I’ve been thinking about how beautifully designed the Pocketville Castle is. I like that it combines majesty with fun in a way because it looks imposing, as the home of a monarch should be, yet includes the bright colors often found in castles and palaces from merchandise-driven series and the paw theming that’s prevalent in the In My Pocket series. Not to mention the Magic Fountain in front of it having a unique design and being huge.
The castle is one of the major settings in Adventures in Pocketville that help prove that the show had so much potential to develop its lore more, since it is the home of Princess Ava (a character who also has huge potential to include a lot of lore).
We get to see a few indoor areas of the castle, with three in particular looking very interesting. That being the throne room, Ava’s bedroom, and the kitchen.
They’re all quite detailed just like the castle’s exterior, with the throne room even having a high ceiling since it is the main room of the building after all. Where the monarch and the Royal Guards supposedly have their meetings. The heart themed furniture in Ava’s bedroom is adorable, especially the bookshelf. The kitchen also stands out because of its green walls. I will admit I wish there was something else in the wall behind the thrones rather than just a painting of the castle and the fountain, like perhaps a heraldry or something, and the paintings being of other Siamese cats rather than random dogs and kids, both of which would keep people wondering about a potential royal family of the Pocket Kingdom and therefore ponder about a backstory for Ava and Eva (since we barely got one in the show if any at all).
However, one area I’m not a fan of is the corridor. Or corridors, rather.
No windows, very little lighting, no decorations, and a very washed out color of walls. It makes sense for it to be an underground passage like in the third episode, “Evershell the Wise”, where Kate and her friends find a secret passageway that leads far outside the castle’s premises, but we also see the same kind of corridor used as the one leading to the throne room in episode “Heads Up”. Shouldn’t there be like a fancy antechamber or something that leads to one of the most important rooms of the castle along with a more decorated hallway?
We do end up seeing this view from Ava’s bedroom showing a more decorated, almost baroque style corridor that looks more like the bedroom itself with the yellow walls and such. But we don’t actually get to see any scenes that take place exactly in it.
Sometimes I wonder what other rooms the castle could have, especially since we only saw very little of what looks like a huge castle. Of course, I have my AU to work on that I can include more rooms, like the drawing rooms often found in real life palaces/castles along with more important rooms like an armory and more bedrooms since I’m also giving Ava and Eva more family members and such.
This show is really fascinating, and it’s always making me wonder about what lore it could have.
Even more writings from my Pocketville blog, though it’s instead an analysis about a canon location rather than an AU story. You can tell how much research I’ve done on a show I’ve been interested in for the past nine years.
There are so many animals I wish were in Adventures in Pocketville. And I mean so many.
- More breeds of dog like corgis, chihuahuas, Doberman and miniature pinschers, spaniels (like cocker and King Charles spaniels), Belgian malinois, etc. More mixed breeds too!
- More cat breeds like the Bengal, Savannah, Abyssinian, snowshoe, ragdoll, etc. As well as cats with unique fur patterns like a lynx-point (basically colorpoint with tabby), tabby calico, and more! I don’t think I even got to see a tuxedo cat in the show either!
- More wild cats like ocelots, clouded leopards, black-footed cats, servals, lynxes, caracals, Pallas cats, etc.
- More birds. Owls and other birds of prey (like other eagles, hawks, condors, and vultures), geese, swans, pigeons and parrots (especially since they are often pets in real life), and so much more. Kind of wish there were different birds as part of the Winged Guards instead of just the bald eagles.
- More reptiles besides the turtles, frogs, and snakes.
- ESPECIALLY more rodents! To my knowledge I only saw three kinds in the show, that being beavers, squirrels, and of course one of the Chosen Pets being a guinea pig named Goldie. I’m surprised we didn’t see any rats or mice; they’d be perfect for both Pocketville (since they’re often pets) and the Big City (both pigeons and rats are common in large cities yet apparently this show only features stray dogs and cats).
- Foxes (my favorite animal)
- Wolves and coyotes
- Badgers
- Otters
- Raccoons
- Rhinoceroses. There are elephants and hippos, so why not the rhinos too?
I could name so many more since the animal kingdom is so big of course. But I think I got a lot of the big ones here.
Here’s my interpretation of the Friendship Heart’s origin along with an important OC in my AU that’s connected to Ava/Queen Avalina. It’s included in my AU so I’m going to use some AU terms though. I was inspired by the Sword in the Stone when writing this.
Content warning: mentions death, war, and violence (nothing will be very detailed though); it’s part of Queen Amalthea’s biography. It’s also a long read.
Amalthea, a powerful princess from an ancient noble family of Faelicour, escaped into the fields on a cold winter’s night after being told by her mother to flee the city when it was attacked by a demon army. As she was at the brink of losing all hope, she prayed to the celestials that she may have the strength and courage to save what’s left of her people and home.
She woke up, inside one of a nearby and untouched village’s houses, to hear a distant rumbling noise, and outside the window was a glowing, bright red meteor zipping through the night sky. She carefully looked to see where it may land, and it wasn’t long until she felt the vibrations of the impact that was not far from where the village stood.
Not long after, some of the villagers would go out into the cold and cautiously approach the fallen meteorite out in the fields, with Amalthea following them. What she would find amongst the space rock is a glowing red ruby-like jewel perfectly carved in the shape of a heart. As some of them murmured in curiosity about the jewel embedded in the meteorite, with some of them attempting to pry the jewel out of the rock to no avail, she stepped forward to inspect it.
As Amalthea placed her paw on the jewel, it seemed to glow brighter once it made contact with her paw. She then tried and take the jewel from the meteorite, which would prove a success. The jewel let out a magical shockwave that nearly knocked Amalthea over, as well as melting the rest of the surrounding snow and causing flowers to rapidly grow all over the grass. She felt newfound magic surge through her body as well. The village leader had proclaimed, “O, the Gods have chosen this young lady to disperse the evil with her pure heart, to become that very beacon for all of us to follow, to rule with kindness, peace, and goodwill.”
Feeling a new sense of the very strength and courage Amalthea had prayed for, she stood up with confidence, clutching the jewel to her chest and saying, “We must gather all those who are strong enough and wish for the turmoil to end, to save our lands from this great evil. We must prepare to head to the city to vanquish those demons once and for all.”
Of course, there was a huge battle in the field not far from the ruined city. Amalthea, along with surviving nobles and brave commoners who have trained well to fight such beasts, defeated the powerful demon army with the jewel proving a great help. She used this jewel to banish the leader of the demon army back into the netherworld. After defeating the demons, many of the creatures would catch sight of Amalthea with the jewel next to the sunrise, immediately seeing her as the one who shall be their new queen of a new era.
Amalthea entered the ruins of the city and eventually what was once the palace. She then learned that her immediate family sadly did not survive the siege, and had perished not long after she fled. She weeped underneath the only tree in the garden that had survived— a lone sycamore— knowing that she couldn’t save them. Her tears mixed with the flowing magic from the jewel, which caused something magical and grand to happen. What had magically materialised right before her eyes was a palace even bigger and grander than her old home, and with that, a fountain in the middle of the front garden and new, young saplings and flowers growing all over. But most of all, the jewel gently pulsated next to her chest as she was telepathically told: that her family will always be in her heart.
Not long after much of the city was rebuilt and Amalthea settles in the new palace would she appoint new people to work in it, with many becoming part of her inner circle. They worked hard to both help establish a new nation and make preparations for Amalthea to become the first Queen of their new nation, which they had named Faenima. A brand new collar was made to hold the jewel, decorated in symbols important to Amalthea and the folk belief of these creatures. And so, on the first day of spring, she was eventually crowned as Queen Amalthea d’Aulicor, Queen of Faenima.
Something I’ve been wanting to work on for a while is a proper heraldry, or coat of arms for my interpretation of Ava and Eva’s family (and potentially the kingdom itself). They’re really cool looking and I’ve been looking into symbols I’ve developed for the AU.
We already have the Friendship Heart (Heart of Aulicor as it’s called in this AU) as well as the star (when considering Ava’s birthmark) that wasn’t too elaborated upon. So I’ve also included things like roses, celestial bodies like the sun and moon, etc.
Oh, and it’s the North Star that’s an important symbol. It’s represented by an eight-pointed star instead though.
Princess Ava from Adventures in Pocketville is back again… this time as an animatronic! And she’s with Starcade Chuck, who built her and all! Don-chan (who somehow has wings) also decided to tag along; expect an arcade rhythm game mascot sometimes showing up whenever this version of Chuck E. Cheese shows up.
I was inspired by @evabestkitty / @doingascat when it comes to drawing a depiction of a Pocketville character as an animatronic. I decided to go for a more “realistic” approach, akin to animatronics found in various theme parks as well as CEC and what certain well-known animatronic companies made. Perhaps Chuck made this animatronic for a Pocketville-themed dark ride!
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