Final batch of blogtember prompts! Once again, prompts provided by @jazzy-art-time / @mod-jazzy!! Thank you for giving me a buncha stuff to do this month!
Elaborations under the cut:
Day 21: I decided the funniest thing to do for this was to swap the shiny status of my Eevee twins. Cream and Cheese who did this to you! Uncanny!
Day 22: Ok genuinely one of the scenes I'm most interested in writing. These three characters are super old conceptually and near and dear to my heart. Once I get to doing stuff with them I'm going to be so!!! Excited!!!!
Day 23: I checked and it turns out I don't have like any nature photography on my phone? So I looked up cave pictures on google and picked one to put my rats in. Hello Remulus and Atticus nice to see you
Day 24: Hmm....important Apricorn. Wonder what that's about hmmmm
Day 25: This one!! Vexed me!! Because a lot of the ships in my blogs feel like plot spoilers to talk about? Or at least the ones I like the most. So I picked Anneva and Reginald! Because I've mentioned Anneva on inquiries and I've drawn them both on here in the past. They're a comfort duo.
Day 26: If Paleo and Tide have one fan its me bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Initially I tried to draw him awkwardly giving her flowers but I couldn't get the pose right so instead they're going on a park date! Hi again Jazzy I love your slug and so does Paleo!!!! Their dynamic is fun and cute and I like them!!!!!!
Day 28: I think I mentioned it once or twice? These four on fugamsemidei are based on slugcats in Rain World. In fact the first time I drew them at all was in a big batch of Poke-RW doodles. I just decided I liked them enough to make them characters on the blog. And they fit with the rest of the cast well enough so I don't have any shame lmao
Day 29: Anyone remember this gem??? I do. I rediscovered it recently and went "oh. Oh this is a Gravity song woaw"
Day 29 again: So uh I tried really hard to figure out something for day 27's prompt but I genuinely could not find anything within the time frame. So instead I just did day 29 twice. Neura with this song. Because a lot of people are really unhappy because of her actions. She's to blame for so much strife and grief. Deep down and also not that deep at all she's overcome with guilt but she's not gonna change anything rip.
Day 30: The first ever blog post I made was a poorly-drawn Aspen on phantumpdaily. But that's not particularly interesting to look at, and also I've drawn Aspen just floating there on many occasions so that post isn't super unique. So, instead, I drew the first post on the rebooted version of that blog: the intro to asklucyphantump. That was more directly an askblog than phantumpdaily anyway so this isn't cheese I swear skdfjashdf
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Blogtember prompts 11-20, once again courtesy of @mod-jazzy / @jazzy-art-time! Had some fun ones this time around!
Once again, elaborations under the cut:
Day 11: Tbh I try to make most of my OCs easy to draw so I wasn't sure who to pick for this. Ended up deciding on Neura, because she really takes no effort.
Day 12: I wouldn't say Maximus is by any means the most difficult character to draw, but I distinctly remember hating having to draw him back when totemrodents was still around. His shape was annoying and I could never keep the size of his ears consistent. So I felt it would be fitting to give it one more go for old times sake.
Day 13: painted-pokes barely existed, it got zero asks and like 6 followers total, but I remember liking the vague ideas I had about the characters and setting. But looking back on the last post I ever made on there, I realized how AWFUL it looked and just NEEDED to do it more justice. Hi Inverse bye Inverse
Day 14: Paleo is the character who gets the most physical abuse in all of my blogs I'm pretty sure. I didn't want to draw how he lost his foot, cuz that's a major plot spoiler. And I didn't want to draw the scene where he got the back scar, because I couldn't figure out the framing for it. So instead. Future injury :) I'm not elaborating :)
Day 15: Haha anyway happy family on the beach! Once I get to the part of fugamsemidei's plot where they go on their Plate Quest it's gonna be so fun to draw. Much more levity in that part of the plot
Day 16: Hi Jazzy!!!!!! Hi hi hi Jazzy I drew your lizard!!!!! I wouldn't say Jody's blog is my favorite blog of yours, I honestly couldn't tell you what my favorite is I like them all a lot (gun to my head I'd probably say wastelandlabs or flakenrudy). But! Jody is your favorite blorbo and I've never actually drawn proper Jody fanart for you!!!!!! So here she is!!!!!!!
Day 17: I don't think I've ever elaborated on Cootenany? He's a Xatu/Absol hybrid who lives in the facility. He's like half the reason most of the plot happens. I cut out the part of the conversation telling the ACTUAL prophesy he's giving right here cuz I want to keep that a secret for later, but I at least wanted to draw him cuz I don't think I have more than once.
Day 18: I thought really hard about it but I don't think I really.....cut out parts of stories very much? Or at least if I do I usually do it early enough in the plotting stage that nothing but random thoughts exist of it. So the only thing I could come up with for this one was Spoop the Ditto. Initially they were just....a regular Ditto with nothing special going on? Just the youngster of my Phantump group. But now they're like. An actual character with plot importance in lots of places. Idk when I'm ever getting to that but it's something.
Day 19: I have definitely not mentioned either of them anywhere, but all my blogs are in the same universe! And this is the og Arceus and Mew of that Universe! Dhaha and Leonen! The only blog I think they'll ever be relevant in is fugamsemidei for obvious reasons but yeah. Them. They're buddies :3
Day 20: Lucy...oh no Lucy, your whimsy....they stolt it away from u....
Blogtember prompts 1-10, curtesy of @mod-jazzy / @jazzy-art-time! Just the first ten for now so I can post these in three big chunks.
Elaborations n stuff beneath the cut cuz this is so many things:
Day 1: Aspen!!! Back in the old phantumpdaily dayssssss. blog that doesn't exist anymore but I'm nostalgic
Day 2: Monika! Who isn't going to be relevant until forever and even then I have no idea if she'll be more than mentioned in passing. But I wanted to actually design her so here she is
Day 3: Goooooodrair. Goodrair. Love her design lots
Day 4: Ok I couldn't actually think of a lot of funny panels off the top of my head. So I picked a bit from asktotemrodents. Where Maddie totally owns an anon who wants to eat them
Day 5: That one time I murdered my Eevee and she evolved post-mortem which was like. Maybe an emotional send-off? idk how I'm perceived
Day 6: Pre-splice Ark in the inquiriesofnothing Psuedomew tower. Is this worse than his canon fate? Probably
Day 7: I don't even need to elaborate we all know how much I love my spooky tree. Lucy Phantump loving hours are 24/7
Day 8: Slug parentssss who get to co-parent their shiny kids!! Imagine!!!
Day 9: Zoomed out a bit because the og panel only had his top half. But Candle abandoning Lucy! Because I do genuinely think that's a pretty emotional moment
Day 10: I think this was the only magic anon I can remember getting? The posts don't exist anymore but someone turned Lucy's toy Ponyta into a real Ponyta. I liked that, it was cute
Hey everyone, bet youâd thought youâd seen the last of me
Well, uh, perhaps now you have? I mean, this is the âIâm abandoning this blog so hereâs a final wrap-upâ post and all...
In any case, all the story stuff can be found down below
Yâall still here? Cool, strap in and get ready for a ride.
First things first, there were two big mysteries that Iâd planned to sprinkle in through this blogâs story, and hereâs the first one: Maximus is Remulus and Atticusâs dad. There were already a few hints of that, such as those three being the only oneâs whoâs pupils I outlined in black, as well as their naming similarities.
I wanted to make it not so obvious how Maximus was a terrible parent by not revealing that he was a parent at all at first. He does what is expected of him as a totem, heâs cut-throat in his leadership, but behind the scenes heâs an abusive parent, not only to Remulus, but to Atticus as well. That scar on Atticusâs back? Maximusâs doing.
The event of the scarring was one of the most important backstory events that I wanted to reveal. Atticus and Remulus used to be close, but his failure to protect his brother and the resulting scar changed that. Maximus saw âpotentialâ in Atticus for not fleeing after the attack, and chose him as his heir.Â
The brothers were to have a strained relationship throughout the blogâs story, right up until the end.
((Old art of an interaction between the two. Atticus tries really hard to live up to his fatherâs expectations as second in command.))
I never really knew what to do with Kiralyn. I knew she was a bit pompous, and likes to tell tall tales. Sheâs the best outer guard in the caves, and enjoys being in the outer caves cuz she gets to hang out with her Zubat friend.
((More old art, never figured out her friendâs name.))
I honestly planned to use her primarily for holiday doodles and such, then eventually have her hang around in the background while Remulus angst happened. She was friends with just about all the inner cave rats, and probably some outer cave rats too. If I ever had something about the outer cave rats, it wouldâve probably been through her.
Then thereâs the two characters I never got to introduce, Samson and Kimi.
((Samsonâs ref. Him fuzzy.))
Iâd planned for Samson to be the no-nonsense rule enforcer, and probably Maximusâs second choice for next totem if something happened to Atticus. Honestly aside from that? Canât remember what else Iâd wanted to do with him. I think his design was just me trying to find ways to make all the Alolan Rattata look unique? Meh, not quite sure at this point. Only ever drew one other image of him aside from his ref.
((The image title is âfriendly_chatâ but I have no idea if I had any specific scenario in mind for whatever this is.))
Then thereâs Kimi.
((Her little ref. Wanted to have one(1) Kanto rat in the squad.))
I think I wanted a full arc about what the heck she was doing there. She was going to tie into the big blog-wide mystery of What Is Up With Alicia. Sheâs a rather important piece of the puzzle, as she was brought to the cave by Alicia herself. Which brings into question how in the world did a blind alolan rat bring a kanto rat to Alola, I mean dang. Kimiâs best friend is Kiralyn.
((More old art. Kimi is smol.))
While weâre on the topic, letâs talk about Alicia. I knew almost from the moment I designed her that Alicia would be one of the most important rats in the cave, and Iâd sprinkle hints about her true identity throughout the blog. Iâll outline some of those hints for you, lets see who can figure it out first.Â
First, her healing abilities. It wouldâve been discussed at some point whether sheâs using Heal Pulse or not, which of course, isnât a move that Rattata can learn, alolan or not.
Then thereâs the fact that sheâs always where she needs to be somehow. One such instance of this already occurred: she found Remulus after he was hurt before Maximus told her he even needed healing in the first place.Â
Sheâs oddly sneaky; she would happen to show up often without anyone noticing her. The only exception to this would be Kiralynâs Zubat friend, who sees(lol) her coming from a mile away, and notes that they feel really uncomfortable around her. Kiralyn would express confusion at this, and perhaps the topic would come up once or twice in the future.
Then thereâs the elephant in the room of where she comes from. She doesnât talk about her origins with anyone but Remulus, and she tells him personally that she doesnât come from Alola at all. She apparently earned her place in the cave by displaying her healing prowess to Maximus, and in return for safety she asked that Kimi be safeguarded there as well.
She always knows where everyone is, what theyâre doing if theyâre in the same room as her, and how to tell everyone apart. Sheâs blind, but if she had to, she would actually be able to tell how many fingers someoneâs holding up, though she keeps that a secret.
The surprise of what she is would be kept until the very end of her time on the blog, at which point sheâd be revealed to be......
....a Mew! Big surprise, I know. She releases psychic waves like echolocation to see things around her, which leave blanks where they pass over the dark-type denizens of the cave, while unnerving the poison-type Zubat friend.
The reason she leaves the cave in the end? Remulus gets caught by a trainer.
Throughout the blog, Remulus would be the butt of everyoneâs jokes, belittled and mocked for his cowardice at every turn. A terrible fighter, whoâs only real friend was Alicia. The bullying comes to a head at the tail end of a Trainerâs Trial. Sheâs just got done defeating Maximus and Atticus, and is going back through the cave when Remulus gets pushed out of a hole by the other rats as they laugh at him.
Heâs shaking, terrified of the trainer and her Brionne, while the other rats laugh at him. They think heâll get beaten up, maybe learn something. Since Rattata are common enough, they donât imagine that any trainer would have a reason to catch Pokemon in the cave after their trials.
Of course, one Great Ball later and everyone stops laughing. Alicia turns to leave, Maximus tries to stop her, she reveals herself as a Mew, and informs him that being a comfort to Remulus was her sole reason for staying. Sheâs taught Kimi every herbal remedy she knows, and can take over her job as healer.
The next arc of the blog would follow Remulusâs journey as a trainerâs Pokemon. He struggles a lot in the beginning with his fear and paranoia, disbelieving that anyone would value him for any reason after all the abuse he went through.Â
The Brionne, Azura, becomes his best friend, values his presence unconditionally, and helps him through his self-esteem issues and trauma. He refuses to evolve, memories of Maximus staining the idea of evolving for him permanently, so he gains an everstone, and with it, the confidence to shine as himself.
((The first drawing I ever did of Remulus, with the rest of my Moon Team. Yes, this rat is part of an actual playthrough! The only member not featured is my Kommo-o, and thatâs just because I couldnât draw him.))
The blog probably wouldâve ended with a shot of Remulus on his trainerâs shoulder, on the peak as snow falls around them. About to face the Elite Four, finally able to believe in himself. All he needed was love.
And yeah, him and Azura?
Absolutely a match made in heaven. Together forever.
And as far as I can tell, thatâs what I had planned for this blog in a nutshell! Buuuut I donât think I had the patience for it, especially since I couldnât stand writing Remulus going through as much crap as I knew he had to. Rip. But yeah, thanks to everyone who stuck around this long. Sorry this story had to end prematurely.
If you want a taste of the main Pokeblog thatâs holding most of my attention lately, head over to @askcursedforest, I plan to further that one a lot!
Might be abandoning this blog specificallyâŚ.not sure about my others but with all the craziness lately I might not be able to handle as many blogs as I thoughtâŚhmmmmâŚ
In any case, if I did abandon this blog I would at least give you all an overview on what I was planning to do with it. I had the whole story planned out pretty thoroughly.
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Madeline: âAnd heâs not just any Crabrawler, his name is Rocky, and heâs a pal! Pokemon in Alola are quicker to make friends than foes! We like to say âNÄ hoa a puni!â It means friends are all around!â
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Madeline: âI donât know who this âPokedexâ is but Iâm pretty sure theyâre spreading lies. Thereâs a berry tree right outside the cave, if we need something to eat we just go there. Not too complicated really.â
Miguel: âA-a-and last I ch-checked, w-we donât let anyone into the cave.â
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Alicia:Â âThen again, I canât see why youâd ask me a question like that unless you understood, and are intending to belittle me. I could make a random guess, but whether I am correct or not would likely not change whatever opinion of me you have. Iâll refrain.â