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I'm holding out hope for mega Raichu. C'mon Gamefreak, give your mascot's older brother some love for once!

We did get Alolan Raichu not long ago tho. I'm not like a Raichu expert but that one felt like a nice addition to the fam.

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[love-is-a-pearl]

What would mega Ambipom even look like? Four tail hands?

I mean, there are some cool fanarts on the idea.

But like, how about a single big tail made of the 2 (or 3) tails braided together? Floating hands and giving it a psychic or ghost type?

Ambipom has potential to have a very cool mega honestly

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[love-is-a-pearl]

#1 desired new mega from ZA? Personally I'm hoping Meganium finally gets some love.

MEGA SINNOH STARTERS MEGA SINNOH STARTERS MEGA SINN--

Lapras could be fun! That thing never got an evo, pre evo and nothing really and I feel like Mega would be cool for it.

Also Mega Meganium is such a fun name lmao Mega²nium asdoano But yeah, the Johto starters totally should get megas! The only thing they ever got was H. Typhlosion and that's it. They deserve more love.

In general I hope that if we get new megas, let it be for the gens that have the less megas (see Unova, Johto and Sinnoh) (OH, AND KALOS ITSELF, poor kalos, started the stupid kanto pandering trend and look what happened)

#answered asks #|→ not not #i also often catch myself thinking about how I would enjoy a mega ambipom so that can be dawn's obligatory mega in my AU #but at the same time mega lopunny just goes well with dawn so im dunno #galar i dont think deserves megas but paldea could get some #alola mons also dont need it cause alola dex is peak as it is

[love-is-a-pearl]

Have you thought about drawing AU versions for Liko and other Horizons characters?

(And to whoever left that last ask I do like the idea of Nessa x Misty:)

Nah. I haven't watched the new anime yet so I have no strong feelings for those kiddos. But more than that, I don't see any reason for them to meet Ash's gang.

None of the HZ kiddos have similar interests to anyone from the Ashnime, they don't have goals that could align with other folk's and allow any reasonable encounters so.. yeah. Unless the anime gives them something to do unrelated to Lucius in the upcoming years, nah, don't see myself touching any of the HZs original characters.

#answered asks #|→ not not #and like I said in the google docs #the only things im adding from gen9 onwards is new mons #nothing plot related and if charas appear they will likely be one offs. same apply for hz and whatever will come after that #AT MOST i may take some inspo from whatever happens in PLZA that i feel fits my AU #but for most things #nope #i dont like terrastral as a gimmick so im not giving anyone that #and i dont see why stress myself adding more and more and try to fix my au to fit in stuff from newer games #like. im not TPC. i have no reason to promote the games nor any shit like that #im here to tell a story /I/ want to hear

[love-is-a-pearl]

Kind of a random ask, but did you ever do any pearlshipping versions of those Barbie/Ken memes from last summer?

I did not. I'm not one to keep up with those trends (and everytime they happen I'm in some serious art block or feeling depressed and its actually funny how my timing is always horrible), but I do would like to make something inspired by this poster specifically:

#answered asks #|→ not not #I love this poster #is very ashxdawn core

[love-is-a-pearl]

I can't open the Google doc :(

Really? It should be working just fine. I'm gonna leave another link here without being an hyperlink, but if anything hit me up in private and I can see what I can do >w<)b

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[love-is-a-pearl]

Hello! I really like your "grown up" designs for Ash and co., especially Paul. Do you have a post or something with all those designs in them?

Yeah, there's this post and this docs too!

The docs actually has everyone I've done, Ash, Dawn, Jessie and James included while the post only has the "companions".

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[love-is-a-pearl]

i hadnt seen you draw serena before, shes really cute in your art

Thank youuuuu!! I already drew her twice actually! Here and Here.

#answered asks #|→ not not #and her design is very cute. is hard to go wrong with serena uwu #I wonder who did her updated design in XY cause I absolutely ADORE it #not much of a fan of her journeys look tho #she looks like a soccer mom lol

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Watching Pokemon mezamas for the first time because I can't binge DP rn orz

If you wanna see me ranting and reacting, I'll leave things under the readmore >w<)b

Starting with ep 1 and 2! Cause I dont have as much free time as I wish I had so I'm doing 2 episodes per day till friday.

Winds of Beginning! The Endless Road!!

It's just me or the music at the beggining was Alola music? If yes.. That's just the cutest. Alola music as Ash's music QAQ

The best part of the episode was the 5 minutes we spent with Ash and Pikachu before the stupid Latias appeared. Add that one to the pokemon I now hate because of the anime..

Man, I'm still bitter those 10 episodes weren't focused on Ash and his Pokemon only. It would've been the absolute best way to use those 10 episodes (and still reach the same conclusion Mezamas as it is reached), why couldn't Ash ever be alone with his mons? He can be enjoyable if the writers tried. Sigh

At least Buizel is here ♥ Also it was adorable to see Noivern and Sceptile in security duty while everyone else slept! Babies! However I'm sad Buizel and Donphan didn't go to cuddle with AshPika and Latias ù3ú

What was the point of all the drama about "Ash's pokemon not being able to attack TR because it could hurt him" when... Pikachu just went and... did just that? (also, Noivern going there and breaking the glass would've hurt Ash less??????) I get they needed "Ash suicidal tendencies make him likeable" moment but gosh, it could've been done better, for sure.

And you know, mandatory Dawn mention, but it's kinda poetic that both Ash and Dawn got done dirty in their final moments because of some stupid legendaries. They're trully one and the same. Even in shitty writing decisions from anipoke staff LMAO

Satoshi VS Kasumi! Seaside One-on-One!!

I know that Misty's metaphor about how her and Clauncher are meant to be is an obvious Pokeshipping hint, of course it is! I know that! but...

Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist but the fact Pikachu ignored Psyduck for Misty, and Clauncher didn't seem at all to reciprocate Misty's feelings is... interesting... Added to that how Ash just replaced her lure with Cilan's is.. Almost like adding to her own metaphor, that while Misty still has feelings for Ash and believes that they're meant to be, because of fate, because she is the "OG twerpette" like TR called her, Ash himself is like.. Pikachu to Psyduck and Clauncher to her. Neutral at most, and with someone else having their favoritism.

And y´know, it's even more interesting that at the beggining of Sinnoh Ash still had her lure (and was protective of it) and immediately after Sinnoh he changed her lure for Cilan's. I sure wonder what happened between those events for him- It's Dawn! its Dawn that happened!

Dont judge me I can make anything be about pearlshipping if I try hard enough.

Shipping aside, I adore seeing episodes with the general same plot but with different characters. Compare this to the Buneary catch and it's really interesting to see just how different Ash acts with Misty and Dawn about the same thing. Him and Misty have a battle about who is gonna get it, which does makes sense, they will resolve all their arguments with battles instead of actual talking and I adore that trait of their relationship~

And even Misty's disappointment at the end, that Clauncher still likes hanging with Corphish is very different than Dawn bringing up her closeness with Ash to win Buneary over. I love those sort of similar episodes, it's great to understand how each character thinks.

Gosh, even comparing to Totodile's catch shows how Misty and Ash themselves have become closer and more understanding of eachother! In here they make rules about how to catch Clauncher instead of fighting the whole time, it's a nice showcase of how they've grown! I'm just sad that Totodile was in this episode and no one mentioned the similarities :T

Also I will never get tired of Pikachu's "Pikachupi"! Ikue Otani does it in the cutest voice and I just want to squeeze the rat's cheeks every time he says it!!!

Speaking of Pikachu, I love that at the very least in those 10 episodes he went back to having some hint of a personality since he hadn't shown much of it for... a long time before it (and remembered the names of the people he cares for. I was so angry at the lack of "Pikapi" in Alola).

Same goes for TR, is nice to see their motto being animated instead of some re-used footage. One of the things that made their apparitions enjoyable in OG-DP was that they always added some personality to it. That was fun to see again.

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And that's it for today.

#|→ not not #mpm liveblogging #me waiting till the anniversary of ash's retirement to actually watch his last moments in the anime? #is more likely than you think #im slow watching shit

[love-is-a-pearl]

I saw someone doing this some time ago so.. a handy guide on my taste on pokeani ships I guess.

Link for the tier under the cut

though I included some other ships cause i felt there was some very important ones missing

(hit me up if you want the images for the missing ones before I delete them)

#|→ not not #wonder if anyone can bingo me lmao #the only ones i activelly dislike are the ones in the last row #like i can understand aurelia. to a degree. but i will slap you if you ship bloombolt #and requests for ships down to the 'vibes' row are the ones I will likely accept

[love-is-a-pearl]

me, casually scrolling project pochama's instagram and... uh..

SATOSHI??? POCHAMA'S FACE????? WHAT THIS MEANS??? POKEMON COMPANY WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS MEAN???????

#for those who may not know... satoshi is ash's japanese name #|→ not not #i am laughing like a maniac #im out of breath lmsadopasdoa

[love-is-a-pearl]

the good part about seeing shitty anime takes on twitter and having idiots tagging pearl in posts with nothing to do with it is that channeling all that rage in my fics gets me tons of progress lmao

#|→ not not #i will never understand why people do that. why not just tag the main anipoke tag? why always target very specific ships? #meanwhile i make sure to not even tag characters in my pearl stuff cause i know not everyone is into it. like a caring idiot #the fact there's more irrelevant shit in the pearl tag than actual pearl stuf is also funny to me like #why are you hating us specifically? there's like 50 of us stilll alive #we're an endangered species yall should be nicer

[love-is-a-pearl]

Have you ever read the fic Warming Hearts? It's a Beauty and the Beast au (the thing every fandom seems to have), with Dawn as the beast and Ash as the beauty.

Oh, I do remember that summary but i dont remember finishing that fic It's a wattpad fic right? That site just hates me lmao (or maybe I'm just old), I think that's why I didnt finish it. Thanks for reminding me of it, I will look to finish it properly now

#answered asks #|→ not not #also i love the pearlshipping trend of retelling fairy tales and have ash be the princess lmao #theres this one cinderela fic in fanfiction.net that does that also and i think thats adorable

[love-is-a-pearl]

Can I ask you a Yuri request?

Sure! If I vibe with it, I will totally do it (when I actually have free time lmao)

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[love-is-a-pearl]

unrelated to pokemon, but as a kid have you watched the 2002 show jimmy neutron? bc i started rewatching it on monday for the fun of it and now ive become completely obsessed with shipping jimmy and cindy (which ive been obsessed with😭)

I have, but it was that kind of show i watched when there was nothing else on so I never cared much for it. If I'm being completely honest I dont even remember who cindy is :v

#i think is the blondie right? #answered asks #|→ not not #i said before but im not really much of a shipper #and usually i get attached to shows with large casts and more complex (or longer) stories #so jimmy neutron is FAR from being something targeted at me lmao

[love-is-a-pearl]

Yo holy shit that Dawn drawing in your new comic mmmmmmmm I’m Serena right now

Dawn when she smiles is the prettiest uwu (no wonder Ash's has a whole line in High Touch about how her smile is always there ♥)

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