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I've been seeing posts about how villain Emmet is ooc and I agree. I always thought of villain Emmet as being ultimately harmless since he's a good guy but I've seen fics of Emmet outright killing volo (which are cool but it gets tireing when he's always unhinged like that)

So I made my own version.

maybe emmets the only person calling himself a villain. Villains are the ones that search for legendarys after all and he needs to either get to the past himself or bring ingo back to the present. He asks elesa to make him a costume worthy of a villain and she of course gets it for him because if this is how he want to greave who is she to stop him?

Emmet starts traveling to different regions looking for legendarys. Battling trainers as he gos. Not being surrounded by reminders of ingo is helping him think of other things.

Maybe at one point he steals something from a hisui history museum but that's the worst thing he ever does.

He eventually manages to summon arceus and he's starting down god himself.

"I am Emmet. Battle me and when I win return my brother to me"

And arceus battles him a honorable 6v1 against god. after a long battle Emmet is victorious. And arceus drops ingo down in front of Emmet and they hug it out and go home and start running the subway together again... or maybe that's just what Emmet wanted to happen.

After all it was a 6v1 against god it was never a fair fight and after a long battle Emmet loses. All his pokemon faint and the last hope of seeing his brother is shattered. And while Emmet is devastated its less then he expected. It had been years. he had traveled the world and had become friends with people who had never even meet ingo. Emmet had been greaveing without even noticing it. He had a life without ingo, one where he traveled the world battling strong trainers. And while before he had no idea what life without ingo would look like now he had something to go back to.

Emmet becomes a traveling trainer. And maybe a historian too. He gives the subway to the people who had been running in while he was out. He could never go back to it without ingo by his side.

Years later he tells someone about the time he was a villain and they laugh at him. Villain teams tend to try and capture and chain legendarys not challenge them like their just another pokemon. What villain just walks up to a legendary and gets a fight. Thats the kind of stuff that you see in pure of heart storys not villain storys.

All Sanses: How do you kiss without lips?

Magic ~ ✨ ™

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

Can i ask? That Kris is a bit overprotective of his little sisters? Y'know Chara and Frisk? (And P.S i love your art so much!! And your amazing! Teach me your ways master! ÒwÓ)

I LOVE the over protective big brother trope, SO.MUCH. Yes Kris is super protective of his little sisters, Frisk just tries to keep the peace while Chara likes to mess things up a bit.

emmet brings up safety checks quite a bit. do you happen to know what those involve doing?

Yes! I can speak to it more now that I've actually driven a locomotive once.

When operating a train, you're in constant communication with the rest of the crew, and you have to be intensely aware of your surroundings. The locomotive I've worked with, Strasburg #90, weighs 212,000 pounds. That's 106 tons of steel. And that's not factoring in her tender! 90 could get up to 50 mph in her days hauling freight in Colorado (and probably still could if she was allowed to at Strasburg, since they take such great care of her).

So imagine this. You've got something that weighs 106 tons going at 50 mph. Behind it are a bunch of cars laden with goods (in 90's case, she pulled sugar beet trains). You are NOT going to be able to stop on a dime. That's why trains require constant communication with both the entire crew and signalpeople and dispatchers along the line - to make sure traffic flow is kept clear and to warn of any incidents well in advance that would require the engineer to stop the train. Stopping #90 was a multi-step process - I first had to close her throttle down, and then I had to ease on her brake until she came to a stop. It wasn't instantaneous, like it would have been in a car. We came to a rolling stop. No matter how modern or efficient your train is, you're not going to be able to jam on the brakes that way.

I wasn't allowed to take any photos in the cab (safety, again), but here's two shots of me driving her backwards:

Note that I am a) verrrry focused on what I'm doing and extremely serious about it and b) leaning out the cab window for increased visibility. The door in the front of 90's cab was open, too, which helped me see further out the front, but when it comes to going backwards, I had to lean out the cab window. Steam locomotives actually usually have cushioned arm rests in the windows because engineers have to lean out the window going forward and backward.

Staying in communication has gotten a lot easier with modern technology. Although she was built in 1924, 90 has a radio installed, so the engineer overseeing me driving and a conductor were in constant communication, with the conductor reporting distances in terms of car lengths so those of us in the cab knew when to cut the speed. He was an extra pair of eyes on the back of the train. On longer trains, you'll usually have a team of people working under the head conductor to do this, including brakemen, who historically would use flag and lantern signals to send information up to the head conductor and engineer. Nowadays, we have radios, but on heritage railways, these signals survive in places. I try to learn Strasburg's hand signals whenever I'm there, just in case I need them. They're helpful, especially since steam locomotives are quite loud!

These days, trains usually have something called Positive Train Control, which basically sends the train information about where it can travel safely, how fast it can do so, etc. If you see a steam locomotive doing a mainline excursion and it has a diesel behind it, the diesel is likely providing Positive Train Control for the train (as well as power to air conditioning for passenger cars, etc.). In terms of pulling the train, the steam locomotive won't need the diesel's help - it's significantly more powerful. But in terms of staying in touch, that's where it comes in handy. Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 has actually been fitted with PTC, because Ed Dickens is a fucking steam god and I want to be as cool as he is someday.

Before you take off, you need to go through and make sure everything's in working order, too. The system of pointing and calling is an effective way to do this, and it helps improve your muscle memory, to boot. By verbally stating each task as you go through it and check to make sure each step is done in the right order and everything is functioning, you don't miss them or skip over things, you don't rush, and you're more likely to notice if something isn't right. In the NYC Subway, we have these things called zebra signs (or should that be Zebstrika signs?) at each station above the platform. They mark the specific spot on each platform that the train needs to stop at. When the train stops, the engineer should have it lined up so that the car the conductor is in is lined up with the sign, and the conductor confirms this by opening their window and pointing at the sign in acknowledgement. Once you know they're doing it you can start watching for them doing it, or, you know, stand under the sign and hold up funny signs for them that they're legally required to point at.

So Emmet bringing this up isn’t just an off-handed thing. This is a legitimate and extremely important aspect of his job, especially since he and his brother work with moving passengers in a densely populated city. There’s a lot of extra safety things to be concerned with regarding passengers - their safety needs to be ensured if there’s an emergency, the train gets stuck in a tunnel and they have to be evacuated, etc. You have to know exactly how to handle those situations, and you have to be prepared if they do come up, but you also shouldn’t usually get to that point because you already made sure the passengers were kept safe because you followed signals and scheduling.

A quick, tl;dr version would be something like this:

Before you even get into the train, check the locomotive and cars to make sure they’re serviceable (on steam locomotives, this involves the engineer oiling the wheels, etc.)

Once in the cab of the locomotive, go through the operating procedure to start driving

Do NOT start driving without signaling that you’re going to move. Usually that’s two short whistles if you’re going forward or three short whistles if you’re going backwards. This gives people time to get out of the way. You’ll also ring the bell when you start moving, too.

Stay in constant communication with the crew and keep an eye on your surroundings.

At a crossing, you have to whistle AND ring the bell to give cars and pedestrians a clear warning that you’re coming (whistle pattern is long-long-short-long). Repeat as necessary until you hit the crossing.

GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO STOP. This one’s crucial. You can’t stop right away, you’re moving too much weight to do so.

Follow any light signals you receive, as they’re a good well-in-advance warning of any issues, and make sure your radio is working all the time. If you lose that communication, you’re in trouble.

Don’t be this guy. (Okay, this one is a joke, it’s a VHS I grew up with as a little kid. But seriously, don’t be this guy.)

Hopefully this makes some sense, anon!

【BROTHER!】

This is fastest I’ve ever churned out a comic, and it was fueled by needing to see Emmet ride on top of a train thats on fire. Fandom said Emmet gets to be unhinged, and i said “say less” lmaoo

I just need them to reunite, I’m begging.

Bonus dumb thing:

I love your theory about Ingo and Emmet being the original twins, but shouldn't it be Ingo that gets the black dragon and Emmet that gets the white one?

this is dialogue from BW2, and Ingo is the older brother so following this logic he would have Reshiram and Emmet would have Zekrom, but even disregarding this little bit of canon the fact that Ingo has a signature fire type pokemon and Emmet has an electric type makes that match up work better I think... I also just really like the idea that each gets the opposite colour, on top of them possibly leaning on the personal quality in the other twin and thus believing that to be the stronger, which is frankly the only reason why I can see them ever fighting over something like that!

i’m sick af but i had to sorry-

This was such a surreal experience

Have an adorable child Underfell Frisk. (I’ve noticed I based my Underfell Frisk’s personality off my OC Nene, they have the same feel)

Don’t think I’ve had an art block this big since years ago. Insanity thy name is Nuvex~

I’m still drawing but whenever I work on my comics I just melt into a puddle of self pity and procrastination, lovely stuff I tell ya.

So, sorry for the long wait on new comics! Hopefully this will be over soon.

Still enjoy all this random content!