Latest Posts by saltyyyymilk - Page 3

🤌 its about making sure your bestie doesnt get trampled on her daily commute

I wanted to draw them aggressive walking like new yorkers do, ended up drawing them arm in arm, which ended up becoming a mini comic OOPS.

‼️ FLASHING IMAGERY ‼️

WAIT DID I NEVER POST THE EMMET FANCAMS HERE ?? WHAT THE FUCK ???

(Childhood) submas headcanons:

- They probably got bullied

- Their bullies show up to the battle subway one day and Emmet has a fieldtrip insulting them after they lose. For once Ingo doesn't stop him.

- Emmet has more trouble waking up in the morning for school/work

- Ingo would make Emmet's sandwiches for him if he got up too late for school

- They shared a room as kids but each side was decorated differently

- Plushies of their favorite pokemon

- Practicing their poses in the mirror ofcourse

- Ingo is better at school subjects like history while Emmet is better at stuff like math. Idk it makes sense to me

- matching bracelets when they were kids

- Ingo would study beforehand while Emmet would do it last minute

- Ingo would probably help Emmet study if he was short on time

- Fake Pokémon battles on the playground

- Emmet is one cm taller than Ingo

- Or Ingo is taller idk i can't decide but i feel like they're not the same height

- they share an unmreblla

- if they couldn't reach something as kids Emmet would sit on Ingo's shoulders

- they speak multiple languages!!

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!

— hand my my shovel, i’m going in

“emmet would beat up volo” is a funny concept but have you considered this infinitely more terrifying idea

all panels with submas in them from bw volumes 4&5 so that you don't have to pay $13 like i did

i have found myself wanting platonic submas reader insert fics . So Bad like i just wanna hang out with The Boys for a day

i want emmet to do his swingy arm walk and then reader copies him and then ingos like "sure why not" and he does it too!! and/or they all keep shouting "ALL ABOOAARRD!!" together for no reason

id kill for a fic thats essentially just oneshots of reader and the twins hanging out where its not really a Story its just a series of events that take place in 1 consistent universe

like!! theres potential for dumb sibling antics here!! exploring what theyd do on casual days outside of work! what theyd do for fun aside from battling and trains! i Wanna be their Friend

If there is One Clip of the Anime!Subway Masters I can upload here, it's gotta be this one.

I think about Emmet smilling a lot

I may be reading too much into it and this probably isn't even a fresh new take but I feel like he is someone who smiles so constantly that he also just smiles on stressful situations, or when he is uncomfortable, maybe some people even call it weird because he shouldn't smile after a tragedy, but in front of others he isn't comfortable showing any other emotion, or more specifically, it's overwhelming to deal with people and his own emotions at the same time, and smilling is natural, and he only can handle so much at the same time so when he is in a less overwhelming place he can let himself feel emotions naturally

Not that I think it's always a smile out of anxiety obviously, he loves his life so he has a reason to smile basically all the time

On another note I like to think Ingo can tell the difference between a genuine and a fake smile, so he can give his brother an out of a conversation that is distressing, I also like to think he doesn't smile 100% of the time with Ingo at home, he still is basically smiling all the time but they are more subdued, something about being in a more relaxing environment with the person he trusts most, if he is really focused on a series they are watching their expressions might even be reversed, Emmet almost frowning in intense concentration and Ingo with a enthusiastic but minor smile

Anyway I think about Emmet smilling a lot

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!)

Imagine being the first one in the Pearl clan to have a pokemon battle with Ingo. Or even just see one. Like idk, maybe he's picked up Machop, gotten his hands on some pokeballs from a wandering trader & has been useful around the village with it and for some reason he & Irida have a battle.

And Irida tells her Glaceon to head out onto the arena like normal but then you look over to Ingo. He's posing, he's got an intro speech, he's pointing, he's got one hand on the brim of his cap. He turns, ominous look over the shoulder & tosses the ball straight up in the air. You can practically hear the theme music. Imagine the absolute cognitive dissonance.

The people there have barely seen Pokemon battles outside of being attacked or watching wild pokemon fight & here's a goddamn professional battler doing a whole routine, coat flaring. Also he's one of the most skilled trainers in Unova and brought a Fighting type against an Ice type. Unless Irida's Glaceon is tough as hell (and it isn't) or Ingo's Machop is very underlevelled, Ingo's the one who wins that fight.

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!)

Here’s a list.

What’s it for? yeah.

Ingo

Confirmed Canon Information

- Bad at facial expressions but good as vocal expressions (his face looks very neutral even when he sounds excited)

- Speaks very loudly, has no indoor voice

- While this is more obvious in the Japanese games, Ingo speaks in a overly polite/formal way

- Yells “BRAVO” when anything smth he finds exciting happens

- Left handed

Manga Depiction

- Appears to be easily frustrated when losing battles

- Emmet’s impulse control through brute force, will simply grab and remove Emmet when he’s being too abrasive

- Repeats the name of the trains destinations in the speaker after Emmet does the first announcement. Maybe this is just a thing trains do but it’s important to me.

- More expressive than in the games (not by a large margin)

Pokemon Masters

- Seems to have an overbearing sense of responsibility(?)

- Hisui is not the first time he’s been transported into a different universe for unexplained reasons.

- Does not seem to be aware that his face doesn’t show the emotions he’s feeling.

- Most of his conversations are about trains and rail systems.

Emmet

Confirmed Canon Information

- His face is always very expressive but he speaks in a monotone way ( he will look very excited and yet talk in a very neutral way)

- While this is more obvious in the Japanese games, Emmet speaks in a more informal way than his brother

- Gets very serious while battling

- Right handed

- Starts the majority of his sentences with “I am Emmet”

- Says “very” as “verrrry”

- Likes winning more than anything else

- Prefers double battles

Manga

- Will loudly announce he is going to eavesdrop on your conversation as he walks towards you

- This depiction of Emmet appears to generally be louder and more energetic

- Does this weird stiff walk a lot

- Mainly does the location announcements on the train speakers. Idk how you call them.

Pokemon Masters

- Really looks up to Ingo

- Prefers the rules of a double battle

- Puts a great deal of importance on safety

- Seems to have a thing with combinations; he states multiple times that he loves combinations when it comes to pokemon battles and takes great interest in the sync pairs system.

- Mentions Ingo a lot

- Considers him and Ingo as “each other’s closest rivals”

when you wanna practice drawing Scrungly and Blorbo from your Games so you dig up that AU post you made a week ago and reference from it.

anyway i'm gonna watch that Pokemon Direct this weekend for any sign of DLC for a game that came out One Month Ago.

Submas Masterpost

Here’s all the relevant Submas posts I’ve done or shared that aren’t shitposts, all in one place.

Edited to add: No, I don’t ship them. I am very much turned off by incest ships. Don’t bring that shit here, thanks.

The Submas Primer: a post I thought would be a lot shorter that explains who Ingo and Emmet are, what they do, and how the NYC Subway works

A Follow-Up To That Primer: in which an anon asked me about other subway systems in the United States - I discuss a bit more Submas information, as well as Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion

How Do We Know Ingo Has No Indoor Voice?: Because he doesn’t. It’s great. They’re actually both easily excitable nerds.

How Tall Are Ingo and Emmet, Really?: Well, I tried my best.

The Ingo In PL:A Reassurance Post: written by my friend and roommate, who has been helping me greatly by getting me height reference screenshots by having various Pokemon stand next to Ingo in that game

Iron Horse Girl: aka “why are these characters so important to you anyway?”

Submas Vs.: I use Ingo and Emmet’s Pokemon in other battle facilities.

Emmet Is Autistic As Fuck, Fight Me: I wrote this over a year ago now, and I ought to do a new one because really, both of them have a lot of autistic traits that I could point out. Emmet was just more obvious and so I wrote that.

Actually, They’re Both Autistic As Fuck, And I’ll Die On This Hill: an updated version of the first post to include both of the little nerds.

More will be added to this post as they’re written.

Here’s a list.

What’s it for? yeah.

Ingo

Confirmed Canon Information

- Bad at facial expressions but good as vocal expressions (his face looks very neutral even when he sounds excited)

- Speaks very loudly, has no indoor voice

- While this is more obvious in the Japanese games, Ingo speaks in a overly polite/formal way

- Yells “BRAVO” when anything smth he finds exciting happens

- Left handed

Manga Depiction

- Appears to be easily frustrated when losing battles

- Emmet’s impulse control through brute force, will simply grab and remove Emmet when he’s being too abrasive

- Repeats the name of the trains destinations in the speaker after Emmet does the first announcement. Maybe this is just a thing trains do but it’s important to me.

- More expressive than in the games (not by a large margin)

Pokemon Masters

- Seems to have an overbearing sense of responsibility(?)

- Hisui is not the first time he’s been transported into a different universe for unexplained reasons.

- Does not seem to be aware that his face doesn’t show the emotions he’s feeling.

- Most of his conversations are about trains and rail systems.

Emmet

Confirmed Canon Information

- His face is always very expressive but he speaks in a monotone way ( he will look very excited and yet talk in a very neutral way)

- While this is more obvious in the Japanese games, Emmet speaks in a more informal way than his brother

- Gets very serious while battling

- Right handed

- Starts the majority of his sentences with “I am Emmet”

- Says “very” as “verrrry”

- Likes winning more than anything else

- Prefers double battles

Manga

- Will loudly announce he is going to eavesdrop on your conversation as he walks towards you

- This depiction of Emmet appears to generally be louder and more energetic

- Does this weird stiff walk a lot

- Mainly does the location announcements on the train speakers. Idk how you call them.

Pokemon Masters

- Really looks up to Ingo

- Prefers the rules of a double battle

- Puts a great deal of importance on safety

- Seems to have a thing with combinations; he states multiple times that he loves combinations when it comes to pokemon battles and takes great interest in the sync pairs system.

- Mentions Ingo a lot

- Considers him and Ingo as “each other’s closest rivals”

A Brief Submas Primer

Did you just find out about the Pokemon franchise’s most popular battle facility since the Battle Frontier because of a plot point in Legends: Arceus? Were you curious because your friends were talking about some weird train man and you have no idea what they’re on about? Worry no longer, because this mole person has you covered.

What the hell is Submas?

The term ‘Submas’ is a portmanteau of their Japanese trainer class title, Subway Masters (in English releases, they got the trainer class title Subway Boss). Note that I’m saying “they” - there are, in fact, two of them, and they’re twins.

Ingo (Nobori) is the older of the two of them, specializing in Singles. He speaks overly politely/formally (more obvious in Japanese), has no indoor voice, will yell “BRAVO!” the second anything remotely good or exciting happens, has an overbearing sense of responsibility (it’s an older sibling thing, trust me), and became an accidental sex symbol on Pixiv (don’t ask, he probably doesn’t know either). He’s best known for being the “serious” one and notably has not been allowed to smile in-game to this day, although he was allowed in the anime and manga to be more expressive. He makes up for this by being very, very loud.

love of my life Emmet (Kudari) is the younger of the two of them, specializing in Doubles. His dialogue is a lot more blunt and informal (again, more obvious in Japanese; the English translation made him seem almost stiff), and he’s actually the more excitable of the two of them and is nearly always depicted in-game in a good mood and smiling. This is a bit deceptive, as when he’s battling he’s actually very serious and intense about it, and he also does take his job seriously and will go through safety checks before battling in certain scenarios. He has a verbal tic of reminding people that he’s Emmet, probably because when you have an identical twin sibling you get tired of being mistaken for each other your entire lives, and another verbal tic of saying “very” as “verrrry.” He’s not irresponsible in the slightest but is still the goofball younger sibling to his older brother.

What, exactly, is the Battle Subway, and why is it so popular?

The Battle Subway is Gen 5′s most notable battle facility. To get to it, you go to Nimbasa City and enter Gear Station, which architecturally appears to be a combination of Grand Central Terminal and the late Pennsylvania Station (F in the chat). Once here, you can choose to do Singles, Doubles, Multi (2 vs. 2), or Wi-Fi battles (playing online with multiple people). You’ll face 7 opponents in a row; losing gets you booted from the train at a stop you didn’t intend to get off at, which in New York City is a regular commuter annoyance. Winning 20 in a row allows you to fight Ingo, Emmet, or both of them if you’re doing Multi Battles; you can then fight them again with their team aces if you rack up a separate winning streak of 49 battles. Like all battle facilities, this is a challenge and requires skill and luck in equal measure, but it’s a lot of fun if you enjoy pushing yourself in that way.

As for why it’s one of the most popular battle facilities to date, being referenced in multiple games since its inception in Gen 5? Japanese railfan culture is on an entirely different level than other places; the nation adores its trains, and for good reason. Throw in a set of weird-looking twins and you’ve got a recipe for success that you probably weren’t expecting. Here’s a poll done at the time of Pokemon Black and White showing the most popular characters; note that Ingo and Emmet are second and third respectively…only behind N.

(When I found this poll, I found some people who didn’t believe it was real. Obviously, they were people who didn’t know about Japan’s railfans.)

Why do they point like that?

Japanese railway employees use a system called pointing and calling to reduce workplace errors, improve muscle memory, and overall avoid accidents. Pointing and calling originated at the beginning of the 20th century - because steam locomotives are Very Loud - and has continued to this day because it improves safety. By pointing at each indicator/task and saying it out loud as it’s performed, it actually increases focus and decreases mistakes, which is immensely important when you’re working with trains.

The New York City subway has its own version of point and call - there are zebra signs (black and white striped signs) at each station, and when arriving at a station the conductor has to open their window and point at these signs to ensure the engineer has correctly lined the train up with the platform, because if the train isn’t lined up correctly…well, passengers could step out and there might not be a platform to step out onto. Not a good thing. Anyway, yes, you can have fun with the fact that they’re required to point at every single station.

What Pokemon should I expect to see here?

Ingo and Emmet appear to share a lot of their team members, as you’ll see both of them using certain ones depending on what mode you’re playing. Most notably, Ingo’s ace is Chandelure, and Emmet’s is Eelektross:

(The dynamic duo as they appeared in the anime.)

You’ll frequently see them associated with other team members, too, though. In Pokemon Masters EX, in order to allow them to work together as effectively as possible with the game’s mechanics, Ingo has his Excadrill and Emmet has his Archeops. Emmet is also frequently depicted with a surplus of Joltiks, because his Galvantula knows Cross Poison, a move it could have only learned from breeding in Gen 5.

This is a full listing of their team members if you’re interested, or if you’re like me and enjoy trying to run their team in other battle facilities. (Yes, it works.)

Okay, OP, you’re from the greater NYC area. How the hell does your subway system actually work?

For whatever reason, a lot of people find our subway system intimidating at first glance. We have over 470 stations and counting sprawled across several boroughs, so it can be a lot for a visitor from a place with no public transit whatsoever or a less complicated system.

The truth is that the NYC subway system is actually three historical systems that were merged a long time ago - the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (the numbered lines [1-7] and the shuttle [S] between Grand Central and 42nd Street-Times Square), the Independent Subway System (lines A-G), and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company/Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (lines J/Z, L, M, N, Q, R, and W). In the 1940s the city decided to take control and merge them all into the modern Metropolitan Transit Authority that we know and love (?) today. If you’re interested in the history of the subway, you can learn more at the New York Transit Museum’s website!

To take a ride, you need a MetroCard, although these are in the process of being phased out for a new system called OMNY, which will allow you to tap your phone and use that as payment. Currently, the fare is $2.75. Every New Yorker ever will complain when there is a fare increase, even if that increase is minimal. Jumping the turnstiles to ride for free is illegal, but many people do it anyway. And yes, if you’re good, you can speedrun the entire subway system. I haven’t done this yet, but I fully intend to.

Do people actually fight on the subway in real life?

Yes, I’ve witnessed it, and it was far from the weirdest thing I’ve seen on the subway. You get used to seeing strange things when you ride regularly.

Are there really that many rats down there?

Yes, and they’ll be your friends if you feed them. Most of the time they avoid humans, though, but you can watch them skitter about on the tracks when trains aren’t nearby. One I observed at 14th Street-Union Station once was particularly smart and knew exactly where the train would stop, then stood just past that point and avoided being hit.

What about abandoned stations?

We have plenty, and if you know where they are you can look out the window for them as you pass through! If you’re visiting NYC, I particularly recommend taking the 6 train all the way to the end and staying on when it loops back around to go back uptown. You’ll pass through City Hall, the original terminus of the 6 line and an absolute masterpiece of architecture that has sadly been closed to the public since the 1940s due to trains being elongated since that time.

City Hall is objectively my favorite subway station in the entire city. It even has chandeliers. I’ve often wondered if this is why they gave Ingo Chandelure in the first place.

OP, you’re a foamer, aren’t you?

Maybe. (Don’t get me started on the GG1, Mallard, or the destruction of Penn Station in the 1960s.)

Is there anything else I should know?

Actually, yes, a few things:

For whatever reason, shipping Ingo and Emmet together is called Blankshipping. I do not do this because I have a real-life younger brother and obviously am wildly turned off by incest as a result. It was hard to avoid it during the games’ original run, but it seems to have thankfully died down now, though it’s still out there in places. Tread with care.

People in the know might notice that both of them can be interpreted as autistic-coded characters. (As an autistic person myself, I feel very seen by the fact that they exist and are so much like me.) Take care when depicting them to make sure you’re not doing anything ableist by mistake (Emmet in particular got hit hard by this early on). If you’re not sure, ask a neurodiverse person!

Don’t touch the third rail, you’ll be electrocuted and die instantly.

The man whose voice you hear saying “Stand clear of the closing doors, please!” is named Charlie Pellett, and his voice sounds like that because he was born in the UK and tried to disguise his accent growing up to avoid being made fun of. He now has the most recognizable voice in New York City.

DON’T WEAR YOUR BACKPACK WHEN YOU’RE STANDING ON THE SUBWAY. Seriously, it takes up too much space, bumps other riders, and is generally a nuisance. Yes, this applies to the Hikers you meet in the Battle Subway, too.

Hopefully this guide helps you out on your journey into the world of the Battle Subway and the Submas fandom! I’m happy to assist with any more in-depth questions about our subway system/trains in general, as well as other inquiries. Just don’t send me your Arceus theories anymore, I’m trying not to think too hard about it because it makes me cry. And with that…

出発進行!

You know, one of the fun things about looking into the subway twins in the aftermath of PLA (and as someone who tends to skip the battle subway in B&W) has been realizing just what fun characters they are. The two share one brain cell whenever they’re in a room together. Literally, speaking the same lines and doing the same actions in sync. Even when apart, they tend to gravitate to the same ideas and wants (granted, in their own ways), the same kinds of Pokemon, and fixate on the same objects. Which- yeah. They’re identical twins. That tracks.

It’s when they’re apart that the differences start to accumulate.

On one hand, you’ve got Ingo: the one with a perpetual frown on his face, wears darker clothing, and whose primary partner Pokemon is presented as the floating goth ghost chandelier: Chandelure. (Fun fact they’ve both got one- in fact the majority of their Pokemon overlap, but most media (and fanwork) depicts Chandelure as being one of Ingo’s).

At a glance, you’d expect him to be serious and formal at best- until you walk into his train at the end of the single battles and he starts cheerfully introducing himself and excitedly starts the battle, or when you beat him and he applauds your victory and cheers you on. Or in Pokemon Masters, where he’s actively distraught by the fact people have trouble reading his facial expressions and so will loudly explain how excited he is and how much he loves battling whenever he enters a room.

Even in PLA, where he’s rediscovering who he is along with everyone else, he still clearly enjoys the same hobbies- not only fights himself, but seeing other people have great battles. He’ll just straight up have a heart to heart about his personal feelings and predicament with a stranger he just met an hour ago, can’t resist a smile from a good battle, and despite the fact he’s clearly lost the light behind his eyes, is still such a friendly, helpful soul who genuinely wants to see the best in everyone. (it would be so funny to see the reactions of the PLA crew seeing normal-Ingo and what an aggressively friendly ball of sunshine he actually is. It’s just something missing from most ‘Ingo is reunited with his brother and memories’ fics).

Then on the other hand, you’ve got Emmet. The Subway Boss who drifts through life with a smile on his face, wears lighter clothing, and whose primary Pokemon is a big poofy colorful dumb looking bird whose better at running then flying. And whose most famous line (I like winning more then anything’) is one of the longest sentences he says to the player in the original game.

In contrast to his brother, Emmet speaks in clipped, factual statements. While loving his Pokemon and battling, he views his team through a very strategic lens, wanting the best, perfect combination of moves and strategies. Even when you beat him, he announces how much fun he had fighting you in the same matter-of-fact way he has of speaking (he lost. You are verrrrry strong) and ends on a very simple note that you should ‘ride the trains more often!’. In Pokemon Masters, he’s much more detail orientated then his brother, questioning the Player for all sorts of details about the location and what they look for in a good battle. He’s still very clearly excited to fight the Player, and to bring the Battle Subway to a new location, but has a very ‘there is nothing in life more important then winning’ attitude that’s just barely friendly enough to stop him from having a threatening aura. It’s also worth noting that, despite the two of them both sharing the same title, Emmet talks about how much he looks up to his brother and respects him as both a trainer and in individual.

When you fight both of them in B&W, Ingo will have a whole conversation with the player about the nature of team battles and trusting in your partner as much as you trust yourself. Emmet has a serious of short quips that are no more then three words each. We get the feeling that, where his brother has trouble expressing himself with his facial expressions and falls back onto his words so that people’ll understand him, Emmet has trouble expressing himself with his words and has learned to use his facial expression to project how excited he is outwardly- large smile, over the top gestures despite his simple sentences, a sparkle in his eye so that people are actually willing to approach him and don’t get scared off by this ultra-stern rules abiding boss at the end of a train.

When you beat them together, Emmet comments on you having a good combination and being strong, and it being a fun battle. Ingo applauds the player but also reminds them that beating the two of them was only one milestone in their life, and actively encourages them to go on to do even greater things further down the line. Emmet seems like a very here-and-now kinda guy, focusing on the life that’s in front of him, while Ingo is focused on the line ahead and what he can do now to prevent regret in the past. (Which is ironic, isn’t it?).

Also if you search up clips of the two from the B&W anime, one of the only straight clips you can find is a 30 second clip of them investigating someone (*coughteamrocketcough*) messing with the subway. In it, Ingo wants to get to solve the mystery to protect the city and the people who use the subway. Emmet focuses on holding the guilty party responsible. They also naturto run on the subway tracks, which is very important.

Here’s a list.

What’s it for? yeah.

Ingo Confirmed Canon Information - Bad at facial expressions but good as vocal expressions (his face looks very neutral even when he sounds excited) - Speaks very loudly, has no indoor voice - While this is more obvious in the Japanese games, Ingo speaks in a overly polite/formal way - Yells “BRAVO” when anything smth he finds exciting happens - Left handed Manga Depiction - Appears to be easily frustrated when losing battles - Emmet’s impulse control through brute force, will simply grab and remove Emmet when he’s being too abrasive - Repeats the name of the trains destinations in the speaker after Emmet does the first announcement. Maybe this is just a thing trains do but it’s important to me. - More expressive than in the games (not by a large margin) Pokemon Masters - Seems to have an overbearing sense of responsibility(?) - Hisui is not the first time he’s been transported into a different universe for unexplained reasons. - Does not seem to be aware that his face doesn’t show the emotions he’s feeling. - Most of his conversations are about trains and rail systems. Emmet Confirmed Canon Information - His face is always very expressive but he speaks in a monotone way ( he will look very excited and yet talk in a very neutral way) - While this is more obvious in the Japanese games, Emmet speaks in a more informal way than his brother - Gets very serious while battling - Right handed - Starts the majority of his sentences with “I am Emmet” - Says “very” as “verrrry” - Likes winning more than anything else - Prefers double battles

Manga - Will loudly announce he is going to eavesdrop on your conversation as he walks towards you - This depiction of Emmet appears to generally be louder and more energetic - Does this weird stiff walk a lot - Mainly does the location announcements on the train speakers. Idk how you call them.

Pokemon Masters - Really looks up to Ingo - Prefers the rules of a double battle - Puts a great deal of importance on safety - Seems to have a thing with combinations; he states multiple times that he loves combinations when it comes to pokemon battles and takes great interest in the sync pairs system. - Mentions Ingo a lot - Considers him and Ingo as “each other’s closest rivals”

look this boy band, fuckin superb you funky little cells!!!! 

Cells at work spoilers Chap 10 part 1

Can we just discuss chapter ten of the Manga? (Photos are from the manga)

It started with the usual husbando saving his waifu- I mean wbc (white blood cell) killing the germ that rbc (red blood cell) encounter.

This picture right here is my favorite cause in this three panel you could see rbc being aware of her flaw might get someone hurt. Wbc in the other hand even though he was hurt he didn’t stop to help rbc being lost.

The next page is me screaming on the top of my lungs cause one how determine rbc is to not get lost, two how understanding or respectful wbc is to her passion and lastly he immediately came when he heard rbc screams. Also i love how rbc caught the CO2 box.

CAN I JUST SAY WBC AND RBC ARE JUST COUPLE GOALS OR SOMETHING? Wbc was worried so he followed her but in secret cause he didn’t want to disrespect her wishes to do it herself. Plus when rbc was yelled at wbc flinches, its like he felt what rbc was feeling ( or just cringes)

Could i just have a wbc in real life, i mean an actual humanize version of wbc cause dang i need someone to be that supportive in my life. Look! He is encouranging her from afar, even though it looked weird from the others (other rbc)

Lowkey protecting her is just.. MY HEART CAN’T TAKE IT! Rbc remembering where wbc first saved her (total bs cause that was not the first *winks*) and blushing just killed me.

I’m as proud as wbc is proud for rbc. I’M PROUD FOR BOTH OF THEM! Lets appreciate how he gave a speech like dialogue to killer t cell about how awesome his waifu- i mean rbc was?

Rbc crying tears of joy made me tear up a little, i love this blood cell.

Gotta love me some good RBC x WBC content

I love how there’s dozens of other cells on this literal battlefield and these two only have eyes for each other

I imagine the rest of the immune cells just let RBC go ahead to meet up with her bf

Good strong bf assuring his bae

he’s so concerned

WBC ONLY EVER DOES HIS LITTLE HAT TIP THING AROUND HER I’M YELLING 

THE WAY HE LOOKS AT HER?!?!? they didn’t need to animate this but they did are we not blessed

that blush tho

two hat tips in one episode??

look at them in the background and how some of the other neutrophils are like *eyes emoji* I bet you a stick of gum that the immune cells already think they’re dating

EVEN BETTER, WE GET THE BLOOD CIRCULATION EP NEXT EPISODE AND I’VE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED

Other Cells in the body: We do not have a dark or embarrassing past. We cannot be blackmailed.

Dendritic cell:

okay i have mentioned that the neutrophil boy band…theyre my ALL TIME FAVS RIGHT. (1146 and 4989 especially even though 4989 is kind of..crazy. theyre my BroTP)

This was such a surreal experience

はたらく細胞 by mery

THAT. LITTLE. BLUSH.

find someone who looks at you like wbc looks at rbc

Art by:  GUM.J