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⬡ Macro Cosmos Group ⬡

"Our corporation—the Macro Cosmos Group—is involved in a wide range of businesses in Galar. You could say the Galar region has been shaped by Macro Cosmos—and, of course, Mr. Rose!"

Thank you to @ loveycloud on twitter for this gorgeous drawing of my ship! I love it so much! ♡

I call them 'PrimroseShipping' and they're actually the endgame ship of the Briarlore!

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This mascot plushie was made by my friend @/shinjistarart on twitter! First there's a regular version and also a 6EX version!

Shinji was also kind enough to let me play with the mascot plushies she has drawn of Rose and Oleana and put them together! I love seeing them together, it brings me so much happiness. ♡

I've also been slowly commissioning her drawings in this style of Briar's Pokemon, for now there's Nickit, Victini and Eternatus!! I'm so excited to see everyone coming along together. 🥺❤️

The sticker sheet is meant to resemble those little sheets Pokémon released recently of Paldea characters and it's perfect. I love the Royal Ball decorations and also the Wishing Star + Laurel sticker! ♡

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Some little guys I commissioned from @/FaMagikal on twitter! ♡ I like to associate my OCs and ships to animals, and I've always said that Briar is very fox-coded and Rose is cat-coded, but I've also imagined Oleana resembling a dog, something elegant like a poodle or a borzoi!

Here, Briar is dressed up as Nickit, Rose is dressed up as Galarian Meowth and Oleana is dressed up as Furfrou Debutante!

My shipname for these three (in my canon, they're the endgame couple) is PrimroseShipping (primrose for short), and also 🦊🌹🫒!

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Since today is Valentine's Day, I think it's a good opportunity to ramble about the different shipnames for Briar's pairings! ♡

RoseGoldShipping (Briar x Rose): Surprisingly, it's not because of the rose gold color. Instead, this shipname is because of a couple of elements I associate with them. On one hand, the rose is self-explanatory for Rose, but also Briar's name is also associated to roses! On the other hand, I associate Briar with gold most of all, from the riches, to its use... But also, and talking about rose gold, this is an alloy made of gold and copper (yes, like Copperajah), haha. I just think this shipname conveys their characters very well and it's just perfect. ♡

BelladonnaShipping (Briar x Oleana): For this shipname, I took inspiration from their names. Oleander (from where Oleana's name comes from) is an extremely toxic plant, and a single leaf may kill an adult. Briar's last name, Hollie, comes from the Holly plant (like the ones used for Christmas decorations); the holly berries (which are red, like Briar) are poisonous. Taking this into consideration, Briar and Oleana's shipname is Belladonna, inspired by a plant that is also extremely toxic and unsafe for people. These two women being named after poisonous plants is also on point, considering how they act as antagonistic forces in the story, they're beautiful and pose the greatest danger. And, lastly, the name belladonna itself means 'beautiful lady', which is just fitting for elegant people like them.

PrimroseShipping (Briar x Rose x Oleana): This name follows the pattern of Rose's shipnames containing his name somewhere in it. The reason for this name has nothing to do with Pokémon; in reality, 'Primrose' is the name of an important character in an original story of mine (unrelated to any fandom, in its own universe). This character is very dear to me so I named this ship in her honor, like a fun nod. When I played sword and shield for the first time, I remember joking because Rose's character, story and motif were incredibly similar to that one character of mine, so it is a fun reference to name a ship for him with the same name as hers.

Artwork by kkst0904