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Anyway, ameowstic design by @potacas

Finally catching up on the Horizons episodes I missed 👍

“Listen I accept that you’re gay but I’m going to be honest I don’t think watching an awkward middle school dating compilation would be my ideal present I matter what the genders of the people involved are….”

as always heres my thoughts on the new ep (HZ025) spoilers!!! be careful

also im sick so if i make less sense then usual thats whu

this episode broke my fucking heart bro i got so much amethio content but at what cost.

terapagos still pissed as hell at amethio, i don;t think he's related to lucius (like not blood relatives) but i think it's possible he resembles/is the descendant of someone lucius/terapagos knew in terapagos' eyes.

also not to let out my film student but when diana and hamber had that confrontation hamber's face was half light half shadow and diana's was illuminated by the moon almost entirely and i started hollering. its fuckinnnn symbolism babey!!! love that shit its so good mwah

really interested to learn about their whole deal. AND diana just hopping on arcanine and just leaping out the window no hesitation??? shes so cool i love her. we need more badass older women in media methinks (i wonder how strong her arcanine is?)

also tbh i forgot all about onyx's garganacl so when the pokemon living in the castle were crystallized i freaked out for a second thinking it had to do something with terapagos/tera crystals and terrastalizing. i wonder if we'll see something like that later on, like the ones in area zero?

also um liko win onscreen this is soooo epic!!! shes so cool guys look at her go. roy as well!

speaking of onyx, i wonder if he was brought on the mission partly to serve as damage control for sango? she's a sore loser and aggressive in both attitude and battle style (literally used self destruct girl HUH) and he was consistently acting as a guard. we didnt get to see too much of them which i guess is expected but i really wonder how they compare to the other explorers.

ough. amethio. i've seen a few people mention his more ruthless battling here (he did try to blow away friede's phone (i think?) and was more aggressive with his attacks) but here it read to me as more like. desperation. he seems like he's scrambling for any sort of purchase he can find to complete his goal, especially with his expressions after he lost. it really makes me wonder why someone so young is knee deep into this, and what he's trying to prove if anything

also it could just be a coincidence but amethio's and friede's battle on the rooftop reallu reminded me of their first ever battle on the roof of liko's school. ANDDDD the contrast of the first episode being liko in the darkness of the night, unsure of what lie ahead vs this episode, where she is carried off to safety in the care of her friends into the early hours of dawn and amethio being left in the wake HELLO does any one hear me

anyways i need to wait for subs to really understand. i think i am going to take a nap now

Mad respect for Diana for wanting to straight up murder that old man.

Happy 1st anniversary to Pokémon Horizons! I love this found family so much ❤❤

(Grandma is here!)

Passing the torch onto the next generation. 🔥

Promo images for tomorrow's episode! (I feel like the top two came from the previous one tho where Friede and Diana were having their talk, but the bottom two are new.)

Iono shows up again (as part of a stream or call), so that's cool.

It's interesting how the episode highlighted the themes of inheritance and passing on the torch through both Amethio and Liko receiving something (a Terastal Orb, meant to make Amethio stronger, and an adventure log, meant to guide Liko further) from Hamber and Diana respectively.

Roy got his Ancient Pokeball from his grandfather, Liko got her pendant (now turned Terapagos) from her grandmother, and Amethio got a Terastal Orb from Hamber (he is probably not related to him but still an elder figure in his life).

To a lesser extent, because Nanjamo isn't as old as the grandparents figures, Nanjamo is a kind of "senpai" figure to Dot in terms of video making and being a livestreamer and the episode highlighted that too (since she asks Liko and Roy to take care of Dot for her). Dot looks up to her and Nanjamo is clearly happy to see her making friends.

Either way, that's why the situation with Amethio feels different from Liko and Roy to me because his setting intentionally goes against the themes set up for them. In their cases, they are given options and gently pushed forward. Liko and Roy had Diana and Friede protecting them against Rayquaza in HZ033, Amethio was alone. Liko and Roy come out of their training against Diana feeling much more optimistic and realizing that they still have potential to grow, while Amethio comes out of his own training aware of his limits and feeling like he is not enough. Liko and Roy are encouraged to follow their own dreams, while Amethio is trying to fulfill someone else's wish. Rakua is Gibeon's wish, not Amethio's.

I really wonder what direction they'll take now, especially since Amethio is encouraged to continue on his current path (a path fueled by frustration and hastiness so far).. His scene in the opening mentions running towards his own future.

The Dad in him jumped out so hard this episode. I love this man and his protectiveness and care over these kids so much sir are you single asking for a friend-

I always forget to post doodles, or just any art in general, so have a biiiig doodle dump from a bit, I might've posted some of these before but I'm not sure, either way, hope y'all enjoy these!!!

Not tagging all characters because we'd be here for a while

This whole scene is so dear to me. Friede acidentally drinking out of Sinestea, Murdock trying to hide behind the tray and Cap protecting his coffee, Orla as well haha.

“Dude…you /jk/ or /srs/ rn?”

Her eyes are so gentle they could bring a man to tears

I’m honestly SO saddened by the lack of Diana fan art so I finally hunkered down and drew her myself! I also messed with some color filters for the first time ever to see if it would make my art not look like ass. I’m really going to miss her, but I’m sure we’ll get to see her again soon (hoping and praying that’s the case, anyways)