#(ash and goh’s specifically)

[stgosupremacy]

ok but genuinely how have i not talked about this yet-

SO LIKE NOT ONLY WERE THEY HOLDING HANDS (????????????????????????????????? do you actually think ill ever get over that- 🙂🙂) BUT LIKE ASH HAS TO BE ALL CONCERNED LIKE ASKING HIM WHATS WRONG 🥺🥺🥺 the way he leans in to try to see him properly i cant-

and after goh (very much embarassed, cmon you can literally tell by the way he speaks and looks away 😂) tells ash its embarassing lmfao, ash looks kind of surprised and says 'what other choice do you have'

(OR 'WE HAVE TO' IN THE DUB LMFAOO 🤨🤨)

its just like broo you could have literally taken like goh's shoulder or his arm or smt idk LMAO why specifically the hand 😭🥺 (well we know why hehe)

and then when Goh is just like 'yeahhh but still....'

ash just gives him the 😏 but not quite lmao, more like the mix of a slight raised eyebrow and the fond smile like 'of course..' 🥰

ALSO IKYOUWEREBLUSHINGUNDERTHATGULPIN GOH-

and we got totally cheated of the actual scene where ash actually came to the wonerful idea of grabbing goh's hand lmao but i think they thought people might pass out for even longer if they did that, so maybe it's best they didnt <3

#anipoke #pokemon anime #pokemon goh #goh pokemon #satogou #firstfriendshipping #ash ketchum #ash x goh #i miss them #pokemon journeys #fatedencountershipping #journeyshipping #gouacheshipping #pokemon gou #gouache

[kohakhearts]

goh starter trio meta perhaps? i was ensnared by the goh-scorbunny parallel subpoint in the cubone meta bc i'm making myself unwell thinking about how scorbunny latching on to goh and goh latching on to ash.... but also more generally, sobble's whole thing and the absolute tearjerker drizzile evolution episode, and goh's weird ass dream about his rillaboom parents and then waking up to baby grookey clinging to his arm, you get it, i know you're galaxy brained about this

YESSS I AM *SO* GLAD YOU ASKED!!

so my tl;dr here is that all of the galar starters represent something about goh specifically relating to his childhood. their growth and eventual evolution (or lack thereof!) therefore serve to highlight his character development (as an aside, i think this is a very common theme in anipoke. ash's pikachu not evolving speaks to the fact that ash's growth isn't about becoming someone new but about staying true to himself and embracing a battle style that reflects the creative ingenuity that, in the early os, other characters mocked him for. similarly, dawn's piplup chooses not to evolve because it doesn't want to change how things are between them. does this not seem fitting for the partner of someone like dawn, who has always admired her mother so much that she never even considering doing something other than following in her footsteps? i'm sure there are other examples, but these seem to me the most obvious ones!).

let's break down each one, then!

scorbunny

when we meet scorbunny, goh is still determined that mew will be his first pokemon. this is a point of stubbornness that, while impressive and arguably kind of admirable, is frankly kind of stupid. how is he supposed to get to mew without any pokemon to help him? there's an interesting implication in this resolution, which jn004 and jn005 really highlight for us - goh isn't comfortable with having a pokemon. he knows a lot about them, is interested in researching them, but as far as the bond between pokemon and trainer goes, i don't think he feels prepared for that. it's easier to pick a target that is far from reasonably attainable for him at this point, especially since he does have some history with mew - didn't it take an interest in him? didn't it give him a reason to chase after it?

so meeting scorbunny, he's obviously not thinking about catching it. but he lies to the guy at the scone stand, in an interesting parallel to how scorbunny steps in to protect the nickit. he doesn't even seem to know why he does it. but just before that scene, he sees scorbunny wipe some of the dirt off its face. he doesn't get the whole story and connect all the dots until after, but i think he realizes then that scorbunny is trying to hide itself in some way. that it's performing as something it's not. and on some unconscious level, that motivates him to lie for it. after, we get this whole exchange, where the scone seller tells ash and goh the story

and this note is what makes goh get up and approach scorbunny and the nickit:

it's very symbolic that he wipes the mud off scorbunny's face. and then later, he even points out when they see it again that it looks better without all the mud covering it up - it looks more like itself. it's not pretending to be something it's not. goh wiping the mud off its face is him saying that he accepts it as it is. that being resigned to living a certain way just to fit in or just because that's how it's always been is pointless.

and i mean...even ash says in this scene that the things goh is saying are things he's only recently learned himself, right? goh denies it (and tbh when he says that he's always thought the world is big and anyone can explore it if they want to or whatever - i don't think that's untrue! i think it's just that, prior to meeting ash, he didn't have it in him to explore it), but ash has a point. and what goh is doing for scorbunny here is the same thing that ash did for him.

relatedly, scorbunny follows him, right? in the same way that goh "accepts" ash as his friend, scorbunny chooses goh as its trainer. goh recognizes that it travelled far for him, that it saw a vision of its future with him, and changes his mind about not catching it. i think the determination he saw in scorbunny to chase after its dreams resounded with him, because he's only just started doing the same thing. and his entire character is built around this idea of like, learning how to adapt and how to let other people help you find the courage to chase your dreams (and even to help you chase them). how could he possibly deny scorbunny the same thing?

but while scorbunny's enthusiasm helps motivate goh to chase his dreams, he is very flippant and dismissive, as we see when it learns ember and he says it doesn't matter, that scorbunny doesn't need to know a fire-type move and this gut-punch of a line, of course:

goh is someone who needs a lot of convincing to do things he doesn't think he'll be good at (or enjoy). he only joins project mew because gary goads him into it. he spends most of his life refusing to make friends, because he had one bad experience. he's a fairly black-and-white thinker, which makes sense considering his background. he doesn't really believe in change. he especially doesn't believe that people (or pokemon, in this case) can change their circumstances just through hard work and determination. as we see in jn003 with the ivysaur, he also doesn't think that it's anyone else's place to intervene and "help" others. if you can't change something, then don't. and there's no point in hoping it'll change on its own, either.

when scorbunny storms off here, his expression is interesting. this isn't the expression of someone being judgemental. it's the expression of someone who sympathizes.

he sees scorbunny trying so hard to do something he thinks it can't do and thinks that scorbunny's determination to change things is, if i had to guess, kind of immature. a lesson scorbunny will have to learn, whether it wants to or not. at first it's kind of endearing, but then he actually gets frustrated, because he feels like scorbunny's determination to learn ember is harmful to them both. here, there's a degree of "why won't you just trust that i know what's best for you?" for sure, but on a deeper level, i think that stems from a place of "can't you see that i'm just trying to protect you?"

...but obviously, all he really does is wind up lashing out and hurting scorbunny's feelings. he tells ash that he was trying to draw out scorbunny's strengths (and he was, by telling it to use moves it was already good at!), but ash points out that their values weren't aligned and that's kind of the opposite of strength when it comes to pokemon battling. so he reassesses the situation and finds a way to bring out scorbunny's strength that also aligns with what scorbunny wants. that compromise is what makes scorbunny evolve. it was the right call! but then raboot starts ignoring him.

and this is like. a running gag with scorbunny - goh gets distracted by other things and doesn't notice that it's trying to show him things. it happens when they meet and it happens again in this episode with its ember. we see something very similar with goh and his parents in jn032 when he's excited at the prospect of their vacation together, but when he tries to ask what they want to do, he turns around and find they're both asleep (and we see the flashback of something similar happening last time, too).

with raboot, in a lot of ways, goh is grappling with...himself. or at least, the person he was before he met ash - cold and distant, more interested in doing whatever he thinks is worth his time than in school, for example. so if goh saw his child self in scorbunny, he sees his more "adolescent" (i mean. he's still ten so still child, technically. but older child lol) self in raboot. and he actually responds to this in a way that's a lot like how we see his parents responding to him. in jn022, we see him

buy a bunch of apples for raboot, even though he thinks it doesn't need them (and is hurt when it doesn't let him have one, despite raboot seeming pleased that he bought them for it). compare to the device he shows horace in jn032, for example, which he says his parents built for him. or his six computer monitors. his parents reach him best through material means!

question why raboot hates him when it's not responsive to his overtures. contrarily, goh's parents don't think he hates them; they just automatically assume the worst case scenario (like in jn015 when he calls and they immediately wonder if he did something and got kicked out of the institute). but while that's their worst case scenario about him, raboot hating him is kind of goh's worst case scenario, right? it took him time to open up and accept scorbunny as his partner. now that it's evolved and is acting differently, he's terrified that he came to care for it only for it to leave him.

which leads to my last point here, which is that he doesn't actually ask what it wants. in this episode, he concludes that raboot would be happier without him. so he leaves it behind, but he never actually considers how it might feel. goh's parents do the same thing! they worry about him, but they don't share their concerns or ask how he feels. they just assume that he must feel a certain way and they adapt to compensate for that. but they never actually ask him what he wants.

this episode ends with him realizing that he hasn't been reacting to raboot's feelings so much as to his own, of course, and we see their relationship smooth out quite a bit. he's acknowledging that he's done things wrong, but also that it's not all his fault - and raboot's change in temperment is just a consequence of it evolving. they accept each other again and move on.

then, it evolves into cinderace and kind of opens up again more (though it's been doing that little-by-little since jn022). i think the fact that raboot and riolu evolve at the same time was a really cool move by the writers to kind of demonstrate how like...the relationship between ash and goh is reflected in the growth of their pokemon. they trained together! in a way they kind of grew up together! riolu, ash's token baby pokemon in jn, evolving at the same time as goh's starter feels like a very deliberate choice to highlight how ash helped goh's pokemon grow, too - through getting the ball rolling with how he helped goh grow as a person and a trainer. if that makes sense?

anyway, i don't have much to say about cinderace, other than that if he saw himself as a child in scorbunny and as an older child in raboot, then cinderace's level of openness and its enthusiasm aren't just reflexive of it getting back more of its scorbunny-esque personality - it also shows how goh has changed and has learned to embrace these parts of himself, now that he's in that "coming of age" age (well, for pokemon. he is still only ten lmao).

i think we see something similar with his other starters, though maybe a little less on the nose.

sobble

the drizzile episode, as you mentioned, is probably Thing here. but i think the theme with sobble is sort of that, where scorbunny maybe reflects more of the way goh thought about growing up and his aspirations (and how hard it was to open up to people), sobble more so mirrors his social experiences at school and with chloe.

VISUALLY, i think it's really telling that when goh catches sobble, he's...literally speaking to it from the other side of the water:

this whole episode (jn028) is about goh kind of...forcing sobble into positions it's not necessarily comfortable with, and not realizing that it's uncomfortable until it runs away from him. as we saw with raboot, this is a common theme with goh - but it's most obvious with sobble!

he realizes, of course, and says this:

even in flashbacks, goh never comes across as a shy kid. he doesn't exactly relate to sobble, but i think he's drawing a parallel here between them. he wasn't shy, but he was always on the "outside" - that's why he's so good at researching. he strives to see things as they are without getting involved. eventually, this is something that will make him a pretty thoughtful and strategic battler, though at this point he's still learning how to apply that to more than just research for the sake of research.

and then after sobble meets inteleon, we have these bits too:

goh's childhood motivations on the surface appear to be like...he doesn't want to bother with friends, because they aren't going to be able to serve a purpose for him. he isn't interested in making friends with anyone who is less into pokemon than he is. but after what happens with horace, it seems to get a little more complex, and then we have to wonder if his motivations really were that surface-level to begin with, or if, maybe, his policy of not making friends has always been a way for him to protect himself from betrayals like he experienced with horace.

we see chloe as early as jn001 trying to convince him to make friends, to no success. she doesn't even refer to herself as his friend - he doesn't seem to be willing to let her. he believes he doesn't need friends and is better off alone. but he doesn't realize until after meeting ash that his solitude is more of a self-imposed exile, in that it's hurting him more than other people. he can't improve as a person and reach his goals if he's too busy trying to protect himself to accept that he needs help from other people to do those things. so, again - i think he sees that side of himself in sobble. so it feels very impactful that he reaches out to help sobble become a better battler, but rather than forcing it to battle in a way that makes sense to him, he comes up with a way to have it train that plays off of its strengths of running and hiding.

and then, of course, there's the episode where sobble evolves, jn062. the writers themselves do most of the work here of drawing the parallel between goh's childhood and how drizzile is feeling, but i think it goes even deeper than that. drizzile is unhappy because it wanted to evolve into inteleon, not into drizzile. it's not comfortable in its own skin. and it doesn't necessarily want others to see it, because it feels like it's still growing and it's not ready yet. it kind of just...needs time to sulk and brood. drizzile runs away again, because it's not ready, and while they're looking for it, it's chloe who makes goh start thinking about when he was a kid, by saying this:

which prompts him to think about how he was searching for a "reason" for why drizzile was acting how it was, just like how adults used to demand reasons from him even when he didn't have them. and then of course we get this scene:

but i think he does on some level know why, because he talks immediately after this about how his parents weren't home and often felt lonely. he's more comfortable being alone. he's protecting himself. which is reinforced by the fact that he then tells drizzile this:

goh has a hard time putting his feelings into words, which is something we see throughout jn. he sees that drizzile is the same and this is a huge moment for him, because he's saying here that it doesn't matter what inspired its feelings; he understands it is experiencing those feelings and that's enough. he'll wait until it's ready to fully process them or whatever else it needs. drizzile kind of returns the favour when he starts crying here and it reaches up to brush away his tears, then disappears again.

overall, this episode does an amazing job of showing us how goh has become someone who actually acknowledges his and his pokemon's feelings - this is the only time we see him as a child where he's not doing something to try to ignore his feelings, or trying to walk away from them. in flashbacks, his back is often to his parents. in jn032, he gets upset, and then tries to cover his disappointment up immediately with anger and avoidance. the writers set this scene up so that we can see the reason behind his feelings clearly (just like we can see the reason behind drizzile's, even though goh and co. can't), but they rightly emphasize that goh's ability to analyze "why" he or his pokemon are feeling a certain way isn't always helpful. emotions are meant to be felt, not intellectualized. it's a good message, and a huge area of growth!

drizzile's evolution into inteleon also shows us how this acceptance translates into it eventually being comfortable enough to be who it wants to be. and the characters are impressed by it - it even earns kecleon's admiration, the same way that other inteleon earned its when it was a sobble. this is a pretty clear mirror with goh's social life, where he went from being this friendless outcast figure to someone with a lot of friends, and a great willingness to make more, as he became more comfortable and confident and willing to reach out to others.

and lastly,

grookey

the only one of the three that doesn't evolve, for reasons that aren't ever really made clear to us. but i think that as random (...and tone deaf) as his dream sequence at the start of grookey's debut episode is, it actually makes a lot of sense. in the original, the dream has camille and walker transformed into rillaboom, and goh is understandably freaked out. but i think the bigger, more symbolic thing is that even if it is a dream, his parents are the ones that foist grookey upon him. this does seem like a really weird choice, until you start thinking about the parallels, right?

in reality, grookey is team rocket's pokemon. the episode title "when a house is not a home" tells us that grookey obviously doesn't feel like it "belongs" there. but the episode doesn't open in team rocket's base. it opens in goh's apartment. and the part i didn't show in the drizzile scene above is when he says this:

the fact that goh was home alone a lot as a kid gets brought up fairly often. it implies that he kind of had to adopt this lone wolf persona, because there was no one else around to take care of him. he had to learn how to console himself and meet his own needs (hence why he's so combative about ash intervening with the ivysaur in jn003!), which is a lot of responsibility for a kid. grookey is handed to him like it's a responsibility in his dream, but then they bond. and he starts to appreciate having grookey around, to the point that he misses it when it returns to team rocket.

to me, the choice to have grookey not evolve kind of comes down to grookey being kind of...emblematic of goh's childhood. like, in his dream, grookey is this burden that's forced on him. someone he has to take care of, even though he isn't really prepared to do that. in reality, grookey is escaping from an environment that doesn't meet its needs. putting those two things together, i mean...that's just my reading of it, anyway. so grookey not evolving, and goh accepting grookey as it is - without any of the "growing up" analogs we have with cinderace and inteleon - is a way of showing that goh has come to terms with his childhood and that he accepts (and cherishes!) his childhood self. which he can only really do after he's done all the growing we see reflected in the evolutions of his other starter mons. (relatedly, grookey is the only starter of goh's who goh considers leaving with other mons in its evolution line. specifically, with two thwackey and their child, i.e. a family unit not unlike goh's!)

anyway! this is a very long post, so thanks for sticking with me if you did. hope my takes are as galaxy-brained as you hoped hehe

#answered #*meta #pokemon #anipoke #goh #meta #phew sorry this took so long. it was all in my brain i just had to get it out there lmao #i think i also almost hit the image cap on this post so dhjfghjfdk #anyway i will die on this grookey hill 100%. i am SO glad they never evolved it :p

[prof-peach]

Out of curiosity

Which canon backgrounds etc do you dislike and which ones dont make sense?

Don’t care for ash, not one bit, the protagonist is always a little obnoxious for me, but again, Its a kids show so of course he’s like that, I just don’t vibe with the loud high energy characters, even as a kid I didn’t like them.

Preferred red. Least his vibe made more sense to me.

Uhhh, wasn’t keen on that purple haired dragon user from….I want to say Unova? No clue what her name was, just again, child with dragons, not my thing. Not Goh, or any of the secondary characters give or take.

Max and May were bad, dawn was dull, misty was more annoying but is fine now she’s older and her behaviour makes more sense, just basically anything up front was just a bit much for me, a lot of boring story when you compare the show to the manga, which is superior in every possible way. Though I did like brock, his story felt realistic.

They put in the odd amazing character like Loreli, even Lt.surge had something to him that felt more believable even though he was awful. Hell, team rocket were great fun, and often carried the more compelling stories.

Pokemon as a game and show are catering to a specific demographic, and it’s fine to do that, they’re going to vibe with the content put out and that’s the point! I’m not saying it should change, I just prefer a more…I don’t know, complex setup? Or realistic, or just anything not aimed at the typically simple formula built for kids tv shows. Not to say they didn’t put in the odd good hook when writing but they felt few and far between personally, just didn’t land for me.

It’s worth pointing out I just don’t like kids shows much due to the overly noisy, energetic nature of them, just gives me a headache haha. It’s rare I’ll vibe with them, unless the story is REALLY good, or the characters are unusually compelling (gravity falls for example, great kids show, clever with a meaty story) but I tend not to watch a lot of tv as is. Kind of a boring person haha, like other stuff I guess, prefer to go outside and touch grass or something.

#ooc #pokemon

[freestyle-crocodile-trashpile]

That's alot...

Summary:All your eevees evolved into sylveon

Type:Scenario:Ash + Goh & M!Reader(platonic)

Version:Journeys

~

You had met Ash and Goh while traveling, not really anywhere specific. It was quite a while ago, actually. You three were currently heading back to the lab. Goh was chatting up a storm, talking about all the different types of Pokémon he has, and fun facts about his favorite types of Pokémon. You being a bit older than them, acted like a older brother to them, so that's probably why it didn't take long for the boys to start being super chatty and comfortable around you, hence Goh talking your head off. Ash had done the same when you first met him. He wouldn't stop talking about your garchomp. Your garchomp was your buddy. He didn't stay in his ball and would always travel by your side. Speaking of Ash, he was currently being given a piggy back-ride due to him almost falling asleep mid walk. Goh stopped talking about his bug type Pokémon and looked up at you.

"Didn't you say you once had eevees?"

You hummed and nodded.

"What happened to them?"

You chuckled since nothing really happened they just evolved.

"Well, they evolved"

You watched as his eyes lit up, stopping in his tracks and stepping infront of you. With his hands at his chest with excitement.

"Really?! Can I see them? Please...?"

You smiled and nodded. Slowly taking Ash off your back, you gave him to your garchomp, who was very careful with ash. Pulling out a pokey ball, you tossed it, causing it to open. Reveling a sylveon. Goh gasped, knowing how hard it is to get a sylveon. He gently patted her head, causing your sylveon to let got a gentle and quite hum. Goh looked back up at you.

"And the others?"

You sighed, grabbing about 10 pokey balls. You tossed them once again. Goh stood up not knowing what to expect, jolteon? Leafeon? Espeon? It could it any of them. Seeing all the evolutions you got he froze. Surrounding Goh was about 10 sylveon, just sylveon. No other evolution. Looking around,they all looked up at him curiously. Giggling he got on his knees and continued to play with your sylveon. You chuckled, glad the kid was enjoying himself.

~

[A/n:I think I'm falling out of the cod phase 😅 haha idk. I hope you enjoyed]

#Pokémon X male reader #pokemon #pokémon x reader #pokémon #pokemon ash #x male reader #x reader #pokemon journeys #pokemon goh

[harukadrawsthings]

Glad that you’re back for the questions and answers! I do have a few in mind, though. This is specifically for you

What are some other anime’s do you watch, besides Pokémon?

And here’s one for Ash Ketchum and Goh (and Destiny)

I got you cake from my Birthday a few weeks ago! It’s chocolate, and hopefully it’s still good enough… (I’m not a fan of sweets, so here is some for them because they’re the best family (save some for the Pokémon) ^^)

🍫🎂

Answer 1:

Right now I'm not following other animé series besides Pokémon but the last one I've watched was "Sasaki and Miyano" following a friend recommendation and I liked it a lot, it's really sweet! If we can include movies, I saw Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) in the cinemas in the beginning of the month and I can recommend a watch if you didn't yet!

Answer 2:

#harukadrawsthings asks #pokemon au asks #pokemon asks #satogou au asks #satogou au character directed asks #soul(mate)s of light asks #anipoke au asks #soul(mate)s of light character directed asks #ash ketchum #satoshi #goh #gou #go #pokemon goh #trainer goh #satogou #soul(mate)s of light #soulmates of light #destiny #satogouchild

[onetwothree]

wait since people are sharing their grownup anipoke cast hcs im gonna share mine too :]

there's a lot of thinking behind every single one of them so please send asks if you're curious about one of them (or more) okay!!!! i love talking about my hcs LMAO

ash: ive got an entire story arc written for that boy. BUT im not gonna explain it here cause it's too long but basically he would become a pokemon teacher (NOT A PROFESSOR, im thinking more like what kukui does in the anime? which is teaching children about pokemon stuff in a school setting)

misty: i like to think she'd become quite the sporty type and maybe become a professional swimmer and participate in competitions and stuff

brock: pkmn doctor!!!! he has a lot of experience and maybe he'd train other younger doctors-to-be :]

tracey: i think art is more of a hobby to him, but @juliamex3 's idea of him taking commissions and becoming gary's assistant is genius so im stealing it HEHE

gary: pkmn professor and rival to goh, they don't specialize in the exact same fields but sometimes they work together. gary still loves to tease goh (they respect eachother but the teasing is eternal)

may: ill be completely honest and say may is the one ive given the least thought to. I'M SORRY BESTIE... id say she's still a coordinator and likes to bring smiles to people with her performances

dawn: im not 100% sure but im thinking something like a professional dancer but like not competitive, maybe she'd make a duo with zoey and they'd both do performances together

iris: she's still unovas champion ! she also beat cynthia's ass and now her goal is to beat ash's ass (in a battle.)

cilan: S class connoisseur, but there's still things to learn! which is why he rarely stays at the striaton cafe.

clemont: definitely not a gym leader anymore. he decided to let his sister take his place. hes an engineer and he's well known around the world for all of his inventions

serena: i don't think she'd keep doing performances all her life. after she becomes kalos queen, she'd start focusing on fashion designing. also i like to think that shauna would model for her :3

mallow : as the owner of ainas kitchen she opened a new restaurant in konikoni city where she lives with lillie!!

lillie: she writes children's literature!!!

lana: okay so i like to think that lana would specialize in water pokemon preservation. she would dive in specific areas to check the pokemons conditions and stuff

sophocles: he said he wanted to be an astronaut, i believe in him!! YOU CAN DO IT SOPHOCLES

kiawe: hes going to become kahuna after olivia but it's not going to be easy. hes going to travel across the world to learn more about pokemon and people first, and only then will he be recognized as kahuna

gladion: he researches pokemon at the aether foundation and someday will take his mother's role as president. he and goh have worked together before and they get along well

goh: pokemon professor, as i said he and gary are still rivals. goh specializes in legendary/mythical pokemon!!

chloe: i like to think that she would do something "normal" LMAO, maybe journalist, i can see her writing articles in newspaper, or photographer. it's hard to find something good for her because the anime didn't give us any clue ghdbfhd. i have more hcs for koharu but not related to her future job

#horizons squad not included for obvious reasons which are we haven't known them for long enough #mew.txt #pokeani #also i tried so hard to avoid doing any propaganda for my fav ships but erm. hashtag jellowshipping forever guys #if you're curious about which ships i hc feel free to ask though!!! #i hope i didn't forget anyone and if i did then. OOPS

[coern]

having me scrolling the mdp tag/my dash while my sister scrolls the satogou tag is really funny because I'll see a meme about this embodiment of this characters sadness as they meet their mental limit over something and it's got the humor of like the friendpilled visitmaxxer meme and I'll scroll down and see a long analysis post with specific details and screenshots and bullet points on why goh is gay for ash ketchum of all people

#my post

[doubleddenden]

Just for fun, I'm going to make an absolute WORST CASE scenario for Pokemon day (with sillies)

Pokemon decides to announce NFTs (they did put out a job listing for an NFT expert months ago)

Pokemon merch that's just more overpriced garbage. Shitty pastel tshirts that just have the pokemon logo stamped on the left breast area- $50, only goes to size XL.

Pokemon Go has way too much screen time for yet another Kanto fest

Pokemon Masters, Unite, and Cafe just won't end their trailers.

New tv show that's just a vague reality show about celebrities that liked Pokémon once, and it's more of an episodic celebrity biography show with one line or two about Pokémon. Not even fun ones, C tier at best. So, something like T@yl*r Sw*ft's boyfriend's football career, but one line about playing Blue for a few hours at his cousin's house.

Pokemon Home fees will increase

Pokemon Bank will close TODAY

Port of Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, Ruby, and Sapphire to NSO- you have to pay for online to access it over cloud- internet connection required, and for some reason you have to pay extra for them in a Pokémon exclusive expansion pass. No word of third versions. Does not include the events or Japan exclusives.

Black and White 1 remakes announced. It's chibi like BDSP, colors are dry and washed out, there's graphical errors in the trailer frames, they state BW2 specifically is not part of the remake, they promise tweaks to make the gameplay EASIER than ever. Parts of the game are made with AI and script rewritten by Chat GPT, with an error you spot easily in a trailer. Masuda has the remake game director's neck clenched tightly from the back. He looks at you and says "you will buy the games this time. This isn't a request." Japan pre-order exclusives are amazingly crafted Reshiram and Zekrom statues that even have light up tails and eyes, and also you get shiny versions of them only in the Japanese copies, US gets a cheap piece of paper with generic stock images of Pikachu and Charizard on it, everything is shiny locked for everywhere not Japan.

They tease a Legends game. You think it's going to be amazing, you think oh my god we're getting Legends Unova... wait, it looks Japanese, maybe LEGENDS CELEBI???...it's Legends......... KANTO, and it's the most gorgeous thing you've ever seen after the clear lack of care put into their non gen 1 games since the Switch launched. A selling point is, once again, no new Pokémon after the og 151 so older fans can enjoy it better. Your starters are Charmander, Charmander, and Charmander, you might encounter Bulbasaur and Squirtle in post game. Your job is to stop EEEVIL outsiders from the rest of the regions with their newer Pokémon from settling into Kanto. Johto is having an awesome party next door with all the regions invited, but there's been a convenient landslide blocking the only way over. It's just reskinned Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee. Professor Oak is your age and putting moves on your mom.

Features a mythical Pokémon based on depression that looks like a tiny salary man, comes with its own movie featuring Ash as a depressed Millenial realizing he peaked at 10. He has to get a job. Pikachu is dying of old age and Ash has to "grow up" and release him and all of his other still living Pokémon. It cuts to real life, and Pokémon was just a game he has been playing for years to cope with his parents' divorce and eventually his own with Misty, then May, then Dawn, then Serena, then Goh, etc. Ash's dad is finally revealed: it's Chris Pratt with bad cgi wrinkles, back with milk. They go to the arcade to play Mario to stomp on some................................................................................................................................................................................... KOOPAS.

"Well that's all. Oh wait, one more thing!"

Ed Sheeran and T@yl*r Sw*ft music video featuring 1 Pikachu in a frame that can be easily edited out, with a song not even about Pokémon. The song sounds like shit and is about another breakup.

There, the bar has been lowered to the floor. It cannot get worse.

#pokemon #pokemon day

[pokemon-ash-aus]

So here is an AU I'm working on that I would love your opinion on.

Poke Shifters that what they were. But they weren't born shifters. When most of the shifters were three years old they were kidnapped from their homes and families. They were stuck in those labs for four years. Everyday was filled with tests or experiments on them.

One day, they were rescued and sent home. Promising to find each other again. But years past and although most of them had reunited with each other there were two they could find.

Now when Ash is working at the Cerise Institute, he learns that Goh is a Poke Shifter able of shifting into Zorua and usung their Illusion powers. Ash is able to shift into Mew(chosen one status). And was the Mew Goh and Chloe saw that day. Goh has a a panic attack in the deeper parts of the lab that holds more than just computers. Ash slowly helps Goh deal with the panic. Professor Kukui doing the same thing for Ash in Alola.

Oooo, is it just a random assortment of kids they picked uo or was it specifically in Kanto? Did they need thr DNA of the pokemon the shifters change into? Or is it like the X-gene in where it activates at random? Did the kids ever go back to their families or were they forced to stay in the labs forever?

[nowandevermore]

Introduction

I see that my other writer friends have this, so I guess it's time that I make my own.

First off, hello hello. I'm Maybe.

Not quite 30. Yet. 🥲

I'm a fanfiction writer for the Pokémon fandom, specifically under Ash/Goh right now. Currently working on a Pokémon Ranger series that focuses on a mix of anime and game material.

Previously worked on an original work titled, Legends Zero, but it has been abandoned for the time. Maybe I'll work on it again one day. 🙃 However, I still continually use one of my main OCs from the series, Hailey Tockett.

Completed works:

Conference Blues (2.1K)

WWDD? (307 words)

Five Years (357 words)

Battle of the Year (4K)

At the Age of Now (1.4K)

Standing Here (1.2K)

As it should be (1.7K)

Home is Wherever You Are (1.8K)

Over and Over (1.1K)

In the City of Canalave (1.8K)

Sparks (2.9K)

Whatever the Weather (2.3K)

And I am Home (910 words)

Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same (2.5K)

Ranger Series Completed Works:

Secrets of the Fiore Temple (17.1K)

Answers Buried in Time (59.2K)

In the In-Between (9.3K)

Current WIPs:

I met you in a dream (3.8K)

God in the Midst

Untitled Rangers prequel

I will try to update my current WIPs with new chapters on here, but I do also post each new work as its own post.

Ask to be added to taglist if you'd like. :)

#writer intro #writeblr #satogou #journeyshipping #pokeani #anipoke #ash x goh #ao3 journeys #ao3 pokemon #maybe one day i'll post an original piece #i have a few l0 parts lying around that i can edit #palletshipping #ash x gary #shigesato #fic has been added #updated 3/15

[saturnniidae]

Introduction!

Basic info:

☆ Hi, I'm Moth (or Saturnniidae, or Deya!) I really like cartoons, fantasy, horror, and Ash Ketchum. They/them, Liberian-American jewish (ethnically, I'm not a very religious person) & aroace lesbian. Sometimes I post art and maybe write. I'm audhd and in highschool (get me out of here)

☆ I'm multifandom, and my interests tend to change every few months due to hyperfixations, but my main ones are: Pokéani (specifically gens 4 & 7), Tales of Arcadia, Minecraft and How to Train Your Dragon. (These are special interests, and I've been obsessed with them for most of my life.)

I find 'pro/anti' terms generally reductive but that being said, if you are a self proclaimed 'proshipper' kindly fuck off and leave me alone.

Additional info

☆ I enjoy talking to people, but also have really bad social anxiety and stare at notifications like a deer in headlights because I'm not sure how to respond. (Better at talking in tags/comments than dms tbh)

☆ I've been told I can come off as abrasive sometimes; I promise I don't bite, I'm just autistic 🦈🦈

☆ I swear, a lot (just thought I'd say bc ik some people don't like that 😭) and also make/reblog a lot of suggestive jokes.

☆ I try to use tone tags if somethings unclear but often forget to

☆ if you're an adult and want to be mutuals or follow me that's fine, just keep in mind i am not

☆ I lovee worldbuilding, and overthinking implications and what-ifs when it comes to my favorite media's!!

☆ I enjoy talking in tags wayy too much

☆ feel free to send me an ask abt any of my fandoms I'll love u forever

☆ My other interests: Wakfu, nitw, mcsm, toh, lwa, BNA, ROTBTD, genloss, tales of arcadia, atla/tlok, kipo & the age of wonderbeasts, infinity train, nge, ianowt, bee & puppycat, vld, little nightmares, tdp, miraculous ladybug, gravity falls, hilda, the xmen movies (I rarely watch yt or twitch but do sometimes watch Ranboo and Aimsey and a few others but haven't in a while tho I might rb stuff occasionally 👍)

Characters who I love dearly (they give me so much brainrot)

Ash ketchum, Gary Oak, Hiccup Haddock, Champion Iris, Goh, Jim Lake Jr, Claire Nuñez, Nomura, Azula, Mae Borowski, Astrid Hofferson (probably more im forgetting bc my memory's not that great)

dividers

#intro post #my tags for navigation: #moth.txt #moth.jpg #moth.au #moth.fic #moth.mp4 #ty if u actually went thru the effort to resd this gold star on ur forehead fr

[kohakhearts]

hello I humbly request your silliest pokemon character headcanons thank you

HEY BRO ok confession: my head is pretty empty in general, so i'm making up most of these on the spot. all about anipoke characters specifically (and almost entirely exactly the handful of them youd expect) because they're the only ones i rotate with enough frequency to do this for lmao

-(not really a headcanon bc tbh i believe he CAN drive but it's funnier if he can't) ever since i realized that gary was chauffeured around and not actually driving that car himself i maintain. gary oak cannot drive <3

copy and pasting this one from the depths of my priv twitter because i was so right about it tbh:

>garys NOT edgy hes like. a kpop fan. >i feel like gary's like the kind of person who has a playlist for other people and a playlist for himself. the former is full of emo bangers and softcore grunge. the latter is bubbly pop music. goh is the exact opposite. in this essay i will >"what about ash" he doesnt listen to music. thats because his head is already full of elevator music

-i think that goh is the epitome of the like "writing this in my journal in sparkly pink gel pen will fix me" but on the rare occasions he DOES journal he just writes out his activities like a grocery list. hes simply too embarrassed about having feelings to do anything else

-pretty much all of ash's friends have, at some point, made a fake social media account impersonating him. the only ones who did so with any margin of success are misty and lana

-speaking of social media - goh and lana both seem like they've gotten into discourse on twitter. lana is a troll and goh's compulsive need to be right about everything means that if they ever met in the online wilds, he was absolutely victimized by her

-you know that tumblr post where op said when they were a kid they thought their pet rock died so they flushed it down the toilet and severely clogged it? ashcore tbh

-you know who'd be really into alien conspiracy theories? clemont.

-i think an adult ash would be capable of cooking but he would also have to commit really hard to the bit of being bad at it, for old times sake. as a result he routinely eats things like cereal with gatorade instead of milk just to piss people off (he probably thinks its tasty though. let's be real)

-gary is a romcom enjoyer but he'll never admit it

-ash's first independent just-for-fun purchase is a pair of heelies. he is immediately banned from every walmart within a 200km radius of him

-ash and gary maintain their rivalry in really ridiculous ways. like "i bet you won't eat this pepper so spicy it sends people to the hospital" or "i bet you cant do a flip over that park bench and land on your feet" or "i bet you won't throw your shoes into the river just to prove you can" etc.

ok im all out of braincells. hope this satisfies <3

#answered #magiwou-meowvin #ily bro <3

[torchiccakes]

The Gyarados Attack

rip Satoshi

Which episode was Ash telling Brock and Misty about?

There aren’t actually very many times a Gyarados attacks Ash without Misty or Brock around. The main ones I could find are in JN46, SM113, and The Distant Blue Sky, which is part of the AU universe.

In this poll (that’s currently still running because it was set to a week…), most of us seem to think he’s talking about the Mewtwo episode of Journeys. So I’ll focus on that result. It does bring up some interesting questions about why he’s telling them about it.

The surface level interpretation.

If you don’t dig too deep, then Ash is just casually talking about a Gyarados because they’re on the way to see the Magikarp Waterfall, so it’s just on his mind. It makes sense, doesn’t really matter too much, and is an easy explanation. That’s probably the most sane way to interpret it. But the writers have been pretty good at connecting everything throughout the series, and there’s plenty of room for more interesting interpretations too.

Is he specifically telling them about how he met Mewtwo again?

Mewtwo is a Pokemon that Brock and Misty would be interested in hearing about again (if they have their memories back, can’t remember lol), and I would love for them to talk about it. Ash could give them an update on how all the cloned Pokemon are doing, how he got to battle it again, and how he hopes to see it again.

The only issue I see with this is that the conversation seems a bit too casual for such an important topic. But I guess this is Ash we’re talking about... he might be telling them about a Gyarados and then suddenly drops that he met Mewtwo right after that.

Is he talking about his journey with Goh?

Maybe Brock or Misty asked about what Goh was up to and that got Ash talking about all their adventures. Misty met Goh after he and Ash split up, but Brock was probably wondering where he went. Goh and Mew are linked in Ash’s mind now, so talking about Goh could easily lead to talking about when they encountered Mewtwo.

Or, since they are going to watch Magikarp jump up a waterfall, he could have started by telling them about how high Goh’s Magikarp can jump. And that led to him talking about some of their other adventures that involve Magikarp or the Pokemon it evolves into. Which means Ash was just about to tell them how he and Goh held hands ran into Mewtwo again, but got interrupted and now they may never know.

There are certainly other ways we can interpret it. What do you think?

#am I talking way too much about a single line? yes #do I have other things I should be focusing on? also yes #but im talking about this anyway #pokemon journeys #pokeani #anipoke #aim to be a pokemon master #satogou #journeyshipping #torchic posts

[horace-pokemon]

Introduction / Info

♡ Autism creature that goes by mainly Bunny and Chao ♡

He/She/Bun • 19 yrs • AUDHD and Beautiful Princess Disorder

I'm queer, agender and a system, putting that out there since I will joke and talk about it sometimes (most likely at least). And because it helps explain my horrid memory ...

Might go ham with reblogging art or other posts so I'll try and make a tag for that to mute! (will edit with tag included later <3)

I'm also a big multishipper that loves making my own rarepairs and will respect if you aren't into the same pairings that I am, we're all chill and casual over here! No ripping heads

DNI and main ships below! :

General Do Not Interact IF : Terfs/Swerfs/Radfems/Transphobic or Misogynists at all || proship/comfic/profic ( Yes I'm an anti, go cry and piss ) || Ableist or fakeclaimer || Queerphobic

Fandom Specific Do Not Interact : Sexualize minors / child characters or hate on unproblematic/unharmful ships, this isn't the place for you buddy

[ I will edit if I think of anything else I need to add ]

Main Pokemon ships I enjoy! :

Timelessheartshipping (Tokio x Gou | Horace x Goh)

Journeyshipping (Gou x Satoshi | Goh x Ash)

Polytimelessjourney (Tokio x Gou x Ash) [came up with name on the spot]

Trainshipping (Victor x Hop)

Gouhop (Gou x Hop) [idk their shipname wah]

Gothgfshipping (Gloria x Marnie)

Auldshipping (Gloria x Serena)

Brattyshipping (Victor x Bede)

+ Probs more I can't think of rn I have a lot of rarepairs tbh

Miscellaneous! :

This blog is turning into my main general one, though it'll probably still have a main focus of Pokemon! I'll probably talk about Genshin, Persona, Minecraft and any other random things I'm into! A new tag to my usual list is 'bunny interests' for anything that's about stuff besides Pokemon! <3

#introduction #intro post #info #pinned post #tags -> #bunny writes #bunny rambles #bunny interests

[alolanrain]

Can I throw a couple of thoughts towards you??

💜 IMO, we were robbed of platonic partners Altomare Latias and Ash- like, supersonic jet dragon and basically a knight? Sign me up!!

💜 Oh! What about Chaos Trio Victini, Pikachu, Ash?? I feel like BW!Era Ash especially deserves to be a bit of a gremlin (don't get me wrong, Cilan and Iris are pretty okay, but... gremlin!Ash, my beloved, y'know?? )

💜 [disclaimer: I *do* like Goh] Hot Take: Goh's a good comedic/dramatic foil for Ash but feels otherwise overrated- so whenever 'Catch 'Em All (Including Literally The Gods)' vs 'Would Want To Catch 'Em All, But Some Have Big Responsibilities' is juxtaposed is just magnifique ™️

💜 Leon and/or Raihan × Older!Ash is good, you write it so dang well, we love to see it! and Jealous Leon is a Look™️ and ohh 👀

💜 Ash gets transformed into a pokémon (dealer's choice) during the Su/Mo // Journeys era, no one really notices until the Team Rocket Scheme Du Jour happens

I am so sorry this took so long, also thank you for separating the thoughts as I shall dk the same to each one.

🤍 Ash and Latias are a Duo that we should have had more content off then just Altomare and I am greatly sad every time I remember. It be really nice to see a come back in journeys or another anime, even though I’m not caught up with Journey in the first place, but there has been a few rare good fics with them on AO3.

🤍 Gremlin!Ash my beloved, my love, how I horn you do dear. But seriously? Victini should have the damn right to travel alongside Ash and Pikachu as the Terror Trio. Ash and Pika would have been the best trainer and friend for them AND they’d love Victini just as their first ever trainer had.

🤍 thank you!! I find it really great and though provoking how I write Ash and Goh together when their Vs. Each other on this topic that you’ve stated. Especially, and I don’t think I’ve written so much about this point yet, how Ash was almost like Goh when he first started out. Now though Ash realizes that a majority of the Legendaries do have responsibilities to their shared planet, even when their throwing tantrums or being kidnapped and enslaved by shitty shorty humans, while Goh doesn’t quite get the concept yet and Ash is desperately trying to make sure he lives another day and not get himself killed.

🤍 thank you yet again!!! I really do like it when people comment on my older Ash stuff, especially when he’s shipped with Leon or Raihan. It outweighs the negative or hurtful comments I get from people who genuinely don’t like it. And I get it! It’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I also specifically make sure that either their Ash’s age in the very rare instance or Ash is older in every instance. I’d never actually ship Ash with an older person in the anime when he’s still ten. And also Jealous!Leon is a Look and I love it so much.

🤍 I would love to see Ash transformed into another legendary or mythical, something small like Shaymin or Victini but my heart also wants a baby Lugia or Tapu Koko.

#ash ketchum #Goh #Victini #pikachu #Leon #Raihan #aurafangshipping #leon/ash #I still can’t remember the ship name I had for them #Ik it’s not hat shipping as it’s been taken by another pair long before

[mythgirlimagines]

Next up on our Friend-Swap journey is Kalos! While Goh continues his travels alone, Clemont is trying to liberate his gym. Ash will help him do that and have a battle with him, but in the mean time he is joined by Lillie, Cilan, and May! I think it will be interesting as Ash already battled with Cilan previously and encountered May many times in both Hoenn and Sinnoh (she’s trying her hand at showcases). Headcanons for this group?

those three specifically would love kalos imo

Ash was a little surprised to find both May and Cilan in Kalos. The two of them didn’t know each other, but hey, Cilan liked cooking and May didn’t mind being a taste-tester!

They got along really well, even with everything that was going on in Kalos. Ash liked joking around with them, and meeting Lillie was a bonus! She and Cilan really hit it off.

May had a fun time trying Showcases, but they were so much different than what she was used to for Contests. Meanwhile, Lillie was just content learning more about the world.

The three of them met Clemont for the first time when Ash went to battle him, helping him take control of his gym again. That was quite the battle for them to watch!

Altogether, it was quite a fun group. There was so much to see in Kalos that appealed to all of them, there was no end to what they could do and where they could go.

#answered ask #anon #headcanons #ash ketchum #gym leader cilan #trainer may #trainer lillie #pokemon #pokemon anime