part two to this
no hate but I'll admit I'm getting a lil tired/sad over all the 'ingo chooses hisui because he's built a home/he's not the person he was (blank) years ago'
just kinda an achy sad. cuz idk. I'm almost 30 myself and. maybe it's just me but living in a place for 5 years, having what could be called a life.... doesn't make it home. I've lived where I am since 2013 and I still wouldn't call it my home. yes, I have friends and a job, but my heart's not here. I miss my home state so much, the place I grew up in, the trees, the dumb lil stores... Yeah I'm sure it's changed, but if I could go back, I would.
as for age, I feel like as we get older, we change far less over time. you figure yourself out, develop your patterns. and Ingo clearly remembers his patterns unconsciously. while he will change from his time in hisui, I don't think it's as much as we assume
plus, man, when you get older time fucking SPEEDS UP. not even joking. five years is NOTHING, it will pass in the blink of an eye. I'm pretty sure my mom passed away like 4-5 years ago but it only feels like 2 years in the grand scheme
I just wish we had a lil more happy to offset the sad,
To continue my dumb ideas about our lovely but idiotic subway boss twins, Ingo and Emmet: In the modern era, they were best known in the population not for their Pokémon skills or roles as the heads of transportation in Nimbasa, but as social media stars.
It started with Elesa showing them videos on Youtube or the Pokémon equivalent which are basic train videos and what not, and Elesa asks them if they want to make a safety video that's cool, because these basic bitches in Kalos can't do it for shit. Emmet and Ingo, looking at the combination of trains, safety, and their patented brand of chaos, agree.
The video is actually super informative on train safety, but it's also incredibly chaotic. Emmet does most of the voice over because his deadpanned tones just set the mood that it's a normal video, and meanwhile the scene described is pure chaos.
"Make sure to secure your bags to your person while on the move." Emmet, over the top says. It pans to Elesa, who has a ton of bags around her from shopping, but, as the train starts, the bags all fly towards the back. Ingo, who just stepped in the car, is instantly KOed by them.
"Make sure to stay behind the yellow lines on the platform until the train comes to a stop." It shows Emmet standing in front of the line as Ingo is directing traffic. Emmet falls on the tracks due to his Archeops crashing into him, but, just as it seems like the train is going to hit him, it's revealed to be Chandelure pretending to be an engine on the tracks.
They even do videos specific to battle train safety. "Please make sure that you are on a certified Battle Boss Subway locomotive when visiting Nimbasa! Only those are certified for Pokémon battles." It then pans to Ingo and Emmet facing off against Nate and Rosa. One of them uses a Cryoganal, which proceeds to use Ice Beam, and, from the outside, we see the entire car freeze. The video then rewinds to before the battle, and Ingo points to a sign on the car that says 'not for battle,' so they move to a car that says 'battle car.' Ice Beam is used again, but this time the car has a protective area for trainers and built-in fail safes keep the car in one piece and moving along.
Emmet also occasionally curses out terrible passengers, and SOMEONE doesn't properly edit them out (*ehem*Elesa*ehem*).
Eventually they branch out into random videos. Using Snapchat apps that guess who's your celebrity look alike (and somehow the twins end up with different people and they're like "we're twins???") or videos that Elesa snuck like when it's the Pokémon bath day, and, while some pokemon are gentle and easy... they have a lot of Pokémon that would disagree with water.
(And when Ingo goes missing, Emmet reaches out over social media. Turns out, the internet is the best detectives, because someone finds a picture of what looks like Ingo in a museum and is like "what the fuck??? When did this get here???" and THAT leads to time travel. The international police took a year to find nothing, but one call to the internet and about three weeks, and Emmet was sent a ton of historical records that just... appeared? And he realizes that he's going to need to hunt down a legendary to fix this).
(In the past, Akari is staring SO HARD at Ingo because oh hell this is the social media train influencer and how the hell is she supposed to explain that she knows who he is but only from that one video where he got bodied by a Mincino while discussing trains - he doesn't even know what a phone is!)
Emmet suggestions! If anyone criticizes you for typing quirks, stims, tics, or just your overall personality?
Deck them.
So I understand that there are allot of folks upset about the concept art leak and the implications that Ingo has been in Hisui for 10+ years/is supposedly in his 50’s now due to how long he’s been there. But also do keep in mind that even if this leak is not a hoax, the concept itself does not work at all with the final product of the game.
First off, we are told the the rift was something that opened over Hisui fairly recently. To put that phrasing into perspective, we’re are also told by Professor Laventon at the start of the game that Jubilife village was founded only two years ago. So that puts the Rift opening at a year ago at the max.
Later, Ingo is introduced to the player character by Irida, who’s at MOST 20, as someone who’s similar to the player, having been an outsider, and is missing his memories. If Ingo has been in Hisui for over 10 years, I don’t think Irida would introduce him this way.
Then, the fact that all it took for his long lost memories to start kicking in was a single walk in a dark tunnel with the player character? You can’t tell me that it’s totally believable for a man to go 10+ years without any reminders what’s so ever. You hadn’t even battled him yet when he starts remembering Emmet and Chandelure! No way he’s been without any reminders for that long, it’s too depressing.
And finally there’s the whole convo between Ingo and Volo, and how Volo asked if Ingo’s memory’s could be related to the rift. Combine this question with the knowledge that Volo caused the damn rift in the first place and suddenly the idea of Ingo being there for over a single year doesn’t make too much sense either. Why would Volo ask him that if he was already an established warden with all his modern memories before Volo make his deal with a banished god?
Basically, if the leak is real, concept art is concept art and allot can get cut before a final product can be finished. If it’s not in the official game or confirmed in later DLC, then it honestly shouldn’t mater as anything beyond inspiration material for a tragic AU for those who love the heart breaking angst.
Though the balding art is spectacular✨
If I ever start posting consistent art 99% is just gonna me be making submas content based on my own brothers- for example my brother just came into my room looked around threw my copy of Pokémon black at me flipped me off n then dipped
Crucial lesson source
guess who was feeling evil and made a silly little fan song
thumbnail under cut yes i cropped it wrong in the video no i'm not fixing it
I’m gonna DIE they HURT ME
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WARNING: FLASHING LIGHTS TW
WIP
Song: Error, niki (Cover: Will Stetson)
I PROBABLY won’t finish this but here’s a nice wip I guess! Shippers DNI I will kill you on sight
where were you when you found out trump got shot
THAT. LITTLE. BLUSH.