“Why is Kensington Palace feeding the narrative of the internet by giving the public a manipulated photo? The most sensible thing to do is just letting the POW get better and not drag her into more scandal. The whole thing went from silly memes to real-concern and eerie vibes so fast.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Now I definitely think something weird is going on with the Waleses after the media issued a kill notification for the Mother's Day photo on suspicion of it being manipulated! What is going on with them... or at the least, what is going on with their PR??” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Beyond any conspiracy theory, it's worrisome that the world's largest news agencies, AP, AFP, and Reuters, withdrew the Wales portrait, citing manipulation.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I personally believe that the British Royal Family is the finest PR machine in the world. However, I find it hard to understand why they sent out a picture that clearly shows signs of AI. It's really sad for Kate, as she can't recover in peace due to one PR disaster after another” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I was having a laugh with all the crazy memes about Kate going MIA... until today. :/”- Submitted by Anonymous

“Wow so KP try to fool us with a badly photoshopped photo of Kate and her kids! Can we really trust them after this, is Kate okay, are they hiding something serious?” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Not Kensington Palace getting a community note because they posted a fake photo 😂” - Submitted by Anonymous

“AFP issuing a "kill" notification for a portrait distributed by KP is a disgrace. Anyone with the slightest knowledge in communications know how terribly serious that is from a PR perspective. Extremely concerned for Kate.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I seriously feel sick to my stomach with this Kate situation. I just want everything to go back to normal.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I thought media outlets were merely being overly picky with Kate's Mother's day photo, but then I saw pointed out examples (eg. Kate's blurred right hand)... which makes the whole thing feel like a weird conspiracy cover-up. o.O” - Submitted by Anonymous

“The whole Mother’s Day picture scandal. Omg😂😂 the Catherine conspiracies are getting out of control” - Submitted by Anonymous

“This whole Kate thing is being handled so poorly. It seemed there was no prior planning for her "planned" surgery. Then she apparently "pap walked" in the car photo with Carole to put rumors to rest. The Mother's Day pic had such obvious signs of heavy editing though (copy/paste used to merge photos together - wow). The car pic of her with William barely shows her. Does whoever is managing this WANT people to worry? Because if so, they're hugely successful! Produce solid proof of life already!” - Submitted by Anonymous

“People think that all the attention on Catherine is because she hasn't work since December and that makes her super relevant. It's not like that, it's because her PR team are completely useless and have made her absence look incredibly suspicious. "Where's Kate?" It's just a testament to the terrible team that works for Wales.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“OMG the KP staff are completely useless! It's time to hire competent people and not just yes-men, William.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“A lot of people are misunderstanding photogate, the issue isn’t the fact the photos are edited, we already know Kate looks nothing like her wrinkle free airbrushed portraits. The issue is the fact Kensington Palace lied, they claimed this was a brand new photo William took for Mother’s Day, that’s not true and is making people more suspicious about what’s happening to Kate.” - Submitted by Anonymous

Narcissus [Chapter 1/?]

Hawks/Keigo Takami x Reader

Content warning: My own take on the Hanahaki Disease. English is not my best language. Foul language. Angst. May not feel like a Reader-insert considering that Reader has a given quirk and other parameters (except for appearances) [I'll be updating the list as I go]

Synopsis: In a world where humans have further evolved into having redundant traits, you are simply trying to survive life while assisting the Winged Hero.

Note: I did not expect comments and got a bit jumpscared lmao 💀 I absolutely have no clue how this story pans out. I'm just here to write a bit of angst and geek out. A part of me does feel bad that the MC has a bit of a character and backstory and not a super blank slate but I also enjoy having a certain dynamic between Hawks and MC. There is a bit of a projection here unfortunately.

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You bite back a snort when Hawks' eyes widen at the statistics in front of him.

"Oh shit, that's actually quite a lot." He mumbles under his breath as he reads through the financial report.

"Are you...are you sure these are all for me?" He turns to you, baffled at the numbers. 

"Seems like it, they're all your fans." You shrug in amusement.

"Sucks to be popular huh." One of Hawks' veteran sidekicks chimes in.

The last Thursday of the month is often when the revenue comes in. When Hawks' agency is paid for all the hero work Hawks and his sidekicks have pulled through. Next day is when salary is distributed amongst the staff and...

Monday, first Monday of the new month is when a portion of the revenue is put through a charity system that helps people get their surgery to remove any traces of Hanahaki illness that's caused by Hawks' pretty existence.

The system is rather intricate, involving psych doctors that quite literally use their quirks in determining who is the cause of such a flowery mess of a disease to approve such financial aid.

"I told you to not drink your ass off this weekend." You taunt your boss who cradles his head in his palms.

This always happens. Hawks does something big, makes a grand appearance in the public doing cool heroic villain take downs then do a bit of fan service and celebrate the big victory with his office staff and sidekicks on the weekend then get a bit wasted and regret it by Monday morning as his popularity comes biting him back on his ass.

Normally he gets away from financial punches such as these by rapidly taking down villains without a lot of the public spectating him, his sidekicks barraging in the scene for clean up as he moves to the next villain. That also means less people seeing him and getting the idea that wow, this man is GREAT! Let me just fall in love with him real quick!

But as of late, he has been making a lot of appearances as more daring villains show up and take up his time, attracting viewers and all the shebang. Then added by a little bit of misfortune where he gets invited into interviews he could not turn down since...well, they produce revenues and good public image and that money goes to bettering the agency and of course, goes to helping his unfortunate fans that catch feelings like it's the flu in winter seasons.

It is a balance, really, Hawks is a big believer that a hero's presence itself should be able to put citizens at ease but it does come with a price and in this case, a fairly hefty one.

"Pidge?" Hawks calls you out and you can already guess what he's about to ask of you.

"Yes?"

"Two shots of espresso, please."

"Right on it." You turn to his sidekicks who are fighting back their snickers as they look at the PowerPoint presentation of last month's damages caused by your boss' presence.

"You guys want anything while I'm at it?" You ask them, knowing damn well that they are also fighting a hangover from the weekend's shenanigans.

"Water."

"Coffee."

"More alcohol?" Everybody turns their heads to the youngest and newest sidekick.

"Take it from us, kid, more alcohol doesn't actually get rid of hangovers. It just delays the inevitable." Hawks advises, finally lifting his face from his hands.

"I think it's also worth pointing out that you're on the clock...?" You point flabbergasted at the rather ballsy request.

"Okay, wow, geez I guess I'll just have orange juice then. Damn." The newest recruit mumbles sarcastically, his youthful humour finally coming out of his shy shell.

"Good. Now let's discuss about this month's patrol route." Hawks sighs and clicks for the next slide to continue the monthly briefing and you make your way to the cafeteria to grab the heroes' beverages.

Working with Hawks, after proving yourself by sorting out the administrative side of his business and in turn saving his then crumbling sanity, is not actually that bad. He is chill when the day is chill, he keeps his cool even when the day goes wrong and he learned to stop micromanaging everything and learned to trust that his employees will be able to keep up and keep the system up and running. Over the years, he found the perfect momentum along with his team and knows when a mishap is a mishap and when to actually let go of someone because they are ruining the equilibrium.

He always claims that it was all you, that how you helped set up his office and all the admin side of things is what eased his mind. You personally think that he simply matured and let go of his overly-independent personality.

It made an unlikely partnership between the two of you where there is mutual respect but not in a way that you respect Hawks because he is your boss then he treats you with bare minimum kind of respect because you did things for him through beck and call. It was mutual respect where you both actually work in tandem and you get the perks of calling him out when needed and him being able to actually have someone who does not put him up a pedestal and inflate his head, something like a friend even.

"How was patrol?" You ask, munching on your lunch. Hawks and his sidekicks have just come back from their afternoon patrol just in time while you're on your lunch break, his sidekicks heading to the cafeteria to get something to eat.

"It was hot outside." Hawks yawns and stretches his wings. You hum in response when your phone vibrates.

"Who?" He leans curiously when he notices you tapping on your device singlehandedly.

"Some dude I matched with." You respond nonchalantly, typing up a response as to why you were not in a rush in meeting this man you have been chatting with for the past three days.

"Don't you think you're rebounding too quickly?" Hawks asks.

It was an embarrassing ordeal, having gone through a cordial break up with your partner of one year only to call in sick as you sneeze and cough up petals of lilies. The painful realisation that your ex-partner has moved on quicker than you could when they started to discuss about healthily distancing and setting up boundaries in order to salvage some semblance of friendship. Embarrassing and a punch to the ego, you suppose even when they claimed that they occasionally cough up petals that look eerily similar to the first ever flower they have given to you.

"If I drown myself with men, there's nothing deep to feel." You try to make yourself sound poetic which earns you a snort from the winged hero.

"Yeah and you're probably causing these men to throw up flowers because you've been turning down the second dates." He points out.

"They don't know me well enough to cough up anything." You retort, setting your phone down.

Despite the gruesome and useless trait of coughing up flowers whenever you feel some semblance of unrequited love or care (or when the parameters dwindle and become unresolved), it is quite merciful that such illness only manifests when you feel strongly about it. Maybe it is the self-limiting nature of evolution, that no matter how crazy the body can behave it will always loop back to the baseline so that a petty crush does not decimate your lungs. Biology sure does work in mysterious ways but you would like to thank whoever is out there for making the Hanahaki Disease to follow a negative feedback loop rather than a positive one.

You let out a sneeze, covering your nose and mouth when you feel something lodged in your throat. You get up and leave the lounging area in a hurry, Hawks shooting you a concerned look knowing for a fact that you have not yet gotten over your ex.

It happens, people fall in love and when it goes both ways they do not fall sick. Sometimes people start getting sick even when they are in a relationship, a symptom that their union is tilting to its end. Other times when people feel so unhappy about the circumstances of their dynamic with their partner, they cough up petals as if a warning sign that the couple better start sorting themselves out.

Scientists believe that the social nature of humans is what caused such an evolutionary trait, that with a good and stable union leads to good offsprings eventually. This makes sense, really, because better offsprings are produced from compatible parents. You could imagine how much less generational trauma there should be if your parents got along well.

Others believe that someone or something out there is playing matchmaker, theists and those who believe in fate and destiny. But regardless, the truth remains that the illness seems to exist to supposedly benefit the social personality of Homo sapiens. The tribe is stronger in numbers and when there is less conflict, after all.

Though the whole ordeal is a little bit dramatic, you won't lie. It's not like people are stupid enough with their emotions that they need to cough up a whole ass lily just to remind them hey! You got an unsorted out feelings for this person! Get your shit together, dude! But you digress, sighing as you hack out yet another petal of lily---a sore reminder that a cordial break up will always leave lingering and unresolved feelings at first.

[mild stuffing]

"Sunny, come on, we're getting ice cream," called Dave. "And bring a helmet! Laurie's driving."

"Fuck off, Dave," said Laurie, giving him a playful smack on the head. "Sunny, let's go!"

"I'm coming," Sunny hollered impatiently from his room. "You want me to go with my ass out or what?"

"Knowing you, I wouldn't be surprised," Laurie hollered back.

Sunny pulled on his pants, but he found himself having to suck in his tummy to button them. Unbeknownst to Laurie and Dave, who had given him a few minutes notice before picking him up, he'd just eaten a good-sized lunch and was still feeling full and bloated. He looked at his puffy belly in the mirror and decided to wear a looser T-shirt instead of his usual form-fitting button down. Finally dressed, he leapt out of his room and slid into the living room on his socks, stumbled over the rug, and tumbled over an end table, landing on the floor with a thud. Dave applauded the spectacle.

"Smooth, Sunshine," said Laurie, helping him up. "Are you ready yet?"

"Hang ON," he said, pulling on his sneakers. "What, are they storing ice cream outside now, we gotta go eat it quick before it melts? What the hell's the rush?"

"Because I want some ice cream!"

"Just a second." Sunny made a show of very carefully picking up his shoelaces and slowly beginning to cross them. Laurie grabbed a pillow from the couch and whacked him with it.

"Sunny!"

"Come on, Laurie, I only learned how to tie 'em yesterday! Let me focus…"

"I am gonna kill you, would you tie your fucking shoes already?"

"Fine," said Sunny with a dramatic sigh. He tied his shoes and hopped upright. "There. Are you ready yet? I can't stand here waitin' around all day." Laurie threw the pillow at his head and shoved him out the door, with Dave following close behind.

The trio piled into Laurie's ancient minivan and took off for the local ice cream joint, a tiny place with hand-illustrated menu items covering nearly every square inch of the windows. Laurie and Dave both ordered sundaes, and were surprised to hear Sunny ask only for a simple vanilla cone. Typically he went for the biggest thing available, some monster shake or convoluted sundae with a dozen toppings.

"Are you feeling alright? Since when do you only get a cone?" Laurie jokingly felt Sunny's forehead. He shooed her hand away.

"What, a guy can't get a cone?"

"I'm just saying, you normally get something huge."

"Are you a cop or somethin'? Sometimes you just want straight up soft serve, you know?"

"Fair," said Laurie. The girl at the window distributed the ice cream and the trio sat at one of the ratty old picnic tables beside the building. Sunny felt his still-full tummy bulge against the waist of his jeans as he sat.

"Nice day," Dave remarked, dipping into his sundae.

"Yeah, I'm glad I came," agreed Sunny. "Little late, though. Might've been even nicer if Laurie hadn't taken so damn long to get ready." Laurie bumped his hand as he licked his cone, getting ice cream on his nose. He tried in vain to lick it off like a dog before resorting to using a napkin.

As much as Sunny loved ice cream, he wasn't enjoying it as much as he usually would. He'd eaten an enormous hoagie for lunch just before Laurie and Dave had shown up, and it was big and bulky in his stomach. He was already stuffed, and as he ate his ice cream, he felt more and more bloated. Still, it wasn't too difficult to finish. The real challenge was trying to hide his puffed-up tummy. Unable to suck it in, he simply hoped his shirt would make it less obvious than it felt.

"Wow, looks like that little cone was a lot for you," said Laurie, giving Sunny's round belly a teasing poke. He held his hands defensively over his stomach. The shirt plan had failed.

"Was not," he said.

"Well, you look pretty stuffed," she said.

"I just had lunch! I didn't know we were goin' out."

"Oh, gosh, Sunny, you should've said so! We could've waited."

"Could've waited?!" Sunny stared at Laurie as if she'd grown a second head. "You were about ready to throw me out the damn window, you were in such a hurry to go!"

"I think she's just always ready to throw you out the window," said Dave.

"That's true," agreed Sunny. "Anyway, I don't mind. I'm always up for ice cream."

"Doesn't your tummy hurt though? It looks so…" Laurie gestured to her friend's distended stomach. "Full."

"Nah," he lied. As a matter of fact, his stomach felt as though it had been stretched a little too tight, but the discomfort wasn't terrible. Still, he couldn't wait to get home and unbutton his pants.

"If you say so," she said, patting his tummy.

Well, while you're on a roll... Charlie? Less populated, but greater distribution! Would all of them perform an intervention on May Be Bad and Wake Myself, or would some of them be jealous and want a tell all?

I think we really only have three Charlies, right? *checks notes* Four, he does show up in She Says Love, so we'll make it an even battle.

Pool side, plastic chairs settled in a too close circle. Arrayed behind Mainverse is the suggestion of a dozen other chairs, other Charlies who never make it on screen, but may live in shades between these four.

There is a definite two on two air to the whole thing.

Mainverse *has the agenda*: So.

She Says Love: Can we just put it on the table? Because those two do not look like us.

Mainverse: Yeah, okay, what the hell is up with this?

Mainverse and She Says Love are dressed in distinctly relaxed clothing. Loose shorts, worn t-shirts. Wake Myself and May Be Bad are in tailored, expensive looks with a lot more care taken with their still close cut hair. Maybe Be Bad is in gray, Wake Myself is in deep jewel tones and has on a hint of eyeliner.

May Be Bad: *heavy judgement* I think we just have taste.

Wake Myself: We haven't been in college for four years, what is with the look?

Mainverse: It's comfortable.

Wake Myself: It's embarrassing, is what it is. Unless that's Iz's shirt. I do like to steal those.

May Be Bad: ....that's an option? Got to get on that.

She Says Love: Why would you be stealing Izzy's clothes? He's like six inches shorter than us.

Wake Myself: Husband privileges.

The other three go silent.

Wake Myself: What?

Mainverse: You...you're married to Izzy?

Wake Myself: You're not?

May Be Bad: I'm pretty sure Lucius would make my balls into a necklace, holy shit dude. *holds up hand for a high five which Wake Myself confusingly gives him*

Wake Myself: I mean, angel likes to hang with us?

Mainverse: ANGEL?! I'm going to hyperventilate.

May Be Bad: Angel is....ironic, I'm guessing? Or are we talking old school shock and awe kind of angel. Lucifer maybe.

Wake Myself: No? Izzy just calls me demon, so we call Luc angel cause he's sweeter than us?

May Be Bad: *slumps back in chair* that's....what the fuck are WE like that Lucius is the angel?

Wake Myself: Just a horny post-doc.

Mainverse: I mean same, but I didn't marry my childhood crush that's like thirty years older than me.

Wake Myself: Twenty.

Mainverse: *checks paper* Huh. okay. STILL

May Be Bad: Oh, if you don't like that you're gonna HATE me. *giggles*

The other three turn to him, observing this laugh and then give each other concerned looks.

Mainverse: oookay, who didn't make it into therapy?

May Be Bad: Why would we do therapy?

She Says Love: hoooo boy.

Mainverse: The sad empty void and the occasional bursts of rage? Those don't alarm you ever?

May Be Bad: That's just normal.

Wake Myself: Ooooh wow. Dude. Dude.

She Says Love: Doesn't it make it hard to function?

May Be Bad: Hell no. I'm motivated. Gotta make sure Jim and Luc have everything thing they need.

Mainverse: Jim?

May Be Bad: Uh huh. Sometimes Jim more than Luc honestly. Luc is technically harder to please, but Jim gives harder critique.

She Says Love: You are...not in a phd program, are you? Like Luc and Jim aren't some bizzaro world advisers?

May Be Bad: I'm in security consulting. *sharp grin*

Mainverse: Oh shit.

Wake Myself: Are we a criminal? Like a real one? I mean I break laws sometimes, but I'm not in the mob!

May Be Bad: It's not the mob. It's a business.

Mainverse: ....it's totally the mob.

She Says Love: So mobby. Does Dad know? He'd flip a shit.

May Be Bad: He's dead.

Wake Myself: Huh. I mean that's one way to resolve the Daddy issues. It's clean.

Mainverse: *visibly upset alon with She Says Love* what? What happened?

May Be Bad: *shifty* I don't know. He just disappeared or whatever when I was like nine.

Mainverse: Oh fuck, Eddy must be devastated.

May Be Bad:....never met them? Was that the person Dad was gonna hook up with before they bounced on him?

She Says Love: oooh I hate all of this. What the fuck?

Mainverse: Okay, okay, so obviously we can see where your shit jumped the tracks. And you, *gestures at Wake Myself* are just all wrong age wise. But uh... I guess I have one question.

Wake Myself: He's amazing in bed.

May Be Bad: Yeah, I get my spine melted on the reg. And don't get started on Luc.

Wake Myself: Two of them together?

*they make knowing eye contact*

Mainverse: ...I so badly want to be grossed out by this. But I kind of just want to know.

She Says Love: Same.

*so this all devolves into extremely pornographic descriptions, so they don't have to address the fact that May Be Bad is clearly completely morally comprimised. Charlies being excellent at repression manage this entirely. They all wake up horny, but also kind of sad.*

Holi-days seven; Tight Knit

Hehe danny has had her reign, now I get to drop in again

Pairing: PLATONIC Connor, Hazel, Frank and Reyna x gn!reader

Warnings: None!

Words: 1.2k (oops)

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-Asnyox

You knew Klaus had offered to teach you and whomever else was interested to knit today. What you had not expected, was that he invited about three quarters of camp to learn, and that Connor had followed him around telling everyone about a ‘secret’ plan. As soon as you understood what Connor was planning, you laughed at his naivety.

This guy had either underestimated how hard knitting would be for a bunch of hyperactive demigods or overestimated the willpower of campers to pull of this prank.   Although the latter would be the deciding factor in his plan, you supposed.

You sat at one of the tables, with your friends by your side. Sometimes you forget how big you friend group is, for even if not everyone showed up you easily filled a table solely with you friends. Frank and Hazel had each taken on of your sides and you were holding a staring competition with Reyna. It was not really a competition, but rather it was a ‘You made eye contact and now neither is looking away’. Normal people behaviour.

“I didn’t know you were interested in Knitting,” You stated, suspicion in your voice. Reyna smiled.

“I’ve always liked to learn how to knit, and I finally picked it up with the Hunters.” Her face turned a little bit softer, “It’s nice to make some warm socks when you spend this much time on your feet.”

“And you never made any for me?” You gasped and Reyna laughed.

“Who knows, maybe you’ll find some in your stocking.”

Conversation flowed easily as everyone waited for Klaus to take the reins.  Eventually, after some Hermes kids came out and distributed knitting needles and yarn to everyone, Klaus coughed as he got everyone’s attention.

“Hello my little elves!” Klaus smiled, “Today I will try to teach you how to knit,” Suddenly Connor popped up behind him.

“And together we will knit a blanket that will cover the entire dining pavilion!” Connor yelled and cheers came from the tables around you, as you shot Reyna a confused look.

“Ah yes,” Klaus looked slightly surprised, “This will be a team effort, for sure. Anyways-” as Klaus explained how to start your knitting work, and with some help from Reyna, you got to knitting.

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“This is harder than it looks,” Hazel stated as she stared intensely at her needle work, “I keep messing up the loops that I do.” You looked up from your work, gazing at Hazel’s handiwork. You noticed that her yarn ball was more like a yarn knot at this point.

“When did you yarn unroll?” You asked and Hazel sighed.

“I don’t know, but that is a problem for later.”

“I think I am getting the hang of it?” Frank mumbled from next to you, and as you looked over you saw that he had a decent square shape going. You let out a soft ‘wow’ as you looked at the mess in your hands. It was not the worst, but it was definitely not great either. You sighed as you looked around the Arts and Crafts building, noticing that quiet a few campers had left already. There were a few abandoned projects here and there, and you saw Klaus picking them up carefully and finishing them.

After another hour or so, Connor dejectedly walked up to your table.

“Please tell me you guys made a massive blanket together.” He pouted, and everyone at your table held up their little squares. Connor sighed, as he sat down next to Reyna, “No one said knitting was so slow!” he complained.

“Now, now, Connor, we still have a lot of little bits!” Klaus sat down next to Frank, dropping a pile of scraps on the table, “If I may, can I have your pieces? Then we can see what the effort of the camp made!” Klaus smiled, and you could have sworn his ears twitched. You handed him your needles and patch of knit work, which he quickly finished.

“And where is my favourite elf, Jason?” Klaus asked, a glint in his eyes, “or my second favourite, Percy?” Klaus started working on sowing the patches of knitwork together.

“Jason, I don’t know,” Connor started, as he looked with little hope at what Klaus was doing, “Percy said he was doing research or something.”

“Ah, Percy has seemed a little stressed lately,” Frank noted, “Hey Klaus can you teach me how to finish the knitting process?” Klaus nodded eagerly.

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In the end, your ‘blanket to cover the dining hall’ ended up more the size of ‘blanket to cover some knees, maybe shoulders’. You were still impressed by the size of the blanket in the end, and more so at how aesthetically pleasing Klaus made the blanket in the end, with just the little knitted patches that everyone made. Connor seemed less happy with the outcome; his plans ruined.

“What do we do with this?” he complained, as Klaus put a simply yarn bow around the folded blanket.

“Maybe you can give it to someone?” Klaus got a mischievous glint in his eyes, “Someone who could use a little warmth from the campers?” Conner seemed deep in thought, before he looked up and spotted his target.

“You are right Klaus!” Connor stood up, grabbing the blanket, “Let’s give it to Chiron.” He smiled, and for once he seemed to not have anything up his sleeve. You watched as he walked up to Chiron, and gave the centaur the blanket.

As you were taking in the adorable sight of Chiron lowkey fawning over the blanket (and being showered by the campers in compliments for the blanket) you sighed a little. The holidays were almost over, and you were going to miss everyone who was around at camp. You were also regretting that you could not attend the new years party this year, and you were dreading even more to go to the party in your hometown. Someone had leaked you the information that a certain unwanted guest would attend, whom you did not want to face alone.

But that was a problem for another day. Right now, you were getting distracted by Percy, who was aggressively gesturing for you to come to him. When you reached him, he quickly grabbed your hand and pulled you to be away from the Arts and Crafts building.

“You must have noticed something off from Klaus.”

“I mean, nothing weird outside of the general child of Hermes behaviour.” You stated. Percy seemed unconvinced, but before he could say anything you shook your head “Perce, sometimes the best option is to just ignore other people’s behaviour if it bothers you.” You softly grabbed his hand and looked Percy in the eye “Klaus is a nice kid, so give him a shot, alright?”

“I see he has you in his grips too, (Y/n).” Percy stepped away, a determined glint in his eyes, “I will uncover the truth and expose him. I promise.” Percy swiftly turned around and started walking away. You could hear him murmur to himself as he clearly was making his way back to the Arts and Crafts building.

My Ash SV anime team prediction

Spoilers for Paldea Dex and Scarlet and Violet

Just putting it out there so if/when it’s revealed I can look back at how close or far I was

My explanation

Pikachu: Self-explanatory

As for the Flying Tera type, just the flying Pikachu they were promoting and distributed, possible to be electric as they may not do the “wow this Pikachu is special” again but I think they would given GMax Pikachu, small possibility for a completely different type like water for surfing Pikachu, plus would most likely have to replace Electroweb for Tera Blast

Armarouge: This is the starter/ace replacement as I don’t think he's getting the starters again, even stat wide it's like a starter,

I think Ceruledge doesn't fit Ash as much even though its the fan fav between the two, and arguably fits Ash’s fighting style more, but i think the Scarlet Pokémon seems like the one they would give him,

Ghost Tera type as a homage to Ceruledge otherwise can see just fire

Tinkaton: was mostly because of the Sirfetch’s success as weapon users,

But now Tinkaton is becoming a fan favorite so can see Ash getting just on that now, plus a fairy type that isn't Mr. Mime seems due

Dark tera type to play into the little gremlin menace it is lol, plus I can see it having brutal swing before it gets Gigaton Hammer so will boost that

Dudunsparce: Ash wanted a Dunsparce since BW, and now it has an evolution so now is a good time,

Dragon Tera type mostly for the fun “wow it's a dragon now” moment plus a nod to the fan arts that thought it would evolve into a dragon for generations now

Palafin: the zero to hero concept is fun and the hero form seems like an Ash mon to me,

Plus the most likely water type for Ash, and one of the Pokémon no one seems to have in the games despite its power

Tera fighting type as it seems to be the most fighting-like and could know Focus punch, but can see it being something else like water, ice, or something

Lokix: just seems like the bug type Ash would catch,

Spidops is a contender but Lokix seems to be the pick from what I've seen via the fans and that one fanart that had people thinking he was 18 now and is the most normal mon that Ash could battle with as everyone else needs some adjustment battle wise, as it is fast agile and can fight up close

Grass Tera type just so he can have the starter three type core without actually having a grass type but can probably stay as a bug or dark tera type as I think this will be one of the early ones he catches so can keep it simple

So through the main and Tera typing it covers 14 types and the other types that aren’t touched at all (Rock, Ground, Poison, Ice) can be moves on the Pokémon like Ice Punch for Palafin, and Dig on Dudunsparce

Honorable mentions/swaps

If one of these goes to a companion and in Dudunsparce case is a Nemona Pokemon these are the others I had in mind

Meowscarda (starter): think it’s the most likely of the three but can see any of them

Annihilate (his Primeape evolved): if he gets to reunite with it of course

Spidops (Lokix swap): like I said either as I do think he could make either bug work, and Spidops fits the more recurring bug types Ash has had like Leavanny and Butterfree

Tauros (either form): just a Pokémon I can see the giving him because he has the 30 Tauros, and this could be the new leader or something

Cyclizar/Miraidon/Koraidon: don’t know how they’ll tackle that story but as a protagonist good chance this would be 7th member

Gimmighoul: its evolution seems like the silly Ash Mon they would give him

Nacli line: just fun as it’s more defense and Nacli is such a Mario nod I can see them giving it to a main character just for that

Farigiraf: was promoted and can see a companion having it

Wooper: similar ^

Flamigo: Ash could make it work lol

Paradox Pokémon: decent chance he’ll get one don’t really know which ones tho,

If I had to pick, Iron Valiant for the future and Slither Wing for the past as Gallade/Gardevoir and Volcorona are Mons that Ash could have and this could be a good workaround

Not Gen 9

Eevee (fan fav for Ash to catch): and can now be “two” types covering multiple branches or something else

Tyranitar: similar reasoning to his Gengar in JN (can see being filled by Iron Thorns)

Find the Word Tag

Thanks again, @on-noon (wow I really let the tags pile up)!

My words: write, wrong, wrestle, wrist, and wrap

write: Terry's father's letter to her:

It is my hope that you will never have to read this, because if you do, it means that I am likely dead, and you are in grave danger. I do not know when you will read this, if ever. While I write, you are only a year old, scarcely able to walk. But you may be much older when this letter finds you.

wrong:

With Janette gone, I was forced to oversee operations, coordinating tasks, processing and distributing information, and handling the inevitable letdowns. Many of the old allies had been corrupted, much like Sophia, induced by carrots to join the Council, who promised meager change. Intelligence was hard to come by, and harder yet to decipher — Anjali, Mark, Emmy and Lewis were forced to take riskier and riskier missions to find the simplest pieces of information. Even restocking our equipment, what would normally have been my escape from everything else that was going wrong, was hindered by mistakes and lack of materials. As the days passed I began to admire the poise in Janette that I had so hated; despite the storms around her, she managed to be a center of calm.

wrestle:

Birds. That was the first thing I heard that morning. I supposed I thought it would have calmed me, made me more willing to do the inevitable. That would also explain the wildflower fields.  They weren’t real birds, of course. I had only seen those a few times, in Seranid’s zoo, which I had visited as a child. At the time I had thought that they were messy, like all the other animals — hardly fit to be released into the City of Seranid. No, these birds were holographic, pristine, flitting to and fro, filling the air with their gleeful song. And vanishing, without a trace, as soon as I wrestled myself into a sitting position and yelled, “I’m awake.” 

wrist:

I was awoken by jostling. Pins and needles raced down my arms and legs, and cold metal pressed against my face. I tried to stretch, hearing the jangling of metal as I did so. My wrists were cuffed behind my back, and heavy chains anchored my feet to the ground. A thick gray strap held me to the seat. Giving up, I looked around. I was in a drab white cubicle that wobbled and shook: the back of a van. There was a single door in front of me, out of reach and without any clear handle. Likely only openable from the driver’s side.

wrap:

We were soon subjected to many more (painful) hugs, from the rest of the Resistance. Rita snatched the database from Anjali as soon as she saw it, and ran off somewhere to begin tinkering. When Emmy came up to me, I took her hand before she could wrap me in her arms, and pressed the memorial photo into it. She stared at it. I knew what she was thinking — in the few short weeks after my arrival, another one of the photo’s subjects had died. She walked away from me without saying anything.

This'll be an open tag! Your words are: false, alone, bird, dream, unlike

Spooky bastard I'm reworking the lore for

Their name is Veri and their species is called a 'Deceiver', they are kind of like among us imposter, but it's a sophont-hunting specialist predator that puppeteers corpses and eats souls. Veri themself though is a weirdo who's decided mosquito-style parasitism is more ethical, and is actually a good guy!

Veri is, in fact, a tentacle monster wearing taxidermy

Additional notes wow!

Due to their eyes being flat, their depth perception is also actually rather garbo- their is no depth to the individual eye for judging distance, and they are entirely dependent on binocularity for depth perception when the eyes are static. You can catch them doing the bird head thing when they need to judge a distance sometimes- Veri especially after they loose one eye

Movies and video games look laggy AF to Veri at normal 30-60 fps; special settings for games or special viewing devices are needed for pleasant viewing

Film/ect. is expensive to produce for Deceivers due to the special equipment needed, so they often lag behind in that tech

Deceiver hearing is distributed; all of the exterior tentacles have vibration detection organs inside, and so they have fullbody full 360 hearing. Hearing is more like touch for them; it’s something experienced with one’s whole body, in all directions. The individual quality isn’t amazing, but the input from all the tentacles combined works like a compound eye to produce a singular larger perception that registers changes really well, but not always small details when they’re further away. Hearing range is slightly into ultrasound and slightly into infrasound, with additional perception of vibrations transmitted through surface contact, similar to how a lot of insects hear (but not to the capacity of an elephant; they can feel the boombox through the vibrations it makes in the floor, but not an earthquake)

The Deceiver sense of touch is similarly spread out, but much more uniformly detailed. Exterior tentacles all have a great sense of touch as they are ALL manipulators, but interior ones have very little.

Motor control is octopus-like; interior nervous system tentacles send basic commands to the limbs, which then coordinate specific movements using their own nervous tissue. This can be used to arrange complex configurations by sort of loading up a blueprint and sending it to the whole body to carry out in a emergent manner like a nanobot swarm.

Interior tentacles host visceral organs, such as vocal organs and brain. The entire configuration of a Deceiver is highly variable, and there is no front/back or top/bottom; they have no built in symmetry and instead adapt bodyplans on the fly. They DO however have a built in sense of proximal/distal, and a singular vestibular organ that determines the body center, and aids in understanding of spatial position

Extended image descriptions below the read more/cut!

Extended image descriptions:

[ID: Image 1:

The sketches include:

Veri facing the viewer with one eye missing, stating "Hi, Leo". A nearby note reads: 'looses an eye during demon hunter arc'

Veri with one shoulder covered by a plate armor pauldron, and another sketch showing their helmet with an alternate faceguard design with a shark-tooth pattern. A note reads: 'thinking about injuries and armor'

Several sketches of Veri drawn in a scruffier style reminiscent of the video game Don't Starve. One of them shows Veri simply standing in an A-pose with a mildly unhinged look about them, another shows them in active mid-air pose with frazzled fur and holding a serrated glass cutter sword, and one more shows their face and neck with a spikes collar. Nearby notes read: 'Thinking about Don't Starve-ifying them. Would be a glass cannon with very hard stat management. Playstyle would revolve around intentionally taking damage to maintain a low health attack rate boost, then dealing in horrendous stat management aftermath.'

One final note at the bottom reads: '…I can't code' and is accompanied by a crude sketch of a canine character gritting their teeth in a smile and angry crying. END ID]

[ID: Image 3:

The note at the top reads: 'What is the function of Deceiver helmet? Why does Veri never take it off? Do other Deceivers wear this? Is it cultural or just Veri Being Veri? Does it provide a protective function? Deceivers don’t actually have a head, they are entirely distributed organisms built more like siphonophores composed of separate tentacles that share the same constructed soul. So there is no cranium/central brain to be protected by a helmet. So why helmet? Maybe they use it as a face, in the event the decide to forge a mrore personal identity. Other creatures have faces, and that’s an important part of an identity. The face of their taxidermy disguise is not theirs; it’s stolen. So, maybe the helmet is them making their own.'

The illustrations include:

Veri's helmet/face, which is reminiscent of roman gladiator helmets, but with a faceplate/muzzle covering the lower part of the face. An accompanying notes reads: 'face is entirely sealed, as Deceiver eyes have no-clip'

The RAM stick style snapping mechanism that holds the muzzle part of their helmet on, with a note reading: 'Snapping system inside like a RAM chip. The muzzle keeps the helmet on firmly, and can only be removed from the inside'

A side-view cross-section of Veri's helmeted head, showing a mass of tentacles inside and one of their flat disc-shaped eyes hover slightly above the helmet surface. Adjacent is another sketch showing the circular, pupil lacking eye from the front. A note reads: 'Deceiver eyes are actually flat discs that hover just above the skin… or helmet. They can be ‘scroll wheeled’ forwards and back to project them above the correct surface, but no further than 1in/4cm. (pulling them out further than that will Rip Them Out, and permanently maim the Deceiver)'

A sketch of a circular, glowing, multicolored object labeled as a 'soul', with the notes: 'Deceiver eyes are supernatural, and allow them to directly perceive souls. THey can also see into ultraviolet and infrared, and the frame rate is 200 fps. This is some OP vision, and it’s like that to facilitate studying and impersonating other sophonts. (also gives them great reflexes) Deceivers cannot smell, however, and are thus entirely sight/sound/touch dependant.'

A sketch of several intertwined tentacles, with the three at the top having spiracles on them. Notes nearby identify the top set of tentacles as tri-syrinx vocal organs, and the bottom ones as the brain, and the whole group as 'interior tentacles'. END ID]

Lopunny for Pokemon Unite!

Prev: Miltank - Crobat - Heracross - Parasect - Ninjask (& Shedinja) - Sudowoodo - Swalot - Beedrill - Quagsire - Wormadam - Lapras - Drifblim - Mawile - Sableye - Alolan Marowak - Plusle & Minun

In my humble opinion, Gen 4 had the most memorable designs. From the badass Lucario to the quaint Drifloon and Drifblim evolution line. Even the starters were all winners in my book (with a special fondness for Torterra in my heart). But of course, the one design everyone likes is for one reason or another, and Lopunny emphasizes that to an overwhelming degree. I mean, Lopunny has a huge fan club, especially on the internet. I bet it’s for those big fluffy ears, or maybe for that cute, bashful look it gives in lieu of a battle pose. 

Well, for whatever reason, Lopunny is super popular, and so, without further ado, let’s see it jump into battle in Pokemon Unite!

Now, this is a very strange distribution of numbers. High speed, but also high defenses, and below average attacking stats. Low HP? Wow, Lopunny, you really needed that Mega form, huh? Without a Mega form, Lopunny plays the role of a fast supporter meant to take hits while playing tricks. While this would mean Lopunny is better suited to the Supporter archetype in Pokemon Unite, it is well documented that Lopunny are known for their destructive kicks and high vigilance in observing for danger. Also, it’s a bunny pokemon, which means it does a lot of hopping around. For reasons which will become very apparent, Lopunny is a powerful warrior in the class of...

Speedster

Basic Attack - Melee/Atk

A two hit strike with its large ears. Becomes a boosted attack after using Splash, Return or Bounce, or after using a springboard. When dealing damage to an enemy with a boosted attack, stuns them for 1.5 seconds.

-Because of how big those ears are, you can bet that they can deal some serious damage. Not being able to charge the basic attack seems like a bad draw, especially since it can only use it once after activating it. To compensate, it doesn’t go away, meaning if you can end an encounter using Splash, Return, or Bounce and managed to avoid using the boosted basic attack, that means you’ll have it ready for the next fight afterwards. It also really hurts to get hit, as the unfurling ears cause a lengthy 1.5 seconds of stun, not to mention increased damage compared to other basic attacks. Aside from that, the attack is kind of weak without a boost, which is a given since it can reliably deal damage two times over. Also, there’s the mention of it being boosted after using a springboard. More on that in the ability section.

Side note, when boosted, Buneary will have its ears curled up visibly. Lopunny will have its ears tucked in closer to its body, making it look shy and bashful. They unfurl directly forward, like a pair of double doors opened aggressively. How cute.

Ability: Klutz

When scoring a goal worth more than 5 points, the pokemon will drop some Aeos orbs, reducing the number of points scored. When using the springboard to jump into any area, you will fly further than normal. It is possible to use Double Kick, High Jump Kick, or Quick Attack while in the air in this way.

-First off, Klutz in the game is as gimmicky of an ability as it can get. By being unable to use your items, you’re using a pokemon that effectively has neither an item or an ability, and is only useful for troll plays like tricking an Iron Ball or an Assault Vest onto an unsuspecting player. It’s not very good. In Pokemon Unite, however, the ability plays to a different but equally gimmicky playstyle. First off, reducing the number of points you score each time may seem like a terrible draw, but it’s the perfect ability to use for stacking items. If you score 6 points, you will invariably drop one, but that point can be picked up and scored properly, effectively granting you +2 stacks when you would have scored only one. This counts for scoring on a defenseless goal zone as well. Picture this, you and a team are racing to the enemy goal zone after securing Zapdos, and you both have 50 points to score. Normally only one of you can score, since a score of 50 will break the goal zone, however, Klutz makes you reduce the points you score, causing you to dunk, let’s say, a 48 as opposed to all 50 points. If the goal zone was untouched, that means your teammate will overscore a full 96 points, totaling 196 points off of one goal zone.

Unfortunately, this means Lopunny is ill equipped to break goal zones by itself. If a goal zone has 20 points left and you have 20 points to score, you are not going to break the goal zone. Sure, you can pick up the points again, but if the zone is being fiercely defended by the enemy, that will almost never happen, since the enemy can also pick the Aeos orbs you drop after scoring.

As for the second half of its ability, Klutz makes you fly low after using the springboard, and you cover a lot of distance when you do. That’s because Lopunny has the ability to perform some of its attacks in the air with some of its moves. Splash, Return, and Bounce all render Lopunny airborne, during which it can use Double Kick, High Jump Kick, or Quick Attack to land and attack. The springboard allows Lopunny to attack while being airborne, which is why it flies so low to the ground after jumping. This makes it optimal to play defense as you can attack immediately after making the jump. Because you’re jumping so far, however, you will not throw enemies trying to score since you land far away from the goal zone. Even picking the halfway point isn’t enough to close the distance, as you’ll land directly in front of the goal but not in it. This does mean you can move really fast from home base, but this does have some disadvantages. There are four springboards all leading to the center area where Zapdos spawns, all dropping you in a patch of tall grass. Lopunny will overshoot that jump and land in the open area between the patches of grass, making it very easy to get ambushed by any enemy in waiting. Just as it is with this ability in the games, Klutz has its upsides as well as some downsides, but I’d like to think it’s a lot more balanced in this way.

At the start of the game, Lopunny will start out as a Buneary. You can choose between Splash or Double Kick as your first move. By Level 3, you will have learned both.

Move 1: Splash

Target a teammate or an enemy, then leap and jump off of their heads in any direction. When you land, you push enemies away. Jumping on teammates heads grants them a slight speed boost. Jumping on enemies inflicts stun for 0.5 seconds. This move makes you airborne until you land. 6s cooldown.

-Ah, Splash. The signature move of Magaikarp. Why is Buneary using it? Because Splash is called ‘Hop’ in the Japanese versions of the games, and last I checked, hopping about is exactly what bunnies do. While it’s a useless move in the games (especially since they removed z-crystals...), here it’s a tactical positioning move. Jump on a friend and hop to cover more ground, sending out a small wave that shoves enemies caught in the landing. The teammate gets a short 3 second speed boost from you to help them catch up. Jumping off of enemies hits them with a short stun, which can interrupt their attacks if they aren’t resistant to hindrances. This is surprisingly effective at catching enemies off guard and jumping into their goal zone to score a point. It is a sure hit move, though, so be careful if the enemy decides to start zooming about with some dash attacks of their own. 

Also, I forgot to mention, but the airborne effect grants you some increased evasiveness. More specifically, melee basic attacks will miss but ranged basic attacks will still damage you. Other attacking moves are 50/50 on scoring a hit, so do be careful when you’re hopping about.

Move 2: Double Kick

Deliver a flying kick straight forward. The first hit stuns enemies, the second hit shoves the target and all nearby enemies away in the opposite direction. If you are airborne, you can use this move to target an enemy, dive in with a flying kick, then deliver a roundhouse kick, shoving all nearby enemies away with increased range. Reduces the cooldown of this move by 3 seconds if you damage an enemy with the airborne variation of this move. 9s cooldown.

-A very strong and straightforward attack. You fly with your foot held out, hit an enemy, then hit them again with another kick, sending them and all enemies caught flying. Some little nuances with this move, you stop flying as soon as you hit an enemy, so you can’t expect to dive into a scuffle and send all enemies flying. No, you’re more likely to hit the enemy at the front and send maybe 1 other enemy flying as well. All the same, this is an effective move at removing enemies from occupying defensive positions, such as their own goal zones, giving you just enough clearance to safely score at least 1 point. This attack is slightly better in the air, though. For one, you fly down for the attack, making your kick more accurate. The second kick is bigger and has more reach, making it possible to send multiple enemies flying. Finally, you reduce the cooldown of this move by 3 seconds, which is just enough time for you to use the combo of Splash and Double Kick together again. Return will reduce the cooldown of Double Kick even more, making it likely you will use this move twice before Return comes back off of cooldown. Bounce increases the power, though, making you deal insane damage to all enemies unfortunate enough to be caught in the combo of Bounce and Double Kick.

At Level 6, Buneary evolves into Lopunny. At the same time, Splash becomes either Return or Bounce.

Move 1a: Return

Rush in and dash attack, dealing damage to the first enemy you hit. On contact, you will rebound in the opposite direction, rendering you airborne. If you use Double Kick, High Jump Kick, or Quick Attack while airborne, reduces the cooldown of those moves. If you collide with a teammate, grant them a shield proportional to your current HP. Afterwards, you will become airborne jumping forward. 9s cooldown.

At Level 10, Return becomes Return+.

Reduces the cooldown of this move by half if you target a teammate with this move. Resets the cooldown of this move if the combination of Return and High Jump Kick or Quick Attack KO the target pokemon when used in the air.

-Return was lost in the move the Gen 8, but before that it was a handy attack that any Normal Type could use. When Buneary evolves into Lopunny, it automatically learns Return if it didn’t already know the move. Which is actually kind of funny since Buneary is notorious for being unfriendly when you catch one, and you need max friendship to evolve Buneary, making Return a sort of signature move for Lopunny.

Here, it becomes a dash attack that gives Lopunny some crazy air on the rebound. It’s a pretty far reaching attack, but it’s main draw is getting you into the air with the help of an enemy, or a well positioned teammate. If you decide to target a teammate with this move, you will jump ahead of them instead of rebounding, you’ll even give them a little shield based on how much HP you have. It’s unheard of for a Speedster to have the ability to support with a move, but Lopunny is a fast and versatile pokemon, using its speed to help a teammate pivot. 

Aside from that, it’s a move that sends you airborne, allowing you to followup with Double Kick, High Jump Kick, or Quick Attack when you learn them. You cut down the cooldown of those moves by 5 seconds, effectively reducing the cooldown of Double Kick and Quick Attack down to 1 second. That’s some crazy power, but Return itself is bogged down by its own long cooldown, until it levels up to Return+ at least. At Level 10, Return gains reduced cooldown when comboing the move with a teammate. It also gets reset completely if you use it and High Jump Kick or Quick Attack together to successfully KO an enemy (Double Kick is forgotten at Level 8). It won’t count if you KO an enemy other than the one you damaged with Return+, so if you want to abuse the free cooldown reduction, you’ll have to prioritize attacking frail Attackers like Cinderace.

Move 1b: Bounce

Target a teammate or an enemy, rush in, and then jump off into the air. You will automatically land on another teammate or enemy if they are nearby your jumping off point. When jumping off a teammate, you grant them a small speed boost as well as cure them of any hindrances they are affected by. When jumping off of enemies, you stun them for 1 second and deal damage. You can chain Bounce together by jumping off of teammates and enemies in this way until you run out of new targets. Upon landing, damage and shove all enemies nearby, dealing extra damage for each successful Bounce you chained. If you use Double Kick, High Jump Kick, or Quick Attack before you land, you increase the damage of those moves for each successful Bounce you managed to chain together. 12s cooldown.

At Level 10, Bounce becomes Bounce+.

Expands the targeting range of Bounce. Damage multiplier increases.

-What kind of bunny would Lopunny be if it didn’t use Bounce? Some weird, humanoid, furry thing, that’s what. Bounce does the same thing as Splash, except on top of dealing damage to enemies, you can chain Bounce by jumping off of multiple enemies. When you land, you land with a shock wave that damages and shoves all enemies nearby, the damage of which increases the more times you chained Bounce. Teammates count towards this chain, so whether you start the chain off of a teammates head or to extend your reach, the final hit will be increased for each head. Fancy that, a stun for bouncing off of enemies heads followed by another stun upon landing, that sounds infuriating. However, it’s not all hunkydory for Lopunny, as chaining together multiple Bounces is very difficult because of how fast the attack is. As soon as you land on an enemy or a teammate, you have to be already aiming at your next target, or else the chain will break. In addition to that, Bounce will not target an enemy or teammate you already jumped off of, so good luck with that. That’s why the multiplier is there, to reward skilled players. 

Naturally, all that bouncing around means you’re airborne, which means you can use Double Kick, High Jump Kick, or Quick attack to land with instead of Bounce. These attacks will gain a damage multiplier for each successful Bounce chain, to make up for the damage you would’ve lost chaining multiple Bounces together. Bounce+ makes things a bit easier, as it increases the targeting range as well as expanding the damage multiplier. This actually ends up making Lopunny way better suited for big team fights than the other Speedsters (except for maybe Zeraora, that guy is crazy) since being airborne makes you harder to damage and the chain multiplier is easier to accumulate. If the enemy has a Supporter on their team or if they’re pairing up often with a solid Defender, Bounce will be the way to go.

At Level 8, Double Kick becomes either High Jump Kick or Quick Attack.

Move 2a: High Jump Kick

Leap into the air and land in the designated area. If an enemy is in range, this move will automatically home in on them. Deal massive damage. If the enemy has a shield, destroy the shield, take a bit of recoil and reduce the cooldown of this move by half. If the enemy is invincible or this attack fails to deal damage, take massive recoil. This move can be used while Lopunny is airborne. 11s cooldown.

At Level 12, High Jump Kick becomes High Jump Kick+.

Increases the targeting range of High Jump Kick. Damaging an enemy directly will cause a small shock wave that deals half damage to all nearby enemies.

-If I could pull up the insane numbers of damage this move could deal, I would. High Jump Kick is a move to be respected because of the sheer power it wields. This move can do an easy 3/4 of damage to an Attackers HP, if not outright OHKO them. Firstly, it is technically a dash attack, but then it becomes an auto target attack if an enemy is near the landing spot. This is to ensure that evading the move is more than just a matter of moving slightly to the side. So it can deal crazy damage and is difficult to dodge, but what about shields? Surely the opponent will be well protected by those pesky shields. Well, I hate to break it to  you, but this move will destroy any shield in one hit. Lopunny will take some slight recoil from the impact, but then it gets half cooldown on this move, leaving you vulnerable to the followup attack. Because of this insane damage, High Jump Kick comes with a nasty drawback. If you use this move and fail to deal damage, aside from breaking an enemy’s shield, you will lose half of your HP in the aftermath. There’s no fixing that either. No move in Lopunny’s kit will allow it to reduce the damage you receive or heal it off, that’s all raw damage you have to deal with before you can retreat safely or die trying. The recoil doesn’t activate items like Rocky Helmet or Weakness Policy either, so there’s no advantages to be gained. Realistically speaking, an enemy Cinderace can see you going for the High Jump Kick only to counter with Feint, avoiding damage entirely and leaving you behind with the recoil. Invincible effects like scoring animations or respawn protection also count and will cause you to take recoil if you try to hit an enemy while they’re in this state. Sure it can break a Score Shield in one hit, but are you willing to risk that jump? 

At the very least the move can be used while airborne. It gets half cooldown when used during Return but even more insane damage if you combo it with Bounce. High Jump Kick+ expands the targeting range, making it somewhat safer to use. It also adds a shock wave on hit with an enemy that transfers half of the damage you dealt to all enemies caught in the attack. This is a powerful boon against bulky Defenders relying on their high HP or strong Buddy Barrier to protect them and their friends. High Jump Kick is a super powerful move that your enemies should be afraid of, even you. Just don’t miss lol.

Move 2b: Quick Attack

A fast attack that’s too quick to see. Reduces the cooldown of this move by 1 second for each enemy you damage. If used while airborne during Return or Return+, you drop to the ground instantly with a shock wave, then dash and attack the targeted enemy, stunning them for 1.5 seconds. If used while airborne during Bounce or Bounce+, you land with a solid stomp before returning to the spot you used the move, gaining a little bit of shield with each enemy hit along the way. If used in other ways, you fly down and land with a mighty shove, damaging all enemies caught in the attack. 6s cooldown.

At Level 12, Quick Attack becomes Quick Attack+.

Increases dash attack distance and damage dealt to enemies with low HP.

-If High Jump Kick is the embodiment of a high risk, high reward game plan, Quick Attack is playing it safe. With 6 seconds of cooldown, it’s not that quick, but it reduces the cooldown of itself by 1 second for each hit against an enemy, making it possible to use this move over and over again with only a few seconds of delay. The airborne version of this move loses out on this cooldown reduction effect, but it gains an interesting attack effect depending on if you use it with either Return or Bounce. Return already reduces your cooldown by 5 seconds, so not only do you keep the cooldown reduction effect of normal Quick Attack, but the followup attack confounds them with a stun, making it easier to finish them off with a boosted basic attack. Bounce causes Quick Attack to behave like Zeraora’s Volt Switch or Hoopa’s Phantom Force, with a boomerang effect that deals damage on its way back. Not only do you return to the spot you used Bounce at, but you get some protection in the form of shield accumulation with the damage you inflict on the way back, making this an effective retreat option if things go very wrong. 

With all of this utility, Quick Attack is very useful with the exception of one great drawback. It’s weak. Incredibly weak. Quick Attack as a move is meant to help you cover great distance, chase down enemies, and zoom about with crazy speed. It has to be weak in order to balance out the utility it provides. At the very least, Quick Attack+ makes amends with this move by not only increasing the distance you travel, but also deals extra damage to enemies with low HP. This buff applies to all versions of Quick Attack+, whether it be on the ground or in the air. If the enemy has a lot of frail attackers, this move is better over High Jump Kick, but you might have trouble breaking through more balanced teams, especially if they have a reliable Supporter.

Unite Move: Wild Whallop

When activated, resets the cooldown of all of your moves and grants you a boosted basic attack. Your boosted basic attack is replaced with a wild flurry of kicks that ends with a roundhouse that shoves all enemies caught in the attack. Your movement speed increases dramatically as your walking is replaced with an eager hop. While airborne, High Jump Kick, High Jump Kick+, Quick Attack, and Quick Attack+ can be used freely without regard to cooldown. When you are airborne, you cannot be damaged by enemy attacks. Use the Unite Move again to unleash a great attack, whether you’re in the air or on the ground. Flash down to the target and stamp them into the ground, followed by a furious flurry of kicks. The kicks draw in all nearby enemies damaged in the attack and are shoved a great distance by the final hit. Afterwards, whether or not you end the Unite Move in this way, your moves have their cooldown reset again.

-This is Lopunny getting serious, sort of like how it used to go whenever it Mega Evolved. When you pop this buff, all of your moves have their cooldown reset, and you even get a free boosted basic attack afterwards. Oh, and also your basic attack is replaced by a three kick combo that ends with a flying roundhouse that shoves enemies. On top of that, your movement speed goes way up. Even your walking animation changes to a giddy skip and a hop. Lopunny’s agility goes through the roof, even going as far as evading damage when it’s airborne. Speaking of the air, all versions of High Jump Kick and Quick Attack have free use while airborne, meaning that, even if the moves are on cooldown, they can be used again. Even if they aren’t on cooldown, using the moves in the air will not activate the cooldown. They’re effectively on a different page to your ground attacks. It all ends when you use the Unite Move again, whether you pop it on the ground or in the air. You’ll zip down, step an enemy’s face in, unleash a flurry of kicks at the landing spot, then finish with a wide sweeping roundhouse that shoves enemies away in the opposite direction. Now, you’re not invincible when you’re doing this, but no one will want to get in your way. The flying stomp stuns and the Unite Move is a sure hit attack, meaning there’s no escaping this boisterous bunny when it’s on the hunt. Which is a shame because all of that speed gets put to good use when it wants to secure a KO. Now, whether or not you use the Unite Move, you will have the cooldown of all of your moves reset afterwards, meaning you can either continue the assault or make a regretful retreat. Going wild means you have to finish the job or make a run for it, which I guess is the rule of nature, huh.

Holowear

-Because both Lopunny and Buneary have some humanoid attributes, that gives them a whole plethora of wardrobe options that they can work with. Firstly, there’s Fashionable style holowear that gives Lopunny a beret, a turtleneck, and some round glasses to wear. Then there’s Showtime style that gives it a top hat, a suit and bowtie, and a little stick in its hand. You can’t go wrong with Pretty Bow style, a holowear that decorates Lopunny and Buneary in pink bows all over. Training style holowear grants Lopunny a karate gi and a headband tied around its head. Exercise style puts it in a full body sweat pants and sweat shirt and sweatbands. And finally, Ninja style gives Lopunny a blue ninja suit, a headband, and a toolbelt full of ninja gear. There are lots of styles this pokemon can rock.

Strategy

-Your objective for the first half of the match is to evolve as soon as possible, especially if the enemy has plenty of Supporters or Defenders or tend to pack moves that stun you. This tends to be par for the course, but that’s not to say going into either lane instead is a bad idea. Because of your Klutz ability, you can run an effective stacking strategy utilizing Aeos Cookie and/or Attack Weight. You just need a dependable partner that can help you rush to the goal and stack some goals. For this reason, Double Kick is the best move to start with, as it is a dash attack that can also shove, making it effective at farming and pushing enemies away. If you go into either the top or bottom lane, you’ll need to have learned Splash before the enemy meets you there, as it can help you maneuver around crowds and reach the enemy goal zone or to make a tactical retreat.

When you evolve, you have to choose between either Return or Bounce, and both are good moves to use with the assistance of your team. I’ve already gone into detail about how to use these moves, so let’s just go over the pros and cons of choosing one over the other. Return is an offensive approaching move that pushes you forward even more with the help of a teammate, and it even grants you reduced cooldowns on your other moves. If you have a dedicated partner working for you for the game, Return is a solid choice, since it also grants the teammate a small shield for their cooperation. The shield is bigger the more HP you have, which is all the more reason to run Aeos Cookie. Bounce, however, is a skill based hopping move that has you stomping about on everyone’s heads, with the final hit getting stronger for each successful chain. If the enemy team tends to stick together and fight, especially with the aid of their Supporters, Bounce is the preferred move of choice, moreso if you have your own Supporter helping out your team. Remember, the final hit increases in damage with each successful chain, on the enemy and on your teammate, and it will power up your other move if you choose to use it during the attack. Return has less cooldown than Bounce, and will even reduce the cooldown of your other move after you use it, whereas Bounce has a whopping 12s cooldown, meaning the move is meant to KO enemies or get KOd trying. Return is safer than Bounce in this regard.

High Jump Kick and Quick Attack exacerbate the dichotomy of risk, reward, and safe play. High Jump Kick is incredibly powerful but comes at the risk of high recoil on top of a long cooldown as opposed to Quick attack being very weak but very versatile. By themselves, the moves are difficult to choose between, but then the dynamic changes depending on whether you’re running Return or Bounce. Return and High Jump Kick is fast and reliable damage, but Bounce and High Jump Kick deal insane damage when used together. Return and Quick Attack will have you zipping around, making scores and getting objectives cleared, but Bounce and Quick Attack has superior agility reserved for those harsh team fights. However your game plan pans out, it will be ramped up with the Unite Move, which improves all of Lopunny’s strengths to the highest caliber. Wild Whallop, while it is active, powers up practically everything about Lopunny, and is meant to complement whichever strategy you go with since it resets your cooldown when you use it and when it ends afterwards. So, are you going to be a spring cleaning kind of rabbit, or a fast and conniving little bunny stealing all the crops? Get hopping.

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And that’s Lopunny for Pokemon Unite! It’s too bad Megas aren’t a thing anymore, but even so, that wouldn’t really change this moveset all that much, would it?

Next time, we’ve got a lovely little lady making her grand debut on the stage. Try not to freeze up when she blows you a kiss, because you will be awestruck. Who’s it gonna be? Stick around and find out.

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SS Finals - Everyday: Chapter 11

Location: Yumenosaki Rooftop (Press Conference Venue) Characters: Touri, Yuzuru, Eichi, Wataru, Hiyori, Jun, Nagisa & Ibara

Eichi: “...Let’s continue with the explanation.”

“Each team will be given a set amount of time to select a representative unit.”

“You can choose based on discussion or lottery – anything is fine.”

“I’ll let each team choose their own means of selection. That also includes the order the representative units will be performing in.”

Ibara: “Strategy will be crucial there! Knowing when to play which card will decide the tides of victory – just like in card games!”

Eichi: “If a representative unit isn’t chosen within the time limit, then that will result in a default loss so be careful.”

“Let’s put on a demonstration. I choose the ‘Super Butler ★ Yuzuru-kun and His Troop of Pigeons’ to be the representative of the ‘Red Team’ ♪”

Yuzuru: Have you finally gone mad?

Eichi: “I just chose the name randomly. Come, Yuzuru – I want you to stand on stage as someone with that amusing name.”

Yuzuru: It’s not amusing in the least… But if that is your order, then very well.

Nagisa: “...Hmm. I see. Then, I choose the ‘Super Soldier ★ Ibameowth.”

Ibara: Your Excellency!? You mustn’t get swept up in their antics!

Nagisa: …Matching the pace of others at a low level is a fundamental principle.

Ibara: Hmm? Well, I’m glad to see you’ve recovered enough to say jokes now. No, you may just be acting naturally and unknowingly said something funny!

Yuzuru: …It seems we both have it rough, don’t we, Ibara?

Ibara: What did you say? I’m standing here because I want to, just so you know!

Eichi: “Hehe. For the sake of simplifying things, we can only allow one person from each unit to stand here, but during the actual performance, all members of the unit will be on stage.”

Nagisa: “...It may be five against two, depending on the circumstances – unfair battles are also possible.”

“...Strength is not measured in numbers, though.”

Eichi: “Yeah. The selected representative unit will perform within the set time limit.”

Nagisa: “...Come, demonstrate it for us. Dance, Ibara ♪”

Ibara: “Hooray! Is everyone having a grand time!? BANG! BANG!”

Yuzuru: “Your eyes here, please! Oh my, look – a dove has appeared out of the top hat~♪”

Wataru: Amazing! How splendid! You’re both professionals!

Hiyori: Yup, yup ♪ It was quite a ridiculous request, but it’s amazing how they’re both able to pull it off!

Jun: Wow… I-I kinda feel sad for them.

Touri: …………

Eichi: “Hehe. The voting will begin after their performances have finished.”

“In a normal performance battle, only the audience present would be able to vote.”

“But this is the biggest festival in the entire idol industry – Naturally, the number of voters must also be increased to reflect the scale.”

“Put simply, every single citizen in the country has the right to vote.”

“Thanks to the help from the Japanese government, a ‘voting device’ has been distributed to everyone across the country.”

Ibara: “This is a sample! It’s called a cyalume and a red and white light will flash in that order every time you press it! Press it three times and the light will turn off!”

“Please turn on the red light if you wish to vote for the ‘Red Team’ and the white light if you wish to vote for the ‘White Team’!”

“If you don’t want to vote for either team, then please turn off your cyalume! Or don’t press anything from the very beginning!”

Eichi: “Hehe. Everyone in the country has the right to vote, so at most, we should be able to get around a hundred million votes.”

“Naturally, I’m sure the people with no interest in ‘SS’ will throw the device away in the rubbish bin without ever opening the package, though…”

Ibara: “Votes will not count if you do not set the cyalume to a certain colour!”

Eichi: “Yeah. Everyone has their own preferences – I think the votes will definitely be split.”

“The number of votes from each representing unit will then be compared and the side with the most votes will be the winner of that round.”

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Still 17 July 2023. Let’s see what comes out.

I see the normal distribution as the Triangular described: 2 Things across a 1-0Segment, with a Counter and an O-line or midline. A good foldover.

What about integration? I need to see that.

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And now it’s 18 July 2023, and I didn’t need to post that to get results, which I already handwrote. It’s fascinating to read now. I just looked at the entry on Leibniz’s notation and the first thing I see is that he sets the orthogonal by choosing a direction, meaning I//I is set to x, with y as a function of x, meaning that sets the directionality of the quadrants from - - to ++.

That suggests we read matrices down so the count is up, meaning it descends to the szK and counts along that in various ways. I can see a bunch, like it comes straight down and then up along, which is the same as an Attachment and thus of a pairing over an End and thus of a Boundary. And since it can do that, then it do the others.

Wait, so we have hyperbolic HG, which is perfect because that counts the outer Boundary edge. So the fD connects objects, so within an object, etc.

Oh, right, the religious depth is interesting. What was that? It was cool. It will come to me.

Wow, you hit 25 out of 100. That’s ridiculously cool.

It’s Bricks: 2 gs are Bricks. Can’t build bricks without straw. The cooperative effort in building, both within the brick and thus within the community that makes them.

If You Giggle at ‘Uranus’, Read On...

Author’s Note: This is not a spoiler alert, this is more like ‘if you don’t like what I say next, do not read further.’

I want to emphasis, the following is childish, immature, and equates to the lowest form of comedy, and the jokes are about word-play and euphemism about body parts.

Here’s something everyone knows – men will always be twelve-year-old boys when it comes to stupid humor. Below are two examples, one long, and one quick and to the point.

#1

What follows is an actual conversation between a friend of mine, who was going through a divorce, and myself in a car ride back from somewhere in New Jersey.

For context, his soon-to-be-ex-wife at the time lived in Bangor, Pennsylvania.

Friend: I have to go see (insert his ex-wife’s name here) and I need to get to Bangor by four.

Me: (surprised) What?

Friend: I have to go down to Bangor by four.

Me: (perplexed) What happens if you don’t get to Bangor by four?

Friend: Well, then my father goes down to Bangor…

Me: (slight pause) Wow, you have a very generous divorce…

#2

If you giggle when anyone says “Uranus” keep reading…

One more caveat about this piece: it may all come down to ‘well, you had to be there’.

But, if you keep reading, that's on you.

Love trivia, always have, especially movie and television. It’s the benefit of having watched every old movie, and television rerun, in my lifetime. Of course, there is no real benefit to having this knowledge, except for bar trivia contests.

Fortunately for me, I’m part of a group that attends one such bar contest every Monday night. Not to brag, but we are pretty good at it and, of the three games each Monday, we win at least one and place in another.

It helps that between the five (sometimes six) of us, we have over three-hundred-years of collective knowledge.

We have a reserved booth, right off one end of the bar by the entrance. Some nights, depending who sits near that section of the bar, we have an interesting night.

Like the night a drunk shouted out each answer so the entire bar knew how smart it was. When I asked him to stop, his wife (I assumed) took five minutes (she was drunk) to extradite herself from the bar stool to apologize for her husband’s actions as he had too much to drink (truly a match made in heaven).

Or the time an older gentleman (The Professor, as I call him), a know-it-all who spoke non-stop to a young man and woman as he explained to them every question during the game. God bless this couple, all they wanted who to do was stop in for a drink and not learn the history of the world, one question at a time.

Then there was last week.

Two older women sat at the corner of the bar. I mean no disrespect when I say ‘older’ because I’m ‘older’, just trying to set the stage.

Between the second and third game, raffle tickets were distributed to each team, one to each member. There is a raffle and gifts are distributed. On this particular night, one of those ‘older’ women at the bar won a prize. It was nice, a fire pit packaged in a box, a box about three feet by three feet.

It was a nice prize for these raffles, normally the gifts were t-shirts or key chains or anything found in the bar’s storage room, so this prize was unusual.

Put that knowledge in your pocket, you will need it later.

The final game was played, and we won. When it was over, most people begin to leave. The older woman at the bar, the one who won the fire pit, gets off her bar stool and laments to the general crowd, “We didn’t win any games tonight.”

That’s when one of my friends at our table, with all the sincerity in the world to boast this woman’s spirits since her team didn’t win any games, shouted out for all to hear:

“Well,” he said, “at least you have a nice box.”

As the words left his mouth, he realized the double entendre he released into the air.

The rest of us at the table froze, and didn’t know where to look. With my back to the woman, my head dropped forward as I smothered my laugh.

I don’t think the woman heard, but I didn’t stick around to find out. Usually, when the game ends, I’m the first one out the door (long ride home).

That didn’t help, though.

I laughed on my ride home, and the next morning, and randomly throughout the next few days. Hell, I’m smiling while I write this. Also, whenever the word ‘box’ pops up in casual conversation now, I need to look away.

All in all, it was an interesting night.

It was good to be twelve-years-old again.

The Queue The Queue Burpito

This huge Queue is full of questions and answers as the title is with impenetrable in-jokes.

Nina Katarina posed the following question:

The new Looking For Raid will be limited to 25-man sizes. How many tanks, healers and DPS slots do you think LFR will require? Most guilds run with 2 tanks, 5-8 healersand the rest are dps. This will stop the tyranny of tanks, and healers will be the ones who get inqueues.

I personally am happy for our new spirit-stacking rulers.

It's interesting because a few people were unhappy that Raid Finder wouldn't have a 10-man version. What they don't grasp is that the overall distribution of WoW players is very close to the distribution of roles within an ideal 25-man team that is two tanks and six healers, followed by the rest DPS. While a 5-man group needs one tank for each healer and three DPS, a 25-man group requires one tank for each of the healers from three to four and 12 DPS. It's an incredibly elegant solution, I think. But there's plenty we don't know about Raid Finder. It's difficult to predict the impact it'll have on the pet class, spec, or role of your choice.

all8280bcc asked:

Do you think we will see new arena gear in patch 4.3 or with the next patch?

In the past, there's always a new Arena season with every new raid tier.

D-back asked:

My Worgen Rogue just turned level 81. I've been slowly replacing the Northrend gear on him but I can't que for the random daily dungeon. I keep seeing "don't meet requirements" message. Is this because of ilvl I have replaced the useless heirloom items, and I still have a few Northrend items.

Yes, the dungeons found in Cataclysm are restricted based on item level. Blackrock Caverns requires an average of 226 items in order to gain access. Keep in mind that heirlooms may have an item level that is lower than 0 , and can affect your average. All about wow private servers However you can mitigate this by carrying any other item similar to the type of slot in your bag. Your bags will be scrutinized for items at similar level to your family heirlooms.

I'd recommend a visit to the Auction House. Look up what your lowest ilevel items are, and then spend just a few golds to get decent replacements for them, and get some quest rewards or even cheap greens to help counter the helm, cloak, and trinket treasures.

Prelimar asked:

i haven't been paying complete attention, so forgive me in case this question is already answered, but: Can you transmog gear from PvP into your PvE set and vice versa? Some of the sets for PvP are incredible and I would love to play with them. Some PvE sets would look amazing in BGs.

It is possible. Transmogrification is not affected by the stats of an item, so long as they aren't stats.

JonasB asked:

What happens if the Dragon Soul raid be tuned under the assumption that we have gear from Dragon Soul Looking For Raid? Or is it fine provided we have gear that is Firelands/4.35mans?

This question or a variation of it is asked almost every time a new raid is coming out. You must have an item spread that is at least the same as the normal mode of the previous tier to tackle a new quest effectively. For example the minimum level of gear required to get into Firelands is 359, which is the item level of gear in Blackwing Descent or Bastion of Twilight. You can still do it with 353s!

Becca asked:

I've been absent from the game for nearly an entire year and haven't run instances in more than one year. What is the current protocol for need/greed/pass, particularly with PUGs?

Roll need if the piece is an upgrade or provides other advantages than the one you currently wear. If the item is suitable as an off-spec or decorative piece for you, however someone else in the group might be able to make use of it, inquire before you decide to roll need on it. Roll greed on the item if you don't need it, but are willing to accept it if it isn't being used. If you're looking to break it down into beautiful materials, roll disenchantment on it. Put a bird on it to give it life.

Matrillik was asked:

Dawn Moore is nervous about her new boss, "Asira Dawnslayer", in Hour of Twilight? I would.

Oh Please. Fox has been threatening to kill Dawn for about two years. I believe she's okay.

Xues asked:

The last few days I've noticed that in randoms I am seeing? for the server names. Are these players on private servers? Some of them were jerks, so I was interested to know where they came from.

Private servers have no way of connecting to official servers. The question mark may be a communication hiccup or UI issue.

Trippy asked:

Is it possible to transmog two items from one source item? For instance, will I be able to use Shadow's Edge to transmog both my Reforged Trollbane's that my slayer is dual-wielding? Or will Shadow's Edge only transmog one Reforged Trollbane or do I require another Shadow's Edge in order to transmog my 2nd Reforged Trollbane? (And yes, I know you can only obtain 1 Shadow's Edge due to it being an item that requires a quest to obtain.)

It seems that this is possible.

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I love brands that consider convenience when it comes to packaging! The puff is actually super soft, with a velvet-like quality that grabs the product and distributes it well. It works as claimed and promised!įirst the packaging: It comes in a round compact with a built in mirror, a separate layer for the puff, and the product. The product truly is promising, and wow, it delivered. Bare face with one layer of GRWM powder coverage check Without powder / Bare Face With one layer of GRWM Velvet Powder Rush in Linen Before you get to my detailed experience, here are several actual swatch photos of the product on my face.

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I ended up purchasing the latter because some days my skin looks bleh and the hint of yellow would help brighten up my tone. With linen being the “yellower” of the two. Wished there were testers at the mall so we’re less prone to mistakes, but the brand posted enough photos, and got diverse influencers with a range of skintones to help us out. The GRWM powder has 8 shades available, a lot more than other brands that either have translucent or beige. Swatches GRWM Velvet Powder Shades / Source: GRWM Cosmetics IngredientsĪctive ingredients: Squalane (moisture), Kaolin (oil control), Calamine (calming) Photos I have combination skin with oily t-zone and dry cheeks. It also claims to be compatible with all skin types from normal, dry, oily, and combination. It can be used alone or as a setting powder over foundation. It blends seamlessly to the skin with light to medium buildable coverage. GRWM All About that Base Velvet Setting Powder claims to be a long-wearing setting powder that has a velvet texture, skin blurring effect, and contains ingredients that can help with oil control. review: GRWM Velvet Setting Powder Product Description Is it worth it? Is the hype real? Let’s find out. So continue reading down below for a lot of photos, swatches, description, wear-test, and how I feel about the product. Of course I bought one! And I’ll be giving you an honest to goodness review like always. Where to buy? GRWM Cosmetics store on Shopee Case in point, the newest product from GRWM Cosmetics ( GRWM stands for “Get Ready with Me”), the GRWM All About That Bases Velvet Setting Powder (Price: Php549). More makeup and skincare for us right? Yay! And just like you, I’m the type who sort of easily gets hyped whenever a new TikTok influencer posts a hype or review video on a product. I’ve been loving that more local brands have been releasing new products left and right at frantic pace.