I am alive!! Listen I am still here and still invested in these funny little guys I’ve just been insanely busy for the last month, BUT here’s a lil peace offering in the meantime
I’ve been working on that too one forever— was trying to combine the boy band off-print aesthetic with 60’s illustration vibes to make something that looked like an album cover
I don’t know if it worked but tons of experimentation happening here
"The sweetness of her voice speaks to Volo's love for her."
Then perhaps he'd like to hear it himself when it matters most.
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left it a little open ended because i couldnt decide how exactly this happens:
1) arceus straight up does give him the ability to understand pokemon. it does not consider this either a blessing or a curse. it is simply allowing him to hear what they've been saying this whole time.
2) going off how iris only understands the hearts of dragons as opposed to n's ability to directly translate, maybe understanding pokemon is some sort of hyper-empathy thing. volo gains such a strong connection with his pokemon through fighting god he can actually understand what they feel
3) his guilty conscience catches up with him and he's imagining this just based on what n told him