Rockman-On

"I, uh," Bernard says. Or, rather, fails to say. Tim's eyes are so blue, and so striking, and kind of hypnotic. He feels like his soul is being laid bare. "I've meant to ask," Tim says, slowly. "You've said a lot of things, and…" Bernard's cheeks are burning. "…I don't always know when you're joking about things…" Tim's eyes flick down to Bernard's lips. "And I think that… you, um…" This is dangerous, he thinks, over and over, but Killer Croc couldn't pry him from where he is right now with a crowbar, scant inches from Tim's face. Something's building, taut as a wire between them. He wants to lean forward and kiss him. He wants to tell him everything. He wants Tim to figure him out. He wants - Beep-beep-beep.

A lot of the frankly absurd things about X (how unkillable he is, the rigours of testing he went through, the Light Capsules continuing support of him) could all be inferred as continuations of Dr. Light's regret about how he failed Blues, and later Rock and Roll.

I agree that Dr. Light is a walking ethics violation in general, and that his carelessness makes the world worse a lot of the time. But I disagree with the read that he ever really gives up on Blues in most continuities. Their relationship might be beyond repair, but there's a difference between that and not considering him a successful example of free will, or his real son.

I think Fully Charged is a correct continuity to point to for when he gets it right, though, and even in that one he totally beefed things with Namagem. Dr. Light's parenting of Aki in the context of knowing the whole time that he's really Mega Man is very hands-off when he needs to be, but emotionally supportive. He's actively gauging the need for Aki to develop his own independence versus his need for support and striking more or less the right balance. This is the kind of parenting that Blues could have used!

Congrats to @chronicdelusionist on finishing Pokeymanz!! Your little guys are taking a break from their hard work.

Time lapse under the cut!

Pokeymanz 1.0 has finally FINALLY released!

I'm done with it! It’s time. Three and a half and some fucking years and here it is. The Pokemon TTRPG based on the feel of the anime and manga is out.

Check it out if you like:

A flexible set of rules for making your OCs and their Pokemon journeys

No content updates since the last version besides a page clarifying a mechanic people found hard to understand

Many many many many jokes

Vine Whip and other utility Moves being as useful as they should be

Screen reader accessibility (!!!)

Playing as a Pokemon

Fandom: Mega Man (Cartoon 1994) / Date: 02.03.2025 / Fanfic: 1

Dear readers, this month Sunday posts will contain recommendations for stories from older franchises. We start with a quite specific case. This is not just simply a Mega Man fanfic. The series done by the Ruby-Spears Productions is quite crazy. 😆

If you wish to have a good laugh, go and watch the first episode. It will make you smile and is alreadey enough background info to be able to read the fanfic. It just that simple. (link below the fic)

As for the fan fiction, the author has done great work preseving the atmosphere of the cartoon and was still able to create a heartfell moment between the estranged brothers. This is remarkable considering how wacky the series is. Leave some kudos and write some comments if you decide to read the fanfic. Remember to be kind. We want to encourage people and not scare them off.

Title: As Above, So Below

Author: ChronicDelusionist

Category: Gen

Relationships: Mega Man & Proto Man

Characters: Mega Man (Ruby Spears), Proto Man (Ruby Spears)

Status: Complete (One-Shot) / Registered Users & Guests can read

PS. Tumblar still has problems with AO3 links. Copy and paste or search via Author name.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16498622

Being forced to spend hours in a darck place, helpplessy waiting to get rescued, is bad enough. However, since Protoman is a robot, this is more an enoyence than a life-threatening situation. So, the true drama here is that he has to spend this time with his worst enemie; his brother! Or is it?

Leave also a like for Lost Media Archivers, for making it possible to still watch the episode.

It's kinda like... "neat design and concept man you gonna use that"

and nine times outta ten Capcom's like "nah they're just for this one game" or "no actually we're gonna drop this plotline like it never happened" or "we are but we're going to do it in a way that feels like missed potential / begs for elaboration" and leaves lol

Ok so I had this random thought that just came out of nowhere but: do you guys think that, in Mega Man 5, Dr. Light knew that he was kidnapped by a fake Protoman? I couldn’t find anything to suggest either way.

Because like… on one hand, it would be kinda wholesome if he did know. It would show that Dr. Light knew his son well enough to tell between him and a copy, or at least that he believed in him so much he would not accept that Protoman actually did all of the things Darkman did.

On the other hand, what if he couldn’t tell? It would highlight that Wily’s robotics skills are really dang good, for one thing. Plus, imagine how that would feel? Imagine being Dr. Light, getting kidnapped by who you are led to believe is your own son.

IMAGINE THIS GUYS COME ON

“I thought you were a girl???” 😭☹️🤨💀

“I thought YOU were a girl-” 🤯😔😭💀

By ChronicDelusionist

Pokeymanz is a fan-made tabletop RPG for playing as trainers and their 'mons, specifically of the poke-variety! It is engineered after the feel and logic of the anime and manga rather than the games, emphasizing creative and off-the-wall uses of Pokémon moves and abilities.

Make your trainer and assign their strengths and foibles, give them a starter 'mon, and venture out with your friends into the wide, wacky world of Pokeymanz!