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shinysamurott9 · 6 months

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2024 Games: Pokemon Sword

So this was a bit of a weird time. This is a pretty long read as after playing this game after so many years that, along with the borderline nuclear fallout that was the fandom reaction to it, was a major contributor to me kind of falling out of active interest in pokemon, my ultimate takeaway was that the game was actually not that bad. It was pretty fun, a little underrated even.

My history with this game starts around 2018ish. USUM had come out and I really liked that game. Gen 7 was an all around good time overall which I still appreciate today. The release that year was Let's Go, which I'll be real, I wasn't a fan of it in premise, I'm still not tbh. I could go into that but, in short, it was a game I had little to no interest in and I ultimately decided to skip it to see whatever was next. I bring this up because I think this was the start of me falling out of interest in pokemon, at least for a while. But while Let's Go may have planted the seed, SwSh was what solidified it.

Enter the announcement of Sword and Shield, my friends and I were pretty excited for it, the game looked pretty interesting, a region based on England? That's pretty neat. The new pokemon looked really cool too, we were genuinely excited about it. But if you're familiar with this game's history, you know exactly what happened. In the middle of the game’s hype cycle, GameFreak announced the titanically controversial decision to not include roughly half the existing pokedex in the game meaning that many pokemon would simply not exist in Pokemon SwSh. This was probably one of the biggest Internet shitstorms I've ever been witness to, and the whole thing, both the actual decision and visceral reaction, only made worse by bad actors in the community fanning the flame, just really turned me off SwSh and Pokemon as a whole in a way. In some ways it was a good thing, in the time I wasn't playing Pokemon I was exploring other series I was less familiar with like Devil May Cry, Zelda or Xenoblade or further exploring series I hadn't fully played yet like Metroid or Mega Man, most of which are series I absolutely adore today.

I still kept up with Pokemon to some extent, mostly playing the games while keeping my distance from the wider community. I played BDSP when it released and was not as disappointed as everyone else while still feeling fairly apathetic to it. Played Legends Arceus when it came out and genuinely loved it for it's fresh take on pokemon while also offering a ton of history and lore on Sinnoh that I really appreciated and I played Scarlet and dropped it a couple days in after discovering Pokeball warps and absolutely breaking the game letting me do a lap around the whole region and getting a lvl 40 starter before ever entering the school. Yhe vast majority of my time with pokemon was playing older games in Gen 3 or shiny hunting. That was til about 6 months ago. I had been playing Emerald and I wanted to take on the Battle Frontier and get the Gold Symbols. While I was prepping to do this I was watching a couple videos on the Ribbon Master Challenge and since I was already doing the Frontier and with the looming closure of Pokemon Bank, I thought that I wanted to take that on. And it's been something I've been working on the past few months. Massive shoutouts to CannedWolfMeat and SirToastyToes for their excellent videos that inspired me to do this. And now I'm here basically at the end,prepping to play through Scarlet for the the last few Ribbons in that game.

Of course though, In order to get the ribbons in Sword, I had to actually play through it for the first time. The playthrough, while really easy Leon and early Klara not withstanding, was extremely strong in terms of options for team members, especially with Isle of Armor options thrown in. I love pokemon games that offer a large variety of team members to use, it's a big reason I enjoy XY more than most. I found myself using 10 whole team members by the end of the playthrough. Would have had more but I literally never found Applin and Cursola is Shield exclusive. Many of these were new Galarian Pokemon which are for the most part fantastic. Galar imo has one of the strongest lineups of new pokemon in the series, though I feel Alola did regional forms better. Seriously though, I was using all these guys by the end.

Something thatvalso surprised me was the locations. While the Wild Area is a little boring, I found myself enjoying many of the locations. The two big cities, Hammerlocke and Motostoke are cool and feel very large, Ballonlea and the Glimwood Tangle are actually really great areas visually and Wyndon is imo, one of the best cities we've seen in a Pokemon Game in terms of both scale and looks. While I do like these areas, I will say progressing through them is extremely linear, it feels like there's very little opportunity to go off the beaten path. It's a pretty big shame when even more linear games like XY or Gen 7 had at least a couple of optional areas to explore.

I will say the main story isn’t great. I enjoyed some of the characters. Bede had a neat story with him basically trying to get validation from a father figure who doesn't seem to care much about him. Marnie was an all around good character with some fun interactions who genuinely is just doing her best for her home town and much of the dlc cast like Mustard, Klara and Peony were genuinely entertaining. I did enjoy some of the main game side characters too like Bea and Piers.

Where the plot falls is, well, the plot, not a lot really happens. The game does build up Rose's plan with Eternatus, but you're kept out of the action for most of the events leading up to it. The game basically doesn't have an antagonist until right at the end, where it just kinda feels forced. Everything with Macro Cosmos at Rose Tower only happens because Leon was meeting Rose and we didn't like that for some reason? And of course there's the climax with Eternatus, where as everyone and their mother has pointed out, Rose basically unleashes the apocalypse because he couldn't wait one day to solve a problem 1000 years away. I do like how nonchalant he is about it though, that's kind of funny and Eternatus is actually a pretty cool legendary, though there really isn't much on it storywise beyond the fact it crashed to Earth 3000 years ago and it is the source of Dynamax.

The DLCs though do have more interesting stories. With Isle of Armor focusing on Klara and her being humbled through the dojo and then bonding with Kubfu to raise him to his ultimate form. And Crown Tundra was actually really interesting as you have Calyrex be an actual character. The king of the land who lost his power over time, seemingly losing faith in himself and subsequently losing the people's worship and his steeds. Heck the fact that Calyrex properly talks to you really helps make him and his story stand out from other legendaries and is really neat I think.

I will say, there may be something to be said about how many of the best parts of this game are locked behind DLC. I don't think that's inherently a bad thing, the DLC itself definitely justifies its purchase, but I do agree that the main game is a little lacking in some areas that the DLC does help make up for but that of course has the price tag attached. I also have to say the way the DLC is designed is a liitle strange. While Isle of armor does a decent job being something you can do at any point. Having access to the Crown Tundra as early as the Wild Area is extremely weird. The levels don't scale like the Wild Area or Isle of Armor so no matter when you go there you'll be fighting stuff in the high 50s or low 60s. While this does mean you can't catch anything in the wild, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from doing the Dynamax adventures and catching not just a massive variety of overleveled fully evolved mons but basically any legendary from the previous generations. And with that stuff, it's not unreasonable to be able to do literally everything in the Tundra after that except for catching Calyrex. While I would agree this is a fair decision, when you're already handing me literally anything I could want to steamroll the game, blocking off Calyrex and only Calyrex just seems weird.

For some other Miscellaneous stuff. The Battle Tower: It's pathetically easy, especially by previous Tower standards. The NPCs are limited to the Pokedex available at launch and you have no restrictions on useable mons. I'm not really complaining about this as it felt good to have a Facility that was basically just a victory lap after doing every other Tower in the past 6 months or so, and it is very worthwhile to do for rewards like Bottle Caps, Candies and the Nature Mints. 50 BP for one mint sounds like a lot but it's really not as bad as it sounds. But it is slso incredibly funny that shit like this is allowed.

Speaking of, the Nature Mints, those are a genuinely fantastic addition to the series. I'm very happy to see how accessible optimising pokemon has become since Gen 7. Between Hyper Training, Very easy levelling with jow many candies you can get through Raids, Nature Mints, easily accessible EV Training through the dojo and items like the Ability Capsule and Patch (Even with how expensive the patch is in SwSh), you can make pretty much any pokemon perfectly optimised for competitive use with, for the most part, not much time investment, it's genuinely great.

One thing I have to say as someone who enjoys a bit of Shiny Hunting, SwSh are kind of a slap in tge face with how many mons are shiny locked. Stuff like Type Null which was huntable in Gen 7, the starters which are a cardinal sin to shiny lock imo, and Cosmog who has literally no practical reason to be shiny locked when you can get Solgaleo or Lunala from the Max Lair with massively boosted shiny odds. It only really reinforces how little reason there actually is to shiny lock stuff imo and SwSh has among the most in the series. It's extremely annoying. Doesn't help that the game’s shiny hunting method is kinda eh, and wasn't properly figured out til ages after it's release.

So overall, I do think SwSh is a pretty flawed game, but I feel like it has a lot of strong aspects that get overlooked due to how initial reactions colored people's opinion on the game. Is it the best pokemon game? Not by a long shot imo. Is it still good though? I would say so yeah. I'd put it around B Tier I think. It has made me pretty interested to get to SV, which I'll have to do soon for the last few ribbons.

#My stuff #2024 games talk #Pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon swsh #pokemon ribbons #ribbon master

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lumenflowered · 7 months

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wikihow to make things less awkward when you share a name with your humans ex who may or may not be in the same region as her and may or may not be fucking. possessed or something.

i dont even know anymore but maria can barely say my full name without flinching and shes definitely been relying on me. less. which i get but im not sure shes even aware shes doing it???

normally i like popping out of my pokeball to mess around on her pokegear all the time but the last time i did that she looked like shed seen

well

a ghost. which i am. but not that kind of ghost. sure some ghost-types used to be human but as far as im aware ive always been a ghost. i had parents. ghost-type parents.

theyre... probably still in sprout tower. haunting it like they always said they would. like they always expected i would too. but i liked technology and i liked messing around with trainers and they kept getting mad at me for messing with the monks and

hhhhhhh

why did i have to pick this name. i could have picked literally any name i wanted and i picked this one because there was a movie about this human who got in some accident and stopped aging and. idk. it wasnt even that good a movie but the world kept changing around her while she stayed the same and something about that just. stayed with me yknow. im a ghost. we dont age either.

but i could have picked. ANYTHING else. and i didnt

i wish i did because at least then i wouldnt be scared to do. most things. maria had a really long chat with morty about how shed come from a world where being as obsessed with any god as he was (is) would have been really bad news for him and normally i would have taken a video of it and shared it with you because honestly shes so weird in such fun ways to watch

but i

i couldnt even come out of my pokeball. i wanted to. kinda. maybe. not really. but i didnt

maria if you see this tomorrow morning im. so so sorry and i wish id picked literally any other name. but i didnt. so i guess im still adeline.

maybe mortys still in town maybe i can play a prank on him or something. thatll make me feel better. maybe

#ooc: scheduled ooc. not scheduled ic. y'know the drill #rotomblr #pokeblogging #pokeblog rp #pokemon irl

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yeah-yeah-beebiss-1 · 2 years

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early impressions from the first 2 hours or so of pokemon scarlet: an ambitious, would-be phenomenal game held back by being released way too early

graphics are dogshit as expected, still looks like a late PS2 game

performance is rough - a lot of random frame drops and choppy animations, pop-in is somehow worse than PLA; there were several early cutscenes in the school classroom where all your schoolmates were moving at like 6fps that were extremely distracting

-koraidon’s jumping physics are super fucked up; in general the game has strong Bethesda energy with weird clipping and frame drops and general jank (for example, the only buildings you can enter are stores, and by “enter” i mean “the camera zooms in on the door until the whole screen is taken up by the door texture which is then used as a background for the shop UI”)

speedrunners are going to have a blast breaking this game wide open, which is to say the general quality control is very poor

pokemon variety is enormous, i nearly had a full PC box by the 2 hour mark just grabbing one of everything i saw

i can already tell that difficulty/level balancing is going to be a concern - exp share is always on and there are a lot of opportunities for experience, the only way you’ll be able to get through the game without being grotesquely overleveled for two of the three story paths is to box your whole team after completing one and starting over with low-level critters

overworld/catching mechanics don’t feel as polished as PLA’s; overworld catching is gone, there’s no reticule for aiming pokeballs to ambush wild pokemon, camera controls aren’t as flexible

you can set destination markers on the map, but they only show up on the minimap - playing this after finishing xenoblade 3 (which lets you see the markers in the world and even toggle guide paths) just makes me feel like it’s going to be a substantial learning curve for people not used to/fond of open-world games

terastallizing doesn’t feel like as much of a game breaker as dynamax or mega evolution

the gym leader implementation of terastallizing is boring as hell - rather than changing their ace to something that’ll counter whatever you brought to counter the gym type, they use it to change a pokemon that isn’t their gym type to match their gym type (the bug-type gym leader, for example, has a teddiursa that she terastallizes into bug type)

the soundtrack varies from respectable to absolutely amazing from what i’ve heard so far, the wild pokemon battle theme is dynamic based on area and the team star and tera raid battle themes go way harder than they have any right to - it’ll be interesting to see exactly how much influence toby fox had over the soundtrack, because some of these tracks definitely have his vibes all over them

in all fairness, i’m playing a leaked dump of a retail cartridge so there’s the possibility of a day-one patch fixing some of these issues, but the lack of polish runs so deep that i don’t think a single patch could address it

overall, i’m still having a decent time with the game because the pokemon formula is inherently pretty watertight and the exploration is pretty fun, but the game just feels blatantly unfinished so i couldn’t in good conscience recommend people drop $60 on it

i have a feeling there’s going to be more than a few instances of people getting buyer’s remorse and unloading their copies for cheap by early december, so i’d strongly recommend just waiting for that to happen so you can get it secondhand for $40-45

#pokemon spoilers #not really but i figure someone's gonna get mad if i don't tag it as such

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colorful-bees · 7 months

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I feel so cringe, I'm hyperfixating on my own AU so hard right now. Who let me do this?

Anyways, I'm going to ramble about my N in Hisui AU real quick because I'll go insane if I don't talk about it. Nothing specific, just stuff that I want to get out in no particular order.

I absolutely adore the idea of making N complete a Pokedex, no ifs, ands or buts about it. And its really just salt in the wound that it's the first one to exist (at least in the Hisui/Sinnoh region). This is going to be a world changing compilation of information that will influence how people interact with Pokemon for generations to come, a staple of the modern world of Pokemon research. And here's N, having no choice but to contribute to that.

Arceus (and also the worship of Arceus) is not as prominent in Unova as it is in Sinnoh but N is at least aware of who Arceus is (especially after it speaks to him before drop kicking him into the past). In a weird sense, N considers Arceus his friend, much like he considers every other Pokemon his friend in the same way. N doing this for Arceus is a weird mix between "doing a favor for your buddy" and "God himself just spoke to me Joan of Arc style and now I guess my whole life is doing side quests for the divine." All joking aside, N's relationship towards Pokemon is a big reason why he begrudgingly is okay with this. Not only is an all powerful being basically demanding it of him (he can't go back to Unova if he doesn't), but also. His friend needs something from him.

(More rambles under the cut, this post is just getting really long lol)

And then there's also how Team Plasma is reacting back in the modern day. Their King is just. Gone. Bye, bye, see you later. Where'd he go? Who knows but they really need to find him. And Ghetsis is so pissed. He's waited years to take control of Unova (and eventually the world) and just when he's so close to finally having achieved that, his main pawn just vanishes without a trace. N hasn't even awoken Zekrom yet so Ghetsis can't even command it in N's absence. Team Plasma is in full on panic mode with N gone and no matter how hard they look, they just can't seem to find him.

Meanwhile, back in the past, N has been found by the Galaxy Team and he despises them and pretty much anything they do. He's miserable working with them. From their usage of Pokeballs, to their goal of completing the Pokedex, to the way they talk about Pokemon is such a horrid way, everything about them turns N off from them. The one thing he does slightly enjoy is the pastures. Since boxes and PCs don't exist yet, the caught Pokemon are left in the pastures instead which N feels is much more humane and a nicer way to treat them. He still believes they shouldn't have been caught at all but small victories and all that.

N dislikes Pokemon professors and Professor Laventon is no exception. And his assistants aren't much better either. They're pretty amazed at not only his fearlessness about Pokemon but his ability to communicate with them as well. I mean, from Professor Laventon's perspective, that could fundamentally change researching Pokemon as a whole. N wants nothing to do with him and frequently gets angry with him for prodding him about his abilities. His friends aren't tools for research and neither is he.

But Rei and Akari? Oh, they think N is so cool. He's fearless about Pokemon in a way no one has ever seen before and he can talk to them? To these two fifteen year olds, he's one of the coolest adults ever.

And speaking of those interested in N. Volo. I don't even know where to start with the dynamic these two would have. Volo is interested in N right from the get go and this person who "fell from the sky" and is only even more intrigued when he learns N can communicate with Pokemon. N considers Volo to be just a regular human like all the rest and cannot understand why Volo is so insistent on being around him. N, being Arceus' "chosen one" as you could put it, is automatically of interest to Volo. Obviously, Volo has no knowledge of N's role as Hero of Ideals but if he ever found out, it would not be surprising to him, based solely on the way N acts. And, as Volo is the way he is, he has this bitterness towards N over Arceus communicating with him. Is it because N is special? Or does Arceus simply like anyone else more than Volo? Either way, N's both an object of Volo's intrigue and also someone he maybe kind of hates a little bit.

I have more thoughts but that'll probably be another post, this is already long and I am tired. But as always, feel free to send me asks about this AU, I will never turn down an opportunity to talk about it and I love it when people engage with stuff I make :)c

(Masterpost for this AU)

#pokemon #my au #n in hisui au #n as the pla protag au #just a big info dump about random stuff about this au

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fumikasasaki · 1 year

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Untold story

Twisted wonderland x pokemon fiction

Warning: This story is completely fiction and comes from the author imagination

-Swear words

Prolouge

POV: 1st person

I woke up inside a small pitch black place. 'Did I die?' That was the first thing that comes to my mind when I woke up. I tried to look around for my traveling bag and my pokeballs, 'it is still there...' I let out a sigh of relief knowing that all of my pokemon is still with me. I tried touch and feel the shape of the place I was inside of, 'am I inside a coffin? Who could've put me here?' I think to myself while trying to open the lid of the coffin, 'is it locked from outside? Why did this kind of thing always happened to me..?' I let out a sigh of frustration after failing to open the lid. Until I heard a strange voice, "Crap! People are coming. Gotta get a uniform while..." The strange voice grunted, 'who could it be?' I think to myself. "Grrr! The lid is too heavy!" The strange voice complained, 'is someone trying to open the lid? I think so...' I waited patiently for the lid to open. "Time for... my secret move! Guwaahuuh~~~~ there!" The strange voice speak.

'F-fire!? Is the person we're talking about is actually a pokemon!?' I panicked while trying not to let the fire burn my things. "Ok. Ok. Gotta get... Whaaaaa!!! Why are you up!?" The lid is finally open and I see a litten like pokemon. "Eh!? Are you a litten!? Wait... litten is red and black and litten does not have fire ears... what pokemon are you..?" I stare at the litten-like creature still trying to process what pokemon exactly is this creature. 'Is it a new pokemon..?' I take out my rotom phone and take a picture of the creature but 'No Data' text appears on my rotom phone. "Just who are you calling a litten!? I am the great grim! Well, whatever. Hey, human! Hurry up and give me those clothes! Otherwise... I'll roast ya!" The creature named grim ordered. "Clothes? Are you crazy? Do you want me to get nake-! Huh...? Is this a robe...?" I noticed I was wearing a black robe. "Just give me those clothes already!" The creature named grim became more and more inpatient, grim started chasing me around the building until we reached the library.

"I don't even know where am I..." I said with a heavy breath while gasping for air after getting chased around the building. "Did you really think you'd get away from my nose? Dumb human! If you don't wanna get roasted, better hand over- Buwah!? Ow! What's with this rope?" I stared at the creature named grim and the at the man wearing a Corviknight mask. "This is no mere rope! It is a lash of love!" The strange man argued, 'what a weird name...' I think to myself. "Ah, found you at last. Are you one of the new students? You shouldn't do things like that. Leaving the gate on your own! Not only that, you have yet to tame your familiar which has broken a number of school rules." The birdman spoke as if he was my parents scolding their child after doing something bad. "Let me go! I'm not their freakin' familiar!" Grim argued while trying to escape the birdman. "Sure, sure. The rebellious ones always say things like that. Just quiet down for a moment" The birdman continued to speak while still holding grim in his hand. "Mmmghmmmm" grim grunted still trying to escape the birdman.

"My goodness. It's unprecedented for a new student to leave the Gate on their own. Uuuggh... how impatient can you be? The entrance ceremony is already well underway. Let's head to the hall of mirrors" the birdman continued to speak. "Gate? What are you talking about sir?" I politely asked the man in front of me. "It's the room you woke up in with all the doors. All the student who wish to attend this academy must pass through one of those doors to arive here. Normally, students wake up only after the door is opened with a special key but..." The man explained with details about the 'Gate' were talking about. "So those flying coffins are actually doors? That's pretty cool but also terrifying, but I think grim fire blow the lid off" I replied still still thinking about the incident that just happened. "So in the end the culprit appears to be this familiar. If you're going to bring it with you, you have to take responsibility and properly take care of it... Oh My! Now isn't the time to be long winded. The entrance ceremony will soon come to a close. Let's get a move on." The man continues to explain to situations and made me follow him to the hall of mirrors and to attend the entrance ceremony that I don't even know what exactly it's about.

"A little question sir. Who exactly are you?" I politely asked from pure curiosity. "What's this? Are you still dazed? It appears the teleportation magic has left you disoriented... well, it is fine. It happens often enough. I shall give you an explanation as we make our way there. For I am gracious." He answered with some half-empathic tone. 'I hope this is not a joke...' lot and lots of questions has filled my mind as we walked towards our destination which is the hall of mirrors. "Ahem! This is nights raven college. Those magicians blessed with unique aptitude for magic gather from all over the world. Here at the most prestigious magical academy in twisted wonderland. And I am the headmaster, appointed to take care of this academy by the board chairman, Dire Crowley." He explained clearly about the whole concept of the academy to me. 'I don't really understand about this... but let's just pretend I do...' I think to myself. "Only those magicians seen as worthy by the dark mirror can attend this school. Chosen ones use the gate and are summoned here from around the world. An ebony carriage carrying a gate should have gone to meet you as well" I kept quiet as he continued to explain this school called night raven college to me.

"The ebony carriage goes to welcome new students chosen by the dark mirror. They are special carriages that carry the doors to the academy. The market decided long ago that carriages are used to welcome people on special days." He kept explaining the whole thing to me clearly. 'My head hurts...' I sigh quietly not trying to hurt the feelings of the man in front of me. I hear grim muffled screaming trying to escape Crowley. "Come, let's go to the entrance ceremony" Crowley ordered as I followed him quietly.

Prolouge-part 1 End- To Be Continued

Edit: I hope it's not too confusing! And I hope you guys enjoyed this! And just like the trailer. I probably made some spelling and grammar mistakes and I'm very sorry about that! English is not my first language!

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland crossover #pokemon x twisted wonderland #twst oc #twst #disney twst #pokemon oc #pokemon #Shion Hoshino

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pumpkachubby · 2 years

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Crossroads: Knoll’s side

How has been the shrunken Knoll hanging with Tsvetko for the last week? When did he grew back to his normal size? And is that Koichi, Koh’s father? Find all of that in this new chapter~

Crossroads: >Trevor’s side< - >Wolter’s side< - > Knoll’s side

Make sure to check the Story Archive for past chapters!

For the last week I have spend most of the time hanging around in Tsvetko’s beard, I wouldn’t say it's the most comfortable place to be but it's better than being shoved and forgotten into a pocket, here I can relax and see everything he sees, and I’m at a good distance to talk and eat with him without much risk of someone noticing my presence. You might think that I must be having a great time, and I would agree but not everything is nice, I don’t think there are many people who like to wake up with a splash of water on their face, right? Well, that’s exactly what this week has been like, everytime Petrov’s father washes his face in the morning I suddenly wake up drenched in cold water. I may have started to get used to being around him but this was something I just couldn't.

-”I have told you many times, why don’t you just wake me up? Or even better, just take me out of it while you take care of your morning routine” - I complained to the large man coming out of the shower, this time was particularly worse because he didn’t just wash his face in the sink, he went straight to the shower.

-”Hahaha, sorry sorry, you know I’m still getting used, having little guys around is not as normal as you may think ” - He laughed as he put on some underwear, I tried to look away but I couldn’t help but to glance at his behind, he really is Petrov’s father after all if you know what I mean..

-”So? What are the plans for today?” - I asked, trying to think about anything else besides the mountain of a man that I had in front of me. -”It’s the opening ceremony, right?”

-”Exactly, we are going to see our boys” - He quickly replied as he struggled to put on his pants -“Do you want to come?”

-”Why do you ask that?”

-”Well, you were quite nervous when I met Sven yesterday, you even crawled inside of my shirt to avoid being found out. I don’t understand, didn’t you want to see how he was doing? At least that is what I thought by your initial excited reaction upon seeing him at the distance, that’s why I walked closer to them. What made you hide?”

-”I was happy to see him, but… ”

-”But?”

-”You were desperate to find trainers to give your support, and if Sven noticed I was there he may have misunderstood the situation, I didn’t want him to think I was trying to give directions to what he should do, I was the one who pushed him to this situation after all…”

-”I see, you want him to be more independent, as a father I know that, so about the anxiety and need to make sure they are fine…” - He said as he tried to decide which shirt to wear - “If you allow me to ask, there is something that has been bothering me about you two.”

-”Go ahead” - I replied

-”What kind of relationship do you have? I mean, he was your pokemon that you left in your world, then he showed up in a humanoid form upon following you across the mirror. Then you proceeded to have a normal life, right? Did something change besides his looks?”

-”That’s the problem… nothing really changed between us. He kept treating me like his master, doing what I said, there for what I needed, but even back in our world he is still his own being, his life can’t spin around one single person, humans don’t live forever after all… This is something I have never talked to anybody but one of the reasons I freed Sven and destroyed his pokeball, forcing him to go live by his own was because I had started to think about my own mortality, I was getting older and after a life of solitude and sedentarism I could feel my body breaking apart… when I crossed that mirror, I was ready for failure too…”

-”You can’t be serious…”

-”All I knew was that I could put my hand into the mirror, it felt weird, so… with Sven gone I had nothing waiting for me. But lucky me I got ready for nothing, not only did I made it here alive but I regained my youth too, sure the world felt off at first but I got used to it over time, well, sure I may have end up needing to be shrunken down so my body can properly adapt to this world but I’m grateful I got this chance… and yet, I didn’t see that I would end up having to deal with the consequence of having someone too stubborn to let me go…”

-”Tell me, Knol.What exactly are your feelings for Sven?” -He asked as he carefully lifted me between his hands.

-”He is the most important person in my life, but… I don’t think I deserve his love.”- I replied, hugging my knees tight.

-”Do you think he would be better with someone else? Do you think that would make you feel better?”

-”I don’t know!” - I shouted, scratching my head -”I feel like such garbage, I want him to find his own future, and yet a life without him scares me, he has been by my side for so long, but things are different now, we got a new chance, and it’s only fair for him to have the same opportunity to choose. Back then I chose to leave him, and now I pushed him away so he can find out if he really wants to be by my side or not…”

-”That’s one hell of a gamble my little buddy, but don’t forget: whatever the result may be, you are not alone.”

-”Thanks…”

-”Now let's get going, we gotta have a good breakfast and then go check that ceremony, don’t worry, you can hide as deep as you want if you don’t want him to find you~”

-”Just put me in your pocket if you want to talk with them…”

Everytime we have a meal in public I wonder if anyone looks weird at Tsvetko, after all he do it very slowly so I can snatch a piece of food for myself as he brings the food to his mouth, I told him that he could just give me something later but he insisted that he wanted to have some thrill on his vacations, so I gave up and joined him in this unnecessary endeavor.

The Motostoke gym was packed with new trainers wearing their new white uniform, even if I looked around I don’t think I would see Sven and his friend between the people, so I stayed hidden in the beard as my friend talked to all kind of important people he knew and were there for a similar reason, as he explained again and again that he was taking a break form the job as his son take care of the guild in his place.

Everything should have gone as planned but then I suddenly felt it: Sven was here, as he should be, but there was something else… some sense of danger in the air, it brought me back to a memory from when I had just met Sven years ago, I was walking on the woods near my house when I was attacked by a Duskull, I didn’t have much battle experience but Sven threw himself into battle to protect me, and he was ruthless, he scared me so fearing he could cause more damage to the other pokemon I put him back in his pokeball and ran away. I could feel it: he was in a similar position, and without thinking I jumped out of Tsvetko’s beard and ran to him, not even stopping to think about the fact that I grew back to my normal size in the process.

When I made it to the changing room everyone was looking terrified as Sven strangled a guy up in the air with only one hand, pure rage in his face as his friend was against the wall as scared as everyone else. For a moment I doubted of what should I do: this time I couldn’t lock him into a pokeball, I couldn’t just give him an order, it would go against everything I have been struggling about our relationship, so I just shouted his name as hard as I could, thankfully this was enough to make him drop his victim to the floor.

-”Master? What are you doing here?” -He said, completely forgetting about anyone else in the room, I looked around and everyone was breathing out relaxed, most looked at the guy on the floor with pity and some even started to laugh as he coughed desperately. As an announcement asking all trainers to go to the main arena a staff member behind Sven seemed to kinda figure out how the situation was solved and quickly gave me a sign to not worry about it. Maybe it was because he wanted to avoid problems right when the ceremony was about to begin? Anyway, I took a deep breath and tried to avoid the topic for the time being.

-”Go, we can talk later, ok?” -I stepped closer and hold his hand - “I will be cheering for you.”

-”Y-yes!” - He replied with a warm smile, quickly grabbing his friend by the arm and rushing towards the main arena, just like everyone else started to do.

-”Wha *cough* What the hell? *cough* *cough*” - Complained the guy laying on the floor as he tried to stand up - “Call the Chairman, he can’t allow such a violent person to join such a prestigious activity! I will make sure he pays for this offense!” - He shouted at the staff member, who didn’t even look back at him.

-”You don’t seem like the kind of person that has many friends, don’t you?”- I asked him as I stood in his way as he was trying to leave the room.

-”Shut up! Move away, I need to go talk with the Chairman now!”

-”I’m sure he must be busy getting ready for his speech, you wouldn’t like to be the one to disturb such an important moment, right?”

-”The safety of everyone is in danger! That beast can’t-”

-”Shut your mouth.” - I said, grabbing him by his collar, making him flinch at the sudden reminder of what he just experienced. - “Look at the empty room around you, nobody gave a single fuck about what you feel, and I have a feeling you deserve it, Sven is not the kind of person who acts like this for nothing, you must have been doing something pretty nasty to make him go to such extreme… You should be grateful I showed up, otherwise he may have gone even further…” - I said, twisting his collar, making him fall to his knees. - “I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with them, but I would recommend staying as far away as possible, because I won’t be there to save you again.”

I left him laying on the floor and got out of the room as I started to hear him sobbing and punching the ground, probably from frustration.

I had to go back with Tsvetko to watch the ceremony so I rushed back into the main arena as soon as possible, thankfully he had a reserved spot in the vip area and was cautious enough to send my personal data in advance so they could let me in in case I had grow back to normal. When he saw me again he quickly tried to get up but couldn’t by the surprise, quickly scratching his beard looking for me.

-”You- You are big!” - He shouted.

-”Yeah… you could say that” - I replied, scratching my head.

-”But how? Didn’t they say it could take months? Wait a moment, when did you leave my side? You look like you just came running…”

-”I’m surprised you didn’t notice, I’m sorry I suddenly noticed I had to do something…”

-”Does it have to do with Sven?”

-”Yes… you may get some complaints later.”

I told him about the whole situation I saw at the changing room and he listened in silence with his arms crossed. The Chairman was giving his speech to the new challengers but he was giving more attention to what I was saying anyway. When the speech was over and everyone was cheering on the trainers, he replied back.

-”That guy must be Scott, he is infamous for being a snobbish son of his wealthy parents who can’t take a no for answer, I knew I have seen Wolter somewhere before, I read about it in the newspaper, I don’t usually check the gossip section but it was hard to avoid the scandal when they break up, they never disclosed Wolter’s face to the media but I had seen them together when I went to check on their farm after an incident. You were right, he deserved to be put in his place, and I’m sure you scared him enough too.”- He said, messing with my hair - “Don’t worry, nobody takes him seriously, that’s probably why the staff didn’t even check on him, he is the pain in the ass of Galar, I’d say that hopefully this will teach him some manners, but I doubt it.”

-”I see, then I can relax about that.” - I replied as we walked out of the VIP area.

-”You shouldn't, I mean, about Sven, didn’t you tell him you would see him later?”

-”Dammit, you are right… What should I say?”

-”Just congratulate him, he found something he wants to try on his own, right? That’s enough motivation for celebration, don’t you think?”

-”Yeah you are correct, now if only we could find- ouch”- I complained as I bumped into someone. At first I didn’t recognize him, but when I heard his voice it was very clear who this person was. Another unexpected meeting just happened.

-”I’m really sorry, are you alright? Oh, but if it isn’t my son from across the mirror” -Replied Mr. Koichi, laughing as he hid his face behind a fancy fan. Koichi is Koh’s father, I had only seen him via video chats and until now we never had a proper in-person meeting. He is the kind, supportive father I wish I had in my own world, if it wasn’t for his gentle personality I would probably envy Koh for being so lucky, but he won me over when I was told that when he found out about my existence he jumped of joy for “having twins now”. He is very busy traveling around the world, but he often calls to check on his son, although most of the time we ended up talking only between us since Koh is busy with his work too.

-”And who is this handsome man hiding behind you?” - He asked, pointing at Tsvetko, who suddenly got red as a tomato.

-”You don’t know him? He is Tsvetko, master of the Obsidian Guild, and the father of Petrov, you know, one of Koh’s boyfriends.”

-”Oh my! I knew about him but we never had the pleasure to be introduced. I have only met his wife time ago, she and their guild members were a big help during that storm years ago, please make sure to send my gratitude towards her, I will forever be in debt.”

-”Ex-wife…” - Whispered Tsvetko, looking gloomy.

-”Oh my, my most sincere apologies, I had no idea…”

-”Do- don’t worry about it! You had no reason to know! Please don’t feel bad, it was a while ago anyway!”

-”If you say so, Mr. Tsvetko… in that case, and I hope I’m not being inopportune, would you like to join me for tea later today? I’m sure we must have a lot to talk about, don’t you think?”

-”O-of course! With our son’s relationship and all that”

-”Yeah, but I would be lying if I said I don’t have a personal interest in yourself too” - Replied Koichi, hiding his blushing face under his fan, looking away, making Tsvetko even more red than before - “Now, if you excuse me, I need to take care of some business, Knoll has my number, we can coordinate our next meeting then. See you later~”

Koichi walked away leaving us alone as Tsvetko tried to control himself. - He said as he walked down the hallway.

-”Oh no, oh no, what should I do? What should I wear? What should we talk about??”- He asked as he shook me grabbing me by the shoulders, still blushing.

-”What’s up with you? It’s not like this is your first date, right?”

-”That’s exactly the point, technically this IS my first date!”

-”Wait, didn’t you get married? How could this be your first?”

-”Yeah, but with her we never had this kind of situation, she preferred going on an adventure, fighting some out of control pokemon, we never made plans or had food at fancy restaurants!”

-”I see… I think I get why your marriage failed…”

-”Hey no need to be mean! Besides, you don’t seem like the kind of guy who has a lot of experience in these things!”

-”You are correct, I don’t, but I am a professional author, and I have written a good handful of bestsellers romance novels, mostly ending in tragedy where the protagonist had to find or face the murdered of their lover, but I think I can give you a couple of tips anyway.”

-”I don’t think that’s very reassuring, but I’m counting on you.”

-”Don’t worry, you will be fine, but for now, let's focus on finding Sven and his friend, ok?”

#Koichi the Rotom #knoll the shiny one #Tsvetko the pumpkaboo #oc things #oc story #this one is longer than usual because a lot happened

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sealcdheart · 2 years

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𝖯✰𝖣𝖠 -> ANSWERED. ¦ ◓ → ⁚ ⁛ @healbellls / Brendan

Valentine's day is here, which means he definetely got something for his man. Somehow, he managed to hide it long enough from Cole, in order to give it in this very special day. He is ecstatic to be able to spend this holiday, with him.

Even though, he was trying his hardest to not make it too obvious. Brendan could just barely, contain himself.

As such, after preparing a relatively basic breakfast for them. He set the gift box, which had the shape of a Luvdisc, at the center of the table. Inside of it, there was a brand "new" Rotom phone, just waiting for its owner to pick it up.

But that wasn't the real gift, the real one was also inside of a similar looking pack, that he was hiding behind his back. He would wait for Cole to open the first gift, before giving this one. It was a framed picture of them together, one of the many pictures he had taken of them, but it was still a special one for him. As it was taken pretty early on their relationship, as evident by how much younger both of them looked in it.

"As per Hoenn's tradition, I was supposed to give you a Luvdisc. But I think this is, far better than that, huh?" He would say this, the moment Cole opened the first gift. Then he would follow it up by getting up close to him, and laying a gentle and tender kiss over his forehead as he handed over to him the second gift box. "I'm happy, to be spending this day with you, Cole."

"I love you." He whispered the last part.

"What the hell is that?"

That appeared to be some sort of red box, that almost looked like his P✰DA but was significantly more–almost fleshed out. Cole liked his P✰DA, the P✰DA actually fit inside his pocket and had a closing metal screen that prevented him from breaking it every single time he dropped it. And he dropped it, a lot. So the P✰DA was handy. It also stored the information of all the Shadow Pokemon he caught, thanks to the APP created by the KIDS GRID. The P✰DA did a lot that he needed it to do, and anyone could reach him with his email.

The thing that was inside the box seemed to almost electrify itself when he poked at it, weird beady like eyes flying open and shooting out of the box. Cole flinched back, teeth grinding together as the thing flew around his head and seemed to buzz at him. He stood from the chair and looked to Umbreon. “Umbreon, get it!” The Pokemon blinked at him, blinked at the box, and then tilted their head.

It was very unhelpful.

He bated at the thing as it flew around his head, tempted to go grab a baseball bat and use it for practice. His thoughts were interrupted by Brendan, feeling the other press alongside him at the words that were whispered to him. He sighed and glanced a bit over toward the Champion, jerking his hand at the flying red bug. “If you did, you’d catch the pest and box it back up.” He replies, somewhat jokingly, somewhat serious.

He took the second gift, somewhat more nervous over opening this one, and peeked inside of it before setting the lid back down. He wasn’t fond of pictures, much less when they were of himself, but he understood photographs and memories were important to Brendan. “You can put it wherever you want to.” He tells him, setting the box down on the table beside the other one he was given.

The pest was taking pictures.

He’s going to shoot it.

“I don’t celebrate holidays, typically, but Eagun and his wife told me it was coming up.” They met Brendan, they like Brendan. Most people tend to like Brendan. He would admit this one came faster than he would have liked. “So here.” He fetches a box from the inside of his jacket and tosses it over toward Brendan. The small gift box was black and wrapped with a single red ribbon.

It wasn’t much, it was a ring, he’d bought it from a store in Phenac City. It was a diamond, small, shaped like a Pokeball. The damn pest was flying in his face to try and catch Brendan’s reaction as he opened the box and Cole actually took a swing at it angrily as he spoke.

“Will you marry me? And return this damn box?”

#¦ ◓ → ⁚ ⁛ 【ɪ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜ】 ¦ ❮ Cole & Brendan ❯#healbellls #¦ ◓ → ⁚ ⁛ 【ᴘ✰ᴅᴀ】 ¦ ❮ messages / answered ❯#( How to propose to someone; a terrible essay by Cole )#Cole VC: here take this marry me and shoot the phone

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servrz · 5 months

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patch y9.1.3 today. i do not like this.

first of all, i started playing azami a week or so ago, forgot to mention that lol. i thought the barriers were in a good spot, i didn't think they needed any more adjustments for now, but they decided to increase the damage that bullets do to them. whatever. minute change, it's fuckin annoying but i can live with it.

rip iana, dogshit operator now. that might be a bit of an overreaction but they've been nerfing the poor woman nonstop. first the frags, then the g36 recoil, and now NO MORE STUNS? fuck that, bro. the gemini is good for intel, and the arx is a very solid gun, but i don't wanna play her over most other ops anymore.

why do they keep changing lesion? i mean the impact thing is alright cause he has the super shorty, but there was no real reason to give him the super shorty in the first place when they did...? like, i'm perplexed at how ubi is "balancing" lesion. he was in a great spot months ago, they decided to completely rework his gadget and give him the shorty. then when the changes ended up making him *just oh so slightly better* on the stats chart, they didn't just revert the super shorty change, oh no-- THEY TOOK THE IMPACTS?? idk man, it just seems like ubisoft is always fighting a battle to make lesion "balanced" when he has been for a while, the changes feel so needless and uncalled for.

i'm just gonna say it plain and simple, nokk is still dogshit. it doesn't MATTER if you increase the duration of her gadget, that isn't the problem-- the issue is that THE GADGET SUCKS TO BEGIN WITH. WHY WOULD INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU CAN USE A GADGET HELP, IF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE GADGET ITSELF IS SO BAD THAT NOBODY EVEN WANTS TO USE IT??? give her an assault rifle or buff the fmg, and then revert a lot of the changes you made to the cloak a while back. she was in a fine spot post-frag changes, and even with the stupid fucking fmg nerfs she was still *playable.*

ORYX CAN RUN THROUGH SHIELDS LMAOOOOOO WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS GONNA BE SO FUN

sens is still kinda crappy. well, i shouldn't say that cause they have their uses, so i guess they're just *super duper, very, incredibly situational and niche.* i mean i guess having an extra projector could help in some *very specific scenarios and strategies* but it fails to make sens better as a whole. the projector at its core needs actual changes to its function, many of which i have seen suggested by the community.

impact changes are weird, but i don't care personally. lower damage just means pokeball kills are gonna be harder now lmao, which is a very strange and silly way to get a kill already so it's all good. and i don't impact trick, so the smaller radius of effect change doesn't really affect me, but i kinda do like that one. forces you to pay more attention as a bandit or kaid player.

and the shield thing, i like very much. that's all i have to say on it.

basically, all in all, this patch sucks. there are very few good implementations here in my opinion, so many of them are useless and don't help with balancing at all. so ubisoft, please for the love of god, get your heads out of your asses and open your ears. come up with more creative solutions to balancing issues. and listen to the community. we're not geniuses, but we ARE the player base, and hearing our thought and ideas should serve to assist you guys in making the game better. even when you guys seem fucking stumped on how to solve the most basic issue, if you would listen to the things that players are saying, they would be solved. the ideas are right in front of you, FOR FREE. <3

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slime-stew · 11 months

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i should be working on pink gold peach but the model fucking sucks and i have no idea why it works differently with the metal box vs regular reflections and its ALMOST FINE except the stupid fucking DRESS BREAKS

someone asked about asuka/rei for zelda/sheik and i said i should make that and then i got like a few textures in and stopped, and then someone else beat me to it with a proper model import that i can't really match LOL (p sure it was spamitburns which tracks) altho that was i think peach so ehhhh??? i guess i could do a full thing but it feels a bit weird 2 step on peoples toes especially when melee modding is as small as it is

i still want 2 do like... more interesting mods. i think the "easiest" mod that hasn't been done is making all the pokemon from pokeballs shiny. i messed around with custom items when i was first getting used to modding bc items are wayyy simpler than players, and with hsdraw i can actually fuck around with models in a more handson way (that does not require blender orz). its also why i wanted to make mods for less popular stages and chars bc they're very unexplored and you get far more reward from having added to that :) even if nobody ever used the trans gnw skin i can still say i was Da First to make a multicolored skin for him

i don't think most ppl care about anything outside of custom chars for the top 7 (and mario, weirdly) and the competitive stages, but i think that's a shame. brawl had non-competitive content, maybe helped by the game being less competitive overall, but you would still see goofy custom stages and overtuned meme characters and things. melee doesn't really have that, with some smaller exceptions for stage packs. things like sd remix, beyond melee, akaneia are all still trying to be balanced, and that's probably a good thing! but the last guy i remember making goofy mods ended up also just stealing balance changes from SD remix and then just got exploded into the stratosphere. at least alpharad did silly melee with the help of nobody else, that one is pretty fun :) i played peach i think in that

#ssbm #modding

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browniefox · 2 years

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Brownie’s thoughts on Pokémon Legends Arceus

Admittedly, this is just what I’ve thought of while waiting for/on a train, but I just recently beat the final boss of the post game content, so I figure nows as good a time as any to give my opinion, if anyone cares. We have The Good, The Bad, and The Pokemon.

The Good

I’ve always enjoyed Pokémon games that break the mold - which is to say, I really enjoyed Mystery Dungeon and Ranger. I know Legends doesn't break the mold in the same way, but it's still a step out of the usual comfort zone of pokemon games, so that was extremely nice! I have to say, I absolutely adore and love just catching pokemon without fighting them. I was kind of worried it'd be a bit boring, but getting to sneak about, toss some oran berries out ther, and then throw your pokeballs, always feels very satisfying when you manage to catch an Alpha without doing any damage to it.

I like that 'bosses' weren't just 'battle the pokemon' - in fact, technically that part wasn't necessarily for quelling the Nobles! I do think that the tabbles themselves could've used a bit of variation, but over all I enjoyed them. I even died a couple times! And a little challenge is always nice :)

I thought all of the characters were a lot of fun, even if I do question some of the design choices (cough*Irida's Clothes*cough). I also found the arguments of 'space vs time' extremely annoying, but this is the good! And I thought the various relationships between the different wardens was good! Each one felt distinctive. I also really liked how many of the wardens were like 'i mean, maybe the frenzies is from Sinnoh :/ isn't more power good?' I wish the plot point was maybe covered in a bit more detail, but the fact it was there at all was a treat!

I thought a lot of the scenery was nice - especially the night sky! It was maye a little repetitive - as was BotW - but it is distinct enough landmarks that you can eventually get a feel for the terrain of an area.

The pokedex is great, I love all the things you need to do to fill it out. I dont' think I've completed a single entry fully yet.

The Bad

They had a reduced number of pokemon in this game - and this isn't the argument you think it is! I have no problem with a good having less pokemon in it! But I do kind of wish that when they have less pokemon, they'd take the time to give the pokemon new models. I know it's probably askign a lot, but like, across the last like five games the pokemon all look the same and it makes me miss sprites all the more.

On to bigger gripes!

The ending of the main tory feels very rushed and weird. I feel like you should've been able to join like one of the clans or the ginkgo guild or something. Like, have more choices, and those choices effecting the game more. I also feel like it swas 99% cutscenes or dialogue, which isn't as fun. And being outcast seems like it should've lasted a bit longer to feel more impactful.

I'm fine with the game not being open world, but the way it tells you you've hit an edge isn't great. More than anything, it's most annoying in the alabaster icelands. I can't say they designed this are last, but it definitely feels like it considering how boring it (and mount coronet tbh) feel compared to the other areas. Alabaster Icelands is particualry aggregious because the out of bounds aren't just the edges of the map, but the top of tall mountains - when you have a pokemon that can climb and one can fly. They couldn't have modeled the top of those? Even if they held nothing? It breaks flow so sharply I hate it.

The tutorial was grueling to endure. You spend hours with Rei telling you what to do and where to go. I feel like the game should've let you explore more in the beginning, and then you could ask Rei if you needed help or something.

The textures on the fields are kind of laxy and the repeating in some cutscenes is so glaringly obvious. Or like, the emblems on clothes are really low resolution? For some reason? Just all pixelated and ugly.

I like how many outfit options there are, and cutomization, but of course I wish there were more. i just like clothes and hair cuts :) (also not really my place, but as far as I'm aware there's only one textured hair design and it's braids? That's probably 'normal' for customization but I noticed it and it kind of bugged me)

The Pokemon

What does that mean? Uh just that I'll say whatever I want about pokemon from the game here lol. I've seen designs for like ancient pokemon that fans drew before this, and seeing what they went with was a bit of a let down. Not to say I don't like them, bt it was kind of ':/ I've seen better'. Like the fan renditions of Hisui Arcanine slapped. Also while Sneasler has grown on me a bit, I do think it could've been better. I also think it's weird how many Unova pokemon there were? Mostly because like, I'm pretty sure in pokemon canon Unova is - like America and Japan - on the other side of the world, so what are these pokemon doing here?

I wish you could walk with them, or some form of like petting them. I do like how much their sizes could vary tho! Some of it is kind of ridiculous - seeing an alpha sneasel, for instance, and you immediately go 'oh okay yeah this isn't real'. Like, even in the fiction of pokemon, I love her but she looks so dumb that big. Alphas as a concept tho are very neat and cool!

To wrap up this section, I guess I'd say that I wish there were more pokemon, but that's no surprise, and I wish there were more variations, but again no surprise, I'm just insatiable.

(also i have this conspiracy theory that there was supposed to be a third wurmple evolution in this game the beauregard wurmple would turn into it)

Final Thoughts

Do I recommend this game? Yeah, I'd say I would, I really enjoyed it, but with the words 'well, pokemon games kind of cut corners' followed right after my recommendation. It's just athing with pokemon for a while now, where their games just feel kind of lacking or incomplete, like they needed another year or two. I'm sure anybody who's played a recent pokemon game gets me. I hope they make another game in this style, and I hope it's not a mainline game, but takes place in the past like this one. I love the untapped potential of exploring the same regions but from a new perspective and different point in history. It adds a lot ot it and I can't wait to see where they go with it.

#browniefox speaks #pokemon #pkmn #pla #pokemon legends arceus #opinion

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ask-rp-devra · 4 years

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The night was short, the pair were able to sleep a good 8 hours before getting ready the next morning to set off towards the train station. The pair decided to come back through to pick up the Pokemon to bring back to the island before heading home, but for now they could stay behind with Devra’s mom, just for a little while longer. The only team members that went with them were coal, the little hybrid houndoomxarcanine pup, and Aliza, who had taken a shine to the ponyta gifted to Peach, they seemed to play well together, even Dreepy liked her. With bags gathered, goodbyes said, and tickets bought, the pair stepped onto the train, waving off Olivia who came to see her daughter go, and off they went, towards the new Galarian island, the Crown Tundra.

Devra settled into her seat, waving goodbye to her mom as Coal jumped up in the seat next to her. He was small enough to be on the train, but Aliza had to stay in her pokeball for the time being. She looked over at her friend and smiled. “I hope you slept alright. I always thought the guest room bed was too hard.”

“‘you saw me right? I was asleep in an aeroplane chair sitting up right, the bed was just fine. Much better than most of the places I sleep while away from the lab.” She recalled a few occasions being able to just about catch an hours rest while being trapped in a tree by aggressive Pokemon. “it was a warm, dry bed, with actual sheets and a roof over me haha. It was great.” She mindlessly petted Val, ordering a good coffee off the trolley that passed by, a sweet little wigglytuff in the train companies uniform asking for payment. She got her wallet out...or so she thought? Her hand reached into her bag, and hit something very cold and very smooth, reeling from the weird texture. Val sniggered to herself, shifting to the empty seat the bag sat on, to peer inside.

“I think we have a stow away.” Peach murmured, carefully opening the bag much wider than needed to get a good look. “‘Dreepy?” Inside was the little ghost type, she swore while waving to Devra’s mother at the station when they left, she had also spotted this Pokemon amongst others that had come to see the trainers off. He was wrapped up in one of Peach’s shirts, and seemed a little nervous about being caught in her stuff.

Devra looked over at Peach from her camera, having been looking th right some pictures. “Dreepy? He’s here? But I saw him with my mom. Here, I took a picture of the group when we left.” She held the camera so they could both look. “Oh....well. I thought he was in the picture.” She looked at the little Pokémon and sighed. “I guess he really wanted to come with you.”

“well, it’s fine with me, if he wants to come then I guess we’ve got a new team member.” She smiled a little at the Pokemon and let him and Val go and pick some snacks off the trolley before paying. She gave eyes at her steadfast fire type while Dreepy’s back was turned, asking without words for her to tone her usual disinterest down by like 20%, and she began chattering to the ghost Pokemon as she selected a strawberry filled dumpling thing in a wrapper. With the stern silence broken between the two, peach could relax a little, perhaps they two would be fine together for the trip.

“You’re right though, I swear I saw him on the platform too.” She glanced at the screen on the camera, seeing no signs of him. “‘how strange. You’re faster than you look hey bud?” Dreepy seemed quite proud of the compliment, and finally chose a chocolate-orange flavoured pastry twist before returning to the open bag to snack. “I’m buying, you and your team want anything?”

Devra nodded to Coal, who bounced over and happily started sniffing around until he found a pumpkin muffin. She then grabbed an apple cake and raspberry pastry for her other two team members before sitting back down. “I don’t need anything. Mom made sure I left full.” She laughed and opened Coal’s treat for him. “Tell Peach thank you young man.” The little pup barked happily as me bounced over to her for pets.

“she’s a good mom that one, I bet she’d enjoy a little holiday in johto, lots to see, I can hook you both up with some fun things to do for sure.” There was plenty of art galleries, heritage sites, and excellent restaurants throughout the region, not to mention live music, public gardens of great beauty, and a butt load of areas to sightsee in. Peach paid up and petted Coal, she was very glad to see him in capable hands, he took to Devra like a Ducklett to water, and she was confident he’d grow fast now he was out exploring with her. The Dreepy seemed to peep its eyes out at the hybrid Pokemon, still nibbling away on its snack.

Coal bounced back up next to Devra and started to munch on his treat. “I’m sure she’ll love the trip.” She looked out the window, watching the countryside roll by. “What’s the first thing you want to do once we get to the tundra?”

The professor sipped her hot drink, also enjoying the windows view. “hm, that’s a good question. I suppose I’d really like to find a place to stay, I’d normally not mind camping but I see the name ‘Crown TUNDRA’ and feel like I wouldn’t want to stay over night outside as much. What about you? You’ll be knees deep in herd Pokemon in no time I bet, anything else you’d want to check out?” The little Dreepy had snuck closer to the window to look out, still nibbling.

“Well, there is this big ruin building with a massive old dead tree that’s I’d love to see. But it’s at the top of one of the mountains here. So it might be tricky getting to.” She mindlessly pet Coal as she slowly started seeing snow. “And I think there’s a small town that we could ask about lodging at. Day trips to the tundra and back by dark?”

“‘oh I do love a tree, that sounds interesting, you could always try to find a Pokemon who could get you up that mountain a bit easier?” Peach had planned to do just that, the cold sneaking in, she could feel her bad knee aching ever so slightly already, and almost exactly after that thought crossed her mind, Val crept over to radiate heat, sitting in her lap, easing the dull pain.

“perhaps we can camp out some of the time, it’d be nice to see what happens at night, what Pokemon come out, just perhaps not in any heavy weather if it can be avoided. I did take a look online, the village there is usually pretty open to travellers, think I noticed a B&B or two with vacancies posted, I’m sure we’ll find somewhere to stay.” By this point, the views had turned pure white, in the fields you could see grazing Pokemon, a herd of wooloo who almost blending in with the surroundings.

Devra spotter the wooloo right away, fawning over one of her favorite Pokémon. Coal picked up on his trainer’s excitement, his tail wagging happily as she told him what snow was like. “Oh I can’t wait to see Aliza’s face when she sees her first snow!”

“thats right, she’s not even seen a December yet, or a snowy route. Good thing you got your camera then isn’t it, I’m sure mom and pop would like to see her first experience with it, you know Cole hasn’t seen snow either before. Bet he’s real excited about now.” The pup must have felt something, seeing all this white for the first time. “‘what about you Dreepy, you seen snow before?” The little ghost type looked back, didn’t turn its body at all, but bent it’s neck fully back to look at the Professor upside down, giving no clear answer, which to her seemed like a big fat no, but perhaps he was a little shy about answering right away. “no matter, we’ll soon be in the thick of it.”

She giggled at the sight of the little dreepy. “He’s seen some light snow before. I caught him in the wild area. The weather there is always so weird. But he hasn’t seen this much before. This is going to be a big busy day.” She snapped a quiet picture of dreepy being cute, then one of Coal barking at the snow through the window.

The train began to turn a final corner, the tannoy alerting passengers to the upcoming station, the only stop on the journey coming up very soon.

“looks like we’re nearly there, ready to get going?” The trip had been only short, but outside it looked like a completely different region, so much snow and ice everywhere, nothing but pine trees. The woman grabbed her bags, not before waiting for the little Dreepy to return to the inside where it wrapped up in the spare clothes to keep warm. Val took to her shoulder as she usually did.

Devra nodded, standing up to gather her things. She then picked up Coal, holding his stout body in her arms to keep him from running of into the snow. “We’re ready. I’m so excited to see this area. I’ve read about it but they took forever to get it safe enough for more visitors.”

Safe enough wasn’t always entirely foolproof, and Peach was quietly happy she packed a first aid kit. She had heard some murmurs it was a little risky here, a lot of tough Pokemon roamed about.

“I hope you’re right, I’m sure the locals wouldn’t put people at risk.” The pair stepped off the train once the doors pinged open, the brisk cold air swept past, pulling them all out onto the platform. People came and went, and before long they became aware of the exits and where to head to next.

Devra took a slight lead of the two, following signs towards the little town. “Well, they did give all of us coming here a safety talk too. I just hope trainers actually listen. You gotta be smart about this place.” She then set Coal down and let the little guy run circles around the two humans. “I think I’ll wait to let Aliza our until we’re settled.”

With the pup thoroughly enjoying the snow, the trainers paused to check their phones, a map was needed for a moment, before they began to hear some loud ruckus just outside to the right of the station, sounded like a man and a young woman, peach didn’t even register it much, turning her back to the noise almost instinctually, trying to figure out which way to go. Val however was being nosey and sat on her shoulder judging the people making all the noise pretty hard from the look on her face.

“I think you’re right, we should find somewhere to stay before we really go out on a wild adventure.”

She nodded, looking at her own map on her Rotom phone, thanking the Pokémon inside for his help. “It looks like we head on that way.” She pointed to the road as it took a slight left turn. “Shouldn’t be more than a 20 minute walk.”

“‘sounds good to me, wonder what Pokemon we might see on the way?” Pocketing the phone and hoisting her bag up a bit, Peach began to take a few steps, noticing the pair who were making such noise earlier, avoiding them entirely, they seemed to be having a dad-daughter tiff that was no ones business. Onward, to the first route of the Crown Tundra!

Devra took a glance at the arguing people and sighed, hoping the wouldn’t bother her or the Professor. Coal bounded ahead as they walked, but kept in his trainer’s sight. “It’s really pretty here. Just look at all the ice on these pine needles!” She crunched her way to a tree and found an angle to catch light in the ice.

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It's A Promise (Barry x Reader)

so sinnoh remakes (and premakes?!) has been confirmed and of course the first thing I had to do was write a short fic on one of my favorite rival of all time

Sorry but I had to ten year old me had a massive crush on this character lol

writing; short story

word count; 2781

genre; friendship & hurt/comfort (very subtle romance)

reader; gender neutral

au; takes place after the events of DPPt (also Barry has freckles if that counts)

summary; your plans for summer has been hijacked by a certain hyperactive boy

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Half asleep you heard the Starlys chirp and trill and the Kricketots chime in harmony with one another, announcing the arrival of morning. You shifted slightly in bed, pulling the covers closer to you and yawned. The best feeling in the world you believe was hearing the sound of the world rousing to the start of a new day and knowing you didn't have to wake up along with it. With a content sigh you roll on your side, slowly drifting off to sleep...

Tap! Tap! Tap!

You furrow your brows slightly at the sound but quickly relaxed, smiling softly to yourself...

TAP! TAP! TAP!

You assume it was just a Starly or two messing outside your window so you chose to ignore it, opting to pull the covers over your head. You sighed again, this time in annoyance, as you try to fall asleep...

Click! Scree!

"Psst! (Y/N), are you sleeping?"

Your eyes open in disbelief as you immediately recognize the voice and just process the fact that he happen to somehow open your bedroom window to ask the obvious. 'Say it ain't so.’ You turned to face your window to see Barry there, arms resting on top of the sill as he watched you with a curious expression which was soon beaming with excitement once he saw you. "Oh good, you're awake!" Like you weren't sleeping to begin with.

"Wha? Barry what are you doing here?" You asked groggily. "Aren't you suppose to be at Pastoria City with Wake?"

"It's summer, duh! Crasher Wake gave me the week off and since your school is closed for vacation I thought it was perfect to catch up and hang out together this week!" Barry had this lively vibe around him that practically made him glow like a ray of sun leaving you dizzy with exhaustion. You plop back in bed with a groan knowing your plans to sleep in till afternoon for the whole week was ruined. "So at first I was thinking of going to the Great Marsh like we use to for old time sake" Barry began as he climbed right in sitting at your windowsill. "But I heard today would reach the hottest temperature ever in Sinnoh history!"

"Really now?" You asked in a monotonous voice. How hot can it possibly be in the coldest region in the world.

"Get this, 72 degrees! Can you believe it?!" As someone who was born and raised in Hoenn, a region where temperatures can reach up to the high 90s during the late summer you weren't exactly impressed. "So change of plans! We're going to spend the day at Sandgem Beach so pack your things!"

You glanced at the digital clock on your bedside. It read 6:22AM. "Barry it's too early! Can't we go like at 10 or something?"

"No way! We have to go now otherwise it'll be full if we go any later!"

"When is Sandgem Beach ever full!? You can barely even call it a beach!" You turned away from your friend, wrapping yourself up in your blanket. You were not getting out of this bed.

"Come on (Y/N)!" Barry whined. "We haven't hung out in so long! I literally spent all night planning this week out and you're just going to turn me down?! If Lucas and Dawn were here they would've agreed in going!" You can hear the irritation in his voice but underneath it was a hint of dejection. Shortly after your journey with the trio came to an end things changed. Dawn moved to the Kalos region a year ago to continue her study on Pokemon and just a few months afterwards Lucas left to Unova for reasons unknown though you had a hunch that it had something to do with that officer Looker. Barry spend most of his days at Pastoria’s gym, training intensely with Crasher Wake. As for you your parents never supported your dreams of becoming a Pokemon Trainer and your battling skills were left to be desired so you dropped it to continue your studies and follow a more reasonable career.

Although you didn't look at him you can feel him gazing at you, presumably with a pout or with Lillipup eyes. You groaned in defeat. "Fine."

Barry barely let you finish your sentence as he responded, "Really? Awesome! Don't forget to bring your Pokemon along with you, alright? And don't show up late otherwise I'll fine you!" With that he jump out your window and let out a yelp. "Don't worry! I'm alright!"

You sighed, wondering how anyone could have so much energy so early in the morning as you practically dragged yourself out of bed to start the day.

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Sandgem Town was quiet, the majority of the residents still asleep or just starting their day. You haven’t been in Sandgem in quite a while yet walking down the somewhat familiar road invoked a nostalgic feeling. You paused, looking at the houses on the street till you spot the familiar lab down the road. Professor Rowan’s lab. It almost felt like yesterday when you took your first step through Route 201 alongside your friends Lucas and Barry (although the latter practically raced his way there) to get here with your first Pokemon, Riolu. You couldn't help but smile at the memory before going on your way to Sandgem Beach. And, as you predicted, it was empty saved for Barry.

He stood at the edge of the boardwalk, his back facing you as he perform some stretching exercise. His team was already out of their Pokeballs, enjoying themselves. Infernape was meditating, Roserade, Snorlax, and Staraptor were sunbathing, Floatzel was swimming, and Heracross was attempting to bury itself in the sand, seeking warmth. Taking out three Pokeballs from your belt you released your team: Lucario, Lopunny, and Vaporeon. Your Pokemon looked around their surroundings before glancing up at you in surprise. When was the last time you actually brought them somewhere that wasn't home or your school’s campus? “Go on you guys. Have fun!” With that said your Pokemon went off to do their own thing.

Lucario sat beside Inferape, joining it in meditation and Lopunny bounded excitedly over to its long time crush, Roserade, the Bouquet Pokemon vastly annoyed that its peace was disrupted as it escaped from its crushing grip. Lastly, Vaporeon decided to take a swim, dipping into the ocean and blending itself into its surroundings, disappearing from sight.

The commotion between Lopunny and Roserade caught Barry's attention as he looked over to notice you. "Too slow!" He yelled running over to you. Not even giving you a chance to say something he grabs your arm and drags you over to the boardwalk. Once he lets go he begins to take off his shirt.

"Ready for what?" You asked.

“Barry!” You never saw your friend shirtless before so you couldn't help but feel flustered. Though he didn’t seem to care as he carried on anyways. As you assumed, Barry had a lean figure, what you didn't expect however was the amount of freckles he had. Although Barry had freckles dusting his cheeks and nose they were barely noticeable compared to the ones on his back and shoulders which were far more prominent. Realizing you were staring longer then normal you quickly turned away, trying to hide the awkward blush.

Luckily, Barry didn't notice. "Ready?"

"To swim!"

You look down at the blue water before dipping a bare foot in. It was ice cold. "It's freezing!" You exclaimed.

"It's not that bad!"

"Thanks but I pass" you said, waving a hand dismissively.

Barry pouted but it was soon replaced with a mischievous smile. "Alright then, suit yourself." He said, surprising you. Barry wasn't one to easily let things go without trying to convince you first. He's up to something, you know it. You were about to ask but he had already left your side as he jump right into the water, splashing you head to toe causing a sharp gasp to escape your lips from the sudden shock of being doused in icy water. Barry pop back up to the surface with a triumphant smirk, his bright eyes gleaming with playfulness.

"You suck!" You yelled causing him to laugh as he dived back underwater. Soaked to the bone there really was no point in staying out of the water in hopes of drying off soon, not with this cold breeze that made it impossible to warm up. You remove your hoodie and shorts revealing your (color) swimsuit before setting them down on the boardwalk and slipping into the water. Since you were already cold the frigid water didn't get to you, feeling more welcoming then before.

You looked around for your rival, trying to spot the blonde in the murky water but only saw his Floatzel which was lazily floating around. "Barry?” Something suddenly grabbed onto your ankle causing you to scream in surprise and flailing to get away, kicking away whatever touched you.

Barry appeared right beside you, clutching his left cheek. "Ow! Seriously?! You just kicked my face!"

"Well you shouldn't have grabbed me like that!" You said. He only stick his tongue out at you before swimming over to the boardwalk, crossing his arms and resting his head atop of it. You watched him as he stared up at the blue sky with a content expression, droplets of water clinging on to his hair as it shined in the morning light. Seeing him like this gave you the same flustered feeling from before. You couldn't quite wrap your head around as to why though. You’ve known him since kindergarten. So why all of a sudden you felt awkward around him?

"What’s up?" You didn’t even realize that he had stopped gazing up at the sky in favor of looking at you.

“What do you mean?” You said, turning elsewhere though it was in vain since he already caught you this time around.

“You were staring at me just now. It was pretty weird.” You try to think of something to say, mainly to defend yourself but to your relief he changed the subject. “So how’s school?”

You shrugged. “It’s alright. Senior year isn’t difficult compared to the other years since we’re more focused on applying for college.”

“Do you know where you want to go?” You noticed his words were a bit quiet and reserved unlike his usual chipper and noisy self.

“Well I was hoping to go to University of Unova since it’s known for having the best (career) course” you explained. “Though my parents aren’t too keen on me going that far so I might just stick to Goldenrod University.”

“I know that but...” He trailed off for a moment, thinking of what to say. “Can’t you just go to Canalave College instead?”

“Goldenrod!?” Barry’s sudden sharp tone made you flinch. “Why so far?” He was looking at you with a hurt expression that made you feel guilty despite the fact you didn’t do anything wrong. At least, you felt like you did nothing wrong.

“Well compared to Unova which is practically halfway across the world. Johto is just south of Sinnoh.”

“Barry, Canalave College doesn’t even have programs on what I’m going for.”

“Ugh, this is why I’ve always hated school” Barry grumbled, letting go of the boardwalk just to sink further into the water leaving just his eyes visible to you, glaring down at nothing in particular. He almost resembled that of a pouting child.

You didn’t understand why he was so upset about your plans or why he was trying to make you change your college decisions. Unless… “You don’t want me to leave?”

Barry barely let you finish your sentence as he quickly got up. “It’s not that!”

“Then what’s the problem?” You pressured.

At this point Barry wasn’t even looking at you, opting to just randomly glance around the area. “There is no problem! It’s just...” With a sigh he finally looked at you. Honey colored eyes stared at your (e/c) ones, his cheeks gaining a bright shade of pink. “I thought even though Lucas and Dawn left at least I still have you around.”

You couldn’t help but frown. You didn’t realize just how attached Barry was to you and the others until now. Naturally you felt bad but you certainly couldn’t change your plans for him either as much as it hurts you to see him like this. “I’m sorry. I didn’t think you would be this upset about it but it’s just how it is. Eventually we have to go our own way to live our lives. Right now you’re training with Crasher Wake to become one of the best Pokemon Trainer ever. At some point you’re going to leave Sinnoh to follow that dream, right?” He remained silent but nodded in response. “Just because we’re not going to be together like old times doesn’t mean we’re no longer friends. You’ll always be my best friend no matter what.”

“Yeah, you’re right. I guess I was being over dramatic.” You couldn’t help but smile when you saw his expression brighten. That was until he started giggling leaving you perplexed.

“Huh? What’s so funny?” You asked

“Sorry I just found the whole ‘you’ll always be my best friend’ bit kind of cheesy.”

“I was trying to cheer you up you douche!” You snapped unable to control your blush of embarrassment as Barry continued laughing. Seeking petty revenge you bought your fingers to your lips and let out a sharp whistle. Without warning your Vaporeon splashed out between you both before spouting water right in his face. He sputtered in surprise as he attempted to shield himself.

“So that’s how it’s going to be huh?” He challenged before calling for his Floatzel who immediately appeared by his side. Already getting the cue of what was going on the Pokemon retaliated by spraying sea water over you by spinning its propeller-like tails. Oh, it’s on now. Barry however was already a step ahead of you as he mounted onto his Pokemon’s back. “Good luck trying to catch me Slowpoke!” He taunted with a smirk before promptly swimming away from you. You knew Vaporeon was nowhere near as fast as Floatzel but you sure as hell weren’t going to let him get away so easily. You got on Vaporeon’s back and began swimming after the two, unable to contain the childlike excitement and determination you were getting from the chase.

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For the first time since you moved to the chilly region you truly felt the warmth of summer in Sinnoh. You and Barry sat on a bench right outside Sandgem Beach, not bothering to change out of your swimsuits as you ate popsicles and watch the afternoon go by. Residents glance at you both with odd looks since beachgoers rarely, if ever, visit their town but neither of you mind at all. After having that impromptu water fight you both decided to have a Pokemon battle, for old time sake. Of course you lost but you didn’t mind. Its been so long since you felt the fun and adrenaline that battles gave you that you completely forgot why you enjoyed them so much in the first place.

“Hey (Y/N)?” You looked at Barry who took a small bite from his orange creamsicle. “I know I said it was cheesy but is it true? I’ll always be your best friend no matter what?”

“Of course. I wouldn’t lie to you about that.” You had just finished your (flavor) popsicle, dumping the stick in the trash can beside you. He remained silent and although he said he was fine you notice still a hint of sadness in his expression as he stared off in the distance. Placing a hand on his shoulder you diverted his attention to you as you beamed at him. “It’s a promise.”

There was a sudden shimmer in his eyes and you wonder if he was tearing up when he quickly rub at them. “It better be otherwise I’ll fine you ten million PokeDollars if you replace me!” You couldn’t help but giggle, Barry joining in.

“So what’s the plan tomorrow?” You asked.

“Well I was thinking the Great Marsh maybe. If you’re fine with that.”

You nodded. “I bet I can catch more Pokemon then you.” You smirked when his smile faded into an annoyed expression.

“As if! I’m totally going to kick your ass!” He said swatting away your hand when you attempted to ruffle his hair just to irk him.

Needless to say, you were pretty glad he woke you up this morning.

#pokemon #pokemon writing #pokemon x reader #barry x reader #pokemon dppt

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Chronicles of Galar - Chapter 1: New friends & A Cliffhanger

This is the first real chapter of the fic. Here you are introduced to Raihan and Taiko, when you explore Hammerlocke with Sonia. Something with Leon is up to, can you help him?

It had been two weeks since you had met Leon and during these two weeks you saw each other again in person when you were visiting Professor Magnolia to begin your official start through the Galar region with your family. You met the elderly lady, the professor herself, her granddaughter Sonia and Hop, the younger brother of Leon. Back then in the Slumbering Weald you had only seen Hop briefly, but when you met again in the laboratory you got to know each other properly. Mamoru was currently away with President Rose, to whom he wanted to demonstrate a newly developed technology that would make it possible to teleport people over a very long distance. This process should be environmentally friendly and affordable, which is why the prospective professor even invited your father, Professor [L/n] from Amila, to Galar to win Rose as a financial sponsor. After all, Rose was also concerned about the environment and energy supply and with these arguments, Mamoru wanted to convince with his invention.

You, on the other hand, were in Hammerlocke with Sonia. This city was known for the fact that the mythology about the creation of the Galar region by two unknown kings originated there. Every historian visits the old "castle" in Hammerlocke for his research and of course you were also interested in finding out more about this region.

“And here you can see another mosaic. It shows a sword and a shield. These are said to have been the weapons with which the kings saved this land from disaster. Unfortunately I couldn't decipher all the cryptic letters yet, but I think the disaster had something to do with dynamaxing .. ", Sonia explained and crossed her arms thoughtfully. "Why do you think that?", You wanted to know and looked at the mosaic for a while. You couldn't figure it all out. "This shimmering reddish light, in front of the kings .. That could be a Dynamax light column, don't you think so?", the orange-haired woman asked. "Mhm. I've already heard about it, but to be honest, I haven't seen any of these pillars of light in person, so ... I have no idea. ", You answered. "You didn't? Oh, that's easy to change. The Wild Area borders on this city. We can ask Raihan to give you a little demonstration in a wild dynamax fight. " "Raihan?"

“The gym leader of this city. And a childhood friend of Leon and me. ", Sonia said and saw you stiffen for a moment. "..Is everything alright?", She spoke irritated and blinked perplexed. "Huh? Yes of course..!! Haha. I didn't even know that you knew Leon that well. ", You smiled somewhat troubled and waved her off. "And .. Raihan, Leon and you .. you were really good friends?",You asked. Sonia blinked even more and tilted her head slightly. "Err ... we are still good friends?", She said and noticed how you were getting a little tense. "And .. is there .. somehow more between you? So .. I mean .. uhm .. boyfriend-girlfriend like ..? ", you mumbled. "No, Raihan and I are not lovers.", Sonia laughed and you sighed softly, because you didn't mean Raihan at all. Now the assistant professor suddenly became aware of something. “Oh. No, there is absolutely nothing going on between Leon and me, if that worries you. ", She giggled and winked. "Uh .. Uhm why should that worry me? Haha. I've only known him for two weeks. "

"Then why are you blushing?"

"I'm not blushing at all ..!"

"..."

Sonia shook her head in amusement and cleared her throat. “No, really now. Leon and I are just friends. No more and no less. I have no romantic interest in him. And he has none in me. ", She assured you. "..."

You didn't wanted to admit it, but this confirmation calmed you down a bit and you could have slapped yourself for feeling that way ..

So after that was resolved, the two of you went to the gym to find Raihan. Though you only found the young talented trainers that Raihan had in his gym. They were practicing on the court with their Dragon Pokemon and they looked so motivated and happy. However, there seemed to be no trace of the gym leader himself, which surprised Sonia a little. “Wait here, I'll take a look around the gym. He's probably sitting around, being lazy again somewhere and playing on his smartphone .. “, the orange-haired sighed, making you laughing uncertainly. "How did someone like that become a gym leader?"

“By losing to Leon in the final cup. He scored as second and has been defending this place for 10 years while trying to take Leon's championship title. ", Sonia explained and then apologized to leave you there and look around for the idler.

Just standing around in the stands bored you after a few minutes, so you decided to explore the gym on your own. To compete against the young talents of the final gym in the Galar Challenge would certainly be an exciting experience. You didn't take part in this challenge yourself, but you definitely didn't shy away from fights.

You walked a little through the corridors and rooms, watched the trainers fight and raise their dragons with interest, and you even learned a little about Dragapult, a dragon pokemon from this region. And which, according to the information on the information sheet above the life-size statue in the 'gift shop' of the gym, was also a team Pokemon of Leon. Why does a gym need a gift shop at all, was something you preferred not to question. This Raihan guy seemed like a very weird dude, but maybe that was what made him likeable? Just as you were about to go back to the stands and left the gift shop, you saw a leg-length, green creature scurrying past. It looked like a .. Fraxure? The first evolution of the Pokemon Axew, you noticed, before a female voice got your attention. “Aaaaah don't walk into the shop again! Raihan is going to get mad ..! Hey you over there, can you please help me to catch this Pokemon? ”a red-haired young woman, around 17-19 years old, called after you. She waved her hands in panic and tripped over one of her open shoelaces while running. As a result, she fell on her bum and sighed in annoyance. "Today sucks ..!" She muttered and pouted. You blinked and saw the Fraxure curiously sniffing at one of the souvenirs, a Flapple music box, and picking it up. “Noooo, put that back! It's fragile!!! Argh, why doesn't it obey? ", The red-haired woman shouted in frustration and ruffled her own hair as if she wanted to pull it out.

You smiled and then ran to Fraxure to gently take the music box out of it's claws and pat the Pokemon over it's head. "Well, well. That doesn't belong to you.", You rebuked and the red-haired woman used the moment to run to you and pull the Fraxure into her arms. "Gotcha, you runaway !!! Thank you for your help, miss. ", The redhead thanked you, relieved. "Oh, I actually didn't do anything. And no need for formalities. We're about the same age, ”you waved off. “My name is [Y/n]. “, You introduced yourself and held out your hand to the stranger for a greeting. The girl smiled broadly and tried to adjust Fraxure between her arms to accept this gesture and shake your hand. "I'm Taiko! And this cheeky little guy here is a Pokemon from Raihan, our gym leader. But he entrusted it to me today so that I could learn how to tame dragon pokemon. ”Taiko then explained. "... It doesn't work so well, huh?", You smirked and Taiko blinked before you pointed with your finger at Taiko's stomach area. The redhead looked down and now she also saw that the dragon pokemon had already made itself independent again and tried to run straight out of the gym. "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Taiko shouted and ran after the Pokemon, but then the door suddenly opened and Taiko fell into the strong arms of a suntanned man. You blinked and looked at the man. He wore an orange-red headband, which covered his hair except for a dark braid. In addition, he partly wore the jersey of the gym trainers and over it a thick sweatshirt, which vaguely resembled a dragon. He grinned and looked down at the redhead, whose nose was now buried in his chest. A pointed fang-like tooth protruded from this grin and he smacked the younger one on the back in amusement. "I actually thought you were training the Fraxure and not the other way around." He teased her and when Taiko looked up pouting, he pinched her cheeks and pulled them apart slightly, as if he was talking to a child. "Stop it, Raihan .."

Ah, so that was Raihan. You smiled, because that's exactly how you had imagined him after Sonia's stories. Raihan laughed and then looked at you. "A friend of yours?" He wanted to know. "Uh .. you could say so.", Taiko laughed, which made you blink. "Uhm not really. We just got to know each other because the Fraxure almost ran into my arms. ", you clarified. “Well, then we got to know each other better. Because I always make friends with everyone I get to know! So that's a warning. ", Taiko winked and you smiled. That was an extremely lively girl. Through and through sympathetic and a nice change from the other redheads you knew (Aki was a redhead) .. Not that you didn't appreciate your sister-in-law, but she was sometimes a little too serious and grown up for the jokes that you and your brother liked to hatch. With Taiko, you felt like she was a massive mood cannon. "Understood. I have no objection to that. ", You laughed then and Raihan grinned wider as he casually called the Fraxure back into the Pokeball. “Well, then I would like to introduce myself officially. My name is Raihan and I'm the gym leader of the Hammerlocke gym. ", He flirty-winked, which reminded you a bit that he tried to hit on you. "Errr .."

Taiko poked him lightly in the side, then turned to her new self-proclaimed friend, aka you. “Raihan is a playful idiot. If he tries to flirt with you, just don't take it seriously. Because he never means it seriously. ", She warned. Raihan twisted the corner of his mouth and crossed his arms behind his head. “You don't need to get jealous, Taiko. You know that you are my number 1 girl. ", He then spoke teasingly, whereupon a shoe flew in his direction. Taiko's blushing face showed anger and embarassment and she hobbled over to pick up her shoe. "Idiot.", She said and you briefly hesitated until you saw that they were both laughing with each other. That calmed you. It was just mutual teasing. These two seemed really close, you thought with a smile.

Sonia was finally back and Raihan was allowed to listen to a lecture about the obligations of a gym leader, because apparently nobody in the gym knew that the dragon tamer was simply absent for hours because he - Quote from Raihan: an important event of one of his mobile games where you had to find hidden clues in different parts of Hammerlocke. (Something like a mix of Pokemon GO and the Harry Potter mobile game that use real locations)

After that, of course, he was more than happy to show you a Dynamax raid fight in the wild area. If the wild area had not been partially closed due to a strong storm. Well then that had to be postponed. You used the time, to learn more about the history of Galar, with Sonia and also with Taiko's help and you got to know each other better. “So you come from Johto? And your mother works at Ho-Oh's temple in Ecruteak City? Then you surely have an Eevee development too, right? ", You wanted to know with interest when Sonia and Raihan got some books from the library. "Yes, exactly. I was supposed to work as a geisha, too, but .. That just wasn't my thing. I need some action. That's why I came here to Galar. You know, my family took a vacation here 10 years ago and Raihan saved me in the Wild Area. We've been in touch ever since, and when I was finally old enough to travel I came here straight away! .. Well, almost immediately. Haha. I came here when I was 14 after starting my journey in Johto. Mother said that I should first really get to know my home region before I set off for foreign regions. "

"And it took you 4 years for it?", You interrupted her with a smile. "... Well, you can count 2 years less of secret trips to Galar to hang out with Raihan. Yes. ", Taiko mumbled and nudged her index fingers together. You had to laugh gently. "Wow and you're not married yet, after all the meetings and teasing each other?" You asked. Taiko went bright red in the face and gestured with her hands in panic. "Huuh? Why do we should be married? We .. we're not a couple .. ”, the tomboy defended herself vigorously. Your smirk went wider. “You like each other alot. A blind man can see that. I was watching Raihan when you ran into his arms. That affected look he gave you. He would probably never admit it. And you also have butterfrees in your stomach when he's with you. ",You stated. “Ahahaha, you have a blooming imagination. Raihan and I are just friends. Who wants such an idiot as a boyfriend! He's always on his cell phone. And he has absolutely no sense of responsibility. He leaves the trainers under my supervision all the time and then disappears for hours .. ", Taiko sighed. "But doesn't that mean how much trust he has in you when he entrusts his students to you?" You then asked. Taiko blinked and crossed her arms. “I haven't seen it that way yet .. But .. he always shifts his work on to others. And then has fun in some nightclubs .. He's probably also dragging every chick he meets in his bedroom .. ", the redhead spoke lowly, gritting her teeth and clenching her hand into a fist. You smiled. "I don't know Raihan that well yet, and of course I don't know you either, but .. I don't think he's the kind of guy who is like that and sleeps with many women. Of course, he has a certain .. charm about himself and he also seems to like to flirt, but .. Mhm no, I wouldn't trust him to have flings. My knowledge of human nature has never disappointed me ”, you assured her. "Do you think so?" Taiko asked and her face showed traces of relief. Now you had to giggle again. “And now you've definitely given yourself away. You're ... totally in love with Raihan. "

"I'm not.."

"Who's in love with whom?" a male voice asked behind you and Taiko winced because it was Raihan's voice. You turned around and saw Raihan with a mountain of books in his arms. Next to him was Sonia, who also carried some books and eyed both of you curiously. "Ah. [Y/n] has a crush on… uh .. the Slowpoke-Guy * from the new sitcom. ”Taiko quickly made up and saw how your facial features derailed. Raihan blinked and laughed, which made him drop the books. "Really? This guy's such a troll. He's running around in a Slowpoke costume and looks totally retarded. ", Raihan laughed and was hit with a book by Sonia for dropping the books. "Err .. That was just a joke of her. We actually talked about Hop getting along pretty well with his neighbor Gloria. And we have the feeling that they are in love with each other. ", You said then and saw Taiko smile gratefully. You could have whipped your red-haired new acquaintance over, especially after this thing with the Slowpoke Dude.

"I see? Well, the two of them are cute together. But still a little too young for a serious relationship for my taste. ", Raihan thought. "Define 'serious relationship'.", Sonia interfered and Raihan looked at her with a slight grin. "Sex."

"..."

You cleared your throat and also Taiko seemed a little embarrassed by the directness of her crush. “Sex isn't the most important thing in a relationship. At that age, it's perfectly normal to have your first boyfriend or girlfriend. Apart from kissing and holding hands, nothing happens. ", You considered. "How boring.", Raihan just said and crossed his arms behind his back. “Have you ever been in a committed relationship, Raihan? As far as I know, every woman turns you down because of your stupid pick-up lines .. ", Sonia sighed, shaking her head. Raihan looked at her and looked briefly offended. “Hey, they're not stupid! My pick-up lines are great. ”, The dark-skinned man then protested. "Oh yes? Then let me hear them. ", You suggested and smiled. Admittedly, these Galar acquaintances were sometimes really crazy people, but that's exactly what you loved. You had the feeling that you will be very good friends with these people ..

"Are there any other sights in town, besides you?" Raihan grinned with a sexy wink and a finger pistol gesture. "...Seriously?"

"Wait, I have another one! When God created you, he sure wanted to show off. ", Raihan tried again. But all in response from the three women was a mutual giggle. “Oh god, the pick-up-lines are so bad. Hahaha, my little brother Kaito can do them better. ", You giggled and shook your head amused. Sonia laughed too and Taiko smiled too, but you could tell that she was slightly uncomfortable about the subject. "Okay okay. That was really bad. But maybe I'll wait for the right one for the best lines. ", Raihan countered and looked slightly to the side. You stopped laughing and then looked at him in amazement. "That hardly sounded like you at all.", Sonia stated. "Can we just change the subject?" Taiko sighed, slightly annoyed. "Sorry.", You smirked and then helped Sonia to pick up the books that Raihan had dropped.

You sat down together in a cozy cafe in a sitting area and you let the three of them explain a little about Galar's history. At least what was known to some extent.

You were very curious and inquisitive about Galar's history. You liked this region more and more and you couldn't even say exactly why. But at some point a slight commotion outside the cafe caught your attention. It seemed as if a large television team was gathered there and the flashing lights flashed through the window of the cafe like a thunderstorm.

Sonia stopped talking and followed your gaze to the window. “Oh, this is just an interview with Leon. I just checked my messaging app and it seems like he single-handedly stopped a runaway Gigantamax Toxtricity. Which is remarkable, because Toxtricity is already a serious opponent against Charizard with its G-Max Stun Shock. ", the orange-haired woman explained. “So many reporters and so much hectic pace? Leon certainly doesn't have an easy time being that popular. He can't go anywhere without being surrounded by curious fans or journalists, ” you said softly. “Yes, those are the downsides of his title. But don't worry, Leon enjoys the spotlight that's falling on him. He enjoys the fame and the many public appearances. ", Raihan said. He knew his rival and best friend well enough by now. You fell silent and got up to walk to the window and get a better look at the man at the center of this interview. Your look became a little worried, because although Leon had put on his usual smile, he looked pretty exhausted. He looked quite pale, despite his darker skin color and it seemed as if he had hardly slept recently. At least you could see his dark circles under his eyes. On this occasion you also remembered that his last message was a few days ago with the excuse that he had so much to do and at the moment didn't really know where his head was. At first you thought it was an excuse not to have to answer, but now that you saw him, he was really overwhelmed at the moment.

You were torn from your thoughts when you noticed a hand on your shoulder. You blinked and looked beside you when you saw Taiko's slightly grinning face. “Seems like our champion is very important to you. You're worried about his health, aren't you? ”The redhead asked mischievously. You knew why she was grinning like this. Now was Taiko's chance to strike back, for earlier. Because you would have to lie if you didn't think a little bit about the handsome purple-haired man since you met ..

"Nonsense. But I am a little tired. Let's move on to the history lesson tomorrow. By the way, my brother probably already misses me. After the appointment with Rose, he wanted to wait for me at the hotel to tell me how the conversation went. In any case, it was very nice to have made your acquaintance, Taiko and Raihan too. I have the feeling that we will meet a few more times. ", you smiled and then bowed politely as a farewell. Taiko grinned and gave you a thumbs up. "You can bet on it! Come safely to the hotel. Not that it's unsafe here in the city, but when it gets dark there could be strange figures walking around outside. ", The redhead warned. “Of course, I'll be careful. Anyway, I left my number for you Taiko. Just call me. See you! And thank you for the insight into Galar's history. Really interesting. ”With these words you said goodbye to your new friends. "Mmm, I wonder why she lied to us.", Sonia began after you had left the cafe. "Huh?" Raihan and Taiko looked questioningly at the orange-haired woman. Sonia then folded her arms. “[Y/n]s brother is at a long conference in Amila with Rose. Grandmother told me that, she knows every professor very well, including her father. And that means her brother isn't expecting her, you see? Why did she say that? ”She wondered then. "Mhmm .. Raihan pissed her off with his stupidity." Taiko said teasingly and Raihan then playfully put her in a headlock. "More like you shooshed her away with your intrusiveness!", He countered and the two laughed while they wrestled a little. Sonia just watched them with a sigh and then looked outside, where Leon was being questioned by reporters. "Is ... he the reason?"

To be continued..

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A Pikachu for You - Kenma x Reader

Getting together headcanon stories from match-up requests

Summary: Ever since Kenma saved you from your freak-out in class, you had a crush on him. He noticed you often glancing at him playing his video games and then you started to get to know each other.

Genre: Cute fluff

Words: 805

A/N: This is from an anonymous match-up request. I know this anon loves Kenma so I tried to see if I could come up with a story with him and it worked.

Match-up stories taglist: @nxlx96, @nagichi-kenma, @muffins-puffins (let me know if you want to be added or removed)

When you freaked out over the buzzing near your ear, everyone in class stared at you. Now you were both embarrassed and scared.

Nobody else knew what was going on and you couldn't get the words out to explain what happened. But then you heard a "whack" behind you. "I got it," Kenma told you plainly. And then he gave you a small and soft smile.

That was when you started to have a crush on him.

You started to steal glances at him and would sometimes peak over his shoulder to see what video game he was playing.

Kenma obviously noticed so he told you he was playing Pokemon.

Because you were interested, he started teaching you about different strategies you could use and which moves were the best to keep for each pokemon.

With all the information he was sharing with you, you suggested he should make a tutorial video and maybe even post it online.

He had never made a video of himself playing and explaining things before. So you helped him out a bit because you had some experience with video edits. You even drew thumbnails for his videos.

You both had fun with this new project and messaged each other often to collaborate on his videos. You accidentally showed your sassy side because it was easier to talk to your crush when he wasn't right beside you.

Kenma was slightly surprised and commented on your sass at school the next day. When you got embarrassed about it and became flustered because he was standing right in front of you, he started to consider the possibility that you liked him.

After a couple of months, you got more comfortable with each other. One day you commented on a hoodie he was wearing, mentioning that it looked really comfortable. When he offered to give it to you, you got flustered and tried to refuse. He smiled, now fairly certain that you liked him.

You got anxious that Kenma's videos weren't getting a lot of views. He mentioned that just because the number of views were low, it didn't mean the video was bad. He continued to explain that it depended on the video platform's algorithms and that they just started out.

You were discouraged because the two of you worked so hard. But you knew he wasn't sugar coating his words to make you feel better. Kenma said things as he saw them.

One day, Kenma invited you to come to an amusement park with him, knowing you liked them. But when you found out that Kenma didn't like roller coasters, you felt bad. He told you he invited you anyway, knowing there were other things you could do together.

You both walked past the carnival games and Kenma saw you eyeing the stuffed animals. He usually wouldn't try the games because he thought they were rigged, calculating the probability of winning in his head. But of course you eyed the large stuffed pikachu, reserved for the most difficult games.

So as you two ate some ice cream together he watched the various people playing the carnival game. When he finally thought he understood how to improve his chances of winning, he approached the game area. He knew his chances were still slim but he wanted to try anyway.

After losing a few times, he started getting competitive. You told him he didn't have to keep trying but he said he was using the small amount of money he earned so far from the videos' ads. When you complied, he got really focused at trying to figure out how to beat the game. You thought it was cute and you liked seeing him like this.

He continued to play while you went to buy some drinks. As you walked back to him, you saw him suddenly turn around, looking for you. When your eyes met, he said with a large grin, "Y/n! I won!"

That wasn't a sight you saw too often so you froze in place and felt your cheeks heat up. When he got the large stuffed pikachu, he placed a necklace over its head. The necklace had a large pokeball as its pendant. He walked over to you and you were shaking for some reason.

"Here," he said. "This is for you." You took the pikachu and he gestured at you to open the pokeball pendant.

There was a little note inside: "Are you an HM move? Because I can't seem to forget about you."

So now you felt like dying, wondering if this was really happening. But then Kenma saw the note and muttered Kuroo's name.

"Sorry," he apologized. "Kuroo must have put it there. That was not how I wanted to ask you out."

That was the killer blow for you.

"Y/n? Are you okay?"

I hope you liked it. (Please don’t die on me, anon. lolll.) Fun fact: my s/o used to do pokemon strategy videos at one point so he was my reference for that part of the story. lol.

If you liked this one, check out my other stories in my masterlist.

*****

Match-up Request:

Hey, I'd like a HQ matchup plz! I'm a 5"4 straight female who is a little on the chubby/curvy side. I have longish blonde hair and blue eyes. In terms of personality, I'm a depressed and socially anxious little bean, but with the right people I can be sassy and fun. I like to play video games and watch anime (provided I'm in the right mood). I also like to make edits, write and draw sometimes. I'm okay with some physical contact like cuddling and hand holding, but PDA should be limited.

I like to wear hoodies and graphic shirts because I don't feel comfortable in "fashionable clothes" (I think I look like a potato). I have a lot of weird quirks like my phobia of pretty much any flying insect (but especially bees/wasps/flies bc I hate the buzzing noise they make). I love plushies and cute things. I'm the type who likes to do something if they go out (e.g. I'd prefer to go to a theme park rather than sun bathe at the beach). Ran out of things to say, hope I did okay ^^;

I love stuffed toys a lot - most of mine are Pokémon plushies.

So because I accidentally told this anon that I didn’t get her request, she had two versions. lol. The last line is from her second version.

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