#pokemon s/v

[paperbagedhead]

Bad end; but not 100% all bad.

[funkydenim]

happy (advanced) valentine's day from meemaw and peepaw!!!

[aidylweiss16]

Honestly, more than a little wrecked by the combo of Arven saying Penny's dad means well and Penny taking that little pause and accepting it.

[kogglyuffs]

doin another twt trend but w them lol

[roxannarambles]

I commissioned the wonderful @gotchibam to draw this piece and they just blew out outta the water, absolutely beautiful. There's not enough art of Nemona and especially not enough art of Nemona & Juliana, so I thought, why not? Not to mention I'm still salty about our Paldean friends being excluded from the DLC, so here's a little something to remedy that 💜🧡

In honor of the art being finished, I'll even post a Juliana/Nemona scene from my Teal Mask Rewrite fanfic that was mostly obscured due to Carmine and Kieran's hijinks. Because I did in fact have the whole conversation written, but I didn't put it all in since the 'ship really wasn't the main focus of the story. Scene behind a cut in case folks are not interested in 'ship stuff ^_^

They wandered the outskirts of the festival, the mood cozy and comfortable as they chatted under the light of the lanterns.

In the midst of their discussion, Juliana was saying,

"I dunno, I still think maybe I shouldn't have played Fezandipiti instead of Carmine."

"What? No, you did great, what d'you mean?"

"Well I just felt kinda bad, she seemed really deadset on it."

"Nahhh, she volunteered to be Munkidori! It's fine."

Juliana tossed the remains of her candy apple in a trashcan as they walked by. She sighed,

"I guess so. Though I got the feeling she only did that 'cause-- uh."

She hesitated, hoping Nemona wouldn't notice.

"Cause what?"

"Nothing, nothing."

"What?"

"It's silly, it's-- well. She made that weird comment, um. Thinking we were girlfriends?"

". . . oh."

There was an awkward pause as the two walked. After a few moments, Nemona asked,

"Does it bother you?"

Juliana asked cautiously,

"Does what bother me?"

"Just, um. People thinking . . . that. I mean, if it bothers you, we can tell them we aren't--"

"What, no, it doesn't bother me!"

"Oh, okay. Are you sure?"

Juliana laughed.

"Of course! Why would it? Like . . . somebody thinks I'm dating the coolest, most kickass, smartest girl in my school, oh nooooo, how awful, whatever shall I do?"

She'd held a dramatic hand to her forehead as she'd said it, and Nemona groaned,

"Unnngh, c'mon, Jules."

"What?"

"I really wanna know if it bothers you, I'm being serious--"

"I'm being serious too!!"

They slowed to a stop near some park benches. Nemona cast her a wary glance.

". . . you are?"

Emphatically, Juliana answered,

"Yeah, of course, I'm dead serious. You're the coolest, most kickass, smartest girl in my school."

"Nnngh, Jules!"

"What?? Nemona, I know you hate compliments but I am gonna keep saying it until you accept it's fact--"

Nemona buried her face in her hands, saying,

"Noooooo . . ."

Juliana drew closer and gently grabbed her hands, pulling them away from her face and holding them. Gazing deep into her eyes so she knew she was serious, Juliana told her,

"I mean it, Nemona. You're incredible. Every day, you inspire me. You attack life with everything you have. You love so deeply and you never let anyone stop you, no matter how often they've tried. You're sweet and you're brilliant and you're kind and you're literally the most amazing person I've ever met."

Blushing intensely, Nemona squeaked, "Oh . . ." Juliana let her hands go and cleared her throat. "S-so, uh, yeah, I mean . . . it doesn't bother me." "Okay. . . t-that's good. . ." "But, uh, hey, if it bothers you if people think we're girlfriends, I mean, that's fine--"

Nemona cut her off, voice incredulous; "--bother me? Of course not! How-- if-- if we were girlfriends I'd be the luckiest girl in the world!" Juliana blinked at her, startled. With dawning realization, she breathed, "Oh . . ." "H-hypothetically, I mean . . ."

Lips twisting into a wry smile, Juliana nodded, "Right, of course."

Her glance shifted away, and after an awkward pause, she ventured, "So, um . . . hypothetically, if we were girlfriends . . ."

Nemona answered quickly, "Yeah?"

Juliana's eyes returned to Nemona's. She inched closer to her, almost imperceptibly, and continued carefully, "Are you . . . the kinda girl who likes surprise kisses or likes to be asked, orrrrr . . ."

Nemona considered the question seriously before shrugging. "I mean, either's good, I guess it depends on the situation. . ."

“Okay. Got it.”

They gazed at each other in tense silence. The seconds stretched on and felt unbearably slow; one second, two, three . . .

Then Juliana took a breath and blurted,

"Could I kiss you?"

Nemona's eyes widened, almost comically large. She automatically wetted her lips and swallowed, her gaze flitting to Juliana's lips and then back again to her eyes. She stammered, ". . . u-um, h-hypothetically, o-or . . .?" Juliana laughed softly. "For real." After a lingering pause, Nemona nodded, a burgeoning smile threatening to overtake her. Juliana slowly leaned closer and lifted up a little on her toes; their eyes slipped shut as their lips met. It was very tentative at first, slow and careful and awkward, but it was also soft and warm and kind of wonderful.

Juliana felt Nemona's hand cradle her jaw as she pressed closer, deepening the kiss. Juliana could swear it felt like something bright and hot was thumping in her chest-- like hot coals being stoked to life.

"All right, EAT DIRT, DORKS!!"

She startled at a sudden shout and the force of something impacting with her back. A few seconds later, she realized it was a snowball.

[ashendemon]

GEN 9 STARTERS

[neatokeanosocks]

I think Arven got his mullet because he was raised by mabosstiff, which possibly has the mullet-y-est evolutionary line to ever mullet. Since Mabosstiff's been sick, it hasn't been able to trim Arven's hair, so it's a bit grown out in the game! And yes, i am using this comic to promote my fizzgig maschiff agenda. It still works with canon maschiff too though, since it also has a mullet!

keep reading if you want a good moment ruined.

[luxaria-nocturne]

My favorite unintended consequence of GF not confirming the Pecharunt Possession theory is that they've now made a perfectly valid reading of Teal Mask where Kieran has secretly been a necromancer this whole time. What brought the Loyal Three back? His latent powers over the forces of life and death, of course.

Somebody get him a honorary Hex Girl outfit.

[funkyjeans]

officer, what do you mean 'the creation of paradise may bring ecological disaster'?

[wwyptt]

A finished painting? An end-of-year miracle! Make me a believer, Koraidon Konversion on the Road to Mesagoza Watercolor, 2022

[levienjoyer]

they are best friends your honor!

[howaiiii]

timeskip versions of arven and penny!

arven works under kofu at his restaurant and pen is currently head of the pokemon league's cybersecurity department

[funkydenim]

HAVE YOU FOUND PARADISE YET?

[aidylweiss16]

I did enjoy the Teal Mask/Indigo Disk DLC, but I'm gonna be forever mad that my squad didn't get to do a dang thing in it.

I want to see Penny roasting Drayton.

I want to see Kieran and Nemona interact, since they have the same motivation but have taken completely different responses to it. I'll take the weird love triangle that would probably ensue since they are both definitely interested in the player, I just think it'd be healthy for Kieran to see someone handling it better!

Let Carmine tease Arven for no good reason.

Going back to Area Zero would have been the perfect excuse for it, but instead we just got all new characters and left the old ones behind and I don't know why it had to be that way.

[hero-of-leaf-valley]

Kieran does not “deserve” to get Ogerpon. Like… you realize he didn’t love Ogerpon right? Because he didn’t actually know anything about her? He loved the Ogre? That was “so cool and didn’t care what anyone thought about it!”? The Ogre that ended up being nothing like the sweet, scared, lonely, very much wanting to be liked creature we actually met? He didn’t love Ogerpon, and the whole point is that even if he did you don’t get to Deserve a living thing with thoughts and feelings and wants of its own. He didn’t love Ogerpon because Ogerpon wasn’t like the Ogre, but she IS like Kieran, and Kieran didn’t even like himself. He wanted to be like the Ogre, and wanted her to be too.

[roxannarambles]

I've made a wonderful discovery about the size of my Pawmi