The Desk of TJW

She/Her| 20 | Hobby Artist | Skunk/Demon/Dragon thing

[thatjellywalker]

Hi hi! I take it you're meeting me for the first time?

My user's ThatJellyWalker, but you can call me Pyromancer (Pyro) or Noxii (like my persona!) if you wanna. I'm your resident skunk/demon/dragon gal that does art on occasion and finds herself new things to make or get interested in all the time. My goal here on Tumblr is really just to have some fun, share stuff with the world, and express myself in ways I haven't ever before!

Now, for a formal introduction:

I use She/Her/Skunk pronouns (I'm transgender!) and I'm pansexual (possibly?), anything goes haha

Haven't really been in a fandom, but I take great interest in Pokémon and Cookie Run (less so now though). Grew up on Nintendo, so that's what I'm attuned to

I do art on a regular enough basis, mainly making my own original stuff whether it be related to things that catch my interest or my own worlds entirely, heh. That being said I have zero idea what a consistent schedule is so don't expect that

I'd love to chat with you all or answer your questions, so feel free to ask me anything or shoot me a message!

Posts of mine I really and don't want to be buried:

The one where I talk about what skunks means to me

[catchymemes]

[donutdrawsthings]

I was thinking of a pride art challenge people could do with their OCs, because I thought it'd be cute! A queer/trans artist with their creations.

but then I realised that same challenge would be infinitely more funny with folks who have atypical or horror OCs

[thediscossessed]

Everyone say thank you black women

[noireservoir]

THANK YOU BLACK WOMEN

[creatingblackcharacters]

LOUDER!!

[beanswithbones]

[kaasiand]

I wish we had every single game on DS

Not 3DS, just DS. Guys please stop tagging this as 3DS

[mezamun]

When it comes to writing battles in Pokemon what would you say are some key pointers to avoid falling into the trap of just writing “x used attack on y” all over again

Now, this is a good question, and one I've had to grapple with!

I suggest when constructing a battle, think about:

What kind of rhythm you'd like the fight to have. Do you want fast-paced, kinetic exchanges, like an XY battle? Or slow and strategic like DP? Do you want switching? Who do you want to hold an advantage? Do you want the tables to turn at some point, or one trainer to be cornered by the other's pace? Is there something they're supposed to figure out to secure a come-from-behind win?

The personality and battling style of each combatant. With Brock, for example, I focused on rock-solid defense, and tactics that chip away at a foe, with Stealth Rock, Roar, and Dragon Tail as examples. Misty uses a variety of pesky and deadly strategies employed by Water-types, makes use of their abilities, and abuses weather. Someone like Ash fights more aggressively and improvises. Someone like Conway sets up a strategy from the get-go. Or, you could focus on a trainer's personality flaws that allow a weakness to be exploited!

Look through available movepools on Serebii or Bulbapedia to make use of every possibility available. Your Pokémon might not have access to many of them at any point in the story! But you can consider what they could learn and lean into them learning new moves if you think it would make their battles more interesting.

A Pokémon's physiology. Their stature, extra limbs, unique traits, anything that could influence a fight, whether they use it or it's used against them. For example, I had Lt. Surge's Raichu grab Ash's Pikachu with his tail, and pummel him while he's trapped. That's an application! Ash had Pikachu shock Raichu until he grounded his tail to disperse the shock; something Ash figured Surge would do as an Electric-type expert; to free Pikachu from his grip.

The environment. Unless it's a standard field, you can make use of the terrain. Even with that, if a trainer is creative enough, they can create their own ideal conditions, such as weakening the ground beneath an opponent to force a collapse under their attacks!

[skunkinaboxx-2]

THISTLE

EEEEE I LOVE HER I worked so hard on thisss

Idk how to make her look soaked in water tho so pls give me tips I need it 😭🙏

[syscest]

the thing about insisting that plurality (that is, a multiplicity of identity within one body) is an experience exclusive to that of "dissociative disorders" is that it is a fundamentally anti-plural position.

if you believe "normal" or "healthy" psychological development necessarily involves the development of a singular identity, and that all deviations from this are disordered, it naturally follows that the cure to such a disorder would entail the creation of a singular identity (fusion) in its place.

it is not a mistake when psychiatrists start with the assumption that plurality itself is the disorder, and come to the conclusion that integration/fusion must be a part of the treatment process. instead it is a natural conclusion of their premises.

and the vision of this worldview, its ideal future, is one in which plurality does not exist. a world in which every system formation is prevented, or eventually reverted.

thus to deny the possibility that some people may simply be plural or become so over time, that it may even be a desirable state, is to reject the possibility of a neurodiversity approach for plurality.

i imagine some may disagree with this view. those who jump to explain all plural phenomena in a framework of traumatic dissociation, yet claim their personal goals do not involve fusion. these systems might turn to me, declaring their condition as a symptom, yes, but one they are happy to live with. an incurable chronic condition.

i think this is a profoundly sad way to think about the one's systemhood.

to look at a part of me that jumps out at conflict, ready to argue and assert themself, and declare them an "emotional part", a "protector", something that exists entirely as a symptom of trauma, rather than these behaviours as learned trauma responses - expressed across a plural identity yet separate from it. this remains profoundly reductive, objectifying, and wrongheaded.

even more, to assume "psychological integration" necessarily means "fusion" - that a singular identity is preferable to a multiple identity, even with strong internal cooperation, strikes me as wildly misguided. every system i've known who've tried to suppress their plurality, to act as one person, have found marked improvements as soon as they actually acknowledged these differing attitudes within them for what they were. i see no reason to believe a return to a singular identity is actually necessary or preferable to this state.

it is necessary then, as plural advocates, to reject the pressures of singlet-normativity, and to reject the theories that rely upon it. i choose to believe in a plural future. one where we are free to introspect and identify the multitudes within us, without this being taken as a definite sign of unspoken trauma we must then heal from and return to singularity.

[alwaysscreechingbasement]

[teashoesandhair]

This doesn’t include the best bit of the whole thing - she found the Twitter thread!

[black-feather-fiction]

This is like one of those romance novels where people bond over accidentally writing each other emails but better.

Like Pride and Prejudice but instead of the love interest getting dissed for his toxicity and then reforming, it’s just two people bonding over dissing a dead toxic asshole.

10/10 would recommend

[loyalsquire]

I'm learning so much about princesses on tumblr dot com

[thatjellywalker]

Tumblr! Long time no see, heh

...so long that I forget what I have and haven't shown you here, lmao. I mean to post more in the near future :)

[foolsabode]

CERTIFIED silly cartoon here~

[ropnolcart]

The workaholic tinkerer, always making sure her gear's in order.

lowpoly turntable for Sandia

[picketsartblog]

Picket Polecat V3 (by Katandstar154)

This was a reference commission I got from katandstar154.bsky.social for my Skunktaur Vsona! — Winners say no to AI

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[cielskunk]

learned how to do transfer files via usb to my phone soooooo here's a better look at the kicks mii I made

+ bonus spring

[scribbleskunk]

Your favourite loli-skunk

[all-mammal-creechur]

Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale leucoparia

It is found throughout the western United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern British Columbia in Canada. Their habitat is mixed woodlands, open areas, and farmlands. They are nocturnal omnivores, feeding on insects, scorpions, small vertebrates, roots, grains, fruit, and berries.

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