#something something alola

[front-facing-pokemon]

#dartrix #hmmm. something to say about dartrix… #i don't really ever think about dartrix. alola's starter mid-evos as a whole are just slightly lackluster for me #brionne is like. way worse than popplio and primarina. torracat is a weird middle ground between litten and incineroar. this is like #it's respectable. a cute owl thing wearing like. a suit. probably the best out of all three of them to be honest #just. not one that i think about bc i don't really care for rowlet as a whole. not one of my favorites #i still don't dislike it but. i don't. intensely Like it either

[spittyfishy]

After the Darkest Day incident with Macro Cosmo Oleana needed to find a new job, and had all the qualifications for a management position in a different kinda shady highly influential conservation organization. Lucky for her after Faba’s demotion the Aether foundation had an opening!

I think Oleana’s awesome lol, definitely one of the stand out characters from Swsh, but the rest of Macro Cosmo was kinda underwhelming so I wanted to try putting her in a cooler evil team! I think she’d get along with Lusamine quite well, I’d love to see them girl bossing their way across the regions!

#doing this was so much fun #I liked trying to mimic the Pokémon style #and designing the outfit! #I wanted to keep Oleanas colours but use the shape language of the aether outfits #I kinda want to do this with other evil team admins so #if anyone has ideas or suggestions let me know! #like #plumeria in team galactic or something #Pokémon #pokémon swsh #pokémon sword and shield #pokémon villain #pokémon sun and moon #ultra sun and ultra moon #oleana #Pokémon Oleana #aether foundation #alola #galar #pokémon art

[marshmallowloves]

Back in X/Y, a friend traded me a sassy-natured Rotom originating from a German-speaking region. So I got the idea that every time we received a Rotom-inhabited device in the following games, it's actually inhabited by my own sassy German Rotom… and I'm kind of in love with that now kdfjg

bonus:

#Cici: ''I'll never forget the first time I heard him speak from my Pokédex... #...when he opened his little digital eyes and he said 'Alola Cici!' '' #Arven: ''alright‚ now you're just messing with me.'' #Trainer Sierra #pokemon #my art #self insert #...wanted to tag this as something else but I'll hold off for now kdjfhg #...alright fiNE #FluffernutterShipping

[darksouls2yuri]

hello n enjoyers

#my art #pkmn #hehehe n art (≧ω≦) #pokemon #n harmonia #pokemon black and white fanart #goomy #n in alola concept. also might draw him and lillie like having lunch or something. anyway n big hat #also i havent done a painting like this in a while!!!!! i think its good ^w^

[ranger-rai]

Got any cool facts about Lycanroc, Floatzel, or Talonflame?

Hmmmm, I've talked about a Talonflame, and Runt is always around to talk about it, but I haven't talked much about Sinnoh's native lifeguard.

Buizel and Floatzel are incredibly helpful water types with a pretty strong sense of duty.

While playful, they also are incredibly fast on the surface of the water and naturally boyuant, meaning they actually exert little energy, lifting someone out of the water.

They are natural lifeguards, usually living around beaches, rivers, and even around piers.

They are known to pull people out of the water if they believe they are drowning, sometimes not knowing if someone is playing or not, so better be safe than sorry.

They are also pretty closely related to Popplio in Alola, and recently we started a but of a cultural exchange out here, having some of our Buizel and Floatzel explore Alola and vice versa to see how well they interract either their environments.

Floatzel have a thick layer of natural oils that coats their fur, which helps insulate their body by running water off of them, allowing them to swim in colder waters like it's nothing.

They also have a unique fighting style involving their inflatable neck appendage, a style which has been studied by martial arts masters, resulting in a new aquatic style of fighting.

They are really cool pokemon and great companions, I highly recommend spending some time with one if you haven't already.

#ranger rai #pokemon ranger #the ranger base #pokemon #ask me anything #ask me a question #sinnoh #alola #popplio #buizel #floatzel #water types #pokemon facts #you gotta see how they fight #its something special

[beangal-does-something]

Rowlet, Litten, Popplio decided to to check out the photobooth.

Rowlet has no thoughts, Litten is confused, and Popplio is a diva.

Honestly, this was an excuse to do lineless on the characters, and why not use my some of my favorite Pokémon starters.

#beangal-does-something #pokemon #rowlet #litten #popplio #alolan pokemon #alola

[elbdot]

Hi, I just discovered your art yesterday and I have already checked all your El’s Alola adventures work. I just loveeee it!! Your art is beautiful and the story is catchy, I found my self wanting to know more about Els little adventures but I must admit I miss Guzma in your last arc, and it’s your fault, cause I didn’t even pay attention to him in the game and now I’m his fan cause of your comics.

Just wanted to let you know that you are really talented and I hope you get the time to continue with this beautiful project.

AFDFGDSKJHFGH THANK YOU SO MUCH 😭💕💖🥰 I'm so glad people are still reading the comics, because I've been actively working on an animated dub of the series for nearly a wHOLE YEAR NOW, which is why it's been so long since I updated the comic 😭 I'm not animating the ENTIRE series, but everything leading up to the "Call from Kanto"-arc, which is gonna be the finale of the dub.

And I've FINALLY reached thAT LAST EPISODE NOW 👀👀👀 But I still need to edit and animate around 100 panels so -

It still might take another 2-3 months until I'm done 😭 Especially since I currently need to work on 3 commissions too...

I REALLY hope I'll still have a somewhat active fancommunity by the time I'm done with the project, because by god, at this point it's gonna be 20 minutes worth of animated Alolan Adventures and I'm REALLY looking forward to sharing them with you guys :'D

#els alolan adventures #mod #reply #pokemon #alola #FOR REAL LIKE ; #I AM MIGHTY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE ALOLAN ADVENTURES FANS WHO STICKED AROUND WHILE I WAS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT #IT'S BEEN SO MUCH WORK 😭 SOOOOOOOOO MUCH MORE THAN I WOULD'VE EXPECTED #But that's also because I didn't think I'd start to aNIMATE as much as I did #so. It's a long wait. But there WILL be something WORTH the wait I PROMISE ;W;

[antirepurp]

im starting to see alola as such a peculiar region now that im revisiting it again and i feel like its problems stem more from the presentation and the slowness of events rather than the new stuff it tried to do. like i don't dislike the story for the most part, it still does some stuff i have my gripes with, but it's the performance of the cutscenes that makes them infuriating. it's the characters performing animations and turning their models one by one in such a strict sequential order that makes things take much longer than they need to, or turning after waving at a character to then wave at another character standing next to them. i now that it's a 3ds game that's built onto the code of previous pokemon games but unfortunately the little things add up.

another big thing is the sanitized presentation of your adventurous journey where you play tourist around alola covered in safety gear and fences and guides who show you exactly where you need to go. ride pokemon are fine from a gameplay perspective even if i enjoy the concept of HMs and using your own team to forge a path ahead more, but when they are covered in comfortable chairs and saddles and straps to make sure you don't accidentally fall off and scrape your helmet or knee-pad they start feeling almost mocking to me. you can be trusted to adventure as long as you're coddled and are never given the opportunity to fuck around and find out. the trial gates also gripe me dearly, because not only do they make their game design purpose glaringly obvious, but also the less meta message is that you cannot be trusted to venture over here. the previous games had silly NPCs blocking paths where you weren't supposed to go yet for whatever reason, and sure it was silly but imo much better than slapping a literal fence in your way.

the totem pokemon are alright and provide a new challenge to the gym formula. i like having an rpg with more story and developed characters. i like big urban areas and a region that feels lived-in and maybe, just maybe, i like the freshness of an evil team that consists mostly of wet poodles rather than old men set on world-domination/destruction. unfortunately alola is slow and treats you like a child that cannot be trusted to do anything on their own and i think those are its biggest downfalls

#soda offers you a can #there's also something to be said about replacing the PSS with festival plaza #PSS was convenient and integrated to regular gameplay. you could do in-game stuff while also connecting with others #whereas festival plaza forces you into a separate space for these things and it's. not very fun or convenient #alola is not one of my favorites by a long shot but it's probably not as lame as i thought it was #i wish it had more box space tho so i could keep my living dex on one cartridge #and still have spare boxes for storing breeding stuff/competitive fellas/etc

[meistoshi]

one thing about satoshi is he is such a good loser.

#nr1 insert garfunkel n oates' Such A Loser #nr2...... so long as satoshi keeps hitting a wall there is something for him to strive for something to Push himself against #when things are easy he gets complacent & the longer the win streak the harder the wind gets knocked out of him when he falls #he's happy to lose. he's happy to be pushed to his limits. because it means he's kept on his toes. it means he has something to work for. #he would not survive the kind of win streak that champions like yuji & leon had #frankly his Current win streak is already clawing at him #if he didn't have such top-class battlers like the masters eight keeping him alert & the knowledge of a future match w/ ree #(who already almost fought him to a draw in the last alola league) #he would be two easy wins from self-sabotaging #he's self-sabotaged shorter streaks #never on purpose mind but........ a streak this long????? ......what's the harm in not watching his step here at the apex of everything.. #he wouldnt want to disrespect his challengers like that but. the whisper of that thought is there. not doing anything. just present. #ooc. pkmn is autistic culture.

[guzmapkmn-archive]

GOOD. MORNING. I am the birthday boy today!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 No one ask me anything abt p.okemon masters I do not want to talk abt it btw :(

#cat.txt #basically we got the full datamine for may and g.uzma was not even mentioned once #ITS OK ITS SOOOOO OK #for something called the VILLAIN arc they really have zero stuff for the alola villains huh #a rereun of l.usamines sygna suit and thats it? #not even anything new. lol. :( #happy birthday to me sobs

[perenlop]

#i think im gonna post like every alola song tbh JDJFJFJFJF they all fuck really hard #i think the only ones i dont care for are the pokemon master remake one and the choir ending #and im pretty sure the first one might just be because it replaced ‘’alola!’’ for a while djdjdjfj #also man first one of okazakitaiiku’s songs for pokeani YAY #i think pose! may actually be the weakest of his songs for the show in my opinion? #which is saying something because pose! is still easily one of my favorite pokemon EDs #i just think thats a testament to how good his songs for pokeani are #that the weakest one is still a fan favorite #echoed voice #sm lb

[anonprotagging]

thought playing through the villain arcs would make me want to draw less. it is instead making me want to draw more which is unfortunate because I've used all my drawing time today playing through a handful of villain arcs FKJSHDFJK

#saved the ones I care about most for last. alola... kalos..... uhhhhhhh swsh is there.......... #I need to sleep right tf now but every time this game does so right by its villains. please don't do wrong by guzma please I need you to #pokemas I need you to look me in the eyes and tell me that guzma is not going to just. Be There. or like. go back to lusamine that power #dynamic was not good for him!!!!! please be good to him pokemas pleaseplaeseplaseplasesplease you did good by archie and maxie #pleaseeeeee by good to the best character. also plumie better have something to Do dont shut her out like always pleaeasplaseplease #anyways seems like the common thread in the villain arcs is everyone talking about their concept of justice

[alola03]

Want to come up with a name people can call me on here but I can’t think of any :/

#🌙.text #I don’t want to use my real name #Ashley was a good contender but thats my oc’s name and I don’t want to bc then I’ll associate myself with her #I kinda wanted to do something related to the moon… #I don’t mind people calling me alola but I’d rather come up with an actual name people can call me

[uncle-dusknoir]

Stress?

spirits, yeah, probably...

#basilblogging #i am exhausted #and honestly a little scared #i don't know what's going to happen tomorrow #if anything #and it's just. pressing on me #in a way i don't know how to describe #feel like i did on the boat to alola. like someone grabbed the back of my neck #and is just holding me there. dangling not even an inch above the ground #... my head hurts thinking about it. #but i know something's going to happen and i don't know what

[oh-gh0st]

wait was it from let's go eevee or one of the anime's that eevee could have a different hairstyle

#ghosts rambles #i Swore i remember seeing something about it a while ago. unless im misremembering #i didnt play let's go nor watched the anime beyond the alola adventures...

[wraenata]

Here's a question. How much of pokemon have you played? (Mainline series, side series, etc) :3

Pokemon long rambling activated :3

Seriously long post

So before my mom banned pokemon from our house (probably when I was around 7?) we loved Pokémon. We never had a video game console but my cousins did. So technically pokemon stadium is my first pokemon game! Only ever the rentals haha. But we loved playing the mini games.

When my mom banned pokemon and sold all our plushies (rip butterfree plush, I'll get you back some day) it was a pokemon drought. Until my cousin went to college and gave me her pokemon card collection. (Supposedly the halo mew is worth $100?! But I treasure them) and the brainrot infected me once again.

I started learning everything I could about game mechanics. This was when Gen 5 came out in Japan so you didn't even have the English translations yet! I made lists of what my teams would be in each game, how to divy up the HMs, how to get certain egg moves. All without playing a single game lol.

And then I found playr.org. It had all the retro game boy games. Including Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Unfortunately the saving system wasn't so great and got corrupted a few times (rip shiny ekans) but I did mostly play Silver or Crystal. (This is where the name Wren for my character was born!)

I craved more but I didn't know how to download emulators safely :( I watched playthroughs to get by. To this day let's plays are a comfort source for me <3

By the way I did all of this without my parents ever knowing. I was very good at hiding it from them XD

I think it was finally like freshman year of college when I figured out the pokemon fan games. I'm talking Uranium, Phoenix Rising demo, Ethereal Gates demo, Solar Light Lunar Dark, Sage, aka non emulator ones. Basically any I could get my hands on. I also started drawing fakemon in my sketchbook. I kind of want to revisit those some day. I still have the sketchbook somewhere.

Then I figured out emulators FINALLY. At least enough and got an emulator and mystery dungeon explorers of sky, MY BELOVED! I have played through the rom many times. I have a randomizer. Also a few years ago I found Sky Temple for editing the rom aka different starter pokemon. The discord server is always working on making new sprites so you can be any pokemon you want its very wonderful.

Junior year of college, I said I'd had enough. I spent an entire year hyping over Sun and Moon and my bestie/roomie convinced me to treat myself, something I literally never did. I bought a 3DS and Pokemon Sun and never looked back. I loved it. My first real pokemon game. (My parents were not happy when they found out lol). I spent so many hours. I got big into breeding perfect IV pokemon (idk why cause I never did online battles) or shiny breeding. I used to work til 11 pm some nights and before bed I'd just do some breeding. I would have the pokemon in the perfect ball and have all the egg moves and perfect IVs and nature and have the perfect nick name cause I was obsessive like that oof. I got ultra moon when it came out as well and loved it. I also bought pokemon X and Omega Ruby which I enjoyed. But Sun and Ultra Moon I played many times and bred so many perfect pokemon.

I did pick up roms around this time for Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Black and White and the sequels, and maybe Platinum? But they ran really slow on my computer so I never made it far. I preferred playing on my 3ds. But I still played quite a bit of Sky rom.

I was, less excited about Sword and Shield. I saved up a whole year to buy my switch and bought Lets go Eevee, Botw, and Sword when Gen 8 came out. I did inhale the entire game of Sword in one week, but I don't think I ever finished a second playthrough. The story was really disappointing and I did not like the gen 8 pokemon as much. It's hard when you're not a big fan of any of the starter evolutions, cause pressing B for every level up is tedious :(

I did enjoy Lets Go Eevee but after I loaned it to my bestie I had troubled getting back in. The ball throwing was a little off putting.

Oh I also bought Mystery dungeon Rescue Dx and I enjoyed that quite a bit!

Last summer I was struggling a lot with my emotions and frustration with my mom and as a form of therapy started spending money oof. I wanted a second DS so I could trade back and forth and make my life easier. It took a lot of bidding on Goodwill online but I snagged a second 2ds, legit copy of pmd sky! and pmd gates to infinity. And Pokemon Soul Silver! Also I bought the digital versions of gen 1 and 2 before the eshop closed.

I also bought Shining Pearl cause it went super on sale, but after I lent it to my bestie I haven't played since. I actually dont like too many gen 4 pokemon besides Glaceon, Leafeon, and Chatot.

Playing pokemon mystery dungeon on a 3ds instead of a computer keyboard was so much more satisfying. I played through Sky and loved it of course. Then I picked up Gates to Infinity which I never knew the story. I enjoyed it! I was and Oshawott with partner Snivy.

This brings me to last late summer, and the turtle brainrot set in and grew. Less pokemon, more turtles! I debated back and forth whether to get Scarlet or Violet up til the day it released. And then I just didn't. I watched playthroughs though. Seems pretty good and I like a lot of the pokemon, especially after gen 8 when I struggled to find enough to fill out a team of 6. I only like to use pokemon I like. I'm sure I'll get it someday but for now, turtles have my brain.

And that's my pokemon origin story! Still mad about my mom selling all our pokemon plushies. I do still have my cousins pokemon cards and I treasure them <3

I am very adamant about my pokemon having the perfect nick names.

Umbreon is my favorite pokemon <3

Not surprisingly this got very very long. If you made it this far, have a Leppa Berry <3

#wren askbox #long post #wren loves pokemon #a healthy amount (lying) #thank you for the ask helli! #sorry for rambling i just love talking about my journeys through life #alola will always be my favorite region because it was my first real game and i loved so many of the new pokemon #i had like 18 pokemon in rotation #pokemon #my beloved #still need to play soul silver #amazed i snagged that off the auction #but i cant spend money like that anymore lol #keeping my emotions under control #wow i have spent a lot of money on pokemon #dealing with your emotions through spending oof probably not a good idea lol #wren rambles about pokemon her beloved for way too long #look i needed something to fill the void in my heart