#daml

[uwubunnis]

yipppeee!!!

this is a sort of redraw/spiritual successor for this piece!

[starabsol]

flirtidy flirt flirt. theyr the best duo ever, and you cannot convince me differently.

“yeah, no way you’re going to win.” “just wait and you’ll see what i can do!” “yeah, you’re cute, but that isn’t gonna make you win in the contest” “UWVSJWGSJWGXJSBSJSBSWHAT!”

lovers <3

[thinkithinktoomuch]

Pokéshipping QPR WIP Sneak Peek (with bonus Contestshipping)

“Have you thought about winter break at all?” He slides in across from her as she’s finishing her French onion soup from the league cafeteria. She hasn’t seen him since lunch yesterday— contrary to popular belief, they don’t spend all of their time together— but she knows he talked to his mom last night and Delia is probably already wondering when to expect them.

“What do you mean?”

“Well, I figured we’d probably visit your sisters and we need to go spend some time with my mom, but we have nearly eight weeks off. That’s plenty of time to do something else, too.”

She’s not sure when they had decided that they were spending their entire winter vacation together. She’s not sure why he would want to come with her to see her sisters, but she’s not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, especially if that gift horse means she’ll have someone to help her when she inevitably gets stuck with all of the worst chores.

(She’s also not ready to question the fragile convention of their relationship out loud, but that’s another matter entirely.)

“Let’s go somewhere warm, preferably with a beach,” she offers.

“How did I know that’s what you were going to say?” he laughs. “I kinda wanted to go somewhere with some snow— you know, skiing, hot springs…” Hot springs sound nice enough, but now she’s got the beach on her mind. It occurs to her to suggest that they don’t have to vacation together, but she quickly pushes that thought aside.

“We could always battle for it,” she proposes. “1 v 1. Winner gets to pick.”

When he chooses Charizard and she calls out Starmie, Misty knows that this should be a good match, but then Ash makes the mistake of explaining the stakes to his pokémon and, as it turns out, Charizard would also prefer a beach vacation.

———

Hoenn’s always warm, so she calls May for a recommendation, and it just so happens that there’s a small beach resort near Route 110, an hour and a half northwest of Slateport, that May and Drew want to explore as a potential wedding venue.

May insists on being the one to do the booking, even though she and Drew will only be staying a week, so Misty gives her the three weeks she and Ash had picked out and let’s the Princess of Hoenn do her thing.

———

“When you make it look like you’ve put your entire life online, no one asks about what isn’t there.”

While waiting for her to get into the next dress, Misty pulls up May’s social media and quickly sees what she means. May posts a lot of pictures with friends— candids of Max and selfies with Soledad and spa days with Dawn and baking with Caroline— but Drew only ever appears at the edges of group photos. The story she tells shows all of these people who are main characters in her life and he is clearly secondary at best, if these photos are to be believed.

Of course, that has changed since the engagement announcement. Her most recent posts are photo dumps of the secret she’s kept for the last five years.

It’s enough for Misty to pull up her own profile and try to view it through a stranger’s eyes. There’s lots of water and even more pokémon, as is to be expected, but she also notices that Ash is tagged in over half of her photos, either in the photo itself or as the photographer. She’s never put as much thought into curating her social media as May clearly has, and it’s suddenly crystal clear why the tabloids spend so much time speculating on the nature of the relationship between her and Ash.

Heck, Pikachu is even in her profile photo.

———

“The thing about romance is that it requires romantic intent. Nothing is really inherently romantic,” Soledad explains over lunch.

“For example,” she adds, “when Drew sends May roses, it’s a lovely romantic gesture. When he sends me roses, it’s because he’s a sentimental little shit.”

“Wait,” Misty stops to look at Soledad and she can hear May cackling on her other side. “Drew sends you roses?”

Soledad grins.

“Every Mother’s Day.”

[pokemonshipping-official]

🌹

[psychosassicvampire]

watching the socially distanced short and memorial lecture like

[simonsourcherryscones]

dirk gently means so much to me, and has really helped me get through some tough times, so i was really excited for today! douglas adams memorial lecture was such an amazing and interesting experience that made me so so so happy and they even answered my question! the dirk and amanda skit was so fun and literally made me cry :,) im gonna go cry some more now and think about how everythings connected :,,,)

[cascadena]

Happy Halloween!! Here’s a little contestshipping doodle. :)

[elothedreamgirl]

Drew and May holding hands on a drawing I made for ContestShipping day 2017. ♥  Background is a screenshot from the anime. May: “Your hand is… really soft, Drew…” Drew: “…” (>////<)