#pmd explorers

He’s now got a personality that could give Ralsei Deltarune a run for his money, is the poster child for gifted kid burnout, can't remember anything about his life before arriving in Treasure Town beyond his mother being an explorer, and is embarrassed by his love for archeology and sees it as a distraction from what he feels is his calling in life. Also he isn’t a Mudkip anymore.

Celebi is kind of a horrible person and we get to explore her viewing mortals as expendable pawns who don't matter and whose deaths are insignificant thanks to the reincarnation cycle.

Dark Matter isn't the embodiment of negativity / hatred / suffering / etcetera. It's the embodiment of grief— and, by extension, love.

Dusknoir was initially drawn to Dialga in the Dark Future because he was a sort of wandering grim reaper that got pinged by Dialga's body actively crumbling while the Legend of Time decayed alongside his domain.

Bidoof's wish had some pretty big consequences.

Humans are an invasive species from another dimension that only appeared in the PMD world thanks to Hoopa causing problems in purpose.

Arceus isn't actually a pokemon.

Ninetales isn't actually a pokemon.

Eve and Dark Matter were the pioneers of Battle Bonds, but neither of them really thinks that much about it and its significance.

People who live on the coast tend to have accents akin to how Kyogre talks in Pokopia. In other words, Nuzleaf speaks like a stereotypical surfer dude beach bum.

Mewtwo has a lot of baggage about the circumstances of her creation, and it's not for the reasons you'd expect.

Silvally has a lot of baggage about the circumstances of his creation, and it's REALLY not for the reasons you'd expect.

Ark learned about how to work Curses from someone he considered a friend who abruptly disappeared during his exile.

Continuing the above: Ark's attempt to Curse Twig didn't work because he didn't do it right, lacking the proper motivation to call down the Universe on one person's head. We'll eventually see how a properly executed Curse works, and it makes Ark's attempt look like a hiccup in comparison.

There's an afterlife that is largely vacant thanks to mortals being reincarnated soon after their deaths... at first.

Connection Orbs are kind of just devices that allow access to PMD Discord. There's formal networks that relay international as well as local news, and there are public Connection Orbs for those who don't own personal devices, but most of the time people just use them as group chats.

MissingNo (specifically the one that appears in Yellow) is a big part of the story, but won't formally appear for a while in the timeline.

Long after Beck would have died of natural causes, someone is seen wandering around, as hale and hearty as can be, looking exactly like Beck. It's not Beck. It's a harbinger of something terrible to come.

Gengar is in a cult that Spindle managed to escape from with the help of his sisters.

The timeline goes Super → Gates → Explorers → Rescue Team.

Gates to Infinity is a post-apocalyptic story set during an ice age that features the creation of a group that will haunt our heroes throughout the series.

Someone's gonna die so intensely that people forget who they are for a while afterward... If they ever remember in the first place :)

The Celebi that appears in Explorers and the Celebi that appears in Super are two different characters who have very different origins. Super's Celebi might seem a bit familiar on second glance to those who have been following this blog since the early days.

Looots of doodles. Pre-canon stuff and then partners in crime au

Would take too much to explain the context for every one but second one is based on the idea of Celebi having a perfect internal clock because she's a mythical pokemon of time. She was the only reference Celeste and Grovyle had for how long they'd been searching for the locations of the Time Gears

(Spoilers for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers)

Yes, I know it's not an original duo. I intentionally picked the pair from the guidebook.

The attack, the stormy ocean, amnesia, getting mugged, the guild… a lot happens on the first day, and I wanted to show the emotional toll. Partner (Riolu) is sad because despite finally being on track to achieve his dreams, he worries none of this will last. Hero (Shinx) is sad because despite finally having a place to stay, he only remembers enough to know he doesn't belong here.

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(Spoilers for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers)

Story and iterations:

Going back to one of my oldest and dearest hyper fixations inexplicably broke my art hiatus, I guess! I'm gonna challenge myself to try and keep doodling these two goobers as I replay Sky!

Doing some more PMD Explorers optional postgame dungeon stuff tonight! We're off to try and recruit Kyogre and Zapdos and claim their funky magical instruments that, frankly, neither of them really need considering they both lack hands. Come tag along if you're up for it!