#toren

[unchartedthelostlegacy]

[minarachelle]

Tower of Eben Ezer, Belgium - 2010

[i-think-pictures]

Prague, Czech Republic

[jjjjabberwocky]

too specific of an animal🪞

[significantouther]

With the exception of some labels, most mspec labels do not inherently exclude or include any gender. You don't need to be attracted to both binary genders to be bi or ply. Nonbinary genders are their own genders and count separatedly. And even labels like trixen or toren that inherently exclude aptobinary men or women, may not exclude viabinary and ambibinary men and/or women, and do not necessarily inherently include every other type of nonbinary gender.

A person can be trixen and be:

1) Attracted to aptobinary women and every nonbinary gender, including viabinary and ideobinary men.

2) Atrracted to aptobinary women and every nonbinary gender, except those in the miagender spectrum.

3) Attracted to aptobinary women, genders on the fiagender spectrum, and some other group of nonbinary genders.

It's not necessarily "every gender but aptobinary men", it's "two or more genders, aptobinary women + at least one nonbinary gender, and never aptobinary men"

As a cetero, I'm not attracted to intrine genders, but other cetero people may be attracted to:

1) All nonbinary people;

2) Only to abinary or only to midbinary people;

3) To all nonbinary people, except those who identify as man/guy/boy and/or woman/girl;

4) Only to those who have an strong sense of gender;

5) Only to nonbinary sociegenders;

6) Only to xenogender, kenochoric, etc genders;

7) And many other ways.

If you see someone identifying as bi lesbian or bi veldian and think they are attracted to both binary genders, because in your mind there's no other way to be bi.

Congratulations! You're a bimiser and and exorsexist. You won a get better soon, bitch.

P.S: "gay" is an umbrella term. Not every mspec gay is an mspec veldian/turian.

[miloscat]

[Review] Toren (PS4)

A flawed but interesting Ico-like.

Swordtales was an indie studio in Brazil, staffed by many first-timers in commercial game development (or at least their Mobygames profiles mostly don't have any other games on file to their names). They seem to have gone defunct, another casualty of the cutthroat video games industry. But before they dissolved, they managed to put out a short Ico-like adventure which, while rough around the edges, has some neat ideas and imagery.

The story of Toren is hard to explain... it's conveyed piecemeal and out of order, via digressions and abstractions. But you eventually glean that human hubris built a tower that challenged the heavens—sound familiar?—to which the Sun (yes, that Sun) took great umbrage, and now the flow of time has stopped. To avert catastrophe and restore the natural order, a girl was granted the hopes of humanity to ascend the tower and something something the moon, and there's a dragon, plus a legendary warrior is involved somehow...

The real central idea of the game is that Moonchild is locked in a cycle of rebirth: aging, dying, and coming back as a baby born from blood, repeatedly fighting the dragon but never victorious. She starts in the prologue a grizzled warrior, before coming back a toddler. As you progress you will age from child to youth to adult, her character design getting cool flourishes each time (check out Pedro Jatobá's ArtStation for a better look at these than the game itself offers). It's like Jaleco's arcade game Momoko 120% but instead of a gun you have a sword.

The idea of resurrection is used in a clever way a couple of times, where the dragon petrifies Moonchild's body, then you respawn but your previous stone form remains, letting you progress somehow. I wish this had been explored further as it's an excellent idea that's just underutilised. Otherwise progression is via little puzzle sections where you have to approach the dragon past its buffeting winds and magic shockwaves, or you're ascending the tower by growing a tree, lighting braziers, or other interactions. Small enemy blobs with teeth sometimes get in your way but they're not a serious hindrance.

You also sometimes go into dream sequences, and Moonchild's inner world opens things up for some more surreal imagery. It doesn't get too wild but it's a nice change of pace, and usually involves a new kind of puzzle where you draw patterns with salt. None of the puzzles are very taxing at all, in fact the whole game is quite gentle but that can be a nice thing. Some of these dream zones (and a couple of unlockable bits of gear) are missable, so maybe check a guide... or play the whole game twice, like I did! With the themes of reincarnation and cyclical time, it seemed appropriate and I got a better grasp of the whole thing that way. It's short enough that I in fact wasn't completely satisfied until having done a second run.

I really must address some rough spots here. The first thing you'll notice is the game's look, which resembles a very early PS3 game with its shoddy textures and performance, coupled with a sort of blurry wobble effect to the lighting, especially in the dreams. The technical shortcomings do a disservice to the art design, so it ends up not totally delivering on its promise, and it is promising! The play control and animations are also stiff and awkward, so on top of unchallenging puzzles and simplistic platforming the gameplay is just not as special as it should have been.

It's unfortunate that the strengths of the concept were let down by these other factors. But hey, it's short and cheap so it's easy to take a punt on it... although I don't know where your money would go, what with the developer defunct and the publisher also defunct after being acquired by Tinybuild then jerked around, leading to a legal battle. Video games, am I right? Anyway, the strengths are still there in some form and manage to shine through at times... there's something there, and I'm glad I got to see it.

[mechon]

[doodle] hand it over

[random-fandom-inserts]

Toren X Pokemon! Trainer reader Please! I cant find any of him anywhere :[ -Ash

Of course! I understand the pain!💖 Hope you enjoy! And I hope using my pokémon team was acceptable XD

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It’s Just Research, Right?

You are helping Toren with some new research regarding certain pokémon moves and types. However, while you’re no scientist, his methods seem a little bizarre.

You agreed to help him because, frankly, you knew it would be a struggle for him to ask for anyone else. The poor man may have found his voice after the whole incident involving the effect spore gas...which was then overshadowed by everything else. He has more friends after the event, some of them trainers which he could’ve just as easily had help from.

But he wanted help from you. After all, you’ve known Toren the longest, so he felt more comfortable.

Toren was a puddle of anxiety, which may or may not be understood by the people around him. Well, his Chansey and other pokémon always understood and were always by his side. Even your pokémon were there for him, but you knew it was for a completely different reason.

Why was he so cute?

Other people didn’t take the time to notice him like you did. The shyness was adorable, he was a good-looking guy, but what really got you falling hard was his kindness towards others. Despite his high social anxiety, he still has such a good heart towards people and pokémon. Don’t get me started on when he uses Chansey as his “emotional support pokémon”. 

But could you ever tell him how you felt? You felt like he would explode from how flustered he would probably get. The poor man avoids situations like that, and you would feel awful if you ruined such a tough-to-build friendship by making him uncomfortable around you.

“Y/N, could you try a dark type move against a dragon type.” Right now, you and Toren were out in one of Fula City’s many parks. You were helping him study move types and battle tactics. The sun was already setting, but you had to wait for Toren to get off work. The two of you were in a field with your pokémon facing one another. 

While you were out there to command your pokémon, Toren sat crisscross on the ground not too far away with a notebook in hand. As a trainer, you’d normally have such passion and composure when giving commands. But now your crush was here in front of you, watching you, and you felt all the butterfree in the world fluttering about inside you.

However, you couldn’t stop your occasional stares in his direction. The scene was just too cute!

Toren was sitting there, waiting patiently, with several of your pokémon around him. His Chansey was plopped beside him, watching you with a smile. Your Slyveon was curled up in his lap, occasionally wrapping his ribbons around him in comfort. Luxray was on his other side, napping, with your female Pyroar right beside him. And Lucario, she was meditating nearby. It was clear that Toren was trying to concentrate on what you guys came here for, but he kept getting distracted by the pokémon around him. 

His smile and the serenity he held about him made him see like a different person, bringing a grin to your face. But when eye contact was made, you quickly focused back on your last two partners. You were still a trainer, and now was not the time to be distracted. 

“Noivern, dragon pulse!” 

“Zoroark, counter it with dark pulse!” 

You shouted out the commands and the two complied. Noivern flapped his wings steadily and flew high up to fire the attack. Zoroark smirked as she dashed forward before using dark pulse. The two attacks hit each other and exploded into a flurry of dark and purple sparkles. Glancing over at the man, you saw him taking a picture with his phone instead of writing anything down.

Okay...what’s that about?

“Is that what you were expecting?” You asked him after a while, still confused about the whole picture thing. But you waited until he put his phone away before saying anything. You still scared him regardless, causing him to jump and scare Sylveon and Luxray at the sound of your voice. 

“U-Um...what?” Toren managed to get out while trying to compose himself. You noticed him petting Sylveon in an anxious manner, but the fairy type didn’t seem to mind. In fact, there was a smile on his cute little face. You pointed back towards the battlefield with a dumbfounded expression where the trinkle of sparkles still rained down over the two pokémon, who were watching you guys.

“The pretty explosion? Weren’t you watching or were you too busy being on your phone?” You called him out on what you witnessed, causing even the pokémon to widen their eyes in shock. Sensing that the work was done, your pokémon spread out and enjoyed themselves. Except Chansey, she stayed right by her trainer’s side. 

But her expression was one of worry as she patted his back. Did she know something? 

“I-I-I...” Toren stuttered over his words to the point where you thought he would faint. You didn’t mean to make him so nervous, but I guess that was just his nature. 

“Did anything my pokémon do today get observed? And now that I think about it, how does this help your research?” You didn’t mean to sound so accusing, but with Toren, it was the easiest way to get answers. Him and the rest of his colleagues, but mostly him, were busy studying pokémon and their relation to human diseases. What did battling have to do with it?

“L-Listen, I-” He started to talk, but his thoughts were so scattered with anxiety that he didn’t get to finish his sentence before you walked over and grabbed the notebook from his lap. 

Looking through it, you were absolutely shocked to find nothing in there.

“Toren! Was all this for nothing?” You raised your voice slightly as you stared at the blank pages in disbelief. It wasn’t that you were upset, but more that you were worried. He told you that he needed this information for something important. Toren wouldn’t specify, but you cared enough to do anything he needed you to do.

You understood how he needed time to collect his thoughts, so you waited with intense eyes on him. 

After a while, his response was barely audible.

“It wasn’t for nothing...” He mumbled out, avoiding your eyes. You saw him bring his hands together and wring them nervously, fiddling with the sleeves of his coat. You tilted your head in confusion, gently sitting cross-legged in front of him before setting the notebook aside.

“What?” You asked him, confused. Did you miss something? The bubbly crush feeling you got around him vanished as you were now more concerned about what was going on. 

Toren bit his lip and continued to avoid eye contact. You were patient with him, but you wondered if you were going to get any information out of him. Then Chansey placed her hand on his back, lightly encouraging him to speak his mind like before. He froze, reminded himself that he can do this, and balled his hands into fists on his knees.

“It wasn’t for nothing...because I got to spend this time with you.” Toren said sincerely, his face growing more and more red the longer you stared at him. Immediately he got the wrong idea and brought his hands up in mock surrender.

“I-I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable!” He shrieked, fear gripping his entire body as Toren thought he just ruined his entire friendship with you. But you just continued to stare at him, making him grow even more flustered, until a smile creeped onto your face.

“Are you trying to say what I hope you are?” You asked him, not getting too excited just yet. Toren was at a loss for words when he heard you say that. Hope? He was so afraid to ever say anything, having kept all his feelings between himself and his pokémon, but if you were hopeful...then perhaps he had nothing to worry about anymore.

“I think so...” Toren whispered with a blush. 

“I like you too!” You exclaimed, scaring him once more as you lunged forward for a hug. He was stone still as you wrapped your arms around him tightly. 

“So this whole thing was just an excuse to spend time with me?” You asked him, wanting to make sure you guessed correctly.

“Y-Yes...” Toren confessed and was thankful that you couldn’t see how red his face was. Although, he was enjoying the hug, and eventually brought his arms around to hug you back. You were giddy at this knowledge and buried your face into his shoulder with a big smile.

“I’ve always wanted to say something about how I felt, but I was worried I would ruin things.” You told him.

“Same here...but that’s over now?” He asked now and you pulled away from the hug with a grin. You wanted to kiss him right then and there, but you knew Toren would be the one to take things slowly, so you restrained. 

“Yes. No more worries. I’m yours.” Those words alone caused him to get flustered. But to save him any embarrassment, you hugged him again so you both could hide your red faces. 

But as you embraced there on the grassy ground of the park in the evening sun, Chansey came over and joined in, happy for her trainer. Sylveon nuzzled his way into the hug, wrapping his ribbons around you both, and soon the rest of your team fumbled in as well for one big group hug.

All’s well that ends well, but who knew that Toren could be so devious? Speaking of that...

“What did you take a photo for?” You asked him and he tensed up again before confessing.

“I wanted you as my lock screen...” He confessed shyly, and you couldn’t help but find that adorable.

Well, there was no more needing to hide anymore. If he ever wanted another photo, he could just ask. Some might have found it weird, but you just found it endearing. 

So as said, all’s well that ends well.

[dykerys]

Moodboard: Toren! Emma Swan

[snugglecat453]

yeeAAAAHHH SOME BOYFRIENDS LETS GOOOOOO. Love these guys with all my heart literally u//u

[volostan]

HBD!!!!!!!! here's some art i never posted just for you!!!!!!!!! Thank you for the wonderful year of volo content and I hope you have a lovely new year!!!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛 I cannot WAIT to watch your account explode when he inevitably comes to pokemas!!!

OH TOREN YOU'RE SPOILING ME <3<3 And bald volo is back to haunt 2023 ?!

Tbh I think the twi account have a very poor "discoverability", since I barely produce any organic content it's hard to make people aware that the account exist ! I also have no news of the Volo adventures admin so these may not come back

But I don't mind having a "small" account ! I'm happy I get to spot some regulars and know then better :)

[minarachelle]

Languedoc, France - 2019

[tokoyomski]

[jjjjabberwocky]

🌈✨✨✨

[snoruntfan]

[Image Description: N from Pokemon Black and White]

[Image Description: Toren from Pokemon: The Power of Us]

I love my green haired neurodivergent boys 😊

[chezannelavieendouceur]

Château de Dourdan

A visit to the castle of Dourdan, dungeon, dungeon stairs, windows with coats of arms, and a pharmaceutic cabinet. December 2022. Visite au château de Dourdan, donjon, escaliers du donjon, vitrail avec emblèmes et cabinet de pharmacie. Décembre 2022 Bezoek aan het kasteel van Dourdan, kerker, kerkertraphuis, raam beschilderd met wapenschilden en een apothekerskast. December 2022

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