Sooooo since you two have taken over the blog now this means ya reviewed what was submitted riiigghhttt?
My question to ya both- What scenes really stuck with you? Give some highlights!
🍊 Ooh, good question. We've had to review the submissions since...well...we locked the mod out. And there were so many good submissions! It's really hard to list favorites out of them...
🍎 Why not talk about all of them? You won't havta figure out which one you like the most that way.
🍊 Ooh that's an excellent idea, Kieran! And since while we're at it...
Dipplinshipping Week 2026 Submission Masterpost
🍎 We had 12 art submissions and 13 fanfic submissions (19 if countin' by chapters), leadin' to a total of 25 works submitted!
🍊 I'll be adding highlights as one-sentence blurbs! They'll either be a segment of the original blurb, a line in a fic, or something entirely original.
Day 1 - Beach/Family
📝 Prompt 1 by @lilderekderek (beach)
Juliana spends the day at the coastal biome.
🎨 Art by @kieranpon-nogood-awful-semester (beach)
Kieran playing in the water with Juliana.
📝 Night at the Beach (Ao3 link) by @bitway-arts (beach)
Juliana brings Kieran to the Secluded Beach to witness it at night.
🎨 Art by @goldenpakari (family)
Juliana introduces Kieran to her family.
Day 2 - AU/Timeskip
📝 Prompt 2 by @lilderekderek (timeskip)
Ten years after the main games, ft. Nemona.
🎨 Art by @kieranpon-nogood-awful-semester (AU)
A Mystery Dungeon piece.
📝 Overblot (Ao3 link) by @bitway-arts (AU)
The DLC told through a Twisted Wonderland AU.
🎨 Art by @goldenpakari (AU)
A piece inspired by The Mandalorian and The Bad Batch.
Day 3 - Culture Shock/Festival
📝 Prompt 3 by @lilderekderek (culture shock)
Kieran and Juliana take a trip to Alola.
📝 Did you know the Paldean word for festival is still 'festival' ? by @envyneko (festival)
Juliana takes an unsuspecting Kieran to the Tomatina festival.
🎨 Art by @kieranpon-nogood-awful-semester (culture shock)
Kieran tries Paldean food for the first time.
📝 fireworks sound like a heartbeat (Ao3 link) by @bitway-arts (festival)
At a festival in Paldea, Kieran very nearly lets three special words slip.
🎨 Art (alt link) by @tuttiwrites (festival)
A photo of Kieran and Juliana at the Festival of Masks.
Day 4 - Role-Reverse/Competition
📝 Prompt 4 by @lilderekderek (role reverse)
"Instead, he had to let her leave Kitakami while he only had guilt over how things happened."
🎨 Art by @kieranpon-nogood-awful-semester (role reverse)
One day Kieran hears rumors of a strange Pokemon near the beach: a massive red Cyclizar.
📝 Apple Picking (Ao3 link) by @bitway-arts (competition)
Apple picking turns into a little game between Kieran and Juliana.
Day 5 - Timeloop/Fight
📝 Kieran Got An Encore! by @sxs-kav (timeloop)
Kieran has to make things right...whatever that means.
📝 never-ending battle (Ao3 link) by @bitway-arts (timeloop)
Neither Juliana nor Kieran get what they want.
📝 Prompt 5 by @lilderekderek (fight)
Juliana has to deal with an insufferable classmate.
📝 Ending Our Cycle of Tragedy by @shadowstep (timeloop)
"Warning: Save file has been fully corrupted."
🎨 Art by @kieranpon-nogood-awful-semester (fight)
Kieran and Juliana face Pecharunt.
🎨 Art by @goldenpakari (fight)
A frame from the championship match at its highs.
Day 6 - Sleep-Deprived/Promises
📝 almost like a lullaby (Ao3 link) by @bitway-arts (sleep-deprived)
Kieran has trouble sleeping.
📝 Prompt 6 by @lilderekderek (promises)
Kieran explores Paldea with Juliana.
🎨 Art by @kieranpon-nogood-awful-semester (sleep-deprived)
Staying up late to study for finals.
🎨 Art by @goldenpakari (sleep-deprived)
Staying up at 3 am to play video games is not a good idea.
Day 7 - Freebie
📝 Prompt 7 by @lilderekderek
Incineroar reflects on Kieran's change.
📝 a prince in training (Ao3 link) by @bitway-arts
Even if he isn't the next in line for the crown, Kieran still has to be ready for anything.
🎨 Art by @kieranpon-nogood-awful-semester
Kieran and Juliana at prom.
📝 A Vow to Hydrapple by @galpaladin64
With a vicious storm bearing down, Kieran makes a vow to Hydrapple.
Other
📝 A Change of Heart by @kaigakensei
A Dipplinshipping Week prelude.
🎨 Thank you art by @goldenpakari
🍊 All these submissions were great and it was really hard picking a favorite!
🍎 An' if you haven't already, do check 'em out! Maybe you'll find why we like 'em!
🍊 We've definitely overstayed our welcome though, so we'll take our leave now!
Hi Juliana and Kieran! 💜 If you two could take a trip to a different region together, where would you go and why?
🍊 Ooh there's so many good choices!
🍎 I do want to bring Juliana to a trip around mainland Johto and Sinnoh some day. There's so much to see with the local culture and legends.
🍊 Awww that's sweet! I dunno where I'd wanna take Kieran but I do know that a lot of people suggested us to go to Alola and that seems like a great idea! The tropical climate...oh it sounds great!
🍎 You sure about that, Julie? I heard there's big wormholes that really strange and dangerous Pokemon come out of.
🍊 Oh that's even better!
🍎 J-Juliana?!
🍊 When I'm told I shouldn't challenge certain dangerous Pokemon out there, it makes me wanna meet them! You feel the same way, right?
🍎 N-no?!
🍊 I heard that there's a trainer's school in Alola. Ooh, maybe we could get an exchange program set up there!
Hey juliana and kieran, have you guys seen those alternate universe versions of yourselves? Like Kieranpon? Or juliana but if she was a blond.
🍊 Yep! We’ve seen a lot! Kieranpon is an interesting concept to think about too…two of the cuties in my life being the same being…
🍎 c-c-cute?!
🍊 Mhm! Though I have to say though…I don’t think I’ve seen a single AU where I’m blonde. I’m certainly not opposed to it, but i haven’t seen it happen at all…
Opinion on Star Wars? Is Star Wars a thing in your guys neck of the Multiverse?
🍎 I never watched it until Blueberry but we only had the original trilogy imported to Kitakami for a long time. Crispin introduced me to the franchise and Julie got me into it. But it's good though!
🍎 Oh and Drayton went from makin’ fun of me for not knowin’ a clue about the franchise to makin’ fun of me for being a fan. 😒
If there was a world where you met a male, alternate universe version of Juliana (notsayingthereis), how would you react to that revelation?
🍊 Ooh you mean Florian? We actually met him on Pasio a year ago!
🍎 He actually helped get us together! Turns out he was already datin’ the me in his world when he arrived on Pasio.
🍊 Yeah every time he saw us together he had this…pained look on his face.
🍎 I thought he was jealous at first but it turned out he figured out exactly how we felt about each other and was just waiting for us both ta spit it out.
🍊 It was apparently super obvious to everyone to the point there were betting pools but I suppose it was personal to him since, you know, he’d already gone through the same thing.
🍎 I didn’t ever think Juliana would ever want to be more than friends with me. I met her for less than a week, we had a massive falling out, and then I almost got her killed. I…I felt like I should’ve been grateful if she was even my friend.
🍊 I never thought Kieran would like me after what happened, especially with what was said in the underdepths. I kinda took some of the stuff he said after we were friends again as him simply being nice.
🍎 Florian…just had enough one day and locked us both in a room while going “I’m not letting you go until the two of you talk it out!”
🍊 …I still want to shove him in a locker for that.
