Just a thought about Cyrus. We know from the game that he was heavily abused as a child, and what happens with abuse is that every instance is treated as justified punishment for whatever the abused person does (which could be something as simple as breathing too loud, because abuse is never logical and has literally nothing to do with the victim). This often creates what's called an "all or nothing" mentality in people. You're either all in or not in at all, no half-assing allowed, but things are also very black and white. It's wrong or it's right, there's very little room for grey, which helps explain Cyrus' worldview.
What it can also do is create a belief system of "if it's wrong I'll be punished", and since Cyrus effectively runs a death cult of people telling him he's right and him not facing much opposition until the protag comes along. This would really enforce his belief that everything he's doing is correct and this one person just doesn't see it yet.
TLDR; Cyrus' childhood abuse may be causing him to believe that because he's not being actively punished for his ideas that means they're right.
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The original poll was set to a day long. This one will determine the winner instead.
beta Arceus
It appears to be a shoddy place holder for arceus. Silly putty creatre
beta Giratina
It was scrapped for unknown reasons and i think it should be re-introduced into canon because that’s a fuck'in good design if you tweak it a little
???-type Arceus
Prior to Gen V, the ??? type existed as a pseudo-placeholder type, only being used for the move Curse and as the type of unhatched Eggs. However, despite no Plate existing for the type, there is an entirely unused ???-type Arceus! Maybe it was for the sake of error-handling, maybe it’s just a palette swap—but that doesn’t explain why it’s so beautiful! The blue-green coloration and pink accents are really striking; visually, it conveys a strange sort of mystique, which is fitting considering the nature of its existence.
???-type Arceus can’t actually be used in battle (it’ll revert back to Normal-type) which only adds to the mystery. What incomprehensible powers is it hiding… Probably none, but ???-type Arceus is still such an enthralling curiosity to me!
wiki link: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/%3F%3F%3F_(type)#Arceus
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Hi sorry I need to do some more Pokemon posting bc this is the funniest shit. the cute-looking Pokèmon TCG series is making "TM10" part of its branding. Like, TM10 from the games - its the TM for the move Hidden Power, thats cute! Its reflecting the main character discovering herself in the same way the move works in the game, what a cute little detail!
Except uh. Just one problem.
Game Freak in all their brilliance removed Hidden Power from the franchise four years ago in Generation 8* and its still not able to be used in Scarlet and Violet. Its not just that you cant teach it to Pokèmon anymore, you straight up cannot use the attack even if you trade in Pokèmon from older games who know it. Its like a banned technique.
So then that begs the question – if the TCG show is gonna be referencing TM10 this much, but TM10 *isn't* Hidden Power anymore, surely that means TM10 is another similarly inspiring attack - Stored Power, or Calm Mind, or Smart Strike?
Well, depending on if its Gen 8 or 9, I hope the kids will have fun Discovering Their Own Magical Leaf and/or Discovering Their Own Ice Fang. Truly inspiring words. love how well managed this franchise is
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some giratina drawings. love this animal
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beta Arceus
It appears to be a shoddy place holder for arceus. Silly putty creatre
beta pokémon
It would have given us one tailed baby vulpix and cute baby meowth and they TOOK IT AWAY FROM US. they probably thought they had plenty of baby pokemon as is, and redesigned some to better fit the pokemon evolution line.
Just Pokémon that were cut or reworked to be completely different. It was amazing when the demo leaked.
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver/Spaceworld_1997_Demo/Pok%C3%A9mon
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OHHHG REQUESTS R OPEN...... mayhaps a shaymin or an espeon... or maybe even a shayminespeon....
Shaymin might just be my favorite grass type EVER... TYSM for the request!! I LOVED how this turned out!!
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