No Diffed EditionDiscuss Trainer OCs and further your designs/writing behind them through discussion with others. Be cool, be cringy, be creative, be whatever, just don’t be an idiot. Trolls, spammers, gooners, pet rocks, and ERPers are not welcome.>Thread Question:If your OC was a Gym trainer, if it already wasnt one, What type would they focus on and why? or what would be their pokemon team>Drawing Task:Draw your OCs Medal if they were a Gym leader>Writing Task:Write how would they be scouting or they would become part of the Pokemon league>/tog/ artwork:https://mega.nz/folder/7MZhhRzA#d__DtSaqxctoawZZL3hxWw>/tog/ writing:https://rentry.co/TOGFanfictionLibrary>/tog/ resources:https://rentry.co/TOGCharacterResources>/tog/ OP:https://rentry.co/TOGThreadTemplate>Recent works>The climb of Mt Coronethttps://mega.nz/file/Pd1DiIBL#2vDjEVuyv8Wmg9zG-uTYeAKjsSqD_ZIMN6TjQ5a4tBw>A 9-5 with Davidhttps://mega.nz/file/qFFUBb7Q#6QNft99LG9viywzQ8r7WmKLtkge1OFUFJDbFJ55GyYs
>>58889832Fancy sch-moves!
>>58889832>OCs Medal
>>58890026He was playing Medabots, probably.
>>58890026I came up with the ideas for the thread tasks on the spot, I hate myself.The idea is there, which is what matters.
>>58890215Ah, classic college crashout.You think you did everything right, but you forgot the detail you were holding out on snacks and whatever sugary drink reached your lips.At least a good sleep can solve that.
>>58889832>OCs Medal if they were a Gym leaderCan it be a cool trophy? I liked that back in the Orange Islands filler arc.
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>>58891240Anon how are you this fucking useless. There's a question directly above you that you could have attempted to answer and you didn't even try.
>>58891294Users haven't cared about thread questions and tasks for a few months now. Last thread we just straight up didn't even have people discussing what the next ones would be. That guy probably doesn't have the time to answer right now. No reason to hound people over a singular word.
>>58891321Or maybe he tried to keep the thread afloat. Is nightime, and most people are sleeping right now.
>>58889832Had an idea for a Unova rock specialist character since there isn’t really one. The character would be named Pietro Palazzo and would be Castelia City’s resident kingpin. Basically, think the Italian mafia in Pokemon (no, team rocket and the rust syndicate don’t really count since they’re clearly based on the Yakuza). The Palazzo Crime Family would have a legitimate, front facing side as Palazzo Construction Inc, a construction firm that has helped build Castelia (in the most literal way possible) for decades. Its most recent venture, the construction of the neighborhood on route 4 has been stalled indefinitely after ruins were found on the site. Personality wise, Pietro would be unflappably calm and methodical, constantly working to be three steps ahead of the powers that be in Unova and making sure his syndicate stays powerful and relevant. Even when angry, he remains eerily tranquil, never losing his serene smile. He is also prone to dry snark and sees almost every conversation as an opportunity to either manipulate, obtain information, or get a read on someone. He would also be something of a history buff, having stopped the construction project on route 4 out of sheer interest and sponsoring various museums in Castelia. His team would consist of a Carracosta, Archeops, Gigalith, Crustle, and Tyranitar. Do you guys think he’s too similar to Giovanni or Corbeau?
>>58891740Sounds fun. Besides, is hard to make gangsters in Pokémon different, because these guys use grunts to not being involved in the dirty business.Also, you can make a joke about him having a Sharpedo in a tank, so when people asks, he says "I like seeing fish sleep. Do you want to sleep with the fishes?"
>>58891747I feel like given Pietro’s construction business, he would be more prone to cement shoes or just burying people up to their heads in sand in the desert resort and leaving them to the Krokoroks. He’d call it a new and innovative sand bath treatment at the don’s favorite resort. Oh yeah, I also forgot to talk about his appearance. Pietro would have a tall, broad shouldered build, though you wouldn’t know it with how much he sits in his office chair, with dusty blond hair (with some grey streaks here and there) that’s neatly combed back, a tan, Mediterranean complexion, a massive scar running from his right cheek to over his nose, and cyan eyes which match the crystals on his ace shiny gigalith. He would wear a brown pinstriped suit with a vest and fedora. He would probably also wear a clearly expensive watch and carry a hefty cane that he definitely doesn’t use to bludgeon people to death with. I think he would also have an explicit policy against creating an evil team or drawing too much attention to themselves. Keep things simple, consistent, and profitable.
>>58891810Now that's a cool idea. A classic guido, trying to keep it professional, while his boys have to be kept on a leash so cops don't sniff around the construction firm.
>>58891810I like it a lot. >I think he would also have an explicit policy against creating an evil team or drawing too much attention to themselvesNot an evil team, just dutiful employees volunteering for overtime pay. :^)But it raises the question: if he just keeps things simple, consistent, and profitable, I don't think it leaves much opportunity for giving people sand baths.
>>58890606Sure, also if you want you can make a bigger thing, Iirc, didnt they made it so each badge is basically part of a big badge that you assemble at the end in SV/SHSW? you could also do a gimmick like that
>>58891939Yeah, I imagine it’s a rare thing for him to do. Usually it’s a punishment reserved for members of the family who betrayed them or rival criminals. You know, the sorts of people who wouldn’t be missed.
>>58891911>>58891939Actually, I have another idea for a Unova oc who combines an unused type specialty with an untapped American stereotype, the military. I mean, there’s lieutenant surge, but him being a lieutenant indicates a chain of command in the unovan military, hence my oc General Ferris Smith. He’d be a relatively recent promotion to the position, as his predecessor resigned in disgrace after his failure to handle the Neo team plasma situation. Ferris would be a serious, no-nonsense sorta guy, being a stickler for the rules and a bit of a square. He’d be the ultimate straight man for the zany characters in the Pokemon league and gym leaders. Appearance wise, he’d wear a cobalt blue military uniform with several medals and have silver hair in a crew cut style. His team would consist of a Lucario, Magnezone, Klinklang, Durant, and Ferrothorn.
>>58891740He's considerably similar to both of those people but diverges from them due to his motivations. Giovanni's far more ambitious and Corbeau's far less entirely. There's two issues. The first one is obviously that there's no Poke-Italy yet, so you'd have to at least make up occasional references to the home country. The second thing is that Unova actually already has a mob boss, it's some old guy in a trench coat who calls openly calls himself The Boss of Black City, which suggests he is really fucking powerful if he can get away with that, and he would probably already have some connections in Castelia City to begin with. Also the fact that he uses Rock types makes him a bit similar to Giovanni who uses Ground types. Team Rocket is also the only team with a confirmed kill, and you mentioned that this syndicate occasionally kills people.
>>58892449As we well know, there is only room for one crime family in New York City at a time. >>58892324It's a bit rare for the heads of construction companies themselves to be proactive criminals, they're usually the ones being held under the thumb of mob bosses while being threatened against underbidding on contracts the mob wants to control or having their job sites and equipment squeezed for protection money. A delayed concrete delivery can stall a project to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars every day, a sudden labor dispute can be devastating, and when time is ticking, desperate construction managers will pay extortionate rates for the tools they need. Typically, a head of a construction company cheated the system by actively colluding with the mob--look up the Concrete Club sometime. They would overbid on jobs and then split the proceeds with their good friends who made sure no one made the city a better offer. They would use mob-controlled labor unions to strangle their competitors, create fake invoices, set aside wages to employees that don't exist or mail bills for services that were never rendered. But almost all of that relies on being part of a larger operation. Individually, a construction company can bribe officials to ignore certain violations or make political contributions to prove their reliability before the city or state needs to decide who to trust with a big job. Uh, theoretically speaking.
>>58892386It's interesting we haven't seen military men after Surge.I get it, it may be too much for the kids. But I feel we may start seeing them considering terrorists and aliens threaten the world, if not reality itself.
>>58892449>there's no Poke-Italy yetPasio wasn't an (artificial) island near the italian equivalent of the Pokemon world? Also, I feel the anime also added places that are from other countries, yet being located in japan.Hell, it also happened in the games: Sootopolis has a very "Greece" vibe, when is basically Pokémon Okinawa.
>>58892735The Teraleak showed that Pasio was originally going to be more like Italy, but that was scrapped in favor of just making it an island. Supposedly Sugimori flat out told the Master Sex team to scrap all references to Italy because he didn't like the work that was produced, so the island was made more nondescript. However, Centra City and the Battle Villa might have some subtle influences left over.
>>58892449I imagine Pietro not being an immigrant himself but being the son or grandson of immigrants, so it’s a bit less likely for him to directly reference poke-Italy, especially not as his homeland specifically.
>>58892760>Sugimori flat out told the Master Sex team to scrap all references to Italy because he didn't like the work that was producedThat's funny. I remember having an old friend from the old continent, and when I heard him talk italian I learned something: if you want to conquer a woman, you speak french. If you want to fuck her, you speak italian.
>>58892764That’s true, but you still have a lot of cultural practices from that era left over, ones that would inevitably surface, such as mafia inductions including the burnings of images of Saints, or more importantly, accents and pizza. Maybe this might not be particularly important but if you’re going to be making a character with demonstrably more mafia inspiration than Giovanni it’s a detail you should at least consider.>>58892655Since he’s a Rock type trainer, maybe he could be part of the sand mafia and pillage that random ass desert conveniently located near Castelia City. Would you believe that sand is one of the biggest illicit trades worldwide, and that the reasoning for such is that the world is running out of sand? Depending on the mob’s power level it wouldn’t really be too unreasonable for them to pay off local authorities to have their sand trucks loaded with two to three times the legal limit. And the best part? This ties heavily into concrete production, which is essential for construction. It’s a fascinating rabbit hole. >https://youtu.be/NYWIxDu8xEU
>>58892838>The world is running out of sandWha- HOW? How can you run out of literal dust?! The fuck I step on when I walk on a beach?How the fuck can AN ENTIRE PLANET run out of FUCKING SAND?
>>58892903I have $100 in a checking account. I loan money out in $1 increments. I am guaranteed to get exactly $1 back, but each loan requires 50-200 years to return to my checking account. What happens if I try to give out a loan when all of my money is already paid out?
>>58892838To be fair, I doubt poke-Italy would be a 1-1 recreation of Italy down to its cultural practices, in the same way we don’t see any references to Tauros fighting in Paldea. Also, Clay is canonically from Sinnoh but he never mentions that in the gen 5 games.>>58892655Huh, I actually didn’t know that. In that case, maybe the Palazzo crime family has most of the major construction companies in Castelia under their thumbs. Hell, maybe the legit company Pietro owns in an architect firm. Honestly it seems in character for Pietro to have very strong opinions on architectural styles.
>>58893079>Maybe the legit company Pietro owns in an architect firmThat makes sense. Reminds me of GTA 5 where one of Franklin's targets was a mobster entrenched in one of his projects.The dude was going to scam the firm by staging a material and tools robbery, but was discovered, so he was watching his back like a madman.But the thing is that when you finish the mission, the rival company (who foiled the robbery attempt) gets a massive increase in shares because they take over the (newly free) projects.
>>58889832A redraw of an older design I didn't really like too much. If Miko were to be a gym leader, he would specialize in electric types and his gym battle would take place in the arcade/casino he opens. His team would consist of multiple Voltorbs that love to self destruct on unsuspecting enemies, paving the way for his Pincurchin and ace Electrode.His badge would probably look like some sort of die or star.
>>58893496I love the badge design, is very rad.
Sorry, but I'm using typical character archetypes and putting my fetish in them to make OCs.
>>58893933Isn't that the end goal of every character when it has a lot of fan works?
See you guys tomorrow. Bumping with this pic I like.
>>58894176To this day I don't know how I knocked it out of the park so well with that drawing.
>>58893496https://youtube.com/watch?v=0XsrI-GGPrE
>>58894863Now that's a banger
>>58894176I don’t remember Phos having that big of a rack. Was her shirt just a push up? And why does that thing look like it should have a zipper but it doesn’t?
>>58895417Maybe is a button shirt
>>58895417>I don't remember Phos having that big of a rack It's about the same. >why does that thing look like it should have a zipper but doesn't?Google "pikachu onesie adult" and you'll see it's pretty much a 1:1. I think it might be velcro.
>>58893496While you mentioned the gym battle, one idea that popped up in my head is that his badge is a roulette, and the voltorbs are part of some minigame where if they fall in the correct spot, they pass easily, but if they dont, they fight a trainer, and if you want to push the luck topic further, you could add a mon that has metronome so its a true gamble how it goes down.>>58891810I wonder how many kinds of cruel punishments can happen in the Pokémon world with the stuff that Pokémon can do. The closest I imagine is the equivalent of an immortal snail with a Slugma slowly crawling over you and making you suffer with his magma body.>>58894176Part of me was considering making this design for the Halloween shot I made a couple of months ago, but then I went against it going for a more "realized" design that wasn't just a onesie. Maybe one day I will make it if I ever feel the motivation to work on my Phos card.
>>58894863All game corner themes are good, but this is definitely the best.>>58895486short king franco>>58895663Oo the roulette wheel badge is a great idea. >and the voltorbs are part of some minigame where if they fall in the correct spot, they pass easily, but if they dont, they fight a trainer,I was definitely thinking of some sort of life sized voltorb flip puzzle for the gym challenge with similar consequences.
>>58895738>All game corner themes are goodI wish we had more games. Even Essentials games only added Triple Triad.Why can't I play poker? Or Mahjong? High-Low? Blackjack? Codebreaker? At least Keno.We have slots, roulette, and flip card. Add more games.
>>58896044Did somebody say MAHJONG?
>>58896057Riichihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYCBcs1F0Yw
I’ve had this idea in my head for four ocs who would essentially be Saturn’s admins/executives when he’s trying to turn team galactic into a legit energy company after the events of platinum. They would be Vesper, a charismatic bum who joined team galactic thinking it was one of those fun free-love & drugs cults, Ermis, a hacker and career criminal who joined team galactic to hide from law enforcement since they have to all have the same hair cut, Nereid, an aspiring Pokémon biologist who joined team galactic after she took a gap year from college and thought it was an actual energy company, and Umbriel, a former contest star who ran away from home to challenge the sinnoh gyms and joined team galactic after hitting a wall in her batting career. I’ll post specifics along with their respective teams later.
>>58895463It depends on the model. The one from the official Pokemon store has buttons but the one on Amazon has a zipper. >>58895486I feel there is room to make a joke about how despite all of the stuff that happened in Episode 7 the most unrealistic part of Eons In Flux is a woman falling in love with a man who is 5'6.
>>58896615>The most unrealistic part of Eons In Flux is a woman falling in love with a man who is 5'6Why is it? He may be small, but he is perfectly formed!
>>58896615Well, you know what they say:"Chiquito pero cumplidor."
>>58896615Franco took the money and Dark Triad pill. Women love psychopaths, just look at Jeremy Meeks and all of those serial killer fanbases.
>>58896336Those are some clever and educational names (But) Having two characters named after planets and two characters named after moons that aren't among the 300 moons that orbit Saturn seems like a missed opportunity.
Good morning, /tog/. Good to see you are active as always.
>>58897183Yeah, I originally wanted to have Umbriel and Nereid be named after alternate names for Uranus and Neptune, respectively, but I found there weren’t any classical alternative names for the 2 planets, since they were discovered later. As such, I settled for naming them after the moons of Neptune and Uranus.
>>58897172Turns out the Napoleon Complex actually gives you tons on rizz levels.Who would've thought?
>>58897843As “always”? What the fuck do you mean “as always”? We spent three weeks in such a bad dead zone that people would have been legitimately ready to quit if it wasn’t for the fact that Merry and Grym are allegedly working on new content.
>>58898472You have to forgive him, he's retarded.
>>58898472>>58898701I just said that because these last days we were more lively than before.Even the end of the last thread dragged on way too longer than normal. Which is weird, the slog passes around the middle of the thread, but both beginning and end are relatively lively.
>>58896615>the most unrealistic part of Eons In Flux is a woman falling in love with a man who is 5'6He's really good with his hands.
>>58898908I wonder if Franco has to call either a cleanup crew or a medical crew after he and Phos finally reach the "aftercare" part.
>>58898997I think he was pre-empting the question.
>>58898908I think you forgot to turn your spoiler on bro.
>>58899026I still think he was pre-empting the question, you OCD basket case.
(I realized some very minor mistakes, and they bothered me, so I did a quick change)While trying to see what other thing I could do for content, I saw this meme and realized I have finally made enough people to fit this one.>>58896057I keep seeing a lot of people saying that mahjong sucks your soul, I wonder how real is that>>58896336I do wonder, with the new context that Pokemon legends gave us, would there be a similar situation to Team Plasma, after the events of platinum there would be a schism and 2 teams claiming to be the "true" team galaxy following the footsteps of the old generations and such.What teams you plan to give them? are there going to be miniors, lunatones and solrocks?>>58897932>Poor kid having to suffer his childhood being called Uranus and the cruelty of children for the easy joke>>58897172"I can fix her but whatever is going on with her is way hotter" type shit>>58898908Ok I wasnt expecting to see this, based
>>58899138Bibi always straight up ballin'
>>58898908is nobody going to talk about what's implied by this lady bleeding, having bruises, and being gripped by her neck
>>58899428If Phos is that hurt during her "love" making with Franco, I don't to see what she did to him.
>>58899138Well, now that you mention it, Umbriel did have a very rough childhood, though not for the reasons you might think. See, Umbriel was born the daughter of a contest star and was expected to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Unfortunately, Umbriel was a tomboy by nature and loved battling. Years and years go by and Umbriel hates pokemon contests and all of the frilly, pink pageantry that goes along with it. The day she turns 18, Umbriel runs away to complete the gym challenge and manages to make it to the fifth gym (Fantina) before she hits a wall and is unable to progress. She can’t beat Fantina no matter how much work her Luxray and Gliscor put in. So she falls into despair and joins team galactic in an attempt to find a place to belong, since she long since burned bridges with her family and doesn’t have any friends, and to feel strong by comparison, what with all the weak grunts around. Her team initially consists of a haunter, Luxray, and her ace Gliscor. As a team galactic member, Umbriel was an enforcer who worked security and as added muscle for team galactic to intimidate people with. Umbriel was always on the cusp of becoming a commander, but never actually achieving the rank, which frustrated her to no end. Personality wise, she’s a brash tomboy who despises those she sees as weak. Despite her abhorrence of all things girly and feminine, she has a flair for the dramatic that she retains from her contest days, loving to look cool and spout off profound sounding quotes. She also is kind of oblivious to her surroundings and to the feelings of others, which causes her to step on other people’s toes and be oblivious to the obvious crush Nereid has on her (if you’re wondering, this is a sailor moon reference).
>>58899515Oh right, she gets an altaria during her work for the new and important Galactic Energy Corp (now with 70% less apocalypse cult). It’s symbolic of her coming to grips with the things she enjoyed about contests and her own femininity.
>>58899515>>58899523That surely is a good team. Maybe the day she admits she likes to show off, she will be able to finally defeat Fantina and aim for the league.
>>58899515Okay, now for Nereid, full name Nereid Mangrove. Born and raised in Pastoria city to her father, an of the manager of the great marsh, and her mother, a botanist, Nereid wanted nothing more than to become a Pokémon professor. Unfortunately, the stressful workload and her lack of friends at the University of Sinnoh caused her to have a nervous breakdown and take a gap year after her first year, which proved to be a lot longer than expected, as she joined team galactic think they were the legitimate energy they claimed to be. Unfortunately, by time she realized what team galactic was, she was in too deep and felt like she needed to stay to help keep the Pokémon team galactic had safe, or at least relatively safe, so she didn’t call the police or whistleblow. Unfortunately, this lead to her being dragged into helping with more and more immoral research, with her being one of the researchers made to create the red chain. She was, naturally, horrified by both her contributions to team galactic’s apocalyptic ambitions, and her having a role in the bombing of the great marsh, as she feels responsible for not stopping the bombing from taking place. She’s decided to work for Saturn’s more legit team galactic because she’s terrified of confronting her family and hometown. Her team as a team galactic grunt/lieutenant (I figure there’s gotta be a rank or two between grunt and commander from an organizational standpoint) consists of a kirlia, Yanmega, and Gastrodon (East Sea). All Pokemon found in or around Pastoria. She catches a Skorupi in the great marsh once she finally visits Pastoria and reconciles with her family.
>>58899892Personality-wise, she’s very dour and mousey, being riddled with guilt and anxiety over her actions or lack thereof in team galactic. The only two things that can get her to perk up are interests, especially Pokemon biology, and her crush, Umbriel. She’s also a massive nerd and fan of video games and anime. Finally, her hair color is naturally the same color as the standard team galactic grunt’s and got the grunt haircut instead of getting a wig, being unaware that was an option.
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>>58900350I didn't have time to see the other stories of before, So Midge is working on a Genesect and her parents were related with the project? Very interesting, Is this Genesect related to the movie one that had like a 5-man squad or is this an idea detached from that?The remote access mis interesting, because this implies that there is a server running somewhere that relays info to the Genesect, she would probably want to find it and destroy it or see what is happening there, it may have the source code.
>>58900350I find interesting how Genesect "skips" the orders of Midge.His objective is to "subdue" any targets. But to him that means: "not moving = subdued", which means (indirectly) "dead = subdued".I hope Midge can help him realized the difference between threat and civilian at least.
Make and write MORE fics inspired by Game of Champions NOW!!!1!
>>58901176Never heard of it.
>>58901176What game is that?
>>58901176It does some stuff really good, and I have taken inspiration from it in my campaigns (a little) but honestly it's too retardedly edge/dark sometimes like when Red stomped a Pikachu's brains out. I do like the worldbuilding it did though. >>58900706not related to the movie, I'm eventually going to write a follow up to this where she fixes any backdoors she can find.>>58900958writing Genesect's parts were my favorite. I took inspiration from a City of Heroes villain group called the Rikti. they're interdimensional aliens who just talk like that.
>>58899892>>58899895So far so good, but unless these characters are just an epilogue for another project you have, I worry that resolving all of their biggest emotional hangups during their introduction will leave them without any real motivation or purpose. And I think heterosexual romance would be more groundbreaking than yuri at this point also.
>>58901713>Heterosexual romance would be more groundbreaking than yuri at this pointI mean, this would be nice, but I feel companies go "no, it has to be gay, so alphabet retards can yell about representation for as long as they want, and coomer scum can gives us all their money when we make gacha crossovers. The fags MUST be in the final product."
>>58899892I like your character concepts a lot anon, especially nereid and umbriel (the sailor moon reference bit is quite the cute touch). Do you happen to post fic or art anywhere else?
>>58901713>>58901749Fortunately for us yuri is one of the most clowned on things right now. The Epstein files revealed that he browsed /u/ and now everyone is making memes about yuritards being Epstein Disciples Suck it Emilyfag
>>58901791>SpoilerI told him that if the romance was not possible, he should've dropped it. But he was too deep into the Eps-trination.
Goodnight /tog/, have fun.
>>58899428Domestic violence is their love language.
>>58902604>Average 60s couple
>>58898908>You don't get to see itTime to add it to my "regret pile", next to my SFW Kayda art that I lost, and the 4 litterbox pics of Azelie I didn't saved because I though I had 3 days, but I had one hour.
>>58899515Tomboys are always good shit.>Umbriel was always on the cusp of becoming a commander, but never actually achieving the rank, which frustrated her to no end.So basically she is very angry over the fact she was saddled with expectations, didn't want those expectations, and now she is angry that her attempt to carve her own path is barely working out.>>58899523Put a hawlucha in there since she is motivated to be a star or all in the flair.>>58899892I feel this team should have a plant and a bird or be symbolic of the different kinds of biology kingdoms, maybe add a AMOGUS or a reuniclus?>>58900958for this kind of change in programming IRL you have to go deeper or change their own logic, or add flags that they must abide by to do actions.>>58901713>SpoilerAt this point just do shit because you want to or fits the character rather than to follow trends like picrel, the thing that pisses me off the most from media these days is that they are basically turning characters into checkmarks rather than letting them be characters or follow their own internal logic.
>>58903484>straight caucasian European has more DiversiPoints™ than a muscular woman and a black south american
>>58903500An aging amputee with dwarfism diverges more from the healthy human archetypical hero baseline than a POC Brazilian and a heterosexual female bull queen with only surface level attachments to their culture of origin, yes.It's just a game of checkmarks.
>>58903500Have you seen those combat wheelchairs they added to Dungeons and Dragons? Disabilities are worshipped by the woke.
>>58903484I was going for Pokémon from the platinum dex when building teams. Also, here’s some more details on Vesper. He was originally an aimless bum who work odd jobs and was a charismatic and mildly hedonistic, hippy stoner type. He finished his Pokémon journey when he was younger and graduated high school but just sorta never got his shit together afterwards, assuming his natural charisma would see him through and things would just work themselves out. Given that Sinnoh is base on a region of Japan, this meant he was kind of on the fringes of society and, despite his charisma and amicable nature, he had few friends other than his Pokémon. Thus, he joined team galactic thinking he could find a place to belong and make some cash, and also assuming that team galactic was one of those fun, free-love and drugs cults. His team initially consisted of a Clefairy, Crobat, and Lopunny. He later adds an umbreon which he evolves from an eevee that he obtained as part of a pr scheme for the new galactic energy company. As for his personality, he’s gregarious and friendly, if a bit of a bum and slacker. He’s also a flirt and prone to being easily distracted by a pretty face.
>>58903587Those chairs are dumb.I get a peasant having a chair if it's a librarian, or a cartographer. Maybe even a royal aide.But a wizard in a wheelchair is dumb. Why can't he use magic? Or rune equipment to have cool steampunk robo-legs.A disabled man in an adventure is mostly a liability. Oh, the "he underestimated me" trope is good, but versus a dragon or a fast beast, the crippled. will. DIE.
>>58903839Wow, he is literally me.
>>58903484>FilenameI don't get this chart neither.
>>58903871Unironically, I think there should be a Rotom wheelchair.
>>58905147That sounds way too ridiculous, but I saw a game where a guy only had a wheelchair for flexing and no, it's not SMT IV , so maybe that could be a thing, I don't know.
Long ago, after a great and terrible war, the mountains were left bare.The soil was blackened, the rivers ran thin, and the people who had once lived alongside the creatures of the land turned upon one another. Humans fought humans and Pokémon, Pokémon fought Pokémon and humans, for there was little left to share. Each believed that if they did not take what remained, another would.And so the land suffered further, and the fighting did not end.One day, a wandering king came into the mountains. He carried no banner and commanded no army, but his head was heavy with a pale blue crown. When he saw the ruin of the land and the bitterness of those who lived upon it, he was filled with sorrow.The king walked among slopes that were old and worn smooth by time and weather. They were not sharp like the mountains far to the south, but patient, softened, and enduring. He called together both people and Pokémon and said to them:‘Where you stand, nothing more will grow. If you continue to fight over what little remains, soon there will be nothing left to fight for, and no one left to claim it.’They answered him with anger and fear.So the king led them into the mountains, across dry ground and broken stone, until they came to a barren peak where the morning sun reached first and the evening light lingered longest and nothing grew at all. There, the king knelt and pressed a single seed into the soil. ‘This,’ the king said, ‘I give to you. If you nurture this seed together, if you share water and labor and patience, then your descendants will inherit a land that never withers. But if you abandon it, it will perish as all things do.’With that, the king departed, and none saw where he went.
>>58905753For a long time, the seed did not grow. The peak remained brown and lifeless, and many despaired. Yet some continued to tend it, if only because there was nothing else to tend.Each day, they journeyed to a clear, cold basin that did not foul or freeze even in the coldest winters. People and Pokémon shared the burden, and the seed was not left to thirst.At last, a green shoot broke through the soil, and the land rejoiced. People and Pokémon cared for it together. They sheltered it from harsh winds and sun, cleared the stones from its roots, and returned again and again with water from the basin.The shoot grew into a sapling, the sapling into a tree, and the tree’s roots spread deep and wide across the mountain.Where the roots touched, the land healed. Grass returned, then flowers, then forests. The rivers swelled, and the mountains became green once more. The people and Pokémon built their homes at the forest’s edge, in a pale valley where the stone was light, the streams reflected the sky, and the land provided for all.And those who remembered the king’s words taught their children this:That abundance is born of cooperation. That gifts must be tended, not taken for granted. And that even the greatest bounties will wither if those who inherit it forget to tend to its roots.
>>58905753>>58905759Kino worldbuilding
I want to contribute, but I'm a bit busy for now, so..... bump.
I don't want to contribute.
>>58906430I wish I didn't contribute.
>>58906430>SphealThat alone is a contribution. The roundest boi is always valid.
bumping with an old screenshot of mine, I was busy these days, so I wasn't able to do much.>>58903587>>58903871Honestly I don't even care about those things, I just hate that corporations at this point just make it about representation or checkmarks, you want to make a disabled man? Go ahead, fantasy and fiction exists to allow that kind of stuff, don't feel ashamed of using these things, hell there is a lot of people that have as their defining feature having a robot arm or being cyborgs, and those people are cool as fuck>>58905147>Rotom wheelchairI think there isnt because those guys are really prone to incidents or someone already got murdered by a crazy rotom chair.>>58903839>never got his shit together afterwards, assuming his natural charisma would see him through and things would just work themselves outI feel seen by his story, you cannot learn about being an adult, the world forces you to learn, and attempts to grind your existence for the sake of profit.>>58905753>>58905759I love this story, It reminds me of the old fanfic I made with the Swords of Justice.
still not exactly sure what to do with this kidbump
>six seconds apart
>>58905753>>58905759The fuck, is this a metaphor for the thread?
>>58908147At least anon took the time to turn their thread critique into a creative writing piece
>>58907845You should see when somebody bumped EVERY TIME when someone else had a small update or question.Talk about weird timing.
>>58907840Reminds me of a One Punch Man character
>>58908635I never forgave him for that.
>>58907841I miss her, even though I get to see her in grymanon's project discord
>>58909217That reminds me, seems like her owner has given up on this thread for the third time now, because>>58824379It's February 8th, and he hasn't shown up since January 11th.
>>58909330Damn, though I can't say I'm surprised given how slow and kinda lifeless these threads are
>>58909330He was only ever here to begin with to shill his trailers for concept art for projects he was never going to start hoping someone else would do the work for him, are you really surprised he isn't interested in trying to market to an empty house?
>>58909476someone sounds bitter and upset
>>58889832Genuinely not trying to be rude when I ask this but what I am looking at
>>58909692A guy ordering to his Pokémon to (basically) destroy his opponent, while also being a Jujutsu Kaisen reference.
>>58909681The emperor has no clothes.
Bumping with a relevant image to the question>>58909692It's like the other guy mentioned, a jujutsu kaisen reference, where the Champion of the original region by Dawnanon, is dumpstering on her OC.>>58907840What was the story of this character btw? I know about Alex, but I don't remember the name of this one.Actually I should go do the thread question>Gene would be either a Normal gym leader, Mostly because he likes pokemon regardless of their typing, but also because his Eevee is going to be his Ace, the typing will also help to remark how he is unsure of how his life will pan out or what he should do.>Gene would end up as a gym trainer either because of circunstance, or because of obligation, Maybe when he is travelling he comes across one of the official gym leaders in a region that due to an accident they are incapable of doing their job, so they offer being the substitute until they get better, and also because it might finally give him "his true calling".Later I will make a gym badge, not sure how I would make it though.
>>58910215Gene is lucky to have a good friend close by
>>58903839Okay, now for the last of Saturn’s new subordinates, Ermis. Now, Ermis was originally a hacker, career criminal, and conman who went by the name Stilbon. He did stuff like creating online scams designed to get people’s credit card info, performing petty theft, and selling his hacking services to the highest bidder to make ends meet. Unfortunately, Stilbon had a bad habit of doing stuff just to see if he could, which would come to bite him in the ass after he hacked the Sinnoh pc system and was tracked down. Thus, he went on the run and eventually faked his death, changing his name to Ermis. But, the authorities weren’t wholly convinced. So, wanting to avoid law enforcement further and lay low until everything blew over, Ermis decided to join team galactic, dressing like a grunt to blend in and assuming it was one of those financial scam cults, like scientology. Ermis thought he could eventually work his way up and get in on the grift (and get out before everything inevitably collapsed). Unfortunately, the events of Pokémon platinum happen. Now Ermis is trying to go legit in the hopes of the Pokemon league not suspecting anything and having gone through something of an existential crisis after having been party to an attempted apocalypse. His development would be learning to be willing to help others and not be a self centered asshole. Think kind of like Pokémon moist Von lipwig. His team would consist initially of a bronzong, murkrow, and Porygon-z. He eventually adds a rotom. Also, given him being a reference to the planet mercury, he obviously has grey hair, despite being in his 20s (it’s a running joke that people get his age wrong). Personality-wise he’s the most self-centered of the group, being a greedy coward who is, by his own admission, not a battler in the slightest. Unfortunately for him, he and the rest of Galactic Energy Inc are up against the rogue splinter groups of team galactic and a corrupt international police investigator.
Another week, another chance to be able to make the stuff you want to do or the stories you want to make, go for it /tog/.>>58910757>originally a hacker, career criminal, and conmanI am more surprised that he didn't get himself killed before the Sinnoh PC hack, I imagine that kind of person pissing off someone he shouldn't because of petty revenge.Also, if you are lifting from the Sinnoh pokedex, you could add magnezone and Weavile to his team.
>>58911424Do you have any plans?
>>58889832I feel I should probably try answering some stuff from the past thread before the replies expire>>58862913No, this was not a TTRPG group, just a text based roleplaying group that was active from 2020 to 2024 for a different franchise. It slowly decayed due to constant drama with people leaving, rejoining, and getting kicked out. Unsurprisingly, almost everyone who turned traitor was part of the alphabet soup. The friend group is actually still active, but we quit roleplaying a long time ago, and it is also far smaller than when it started out. The outfit you see here is actually Alex's original outfit from those days. I have a few drawings from that era but I don't post them here for security (paranoia) reasons, and also because his design changed a bit since then plus most of them were drawn by people who later turned on me. But if anyone here who has me added "offsite" would like to see them, you can request that from me in that other place.I actually would NEVER use Alex when playing a TTRPG. I fear that I would get too attached and quit if he ever died, and beyond that, I would also be worried that people would get annoyed with us. I actually abstain from TTRPG completely because of that second thing, so I wouldn't play one even with a different character (and I have difficulty being satisfied with my other OCs regardless). Someone once told me to never play a tabletop with someone unless you'd share a room with them, and well, there is pretty much nobody in my life that I have ever wanted or will ever want to share a room yet. Maybe one day I will try to use an AI GM to run the starter adventure that is in the Mega with this guy >>58907840>>58863069Both of those are AUs of his Pokemon stuff that I came up with on a whim in response to old thread questions. I actually have ideas for a Genshin Impact OC, but I have not started writing for that series yet. He is similar to Alex but I don't know if he will actually be a "version" of Alex or not.
>>58912272>>58912272I have never played Zenless Zone Zero and honestly the character design is not really my thing except for maybe Asaba. I like the character designs of Honkai Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, and Arknights + Endfield, but I don't think I will continue those games. I don't really know how the cyberpunk one will go, part of me wants to make it a new setting and part of me wants to make it a non-canonical extension of the games timeline with a cyberpunk Neo Black City and Alex using either life extension technology or consciousness transplant into a clone to have kept his body. I probably won't do it though. In that continuity Alex's outfit is based off of Ayerscarpe's Elite 2 outfit from Arknights and Xander from Aotu World. Alex's fantasy series is going to be an original setting, and his outfit in it is based off of Aether from Genshin Impact while the setting is more inspired by Dungeons and Dragons, even directly using the spells and mechanics from 2014 5E with some minor homebrewing added in (mostly firearms, certain spells and magical items, and jacking up Mage Hand to be able to do basically anything-which still probably won't even make Arcane Trickster a "meta" class)>>58816975As you can expect all three of those inspirations wear crop tops and Alex’s actual outfits in those AUs are also crop tops, though I haven’t designed his cyberpunk one yet and probably never will. He also spends his time inside of the house in a crop top and sweatpants, but wouldn’t be caught dead going outside with one on. The reasoning behind all three of those things is social norms in each setting, boys can’t wear crop tops in the canon setting because it’s more like our world but the adjusted social norms in the two AUs allow for itAlex would probably tell >>58816589 that his waist isn't narrow enough and hips aren't wide enough to wear a crop top. it’s hard to tell from this angle but his hips seem straight and his abs suggest his waist is rigid.
>>58912349I think you should show evidence of one project you have worked on recently before you start discussing new projects.
>>58912469I think you should show evidence of one project you have worked on recently before you start suggesting that other people aren’t working on projects of their own.
>>58912489Sure. Here's a work in progress I started after reading that post. Now it's your turn.
>>58912686Fabulous guy
>>58912686I don't really have anything I feel is worthy of posting so here's just a random wordcount to fulfil your fucking quota, from one of my things that I go to when I'm writing blocked for my main project. It was either this or a goddamn bracelet made in Adobe Illustrator.
>>58912884Oh, you're a writer? That's cool, me too. How long have you been working on it?
>>58912884>>58912944Guys, this is not supposed to be a dick measuring contest over who has written more shit, why needing to antagonize each other?Actually, if you don't mind me asking, what is the plot you guys have been working through?
>>58912951>why needing to antagonize each otherWho's antagonizing anyone? We're talking about common ground here. >what is the plot you guys have been working throughA greaser and his new friends go on an adventure across Johto in 1955. https://docs.google.com/document/d/14WNJc10FxKFuR8SqN59jx_0hZu_N1jzfP7sy2m9GOM8/edit?usp=sharing
>>58912986Hi, Team Galactic Anon here. As it happens I’m also a writer. Well, fanfic writer, at any rate. I’ve been thinking of writing a fanfic about my galactic ocs, specifically one focusing on Saturn and them in the aftermath of Pokemon platinum. Saturn, wanting to turn team galactic into a legit energy company has to wrangle the shitshow that is team galactic into something resembling a legitimate enterprise. Not helping is the fact that the newly minted Galactic Energy Company has to deal with splinter cells of team galactic, a corrupt interpol agent, and constant, if understandable, scrutiny from the general public and Pokémon league.
>>58913020That's pretty cool. Do you have anything published online yet or are you still ironing out the details?
Hey guys, mikoanon here with another update on Tiffany's adventure (who is cool-ly featured in this even cooler anon's writing B) >>58912986). We finally beat the second gym and Tiffany's team has underwent a few upgrades. I'm so excited and glad to have her partner and ace fully evolved, as well as some of her other lovely mons. Not pictured on her roster right now are a 'T' Unown she caught at the Ruins of Alph who she named Tcharmy and a cute little Corsola caught while having a beach day in Cherrygrove that she named Sola. It's been a while since we've played PTU last, but it's always such a treat when we do- our DM is super accommodating and really is the best. I'll keep posting these trainer cards with every new badge we get, but it might be a while until we get to the next gym, let alone beat it. Something else to mention since Tiffany's last update is that she won her very first contest! It was a normal rank Smart contest in which she entered with her Weepinbel (who was dressed up as a Sunflora. It was technically a Sunflora only contest, but whatever, we still won :P). Not sure if I'll keep track of those contest wins on her trainer card though, maybe I'll make a contest ribbon case or something like that. We'll see :P
>>58913417>Got new mons>Couple of new badges>Contest ribbonCongrats! Sounds like the adventure is smooth sailing so far.
>>58912986This was a fun retelling
>>58913784I watched four hundred hours of Happy Days to get the tone right. No one should watch four hundred hours of Happy Days.
>>58914251But the Fonz, bro. The Fonz. Also, you get to experience the first "jumping the shark" moment in all of history.
When your pokemon share their dedication!"...I didn' tell 'em to do that"
>>58914640Aww, they look rad.Also, 150 in 8 days. Not too shabby, nice.
>>58914692We used to do 150 in 3 to 4 days.
>>58914692>>58915103You will see this and learn absolutely nothing from it.
>>58915134What's there to learn? Time differences?
>>58915200Thank you so very much for proving my point.
>>58913452I wouldn't say it's been entirely smooth sailing so far. Our party is no stranger to a Pokemon Center that's for sure. We've also recently had a run in with a super powered self proclaimed villain who's actively out to kill us. It was a 7 on 1 encounter and we barely made it out alive. We couldn't even beat him or his singular Torterra, we just miraculously pushed him to the point of retreating somehow. We're all the stronger for it however, so all's well that ends well I guess.>>58914251> four hundred hours of Happy DayYikes, thank you for your service
>>58915248>>58915134>>58909898Wow Emily, you're so good at beating around the bush and acting like you're better than everyone else.I can't possibly fathom why you have no friends.
>>58915303Just like Sysyphus, the boulder always return in the end.But just like him, the struggle is enough to fill my heart. And if I can hang out with you guys, then is a victory.For I imagine Archivist is happy, and so I will too.
>>58915470At this point I don't think Archivist was real at all. I've yet to see any proof of his existence.
>>58915508It's actually the other way around. Every user here is just a different personality of the Archivist, including the person he was having a penile distance tournament with yesterday.
>>58915515>Every user here is just a different personality of the Archivist,
for those of you with male ocs, whats their dick size lmao
>>58915572Small leave me alone
>>58915572I don't know, mainly because the necessary arithmetic would kill me.
>>58911704I have been checking that pack of male models I have gotten recently for outfits among other things for an update to a model. I just started linear algebra, so I needed to focus on that more.>>58912272>just a text based roleplaying group that was active from 2020 to 2024 for a different franchise.Makes sense, at that point was also COVID and at that moment everyone just did whatever to pass time.>>58912986I couldn't read it fully, I like the way you are writing in character the story but also I curse not being that good in english so I dont need to reread a phrase 2 or 3 times to get the meaning.>>58913417>>58915273I love all the new additions, and I feel those mons fit her perfectly, glad your PTU adventure seems to be going pretty well>>58914640Cute drawing, I recognize a nidoqueen and a gardevoir, what is the right Pokémon? A feraligatr?
>>58916079>not being that good in english so I dont need to reread a phrase 2 or 3 times to get the meaning.To be fair, there's so much jargon no one has used in fifty years that I can forgive you if you can't do an Italian-American impression. I won't forgive you for anything else, though so you better watch out.
>>58916079>A feraligatr?Yup. She has a Feragligatr. I'd post the image, but I'm not using my PC right now.
>>58916079
>>58915572On average, 9+ inches
>>58916433Cool team
>>58916771Woah
>>58916222>I won't forgive you for anything else, though so you better watch out.I just imagined Azelie appearing on my back with a gun cutely smiling while reading this. That or Gardevoir smiling as she murders me.>>58916414>>58916433Now I'm curious, what is your opinion on the new mega? I can kind of see what they were going for, but it's bad execution.
>>58917629>ImageI wonder what did they saw to have that reaction.
>>58917629Why is your girl so mad at him?
>>58917629Didn't Archivist tell you to stop using Azelie in your pics?
>>58917839We should use them more often. That's how we remember his legacy.
>>58917864Gene was one of the most vocal with wanting Archivist to leave. Continuing to use one of Archivist's characters without his permission isn't honoring him it is an insult.
>>58917864>That's how we remember his legacy.Why are you people talking about him like he's dead didn't he literally just post something?>>58912686
>>58917886Nobody wanted Archivist to leave besides Emily. Gene and Tweny were the only people critical of his decision but they didn't want him to leave, they just thought that he was going too far making a decision without consulting the rest of the community.So fucking tired of insipid rats like you saying shit about things they don't know shit about.
>>58917864No, I definitely remember telling him to stop if he wasn't going to credit the original creator. >>58917629Ain't that right, Jaack?
>>58917997I think the notion of obsessing over “credit” is a bit weird given the fact that there’s a tacit understanding among the regulars that those characters don’t belong to him. It’s the same reason that nobody puts “X character by Y” in cameos of crossovers, people already know that those characters don’t belong to the writer. Whenever the uninformed have asked if they’re his, he’s always told them that they were made by someone else. It’s your right to ask for “credit” with each post because those are your characters (or ceasing usage entirely), but that seems frankly redundant and kind of a dick move, like Nintendo obsessively taking down fangames.
>>58918019You understand why not divulging that information until after someone asks is worse, right? That it's inherently dishonest to withhold that information until prompted when the original creator isn't around to vouch for their own work? If no one ever asked and the truth was never clarified, would he continue to let other people just assume it's his?Are you pretending to be stupid?
I'm going to be honest, I don't even know what is the opinion of archivist about me. Like I said at the time, the only thing I objected, was the fact that he did something that affected the thread, without consulting the thread in the first place. Beyond that I want to have him here, or for him to properly talk to me instead of being passive-aggressive, or just ghost me like https://files.catbox.moe/5b36am.pngThis is going to be my position regarding using Azelie, if I share her, I will actually just put a watermark on the scene to say "Azelie by archivist anon" or Phos if I ever decide to finish her, alongside any characters from other anons that I use on my scenes. If someone implies that I own that character, I will correct them, the only reason I don't do it immediately, is because I have other stuff to do irl, or sharing a reply that is just "she is not my character" in a thread that is already pretty stale, is not good, I prefer to have something to share first alongside the reply at the very least.That is my stance, And I will keep it that way. That is all.
>>58917923>Gene and Tweny were the only people critical of his decision but they didn't want him to leaveThat is an outright lie. I know the big fall out was ten months ago, but those posts are archived for all to read. You can't rewrite the narrative.You hold up Archivist like an idol, but he just spoke up for himself that he had asked Gene to stop and yet you think it's okay to talk over him? You guys are bitter, defensive, and allergic to criticism.
>>58918077Gene, he asked you to stop in November and yet you keep doing it. And you just provided proof!This is no "I'm going to keep using them, but I'll credit him". He asked you to stop completely.
>>58918077Why do you have a Phos model? Did you even ask him for permission to make one?
>>58918087I asked for clarification because I wanted to see if there was a way to get a compromise, I don't know if he just forgot about the reply, or he decided to ghost me, the point is that I wanted to be sure if that was his stance, I was unsure about sharing the image, I made the screenshot to ask some friends for their opinion about how I should handle the situation, I decided to keep this conversation for myself until now.Also, everyone else at the time had his gripes on the event or voiced their concerns, I truly believe, that if he actually talked with the thread about his decision first, before doing it in rage, we would not be here in the first place.Everyone has made mistakes, I have done mistakes, and because of that, I want to be better for the thread, and I hope I can be better for the thread, like in many other things in my life.>>58918119Because at the time Archivist finished a new chapter of EoF, I made Phos with the intention of it being a surprise, and also my way to celebrate the new chapter, I just don't know how I should interact with him at this point.
I don't know why this is even an issue. Gene never claimed ownership of Azelie.In fact, many guys here explains who made her, and who owns her. He just used her as a BG character.
>>58918376>I don't know why this is even an issueThis >>58917678 is the issue>He just used her as a BG character.This >>58917629 is clearly more than just a background character.>>58918087Regardless, Gene was asked to stop. He doesn't even follow his own compromise that he suggested in this convo (adding a watermark/giving credit). Whether or not he got an answer from archivist back then doesn't matter, the options Gene himself set out were to give credit or stop altogether and neither has been upheld on his end.If Gene needs "background" characters so bad, I personally would love to see him come up with another OC or 2 of his own to fill that void. Or at least use models of OCs whose creators are fine with him doing so.
>>58918438>Or at least use models of OCs whose creators are fine with him doing so.He did that with Bibi and David, so is fine.
>>58918083I was there when it all happened, dumb fuck, do you really think I’d try to lie about something that’s out there for everyone to see? Find me a single message from either of those two people explicitly saying “Archivist needs to leave the thread” if you’re so confident in your statement. It’s public knowledge, right? Then show me the receipts, nigger.
>>58918607Let it go, anon. We know that's a lie. Anybody will know that the moment they read the thread.Besides, the only negative thing people said about Archivist was "maybe he should've asked us about his actions", and Tweny (AT WORST) said "maybe we need a new archivist because it may be too much for him".We weren't casting him out. We said "hey man, maybe you want a second opinion before you act."
>>58918438>He doesn't even follow his own compromiseThe only reason I didn't started doing this, was because I didn't get a response(and he gave me the option to credit him in the reply, mind you. "If you can't properly credit the author", which was the main reason that made me ask for the confirmation in his stance.), if I started doing it, others would ask why I started doing it, when my intention was to not show the conversation in the first place. The accusation would turn into "why does he lurk if he left the thread" or "why he didn't bother to reply if he cares about what you do?" if I did the watermarks first.And like>>58918443 pointed out, I have done so, >>58899138 David is due to a cleanup which I have been trying to do these last few days, but responsibilities pile up, and I want to do something else than just mess in a character creator for 3 hours after coming back home. And Bibi I don't feel comfortable using her because the creator has been MIA for a while. Same with Hasumis creator. The only characters I could probably use is Alex, which the actual owner is working on. I also have other OCs, but those aren't for Pokemon and I don't want to look like a narcissistic asshole by making all or half of a scene be entirely about MY OCs, the scenes I make are supposed to be group shots or just funny scenes, I try to not be disrespectful or outright hostile to anyone besides the pet rock.
>dude asked you to stop>didn't stop or give credit (which is why he wanted you to stop in the first place)>>58918727>if I started doing it, others would ask why I started doing itI guarantee no one would ask. And even if they did, you could just explain that the character's not yours like you've already done and that would be that>I don't want to look like a narcissistic asshole by making all or half of a scene be entirely about MY OCsFellas, is it narcissistic behavior to post about your own OCs in the OC thread?
>>58918837>is it narcissistic behavior to post about your own OCs in the OC thread?No, it isn't. Also, can we give this theme an end? I feel we already heard enough from both sides.
>>58918837>>58918842The "narcissistic behavior" Gene is referring to is the kind of behavior that Emily was exhibiting before he was removed by Archivist (and again, even if nobody really wanted Emily around it still set a precedent that Archivist could expunge people's works at will that scared some people) where he never engaged with other people's work and only ever talked about his own. He's basically saying that he doesn't want to make himself look bad by making other people's characters but never actually using them, it's a bit of a stretch but you can see where he is coming from.
>>58918727NTA but Archivist’s behavior in all of this has just been so odd and erratic.>leave the thread in a fit of rage telling people that you do not care about what happens after your departure, except you actually DO care and start policing someone who wanted to continue using a model that YOU originally requested>claim that using the model when the original author isn’t around to verify its ownership is immoral, except this claim is made while the original owner is trying to come back which now renders the point moot since the original owner actually is back to verify its ownershipWhat happened to Mr. I Don’t Care Anymore?
>>58919308Must be that 4Loko special hitting him right in the brains.But I'm happy he's here. I was never bitter with him, I was bitter at the boulder.
Made the watermarks>>58918837It's more the fact that I don't have more Pokemon OCs, I could make a new one, but inspiration has not come for that yet, and >>58918855 pretty much said my logic, I understand if you find my logic flimsy, but there is one. And finally, I have explained before that I didn't own the character, it was just in a different post rather than in the one that had the characters. Now I will put the watermark whenever I use a character that is not mine>>58918842Yeah, this is going to be my last statement regarding this, I just felt that I was being accused of being a thief when at worst I was just lazy, not adding the watermark or pointing out who the creator of Azelie was. Sorry for taking the space of the thread for this issue.
>>58919649nta but I do kinda regret that these ugly ass watermarks are going to be showing up on ur renders now
>>58919705Watermarkless version available at Patreon!Jk, jk, just wanted to say that.
>>58919719gene should actually do this tbqh
>>58919308Am I not allowed to comment if I were to see my own work on page four? I didn't ask to get involved in this, I definitely didn't want to be woken up to get involved in an argument I didn't start, and I trusted that the case was closed after I messaged him to stop in November.If I draw or write about someone else's character, it is done with the consent of the creator, and that consent can be withdrawn.>>58919705And that's not up for you to decide, you worthless retard. Fuck you and your entitled whining, I don't want my character being used at all, in any context, under any circumstance. Period, full stop, end of discussion. He had months, plural, to figure out what "don't use my character without crediting me" could have meant and now we're here. Do I need smaller words for your stunted peabrain? Look, I tried poking my head in a few times before to see what was going on and it almost always ended up being at the wrong time. You kids have kept things going for this long so clearly you're doing something right and you don't need any direction from me. I just ask for accountability. I gave him permission to use my character because it helped him get his foot in the door when he was new and I was always around to curate. He's not new anymore and I'm not around, so it's more important than ever that the wishes of the original creator be respected precisely because of posts like >>58917678 (sorry to pull you into this, thanks for stopping by). If a tree falls and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?I've seen enough of your shitty behavior in two days to last me the rest of the year.
>>58919719>>58919798>Make a patreon>picrel is my reactionNo, I prefer doing it as a hobby, I have already seen enough people becoming bitter trying to get an income through patreon with this program, and adding the pressure of money on what I create will be too much for me. I'm not even that good compared to the ones that actually can use the program well, and like hell I will become some kind of reseller or start making paywalls for my content.>>58919847>I don't want my character being used at all, in any context, under any circumstance. Period, full stop, end of discussion.Loud and clear, thanks for confirming it.
I wonder if Archivist will have another chimpout if someone were to draw one if his OCs either new or old.
>>58919947Only if the artist is dense as Emilyanon.This image is fitting
>>58920075Do not attempt to summon that nigger
>>58919847>If a tree falls and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?It's a dead fucking horse at this point but the proper answer is "Who gives a shit" because it's inconsequential either way. The tree falling meant nothing to anyone besides any potential organisms residing within it.>>58919927At least this nonsense seems to finally been ended though. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Maybe.
>>58914692>>58915103>>58917629>we got old /tog/ back for a moment, but we got ALL parts of old /tog/ back, including the arguing
>>58920459>Who gives a shitEvery time I heard the Tree Question, my head goes straight to the 4chan banner:>"Wherever a child cries, I feel nothing."There's a giant world, and shitloads of things happened. I can theorize SOMETHING happened, and just being right by probability. It only loses probability if I go more specific, but the thing is that it can happen.A tree has fallen, I just didn't heared it because I wasn't in the forest.
>>58920483Pros and cons, anon. Pros and cons.But this place was lively for sure.
Good mornin, /tog/.I hope your anger has been put to rest.
>8Well, I guess the rage truly has subsided. At least I hope you guys had a good rest to recover.
>>58921366We now return to our daily scheduled programming of “Ten Posts A Day And Five Of Them Are Bumps”
>>58921685And the occasional high five to those who made something today.
>>58921685>>58921727Honestly I take that over the pointless arguing of game logic vs Plot logic, constant arguing and conflicts, or similar stuff that happened before in the threads, especially after what happened yesterday.Anything new these days from you guys? I have been playing deadlock since a new update came out, and these days my friends are making me play Helldivers 2 due to an event ingame.
>>58922125>I have been playing deadlock since a new update came outWhich Pokemon game is that you're discussing on /vp/ - Pokemon.
>>58922125>I have been playing Deadlock>Playing Helldivers 2I wish I was hooked on Multiplayer games. Sometimes I feel I've missed out a lot because I prefered single player.Speaking of...>>58922145>Which Pokemon game?I'm replaying Pokémon Leaf Green. Is fun, and I'm about to cross to Cerulean City. I've been capturing everything on my path, obviously, and now I'll be able to get most of the wild encounters.Hell, I already have 20 Pokémon in the dex, so I'll obtain 30 or 40 before Celadon (I hope).Also, I've been playing PUBG Mobile in Unranked. I obtained all the Ranked rewards I wanted (fuck the new "Promotion Matches"), and now I can play it for fun, rather than sweat.Seriously, the new reward system is ok, but I don't like those promo matches that go "end at the top 10 INDIVIDUALY". I'm not fighting anymore, I'm hiding for 25 minutes!
>>58922145Honestly, I should go back and play some of the fangames I got a while ago.>>58922240>I'm replaying Pokémon Leaf Green.I'm weird, I think I watched a ton of the anime but game wise I think I was more of a fan of the Mystery dungeon games + played only gen 1, 3 and 4, and I don't remember finishing any of them. I did finish sun and moon original when I got my 3ds. I guess I saw enough of the formula to not bother playing the older ones, so I considered playing the fangames or the spin-offs, seriously its saddening that they stopped making the spin-off games for pokemon, Mystery dungeon died because it was too good.
>>58922753>I played only gen 1, 3 and 4, and I don't remember finishing any of them.You can finish 1, 2, and 3 in a weekend. 5 days tops. This timer gets smaller if you can use codes or PKHex to get the necessary items for evolutions.
Up!
At least sharing something, found an old scene like this and decided to modify it because I liked the concept
>>58924778Cute.This reminds me: how you guys are spending this Valentines day? I hope you at least get some free chocolate or candy. Maybe a slice of cake.
Happy Valentines, /tog/. I hope you had a sweet day.
Hap Heart Day
>>58925935Cute smooches.
Well, I hope you guys had a nice Valentines. Or at least some cheap chocolate.I had to cover for a dude who got sick at last second, and I must rest for my next shift in... 3 hours.Let this be a lesson: learn a trade or go to college. A blue/white collar job is not worth it.
Having fun scribbling my silly little trainer and their silly little Conkeldurr. I remember reading somewhere that Conkeldurr sometimes only have one Stone pillar so I decided to make it Plank because it's funny.
>>58926449Cute little silly guys. Well, one little cute guy and one not-so-little guys.
>>58925006I was just in my home doing stuff, I dont really have a partner and I dont see myself having one unless some miracle happens or someone else takes the first step.>>58925935I genuinely love how you use colors in these kind of images, It feels so vibrant and the tones are always pretty.>>58926449I felt there were more changes you did to a regular conkeldur design and honestly, I like what you have done in this design, he looks way friendlier in your version than the original one, being a little chubby, the face in the stone pillar and the beard makes him look like very huggable.
Bumping with something from the archive, a cool redesign of ceruledge as a robot (which fits considering who made this design)
Guys, I gotta tell you something: I'm out of posting. I'm using my job's PC to do this.Turns out I went too hard in the Blaziken thread (which is bullshit when you see what's posted), so I won't be back until the 18th.Keep a good mood, and see you guys very soon.t. Non-burger, AKA: David "did it" again.
>>58927968If this thread dies out without you here to bump it in the night then honestly it might be time to call it quits regardless. Or maybe just hibernate until after Pokemon Day.
bumping before going to sleep, enjoy your night /tog/
>>58927591I like the armarogue more but I like the bulky frames.
>>58929444yeah the redesign of Armarogue is pretty bulky, but I also think it fits the Pokemon, I just like ceruledge more because it fits more the Megaman X style the artist was known for
>>58930094I like the face more in this one.
bumping with another screencap I made a while ago that I liked, mostly because of the art direction.
Enjoy the night /tog/. I have to do homework so I have nothing to show sadly.
>>58925935>kiss marksMy weakness.
>>58927591>>58930094We need more cool robotmons. Bring back Omega!
>>58931168Pretty
>>58930094You know, guys, we always said Ceruledge and Armarouge belong to Megaman Battle Network, but I feel this artist was literally thinking that while making this image.How do I know? Armarouge's cannon looks like the Burst Style cannon you get in Megaman BN 3.
>>58925935Adorable
>>58933134I wonder if we will get more Pokémon based in other franchises.That would be fun to see.Zeraora is Digimon, Armarouge/Ceruledge is Megaman, Magearna if you want to add Medabots. Some extras would be nice.
Have a good night /tog/, and have a nice rest.Today I have been checking what I have collected for cards to use for david, right now I have been seeing what I could do to improve, mostly just seeing how I could improve his face, hair or body. I didn't try to work on the clothes yet because once the body is done, I can actually move to the clothes.Nothing to show really because I was just swapping stuff around, I didnt settled on something yet.
I live, I die, I live again!Let's this be a lesson guys: when people are posting chicken breasts, maybe you shouldn't join the crowd.Even if the joke properly timed.
Hey /tog/, I hope you guys had a nice week.Here we have been living past carnivals and strikes, and I'm feeling my day off is about to be canceled due to external factors.At least I hope you had a better time than me.
>>58934814That thread was weird.First it was ok. Then some posts gone, and now is fully gone.Weird.
Bumping
Vicious beast
>>58936476I always like your style, dude. The lineart is very cool.
>>58936476Boy is tired, which is the mon on top though? One is skarmory, the other is gardevoir. Staravia? Since the region is kind of Sinnoh.
Good morning, /tog/. Maintain a happy step, we are close to the weekend!
>>58938866>the same gif every threadYou really don't have anything else to post? How long has this general been active?
>>58939133How many years are going to be? Two already?
>>58939133Long enough that the artist who originally made that doesn't even post here anymore, though that applies to most bumps.
>>58939538I do think its worth sharing some works of old, like this cool fakemon, A crabcab to take you around looks fun, and can be like a regional form of Revavroom
>>58940006lmao i remember this guy, he explicitly said that he scrapped his entire region and concepts and just dipped afterwards. guess that means grym isn't even the first to do that
Remember to never fall for bait Tog/Hopefully everyone is having a great day
>>58940006I still like the idea about using a bubble to carry passengers underwater.
>>58940059Hehe, she surely is a hyped up girl.
>>58940059Cute animation, Turtwig looked like a cat for a moment with the way he prepared the bed.The power of rotary girlshow is the comic been going btw?
So, I ended up playing Leaf Green all day yesterday.What did I miss?
Did we have some leaks? I feel the board has been moving faster than normal, and it can't be because of Pokemon day since that is in 27.>>58941761Still fucking trying to make shit, but either university is telling me to be productive or my father can't do shit unless I'm there to help him.Is it just a port, or did they add new stuff to the games?
>>58942928From what I'm seeing outside, people are feeling a bit jumpy because the NSO released PK FRLG for 20 buccarinos.Which is funny to me, because like I said >>58941761, I finished this game.For free.In an emulator for my PC.That has a mobile version, so you can also play it in your phone.To play a game that was released over TWO decades ago.With cheats and codes that allow me to catch any mon or have any item I want.And even then, it's better to use PKHex to make the Pokémon you desire.Zoomers and Alphas are going to rage when we tell them "you know we got those for free, right? We even made fangames and mods with their sourcecode."
It's nice that we've upgraded our bumps to include past art, but it's sort of feeling like we're dragging around dead corpses at this point. This thread used to be full of life and people who cared, it was really a creative sanctuary.Here's a new Thread and Draw Task to liven things up around here, even just a little:>Open up MS Paint or whatever you'd like and make a quick shitty doodle of your OC.>Write out a few sentences or a paragraph about your OC's daily life. What did they do today?It might not be pretty or perfect, but at least it's something new. I feel like these threads haven't had something new in a long time, and on the rare occasions we do get something new like >>58926449 or >>58940059, there's little to no engagement. Things are so stale around here and it feels like we're scraping the bottom of the barrel.>>58926449I'm not typically a fan of pokemon that are "off-model" but this sort of concept is really neat and your art style's super cute. Is Grover the name of your OC, or their Conkeldurr? I also really like the braided rope they have (hachimaki?) around their hair, reminds me of Binacle.>>58940059Love this whole sequence. Roseeta's hyper antics into immediate slumber is so funny and seeing Pipers expression sour throughout it all is the cherry on top. I hope Turtwig comes back to snuggle with Rose soon.
Heya! Posted here once before but I’m back to post my Trainer OC! Made a little progress on my skills since I last posted here.This is Adelheid, a young woman from 100 years ago who lived among a small civilization of zealots from what is now the Sinjoh Ruins. At the time, she was the 33rd Stagekeeper of the Mystri Stage, those chosen by the Divine Sinnoh (Arceus) to preserve its secrets and stories on their backs, literally.After years of mistreatment and an accident that caused the death of a close friend, Adelheid snapped and began fallinto deep despair, cursing the Divine Sinnoh and its legendary creations with every fiber of her being. After the intervention of dark forces, Adelheid was sent forward in time to present day, determined seek knowledge and to right all wrongs!
>>58943411Oh yeah, I remember you! Your character was trying to end Arceus's creation as vengeance for a life of devotion, yet fate is cruel.At least that's what I remember, so I admit I may be wrong. Also, is good that you got better art skills. Keep improving!
>>58889832The captcha is forcing me to disable my adblocker now. No idea why.>>58943322We had some new stuff this thread, but the momentum was killed by an argument immediately afterwards. David getting nuked is a pretty bad omen for this place, without him we regularly reach Page 9 and 10 which just goes to show how much this place is hanging on by a thread. We had things that we were anticipating, namely the second TCG and Merry’s second chapter, but Grym thought it would be funny to quit for the third time and based on what I know about Merry he’s probably a lot like me when it comes to writing. I think all of us are just waiting to hibernate again because of Pokemon Day, hopefully we will come back refreshed from that, hopefully we also finally get the 2025 omnibus out and maybe that inspires people to write more. If not, then at the very least after the next thread we will at least be able to say that we survived for an entire year after April 1st before shutting down.
More Adelheid facts!* Her team currently consists of Hydregion, Hatterene, and Absol. 2 incredibly violent Pokémon and one that signals disasters, being her.* Adelheid a vain, charismatic, and cunning manipulator, always clawing her way and pulling strings to get whatever she desires.* Adelheid’s close friend, another Stagekeeper named Amon, was killed in an avalanche after the two were sent by the Sinjohnian elders to give praise to the Divine Sinnoh during a terrible snowstorm. No matter the harsh conditions, the Divine Sinnoh must be paid tribute at the Mystri Stage.* Adelheid claims to be an “Apostle of the Gentle Darkness” ,whatever that could mean.
>>58943411>>58943453These are wonderful and just what the thread needed. Nice to see from you again. Adelheid looks great! I'm personally a huge fan of the happy witch hat and her sitting on the throne with her wine glass is a great pose. Super interesting silhouette with the cape/shoulder pad things she's got going on. I really dig it.
>>58943437>David getting nuked is a pretty bad omen for this place, without him we regularly reach Page 9 and 10Even bans aside, you can also count being occasionally being "restricted" because I don't have a VPN in this modern era, so I get to suffer not being Freedom-IP, which means being blocked remporarily due to "IP abuse.">>58943453>Apostle of the Gentle DarknessGyratina did nothing wrong, Aus did everything wrong, bring back regignosis.
>>58943411Is 100 years really enough time for a small civilization to fall to ruins? Thinking about it now, 100 years ago today was only the 1920's. Doesn't seem *that* long ago. Then again, Hisui took place around 150-200 years ago so... Regardless, how old is she when she got transported to the present? Also do you accept fan art?
>>58943592Better not lead Adelheid to Snowpoint Temple then!
>>58943411>>58943453you just reminded me of this image I found about the Pokemon fangame reminiscencia. (yes, arceus is a bishonen here)He is talking about dracovish, which does technically fall into "not his fault" considering the fossil gimmick of Galar.
>>58943606Ya think so? I kinda put that there because I used Hisui’s 150+ year distance as a blueprint, though I guess nothing hurts changing it!!!And yes, it’s most appreciated.
>>58943629>I'm not responsableHuman fucker, you are the top bitch who one day wanted to get a job, but forced everything to get one as well. We may call what you did to the giants "self defense", but you deserved everything after that point.>"Oh, I'll give everything Free Will. They will chose to make the right thing."They can also chose to FUCK EVERYTHING UP.
>>58943437>momentum was killed by an argument The gun simply pulled its own trigger, we have no idea how it happened.
Quick question, have any of you guys roleplay with your OCs?
>>58943749Long time ago I guess.
>>58943749This is not a roleplay thread.
>>58943437What would be included the 2025 omnibus?Almost an entire year has passed and what do you have to show for it?
>>58943437>Grym thought it would be funny to quit for the third timeWe don't know that, he's probably busy first and foremost on his project. Until we get actual word we shouldn't assume
>>58943767Are RP even allowed in /vp/?
>>58943749Do self inserts count? Because if they do, yeah. I do it every time I write a story.
>>58943632Hope you like it! Adel's fun to draw, sorry if I mischaracterized her at al though.
>>58943841Love this a lot! Thank you very much!!
>>58943841I love the cape, is so cool.
Sorry had no medal drawn just wanted to share. Drew me and me fave mons as a team. Plz let me know if i'd get stomped competitively or if u like / hate my fave mons :p
>>58944064I love the drawing and also I like the artstyleI do find it interesting that trevenant is one of your favorite mons, any specific reason why or you just like the spooky look of the tree?
>>58944246Thank u so much, means alot!Idk why, I've always loved trees from childhood on so I just gravitated to Trevenant for some reason
Had an idea for a ghost/dark type trainer that goes from region to region to catch any mildly intimidating pokemon he finds. I might do a proper sketch later on the weekend, have this half assed doodle i did in ms paint
>>58941504>how is the comic been going btw?Well I’ve managed to post 3 chapters of season 2 so far so pretty good start to the new year.>>58943322>I feel like these threads haven't had something new in a long timeTbf most of the content here is made by hand by really talented people who also have work or irl stuff to deal with it being slow and a bit repetitive isn’t special or unique. Unlike other threads like the anime or masterSex we don’t get updated with new content because we don’t rely big companies to make new stuff for us. It’s just individuals going out of their way to share their wonderful works. And yes, naturally Roses Turtwig will snuggle with his trainer.
>>58943749all my OCs are TTRPG characters, so yes
>>58944064Pretty solid team. I think the Bridge and Arcanine are pretty good in the modern vgc meta…well they were before the restricted came in. Can’t speak for the other ones but Togekiss is good in singles back in gen 8 unfortunately he didn’t get the passport for poke spain
I find ironic this place gets lively at the beginning and the end.So, which pic are we picking for the OP? Also, I vote these questions for the OP >>58943322.Something simple will help.
>>58944821My vote goes to >>58893496>>58912686>>58913417>>58926449Or any of the Adelheid drawings for the next OP
>>58945397I want >>58943841 or >>58943453. Capes are cool.
>>58944636Believe in the little fella. It will never let you down.
>>58943801GrossDon't
>>58946538Normal RP is fine. ERP should be kept in closed doors.
And with the final post, I'll take the chance to say these two post >>58944064, >>58944332 are also a good job.Sorry we didn't said anything, we probably were sleeping. See you guys in the next thread.
>>58912349An idea that just came to me is that for the cyberpunk and fantasy AUs, Alex starts off wearing normal clothes (either in flashbacks or at the actual starts of the storylines), but at some point he gets his shirt ripped by an enemy Pokemon, like Padme during that coliseum scene in Star Wars, and then he just keeps it like that afterwards because he likes the exposure (though he gets a cleaner cut/sew after the incident). I thought it would be a nice way to add lore to the outfit as opposed to just "haha funny gacha twink reference".
>>58946697Probably the reason he uses open belly shirts or croptops is because he remembers that moment, and how he survived.Something like "they tried to take me down, and yet look at me."
>>58946707Well as I said in that previous post >>58912349 the primary reasoning behind it is mostly just adjusted social norms, though in the fantasy AU it's also a taunt, it's a cultural thing among Rogues, they're basically daring you to touch them since Rogue builds in DND are based on evasion and not armor/HP. I guess "stealth" builds in the cyberpunk version would be the same way. Likewise in either case, if they start lightly armoring themselves it's either a signal that you're weak/not confident in your skills or that shit has really gone south and you need every bit of protection that you can get (I never really liked the way 5E does "studded leather armor").
>>58946655I think these are good OP options as well. Whoever's baking the next bread, don't forget the link to previous :)
>>58946761>(I never really liked the way 5E does "studded leather armor")On one side, I feel I should get one or two DnD books to see what's up. But I also heard the lore was gutted a lot ever since 3E, and the main problem is the old fantasy lore becoming mouth pieces of modern politics and cultures, so that takes you out a lot of the fantasy.I don't know if I should read those books.As for armor, I remember an old furry flash game where the model had cool Skyrim armor, as long as you remembered the right combination. I wish I could play it again.It was one of the Flash Fall incident, so now is a broken flash that plays and replays itself by the second. I hope Ruffle can get up to the point is playable again, but I doubt it.
>>58889832>literally new one thread away before archival Real talk guys, actual moment of truth here, do we still want to continue? I think we all know how slow things have gotten. Regardless, if we choose to continue, then we must decide what to do about Pokemon Day. We have these options:>Go on break now>Make a new thread and try to ride out Pokemon Day>Make a new thread just for next week and go on break once Pokemon Day hitsIf we are continuing, then I would prefer the first option because it will give us time to refresh ourselves and hopefully come back with something new, but the third option is an okay compromise. I highly doubt that we will be able to ride out Pokemon Day unless it is a total nothingburger that only shows stuff for Champions and mobile slop, and I personally don't see a point in having the thread up for only a single week if it is only going to get a double digit number of replies. I am actually not sure when the return date will be if we choose to hibernate though, maybe one or two weeks after the announcement depending on how much we get. But I will go with whatever the thread wants to do.
>>58946849When is Pokémon Day again? A week away? We have time to play around.If it's, like, two or three days away, yeah: let's take a break.But, no cap, we survived Pokémon Day before, mainly because those were nothingburgers. And I'm voting on "nothing never happens."If Gen 10 is confirmed, and with ACTUAL CONTENT TO DISCUSS, you can put a "dunce" hat on me when we are washed away.
>>58946849If you guys want to sleep for now, is fine by me. We can discuss our theories and ideas when Pokémon Day passes.
>>58946849Would you actually do anything with that time or will it be another month of empty ritual posting. That's your answer.
>>58946849I think we should do a new thread and go on break once pokemon day happens, at least with a set date we don't have to worry about "keeping" up the bumps that much and conversations can happen more freely.
>>58946849I think we should take the break now. There is pretty much nothing we will be able to do next week besides bumping and there's not a point when we're just going to use the same thread tasks we didn't get to finish after the anniversary.
So, break is the final answer, right?Ok. See you guys after Pokémon Day, I hope you have a good time with your projects and duties.See you soon, dudes and dudettes.
>>58947580Any specific date for the comeback? march 2-3?
>>58947585Yeah, that sounds alright. We return in March.Have a great time!