing to a witch I could without stepping into magic territory. It always bugged me how her semblance and Dust was so compatible but it was never tested to its limits, so I imagine Weiss learned to basically be a pro in the field of dust manipulation. Has a real intuitive sense for it, which is why her kids are so good for their age. A lot of it stems from always getting unarmed in battle.

She learns that she can grab a dust cartridge and put a glyph at the end of it to pull it out and construct things like a saber of pure Dust. Eventually she gets creative enough to throw vials and catch them with glyphs to trigger timed explosions.

In crystal form, Weiss gets the hang of making glyphs and simply pushing the crystal into it to create a flame thrower affect. The most reckless and dangerous trick is using the refined powder state. Even with gloves on, the margin for error when throwing or outlining a pattern with it is small cause a chain reaction could lead the effect back to her hands.

Dust for water isn’t actually a thing, but through countless trail and error, Weiss knows how combine fire and ice Dust to create the desire effects. She even helped researcher and companies create vials with ratios already mixed so other huntsman and individuals could have access to the element.

Is the one who helped teach her brother how to use their semblance. Also started the idea along with Ruby to plan “hunting trips” where Weiss or any of her relatives would go off to kill a powerful a Grimm to add to their summon abilities.

Weiss has in fact killed a dragon. Took her an entire month and she did it for free. She learned create magma during this time and gained a fondness for more practical uses of rock Dust. Eventually she learned to make constructs out of most materials. Even lightning.

Is the manger and agent for both of her children when it comes to their professional lives. Most collaborative works don’t make it past her before she even thinks about bringing them up to her kids.

Regularly considered Penny’s science partner in the study of Dust and its utility. One of them is also pitching ideas to the other and showing rough blueprint ideas. Their most popular hit and meaningful success is modern dust weaving into clothes. Suddenly, winters in Mantle weren’t as harsh and Weiss’s daughter could live an easier life with her condition.

Helped fund Oscar’s therapy practice. Was also his first patient. Some might conflict of interest. Those people don’t know Oscar “I’m not gonna sugarcoat it” Pine. Was a super big help in her darker moments after adjusting to parenthood and old family trauma.

Occasionally surprises her friends and family with appearing in a modeling catalog or runway. It helped her gain some confidence back after having twins. She also likes to make a point that Jaune’s wife is incredibly hot so there’s no point in random women thinking he’s going anywhere, and to make any guy that looked down on him feel shame. Jaune matches the energy by also looking gorgeous when the opportunity arises.

Weiss also makes no effort to hide any scars. That includes wearing a half shirt or bikini that shows where Cinder stabs her or the two scars on her face. That way her daughter and even her brother, feel more comfortable about their scars.

If you ask her what her biggest sacrifice is, it’s making sure she never matches hairstyle or clothes with her daughter. Weiss kinda misses the ponytail but Summer will look at her a little funny despite them not being the same kind. Eventually Summer will stop caring and rationalize they look alike regardless of anything they do. They’re both just two pretty ladies other people get jealous of. She doesn’t have this attitude with Winter!!!

The top of everyone’s emergency contact list. Also the only adult aside from Ruby that every child (except her own daughter) feels immensely comfortable with emotionally. Even Yang’s kid is pretty soft around Weiss. Practically karma for how much Weiss’s son adored Yang when he was little.

[franticruby]

Magma!Ruby meeting canon Sapphire ? 😮

she’s excited to have another fire type trainer :)

i think part of their meeting would be her getting a very straightforward example of the lengths of ruby’s self destructiveness so she feels very lucky that things have turned out the way they have here, she’s also concerned as to why she wasn’t there to stop it in his universe. a bit of misplaced guilt among other things, hard to express in the drawing but that’s part of her expression in the first panel

[zito-the-deino]

Guess whose creating another

fucking Pokémon AU~

It’s Hoenn this time however and a combination of not one, not two but three fanfiction ideas I’ve had over the course of the last few years. Hardenshipping at least past Hardenshipping is fully cannon here. The unwritten fic ideas are as follows ‘So much to say yet I’ve never been good with words’(Only one actually published but won’t ever be finished), ‘Of Numels and Carvanah’ and ‘Lapidary’. The last one Lapidary is what this AU is named; and the cause of the inciting exploding incident, not the inciting incident which timeline wise was years ago.

Maxie gets to be a very major player, being a main character that’s expected. His full name is Maximillian Agate Teach Akiyama. He is very private and not actually the head of team Magma. They’re just weirdos who believe he will be the one to awaken Groudon due to the apparent history and how much of Archie’s opposite he is. The fact that the legendary Pokémon are like Greek gods and capable of shapeshifting just makes everything crazier. Instead of May and Brendon we got Ruby and Sapphire as I like and understand their Manga personalities better.

The history is where shit gets interesting. Archie was raised by a person named Maris P. Teach who found him by the side of the road quite literally in a basket. Maris raised him for years every five of which the two would go to Mt. Pyre to see the orbs for “reasons”, ones Archie is unaware of. Anyways years later he got with Maxie and the two married and had kids, Clifton and Morgan. One night, luckily a date night between Maxie and Archie, Archie went mad as his ass gets possessed. He starts team Aqua and luckily doesn’t remember Maxie or the twins. The twins are currently in Maris’s custody, as team Aqua is attacking Maxie thinking he’s the Magma boss, Maxie is still heavily involved as in he spends a ton of time with them.

Gonna post more of this angst fest soon :)

[wormfunkie]

I was trying to just draw out some outfit concepts (cuz ruby is a seamstress in this au)

I also wanted to draw sapphire with some suit and vest type of concepts since I'm thinking she could be a bounty hunter (vs her going after the gym badges like in the manga instead she going directly for team magma and team aqua with the help of the gym leaders anyway..)

but my hand started cramping so this is as far as I got 😭

(I was also gonna add delcatty in here somewhere but you know..)

BASICALLY the idea is suppose to be instead of their bet where ruby is aiming to win all the contests within hoenn and sapphire get all the badges, their bet is based off who makes more of a name and profit for themselves

ruby's traveling seamtress where he sells his wears on the road (and always somehow runs into team magma/aqua for plot reasons)

or sapphire hunting down local bandits in the area and protecting the locals

idk Im open for ideas on this au tbh

[hollyhowl]

concepts for tabitha and devin for deepfreeze

[sinnabonns]

Okay but ummm… they’re bikers now!! :DD

Also here’s some better looks at the outfits and the bikes! Super silly idea that came from absolutely nowhere. I’ll probably come back to this one day.