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“That’s me!”

#riolu #lucario #pokemon art

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In honor of the anniversary next month..

#pokemon lance #champion lance #oc #art

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Alpha encounter

#pla #akari #ursaring

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So, as was predicted, we're getting the PokeStar Studios alts for Brycen and Sabrina too, Brycen has a Zoroark and Sabrina uses Swoobat.

Poppy's also getting added as a PokeFair. (I hope we get a few non-limited banners for Paldea soon, it's literally been every single one they've added. Iono, Grusha, Geeta, Nemona, Penny, Rika, and Poppy, and Jacq, like calm down.)

Guzma and Plumeria get a couple new variety pairs, and Bugsy/Beedrill is our new EX this month. Blue and Charizard is the new Mix Scout.

#pokemon masters #pokemon

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#she's so pretty #orla #friede #captain pikachu #brave asagi shipping

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Screw it, Ponify Your Horizons

Gah! I just love character designing so much so why not combine my two great loves and ponify our beloved Horizons cast. Enjoy some cute ponies folks (plus lore is available if anyone wants to ask).

First the main (mane lol) trio:

Then the Rising Volt Tacklers. It bothers me to no end that I couldn't give Friede his goggles. Plus Murdock should be way bigger and bulkier than that:

And finally the Explorers. Just like Murdock, Sidian should be bulkier, but not quite as bulked out, still just as tall though. He is still a unicorn after all, even with his shattered horn:

#horizons #pokemon

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SO... do you headcannon anyone in horizons as autistic?

OH BOY DO I

so dot is the most obvious choice. there is no universe in which she is not autistic to me. this is one of my strongest dot headcanons actually and one of the main reasons i enjoy her as a character. there are so many reasons for this i could go on endlessly but i'll just list a few big ones here

her extreme passion for her interests at a disregard for almost everything else & her ability to self teach those topics (not to mention her interests have to do with computing)

her difficulties with food overlap a lot with food sensitivities autistic people often have, also her latching onto donuts as a sort of samefood after finally trying them once

the tendency to wear loose, comfortable clothes and more recently she has complained while wearing tighter clothes (the orange academy school uniform) so it's not just that she prefers loose fabric, she also is put off by the alternative. girl your sensory problems

irritable outbursts when struggling to articulate herself/make herself understood

her connection with kanuchan (tinkatink) felt really neurodivergent to me. she wasn't offput by her behavior, even after stealing her prop mic, and was immediately able to understand her when no one else could or was willing to. not sure how to articulate this one right now but i hope you see what i mean

her tendency to sit cross legged and lean over herself reminds me a lot of my personal autistic tendency to need a pressure/weighted feeling while i sit or have body parts touching

social exhaustion, the need to be alone sometimes even when she cares

the list genuinely goes on i have to stop myself LOL

as for other characters,

so for liko i'm more loose about the headcanon, it's definitely more of me projecting than her being overtly autistic in canon but i still think it lines up if u wanna view her that way. i'm autistic and i personally relate to liko a lot becauseee

she is giving hyperempathy autism to me. the way she is overly empathetic and compassionate to her own detriment and yet still has to have her hand held through articulating & dealing with that or putting the logical parts of empathy together

the way she absolutely fucking Explodes with excitement sometimes

the way in which she relates to cats, and her whole thing about having a hard time getting other people to understand her. these two things go hand in hand

there's something neurodivergent about her trying to connect with sprigatito by studying her and writing notes about her behavior lol

while this is kind of just on the account of her being an anime character and a protagonist at that, liko's facial expressions and body language can be pretty exaggerated sometimes which reminds me of my own body language, i'm cartoonishly animated in real life often LOL

so like basically dot is so obviously autistic to me it's like breathing but for liko it's kind of a hc i apply to her for projection purposes & fun but i think it's reasonable

and lastly so i'm not just talking about solely liko and dot for the millionth time,

ORIO!! honestly we don't even know that much about orio but the one episode where she was helping pokeball lady i forget the name of fix her machine. the really narrow attention to detail/seeing the smaller parts instead of the bigger picture. also her expertise in engineering contrasted with her struggling with tasks outside of that (like when she was trying to sew holes in the brave asagi and for the life of her could not do it so she called murdock for help lol)

and actually one more - while i don't necessarily headcanon amethio as autistic, i think it's a fun headcanon/au idea to not only give him a redemption arc but an autism unmasking arc at the same time. representation for all my repressed autistics out there. in my mind

thanks for asking i'm so autistic about horizons so of course i headcanon them with autism too JOISJOIFD

#I was reading this and I was like yes yes YES #as a fellow autistic person I absolutely agree #anipoke #pokeani

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Old art redraw back in 2019! I did the art back then to celebrate for Pokemon Sword/Shield~

#gloria #sobble #pokemon sword and shield

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Liko being super nervous about being the first to attempt gym leader challenge ror the terastal course is so fucking relatable to me I swear to god I-

#in the latest episode I was like 'she's so me' lol #liko #pokemon horizons

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Well, Katy was definitely in control for most of the fight, and once she brought out Terastal, Liko stood no chance and lost. I feel like, maybe if Floragato gets more moves sometime, it might go better if they have a rematch at some later point? Like, all it really has is Scratch, Quick Attack, and Magical Leaf, perhaps some more coverage moves like Aerial Ace? Anne could help her with that since her Dewott has the move?

#pokemon horizons #anipoke #pokeani

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Drawing Venusaur with every Pokemon pt. Arcanine

#venusaur #arcanine

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#night shower!! #I don't wanna go to bed feeling hot and sweaty lmao #not pokemon #reblogs

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Sleepy Eepy Mareepy

#mareep 🐑 #art

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Forgot how much I loved Selene's Ultra Su/Mo fit-

#selene #pokemon ultra sun and moon

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A boy and his dog

#blue #arcanine #pokémon masters

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Happy 1st pokemon horizons anniversary ♥️

#anipoke #pokeani

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Happy 1st anniversary to Pokémon Horizons! I love this found family so much ❤❤

#pokemon horizons #anipoke #pokeani #pokemon anime #the rising volt tacklers #liko #roy #dot #friede #orla #orio #murdock #mollie #ludlow #landau #diana #captain pikachu #pokémon horizons