#same with matt and archie

[jadeazora]

Mentally, where is Courtney right now because it sure as hell ain't here. Not that I blame her with the other three 😂

[fukutomichi]

Game of Thrones / S06.Ep07 - The Broken Man House of the Dragon / S02.Ep07 - The Red Sowing "Other houses chose dragons, krakens and lions for their for their sigils. We Tullys took the trout, that most terrifying of fish, especially when it leaps out of the water. I suppose you don't have many options when you live in the Riverlands."

[therealkittobitto]

kill 10 matts or kill 1 j

can i kill myself instead? please?

[tenaciousarcadeexpert]

list of young actors of color who deserve to have more recognition and opportunities as actors like Glen Powell, Jacob Elordi, Timothee Chalmet etc. It would be refreshing to see more of these talented and underrated actos of color in lead roles, whether in action and sci fi blockbusters, even rom coms

*Note, the list consists of actors born within the 90s-2000s. This might not be a complete list so whoever sees this is welcome to add more actors that I missed. I might update this post from time to time

basically a sequel to this post dedicated to young actresses of woc

Manny Jacinto: It's a crime that he's not cast as a male romantic lead in rom coms. He was so talented in the acolyte and he deserved the same career Glen Powell has. It's a crime he's not in more projects as a lead

Rege Jean Page: he's born in 1988 but I had to include him as he deserved the same roles and opportunities as his co worker Jonathan Bailey. He still deserves a career outside of bridgerton

Caleb McLaughlin: It's very telling how he's not in a lot of other projects (major blockbusters) out of the rest of the young and mostly white cast in stranger things

Ncuti Gatwa (he deserves the same appreciation and opportunities David Tennant and Matt Smith got post Doctor Who)

Danny Ramirez

Anthony Ramos

Rish Shah

Charles Melton (it's a crime he didn't get an Oscar, here's to hoping he gets more major roles)

Ross Butler (Look at him, let him play an action hero)

Ryan Potter

Justice Smith

Archie Madekwe

Jacob Batalon

Dev Patel

Mena Massoud

Mason Gooding

Darren Barnet

Justin Chien

Xolo Maridueña

Justin H Min

John Boyega (still deserved better than the way lucasfilm and star wars sidelined him in favor of A*am D*iver)

Aryan Simhadri

Jose Andres Rivera

William Gao

Tyler James Williams

Ramy Youssef

RJ Cyler

Dallas Liu

Victor Alli

Archie Renaux

there's more but unfortunately, tumblr has a 30 gif limit

[pigeon-wizard]

Pokemon RSE/ORAS AU where Archie x Maxie, Shelly x Courtney, and Matt x Tabitha, are all happening at the same time and everyone is constantly working under the pressure of everyone else finding out their Romeo-and-Juliet-esque romantic situation

[tanyafreemont]

as is customary for me now i made notes on the space baby talkback! obviously space baby spoilers below so read at your own risk. but once more i present:

NOTES FROM THE SPACE BABY LIVESTREAM

8th February 2025, 8pm (my time, GMT) / 3pm (ET) / 12pm (PT)

Section 1: Preshow

I only caught what I assume to be the end of the preshow as I joined about 5 minutes before the show began! But this is what I got from that.

Space Baby is learning about the world through episodes with themes - Jaime described this as being like Sesame Street.

Each creator based their minisode on a "show bible" given to them by Jaime, which included the tone, aesthetics, and prompt; the creators didn't see each other's minisodes, and this was their first time seeing the finished product too

The format is a singular episode made of many minisodes which all have the same theme. On youtube these minisodes will be released separately.

Section 2: Space Baby

no notes here i was too locked in watching it

Section 3: Talkback

Jaime described the theme song as "Duck Tales and Gummy Bear with farts", and went on to discuss the "baby liquid noises" in it

We are all Space Baby (learning about the world/seeing the episodes from his perspective, through his eyes)

Minisode 1: Missed Connections (discussed with James Tolbert and Matt Dahan)

This episode was a Plan B - the first idea was scrapped as it wasn't in keeping with the theme of ennui, but it will hopefully be used later

Concept: what do we do when we are without our phones? (Phones being seen as a solution to ennui, so what happens when we don’t have that.) Matt said “the connections we make when we allow ourselves”.

Music: starts off quite disjointed and disconnected much like the people on their phones, then as the phones are discarded the drums, shaker, guitar, etc are added (described as puzzle pieces fitting together). When the phones come back it reverts to the disjointedness.

Dance: each person ends their phrase where the next begins

Use of colour: only red when the phones are there, full range of colour can be seen when the people connect

Creating a dialogue without speaking

Network Notes (discussed with Leigh Lahav)

Concept: “a helpless, lonely creator who succumbs to the whims of people who don’t speak his language”

The voice could be anything – aliens, inner voice…

For the voice, a “unique but familiar” sound was used with the theremin. Associated with spooky 50s horror B-movies (also Severance incidentally)

Leigh noted the use of VHS rewind throughout the show – 90s feeling of eras being mashed together, using example of 1920s-30s Looney Tunes and 1950s Hanna Barbera cartoons on VHS tapes in an increasingly digital era. Influenced style of the minisode with the Hanna Barbera type style, VHS rewind, theremin, PNG background.

Song is a take on Sugar by the Archies

Theme for all the minisodes – “what would Jaime like?”

Ruthy at Bat (discussed with Curt Mega and Angela Parrish)

This was shot 4 times as they were unhappy with the first 3 versions

The song devolves from cheesy and positive to scary and creepy. “What are the grossest things I can think of?” - Angela (thus HAD to include 2 girls 1 cup reference)

Jaime talked about the ability to take the grotesque and make it palatable and friendy

The guy who invented the WWW is called Tim Berners-Lee and I did message someone about that during the minisode because I knew who they were on about. And now they’re confirming it. (not integral to the notes but I wrote it down so it’s going here)

We’re hopefully getting a soundtrack release!!! And maybe a less abrupt ending (though to this James said “this is what they deserve” so maybe that’s a no on the ending)

Hey Baby (discussed with Denise Donovan)

What makes Space Baby so beautiful is the range of effort. Denise shot her piece in about ten minutes

She loved dating shows as a child e.g. The Dating Game so this helped inspire it

The inspiration for her character, Celeste, came from an inside joke with Lauren Lopez where they both call each other Celeste and act as independently wealthy women from the 90s

Celeste is a divorced corporate woman. Her ex-husband, Tom, couldn’t hack it. She played team sports competitively in high school and “took everything she learned in team sports and now the board room is her court”.

She’s the kind of relaxed mother who would plan something if she had the kids that weekend, but wouldn’t feel guilty about having a little Pinot Grigio too

Despite Denise saying that she put very little effort into her part Celeste in fact has a very fleshed out backstory and we would love to explore this further.

Hey Baby came together as they wanted as many people as possible in one sketch, and this could be filmed all over the country. Jaime sent everyone a purple rose so there was a more unified design, and gave them all one minute to make a character for a dating video. The time limit and improv of it all made it more low stakes.

Only Jaime knew what everyone else had done – the coherency of it was purely coincidental (“my sausage…” “not very long though!”)

The little PSA thing James did (did this have a name? I didn’t catch one) (discussed with James Tolbert)

Based on these shitty kids’ PSAs from the 90s with really famous celebrities, about how to be a better person.

The children in this (and Tim in Ruthy at Bat) were Curt’s students.

Pixie’s Playhouse (discussed with Tessa Netting)

Curt gave the overall vibe and Tessa ran with it

Took inspiration from Big Comfy Couch

Pixie is played very bubbly but also with a lot of sadness, lots of subtext. “Something is not right with Pixie” – Jaime

We need a Pixie deep dive a la Celeste!

Kim was not informed about Mann E Kim before its arrival. Curt did not tell Kim about it right away even when it was in their house. Mann E Kim was returned to Amazon.

Mann E Kim wears one of the Beautiful Blond Boys wigs from NMT2!

New Starkid merch needed: Starkid Skin Mask! (apparently it is VERY skinlike.)

“Do you think we killed him?” - Tessa, discussing David Lynch

Box (discussed with Sinead Persaud)

“Sean, who is here in spirit, much like David Lynch- EXCEPT SEAN IS ALIVE. GOD” – Jaime

I Saw The TV Glow / Zoom vibe

The idea for this came pre-Space Baby!

It’s about getting so lost in routine that you don’t see evils creeping up (usually evils from within, like mental health), and how things often have to be very upsetting/perilous for someone in order to be enjoyable to audiences

Jon arrived to the talkback and said that his partner studied mime, but he only showed the minisode to her after it was finished. He plays a mime

This was the second time Jon was cast as a mime in about four months, he says that these things come in threes so waiting for the next Jon mime

General talkback resumed! We all want to see more Celeste. Jon said “I yield my time to Celeste”

The next prompt may be decided by other people – maybe the audience? The chat seemed hooked on “whimsy”

James has secret projects. He mentioned also a musical miniseries based on Space Baby!!!

Space Baby is purple because this is Starkid’s unofficial colour.

Jon also has secret projects.

& this is where my notes end!

[toasttt11]

first game

October 2, 2019

Hayden spaced out as she was eating her pregame meal and flinched slightly when Ellen sat down next to her.

“You okay Haydes?” Ellen asked her looking at her in concern. Ellen knew what today day, Harrison’s birthday and Hayden’s first game.

Jim and Ellen had come to Edmonton for Hayden’n first game as Hayden and Quinn are playing each other so they get to see two of their kids play their first game.

Luke was very upset that he couldn’t come because he had two games the same time in Michigan and he wanted to miss his games to be able to see Hayden but Hayden managed to convince him to play his games and she had bought him the Oilers package so he could watch every game of hers if he wanted to.

“Yeah.” Hayden nodded not showing much emotion making Ellen worry more. Ellen has noticed how off Hayden has been since she moved to Edmonton and she had a feeling it has something to do with the fact Hayden is living in her childhood house and it’s only reminders of her parents and Ellen is sure the rink has just as many reminders of Harrison and instead of Hayden healing she’s worried Hayden is just sitting in her grief.

“Okay.” Ellen accepted Hayden’s answer not pushing her, she leaned over and pressed a kiss to the top of Hayden’s head, “You can tell me if your not.” Ellen quietly reassured Hayden.

Hayden nodded and stood up putting her dishes away and her phone in her pocket, she hugged Ellen and Jim and petted Archie before she headed into the garage and got into her car and started the drive to the rink.

Hayden pulled into the arena and parked in her spot, she stood her breath and let out an annoyed chuckle as her first ever game would be on her father’s birthday, something she would be happy about if he was alive.

Hayden took a deep breath and knew she needed to enjoy this as much as possible because that’s what her parents would want, they would want her to be happy and to enjoy all of the moments, so she promised to herself that she would try.

She grabbed her headphones and pulled them on and turned on her playlist that is from Jack that has become a routine to listen to before games.

Hayden grabbed her keys and played with the little croissant keychain that Matt got her years ago that she keeps with her always. She fixed her outfit, she was wearing a pair of black pinstripe pants and a white long sleeve with blue converse.

She got out of her car and walked past all of the cameras into their arena, she headed down the hallways nodding to staff as she headed to the locker room.

Hayden paused by the mural of her father and pressed a kiss to her fingers and pressed her fingers to her father’s face, “Happy birthday Dad. I’ll make you proud, i promise.” Hayden mumbled barely audible.

Hayden took a deep breath and headed into the locker room and to her stall.

Hayden didn’t really linger around any of the team and headed right to her stall and in her own little world as she got dressed in her warm up outfit.

Hayden liked to warm up alone now that she doesn’t play with Jack. It was weird playing games and not having Jack there, not being on the ice and immediately knowing where Jack is to pass, not having to tape Jack’s stick, no longer having celly’s with Jack.

Hayden has and will always think of Jack as her other half, her platonic soulmate, the closest thing to a twin she will ever have and it’s really difficult not knowing seeing him everyday and no longer knowing everything going on in his life.

Hayden shook her head and headed out of the locker room and warmed up until she had to go back to the locker room and start getting ready for her first NHL game.

Hayden slipped off her father’s bracket into her stall and tucked her mother’s necklace under her compression shirt.

“Ready for this?” Connor leaned over and asked Hayden once she was done getting ready.

Hayden looked at Connor and saw his encouraging eyes and she nodded making him smile slightly and clap her shoulder, “Than go enjoy your lap, rookie.” Connor told her with a fond smile.

Hayden nodded and stood up and followed Leon out of the locker room, she got many pats on the back and fist bumps as she walked down the tunnel for her rookie lap.

She paused at the ice and looked up quickly scanning her father’s banner hanging and took a deep breath before hopping onto the ice and knocking pucks onto the ice. Hayden shot a few pucks onto the ice and skated around the half.

Quinn watched with a fond and very proud smile watching his baby sister complete her rookie lap.

Hayden finished her lap and looked over at the Canucks bench seeing Quinn already watching her proudly and she smiled seeing him.

Hayden skated over to the end of her bench as Quinn hopped onto the ice and skated over to her, “Happy first game.” Quinn smiled softly and pulled her into a tight hug, he squeezed her a bit tighter hating that she doesn’t get to have her parents on her big day and he wished they were here too.

Hayden let out a small fond laugh and hugged her brother back, “See you after.” Hayden patted his arm and sent one more smile.

Quinn nodded and smiled at her as he watched her leave.

Quinn and Hayden both got lucky as Quinn was staying in Edmonton the night and most the day tomorrow so they get to spend time together, something that Jack and Luke are both pouting about.

Hayden finished warming up and got ready for the game to start. She was on a line with Connor and Leon, a line she has been on a lot in practices and preseason games and it’s a damn good line.

Hayden was proving immediately she is a damn good player and playing so smoothly as if she has been in the NHL for years already.

Before the first period was over, Connor skated down the ice with the puck and passed across the ice to Leon who stick handled the puck before passing the puck backwards through his legs right to Hayden and Hayden smacked the puck right into the back of the net.

Hayden let out shocking laugh and beamed as she realized she just scored her first goal in the NHL, she was hugged from both sides and Leon and Connor were both beaming as they celebrated with her.

Hayden laughed giddily in the hug making Connor and Leon share a determined look knowing they wouldn’t stop until they got Hayden to smile and laugh like that more.

Hayden skated by the bench hive fiving her team and saw Quinn on his bench sitting closest to her bench and he had a very proud smile on his face and his hand out for her. She smiled and high fived him.

Hayden didn’t score another goal in the game but she assisted on both Connor and Leon’s goals in the game. The game ended 3-2 and Hayden won her first ever game.

Hayden was taking off her gear in the locker room as Connor stood up holding the puck from the game, she didn’t know it was the one hit into the net.

“Great game everyone and a good way to start the season. I think it’s obvious who’s getting this today.” Connor told the team as he shook the puck in his hand, “Hayden. Well done today and congrats on your first game.” Connor gave her a smile as she stood up and took the puck and accepted the small hug from him before she sat back down.

Hayden didn’t mange to escape media as it was her first game so once she finished answering all of the questions she took a quick shower and got dressed.

She grabbed her things before heading out of the locker room and down the hallway seeing Ellen, Jim and Quinn all waiting for her.

Ellen smiled seeing her girl and pulled her into a tight but gently hug, “Well done Hay.” Ellen praised her goddaughter making Hayden flash a thankful smile at her.

Jim pulled her into a tight and pressed a kiss to her cheek.

Hayden leaned into Quinn’s side as his arm rested over her shoulder as they walked out together.

[starlightseer]

Behold! My new Team Magma and Aqua OCs

They are the medics for their respective teams since I doubt these freaks can go to hospitals without getting arrested.

On the left is Meredith, the medic of Team Magma. She's a happy-go-lucky sort of woman who keeps lollipops on hand to give to the grunts like they're children. But she is also a former military field medic and has a tendency to make jokes about amputation.

Moreover, some of her practices are dubious at best (Tabitha doesn't need to know his testosterone is sourced from Makuhita). Regardless, her team loves her and many of the grunts would plant c4 in your house if you upset her.

On the right is Arthur, the medic of Team Aqua. He's stressed and overworked, often times seeing the same grunt(or Matt) multiple times a day. He hates his job and has taken up smoking to deal with the stress. Oftentimes Arthur smokes while patching people up, as ill advised as it is.

Furthermore, he has a tendency to lecture the people he's patching up if he views the injury as stupid or acquired due to recklessness. Early on I can imagine him lecturing Archie and when Archie pulls rank on him, he just threatens to make the process of getting the stitches in as painful as he wants. Archie shut his trap and respected it.

[fractalunicore]

Some head canon stuff below…

Maxie doesn’t get any chocolates on valentines, but it’s fine because he’s not really a fan of them. If you were to buy him some though, caramel or other rich chocolates would be fine and if you’re feeling particularly generous Liquor chocolate would also be greatly appreciated. Sniff… Only hypothetically though… sniff…

Tabitha is well liked and gets chocolates from everyone in the office. He’s not super picky but has a soft spot for anything coffee flavored and quite likes dark chocolate. Tabitha finds himself sharing most of his chocolate with Maxie during meetings.

Courtney gets the same packet of white chocolate on valentines every year from one of the lower ranking grunts, but prefers sweets. She really likes anything strawberry flavored, but gets really picky with the brands.

Archie doesn’t really like chocolate but appreciates the gift anyway and will happily share it with his crew, especially if some people didn’t get any valentines at all.

Shelly loves chocolate. If you give chocolate to Matt or Archie, chances are most of it will end up with her. She doesn’t eat it very often though, so she’s got a massive stash hidden somewhere. I’m sure no one will notice if a couple of boxes were to go missing, just don’t let her catch you, I’ve heard she gets pretty vicious.

Matt likes chocolate. He mostly ends up with protein bars though from well meaning grunts . If Shelly were more intent with stealing those than his occasional sweet treats he wouldn’t be searching so desperately for that stash of hers… His attempts are often fruitless.

[amberlin1]

The more I try to add to my criticisms of Reality War outside of the Narrative, the more I'm finding people who've already mentioned it. I would just be redundant to the conversations.

I want to talk, though. So I'm gonna try once again.

1) Ncuti was great in the role, and I loved his Doctor. He was the Doctor I introduced to my boyfriend, and I think he did a fantastic job of it. At the conclusion of the season, I wanted more of him. I wanted better for him. The story tried. The story fell apart. If the Doctor didn't already have decades' worth of character development established, I'm pretty sure the Doctor's own story would have morphed into something completely unlike the Doctor. Same thing happened with Matt Smith. The writing fucked these amazing actors over.

2) to say I was disappointed with the "Poppy is Belinda's daughter" reveal is an understatement. It was established that she was a Nurse full-time, with roommates, in her 30s, no nonsense, has no problem calling out the Doctor for his manipulation. It was Rory meet Donna in a little Indian package.

Poppy was established as an alien, lab grown space baby with no mommy or daddy, hence the Doctor's I'm not your daddy, but I wish I was. Ruby's not your mommy, but we will still help you all

Belinda and Poppy didn't even meet properly in Season 2. Poppy waved to Belinda in the Anansi ep, which led up to wishes and stories being connected. How were these two connected by blood? What about her life in the flat suggested she lived with a toddler in the flat with 2/3 other people? What suggested her parents were doing her a favour to be wrapped up by 7:30 am on the 24th?

3) People said Ruby got sidelined for the other companions. I didn't see that. If anything Belinda got sidelined. She got put in a box with the memories the wish world gave her clashing with her real world ones, and she didn't even show any sort of conflict. She didn't show any emotion past reflecting what people's words suggested she be like.

4) I was so Jazzed when Archie Panjabi was revealed to be the Rani. Rani means "Queen". We have a woman of the Indian Diaspora fulfilling a leading role in the Timelord society. The franchise has seen a lot of Gallifreyans, but only the Rani and the Master can be considered the Doctor's peers. She's fulfilling women's wrongs through STEM. It was iconic when she bigenerated, and immediately took charge from Mrs Flood. She aimed to be mother of the new generation of Timelords.

And not only did you have her put down another Indian woman, you had her eaten, and gotten rid of. While the white Rani steals the time ring and fucks off.

5) shut the fuck up, Kate, this ain't about you. Ruby is giving a shit about this child that the Doctor did everything to save, and who disappeared in spite of it. Her entire speech is stressing the importance of saving this child's life, and RTD has Kate insert herself into the conversation, when her life is fine, and her relationship to the Doctor isn't as close as she describes it. "Sometimes I think we're all your children" No. Shut up. This ain't about you.

5 and 6 could be one point really. Season 1 dealt with elements of society that affected different areas/people. It handled it well enough that I didn't have any criticisms to this level, nor did I see any to be made.

But the minute RTD introduces a POC, it's like he panics, and immediately writes them off because he doesn't know what to do with them.

7) back to Ncuti, like, okay, I get you wanted David to launch the franchise again and bring in the new people who'd watch on disney+. I mean he's been 3 other versions of the Doctor already, but, sure let's add a fourth. If it was David alone, I'd say it was a good move to have him before Ncuti because, again, eyes on him, and now they fall to Ncuti. And again, Ncuti proved, even before Doctor Who, that he's a helluvan actor. But sandwiching him between David Tennant and Billie Piper? Both are fabulous actors. Both are established in the franchise. Having both like that just take away from Ncuti unnecessarily.

For that matter, that's what having David as the 14th after Jodie Whittaker did to her. She has her arc but it was overshadowed for fanservice. At this point anime fanservice with boobs breasting boobily and pantyshots is more bearable.

RTD could have handled this better. He destroyed his own story and misused his own cast, and especially his protagonists.

I hate it

[datusaguy]

All TMNT Shredder’s Revenge Color References - Mondo Gecko

Other Color Reference posts are linked at the bottom of this post.

I made some posts back when the first Shredder’s Revenge dlc came out detailing the references of all the additional colors (to the best of my ability). As there’s 2 new characters out, that’s plenty of new colors to detail and I’d feel wrong not checking them out again. Feel free to give me any additional info/corrections you might know and I hope you enjoy checking this out.

Now is time for Mondo Gecko. Given the importance of his skateboard and the fact that the place I normally took screenshot in doesn’t show his skateboard for some reason, I took these pics in the first level instead.

# 1 - Normal (87)

# 2 - Super 7 Ultimate Toy - I believe this toy is basically just one of his Archie designs but all the other characters had a Toy color as their 2nd pallet which is why I think it’s specifically from the toy.

# 3 - IDW Comics

# 4 - Archie Comics - I think he primarily used a design like color 2 in the Archie comics but he seemed to have this one as well in some of them.

# 5 - 2012

# 6 - Matt McMuscles (Avatar)? - I’m pretty unsure that they’d extend their color references to an online content creator and it’s not a perfect match. Plus I don’t know if this guy skateboards

The coloration though of a blue character with lots of purple and some yellow feels by far closer than anything else I could think of. Plus McMuscles I believe is a fan of beat ‘em ups, including this game.

(I kind of want to contact him to see his input on it, but idk).

Edit: As Fabuloustrash05 said in the comments, it might be the Mondo Gecko from mutant mayhem. Stuff like the lack of orange, a different color of eyes and a shade of blue skin that seems different, I feel like that might not be right either but I’ll list it as possible since I don’t feel confident in my initial guess and lacking a mutant mayhem color seems wrong.

# 7 - Bart Simpson - I’m not sure they would want to extend their references to characters in non-TMNT media for anyone (besides Usagi) and an Orange shirt I think would fit better. It is pretty close to Bart’s general color scheme and Bart iconically does ride a skateboard. Perhaps the blue shirt is a reference to specifically Bart in the Simpson beat ‘em up.

# 8 - Matt McMuscles? - I feel like this might be referencing a real life pro skater given it’s one of the only outfits with eyes that’d fit a human character. I couldn’t find anyone it’d fit though.

While looking for pictures of Matt McMuscles’ Avatar, his actual general clothing choices reminded me of this skin. Perhaps someone on the dev team are big fans of his.

# 9 - Mirage - I don’t believe he actually appeared ever in the original black-and-white mirage comics, but he already does appear in one of the Mirage levels in survival mode (side note, he won’t appear there if you’re playing as him).

# 10 - NES - He never appeared in an NES game I believe but given the TMNT have multiple NES games and thereby skins based on it, he has one to fit in line with everyone else.

# 11 - Gameboy - Basically the same as NES

All other Color References posts:

1. Karai

2. Leonardo

3. Michelangelo

4. Raphael

5. Donatello

6. April O’ Neil

7. Splinter

8. Casey Jones

9. Usagi

10. Mona Lisa

11. Mondo Gecko

[official-team-aqua]

Welcome to the official Team Aqua blog!

Admin Shelly here! Our blog is currently under reconstruction, but feel free to send in asks anyway!

OOC: howdy. this blog is set in the continuity of a fic i'm writing and as such diverges heavily from the canon of the rse games. please feel free to dm me or send an ooc ask if you'd like to know more, if you want to check in before sending an ask, if you want to set up a story beat, or if you'd like me to tw tag anything.

magic anons and pelipper mail are both off. eebies, sapient pokémon, and self-insert fallers may interact. i'm iffy about fallers from non-pokémon media, so i may not interact with those characters. please bear in mind this blog is low-stakes before sending an ask. it also does not share a continuity with any other pokémon irl blogs except the ones i run.

feel free to direct asks to archie, shelly, or matt. if not otherwise specified, assume it's shelly doing the blogging.

these characters are adults and sometimes discuss adult topics. if you don't want to see this content, block the tags "tw sex mention", "tw dick joke", and "suggestive".

also catch me over on @may-maple-blog, which exists within the same fic continuity.

[throuple-tournament]

When I was searching for an image of Maxie, Archie and Matt from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Pokemon Emerald and Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Adventures I found that there were two different Archies.

Are these two different Archies or is it the same character with different designs?

[mattswheeler]

closed starter for @archiemorgan location: archie & hazal's place

"Damn." Matt said as he looked around. "Still can't believe you guys are living together. Might have to have a conversation with Hazal that she can do better." He teased his best friend and nudged him a little as they walked through the house. "But really, this place is amazing. Safe to say she did a lot of the decorating, huh?" He knew what it was like. Logan did the same at their place. He helped where he could, but she had the magic touch.

[ambivalentatmosphere]

actually time for amano opinions no one asked for about the aqua/magma admins and their gen 6 updates

courtney: i think we can all agree that gen 6 courtney is infinitely superior because she's an actual character with plenty of traits to draw from and an interesting reputation as the loose cannon in the otherwise very organized team magma, gen 3 courtney in the games is a nothing character and while she does get a little more characterization in pokespe it's basically the classic villain lady has to be redeemed and have a crush on the protagonist which is fucking weird considering ruby is half her age (i do kinda like the lore with her being friends with daisy oak though) why did generations make her a psychic i don't fucking know but she's fun as long as she's not being weirdly horny, there's really not much of a reason for both of them to exist together but gen 3 manga coordinator courtney does have some potential

matt: gen 3 matt is quite possibly the single most underwhelming character in hoenn, even his pokespe version is only memorable for trying to drown people with an azumarill that one time, but gen 6 matt is in this awkward spot where he's somehow a much better character with a LOT of personality traits to draw from with the contrast between his design making him seem like a brute than his personality turning out to be quite likable and funny until he literally tries to blow up the region out of spite but somehow he's ONLY remembered for being hot and having a crush on archie like we all know i'm a buff man enjoyer but matt has that spice that could elevate him it's just not being acknowledged, gen 3 matt has basically nothing going on that could make him coexist with the updated version but it's okay because gen 6 matt has so much underused material to work with

tabitha: this is the Discourse Character because gen 3 tabitha and gen 6 tabitha are EXTREMELY DIFFERENT from each other and i understand why people would prefer gen 3 tabitha because he does have some cool appearances in the anime and we all love buff brawler men in this house but at the same time he's so extremely plain that sometimes i reblog tabitha fanart here thinking that it's just some normal grunt, gen 6 tabitha is extremely overhated considering that the biggest reason for it basically amounts to people not liking his design because he's fat and assuming that he's a joke character because of it even though he basically has the strongest characterization out of all 4 admins, gen 3 tabitha feels like a slightly upgraded grunt while gen 6 tabitha really feels like the second-in-command and because of that i could actually see the two of them coexisting as independent characters

shelly: this one's kinda up and down because much like tabitha her gen 3 version is given a lot of screentime in the anime and as such there's a good idea of who shelly is in that version but at the same time she doesn't have a lot of characterization other than being loyal to archie and kind of a badass, her design is BY FAR the best out of all 4 admins in gen 3 though, as for gen 6 shelly she's given a lot more personality as archie's childhood friend, a really competent scientist who's the first to figure out that something's wrong and take action about it, formerly working for devon and getting really depressed in the second half of the game but at the same time unlike her counterpart tabitha it feels like her character still revolves way too much around archie because she doesn't have a lot of unique quirks, i don't really see gen 3 shelly and gen 6 shelly coexisting as much because they're not that different personality wise but i kinda want it to happen because gen 3 shelly's design is THAT bitch

[kurtbusiek]

What are some good PI/mystery novels you enjoy that you can recommend?

When I felt in the mood for a comfort read, I’d often turn to Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder novels or his Bernie Rhodenbarr series -- the Scudders are dark, the Bernies are funny, but a stack of those would keep me reading not just for the plots but to see the leads and the ongoing supporting characters interact and develop over time. Others that work well for me: John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport novels (and his Virgil Flowers novels, which are sort of a second-track for the Davenports, interacting often) have a very satisfying sense of work-related bullshitting -- the mystery always gets addressed, but the crime-solvers have a great sense of co-workers who’ve been together for long enough to comfortably banter back and forth. Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller novels work very well as series reads too -- it’s actually worth reading Connelly in publication order, because even when he starts a different series or does a standalone novel, characters from those books wind up showing up in other series books, so it’s rewarding to take in the whole universe of Connelly crime. [Sandford does this too -- there are a few novels that focus on other characters and then they show up in the Lucasverse, which is enjoyable.] Robert Crais’s Elvis Cole mysteries are not only enjoyable reads, but the characters and mood develop a lot over the series, so they make good multi-book reads, too -- and again, there are characters who start out in their own novels and then feed into the Elvisverse. The standalones that don’t connect tend to be extremely good, as well.

Donald E. Westlake’s Dortmunder series and his Parker series (under the name Richard Stark) are very much not PI novels -- both characters are professional thieves, though Dortmunder’s world is one of comedic disaster and Parker’s is tough and spare and mean, and both are great. There’s even one book (JIMMY THE KID) where the Dortmunder gang decides to follow a crime plan from a Parker novel and the chapters alternate between the tough-guy procedural and the comic everything-goes-wrong. Dick Francis’s racing mysteries rarely have series leads (there are a couple of leads that recur here and there), but the novels all take place in the horseracing world and the leads tend to be similar, so reading through a stack of them can be a lot of fun too. I’m sure there are plenty I’m leaving out -- I like the first 13 or so Spenser novels by Robert B. Parker, but think that after that they largely get less and less interesting, though the banter is always readable. Laura Lippmann’s Tess Monaghan novels have a lot of engaging growth and change to them, too. Chelsea Cain’s Archie Sheridan/Gretchenn Lowell serial-killer novels are unsettling but, again, have change and growth over the series. When I was younger I loved John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee, but I fear those haven’t aged well. Hammett and Chandler are the classics of the form, but the Continental Op doesn’t change or grow, and I never read Chandler’s novels in chronological order. I also remember scarfing down Leslie Charteris’s Saint novels and Manning Coles’s Tommy Hambledon, but haven’t read either for years. I’m still sure I’m forgetting series I love, but that ought to be a respectable list. As for where to start in all these series, I’d say start at the beginning for most of them. Maybe start four or five books in with Lucas Davenport, because he got more interesting as he went. The same might be true for Elvis Cole, and with Robert B. Parker I’d say start with MORTAL STAKES. If you like them you’ll eventually want to read the early ones, and they’re not bad, it’s just that the series kinda rev up a few novels in as the writers find their footing.