#tera type variants

[crewofthegoldrush]

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a crossover design idea as a gift to my party. i had a lot of fun keeping the designs to just the starters and deciding which PC matched the best. each have their own unique tera types that i tried to reflect in their designs

[rotisserie-panda]

In exploring Paldea my wife, Delaroux stumbled across an unnusual Lilligant that had a dual ghost typing! We have named her Spider and are keeping a close eye on her. I'll have to visit @prof-peach and see if she's seen this variant before!

[appropriate-as-always]

thinking back on it, I would have been fine with them scrapping the Tera phenomena if they had given out more paradox forms distributed as a mega-evolution adjacent phenomena

like the ability to swap one of your Pokémon into the future or past depending on your game would have been a great way to reintroduce a favorite mechanic (megas) while still calling it a “new feature” of the Paldea region

[ask-meowscarada]

Fenne: "Woa! Your markings changed when you used that water type move, did something happen when you did it?"

(From @askfenne !!)

( Context 1, 2)

(( Here's a bit of trivia about Charade's type changes!

For those who don't know, Meowscarada's flower when in bloom bears resemblance to a pomegranate, which you can read more about on Bulbapedia. The meaning behind the flower in the base design is what inspired me to have her flower change based on her type!

As a Water-type, her flower is based on a white water lily. The bulb is replaced by a lily pad. The idea to change her cape (for all forms, but especially this one) was inspired by these Meowscarada variants by mykocalico!

As a Fairy-type, her flower is based on a pink shrub rose. While I can't find an exact name for the species, these roses are called "The Fairy" by some gardeners (it's also a plant in Stardew Valley). I think the design for the bulb was based on a generic flower bulb, but I can't remember (I'll update this post if I figure it out)!

As a Dark-type, her flower is based on the genus datura, one of several plants commonly known as moonflowers. Not only does this beautiful flower bloom at night, but their poisonous properties have led them to be commonly associated with witchcraft! The bulb is based on the datura's seed pod.

If Charade becomes a pure Grass-type through her ability, her appearance is the same as her default. (Don't fix what ain't broke, right?)

I've always loved the idea of weird type changes, like with Delta species and Tera types, so I'm glad I get to play around with it in a milder form! Then there are, of course, the Hidden Types of this blog... Maybe some day I'll come up with more hypothetical Protean type changes for moves like Thunder Punch or Triple Axel. ))

[le-pokerus]

GAME FREAK: You can get a Mew in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet but the Tera type is random and you can only one per save so you can’t get every variant of this event Pokémon

Me: Bet

[kourabiedes]

Let's talk about Ogerpon!

I have several headcanon ideas for this little creature and you all get to suffer with me. Pure speculation and noncanon ideas follow. Most of these were developed with the considerable help of @the-starkindler!

adorable face, 10/10 no notes (drawing by @funakounasoul, thank you love!)

Let's start with a big one: The Ogerpon living on Oni Mountain is not the only member of her species. She is a member of a rare, Hoenn-based species. In the wild, they use tree bark to protect their faces, and -- being Grass-type Pokemon -- they can manipulate said bark into a useful shape. Imagine like, the Koroks from Breath of the Wild, only instead of leaves they use tree bark! This is also why the Ogerpon of Oni Mountain can carry her Teal Mask (and others) around -- she makes it smaller to carry under her cloak.

What if Ogerpons were like Deerlings and had different seasonal appearances? The Ogerpon of Oni Mountain would almost certainly be a summer variant.

Does this mean the Ogerpon of Oni Mountain is special? Sure it does. The masks made for her with shards of Tera crystals are wooden, allowing her to manipulate them just like her wild counterparts would their bark masks, but we already know that Tera crystals have some wild effects on just about anything they come into contact with. So, in theory the Ogerpon of the Teal Mask/Indigo Disk is the strongest of her kind, based entirely on her extra weapons in the form of the special masks.

Ivy Cudgel, though, is a move they all share. Don't go cutting any trees in their home forest down or you'll get to see the power of their Big Bonkin' Sticks firsthand.

Their home forest is probably limited to a small, difficult to access part of Hoenn, likely in the neighborhood of Ever Grande. Basically the Poke-equivalent of Okinawa.

One could probably make more masks like the four Oggy has and give Ogerpons even MORE type options. I would bet the craftsmanship of the masks has to be absolutely stellar though, and of course getting Tera crystals to work with might be tricky for the average person.

LOOK HOW CUTE SHE IS. L O O K

Bonus from @funakounasoul

[ask-directorsada-and-friends]

Professor Lucina Sada was used to giving presentations. She was used to seeing her fellow professors. Sada was even used to being called nuts.

She was not good with surprises. Especially when she was running on 48 hours of coffee and little sleep.

So, as she prepared her notes for her presentation at the conference, walking through the Great Hall of the academy, the last thing she needed was for someone to tap her on the shoulder. So, when someone did, she swatted away their hand, not looking up. Whoever it was didn't seem to get the hint, as they did so again. "Go. away. I'm busy." She growled through gritted teeth. Hopefully this wasn't a poor student she just scared again- Jacq and Salvatore refused to let her live that down.

"You know, it's considered rude to not look up at the person talking to you, mi corazón."

She froze. That voice...

Whipping around, she was face to face with Professor Andres Turo, fellow Pokemon professor, co-creator of the Tera Orb, and... her estranged spouse.

Who was now out cold on the ground following her fist connecting with his face.

Whoops.

Ms. Tyme was NOT happy with her reaction, stating she couldn't have waited until she was in private to punch him?

Hassel, Saguero, Salvatore, and Dendra had to pay Raifort after she won the bet over how long it would take for them to be in the same region before she punched Turo. Miriam is amazed at how fast she moved, while Jacq... he missed the whole thing, having instead chosen to catch up with his brother and cousins over lunch in town.

Kukui, who witnessed the entire thing, was laughing his ass off.

A few hours before the conference began, she went to apologize to Turo. After all, he didn't deserve to be punched (well, he did, just not like that). The moment he opened his door, she ended up punching him again.

Augustine ended up having to sit between the two once the conference began. He'd managed to get them to agree to speak in private later, just for now to please stop punching the man when children are around. Jacq was sat besides Sonia and her assistant Hop- his baby cousin, as it turned out- while Juniper sat with Elm and Birch. Rowan, Oak, and Kukui had found themselves at the other end of the oval conference table, Oak's grandson Blue nearby with Bianca of Unova discussing their friends and their habit of "vanishing without warning anyone". Lucas and Brendan were discussing regional variants and the mysterious 'Hisuian forms' that once called Sinnoh home. She knew Champion Leon of Galar had accompanied his brother here, but he had opted to explore the academy instead, stating he probably wouldn't understand much of what was to be discussed.

Sada figured that as they were all here, she might as well take the chance to explain the strange multiverse she had experienced. Kukui had already been filled in, having dealt with something similar a few years back, so at least he wouldn't think she was crazy... at least regarding this.

"Fellow Professors and researchers, I welcome you to Paldea's esteemed Naranja Academy. As you all know, it is here where Professor Laventon studied and is said to be inspired to create what we now know as the very first Pokedex." The director began, gesturing to a framed photo hanging up on the wall between Rowan and Oak. A man with tan skin, a bowtie, and curly hair smiled back from the image, a plaque beneath it reading Professor Laventon, shortly before his trip to document the Pokemon of the Hisui region. "Since then, advancements in not only what he first documented but beyond in the area of Pokemon research have soared far past what we can expect he ever dreamed of. A computerized Pokedex, studies into baby Pokemon, the rediscovery of the Fairy Type- thought to have been lost since he first documented it- and Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Dynamax, and Terestalization are only scratching the surface of what we have done here. Why, our academy's own Jacq Sycamore created the very first Pokedex app to document and study the Pokemon of Paldea and the regional forms that live here." She paused to take a breath. Alright. Time to drop the bombshell she knew.

"And during this time, we have witnessed strange disturbances in space-time. Laventon documented what he called 'Space-Time Distortions' in Hisui, rifts in the fabric of time and space that dragged Pokemon from different places and eras to the location they formed in. We have seen in Sinnoh and Alola that such things are possible- that multiple universes can exist. What I have discovered recently is-"

That was when the door to the conference room opened and someone tumbled inside. Wearing a labcoat (a rather outdated one at that) and a purple hat, the person seemed to be confused and surprised, hugging a bundle of papers to his chest as he groaned from where he landed by Sada's feet.

Sycamore was already helping the man up, but upon seeing his face he scrambled back, letting go and accidentally dropping him. The room was in a stunned silence before Rowan, the most senior professor (or second most senior professor now) spoke.

"If I am not mistaken... Is that Professor Laventon?"

(Hehehehehehe Sada sees Turo- OHKO.

Sees him again- OHKO

so @askprofessorlaventon and I have been planning this for a bit now. If you follow my other Pokemon ask blog, @silentzoroark, you no doubt saw the beginning of this.

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

Been binge reading your poke pasta stuff, I don’t see much it especially reader fics so I’m very greatful. I saw your explaining new gens to Glitchy.

If you could please write that or with another character if possible! (Btw my fav piece of urs was the reader saving Blake 🙏🙏🙏🙏 luv him sm)

“Oh hey, Gold! There’s a new kind of Tyranitar that I think you’ll love. Wanna see it?”

Nodding, the limbless trainer floated over, sitting down beside you on the bed as you showed him your [Scarlet/Violet] game.

While the rest of the pokepasta trainers either rejected or were indifferent to newer generations of games, Gold was impressed by some of the new features, such as the Mega Tyranitar you showed him earlier today.

You had a feeling he’ll adore this version just as much.

“So here’s a Tyranitar, but from the future. It’s called Iron Thorns.”

He blinked in surprise upon seeing the robotic dinosaur with metallic armor on your screen. It had bluish-green liquid encased inside it, visible through transparent pieces.

His face didn’t show much of an initial reaction, but you went ahead and explained the gist of Paradox Pokémon without diving too deep into spoilers (not that you think he’d care about them, but you’re considerate).

“That’s..really cool..” He rasped after you finished, giving you a small smile. “Are there-?”

"Jeez, are they running out of ideas or what?”

You jumped, completely forgetting that Glitchy Red was also in the room with you. 

He was in the corner, looking through your trading card collection when your rambles of Paradox Pokémon got his attention--while also irritating him at the same time. It was enough to make him snap the book shut and teleport over to you, huffing.

Normally, he wouldn’t care about all this new stuff; he only got curious when you mentioned Charizard’s mega evolutions, and he thought it was a cool and simple concept: a more powerful form of a Pokémon done via a special stone, with its appearance depending on the game.

That didn’t sound too bad.

But then he accidentally put himself into a Diggserby’s hole when he wondered out loud what else changed in the series. You ranted to him about regional forms, Ultra Beasts, Gigantamax, Z-Moves, and Titans.

Suddenly nothing made sense to him, and it gave him a headache as he simply wondered...why?

Back in his day, the most complex evolutions were Eeveelutions, the only “variant” that mattered was a Shiny, and there wasn’t any past or future “relative” nonsense...only fossil Pokémon.

“Honestly I think it’s cool and brings some unique stories to the game.” You frowned slightly as Glitchy sat on the other side of you. He took off his hat to run his hands through his hair, clearly lost. “Don’t give yourself any viruses, bud. It’s not that deep.”

“I just....it’s unbelievable. They’re just grasping at any theme they could find out there..trying to keep players coming back for more.” He scoffed. “So what’s next? Pokémon changing their types now?”

The ridiculous idea made him chuckle a bit..

Until he noticed your expression was dead serious.

“Wait..don’t even tell me-”

“Actually they can. Scarlet and Violet also have this new battle mechanic called “Terastallizing”, where you can use Tera Crystals to alter your Pokémon's type.”

“..I was joking. Why would--ugh, nevermind...” Groaning, he put his hands over his face. Gold could see how distressed he looked and pouted a little bit.

The Unowns spelled out “I KNOW” for Glitchy, showing that their trainer sympathized with him. He looked at them, and then to him, sighing. “I’m stunned your head isn’t exploding again.”

"Boys, you’re being dramatic.” You chuckled, shaking your head before deciding to continue the game. “Now if you’ll excuse me..I got a Charizard raid battle to do. You’re both free to watch me play. My Tera Crystals have some cool and unique effects to them.”

His eye twitched at your emphasis on those words, and he would have retaliated with some snark had Gold not shuffled closer to you, watching the screen. 

And after some hesitance himself....he gave in and ended up doing the same, observing the battle while making sure he didn’t accidentally corrupt your gameplay.

Both of them were actually impressed by the way you battled.

If you were in their world, you’d be a great Pokémon trainer for sure.

Hopefully not cursed like them, obviously.

[silvereyedzoroark]

Scooby Doom AU: Ghost Aerodactyl

Ghost Aerodactyl, is a fusion of the Scooby Doo monster the Pterodactyl Ghost and Aerodactyl the Pokemon.

I imagine that its either a branching evolution or Modern Variant of Aerodactyl, basically the idea that some surviving Aerodactyl living to modern day and having changed/adapted into a new version, becoming a Rock/Dragon type and this induvial either naturally or by someone altering it has the 'Ghost' tera type.

Which was activated when it first attacked people (Lets pretend the terra type hats are not visible, I personally hate those things) so that just leaves you with a crystalized scary glowing Aerodactyl with purple flames dancing around it, chasing after you which is how it got named the Ghost Aerodactyl.

This dose mean for its story, if I were to rewrite the Scooby Doo Episode into a Scooby Doom one, then I would get the fun of changing the locations of where the mystery gang are, as terastallization only happens in selected locations and I doubt this adventure would be set in either Blueberry Academy or Kitakami so they would be somewhere in the Paldea region. Or I decide that this is a new location where terastallization has just popped up and thus the locals don't know about it.

So many idea's it would depend on how I would want to rewrite the story and it's 'Mystery'

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If you want to see me design more fakemon Scooby Doo monster fusions I'm happy to design any for $12 AUD

Here's the wiki link of all the Scooby Doo villains, now you can either tell me what Pokemon you think would like to see fused with a particular villain or you can leave it up to me to decide.

[umbrasdoodles]

I had a dream I encountered a Dragon-type Slugma variant... but it also had Fighting as its Tera Type. Bit of a mishmash, this weird dream Slugma. 

[rpking99]

Evil Team

Hiden away on Luxure is an evil team dubbed Team Siren. A team of overindulgence and lust.

Leader: Jessie

Jessie knows she is attractive, but also knew she had enough being some bottom rung on the ladder. Finding out about Luxure, using some connections to sneak onto the island, she ended up with a few other past villains. Finding out about the Gijinkamon phenomenon and what a few others where planning... Jessie used her seductive skills and ended up taking over the orginisation

She was never going to bow to someone else ever again. Now all will worship her boots!

Admins

Malva

Malva is a very sensual being. And with Lysander's plan failing... well she naturally fell in with Team Siren. As most saw her as an innocent TV news woman and a member of the Kalos Elite 4, not realising she was technically as double agent to help Team Siren slip around the Pokemon Ranger

Courtney

Courtney was always eager to please, always happy to let others take control. She did as she commanded. And so, obeying Jessie and becoming hers was easy as could be

Shelly

Shelly clashed with the rest of the team when she first joined, but all it took was for Jessie to show off some of her skills and the former Team Aqua Admin was an eager follower of their goal.

Mars

When Mars found out about Team Siren's plans, she instantly offered to join. The chaos it would cause being just oh so wonderful~

Plumeria

Plumeria is the only member of the Team who does not believe in Jessie's goal. She is only here because of the Team Skull members who had ended up within Team Siren, and she was determined to keep them safe.

Grunts

There are grunts from every Evil Team on Team Siren. And as they have no uniform, they keep their own style from when they where

Their Goal

Now many of you may be asking "The hell does Team Siren WANT?! And what are they even DOING?!"

Well, glad you asked!

What Team Siren are doing are kidnapping people and Pokemon to run tests on them. Trying to create something... special.

Scientists working on using Salazzle phermones to hypnotise/turn people in sex pets. Which is basically Jessie's end goal, to turn herslef into the Worlds Dominatrix. All under her heel!

But she needed more help than she thought she would. And so, out comes their new lead scientist...

Professor Juniper!

During the story of Luxure, Professor Juniper is kidnapped by Team Siren and put under the process that bent her to Jessie's will.

With these effects in play, their advancement skyrockets and soon they have it... Team Siren's end goal.

Mega Salazzle

Using research on almost every type of strange phenomenon out there in the Pokemon World, from Regional Variants to Tera Types to Paradox Pokemon to Mega Evolution and more, as well as Juniper's knowledge on Pokemon biology, Jessie's goal was finally realised

Creating a Gijinka Mega Salazzle. Their ultimate weapon who's phermones are now so powerful, that the world will be warped to be its slaves. And as it belongs to Jessie, hers as well.

A Poison/Fire/Psychic Type Pokemon with stats comparable to a Legendary and a unique Ability "Queen's Comandment" (This Ability allowing working like "As One", where it now has two abilities. It's original "Corrosion" Ability and a second ability that allows its Fire Type to change any time the opponent attacks, changing her Secondary Type to whatever recives the least damage from the attack sent her way).

Do not try using Normal, Fighting, Ghost, Poison, Ground, Electric, Psychic or Dragon moves on her as she will become immune

She also has all G-Max moves as well. She is a moss, a monster. A final challenge. Can you defeate her and save the world?

Total Muses: 8/Infinity (Depending on how you count the Grunts) (Also, not counting Juniper here, no repeates)

[doubleddenden]

So I had a realization. Yeah I'm not shutting up about Unova yet, moving on to DD's Theory Corner.

In the event we get a Legends Unova or similar, I'm pretty damn sure Charizard could be the fire type starter, or at least get a variant or new form.

"Oh but it has enough forms" and? Charizard is Game Freak's favorite little nepo baby. He even got a new model way ahead of the other Kanto starters again recently.

This is what makes me think so:

This is the thing: someone at Game Freak has been going back through the Unova games for even the slightest bit of text or reference- evidence is the way you encounter Meloetta with the Sepia Filter on your camera in Indigo Disk, a reference to the guy in that Castelia cafe that says he saw Meloetta in "sepia tone memories." Another thing is the near 1 to 1 mapping of the pokemon reserve from BW2 that matches a location in the Canyon Biome, where you can find a shiny Haxorus in BW or a Stellar Haxorus in Blueberry Academy- further proof they are fine combing the games for references at this point.

If we're simply theorizing and speculating, I think that drawbridge might be a pretty likely description to draw inspiration from. Much like how Archaludon draws inspiration from the Sky Arrow Bridge connecting Pinwheel Forest to Castelia.

Here's another thing: the bridge is redder than your average Charizard, more of a Charmeleon color. In addition, it's referred to as such for its "beauty and elegance."

I understand beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but elegance? Charizard doesn't strike me as beautiful or elegant, more like powerful, cool, and ferocious. Something like that description could fit something like Serperior better, imo.

Now mind you I'm not one of those people that are like "THIS NPC SAID SHE WANTED A PINK POKEMON WITH FLOWER PATTERNS IN GEN 1!!!! THEY WERE HINTING AT MUNNA FOR 5 GENERATIONS!!!!" or "THERE'S TERA CRYSTALS IN DRIFTVEIL! THEY WERE HINTING FOR 15 YEARS!!!!" because let's be honest, GF does NOT plan that far back. Maybe 4 years at best.

BUT.

It is entirely reasonable to speculate that, in accordance to the knowledge that they are actively looking back at the Unova games for the slightest details, Charizard COULD have another new form, either in the form of a Legends Starter variant or a similar case to Blood Moon Ursaluna. If I had to guess, maybe the form of an Eastern dragon akin to Shenlong? Those are beautiful and elegant to some extent.

Of course this is just pure speculation. But, let's say on Pokémon day, or even next November or January of 2025 or something: If we see Unova and Charmander in the same location, well pick up the phone cuz I will have called it.

[tetrafy]

Rant/ Spoilers for Pokémon SV DLC: The Teal Mask!! I’ll also add a Sona drawing of my Legends AU and the Paldea one below! I know the style is different. This is my inconsistent style arc LMAO 🫶

Just quick description of why I have 2 Sona Designs! So the first one is the one everyone has seen on this account which is the one that Simps for Adaman and gets taken to Hisui. The other, is the Paldea/Present Storyline (and she simps for Perrin). They both have almost the same backstory (with some minor timeline changes) but one progresses like normal in life while the other gets stuck in the past in the end.

I drew my Typhlosion that way because I thought it would be a cool idea for it to evolve in Sinnoh/ The Distortion World as my Sona somewhat takes over the role of Dawn/Lucas for the Platnuim storyline! And since Hisui and Sinnoh are the same and the Dex entry for Hisuian Typhlosion is:

“…I believe its form has been influenced by the energy of the sacred mountain towering at Hisui’s center.”

And would you look at that? The sacred mountain is Mt. coronet

So since Sinnoh is the Hisui region, it could be cool that the distortion world caused the a mutation of its dormant Hisuian genes to influence its Johtoian/modern day evolution.

- In the distortion world, time doesn’t flow properly and or it doesn’t follow the laws of physics so that could also be a cool loop hole. I get that it wouldn’t make sense for a Pokémon to evolve if time doesn’t flow, but in game, an eevee could still evolve into an umbreon or espeon so I’ll take it LMAO

So it can learn Inferno Parade and some Ghost type moves and it’s Tera Type is Ghost, hehe!

Anyways I’m rambling so move on!

Okay, so all of you know that I’m a fan of Legends Arceus so you can tell that I’m just going to mainly gush over the Perrin Storyline. I think that’s pretty much a given but just know its just me giving a play by play and my reactions so this might not be interesting!

Spoilers, officially starts here!

Okay so seeing Perrin for the first time in game, I literally screamed. Like hello?? You can’t blame me like seriously. She’s kinda my way for coping with the lack of Adaman content and Legends Content but she’s also so prettyyyyyy. So when Kieran literally started saying like, “I’ll meet you there” to progress the main story, I ran up to her trying to progress her story first before anything.

God, they did her justice when they translated her from the official art to the game! I wish to see Adaman in SV rendering style gahhh!!

- I do wish they explained why Hisuian Pokémon are around and not extinct, but that might just be like, “some were bred out of existence”, “they’re rare”, or something of the sort. Either way, due to them bringing back Hisuian Pokémon, im sure they’re might be an explanation in the future!

- I do also wish she explained why she had a Hisuian Growlith in the first place, or our player character mentions “what Pokémon is that?” Or something cause I would assume that Hisuian Variants are rare. Then again, it could be a thing that they talked about them in class. After all, Professor Laventon was on screen in Raifort’s Board

- But Perrin having Growlith just could be a hint that Adaman and Irida got together because she does give you her second Growlith at the end of her story. You know, cause one of the Pearl Clan’s nobles being Arcanine and the whole Colbat Coastline story in Arceus.

- It could mean Adaman and Irida got together, Their clans Merged and or disbanded, or it could literally just be a reference that pokemon did and I’m reading too much into it LMAO

Anyways! As someone who doesn’t do the Dex in Pokémon games, you can imagine me when I heard Perrin mention the requirement of 150 Pokémon for the Kitakami dex. I got like weird Legends Deja-vu and started “sobbing” to my friend, @deflatedrock, over the fact that I have to do the Dex for DLC.

- Also got Deja-vu over the fact that she called me “Kiddo” (yes, I was a Sans simp in my early days…)

- As someone who is not a minor I was like “Perrin please!! I’m not a kid!!” But yes, i understand that the protags in these games are all kids HAHA

- I just imagine my Sona (on the right) just trying to say how she’s not a kid with slight annoyance and embarrassment.

But Did I do it? Yes I got 150 Pokémon under 24 hours, what of it? And that was also including the story and the fact that was under leveled at the beginning of it LMAO

Imagine me screaming when the cutscene of her starts when she challenges me. I love the smile she has and it makes me wish that the switch was a more powerful console! Also Leafeon being her Second pokemon absolutely made me smile and it was super adorable the fact that she was taking pictures of us whenever she battled! Like :((((((((

The story starts after I beat her and she accepts me on taking on the job of helping snap a picture of a hard to find pokemon. I absolutely, am giggling over the “Partner” title I received from her. I was over the moon, on cloud nine LMAO !!

If you saw the direct/played the game, she wants to take a picture of Ursaluna with a unique marking on it’s head and the vague Hisui mentions throughout the story absolutely made me lose my shit. Small bits and pieces that Ursalunas used to be common back in the day or how mentions about her homeland.

Small mentions of Hisui/ Legends make me think of a high possibility of another Legends game could be in the future.

- I am hoping Johto but I do say it would be reasonable for it to be Unova or Kalos. But main reason I want it to be Johto is due to me never playing BW/BW2 or XY. I do plan to play them but the Grind for Unova is rough since DS game and XY i havent gotten the motivation to buy it and play it on 3DS (i know excuses HAHA)

- But I do hope that every region eventually gets its own Legends remake but with actual effort put into it like how Legends did. Legends with it’s music that is a call back to the Diamond, Pearl and Platinum games and a unique take on a pokemon game with Dex being the main priority rather than battles made it that much enjoyable. I do wish they didn’t put out BDSP and focused more time into Legends rather than releasing both.

- obviously not every region needs it, but I would be cool to live through the war or something that was mentioned in Kalos, or live through the events during the Sprout Tower. (I don’t know anything about Unova but *insert something a Unova fan wants from a Unova Legends game*)

But Im rambling so let us continue!

We make our way to the Timeless Woods, the location where the Ursaluna is often spotted and at the time, I didn’t really think much of it. I just thought, “Oh cute! ‘Timeless’ because this story is Hisui coded with Perrin and Ursaluna!”

But love the cute interaction moments:

- Whenever Perrin spoke to the polliwhirl and just calling it a “cutie pie” and speaking to it like anyone would do with their pet. Should’ve been me.

- Her getting embarrassed that the player might’ve tuned in with her pet names to the wild pokemon

- The fact that we saved her from a wild pokemon that came out of nowhere

- The cute camp setup! I will eventually draw her and my Sona sleeping in the tent together as we wait for the fog

- or just any time she would take a photo of us and calling us heroic and such

But before anything Ursaluna related, we must survey the area to see the different species living here. So I go up to her and click “A” to progress the story and we wait for the fog to come in at night…

I didn’t expect much going into it. Literally just thought, Pokémon snap but in SV. Once the survey starts and we officially load in im standing in the woods. The first note plays in the background and I am stunned. My eyes start to well up as the music continues. Heartwoods plays in the background and I had to put down my switch for a moment. I let out an excited squeal as I couldn’t help but just say “oh my god, stop…” with a chuckle. I sat there on my bed just listening to it and letting everything sink in. I couldn’t help but imagine the idea of my Sona possibly getting Deja-vu or her tearing up alongside me.

I stayed in the woods longer than I should have. Taking my sweet time snapping photos of the Pokémon in the area, even though it won’t even matter how good they were as long as the Pokémon were recognizable. I realized I never even screen-recorded anything during this part of the game. I was too immersed to even remember to do that. Perhaps it’s a biased towards Legends but this by far was one of my favorite DLC storylines in a Pokémon game at this point.

But of course, I wanted to progress in the story so I took the photo of the Duskull, completing the side quest. I was absolutely smiling and tearing up over this and my brain making the connection “Eterna” and “Timeless”, the names of the two areas that had this song placed in. Man, this just made me so happy.

Progressing, we learn about Perrin’s creativity problems with her being a burnt out prodigy and all. Focusing on how others want it and how she could get the most points from judges rather than what she thinks looks good.

Telling her that we take photos how we want the Pokémon to turn out makes her think and gets back into her usual mood.

- Her arc in this is great. It’s relatable and I think expands her character her more. I was afraid that she would be just a pretty face that Pokemon won’t do much with other than take photos and be a Legends homage.

We eventually hear stomping off in the Distance that interrupts the moment. We come to the conclusion that it is the Blood-moon Beast and head towards said direction and can I say, THIS GUY LOOKS FUCKING SICK!!

First off I love the fact that it looks like a very old Ursaluna as that as lived through the years and seen the world change along side it. The fact that is stands on 2 rather than 4 legs, the Fur being more Ursaring colored and whatever the gray stuff is growing around it? Perhaps more gray fur to represent it’a age?

I just absolutely love how it looks, I was expecting a regular Ursaluna with a red moon instead of the yellow one it has but this absolutely blew me away. It reminds me of the Crystal Onix that was in the anime! A cool super rare variant that looks like that due to the conditions it was in.

- Don’t count this Ursaluna as a regional variant until it’s confirmed that it is.

I also noticed how it didn’t seem to attack either of us until Perrin accidentally snapped a photo with auto flash. It more or less attacked us by us startling it than Anything.

AND DONT GET ME STARTED WITH THE MUSIC!!!

Like gahhhh!! Like there’s no such thing as a Alpha Pokémon in Present day Pokémon but using the alpha theme to express the tension and idea that this is no ordinary Ursaluna is so good !!

And when you get into the battle with it- LIKE OMG!! The Wild Pokémon battle music used for this just made me scream. And it’s blood moon move One-shorting some of my Pokémon, I was terrified of losing LMAO

- I loved the occasional times that Perrin motives you and cheers you on, I just enjoy the small cutscenes that’s main/ significant characters do that!

But we catch the Ursaluna and the main story part ends. I do enjoy the cute mentions of her taking photos of us while we battled and how they’re her favorite. She wants me fr fr.

She talks about needing to develop them right away and tells us a family saying and We eventually decided to meet back at Mossui.

Again, the call backs/references to Adaman and her being a descendant of the Diamond Clan is just so good! As you can assume, I was just screaming like “Adaman Reference!” And bouncing off the walls. I was at an all time high at this point.

As an Adaman and Legends fan, I was being fed!! With these small details. She also mentioned her dad and how he used the Shaymin Tent but im not sure if we’ll ever see her father. And if he were to be shown, don’t be surprised if I start simping for him too.

- Also can we mention the pose she does whenever she is idol sometimes? The fact that she puts her hand in her pockets like Adaman? Like I can’t be reading too much into it, that’s clearly a Adaman reference, right? IDK IM HAPPY ABOUT THIS

But the rest of the dialogue is her completing her arc of taking photos of how she wants it and now focusing on perfection and the photography standards. I also think it’s cute that she didn’t know the player’s name until now and does a endearing reintroduction with pride. She then gives you a Hisuian Growlith that enjoys battling and talks about how Growliths “like these” tend to come in pairs but even when separated they’re paths will surely cross again. She just confessed to me guys, don’t worry you’re all invited to our wedding, not delusional I swear.

-but guess the Growliths are still around but not often seen based on how she’s referring to them idk

But she leaves and that’s pretty much the end of the story! I do hope we see her again in either a different title or in the next wave but I don’t see her being in the next one. If I remember correctly, it will take place in Blueberry Academy and it’s in the middle of the ocean or something LMAO

Okay but overall: 10/10 experience for the Perrin Storyline!

I am super easy to please but I think it’s such a good story! Did wish it was longer or we had the opportunity to have her stay and have her have like a few more small quests/surveys like that are photo related after the main story? Kinda like how Mai was where you just had to catch Pokémon during the Massive Mass Outbreaks DLC.

My brain is starting to power down but I do wish for Pokémon to do more stories where you get cool unique Pokémon variants that are not shown. Again I hope it’s not a region variant for Ursaluna cause that would make it a whole lot cooler. He’s definitely going on my team.

Im very satisfied with the DLC and i hope we can get more Legends Content in the future. RIP Ingo, Unova Legends could be a good way to some how bring him back is all I’m saying *wink wink nudge nudge*

If you made it this far, thanks! You should comment your thoughts just saying if not then that’s cool too I’m just here to let me brainrot juices out!

[steel--fairy]

ive been thinking about terapagos' power and what it actually is (since tera crystals and time travel arent exactly similar) and im tentatively going with the species being low level reality warpers. low level because they can only do it via channeling their power through the crystals their bodies create.

terastalizing is a mild reality warp to change the pokemons type from a to b. unlike the others I'll mention, its not a full change because a terapagos isnt directly doing it. energy from their crystals are still powerful enough to change reality slightly, but not for long and not permanently. this also goes for the ai professor and how they're powered

the time travel happens when both sides are in an area filled with tera crystals and involves terapagos warping reality to make the areas exist at the same time.

the paradox pokemon were plucked from alternate universes/timelines because terapagos can channel its power through crystals from any universe (a variant of the time travel).

(for some extra headcanon: a terapagos doesnt really have any control over what things it plucks from different times/places. sada/turo's time machine was needed to be able to pick specifically from times/universes that they preferred.)

given its said that there used to be many terapagos (but they've gone extinct), that can explain the crystals in kitakami. one terapagos (or a small group maybe) liked to travel and made their home there, infesting the region with its crystals. and since any terapagos can use any crystals from any time or any where, that makes kitakami and paldea connected (if you're a terapagos).

(and to connect to an older theory, perhaps the sundial from kalos is still made of tera crystals, just ones that have been dug up and turned into a sundial)

as to why (or how) they're extinct... could just be that, despite their power, they aren't immortal like most people assume legendaries are. long-lived, but not immortal. or perhaps they didnt survive the dinosaur like extinction the pokemon world also has. either way, our terapagos survived by turning itself into crystal and hibernating.

[kenmacel]

my shitty perish trap team that i made in like two hours for the sole purpose of giving kenma a weird ass team for worlds 2024 in my kuroken vgc au. i've been into vgc for around six months, so my knowledge is kind of bad. team + notes under the cut. it's not like this will make sense to anyone, but i know some of you like reading things.

Calyrex-Shadow @ Covert Cloak Ability: As One (Spectrier) Level: 50 Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk

Astral Barrage

Calm Mind

Protect

Tera Blast

i don't think caly-shadow is that good for perish LMFAO it's just so fast and offensive i feel like it wouldn't really fit well for perish. but also this calyrex is the calm mind variant so it's pretty good against sucker punch, and i specifically chose calm mind over nasty plot to give calyrex some kind of bulk as it is on a perish team, after all. tera water as it's a good overall defensive type and it's always nice to resist glacial lance from caly-ice. i basically took wolfe's NAIC calyrex and gave it calm mind over nasty plot, but if i were to tweak this team more i might give it more HP/Def EVs and leftovers to possibly fit perish better.

Primarina (F) @ Throat Spray Ability: Liquid Voice Level: 50 Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Water EVs: 122 HP / 50 Def / 124 SpA / 36 SpD / 176 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk

Hyper Voice

Perish Song

Protect

Moonblast

primarina's the pokémon i kind of built this team around because i Loooove it + i also think kenma would get a kick out of using perish trap b/c it's a strategy that is difficult and requires good pivoting and is just so him. primarina here is a specially offensive mon that doubles as a perish setter. it can do major damage at the start so you can clean up with perish trap later. throat spray + liquid voice hyper voice threatens a ton of spread damage immediately, and tera water can increase damage output while also resisting glacial lance. protect is crucial for perish, and moonblast is here to make use of primarina's fairy typing offensively (good against miraidon, bolt, and other dragons). Don't look at the EVs for this they're embarrassing and I was just playing around with the scales on showdown. shiny because she's blonde and pretty, just like kenma.

Gothitelle (F) @ Sitrus Berry Ability: Shadow Tag Level: 50 Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 124 Def / 132 Spe Calm Nature

Protect

Fake Out

Psychic

Heal Pulse

low key this gothitelle is just a copy/paste of wolfey's from his perish trap team that won orlando regionals in 2023, and that's mostly because i didn't want to do more thinking than necessary when it came to this team. it's just a fun theory exercise, after all. protect b/c it's necessary for perish, fake out is just a good movie + i feel like skipping out on it is a waste, psychic for damage, and heal pulse for support and keeping mons alive, which is vital to a strategy like perish where your main goal is to just stay alive. tera steel bc i feel like having so much tera water on this team just makes it extra weak to miraidon + bolt ??? which i don't want since they're super good right now. shiny because i just love gothitelle's shiny.

Flutter Mane @ Focus Sash Ability: Protosynthesis Level: 50 Tera Type: Grass EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk

Perish Song

Protect

Moonblast

Shadow Ball

also copy-pasted from wolfe's 2023 orlando regionals team, whoops! another offensive perish setter, which is kind of bad since i feel like i should have balance and use scream tail as my second perish setter instead, maybe. i don't find myself tweaking this set in the future, though, since this is just a hypothetical team, after all. and flutter is one of the best pokémon to come out of sv so i feel like it'd be silly not to use it. if i do end up tweaking this team because it ends up keeping me up at night, or something, i'll probably try out scream tail to see how it might fit.

Incineroar (M) @ Safety Goggles Ability: Intimidate Level: 50 Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD Careful Nature

Protect

Fake Out

Knock Off

Parting Shot

kind of standard incin set so there's not much to say. i also like the idea of kenma using incin because haikyuu/pokémon fans KNOW the kuroo/incin parallels. wolfe's 2023 orlando regionals intimidate user was an offensive arcanine, but since i already have good offense in calyrex, primarina, and flutter, a standard support incin is good here. clearly i haven't thought about this team for long because safety goggles + grass tera is just silly. will-o-wisp is good here as well, but i like parting shot for smoother pivoting and it's good defensively for a perish trap team. knock off for damage + it's good for removing, say, clear amulet from caly-ice. if i spend more time refining this team then i might adjust this incin set to make it better.

Smeargle @ Mental Herb Ability: Moody Level: 50 Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk

Protect

Wide Guard

Decorate

Spore

i love smeargle and i think it's so silly. it's also good support! since wide guard is really vital in regulation g, i figured i needed a wide guard mon, and i HATE pelipper. stupid fucking toilet bird. i personally can't stand using ugly pokémon, and even if this is technically kenma's team and not my team, i'm the one making it and i get to decide what pokémon are on it. so smeargle is kind of perfect since it's cute, its shiny gives pudding vibes, and it can learn any move in the game. decorate is kind of evil here, as it can boost any of my offensive mons and make them even stronger, but i don't know how good it is for perish so i was thinking about swapping it with follow me. spore to disrupt, and mental herb since taunt completely shuts down smeargle.

[4th-d-slipped]

i know im (checks watch) 4 months late to the party but guys hear me out,

(rambling & theory under cut)

MASSIVE DISCLAIMER: I have not played either DLC, so all my plot knowledge is secondhand from Bulbapedia. I know that's absolutely insane to say before I present a theory, but I'd rather have the chance to play the DLCs myself before I watch any playthroughs so Bulbapedia summaries are my best bet. So if I've missed some crucial make or break evidence, hopefully you'll understand why! This is just for fun anyways ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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Let's start with Delta & Holon lore. Delta Pokemon are Pokemon mutated by electromagnetic waves from Holon Research Tower, which also causes fully evolved Delta Pokemon to be dual Metal (equiv. to Steel) type. The Holon Research Tower itself utilizes the natural magnetism of the Holon region, as well as a mysterious energy emitted from power spots around the region.

Obviously, that doesn't quite line up with Tera lore. Terastallization was born from crystals made of Terastal energy, which affect nearby Pokemon and cause them to Terastallize. These crystals were unconsciously created by a hibernating Terapagos, a Pokemon made of Terastal energy itself.

But now I'd like to bring your attention to EX Crystal Guardians, which presents us with a remote island inhabited by Delta (plus normal & ☆) Pokemon, far from Holon City but still within the Holon region. This island naturally grows crystals with special powers.

Those powers appear to be able to prevent use of Poke-Powers/Poke-Bodies (equiv. to abilities) (Cessation Crystal), prevent attack damage & effects (Holon Circle, Mysterious Shard), and change energy & Pokemon to Colorless (equiv. to Normal & certain Flying) type (Crystal Beach, Crystal Shard).

Now, Terastallization can also affect abilities (Adaptability & type-changers) and moves (type-changers, plus STAB & base power increases). Most obviously, it can also change Pokemon & move types.

So, I'd like to present my theory that the Holon region's mysterious energy and Terastal energy are one and the same.

I propose the EX Crystal Guardians island has another Terapagos that survived extinction hibernating on it, causing Terastal energy crystals to grow. The Holon region's natural magnetism (and later, the Holon Research Tower's electromagnetism) affects the Terastal energy, forming a unique new energy that gathers across the Holon region in power spots, even where crystals don't grow. This energy affects Pokemon in a different way than normal Terastal energy, and is part of the reason why fully evolved Delta Pokemon are half Metal type, as well as why they don't crystallize or form Tera Jewels.

With this theory, there's also the possibility that the Holon region could be close to Paldea. The set EX Dragon Frontiers introduces more islands to the Holon region, these ones also more distant. Because of this distance, the islands are unaffected by the Holon Research Tower's electronagnetic waves. Despite this, natural Delta Pokemon somehow reside on them.

If those islands were sandwiched (ha) between the Holon and Paldea regions just right, they could be getting just enough Terastal energy from both Terapagos and just enough magnetism from the Holon mainland to affect that Terastal energy, and be able to form natural Delta Pokemon without Terastal energy crystals growing or fully evolved Delta Pokemon becoming half Metal type.

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That's pretty much all I have to say! Delta Pokemon are one of my favorite weird little Pokemon variants, even if Terastallization, convergent species, and regional forms likely killed any chance of them coming back. However, Delta Pokemon and EX Crystal Guardians were acknowledged as recently as 2021 in the Celebrations set with a promotional Delta Mimikyu card, so I'll keep holding out some form of hope we'll get to see them again!