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Pokemon Legends Arceus - Blog Posts
I said last Kieran post, but then I got hit with some meme inspiration, so this one will be the last post for a while.
It's kinda like watching what happened with Volo getting consumed by his obsession in real-time, having front-row seats to his descent into madness.
So i'm trying to get full 10 research for my Hisuian dex because apparently thats how you get the shiny charm /sigh/ but as I was trying to finish the Obsidian Fields area this lil dude just pops up.
I love the idea that they are completely platonic, just friends, but some folks were super jealous he got to be in Zisu's arms so they made up rumors about them were dating.
Ingo is way more worried about Pokemon than dating and is quite happy to keep it that way.
Zisu is totally gay I don't make the rules here.
So they are just real close friends, part of the reason Zisu sees no harm in just picking him up and carrying him places if he's hurt or tired. She knows she won't be hit on.
Ok wtf I love this <3 XD
oh to be carried off into the sunset by a tall strong woman
i've been rotating this man in my mind like a rotisserie chicken
proshippers dni. i want you gone
I think every first time player of Legends Arceus has had the experience where they wandered off the main path into the Horseshoe Plains, stumbled across a big Rapidash with glowing red eyes and decided "Ooh, I want to catch that!" only to be hit by an intercontinental ballistic missile in the shape of a horse.
A Family Tree for you!
My Pokémon legends Arceus team
My team that got me through my first play through.
They all look sad because I’m gone on other adventures and I miss them.
My team consists of:
Lennox my hisuian typhlosion (male)
Felix my umbreon (male)
Kimberly my alpha luxray (female)
Sojiro my hisuian zoroark (male)
Tania my alpha sneasler (female)
And Stratus my alolan ninetales (Male)
Looking at this now makes me realize both of my females are alpha Pokémon.
I wanted to draw something a little angsty, and what better way to express my love for zoruas and zoroarks than to draw a hisuian zoroark protecting a zorua in a snowstorm.
Fleeing zoroark in a snowstorm
My first time drawing this violent ghost fox. I tried to draw hisuian zoroark’s cool ghost powers but I’m having trouble with the colours. I got a bit lazy at the end…
Please tell me what you think of it.
Legends Arceus, 108 Wisps and Chinese Classics
I'm finally playing Pokemon Legends Arceus and I'm just realizing the game is somewhat inspired on the Chinese classic Shui Hu Zhuan, often localized as Water Margin, or as All Men Are Brothers, or also as (-The 108-) Outlaws of the Marsh.
*THIS POST MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS*
I have seen people comment on how Spiritomb and Typhlosion (Hisui variant) are related to the number 108 in various ways, as it's the novel I'll be discussing. To gather the Pokemon facts first, let's start mentioning that to get Spiritomb in Pokemon Arceus, you have to find the 108 wisps wandering around Hisui, and some of Spiritomb's Pokedex entries read:
'Exactly 108 spirits gathered to become this Pokémon. Apparently there are some ill-natured spirits in the mix.' 'It was bound to a fissure in an Odd Keystone as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago.'
As for Hisuian Typhlosion, Professor Laventon says in the Pokedex 'Said to purify lost, forsaken souls with its flames and guide them to the afterlife.' Additionally, from the official Legends website we also learn the following:
'It emits ghost flames –said to number as many as 108- from the fires around its neck. These flames all attack the opponent, adopting the countenance of ferocious beasts.'
Some people already explained that the number 108 is significant in various Asian religions, but to be brief, it often revolves around the idea that there are 108 'temptations' on the way to Nirvana, 108 mundane 'feelings' in the way to purification, etc. and so, many rituals and traditions involve the number in some way (rosaries have 108 beads for this reason, temples sometimes have literally 108 steps, they ring bells 108 times, etc.)
Shui Hu Zhuan, or Water Margin, is among the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. JRPG enjoyers such as myself might have heard of it because of Suikoden or Eiyuden… being a Suikoden fan for as long as I've been a Pokemon fan, my impression is that this novel is not known to westerners, so allow me to explain further.
The plot revolves around the 108 Heroes or 'Stars of Destiny' seemingly inspired by the Taoist idea that everyone's destiny is tied to a Star. Generally speaking, this funny but also tragic brutal novel is about people from all walks of life, sometimes criminals, coming together to fight evil (mostly in the form of a corrupt disastrous government and the invading regions). It's about sworn family, about friendship, about repenting, about changing times… and about how beautiful women are evil because the novel is definitely a product of its time. A number of the adventures in the book are inspiration for the characters arcs in the game, as well as for the locations.
Back to the 108 wisps, Spiritomb and Hisuian Typhlosion; other than being possibly related to Hinduism and Buddhism, the way I think they can relate to the novel is explained by this Wikipedia quote that summarizes the lore of the books: 'The 108 Heroes represent 108 demonic overlords who were banished (…) Having repented since (…) the stars are released from imprisonment by accident, and are reborn in the world as 108 heroes who band together for the cause of justice.'
I don't have enough reliable sources to talk more about it and it's been some 15 years since I read this novel -a very mistranslated version apparently-. But I know for a fact that out of the 108 heroes/Stars of Destiny, there are 36 Heavenly Spirits and 72 Earthly Fiends. These 36 are generally higher ranked or more important in the novel, and if I'm not mistaken, there are 36 characters in Pokemon Arceus that are somewhat relevant, all being ancestors to other human characters in the series -including the antagonist-, a lot of them either officials of the Galaxy Team, Wardens and leaders of the Diamond and Pearl clans, or people of various 'mundane' talents helping Jubilife Town prosper… much like in the novel.
So yeah there are many little ways I which Game Freak seemed to take inspiration from Water Margin!
When Pokémon Legends Arceus launched, I ended up devouring that game, it was soo gooddd... And one of the characters that struck to me the most was her, Arezu!! So after completing the Pokedex in like a week, I decided to draw her too!
I also made a small adjustment to the original drawing, cuz it didn't look exactly like this before but I wanted it to look like this xD
Shiroshi, White Death: an alpha Hisuian Zoroark with the nasty habit of imitating both the appearance and cries of its slaughtered victims. Armed with sharp teeth and wicked claws, this walking corpse is the last thing you’d wanna meet in the woods — it will want to play a game. And you’ll be the chew toy ❤️
Sneak peek of a new story... a Pokémon Ghost story…coming soon
I played legends of Arceus the other day and caught a shiny Teddiursa, and I was reminded of Molly’s love of bears! So of course I absolutely HAD to do this! And I love how this turned out! Our little bear cub is so adorable with these little guys! I may draw the others with Pokémon as well, so if you guys have any ideas of what they should be, please let me know! 😊
I still can’t get over how cute this is!
Adaman and Hassel doodle
I think that Hassel is Adaman’s descendant and that Adaman would be very disappointed in Hassel’s lack of sass and drip
Follow your dreams. (Or in this case your forefathers)
Due to budget cuts Arceus had to get a discount champion to save space-time from collapsing
siblings :)
you can decide what emmet did to get a forehead flick
this has probably been done before
Funniest part about playing Legends: Arceus so far is how surprisingly aggressive Paras is like damn lil bro I didn't know you had hate in your heart like that.
Forget who it was but I remember seeing a video discussing all the ancestors in Legends: Arceus and when they got to Melli they were like "You don't have any obvious descendants. Did you just not have kids because you're GAY?! 🤨" and I think about that constantly.
Penny is a cringe teenager
Also this shitpost has haunted me ever since my friend showed me
Ok i can‘t stop thinking about that diamond warden emmet au and i made this here today. Please forgive me for the sketchy quality but i was im a hurry but wanted to draw this down :3
About the Au: basically arceus trows both twins at the same time to hisui but sadly both ends up separated and in the other clan without any memories. They meet each other due to clan shenanigans but don‘t remember each other beside having an familiar feeling about each other. We as the player help them regaining there memories with more shenanigans. Also the fact that they look the same is a running gag that nobody gets.
As my good friend @viivaroo said it:
„Pffffff naaah they don‘t look the same! Emmet wears blue!“
Also everyone is not allowed to mention battles near emmet while he is doing stuff.
Yumeshipping beam GO!! how do people make their posts cute
Insult Ingo and never be found again
Ingo is pointless (YouTube version)
(a lot of people made the joke when i posted front facing ingo on models-resource on twitter so i made this)
