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shima-draws · 1 year

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Shima I will literally cry if the next episode is actually Ash's last. I will sob. I will die. Shima that episode is going to make EVERYONE cry bc it'll be emotional oh no. I'm so proud of him tho like omg it took 25 years but Ash Ketchum is finally a Pokemon master and I'm so proud of him

Also genuinely curious what the hell will happen for the scarlet/violet anime then, if Ash isn't there

I don’t think it’s the NEXT one bc that’s the Project Mew episode focusing on Goh but I believe the one after that might be the Journeys series finale;;

Idk I mean. I wasn’t ready to let Ash go when SM ended because I felt like there was still more for him to do. But Journeys kinda tackled everything? This entire time it’s really felt like the final chapter in Ash’s adventure, where he gets to go around to every region he’s traveled through and revisit all of the people he’s met there and really show how much he’s grown since he left Pallet Town all that time ago. Journeys is really just a love letter to all of Ash’s adventures over the past 25 years, and with his recent win at the World Championships I really think this might be it. But it’ll be ending on a really good note, you know?

The only thing I really really hope they don’t do is a cheesy time skip where they show him grown up and married with kids or whatever. I’d really rather have that sort of ending left ambiguous?? Ash has always been a kid and I’d like it to stay that way. Have him celebrate his win as he is now and don’t skip ahead 10 years or whatever to see what he’s up to. Just leave it open ended with the idea that yeah he’s gonna go on more adventures and meet more people but we’re done telling his story for now. I’d love to see one last hurrah with all of his friends and rivals and just have the series end there. That’d be SUCH a good ending 🤧

But I dunno! They might keep going from here. I’m not sure how much higher Ash can aim than World Champion lol which is why I don’t really see them bringing him back for another season but I could be wrong. I know a lot of people have really been gunning for a new protagonist so that’s the direction I could see them going in for a Gen 9 anime. AND as a special bonus they could probably bring Ash back for an episode or two as a guest appearance and he could help out the main character with something :’)

We’ll have to see what happens next week when that episode premiers!! But either way I will probably cry when it’s over bc I always get emotional when a Pokemon series ends

#Shima answers questions #If they decide that this is Ash’s last hurrah I will be VERY sad but I’ll definitely understand why #I wasn’t ready to let him go after SM but I think I’d be okay with it now #BREAKS MY HEART BUT OOGH. We GOTTA let this kid get some rest #Let him go on vacation with his boyfriend (Gladion) and take some time off from training #Pokemon #Pokeani #Ash Ketchum #Satoshi #Pokemon Journeys #delomaniaofficial

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em-exceeds-change-zearu · 2 years

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while ash’s pikachu does have a pokeball return animation, co-op battles show that ash isn’t actually throwing or returning a pokeball when rotating in pikachu

it’s a neat little bit of effort on dena’s part and i think that’s very nice of them

#pokemon #pokeani #pokemon masters #gale shitposting #it's probably LESS effort on their part because they don't have to make a pokeball throwing animation?#but you know what. i'm sure there was some coding effort here and i will give it to them #good for dena thank you dena #now i will make ash and red a pair of murderbros and you cannot stop me #pokemas

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timegears-moved · 1 year

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tbh, and this might be mean, but i think people saying that the anime isn't the same without ash and that they're not even going to give the new series a chance are being so over dramatic

#bwark #it's pokemon. it's not that deep.#the pokemon themselves are what make the series what it is #plus they've shown plenty of times with their various short series' that they can do really well without ash #and this isn't a jab at ash i love him #but im happy he's getting replaced now instead them just reusing him as a cashgrab. because they were at risk of doing that if he continued #any further #ALSO I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS ISN'T ABOUT MY POKEANI MUTUALS #i know some people are upset by the news and that's fine #im talking about people on twitter lmao

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perenlop · 1 year

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one thing i like a lot about team rocket not being in every single episode now is that whenever theres a “mystery episode” where we gotta figure out where a pokemon or an item went, it doesnt default to team rocket being the culprit, so the mysteries are less predictable and repetitive

#honestly i dont think you appreciate team rocket trio not being in some episodes until you watch the episodes in order #and literally every single episode is the same general plot of them doing the exact same thing over and over #which like…. ik its an advertising show and it doesnt need to be deep and varied but good god its exhausting #(and its weirder bc the plot is serialized so ur obviously supposed to follow along and watch each episode?#you can pick out plot episodes in hindsight ofc but if u watch while its airing u just get a lot of duds #man im thinking abt how weird pokeani is now. i dont know is this is a genre of show even #bc other video game animes are way more streamlined #and even other long running anime have small arcs to justify the length #and popularity #and other long shows that dont do that are status quo comedies that dont have a serialized narrative like spongebob #and those also dont have 120+ episodes per season #the more i think about it the weirder pokeani is. i don’t necessarily mean this in a bad way #but its weird to think about. and interesting #also im probably missing some other show idk. like ik one piece is over 1000 episodes long too #but iirc thats a serialized show as well so idk #echoed voice

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ranger-kellyn · 1 year

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It is kind of funny how ever since pokeani aired the eps where Cynthia and Diantha talk to one another, there has been a noticeable uptick in readers for my fics alsjgdka

#I’m not complaining obv #but I just think it’s so funny some people have to actually see some canon instance of characters interacting before they’ll ship it #I saw fanart of them one day and then the pokeani rp from like early 2014 or w/e i was involved with happened #and I just haven’t been normal about them ever since #edit:#now im curious to see if this continues after the english dub airs #i know i'm at least gonna watch those eps in english just bc i wanna hear them interact again dklhag #when you ship a rarepair you ship a rarepair #when u ship a rarepair u never thought would ACTUALLY ever interact dsalkjhdflkj g

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and-a-side-of-pokemon · 2 years

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So. Today's episode. I actually quite liked it. Spiritomb is one mean bitch (affectionate) and I am here for it ngl. Also Ash, please please use your old pokemon- the journeys team really isn't up to competitive standards yet, as can be seen with how well Pikachu did compared to the others 😭

#wow look at me i actually have nice things to say about rhe episode #i love Cynthia's battle style #and you can really see her backing ash into a corner #all his old pokemon watching and being supportive got to me i love them #ive seen some complaints in the videos comments about how easy it was to take down gengar and dragonite #but honestly i think it tracks #cynthia is tough (in my opinion deserves the title of unbeatable champion instead) and ashs newer pokemon just arent on that level yet #but this does feel like a victory he will have to earn #ash know the pain we all felt when fighting her in the games lol #im vaguely intrigued for next weeks episode now to see how it goes down once spiritomb is out of the way #ash should really invest in a fairy type on his team tho #pokeani spoilers #pokeani

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flyingpochama948 · 2 years

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GekiShipping thought

Once they started going out, Stephan started to affectionately refer to Montgomery as "Monty". Montgomery wont allow anyone else the honor as he finds it too informal. Also it makes him sound less threatening. But sometimes Georgia does just to annoy him, as Georgia does 😀

#gekishipping #pokeani #pokemon best wishes #pokeani headcanons #threw in some stephan/geogia sibling fluff while i was at it #cause yes she is his annoying little sister and monty has to put up with it now too #the japanese equivilant to monty would be masa

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love-is-a-pearl · 1 month

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i feel like i might have followed you years and years ago — just had to pop in and give some props for all of these amazing designs and great presentation in your bios doc. deep respect for that long-term timeskip au grind. glad to see you still keeping it up!!!

I doubt you did as I was not active in the fandom until Ash's retirement :v

But thanks for the compliments!! so happy folks are enjoying my timeskip stuff 💕💖💕💕💖😭💞💕💖 specially since I am having SO MUCH FUN thinking those up!!

#answered asks #|→ not not #now im curious who did you thought i was? its kinda of an honour to think i would be confused with some seniors of the fandom :3c #i say that as if i was not a senior myself #like ive been into pokeani since the very first episode and it shaped my personality and all #but never participated in the fandom or did fanart (anxiety is fun yall :))#i only got the courage to even start posting cause the anime is over which means i can do whatever i want lmao

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vivalakalos · 2 years

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#[he's been lying there for quite some time now...]#(asks are open now btw!)#vivalakalos #pokeani #pokemon xyz #pokemon #lumiose destroyed

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the-thirteenth-prime · 1 year

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A slightly unhinged ramble-rant on Chairman Rose and how people are missing the entire point of SWSH.

Like, I keep seeing it pop up--like a fucking rank smell you only detect if you’re in a certain place when the wind is blowing in the certain direction--but man does it not bewilder me. Like, these guys who post tags like ‘Chairman Rose is a bad guy but is not a BAD guy’ or ‘I kind of agreed with Chairman Rose’ are just. Are you high?? Did you entirely miss the point of his character?? Did you completely miss the main plot of SWSH?

I’m going to be talking about some heavy shit (including non-sexual child grooming and non-sexual child predation), so I’m gonna put the rest under a read more, let me just say that the theme of SWSH is the relationship between adults and children on their Pokemon journeys, the responsibilities adults have towards children, and what happens when that relationship is abused.

First off, before I get some know-it-all coming at me about how there’s no evidence that Rose is a child predator or a groomer, let me just say there is. Is he a Chris Hansen ‘take a seat for me’ groomer?? No, he’s not, because child grooming is not purely a sexual thing.

Per a very informative article:

“Grooming can be sexual, romantic, financial or for criminal or terrorism purposes, and can target both children and adults. The common aspect is that a perpetrator manipulates a victim by building trust and rapport. The key to grooming is a power dynamic within the relationship: age, gender, physical strength, economic status or another factor.”

Now, with that out of the way, I’m not going to go into shit that’s super obvious to anyone with eyes, but Rose is a serial child groomer. Like, his most obvious victim is Leon, and it’s really wild that people can’t see it?? Like, Leon obviously comes from a fucked-up home situation with a mother who’s absent and neglectful at best (and the people who don’t seem to realize this REALLY confuse me). Like, he has canonically raised his little brother in a house with three adults that could have done the job for him, and the anime literally stated that he was so busy raising Hop and taking care of household chores that he could barely interact with other kids. He was endorsed by Chairman Rose at an age that is implied to be at least two years younger than the average Gym Challenger, and--per the sub of the PokeAni--Rose literally raised him from the moment he became Champion.

(Where was Leon and Hop’s mother during this, you ask? Obviously being terrible at home, since despite Leon being run ragged for all of his life and rarely being home, he still somehow raised his little brother. Let that sink in.)

So Leon has spent his entire life being moulded into Rose’s delusion of the Hero of Galar for the sole purpose of sacrificing himself to defeat Eternatus to stave off an energy crisis that will happen in a millennium and probably would be averted with solar power. THE SUB IN THE POKEANI LITEARLLY HAS ROSE TELLING LEON THAT HE HAS GROOMED HIM FOR THE EXACT PURPOSE OF TAMING ETERNATUS. I’M NOT MAKING THIS UP. I WILL PROVIDE SCREENSHOTS IF ASKED.

Does he know Leon may likely fucking die in the attempt? He sure does, because he’s already started to work on grooming Leon’s replacements! In the game, Bede is a trainer who came from a neglectful home situation who was noticed by the Chairman and given his endorsement for the Gym Challenge wait hold on that sounds really familiar.

Really, REALLY familiar.

Rose’s ploy with taking away Bede’s gym challenger endorsement after Bede literally did what he asked him to was a clear manipulation tactic, and if it hadn’t been for Opal intervening (and she ABSOLUTELY has Rose’s number and you can’t convince me otherwise), the tactic likely would have worked, because Bede would have done anything to get his endorsement back.

(Also Oleana is absolutely the fall girl set up to look like an obstructive villain while Rose can maintain his veneer of innocence. That’s a topic for another day tho.)

AND THEN. in the anime, he flat out tries to do this with Ash. AND IN THE GAME, HE TRIES TO DO THIS WITH THE MC, LIKE BEDE IS HIS PLAN B AND THE PC IS HIS PLAN C. However, the only child Rose has regular chances to interact with who DOES NOT get the manipulation treatment is Hop. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Chairman always tries to pull shit with you when Hop isn’t around, and the two times he DOES interact with Hop are at the very end of the game where Leon’s been forced into trying to stop the apocalypse and after the Opening Ceremony.

What’s different about the Opening Ceremony, though? LEON IS STANDING RIGHT OVER ROSE’S SHOULDER SMILING STEPFORDLY. Which brings me to my next point: why Rose pulls his end game bullshit.

Leon is now in his early 20s, so he has obviously started to ask for his own agency and say no to things. He has also obviously realized that he does NOT want Rose around his brother, which is why he is fucking looming over Rose’s shoulder when he meets Hop and why Rose almost seems to deliberately avoid Hop for the rest of the game. Rose knows that if he so much as messes with Hop, Leon is going to absolutely turn on him, and he’s already become obstinate enough to be a problem. Rose is losing control of Leon, which is why he’s grooming his potential replacements.

It’s also why Rose LITERALLY HOLDS LEON HOSTAGE IN A TOWER. Like, I am amazed that people haven’t seemed to realize that Hop and the MC were ABSOLUTELY rescuing Leon from a hostage situation. Leon had been on top of the tower with Rose for HOURS at that point, and given Oleana’s personal fucking army and how much Leon clearly did not want to be up there, it’s obvious that there wasn’t a way he could easily extricate himself from the situation. What you do hear from his meeting with Rose sounds a lot like a guy trying to say no while also trying to de-escalate a volatile situation: almost like a victim to their abuser oh wait.

(Oleana also says that the reason she wants to defeat you and Hop is to break Leon’s spirit so he won’t have the strength to say no to the Chairman anymore. Like, that’s literally in game. It’s dialogue.)

So yeah. You’re rescuing a prince from a tower who’s being held hostage by an evil king trying to use the prince’s special power for nefarious purposes. This game is full of fairy tale metaphors. Like, a ton.

When you and Hop show up, you basically force Rose to let Leon go so as to not look like a complete fucking monster or cause a scandal, and Leon basically very politely tells Rose to ‘fuck off’ when he leaves.

So Rose--this narcissistic, megalomaniacal child groomer, who’s basically been shut down by the lynch pin of his plan--does the absolute most rational thing and RELEASES THE APOCALYPSE DEMON OUT OF SPITE. He literally says on a screen in front of Galar that oh no, his releasing Eternatus and causing the Second Darkest Day is actually all LEON’S fault for being so unreasonable and unrealistic. It’s manipulation. It’s emotional abuse. It’s Rose punishing his victim for saying no. It’s Rose throwing a tantrum because Leon told him to wait another week before doing something about something that would happen in a millennium.

Bede made a fool of Rose doing exactly what Rose and Oleana wanted him to do, so he punished him. Leon said no, so he punished him, and punished all of Galar while he was at it. He’s not doing shit for the good of Galar. He’s doing it for himself.

See, the game’s story exists to debate the relationship between adults and children in the Pokemon world. For generation after generation of games, children as young as ten have gone out in the big wide world with nothing but their starter and a Pokedex, and the adults they have met have never had any poor intentions towards them specifically. Yes, there’s all the evil teams and blah blah blah, but they weren’t targeting you, the child MC. You were just caught up in their messes. SWSH is the first game to show that no, there are adults who will try to take advantage of you because you are a child, and there are good adults who will try to protect you.

Opal protects Bede. Leon protects you and Hop. Leon has obviously gotten old enough to realize that what Rose did to him was wrong, and he tries so fucking hard through the whole game to protect you and his little brother from his boss’s machinations and all the bad shit happening in the world. I know people bitch about being ‘railroaded’ and not allowed to participate in the ‘plot’ until the end, but that’s the point. The good adults are trying to protect the children from the bad adults trying to harm them, and the children intervene only when the adults die trying to save them. Children should be allowed to adventures and have fun, but they should also be protected and shielded from shit that can harm them and shit they’re not old enough to understand, and this game--for better or for worse--is trying to strike that balance.

One last, very important thing. Leon’s life had been micromanaged and controlled from the moment he became Champion by Chairman Rose. He had to become all things to Galar--its fucking policeman, it’s regional hero, it’s unbeatable symbol of perfection, it’s hero, and--almost--its messiah--and when the MC becomes a Champion? He doesn’t hesitate to become Chairman, and he tells you--the new Champion--that your job is to explore and have fun. He doesn’t ask you to do sponsorship deals. He lets you do matches and tournaments at your own leisure. He calls you politely to ask if you want to do the Galarian Star Tournament. He doesn’t even know your PHONE NUMBER and I think about that a lot.

The game is about the responsibilities adults have towards children. It’s about how you don’t have to be the main character to be the hero. It’s about how you can’t and shouldn’t do everything alone. It’s about how child predation and abuse don’t have to be obvious or ‘traditional’ to be real and a threat. Finally, as Leon demonstrates so poignantly, it’s about breaking the cycle of abuse.

And THAT’S why SWSH is one of the best stories--if not THE best--that the Pokegames have ever told, regardless of its faults and the National Dex and a berry tree looking a little weird.

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jadeazora · 1 year

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So, now that both episodes of Horizons are out and subbed, my initial impression is very positive so far!

It feels like they're reaching out to the franchise's wider teen/adult audience a bit with the addition of an adult main character (I hope Friede gets a good amount of spotlight, I'd love him, Liko, and Roy to be the main trio with how they were marketed together), some fairly serious and (so far) decently competent antagonists, and (perhaps) a higher focus on story? (I expect there will still be a fair amount of filler, the new series will probably be over a hundred episodes like the other main Pokemon anime.) It feels like it'd be closer to DP or XY in being a bit more serious than recent Pokeani series, and I'm pretty happy about that.

I'm enjoying Liko a lot as a lead, her social awkwardness is pretty relatable, and I like her more perceptive nature, like her taking notes on Sprigatito so she could better understand its behavior, and her realizing she's in a potentially dangerous situation when she meets Amethio.

The Explorers are pretty neat too as an organization, Amethio was a favorite since first seeing him and I'm glad he lives up to my hype for him so far, but Zir and Conia deferring to him was a surprise. (They even use "-sama" for him.) We got a good bit on Amethio's personality being manipulative, professional, and a bit snarky, but I can't wait till we get more with Zir and Conia and their "notorious" organization as a whole. I'm curious about their goals and motives:

I love the way the battles are animated. (There's some standout details to me like Ceruledge and Charizard damaging the school, where we see Ceruledge's stray Psycho Cut nearly taking out Friede and Liko--if not for the pendant activating, she would've been a goner! 😱--and seeing Cap's more physical moveset in the fight with Amethio.)

Also, some moments had me cackling, like Friede basically kidnapping Liko when he comes to rescue her from Amethio and not explaining anything to her, much to the other Volt Tacklers' irritation with him, and Liko's fourth wall break realizing she's the heroine.

The OST is really good too, like when the Explorers are chasing down Friede's airship and when the Rising Volt Tacklers are flying into the storm to try to throw them off.

Looking forward to what comes next! They've got me pretty hooked for the first time in a long while.

#pokemon horizons #pokeani #anipoke #pokemon friede #trainer liko #rival amethio #pokemon amethio #professor friede #sprigatito

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