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i don’t wanna be a killjoy but if you’re playing pokemon arceus please take the time to learn about the ainu people, their ongoing struggle to keep their culture alive, and the colonisation of hokkaido (the area the sinnoh region is based on)

the game itself has a good bit of colonialist themes and indigenous erasure, which means it’s up to fans to educate themselves and be mindful of what things they internalise. this isn’t a call out or guilt trip, i’m just asking people to be aware of the context behind the media they consume.

additionally, consider boosting ainu voices (especially about the game itself), donating to ainu individuals, and spreading awareness on the subject as allies.

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Post Malone with a Hootie and Blowfish cover, inspired by Pokemon? Actually pretty good. 

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TL;DR Concepts for the players and rivals in the vanilla Duskverse

(Copied and pasted from its-team-dusk, originally written in 2017)

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✝️ means deceased.

🆘 means missing.

🍎🍏🦋🍃🔥KANTO🔥🍃🦋🍏🍎

Red (Gen I male player): The famous hero of Kanto, who nowadays is a high ranking league member. He went mute after a traumatic event as a boy, namely Blue's death. He is married to Green.

✝️Blue (scrapped Gen I female player): The female of Red and Green's friend trio as children. She was a genki girl who served as a happy medium between Red and Green's clashing personalities. She died when they were young children, causing Red and Green to have a falling out.

Green: Another former Kanto champion, who helped stop Giovanni along with Red. He served as Viridian gym leader for a few years, which was actually a front to help him find the disappeared Red. After 3 years of searching, he got a tip from Gold, and convinced Red to come down from Mt. Silver after some coaxing. The pair were eventually wedded in 2017.

Fire (FRLG male): In 2004, 8 years after the Kanto incident, a pair of twins living in Pallet town embarked on their journey. Fire was one of them. Due to severe trauma, he became obsessed with Red, to the point of dressing up like him and pretending to be him and wanting him to acknowledge him. His obsession will sometimes get to the point where he wants to battle the elder for the 'right' to be the champion of Kanto. Underneath all of this though, he truly loves his sister and wants her to be happy.

Leaf (FRLG female): Fire's twin sister. Quiet and ladylike, she was sometimes neglected by their parents due to her brother's illness. She has a striking resemblance to Blue. Try as she may, she can't help but resent her twin.

🛎🗡💎💛🛐JOHTO🛐💛💎🗡🛎

🆘Gold (GSC male player): ???

✝️Crystal (GSC female player): One of the kids from New Bark town who set out on their journey. A cheerful and tomboyish girl, she loved jogging in her spare time. She was killed in the 2002 Pokécomm center disaster.

Heart (HGSS male): A world renowned Pokéathlon athlete.

Soul (HGSS female): A cutesy model who is actually an emotionless International Police agent.

🚳���❇️✳️🔺🔻HOENN🔻🔺✳️❇️🌊🚳

Ruby (RS male): One of the heroes who stopped Team Aqua and Magma. A former pro skateboarder who was famous worldwide. Unfortunately, a tragic accident broke his hip and ruined his career, leaving him bitter and disillusioned. Son of Norman.

Sapphire (RS female): Daughter of Professor Birch, and an aspiring fisherwoman. She loves being out on the water. After the accident with Ruby, she longs for him to smile again.

Malachite (Emerald male): A bandit who hangs around in the mountains with Peridot and intimidates people into giving him their stuff.

Peridot (Emerald female):

Omega (ORAS male):

Alpha (ORAS female):

💍🐚📀🎱SINNOH🎱📀🐚💍

Diamond (DP male):

Pearl (DP female):

Onyx (Platinum male):

Platinum (Platinum female):

⬛️⬜️🔳🔲UNOVA🔲🔳⬜️⬛️

Black (BW male): A singer who participates in musicals with his Pokémon.

White (BW female): A singer who participates in musicals with her Pokémon.

Lack two "River" (BW2 male): An former member of the international police. After (correctly) deducing that Augustine was the real identity of Ajna_Reloaded, he came forward with his accusation. Augustine was able to feign innocence though, and he was fired to protect the International Police's PR. He is now an apprentice actor at Pokéstar studios, being taught by Whi two/Shale. He is also a member of Team Dusk, and is still investigating the team despite no longer being an officer. He is determined to prove that Augustine is Ajna, and clear his name. Shale may very well be the key to that...

Whi two "Shale" (BW2 female): A bitter and disillusioned child actress. The pressures of her job, plus her films fading into obscurity and various other things, has left her depressed and filled with rage. She still poses as an innocent genki girl for her fans, though. The girl is also a Team Dusk agent, and has been assigned to investigate reports that River may be a police officer who is threatening Team Dusk.

↔️↕️KALOS↕️↔️

X/Calem (Male XY): A depressed teen who lives next door to his friend Y. He holds a grudge against Team Dusk, and is planning revenge against them for harming his family in some way.

Y/Serena (Female XY): A disillusioned teen who lives next door to her friend X. She holds a grudge against Team Flare, and is planning revenge against them for harming her family in some way.

☀️🌙💥🌕ALOLA🌕💥🌙☀️

Moon (Male SM): A quiet boy who recently moved to Alola with his family.

Sun (Female SM): An outgoing girl who recently to Alola with her family.

Sonora (Male USUM): A famous blogger who is currently posting about his travels through Alola.

Luna (Female USUM): A major league Mantine surfer who is currently catatonic in the hospital after a very strange incident. The trial attendants at Wela Volcano Park were startled by her rushing up to them, begging for help and hysterically claiming that some unknown assailants just tried to kidnap her and were coming for her. Her Pokémon were all badly injured from battle. She collapsed after screaming for Kiawe to run.

⚔️🛡GALAR🛡⚔️

Shield (Male SWSH): A wealthy young man with a timid disposition and a posh noble accent.

Sword (Female SWSH): A poor young woman with a fiery temper and Scottish accent.

✅🛑EARTH🛑✅

GO (Male Go):

STOP (Female Go):

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Black Lives Matter ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Say Their Names ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

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Suddenly, all of the booted telecoms users had connection again, though the connection seemed to “wrestle” its way back online, as though brute forcing its way past an artificial blockage. Those with keen eyes may have seen telltale blue d logos on their screens for a split second.

Meanwhile, several Mega X charizards carrying people in Dusk uniforms landed nearby.

Sneaking out without telling a soul goodbye, Malva turned her location off and flew out the window with Serena on Talonflame. The three were able to get out of the league without incurring the suspicion of too many guards. Malva was careful to sneak away from Wikstrom's security team - she appreciated his offer, but right now, remaining at the base at all would be dangerous for Serena.

As the pair flew, Malva used Serena's head as a handrest while looking at the news on her phone. Kalos Champion dead. Lumiose devolving into riots. Over 50% of Kalosian telecoms subscribers without mobile or internet connection. Kalosian Parliament meets for an emergency session to discuss how to handle the crisis as MP calls for a complete lockdown of Kalosian borders to prevent an invasion.

As Malva read through the dire news, all while telling Serena that everything was fine, she finally got a call from Lysandre.

"Final--AAGH!"

As she was about to take the call, the trio heard a loud boom and were suddenly hit with some force out of nowhere. Malva dropped her phone and their suitcase and held Serena in the fetal position as the pair tumbled into the icy rural outskirts of Snowbelle City, having only made it halfway to the bunker.

Malva and Serena laid unconscious in the snow. A little ways away, Talonflame was struggling to stay alive after such a cold, hard fall. Who even knew where their belongings were?

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Dusk's princess curls up to treedad, knowing she is safe here.

Ajna smiled, snuggling her. Happy tree cultist noises.

#ajna’s dms

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If you could do anything to Lysandre for having stole your kid and recruited her to Flare, what would it be?

Ajna snickered, heart racing at the thought of all the ‘fun’ they could have with Lysandre. “Kikikikiki... Do you really want to know?”

#ajna’s dms #torture /

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Hey, dusk intel says there's some anons perving on your daughter. Could you take them out?

#verse: dusk princess #ajna’s dms

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one time in vc I heard someone pronounce ghetsis jetsis and I fucking ascended

bonus:

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fuwafuwa566 on twitter

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self driving cars aren’t even hard to make lol just program it not to hit stuff

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System_call();

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I think we’ve reached perfection

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I highly recommend following this magical cinnamon roll.