#altoshipping

[mezamun]

this is why they have a king-sized bed.

[m3lodywuvzsylv3on]

“Juzt b3cauz3 lat1az 1z 1n human form do3znt m3an 1tz not zt1ll baz1cally zooph1l1a…” who za1d anyth1ng about human form x3

translation: “just because latias is in human form doesn’t it’s not still basically zoophilia…” who said anything about human form x3

[saphronethaleph]

Piano Alto

“Whoa!” Ash said, shading his eyes and looking up. “That’s-”

“The Sword of the Vale!” Iris gasped. “It must be – there’s nothing else it could be, right? It even looks like the stories say!”

“I’m surprised you know the old stories,” Juanita admitted. “It’s… one of those things that seems like such an old story, I’m always surprised when someone from outside Eindoak Town knows about it at all.”

“Of course I know about it!” Iris defended herself. “I’m a Dragon specialist!”

She coughed, nervously. “...in training. Once I’ve got enough dragons I’ll be a proper Dragon specialist, though!”

Pikachu sniggered. “Pika kachuu!”

“Then… we need to rescue Victini, right?” Ash asked. “I promised that I’d help Victini go and visit the world outside Eindoak, and I’m going to keep my promise!”

“I think that’s a fine idea!” Cilan said. “Though I have to ask – how exactly are you going to put together the recipe? There may be a few missing ingredients.”

“...huh?” Ash said, confused.

Iris looked annoyed. “I think he’s asking how we can get up there,” she said. “Though I’m not certain.”

“You don’t just need to get up there,” Juanita said. “There’s a terrible problem – the Dragon Force is going to ravage the land, running wild and out of control, and to stop that you need to stop Damon and release Victini. But Damon’s got Reshiram, so the only way you can stop him is with Zekrom.”

Ash nodded.

“So… where’s Zekrom?” he asked.

“In the castle dungeons,” Juanita replied, then pointed. “Which are… up there, attached to the rest of the castle. Which is now in the air.”

“Then I guess there isn’t a choice,” Ash declared. “We need to get up there to get hold of Reshiram – Latias, I need your help!”

“...what?” Iris asked.

Latias destealthed in a flash of blue.

“What?” Iris repeated, more hysterically. “Latias – how – how long has she been there?”

“Uh…” Ash began, frowning, as Latias waved. “So I guess that would be… and… yeah, about three years?”

Pikachu took one look at Iris’s new expression, and fell off Ash’s shoulder with an overwhelming fit of the hysterical giggles.

Latias giggled as well, then Iris shook her head and rounded on Ash.

“What the hell?” she demanded, perhaps not unreasonably. “How did – but – three years!? How have I not heard about this before? You’ve got a Latias! And I pay attention to legendary dragon sightings!”

“Pika-chuu, kachu pikapi kaa!” Pikachu called, from the floor, and Ash nodded.

“Yeah, Pikachu has a point,” he said. “How come you didn’t recognize that time he battled a Latios?”

“I… shut up,” Iris said, in the tones of someone who’d just made a connection. “But what I’m getting at is that I’m pretty sure I’d have seen it if someone had a Latias, because I did see about that guy with a Latios!”

“But Latias is invisible most of the time,” Ash said. “So how could you have seen?”

Iris just kind of stared at Ash for a long moment.

“...I can’t tell if you’re being funny or not,” she groaned. “And… I really don’t know which I’d rather… I just… gah!”

“Um,” Juanita said. “How much longer is this going to take?”

“And how come you didn’t tell me?” Iris added. “You know I’m a Dragon specialist in training, you should have known I’d be interested in that!”

“I told you about Zekrom and you didn’t believe me,” Ash defended himself, quite reasonably if you asked him. “And that was the most recent one so I stopped there, I didn’t mention that time I rode Giratina or the time that Dialga sent me and my friends back in time or the time we stopped Dialga and Palkia from fighting or the time when I helped rescue Rayquaza from an army of crazy robots-”

He stopped.

“...hey, Pikachu?” he checked. “Is Lugia a dragon? I’m not really sure but there was that giant blast of energy and I guess that could qualify…”

“Lugia isn’t a dragon,” Cilan provided. “His flavour is a fine blend of Psychic and Flying! Though I have to say, Ash, you’re quite a good fit for all sorts of types, as we’ve seen.”

“But-” Iris protested, then stopped and took several deep breaths.

“...Ash,” she said, as calmly as she could. “Is Latias on your team?”

“Kind of?” Ash answered. “It’s complicated.”

“And she’s been with you for all that time?” Iris went on. “Three years, you said? Since well before you arrived in Unova?”

“Yeah!” Ash confirmed.

“Then why didn’t you say anything?” Iris asked.

Ash shrugged.

“Because I heard you shouldn’t kiss and tell?” he replied.

Latias giggled.

Iris took a few seconds to process that, then the ground began to shake as the corrupted Dragon Force burst forth.

“Ti-a-as!” Latias squeaked, casting an illusion of herself as a Latias holding a sign between her paws.

“Oh, yeah, the catastrophe!” Ash said, remembering. “Latias, how many people can you take up there?”

Latias held up both paws, raising two claws on one and one on the other.

“I’ve got a Golurk to take me up there,” Juanita provided.

“Right!” Ash decided. “Then let’s go and get that Zekrom, and save Victini!”

He swung up onto Latias’s back, and she offered her paws to both Iris and Cilan to hang on to.

“So… how many people have you actually told about Latias?” Cilan asked, curiously, once Iris and Zekrom had managed to beat up Damon’s Reshiram and once Victini had been freed.

“A few people, before I heard about the kiss and tell thing, but they didn’t really believe me anyway,” Ash replied, shrugging.

He was leaning back against Latias, who was tired but happy with the whole situation, and Victini was snoozing next to Pikachu as they decompressed after the whole sequence of events.

Iris was still off zooming around on Zekrom and having a wonderful time.

Ash shrugged. “I guess there’s something about saying that I have an invisible legendary dragon Pokémon as a girlfriend that’s just… hard for people to believe. Not sure why, it’s not like it’s weirder than the idea of Brock having a girlfriend.”

Cilan chuckled, tasting dinner to see if the risotto was ready just yet.

“You’re certainly one to order off menu, Ash,” he said.

[theladylatias]

My Pokémon notebook, which I use to plan out timelines, write out details for my characters (Pokémon teams, backstory notes, etc.), and plan out battles sometimes.

This page is celebrating how I finished this particular fanfic, Bound to the Dragon’s Heart, along with notes and fortune cookie slips that motivated me to finish. :]

Notes say:

- started writing: June/July 2003?? (Also note that the U.S. release of Pokémon Heroes, the 5th movie (which I did see in theaters, lol), came out in May 2003, so I got to work on this fanfic very soon after that!)

- finished: April 2026!

- originally posted online: July 11, 2003

- finished posting: (not finished yet!)

The fortune cookies say:

- You will achieve your goals.

- A creative project will flourish this Wednesday.

Sticky note blacked out because potential spoilers for future chapters!

The story is still in the process of being uploaded, but I’m so happy I got to give these characters the story I always imagined for them. <3

Filled in the space with some sketches of the main characters—Ash (slightly older I guess!), Pikachu, and Latias! Haven’t drawn in probably 1-2 years, so it was fun to try again after so long. ^^

My special little kids~ <3

[glaciacherry]

[minty-fivestar]

Bound to the Dragon's Heart

Fanfic I've literally been working on for 20+ years

After so many delays and a complete rewrite, I finally finished a fanfic very near and dear to my heart~ First two chapters of Bound to the Dragon’s Heart, a Pokémon fanfiction, are up on AO3!

Brief summary: An Altoshipping (Ash/Latias) fic inspired by the original anime, where the two have a special destiny with one another, but really just want to be together cause they like each other. <3 But when criminals like Team Rocket threaten to tear them apart, can their bond endure?

A really sweet story, even with all the shenanigans I put everyone through. There's lots of exciting Pokémon battles, character drama, and sweet moments, and I tried my best to pay homage to the anime when writing it. I hope it’s cute and exciting and fun!

Planning to do weekly updates, so please comment, share, and keep coming back for the next chapters! <3

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[jiminysjournal]

“Partner Pokémon” is what Latias is to Ash; Pikachu is his STARTER.

And, now, the Bulb is trying to gaslight me into thinking “starter” was only ever a fan-term. UM, NO, IT FUCKING WASN’T.

[formerly-mezamun]

"Can I say 'you make my heart soar,' or is that too corny?"

I'm really weak for Altoshipping, okay.