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critterbitter · 4 months

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re: your thoughts on legendaries (which is very cool and based) what’s your take on the differences between legends:arceus giratina and platinum giratina, especially since you defined them as hating the world? specifically the bit where giratina (at least seemingly) actively defended the world from cyrus trying to destroy it, after trying to do the same thing with volo’s help centuries prior?

Weird ghost worm upon yee (AND MORE ART BELOW CUT!)

Anyways, here’s my mad ramblings about Giratina and Arceus’s backstory.

Tldr: Giratina’s a conglomerate of angry souls scorned by Arceus.

(Here’s the playlist. It’s all about worms.)

How it Started.

The original one has chosen favorites over the passage of time. Heroes, legends, protagonists…

Arceus intervenes for those it loves, and the consequences of a god touching the mortal world is devastating in its entirety. One act of divine intervention causes entire civilizations to collapse. One whispered suggestion drives an entire legacy insane.

So Arceus, paralyzed by its love for the mortal world, acts very little, learning from its mistakes. Apathy soaks through every motion. And thus is the way of the world.

But people love the Originator. Religions are born from Arceus’s rare deeds, and generation on generation taught its benevolence. Imagine spending your entire life chasing after that golden light. Imagine knowing its real and there, and it loves you.

Imagine begging it for help, and seeing it turn away when you need it most.

I think those people would feel very abandoned indeed, if they spent their lives worshipping, and receiving no response at all.

Giratina is born from the abandoned, the lost, and the angry. They’re a hundred thousand souls who’s adoration turned to spite. They’re an entity who demands for Arceus to look at them, so they can finally rest.

Arcues can not look at them in full, because if it does Giratina will fade.

(Scio, beloved. For I can not let you go.)

So the Original One banishes the Unwanted Beast into the distortion world, and Giratina seethes, and starves, and screams.

(Here are two truths about the Beast Between Dimensions—

1. Some part of them still loves Arceus. Arceus is their anchor, after all— the sole reason why they exist, why they are. But Arceus can not love it back in a way that matters, and that hurts.

2. Giratina is made of a thousand voices. Some of these voices remember that there’s a world above. They miss it.)

Why Giratina attacked Hisui in PLA:

PLA Giratina’s not a new god, but they’re very, very bitter and barely coherent on a good day. Volo serves as a conduct to help unite the broiling mass of ghosts against Arceus, and thus Giratina’s hatred overcomes any flickering affections they have for the land.

It doesn’t help that Arceus intervened for Hisui, sending Akari to directly stop Volo from summoning Giratina.

(As for Volo, well.

Imagine being a child who was thrown into the future due to Palkia and Dialga’s fits, who learned his people (his world) no longer exist beyond a shadow in the history books and a single, bitter lore keeper.

Volo doesn’t remember his original culture beyond vague imprints and singing praises to Sinnoh, but he knew he was loved, and he knew his family is dust four hundred years in the past. There’s a special sort of rage in him that echoes Giratinas.)

(Why did you abandon my people, Arceus? What kind of god are you, to leave those who love you so callously behind?)

(Maybe some part of Giratina recognizes Volo, beyond a feeling of kinship.

Maybe some part of Giratina grieves because it recognized the child Volo was.)

When Volo gets his pound of flesh, (when he realizes Arceus is not beholden to him, that the inherent alien morality Arceus holds is not a personal slight), Giratina will finally rest.

Anyways what I’m trying to say is: Arceus is never a person, but a nebulous embodiment of the connection shared between pokemon and humans. It tries to experience what it’s supposed to embody, but millennia of watching people be and cease has given it choice paralysis, apathy, and a hoarding issue. If something lasts forever next to it? Good.

Giratina was once a person. (Correction, a LOT of persons.) They don’t think very linearly either, but they have context on mortal matters and are thus the more benevolent and malicious of the two. One day, time will smooth them into something like Arceus. We can only hope the two keep each other in check.

THE DIFFERENCE OF LEGENDS ARCEUS GIRATINA VS PLATINUM PEARL GIRATINA

If the ancient version of giratina is an angry conglomerate of ghosts scorned by Arceus, the modern iteration of Giratina’s a creature that’s more settled in its skin and more assured in its duties. Giratina still has beef with Arceus, but they unionized into one being who’s love of the mortal world has triumphed over its ancestral grudge. One might even postulate they have shifted their anchor from Sinnoh the god, to Sinnoh the place.

((We call this character developement. Good for you, weird ghost worm!))

(((FULL DISCLOSURE, VOLO BEING FROM THE PAST IS INSPIRED FROM FOXFALL. You know. The fic that got me into this fandom. Please give it some love.)))

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bulbagarden · 4 months

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The next set of VOCALOID art for the Pokemon and Vocaloid collaboration, Project Voltage has been revealed! This time we have Miku in her 【Steel-type】 Forme, alongside Bronzong, Meowth, and Spiritomb! Art by fuzichoco!

#looks like she's prepping for new year's festivities!! akeome miss miku!! -lisia #pokemon #gaming #bulbagarden #project voltage #hatsune miku #miku #bronzong #meowth #spiritomb #happy new year #new year #illustration

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front-facing-pokemon · 8 months

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#spiritomb #me when i'm transparent. this is totally a me when i'm transparent moment. makes them look like goop. ectoplasm. jelly. y'know #as opposed to a ghost. and the green things in there look like gushers to give it texture y'know. it's like. a. purple applesauce idfk bro #gonna cut myself off here but i remember this guy being the reward for all those collectible wisps in legends arceus. which was a slight #nightmare after the point where you have most of them and you're just looking for One more #but that's how it is in all collectathons i guess

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mysteryposter · 7 months

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The next Team Vigilante member! Percy (he/she/they), he's a Mismagius with a little bit of Spiritomb in him and he is joyous and whimsical

#PERCY MY BELOVED RAAAGHHH TURNS INTO A WEREWOLFFF #nayarts #oc: percy #pokemon #pokemon art #pokemon oc #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd #pmd eos #explorers of sky #artists on tumblr #mismagius #spiritomb #she doesnt really /look/ like a spiritomb but sure why not throw that tag in there

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applesjuice · 22 days

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I had a tought, when Akari come home, would they be interviewed about the pokedex to know if what fact where real or just myth?

Could be funny if people goes "why did you wrote that Spiritomb were composed of spirits? You could have chosen better idea, or even wrote their true nature?"

And she goes "But that's the truth :/????"

Cue Cynthia watching her Spiritomb in diesbelief.

Anyways, love what you're doing ;)

Thank youuu! Guys i promise I'm still working on this behind the scenes, I just really wanted to finish my ogerpon head so I was focusing on that.

As for interviews, I know I said previously that Akari would be uncomfortable with Cynthia upon getting back initially (because Volo) but once everyone is reintroduced and the drama of omg Kieran is alive has passed, Cythia would actually reach out with questions to both Akari and Ingo. I think Akari would go back to Sinnoh for a bit with Carmine (because she is sticking to that kid like glue) as a request from Cynthia to help clear up some misunderstandings on the pokedex and gain clarity on certain misconceptions they had about that time period.

The Spiritomb question would be hilarious because in SV they're just sort of...there lurking in ruins. So hearing " no yeah they're an amalgamation of 100 malevolent human souls" or whatever is insane, on the level of Phantump is the soul of a child who got lost and died in the woods. There has to be some sort of ethics behind how the greater public handles and treats pokemon who were supposedly once human.

Akari calls their Spiritomb Vessa for obvious reasons but like, do all the spirits merge into one being or is it just a mishmash of the souls of the damned screaming in eternal anguish? Spiritomb as a concept is terrifying.

But Akari would definitely be able to answer questions they have about the pokemon of the region and their more natural habitats before numerous settlements displaced them. Like there's some Hisuian pokemon present in the Terrarium in the DLC, so there has to be some sort of preservation or breeding initiative in place for extinct variants. Akari would know exactly where they lived, what they ate etc and have actual notes on it, so the chances of them finding preserved remains of these pokemon have significantly gone up.

Not to mention the variants they'd have brought back, along with Ingo. Alpha pokemon in particular were considered a bit of a myth so having literal alpha pokemon present confirming yes these things used to get this big in the wild would open a whole new area of study because HOW. And then there's the evolution of modern pokemon battling from battling wild pokemon and trying not to die, that's a whole thing to get used to again. Im sure there's regulations for a reason, stay behind the line for the trainer's own safety but in a controlled enviornment like what Ingo fostered with his path of solitude, it would be neat to see a different branch of competative battling being fostered similar to how HEMA differs from modern fencing.

But having access to one of the people who helped make the original pokedex would be such an exciting experience for that corner of academia because seriously, "how was porygon present in Hisui" "oh yea it came in a space time rift and i found these cable things during those too and thats how i could evolve haunter" would be WILD.

#ask #cynthia with her spiritomb: what do you want to dinner #“THE SOULS OF THE INNOCENT”#“ok so a bagel”#hisuian zorua never went extinct they just went into super hiding and some sinnoh changeling mythogy should be looked into more ;)#still not sure if mc should be florian or juliana aaaaaaaaa #legends arceus au #pokemon legends arceus

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nevert-the-guy · 10 days

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Decided to give Ranger Signs to a bunch of Pokémon that never got the chance.

...can you tell this is my first time drawing some of these?

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praazlwurm · 6 months

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bad-end magpie goes full howl/yubaba mode

#the thought is that in the initial receiving of her 'blessing' from arceus she accidentally kills volo with like lightning #and she manages to 'catch' his soul in a spiritomb - bc look me in the eye and say the people who made those rocks didnt influence pokeball #and starts looking for a way to bring him back FMA style #the unown alphabet tat becomes the 'spells' she uses - things like 'protect' and 'mend' but also 'travel' and 'cause pain'#and she taps into the 'base code' of pokemon and starts gaining murkrow influences #im gonna develope monster form some more - mix in a little wan shi tong from atla and make it a bit more tatzelwurm-y #but i reeeeally like how her outfit looks rn and cannae wait to expand on it #shout out to jordemme and noodle and salem for enabling my Beastie-fying impulses >:3c #pla oc #pokemon oc

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volodei · 9 months

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(pokedokiecentral) hi I just wanted to tell you that you reblogging my grandma volo comic really made my day 😄

Also your art is very pretty!!

Aww thank you too! 🥺💕 Your comic is so cute! Their facial expressions were sending me 😆 Plus I admire anyone who can work with traditional media. You guys are troopers ✨

#ask #reply #also your spiritomb art is v pretty #the ghastly faces were so fun to look at

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morninkim · 8 months

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Rise of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Dr. Finster & Lord Zedd (Incomplete)

When the Rangers freed Tommy from Rita's control, the shadow desperately seized the body of Dr. Finster, whose biology knowledge she'd been using to create monsters since manipulating him into releasing her.

With him, she casts a ritual to restore her master, Lord Zedd, from the remaining seventh shard of the original Zeo Crystal the Power Coins were forged from.

She is able to restore him, but at the cost of herself, as the incomplete Dark Specter forcefully absorbs her back into himself directly from Dr. Finster's body. Leaving the man exhausted, weakened.

Incomplete as he may be, Zedd's cunning and tactical mind from the war 10,000 years ago remains intact, and he enlists Dr. Finster to fetch him Goldar and his followers. They have work to be done.

#rotmmpr #power rangers #mmpr #happy power rangers day here's my sad grandpa and the ancient evil haunting him!!#these were fairly quick bc i knew what i wanted to do w zedd's incomplete form + finster was just an edit to the existing art #to make him look ragged and exhausted #i imagine that haggard as he is now - and still making monsters and stuff for zedd - he's plannin his own shit to beat the big guy #he's tired and doesn't care anymore - just wants to stop working for ancient evil shadows that wanna take over the universe #and go back to studying weird space rocks and reading textbooks #zedd-wise i wanted him to look like he was kind of like. emerging from a crack in space - which works well w the Z motif lmao #his zeo crystal shard is a lot smaller than the power coins but it holds like A LOT of energy in it #its like the odd keystone to his spiritomb #anyway. he can briefly reach out and grab things but for the most part he's just a creepy floating face - like an inverse of zordon #that's definitely on purpose - family resemblance and all

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psycho-static · 8 months

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hoo boy startin a lil colour pallette challenge yknow only god knows how late lol Starting with purple is Enki, spiritomb and tsih From pokemon fear and hunger and suguri/100% Oj respectivley

Hope u like!

#my art #colour wheel challenge #colour wheel meme #enki ankarian #i spelt enkis last name wrong ignore that lol ill change that in the final cut #100 orange juice #suguri #100 oj #spiritomb #fanart #funger enki #putting enki here was a bit of a stretch tbh lmao but i think he looks good in purple

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goldensunset · 1 year

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OHHDGEHJENEHEJEGSGRVHXBBEHDJDBDJBWBDEHBEHEJEJEJEHEHJE SPIRITOMB

#SPIRITOMB #SP #ITS JUST HERE IT #hhhhh #ok VERY different kind of game than pla #i was expecting to have to do something insane to get it #but instead i just ran into it in the wild on the snowy mountain slope at night #yooo #wasn’t even looking for it #goldie’s pokémon violet liveblog

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jasperthetiredghostboi · 11 months

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Palkia and spiritomb fusion. Sorry it looks bad I speed drew it :(

Inspiration image

#palkia #spiritomb #pokemon #digital art #i just think they're neat #i don't know how to tag this #i speedran this #i really like it #but i also hate it #damn #why it look sloppy :(#palkia and spiritomb fusion #yea #im great at taging #totally

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yu3s · 1 year

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* hello everyone pmd: explorers of sky anniversary is coming up and i need to figure out my pokesona right now at once immediately and i have no polls and must improvise. there are 5 million options and participation is optional.

final winner: cosmoem :o

#yu.txt #the line between pokemon i like and pokemon i identify with is razor thin and this is what the list looks like after pruning.#also crobat is not on here because crobat is my best buddy and my darling friend and my favorite little guy as are some of my other favs #like scolipede and gengar and spiritomb and toxtricity and (guy once again realizing that its favorite types are poison & ghost)#and dark types i love dark types. and fairy types. and i'm going to stop this list here bc i love at least one pokemon from each type.#OH. i forgot to say: for suggestions or picks or whatever my asks are open and replies and dms are open too so go for whichever you like :o

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ingo-appreciation · 1 year

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Hm... what about Electric or Ice?

Hehehehe you fool! You’ve activated my trap card! Electric types are my favorite! Love the sparky sparky boom boom bitches!

Mareep

Manectric

Eelektross

Boltund

Joltik

Vikavolt

For legendaries it’d be

Zekrom

Raikou

Tapu Koko

I’ll probably reblog this and answer the ice question as well! Why not, I’m having fun!

#not ingo #ask game #this one was haaaard I love way too many electric types #i say mareep but like honestly I love the entire mareep line they’re all adorable and good eclectic types #every day I think about my amphiros named Jolene and think how solid of a name choice that was #i used to not like manectric and only like elektrike but after a while the blue and kind of geometric shapes grew on me!#no shocker that the ingo blog also likes eelektross but like. this thing is a monster. i love it. the spiritomb of our generation #BUT ALSO WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT IN SKY BATTLES #i had a boltund on my swsh nuzlocke named rin and she was a solid partner and her death is entirely why I hate pinchurchin now #joltik I Also used to not like but cmon!! they’re just little dudes. little guys who jiggle #vikavolt just looks cool as fuck and was one of the first alolan Pokémon I ever saw and YES go off queen #for the legendaries zekrom is probably my favorite legendary behind giratina #doesn’t help that white has a special place in my heart #raikou is also here for colosseum nostalgia purposes #i don’t even know if tapu koko is fully considered a legendary??? i swear I read somewhere that it’s like sub legendary which is different #anyway. wife pointed at it once and went That’s You and I went yeah #tapu koko is another piece of my gender

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fandom-with-no-hope · 1 year

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None of them understand it fr

Look at this!! I think it's super cool

#Fun fact I have a very similar look in legends because I just love Spiritomb #It's probably in my top 3 pokemons with Zoroark and Togekiss #Good I love pokemon sm #[.txt]

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and-a-side-of-pokemon · 2 years

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So. Today's episode. I actually quite liked it. Spiritomb is one mean bitch (affectionate) and I am here for it ngl. Also Ash, please please use your old pokemon- the journeys team really isn't up to competitive standards yet, as can be seen with how well Pikachu did compared to the others 😭

#wow look at me i actually have nice things to say about rhe episode #i love Cynthia's battle style #and you can really see her backing ash into a corner #all his old pokemon watching and being supportive got to me i love them #ive seen some complaints in the videos comments about how easy it was to take down gengar and dragonite #but honestly i think it tracks #cynthia is tough (in my opinion deserves the title of unbeatable champion instead) and ashs newer pokemon just arent on that level yet #but this does feel like a victory he will have to earn #ash know the pain we all felt when fighting her in the games lol #im vaguely intrigued for next weeks episode now to see how it goes down once spiritomb is out of the way #ash should really invest in a fairy type on his team tho #pokeani spoilers #pokeani

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