#fosertalks

im back at it againnnnn

so twin dragons au? yes but what if theyre still kids? theyre just very dorky i swear i love them so much

heres some extra thoughts i had while doodling:

technically they're each other's unregistered starter lmao.

they know they're reshiram and zekrom, they can transform

emmet keeps ingo warm at night when its sleepy time in cold places (caves, mountains, etc)

when twins are born, the older twin is dressed in white while the younger is dressed in black. Ingo is the older twin but reshiram is the one associated with older twins so they're playing with their colors

ingo is the real reason emmet has a joltik hoard lol they just kept coming

elesa doesnt know but knows the twins are weird af but thats just how they are

ingo's hair gets puffy when experiencing strong emotions

the twins know victini. emmet finds him funny.

I had a vision and I had to draw it...

Also because the twins have been eating at my brains again, more keepers au twins:

Did I give Ingo a small pack of protective Zorua and Zoroark? Yes

Did I have a reason to? No

Why? Because its my brainworms and I can do whatever I want!!!

Anyhoo, more twin dragons au thoughts because yes this is part of this au:

- When Ingo first falls into hisui, zekrom is frenzied, but because he's in human form and the frenzy bolts aren't made for humans, his mind did a factory reset instead.

- Ingo wandered for a bit until he stumbled across an alpha garchomp going after an injured zoroark and her kits and rushed in to save them. Drayden made sure to ingrain dragon wrestling into the twin's muscle memory.

- Ingo treats the Zoroark and they kinda follow him around after that.

- unfortunately, you can't find much in the Icelands in the dead of winter. And ingo is very ill prepared for that kind of cold. Especially because of his dragon typing as Zekrom.

- When ingo finally collapses from a mix of exhaustion, hunger, and the cold, one of the zorua risks going to the Pearl settlement to lead them to ingo.

- Luckily for ingo, the wardens are all present and so is lady Sneasler because she doesn't have a Warden to go to the meetings on her behalf.

- little Zorua drags lady sneasler to ingo and they're followed by the other wardens.

- when Ingo settles into the clan and has his own place, he invites the zorua and zoroark in. He's been found passed out with the zorua all around him napping.

- lady Sneasler and the Zoroark view each other as rivals for Ingo's affections, this is what sparks Lady Sneasler to push for Ingo's wardenship.

- the sneasel kits and zorua pups are friends because their moms hang around each other and their uncle is so nice!

- Ingo likes the Zorua and Zoroark, they all have a strong sense of ideals and are working towards it. (They wanna be loved by people)

- Pearl clan find him weird and originally didn't wanna keep ingo but lady Sneasler wouldn't let go until he was accepted.

- ingo likes it when the zoroark grins, thinks it reminds him of someone.

- on bad days, zoroark will take the form of a man in white who looks like ingo (with his permission) to give him a hug. Ingo knows it's not real and something in the illusion is not right but he's still comforted. Even if a little. Them being half ghosts kinda helps too.

- both Zoroark and lady Sneasler know that something is definitely up with ingo, humans should not smell like lightning and dragons but ingo does. (Humans also don't spontaneously zap people with actual lightning when startled. But that's a later discovery.)

Submas,,, but what if they're the original twin heroes,,,

What if historians were wrong about the origin myth of Unova? Because honestly you can not convince me that Unova's founding myth happened only 1000 years ago, civilization should be older than that, especially in places with defined creation myths.

SO my brainworms worked and came to this obviously logical solution: Ingo and Emmet are the original twin heroes of Unova from several thousand years ago. Except they weren't known as "heroes" they were known as "Keepers" and have been around for a verrry long time.

When the original dragon fell to earth, it split into three dragons. Zekrom, Reshiram, and Kyurem. Reshiram saw the truth of the world and found it beautiful and sought to enjoy it. Zekrom realised that the world could be better and formed the ideal of making it last. And Kyurem had nothing but a longing to go back to where it came from originally.

In an attempt to stop Kyurem from rampaging and destroying life on earth, Reshiram and Zekrom created Ingo and Emmet so that they could rally the humans and the pokemon to calm Kyurem down.

Ingo as the keeper of Zekrom, of ideals.

Emmet as the keeper of Reshiram, of truth.

Together they're the keepers of Kyurem, ensuring that Kyurem is placated and doesn't rampage.

Later on when civilization advanced, and a kingdom is created, Ingo and Emmet vanished from the limelight to allow the humans room to develop. But they stayed around. Observed from the sidelines. Ensured that the humans and pokemon were capable of handling themselves.

Some people who still remembered their tale, went to seek them out to train at dragonspiral tower.

Later, it was Drayden who found the twins slumbering at the tower. And brought them into civilization again after coming to the conclusion that they can't stay somewhere so sacred but also dangerous.

Of course, we can't have an au without a sketch! :D

I also have some notes about the twins:

- Ingo and Emmet are around 10-11 thousand years old. They're basically immortal.

- they can understand and talk with pokemon.

- despite the fact that Reshiram created Ingo and Zekrom created Emmet, the twins developed individually and crossed over to the other dragon.

- Emmet is much faster in learning things than Ingo

- Ingo is much better at analysing and discovering things.

- the twins started out as blank slates but learned how to be people over time.

- their isolation from society made them lose track of time, especially after people stopped coming to find them after the dragons were sealed away.

- later when drayden finds them, the twins realise that they can do battles again and teach trainers. Also trains are hella cool.

- also not really relevant for now but when the twins first met depot agent Jackie they may or may not have had a breakdown because what do you mean the kid from 10000 years ago is still around??? Just because I think it's funny that people associate Jackie with a ghost and I totally agree lmao

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Emmet had broken his arm as a kid. He remembered gasping for breath, holding the injured limb to his chest, unable to focus on anything else as all other thoughts were pushed out of his head. At the time, he thought it was the worst pain he could possibly feel. He was wrong, losing his twin was far worse.

It might not have been physical like a broken bone, but the pain nagged at him constantly. And unlike a broken bone, this seemed incapable of healing.

He was a twin, that was his truth, something he had known all his life. He and Ingo had promised each other that they would always be together, it was their ideal and truth.

But now, it was slowly becoming a lie

Because Ingo was gone.

Emmet didn't know where he went, why he left. Had his brother wanted to leave, had he gotten tired of being here? Had something happened? A terrible thought lurked in the back of his mind, his brother left because he felt smothered and needed space to find his own identity, a new truth.

There was a mirror that he had covered up, because Emmet would catch a glimpse of his reflection and his heart would leap, only to crash back down to reality. It wasn't his brother, it was just himself.

One day, he reached out and touched the smooth glass, staring at himself. "I am Emmet, I hate mirrors," he mumbled, wishing he was with his other half, instead of just a reflection. "I tell myself that your right here with me, but that is a lie."

Pulling his hand back, he sighed. "I am Emmet and I hate liars." He had to face reality, his brother wasn't here. He had too stop lying to himself, he was alone.

After that, he took a sheet and used it to cover the mirror, so he wouldn't have to deal with that misery any longer.

He hoped Ingo would be back soon, because he needed his brother. That hurt worst of all, not knowing that his twin was okay. But Emmet didn't know what else he could do, except keep on living. Keep going to work, keep battling with Pokemon, keep running the subway.

What else could he do?

But that thought still lurked in the back of his mind. If he was a twin, but his twin had disappeared, did that still count if one half of the equation was missing?

YOU

YOU WATCHED ME DOODLE THIS AFTER GIVING ME THAT PROMT LAST NIGHT

WHY MUST YOU REUSE THE ANGST BAT AGAINST ME

Oh hahaha I haven't had much time to think about it yet! Literally just had the idea of the keeper au the other day and major end of semester panic going on rn! Though I do accept the trade offer, my only issue is that I'm really bad at infodumping and might require more direct questions so my train of thought isn't everywhere! And when I can I will draw more of the keeper au!

For now have this:

Keeper Ingo's abilities:

- quickly finds the ideal outcome of a situation

- has a strong connection to fire types (Reshiram's influence)

- keen directional senses (always knows where to go) (also Reshiram's influence)

- can anchor the ideals of people and pokemon

Keeper emmet's abilities:

- can sense lies, contradictions, and impossibilities

- strong connection to electric types (Zekrom influence)

- perfect mimicry of sound (also zekrom's influence)

- can stabilise unstable reality and dispell illusions

Shared keeper abilities:

- they don't require food (they still eat because food is delicious)

- can communicate telepathically

- they can subtly influence weather around them

- they sleep but only when they're very exhausted and can no longer function.

- they have excellent night vision

I will write some Papa Drayden with mini dragon submas.

I require some fluff and family bonding and cuddles and nothing can stop me.

And if I don't write I will draw.