#rythen

[amirisqueer]

Christmas gifts for my friends

[shmothman]

"I want to know exactly what happened in the past that led us to this particular present... Or more accurately, I suppose... I want to know where I came from and where I’m headed. I want to know my path, so to speak."

This line from Volo is killing me.

Hes just lonely and sad and lost. Listen. I can fix him. Gamefreak, listen to me.

*rolls up to gamefreak headquarters and honks la cucaracha horn* HEY. LET ME FIX HIM. SATOSHI TAJIRI ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME.

No but forreal that one line (and the scene just before the Temple of Sinnoh, when he talks about Giratina’s statue) literally holds SO much implication. The one that really gets me, obviously, is “You see, ever since I was young, whenever I met with something painful or heartbreaking... I couldn’t help but wonder why life was so unfair. Why I was cursed to live through such things.” (Cool tragic backstory, still a dick move you pulled.) Volo is a character who has faced a lot of hardship in private—it doesn’t seem like anyone, even within the Guild, knows him well at all—beyond, say, Cogita’s constant dunking on him for not doing his job (a job which, it’s vaguely implied, he hates, or at least had little to no choice in). My personal headcanon is that he was orphaned young (young enough to not remember what happened) and taken in by the guild, since he had nowhere else to go and was just a child. But because of that act of kindness on the Guild’s part, he never had a choice to do anything except become a merchant. I think it’s that lack of choice that mostly drove him to feeling like he had to use… drastic measures to get the one thing he’s ever wanted. (With, of course, a large helping of unhealthy obsession, paired with the pact he made with an angry god.)

That being said, I also headcanon him somewhere in his mid to late 20s. He’s very young, and he has literally the rest of his life to “find his path.” Even though he pulled a real stupid move, he has a lot of time to reflect, to apologize, and to learn why his thought patterns were so dangerous. (Or, I suppose, to get much worse, although I’ve always been an “I can fix him” author rather than an “I can make him worse” one 🤣)

[salt-volk]

[klonoadreams]

I just want to pop in and say that I absolutely love and adore your posts about Volo (and Cyrus, esp since I skipped usum) because not only do I want Volo to be redeemable in the future but also I heavily agree that some part of him had to be genuine.

aww shucks, no problem yo!!

I'm not gonna excuse what Volo did, but I don't think he's completely irredeemable, since a lot of the details sometimes go into a person's Pokemon.

Like Oleana's Garbodor and Lusamine's Clefable and Lopunny (Lusamine needs a lot of fucking therapy and to keep a distance from her kids tho - which she does in USUM, THANK FUCK, not a fan of SUMO's having Lillie stick around to take care of her). :V

Besides that Togekiss, there's also Lucario, which has a Shield entry about how only Trainers with strong justice in their hearts can gain its trust. Not to mention, the entry about Riolu states it only approves of those who are pure of heart.

Also, that photo of Volo with his Togepi. That's something that's hard to fake for something that isn't even necessary. :V

He doesn't have to be forgiven to be redeemed, though he definitely needs to atone. But hey, if Maxie and Archie can get that option in ORAS, then so can Volo. I still want to kick his ass tho lmao.

though not as much as Melli who, to my horror, is starting to grow on me like a fungus

[yeahponcho]

I thought you should know that this picture of Poncho has been up at my work for a couple of years now. A bit discolored due to being behind a quarantine fish tank (its a pet store) and mostly printed because I thought everyone here needs a beautiful beardie to cheer them up now and again.

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this means so much to me, I don’t even know how to process how good this feels to know that you printed out this picture of my baby and put her up on the bulletin board for everyone to see, I just... this is what I always wanted, yknow? I wanted her to bring joy to everyone who saw her. and you’re helping to spread that joy and I’m so thankful.

thank you so, so much. I’m so happy to see her memory being honored in this absolutely wonderful way. I cried a little seeing this, but in the best way possible. it just means a lot to me. it’s little things like this that remind me she isn’t forgotten, and that she’s STILL bringing happiness to others. 

she lives on with all of us remembering her each day. and I’m so grateful for that.

[kdinjenzen]

So, what's your pokemon trainer oc?

Wow just goin right out to ask the big questions!

...she’s a water/fairy type gym leader who runs the largest library in her region...

[bonusdragons]

May 28, 2020:

Spruce Primary, Tundra, Swirl.

Unnamed of Rythen's Clan Bregða!

[ghostlycorvid]

Have you spoiled yourself with new pokemon designs or are you waiting for release?

I have! I’m not posting anything to my blog until the games are out, but I’ve already made a plush of one of the new ones and I’m getting close to finishing a second :>c