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Love and Deepspace

I happened to realize the coincidence in their names and decided they're best friends. And I couldn't stop there, so I drew them.

I've seen people clown this line. But remember that the characters in these games are usually children. The Daycare Man probably knows exactly where the Pokémon eggs came from. They just don't want to have the Pigedys and the Beedrills talk with random young trainers.

Although in Scarlet and Violet the implications get a bit crazy. Normally eggs show up in your basket "randomly" sometimes. Like yeah, your Pokémon probably put it there because it's the safest place and the closet thing to a nest. But the crazy part is that you can feed Pokémon specific sandwiches to increase the amount of eggs. And maybe the character doesn't know. But we're basically giving them aphrodisiacs. That's 10 eggs every 5 minutes depending on the lvl of power of the sandwich.

First a bit of backstory. I speculated that the sword belonged to Phillippe. For one he's closer to it, and for two it fit with his nature of being brutish and unrelenting as he states he was. And in the past while Rust was under Phillipe, they would come across Corbeau while he was doing recon for Team Rocket. They would try to shake Corbeau down for money. Corbeau's team was still fairly weak. Consisting of Venepide, Ekans, Barbaracle(who was the strongest) and a Budew he happened to come across while on recon. So clearly not the strongest team. Especially when dealing with steel types. So he'd normally avoid them but one day, a couple of Rust Grunts manage to catch him off-guard.

Here's how Corbeau shows how smart he is. Currently all of Corbeau's Pokemon except for his Budew are fainted from a previous battle. The Rust Grunts try to shake him down for money. But Corbeau can't give them the money. He needs it for his Pokemon and school. But Budew can't possibly beat these strong steel types. To him it's a baby he took in when he found it crying all alone. He knows what that's like so he takes it in. He'd rather take a beating first than just hand over his money. He even though he'll definitely lose. He's work too hard to just give up. But then Corbeau has an idea.

Corbeau tells the Rust grunts that he'll give them his money if they beat him in a battle. When he throws out the Budew against the bigger and stronger steel types the grunts laugh. This is what Corbeau needs. While the grunts are laughing he grabs the Budew, points it at the Rust grunts and commands it use Bullet Seed. The Rust grunts scramble for cover to escape being pelted by the Bullet Seed. Their Pokemon don't react immediately and that buys Corbeau time to hit them with a stun spore. This allows Corbeau to time to give them the slip.

The Rust grunts have to shamefully report to Phillippe that they were beaten by a kid with a Budew. They want to go after Corbeau. They expect Phillippe will want to settle the score because Corbeau made a fool of his grunts. But Phillippe finds the whole thing hilarious. He respects Corbeau's quick thinking and tells the grunts to leave him alone for now. Cause while Phillippe is brutish and unrelenting he respects talent. Maybe this kid and his little bug could work for him someday.

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Tru's Random Thoughts and Headcannons

So the initial idea was what if Corbeau used a Pokémon as a Glock. A funny concept for sure. And I was struggling to write a personality for his Roserade. This funny little stroy helped with that.

I'd like to think that Roserade's personality is more like Corbeau since he did raise it. It was basically his baby.

After Corbeau was able to escape the Rust Grunts, he was probably had the drive to grow stronger. He got lucky this time. He needs to get stronger. He praises Budew for his help and promises to protect him. This causes Budew to evolve as he also wants to protect Corbeau after he was so kind to him.

While on the surface Qusaetico helps with the Rogue Megas and keep the wild Pokémon contained in the wild zones, this is also part of the problem. They omitted the truth. They knew the tower was drawing in the Wild Pokemon. They knew the tower was a problem. But they kept the truth hidden and put on a contest to find a savior. A plan that very likely would have failed if not for Zygarde and Lysander also working behind the scenes.

And let's just look at Wild Zones. While they do keep wild Pokémon away from the public, people have been pushed out. An interesting reversal of humans taking over places where animals occupy. Did you have a stall that was your source of income in that park? Well too bad. Unless you wanna play the floor is lava with the pride of Pyroar, you better not go in there. But don't worry, I'm sure if you end up on the street, you can find a nice cozy bench to sleep on. As long as you do it up right.

And while we're on the topic. Anti homeless infrastructure has existed since the 19th century. Do we honestly think that Pokémon only just decided to add it in as set dressing? Kalos as a whole isn't an ideal place. The streets are covered in sludge, debris and mega stones. Maybe, just maybe, you were supposed to be upset that it's there. And not to give the writers too much credit but I'm starting to think they managed to do Paris Syndrome. Which is when a place is presented as idyllic and when tourist visit, it turns out to be like any other country. There's trash, people going to work and they can be rather blunt or rude. Just normal day to day life of any country. And what's crazy is that Japan tourist supposedly suffer from Paris Syndrome the most.

Anyways, back to the Wild Zones. Did people forget the whole point of the survey was for Mabel to know what's happening? She even says how stupid it is to chuck a bunch of Pokémon in a enclosed area. But I don't recall Vinnie ever speaking with her or mentioning her. So correct me if I'm wrong.

Now let's look at the Battle Zones from the Royal. So they lured people in with a wish to find the strongest Mega user. And the wish in the end is just continuing the same shit you've been doing from the beginning. But infinitely. And again, if it wasn't for Zygarde their plan probably would have failed. Plus like the Wild Zones, the battle Zones are equally intrusive. You can find an NPC trapped in one of the stores because a battle zone activated and they only have two specific exits. So he has to wait till morning to get out.

Let's have another NPC, specifically the one you and Corbeau battle to protect Jett, the Quasartico boss from. That NPC actually calls them out. He explains that they aren't making people and Pokémon live in harmony. You've just pushed the people out and let the Pokémon take over. And the saddest part. You can actually find him again. I found him after completing the game he states that nothing has changed. And that's usually how it goes.

The story is currently opened ended for gameplay mostly. And while sure, you defeated the monster. The people of Kalos still have bars on their benches and a Wild Zone you don't really want to enter unless you're a trainer or you want to be attacked by wild Pokémon. Can't even go for a peaceful walk at night without the risk of being stuck in a battle zone. Or stuck with trainers waiting to jump you and continue this nonsense infinitely.

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Random thoughts.

I've been sitting on this post for a while. It was supposed to be a look at all the Legends ZA organizations. But I decided to dedicate this to Quasartico first. I hoped they seemed a lot more nuanced in their actions to simply characterize them as good and evil. Or write them off as boring.

I wish we got more of them. Jett's just kinda there. She's the boss so most of the stuff I assume happens because she gave the go ahead. But she doesn't really have a memorable personality.

Vinnie is cool aesthetically and he has his little moments. But a slight nitpick of him and the game in general is how the characters have phones. And this makes characters a bit irrelevant or redundant. Like what was stopping Team MZ and Vinnie from having a four way call? It's not like you guys animate the characters anyways. And it gets worst in the DLC. Corbeau calling us into his office to tell us nothing was legit pissing me off. That whole DLC was a frustration.

It is odd that Vinnie was working with Corbeau. Almost like making your grandson the boss of the company with no experience was a mistake. Cause I believe Vinnie was dealing with Corbeau rather than Urbian because they didn't want him to scammed again.

Vinnie might also be a little uneasy about working with Rust Syndicate. I can only assume because one of the missions is helping him battle Corbeau and Phillippe. The two of them are trying to get more money out of him for their work. But I can't find and don't remember what he says specifically. I think he says he has to fight them to prove himself. Something like that. The hyperspace versions of them may or may not be dreams. And I guess Vinnie was trying to build his confidence to face Corbeau and Phillippe if they tried to strong arm him.

Arbok has a onesided rivalry with Scolipede. As far as he's concerned he's the favorite of the team. Most of the team try their best to ignore his boasting. Except for Barbaracal. The others know that Corbeau loves them all and it's no question who his cloest bond is with. And I think deep down Arbok knows this too but he's too stubborn to admit it.

Barbaracle is the silent but smart bruiser of the group. You'd think that wouldn't be the case since it's compromised of seven pokemon. But they all work so well together they act as a true unit. They understand the importance of team work. So they get really annoyed and call out Arbok when it starts instigating who the most important is. They're all important and trying to make a wedge between them is a problem.

A slight tangent. But does anyone else just hate Barbaracle's and Binacle's cry? It genuinely disgusts me. It lowkey reminds me of a sound effect when guys would catcall women. Ew!

Garbador- Probably self conscious and shy. People generally don't like him or avoid him because he smells. So he tends to be quiet as to not draw attention to himself.

Roserade- ??? Roserades are usually showy. But that could come in many shades. Maybe it mimics Corbeau because he raised it from a Budew.

Gyarados-??? I know they like to rage. But I'm drawing a blank of how to write that.

I've turned Corbeau and Phillippe into Jelly Donuts! I dunno how safe they are for human consumption.

For example, in the card Land of Secret Flame they put MC in her default civilian outfit. Bitch! She's supposed to be on a yatch with all rich people and in disguise. Why the fuck is she wearing normal shit?

The guys be dressed to the nines and she's wearing the most basic shit. Can't even use illusio to change the shit either. Like how the ass are you gonna make people pay for outfits and you can't even use them in illusio?

Oh and while we're at it. Why even have an MC at this point if you're going to hide her face? And you're not even doing it in a clever way. It's so jarring and forced now.

This looks like the type of picture you see in a horror movie.

It's the type of shit you see in a documentary after they say how happy the couple was before tragedy struck.

Generally speaking, covering someone's eyes gives an ominous vibe.

Bro why even do a shot like this if you're gonna chop her head off? You didn't even have the patience to cut it out or redo it? It's so bad!

This annoyed me even before the controversy. But I don't think it was ever this bad in the way they censor her face.

What even is the symbol on his chest supposed to be?

I understand that they put the fear of words and numbers into you. But this design below the letters looks awful. You can't even use his name? Or the words Linkon? Not even LADS?

I've seen people say it looks like AI. Yikes.

Impidimp: Kaara called Corbeau that when she believed he was trying to manipulate her. Like no, she doesn't care about your sob story. You threatened her friends into working for you. And that's why in a fit of rage she calls him an Impidimp. An annoying little troll that feeds off negativity.

That Seviper: When Corbeau smiles he gets this smug look that reminds her of a Seviper. Not usually said out loud. But said with a more affectionate tone.

Rook: This one has layers. Usually said as praise, affection or annoyed affection. So either Corbeau just did something annoyingly stupid, i.e a rookie move. Or he's done some big brain scheme/ move and is praising his intelligence, i.e like the chess piece. Or she's simply calling him a con-man.

The funny thing is that I came across a video on Insta. Jason Spisak was talking about how someone recognized his voice while at the bank. That video was fresh in my mind and that's how I realized it was him lol.

And speaking of inspiration, Ekans had some growing pains when it became an Arbok. He could no longer be carried and hang around Corbeau's shoulders.