#Pokémon but worse!

[otiksimr]

Butchered [REDESIGNED] charmander.

#my art #They are little fire elemental #pokemon #pkmn #pkmn fanart #charmander #pkmn charmander #Pokémon but worse!

[front-facing-pokemon]

#okay further out version under the cut and i'm sorry in advance bruxish fans but i actually think this might be #the worst pokémon of all time #i think a lot of pokémon i can like. i'm fine with looking at them even if i don't like them. but this thing? i hate looking at it #like i really want to look. away. when i see this thing #bruxish #maybe i'll be proven wrong in that another pokémon is worse but i will not be proven wrong that this thing is good in any way #it sucks. it sucks so bad

[goldensunset]

i’ll defend the submas fandom with my life they’re off doing their weird little thing and they’re happy about it and it’s completely harmless collaborative fanon fun. i don’t understand it either but not everything in life exists for me to understand it

#literally let people be happy #there are far worse ways to be spending one’s time than to get emotionally invested in background characters #this is the getting invested in random background characters website #i love doing that #pokémon

[waywardstation]

A long, long time ago I got asked about Akari’s pokemon team. I had answered it, but since then I’ve changed a lot of the Pokémon on her team, and wanted to make a proper post for it ^^

@tjs-stuffs has put in lots of thought and meaning into their own pokemon teams for their AUs, as well as analyze NPCs’ pokemon teams to see what it says about their trainers, and I thought that was really cool so I wanted to try that too when reconstructing Akari’s team!

long analyzation about each member below!

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EMBER ♀ | LVL 48 QUILAVA

HARDY NATURE

Akari’s starter Pokémon. I thought a fire-type would work well with an outgoing personality, and it would be a useful starter to have in the wild — makes camping easier with usefulness in cooking and staying warm.

And with Hisuian Typhlosion’s entries saying it’s speculated to guide lost souls, I believe it’s especially fitting for Akari since she was put there to really help out a very lost Jubilife Village and show them Pokémon aren’t creatures to be afraid of. And in my stories especially, I frequently stress that Akari is “guiding” Ingo out of this lost, empty state and will eventually be the reason why he gets back home.

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KITE ♂ | LVL 36 DRIFLOON

IMPISH NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon out in the fieldlands while doing her initial trial for Cyllene.

Lots of drifloon and drifblim’s entries talk about the Pokémon’s relation to lost people, more frequently children. And how with those who go missing, no one knows where they went. Sometimes also relates to lost souls. Akari is certainly a “lost soul” who was plucked suddenly from her time, and no one knows what happened to her or where she went.

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JELLY ♀ | LVL 41 MANTYKE

JOLLY NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon in the coastlands when she saw she couldn’t avoid swimming anymore, and needed help as someone who couldn’t swim.

Mantyke is one of the very few pokemon (if not the only one, IIRC) who evolves through a symbiotic relationship with another Pokémon, remoraid. I thought it would attribute well to Akari, since so much of what she’s doing in Hisui is based on symbiotic relationships.

She is doing what Arceus asked of her, and in return Arceus assists her where it can. She stays in Jubilife Village, but only if she does hard work and is helpful to Kamado and the Galaxy Team in return.

And in my fics especially, her and Ingo have a symbiotic relationship, both helping the other out in many ways (that are emotionally healthier and less forced than what she’s got with Arceus and the Galaxy Team).

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TRINKET ♀ | LVL 39 CHINGLING

CAREFUL NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon in the highlands when she spotted its unusual and pretty colors.

Chingling are said to be based off Suzu bells, which can be used for Shinto Shrines — worshipping places for various deities, and were around in Japan during the Meiji Era.

As someone doing what was asked of them by Arceus, a diety that is greatly respected and revered in the region (although they’re largely unknown to be what everyone calls Almighty Sinnoh until the end of the story), I thought it would be a good fit for Akari.

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FREIGHT ♂ | LVL 40 SHIELDON

BRAVE NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon within a space-time distortion in the highlands. She asked Ingo to help her name this one.

Shieldon and Bastiodon are described to be very strong Pókemon, yet they prefer avoiding conflict — they’re also impenetrable with their hard heads, but are weak to attacks from behind. And as ancient Pokémon from the past, the ones that show up in Hisui are obviously displaced.

I think a lot of these fit Akari well. She’s also very formidable in battle but isn’t really someone who often goes looking for fights (in the aggressive sense, at least). The sturdy face but weaker backside also seems to fit how I write Akari; she puts on a tough “I’m fine” front a lot, even if she’s not, and is sometimes reluctant to share her struggles. And finally, the most obvious — she’s just as displaced as these fossil Pokémon.

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POM-POM ♂ | LVL 45 RUFFLET

LONELY NATURE

Akari caught this Pokémon in the icelands (specifically during the events of HFBE, she finds it without its parents).

Many of Rufflet’s dex entries describe it as Pokémon that will fight stronger opponents more out of recklessness than bravery, and Braviary’s dex entries describe it as a Pokémon that will bravely fight for its friends to protect them, even if they themselves are hurt.

I felt like this fit how I write Akari pretty well. Sometimes she’s reckless, yes, but she will take on whatever comes after herself or her friends, and will keep pushing. (Such as frequently claiming to fight Arceus to get Ingo home with her if she has to — she will follow through with this if she must!!)

#I’ve had a lot of fun thinking about Akari’s team and giving each one meaning and relation to Akari #I would have put Akari’s pre-Hisui team on here too but I felt like that would have been too long #another post for another day!! #Akari has a few other Pokémon that she keeps with her too #but they’re not really her ‘team’ pokemon #they stay in the pasture (swinub) or in her housing unit (rotom) or can’t officially be caught (Powder #one of Sneasler’s kits) #I’ve been doing a run with these Pokémon on PLA too #but I had to stop when my hand got worse #I hope to continue it soon!!

[b-a-l-a-n-c-3]

Oh

Uh…haha…yeah…uh…

#not making me feel even worse #even the NPCs were on his side #pokemon #pokemon dlc #kieran #kieran pokemon #pokémon teal mask

[sincerely-sofie]

I've been rewriting some scenes in The Present is a Gift--- one in particular where Twig discusses her backstory with Dusknoir, and he has to try and get her to see the truth behind her perspective of her past. It’s a scene that hits me hard and pulls from my own experiences with trauma, so it’s been difficult to get through. But I’m really liking how it’s turning out.

This was originally a comic before I turned it into an illustration, so I’ll include it in full below the cut. It might not make much sense without the fanfic for context, but consider it a teaser of what’s to come!

#Dusknoir isn’t easily moved to tears but he wants to cry alongside Twig in this scene. #Poor kid’s suffering and there’s nothing he can do about it. #My dad once said there’s nothing worse than being a parent and powerless to fix your child’s problems. #He was specifically referring to sick toddlers and how they don’t understand why they feel bad but expect you to fix it #but I’m pretty sure it extends past toddlerhood and applies to mental health as well as physical #*silently slides more Dadnoir content into your feed and then walks away* #the present is a gift au #stuff by sofie #pokémon mystery dungeon #pmd #pmd sky #pmd explorers #pmd eos #pmd2 #pmd dusknoir #pmd2 hero #pmd2 oc #pmd fanart #PMD AU #pmd comic #pokemon mystery dungeon #pokemon illustration #pokémon art #pokemon art #illustration #dadnoir #charmeleon #pokemon charmeleon #dusknoir #pokemon dusknoir

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

You gotta feel bad for Octillery. It’s entire gimmick of evolving from a fish that looks like a gun to an octopus that looks like a tank kind of toned down to the point that now, without the context of what it looked like in the beta, it’s just a fish that evolves into an octopus for seemingly no reason.

But at least it kept the ability to learn all gun and beam moves.

And hey, it even got it’s own signature move!

Oh…

#I’m of the opinion that if you’re going to give a Pokémon a unique signature move then it should at least be somewhat viable to use #meanwhile Octillery got a low power. lower than average accuracy. move with only a 50% chance to lower a stat by 1 stage #if your signature move as a water type Pokémon is worse than surf then you don’t have a signature move #Pokémon #remoraid #Octillery

[bidoofdaily]

i drew this on the clock so basically i got paid to do it

#pokémon #pokemon #bidoof #howre yall doin hows things #im not built for th 9 to 5 im ngl but i gotta pay off these student loans and make donations and buy frivolous bullshit somehow #i got a tattoo today. second one ever! a friend from college did it #things could be worse for me but all things considered theyre very ok right now. i hope they can be very okay for everyone someday #anyways stay safe i love you mwah

[d3adbr3inc3lls]

So hear me out, fem [it's ok if you prefer gn] reader that is like a second in command of the RVT's meeting her past rival Spinel while on that whole 'spinel took the pendant but not even a week later an green cat took it from him' scenario

Like when she arrived at the ship started having an argument with him in front of the trio after that whole fiasco because he brought up that she lost in their last battle back then

Spinel x Past Rival!Reader | Headcannons & Drabble

I do apologise, I didn't quite understand your request at the start, and I don't know how to write arguing scenes,,

You and Spinel have been rivals since- well- forever.

Over time, as the two of you grew older, the rivalry only intensified, with him doing illegal activities just to get a step ahead of you.

Your Eevee evolved into an Espeon? Great, his Eevee evolved into an Umbreon.

You got a water type? He got a magneton.

Despite all this, you've managed to defeat him half of the time, even a bit more than that.

The last battle the two of you had was when you two were in your mid teens. You were going after champion rank and he was there- because- he's your rival!! That's what rivals do, get in your way.

Despite you mostly wining against him, he won the final battle before the two of you eventually lost contact.

Not too long after the two of you lost contact, you joined the RVT and he joined the Explorers.

The RVT was your second home, and later became your main home as you became second in command.

Being second in command, you had to make sure everyone was okay whilst Friede wasn't on board,

In all honesty, you forgot about Spinel, the two of you haven’t seen each other in a good few years now, and even though he was a strong rival, he slipped your mind, you had more important things to worry about like making sure Liko, Roy and Dot are okay.

Sometimes you swore the trio were a magnet for trouble, but it didn't matter, you still cared about them.

The day Liko went missing, you couldn’t help but blame yourself, you let Liko go alone, unsupervised.

You and the gang found Liko a day later in Levincia of all places which confused you to no ends, how was she there? Why was she there?

You had so many unanswered questions, but they didn't matter as she was safe.

But the one thing you immediately noticed was that her precious Pendant was stolen (alongside her memories that she got back later).

It wasn't until you were faced with an Umbreon that you suddenly remembered Spinel,

(No, getting jumped in an alley by a Magneton and a Beheeyem somehow didn't remind you of him),

"Go Umbreon. I do apologise that you have to fight some weak opponents,"

Memories flashed in your mind.

You knew that Umbreon.

It was the same Umbreon who stood proudly after Spinel had defeated you before you could fight the Elite 4.

"I'm especially sorry for sending you out to battle y/n, you know how weak they are,"

Spinel's voice rang in your ears as his Umbreon let out a low growl, remembering your Espeon from battle, resulting in your partner pokémon letting out a snarl of its own.

"Remember what happened at the league? You thought you were so prepared to face the Elite 4,? But you couldn't even beat your own rival?" Spinel taunted.

Oh how you wished you could wipe that stupid smirk off his face.

"I've grown. I've become a better trainer with my pokémon." Your protests fall short as Spinel laughs again. His disbelief annoying you to no ends.

"You're still using that weak little Espeon of yours, you know it doesn't stand a chance against my Umbreon."

The fur on your Espeon's back stood up. She never liked being compared to the Umbreon which by all means was understandable, with the dark type not being affected by her typing's moves.

"She isn't weak. She's won against your Umbreon!"

"Like what? Two times out of the many? Don't be so delusional."

You could feel Liko's worried gaze on you as you tried to think of something, anything to talk back.

"Umbreon, use dark pulse."

"Espeon, dodge!"

Another cackle came can be heard from the probably-still-teal haired man.

"If you're so strong. Why are you scared of a dark pulse,?"

Gritting your teeth you flex your fingers, glancing around to try and find a way to use your sorroundings to your advantage.

"Espeon! Use Dazzling Gleam!"

Without even a word spoken, the Umbreon effortlessly doged it.

Letting out a hiss, your Espon jumped back to your side, glaring at her foe.

"You're still the same inexperienced trainer,"

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Drabble portion edited by the wonderful @amethiosspouse !!

#Thanks again to amethiospouce for editing the drabble portion! #the HCs were just edited by me #so thats why they might be a bit worse #Spinel x Reader #Anipoke Spinel x reader #Explorer Spinel x reader #Request #Cannon x reader #New Horizons x Reader #Pokemon x reader #Pokémon x reader #my work #x reader #Reader has an Espeon because it kinda fit #Pokemon Horizons x reader #Pokemon new horizons x reader

[divatheeva]

My wish is…to engulf this world in darkness.

[PMD Explorers spoilers]

#Darkrai #pokémon mystery dungeon #pmd #pmd explorers #pmd2 #explorers of time #explorers of darkness #explorers of sky #this bastard took me like weeks to defeat when I battled him for the first time #and a certain. someone. made it so much worse by dying to every enemy #usually I like to depict Darkrai as gentle and not wanting to spread nightmares #but his pmd version is a straight up BASTARD and you gotta love that man

[ducktracy]

i am literally so mad that i have waited years to write this review of Daffy’s Southern Exposure and when i finally do i get the worst cold i have had at least within the past 5 years and am too sick to write a substantial amount. like come on. COME ON! i would almost rather it be COVID because that’s at least a valid excuse!!!!! sorry this post nasal drip made me nauseous and then i got mad that i was nauseous because i also had a bad stomach bug two weeks ago that also prevented me from writing. needless to say i hope you all enjoy the review when it’s out because my goodness it is giving me a hard time. thank you for your patience again 😤🙏

#i’m so maddddd i was writing a good amount today too and then bam nausea because of my stupid sinuses draining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i have lemon ginger tea but i can’t even taste it because i’m so congested #this has been worse than the two times i had COVID because my COVID symptoms manifest as fever and aches and fatigue and i can at least just #sleep that off!! not with this stupid cold!!!!!!! #i used to get colds literally every month when i was still in school and my drama director once said i had the immune system of a gnat which #is true. so i’m lucky that i haven’t had a cold this bad/maybe at all at least since i graduated high school since that was pre covid times #but since i’m not not used to being substantially sick anymore it means i’m gonna complain about it when i am sick so there 😤 #okay. sorry. just needed to bitch. back i go to playing Animal Crossig and Pokémon i guess since my body can’t handle any more than that!!!!

[otiksimr]

Mew but- but god.

General concept for this "redesign":

Mew is like a forgotten creation God, sure there are references here and there about them but they're never directly mentioned. They're implied to exist but no one's really sure ya know?

Nowadays they just wander about, playing little pranks and messing around for the most part.

Arceus had shaped the universe with it's thousand arms and Mew gave the universe life by scattering it's soul.

#Mew but I took the “Mythical” part seriously #my art #Pokemon #pkmn #pkmn fanart #Mew #pkmn Mew #creature #creature art #I'm sorry pokemon fans #they are no longer a silly little bean #they are now a serious little bean #tw: staring #tw: eye contact #Pokémon but worse!

[front-facing-pokemon]

#youknow their eyes donot look quite right but itis Ok because 1. like my favorite gen 8 pokémon is next and 2. um uh #orbeetle #well it will be much worse when i start Not having models for these pokémon so think about that. be glad you've got them while you do

[oddrock]

Autism win! My parents got me Pokémon for Easter instead of candy!!

And on trans visibility day!!! Yippee^2!!!!

#my allergies won’t be so much worse!!! #j me #Pokémon #Pokémon tins #Pokémon art cards

[goldensunset]

that one post that's like 'i would be interested in playing chess but this is a very old game that people have been studying and developing strategies for for ages so there isn't a single ignorant thing i could do without immediately getting punished for it'. competitive pokémon is like this to me

#i need to find someone on par with me you know. an energetic newbie #aka uhhhhh i've never even heard of this pokémon before uhhhhh what does that ability do #this is my special friend she has no evs at all but she's shiny and cute :) #way worse than a pro but way better than an npc. that would be my ideal rival #anyway i still love to watch competitive though #i'm getting to the point where i can follow #but man they make it look so simple #i would love to be as knowledgeable as them #however if i were that good at pokémon i wouldn't be enjoying the games #i'd be ranting on twitter about how they make this children's game too easy #so perhaps it's for the best to stay casual #pokémon

[sincerely-sofie]

Consider: Celebi also has "Ooo shiny" syndrome and only enough self control to not strand herself somewhere in the process

(This ask is referencing this post for anyone curious!)

Celebi's one saving grace is that she's got a get out of jail free card in the form of her ability to time travel being baked into her very being. She can go anywhere and everywhere she wants, so long as there's nobody with greater temporal power around preventing her from doing so... And Dialga pretty much owes her a life debt at this point too, so she's not getting in trouble for stepping on his toes anytime soon.

Palkia doesn't like her enough to allow her to cross into alternate dimensions very often, though, so she isn't able to timeline jump as much as she'd prefer. That doesn't mean she doesn't try, of course!

... What do you mean she's in spatial prison because she saw a cool alternate timeline she wanted to check out and now she needs bail money because Palkia caught her. Celebi we talked about this---

#dialga is so tired you guys #but at the same time he cant really say no to her #not when she suffered the brunt of managing the flow of time (or what little there was) when he was corrupted #it's thanks to Celebi that only the world froze in time and not the people in it #(Dusknoir knew this. #and he specifically avoided capturing her to prevent things from getting even worse than they were in the Dark Future. #He didn't like having to chase Grovyle and Twig back and forth across time and space #but doggone it #it beats being trapped within your own immovable and unaging body for all of eternity #so he'd put up with Celebi being a temporal get-away driver for those two rebels if it meant people could still sorta function.) #the present is a gift au #pokémon mystery dungeon #pmd #pmd grovyle #pmd explorers #pmd eos #pmd sky #pmd2 #pmd celebi #pmd dusknoir #(he features in the tags enough to tag him. right?) #pmd dialga