If youâve gotten a like or a follow from me, youâve probably gotten an interaction from one of my Pokemon IRL blogs! (Or Iâm just liking ur shit bc im too lazy to switch to my main lmao)
This is @turtblurt's OC rambling account and out-of-character hub for all my Pokemon IRL blogs! This blog USED to be the roleplay blog for a character that I have since moved to a different account, so I figured changing it into an OC hub blog would be a good idea.
I will use this blog to answer questions about my OCs here, discuss plot arcs, and generally talk about stuff in the PKMN IRL community. I'll also possibly be boosting some accounts I think are cool, reblogging important posts + ask games in the community, and just generally using this to talk about my OCsâ Pokemon-related or not!
Hereâs all of my PKMN IRL blogs!
ACTIVE:
-> @victoria-vd as Victoria
-> @viridian-rat as Rat + co.
-> @purrlescent-sense as Hali(????)
INACTIVE:
-> @jaimemes as Jaime (and previously Z)
-> @rock-n-rolycoly as Nick
-> @lentimas-lukamon as Luka
-> @kelpsyblitz-522 as Kelpsy
[Tag system found below]
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Tag System
GENERAL:
-> #turt blurts - tag for when i talk abt random bullshit. i love yapping!!!!
-> #turt rbs - tag for when i reblog a post that does not fit other reblog critera found below. AKA my general reblog tag.
-> #turts art - my art tag. often reblogs from my other accounts.
-> #oc: [name] OR #story: [name] - posts related to a particular character or OC story/universe. this could be original posts OR reblogs.
-> #blog: [name] - posts specifically regarding the blogs that I run that are NOT about the character that runs said blog, such as blog updates or changelogs. this tag is also used when reblogging a post from said blog for further OOC elaboration or as a shameless self-plug (/silly).
OTHER:
-> #blog boost - boosting tumblr roleplay blog intros. stop by and interact with 'em!
-> #art reblog - boosting art that is not my own. check out the artist!
-> #ask game - reblogging ask games to spread around and/or bait y'all into asking about my characters :3
-> #community resource - general useful roleplay/writing/character-building tips and resources.
rambled in discord abt the comic bc im actually rlly proud of the writing decisions that went behind it sooo im just gonna copy paste it all here and also elaborate on things:
On Rats, Kats, and Transgender Brats (/aff)
(obligatory link to the COMIC for context of the rambling below!!!)
okay now that the comic is done ouhhghgh oughghhgoguughogh...... shinji.....
i tried to like. make the metaphor kind of subtle but also not really if you already know the metaphor? idk how many ppl remember when i said this but the big thing with Kick's character is that heâs meant to be a Psychic in a family of Black Belts. his conflict in the comic is not being able to meet his familyâs expectations and standards of what someone of their trainer class should be. he looks like a Black Belt and acts like a Black Belt, but he doesnât fight like a Black Belt should. sure, it may look like he does to the untrained eye, but his family can clearly tell that he doesnât seem to have that âfighting spiritâ that every Black Belt should have.
if this sounds like it could be a metaphor for transgenderism, its because it is. saying it here and now so that there is no room for speculation or doubt!!!!! KICK IS A PSYCHIC TRANS WOMAN!!!!!
when you read the comic with this context, suddenly thereâs another added layer to Kickâs conflict: this isnt just about not meeting the expectations of his family, itâs ALSO about him not meeting the standards of âmasculinityâârepresented by the âfighting spiritâ.
and it also really highlights the flaws in Katâs approach to comfort him.
on the surface, katâs approach seems reassuring, but its the subtle things that indicate that sheâs just going through the motions without understanding the crux of the issue, and she seems to make assurances that she cant promise with certainty.
âi feel like the odd one out in my family. they all say that im doing something wrong but no matter how hard i try i just cant seem to get it right.â
ânooo that cant be true! honestly i think youre doing just fine! if you just keep trying, youâll get it right eventually!â
âand what if i dont get it right? what if i can never meet their expectations?â
âyou will.â
this is in stark contrast to ratâs approach which, while a bit harsh and blunt, is more sincere and effective as actual advice rather than empty reassurances. she fully believes in the advice that sheâs giving him
"fuck what your family thinks, do what makes you happy."
you dont have to be a Black Belt. you don't have to be a boy.
the problem is that, aside from being a bit harsher than intended, Rat believes so strongly in self-determination and not caring about the opinions of others that she has a hard time wrapping her head around the mentality of a people-pleaser.
it irks Rat to no end that both Kick and Kat seem to march towards a future they arenât 100% certain they even want. itd be one thing if they truly wanted exactly what their parents expected of them, but the way in which they both speak indicates that they feel its âthe path of least resistanceââ implying that they HAVE a choice but are CHOOSING to take the easy route by neither exploring nor advocating for other options.
THATS why Rat got angry.
to Rat, itâs just the same thing over and over again. she tries not to get preachy at Kat about their difference of opinion but hearing her basically tell Kick to just keep marching made her nearly lose her damn mind. she just HAD to step in before they both led each other to futures that were written for them while still holding the pen.
Which leads me to the most important line of the entire comic:
"Nooo, he oughta be the good little girl that grows up to be whatever daddy wants her to, right?"
This line has two layers to it:
Despite Kick being the subject of the conversation, Rat is alluding to Kat and her unwillingness to defy the expectations of her father. Kat likes battle, yes, but she's not passionate about it. She plans to go into competitive not out of a genuine passion, but because it is what is expected of her. It's the path of least resistance, and she feels obligated to follow it because she's in the privileged position where such a career would be feasible for her. By saying this line, Rat is comparing Kat and Kick as people too wrapped up in the expectations of others to find themselves.
Unbeknownst to Rat, she is also affirming Kick's gender.
Anyways. this isnt to say that either Kat or Rat were necessarily in the wrong here. they both tried to help Kick the best way they knew how. their methods just happened to clash and forced their conflicting viewpoints to the forefront, and then everything kinda went downhill from there lmao
TLDR (not really lol); i put a lot of thought into what was ultimately a very MINOR scene in the grand scheme of the arcâarguably the least deserving of a 40-panel comic out of all the scenes i have planned. but at the same time, this scene was very important to me as it gives us some insight into Kick's character while also showcasing that Rat and Kat still absolutely clash from time to time! these kids arent perfect; theyre messy and flawed and stumbling their way through life like most teenagers do. and as fun as it is to show that in written form, there are some scenes where the only way i can see myself doing it justice is to show it in a visual medium.
in an ideal world, i'd draw just about every offscreen post.
however. i am but one Turt. and my hand fucking hurt :(
[ @wandering-trainer ]
[ Tagging myself so I get a notif for when this is answered. :D]
sorry for not seeing this a lil sooner, got a bit distracted by other things. anyways hello hello!! any chance u could message me via tumblrâs chat system?
"Long time no see, Z," Maple said, sitting down in front of her friend. "Know you weren't able to make it to my late birthday so I figured I'd stop by, have a chat, drink a bit, bring the party to you, y'know?" There was no response as Maple dug through the bag he had brought with him, pulling out a bottle of wine
"Hope you're a wine girlie because I brought........" Maple trailed off, squinting at the label on the bottle before giving up on it and putting it down, "Some fancy Kalosian shit from....." she pulled the bottle back to her face to look at the label "2015, wow. Pretty sure this thing is from some fancy winery and worth more than all 4 of our kidneys. Good thing I stole this from Jaime months ago," Maple laughed. Z still didn't respond. Whatever, Maple didn't expect her to.
"I actually brought 2, one for me, one for you," as she said it, she moved the bottles, taking the second out of her bag. Maple then pulled some plastic wine glasses out, alongside a corkscrew. After struggling with the corks for an embarrassingly long time, during which Z waited patiently and said nothing, Maple finally took Z's bottle, used it to fill up one of the plastic cups, and placed both in front of Z with a "Here you go!" before picking up his own bottle and taking a swig directly from it.
"A lot's happened over the last year or so," Maple started with a laugh. "I mean Alola was barely a year ago, but so much as happened it feels like forever."
"I still blame myself a little, you know. I know we both did what we could but I mean, I was there. I was there and I couldn't stop it. You were all the way here in Paldea. You couldn't do anything to stop it if you tried! I just- It's not just about Alola, you know? I feel like everything's my fault. Like I coulda stopped a lot of things. I mean, I have motherfucking GOD POWERS now, and I still can't protect my fucking friends? What the fuck am I? A fucking failure, that's what it feels like. I mean just recently, the shit with Miguel. Just before that? Couldn't even do a fucking picnic for Esper right! I couldn't help YOU when you needed me, what the fuck kinda friend am I?" Maple had gotten up at this point. He paced in front of Z, periodically taking sips from his bottle.
"Everyone keeps telling me it's not my fault. But they don't know any better! Zygarde- I don't wanna fucking talk about Zygarde right now. Fuck. Zygarde says it IS my fault and they're probably fucking right because if it isn't mine, who's fault is it? No ones! And it can't fucking be no ones! I'm just not a good person, I think." Maple went to take another sip, but realized she'd finished her bottle much faster than she had intended to. Oh well.
"You're not drinking," he said, turning to Z, before snatching the bottle he had left in front of her. "Give me that." Z didn't react Maple took a big swig of her almost full bottle and sighed.
"You know, I don't even fucking know why I bothered to do this. To visit you, I mean. I guess I still care about you, even though you don't fucking deserve it. I mean, what the fuck! What the actual fuck! Who the hell decides to go hang out with the girl who made a game out of leaking all your secrets online? Me, I guess, because what the fuck else am I gonna do with my fucking life? Not like you're gonna talk back to me! Fuck, you're not even gonna apologize! I don't even want an apology! I don't know what the fuck I want. I just want it all to be better, I guess. For it to be July when I still thought everything in the world was fine and fucking dandy! When you weren't telling everyone and their mother shit about all our friends online and if you were, I didn't fucking have to know about it! I didn't have to know about anything! Fuck!" Maple stopped and chugged what remained of Z's bottle, then threw it as far as she could with a loud yell of frustration. It hit something and crashed, but Maple didn't care about what it hit, as she curled into a ball and began to cry.
"It's not fair! I just want to be normal! I just wanted to have a normal life and a normal 18th birthday and normal friends! But I can't! I can't because I'm dead and Miguel's dead and YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD! FUCK, at this point I feel like everyone around me is going to fucking die and I won't be able to help them. It's not fair. It's not fair. It's not."
And Maple sat there, crying in front of Z's grave for a long time, before she finally got up with a blank stare, drank the cup of wine she'd poured up earlier, put her things away, and left, muttering a final emotionless goodbye as she went.
"Tutorial" on how to draw an OC with dwarfism (well, some of it).
Boring tired disclaimer: Keep in mind that this is an introductory "drawing" "tutorial" and has some generalizations in it, so not every âX is Zâ statement will be true for Actual People. Which happens to be true for everything in general.
You are heavily encouraged to do your own research because this does not contain everything you should know before making a character with any type of dwarfism.
Consider supporting me on ko-fi if you find this to be helpful.
If (when) you repost this on pinterest at least put a link to the original post somewhere..
every rat arc has its mandated act(s) of hubris. this one just so happens to be a 20+ panel comic that was supposed to go up on August 7th. time doesnt stop but we can always restructure it to our liking.
there was supposed to be a comic today instead of yesterday but tbfh. i might just pull a Solstice Sempiternal and have it be majority writing with art/doodles interspersed throughout. which is what i SHOUDLVE done yesterday but i seem to be experiencing a bout of writers block bc i could not find the words for literally anything.
every rat arc has its mandated act(s) of hubris. this one just so happens to be a 20+ panel comic that was supposed to go up on August 7th. time doesnt stop but we can always restructure it to our liking.
there was supposed to be a comic today instead of yesterday but tbfh. i might just pull a Solstice Sempiternal and have it be majority writing with art/doodles interspersed throughout. which is what i SHOUDLVE done yesterday but i seem to be experiencing a bout of writers block bc i could not find the words for literally anything.
every rat arc has its mandated act(s) of hubris. this one just so happens to be a 20+ panel comic that was supposed to go up on August 7th. time doesnt stop but we can always restructure it to our liking.
okay so weâre at the gym now and surprisingly the gym leader recognizes and remembers me!!! he was like âoh hey Rat itâs been a while!â which is so aaaaaaaaadhdjfhdodhs
he also remembers Bugs and heâs excited to see what heâs got in store for him now that its been a few years since he last challenged this gym.
ive been lamenting that pangoro [and {redacted} đ] arent in scarlet & violet cause i thought itd be fun to actually play through the gyms (wouldve probably done the postgame rematches) as a way to add a bit of depth to esper taking on the gyms since thats something shes thinking about
then i realized i could probably do it in pkmn showdown, i dont know anything about pkmn showdown besides it being a battle simulator but i know turt had done smth similar before so it is an actual solution to my problem
and i have time to learn the site since i dont currently plan for her to do the gym stuff until like. checks calendar. sometime after at least january?? she may do one or two gyms before that but shed be going against higher level teams like in the postgame rematches so she wouldnt be plowing through the gyms
in the canon universe eilwen as an espurr is like scary and a force to be recon with, but in showdown she is getting steamrolled so in showdown she has to be a meowstic and we just pretend shes an espurr by only giving her moves espurrs can know
and by âpretendâ i mean turt figured out how easy it is to just go into the html of the battle recording afterwards and change meowstics model and name into an espurr alongside several other things
My meme-ish poster about executive dysfunction, or "The Sits" as we call it in our house. This is to share my experiences with exec. dysfunction, everyone's a little different âșïž
It was reccomended to me by a close friend to make an announcement on this newfangled technology, due to itâs popularity with trainers worldwide.
My name is Giovanni Sakaki, and I lead the Viridian City Gym in the Independent Republic of Kantoâs grand opening of itâs new Gym Circuit- the third in the world in fact, modeled after those of Unova and Galar with our own local spin on it of course. I am also her founder and sponsor, of course.
Registration is required to partake in the circuit, pampletes and starting gear will be supplied upon arrival. It is recommended to catch and bond with a new team during your time here, but it is not a requirement.
DISCLAIMER
Trainers of all ages, from all regions, and of all backgrounds are welcome to compete in the circuit (low income individuals may be eligible for partial compensation for arrival fees)- bar one exemption. Persons affiliated (or formerly affiliated) with the Johtoan Government or the Imperial Army of Johto and its supsidiaries are ineligible to participate in the Kanto Gym Challenge. League officials reserve the right to verify eligibility during registration.
Persons caught lying about such a background are liable to fines, arrest, or even permanent blacklisting from Kanto by the discretion of the proper authorities.
The Gyms
Unlike Unova or Galar, the gyms of Kanto donât necessarily require completion in a specific order, bar Viridian City which requires all other badges to face. Pamphlets will be given upon registration detailing the teams of each Gym Leader for studying. The number of pokemon you will need to face will vary depending on order faced.
Pewter City- Rock Type
Cerulean City- Water Type
Vermillion City- Electric Type
Celadon City- Grass Type
Fuchsia City- Poison Type
Saffron City- Psychic Type
Cinnabar City- Fire Type
Viridian City- Ground Type
My League Team
Nidoking, Flygon, Golurk, Ursaluna, Steelix, and Seismitoad.
It is preferred that all non league business with me is kept to in person meetings for ease of proper documentation, however I am personally willing to answer less league centred questions to a certain degree.
ooc:
Mwahahaha FL-Verse Giovanni blog be upon thee! Being a Gym leader isnât a profession and is generally a side thing for each leader, at least for now, however league staff work on a full time, part time, or volunteer basis.
The year is 1998 in universe.
Annnnnd like all other fl-verse teams Team Rocket no longer follows the Team _ format, and has significant changes. It is known as Sakaki Group in universe.
It is important to note that Kanto is NOT an âimportantâ region in universe.
Also his League team and his personal team are seperate
Literally ANY kind of ask / mail is allowed, as long as you donât murder him lmao. Mod is an adult, and so is Giovanni ofc. đ
Do keep in mind bud IS a career criminal in the 90s so like, donât expect him to be the most open minded unless it benefits him lmao #capitalism (he accepts his adopted son being trans for example because that means he can pass the Sakaki Group onto him when he dies lol)
SILVER EXISTS BUT GIOVANNI IS UNAWARE OF HIM, SILVER DOESNâT KNOW GIOVANNI IS HIS FATHER
(Will not confirm nor deny if he got a member of his staff to write this pinned for him pffft)
