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It should go without saying that I'm not nearly as active here as I used to. I'll come back every couple of days to browse, see what new stuff people have posted, and favorite the things that really stick out, but I almost never upload here anymore (and most of the things I had uploaded in the last decade have been archived to storage hell). Even so, I've been here for 10 bloody years. I made a lot of friends on this site (most of which I'm sadly not in regular contact with anymore) and this place has a lot of good memories for me. I'll stick around for a while longer, if only to lurk.


I doubt I'll ever be regularly active here anytime soon, so I guess I'll take this opportunity to plug:

Discord: InChandyWeTrust#3945 (I generally dislike dms tho, so it's best if you find a server I'm already in)

https://musescore.com/inchandywetrust

Here's to another 10 years, I suppose. Let's see how I'm doing at 34.

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I still doubt I'll ever use this account again beyond favoriting other art for the foreseeable future, but since DeviantArt is one of my oldest platforms it feels weird just abandoning it. So I decided to do a few things while I'm here.
  1. Change my username.
    • InChandyWeTrust has been the name I've used online since at least 2017, and is a name that I'm going to resonate with for a while, so it was only a matter of time before I finally did it here. Plus MonochromeObserver said she'd be disappointed in me if I didn't, so there's that.
  2. Delete the majority of my pre-2016 journals.
    • The exceptions being Fresh Start, which was just a segway from my old now-deleted account to this one, and WEIRDEST FUCKING DREAM EVER, because I still find it kind of funny.
    • The majority of those journals were 14-16 year-old me being edgy because I could. Needless to say, I've moved on from that part of me and don't need those rearing up again.
  3. Move the majority of my deviations into storage.
    • To put it simply, I'm embarrassed about most of them. I did find some cool stuff while I was in there (like a red MOC I'd dubbed "the Insane One") and may unlock them sporadically, but I just don't care for most of those doodles.
So what will happen now? Truth be told, I don't know. School notwithstanding, I'd dedicated the majority of the past two years to music composition, so maybe I could produce art inspired by my music? Or since I am going for a bachelor's in film, if I ever do concept art I could upload it here?

Like I said, I don't see myself using DA anymore but nostalgia is preventing me from high-tailing it out of here. Maybe one day, I'll suddenly get an artistic spark and have a massive urge to return. Who knows?
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It was a pretty average day for the Marlinan Royalty. Princess Zutara was almost 19 years old, the age of adulthood in her country; meanwhile her father, King John Antaedymn and her step-mother, Queen Rebecca Vivace were tending to their regular day to day business. Today, Zutara had something on her mind that she wanted to ask the King. When his business was done for the day, father and daughter proceeded to the courtyard to watch the Queen practice her martial arts.

“Hey Dad,” Zutara began, “what was my mother like?”

Antaedymn hesitated for a moment, not expecting such a question. Nevertheless, he thought of an answer.

“Well, let’s see. Her name was Sienna Frost. When we first met, she was…sad. I wanted to see if I could help her out, not as the King, but as a friend.”

“How did you do that?”

“I spent time with her. I was there for her. I listened to her. A few months passed and she declared her feelings for me. I was,” a pause to clear his throat and choose his next words carefully, “concerned of what might have happened if I refused, so I became her boyfriend. Shockingly, things went really well for us and I began to love her back.”

“What happened next?”

“After a few years of dating, I proposed to her and we married on the fifth of December, 1996. It ended up being a particularly freezing day, even for this country, but we had scheduled that day pretty far in advance and we couldn’t really postpone.”

“Maybe not you, Dad,” Zutara interrupted, “but if the Makuta were here, they could’ve told the other world leaders to fuck off!”

Antaedymn, although disappointed in his kid’s use of profanity, couldn’t help but laugh at that remark.

“Anyway, after a few months without much event, we decided to try for a child. In 1997, we found that we were pregnant and in 1998, we had you.”

Antaedymn stopped for a moment after this, as this is the part where thing took a turn for the worst for Queen Frost. After an awkward silence, Zutara spoke first.

“What happened after that?”

“Well,” Antaedymn gasped, “we believed that your birth went off without a hitch, but a few days later your mother passed away.” He let out a huge sigh. “The doctors reported that she died due to complications during childbirth and tha–”

“Stop. Right. There, Dad,” Zutara blurted out, to the shock of the King.

“Is something wrong sweetheart?” He asked.

“I know that’s not how Mom died.”
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Originally, I was going to do a top X of every generation so far for two reasons: 1) I've been having trouble narrowing down ten Pokemon into a list I was comfortable with and 2) with Generation VII less than two months away, I should have just waited it out until I've had experience with a good number of Alolan Pokemon so I could judge everyone more fairly. But since I really want to make some kind of list, I've decided to just bite the bullet and list my top 10 overall as of Generation VI. Let's start by setting some ground rules.
1. I have to like the Pokemon for reasons other than their designs.
2. Unless I say otherwise, I refer to the entire family in a specific entry (so if I say B but not A, assume that I like both A and B, just that I prefer B).

Before the "official" list, here are a couple honorable mentions (in no particular order):
Mismagius by CreepyJellyfish Gardevoir by CreepyJellyfish Zoroark by CreepyJellyfish Virizion by CreepyJellyfish
Zekrom by CreepyJellyfish Garchomp by CreepyJellyfish Gengar by CreepyJellyfish Meowstic-f by CreepyJellyfish
See how big that group is? That just shows you what I had to pick from! With that out of the way, let's begin.

10. Ferrothorn


Grass/Steel
Ferrothorn by CreepyJellyfish
Ferrothorn makes my list for being a very dependable Pokemon. For a while, it was my go-to Pokemon when building competitive teams. Need Grass-type coverage? Power Whip. Need Steel-type coverage? Gyro Ball. Want to set up hazards? Stealth Rock. And you even have room for a fourth move! Ferrothorn will tank anything you throw at it that it isn't weak too and will either retaliate at a leisurely pace or munch on its Leftovers while you struggle to kill it after you realize that you forgot your Blaziken at home.

9. Weavile


Dark/Ice
Weavile by CreepyJellyfish
Ever since I got into the series, Weavile was one of those Pokemon that I always seemed to love among the rest. That said, for the longest time since I started, I could not tell you why. Sure, the design is badass, but there was something more about Weavile that just got to me. I first used one named Gali in my White version to help me catch Kyurem. Gali did well, but I still couldn't figure out why I was so attracted to weavile.
THEN I FOUND DENAHI.
In my first (failed) run of Pokemon Platinum, one of the last members of my team was this Sneasel found around Snowpoint City. I named him Denahi after the antagonist in Brother Bear, and...sweet Jesus, he was a monster. To put it bluntly, he quickly rose to power in my team, rivaling my Gengar for the top spot; and this was when he was just a Sneasel! When I found the Razor Claw in the HQ, that would be when the fun began. Despite never finishing that run, I still cherish Denahi and what he did for me (I even made a competitive Weavile named after him). I later found out after transferring the original up that the reason he was so amazing was that, despite his Modest nature, he had a perfect IV in Attack. Amazing.

8. Kingdra


Water/Dragon
Kingdra by CreepyJellyfish
I blame Kingdra for being the Pokemon for getting me interested in the first place. Not long after I had beaten Y version for the first time, I put something on the GTS for a Kingdra. I don't remember why; I think it was just for filler. Anyway, I got it back not to long later and saw that it was not only level 100, but also had perfect stats across the board. Now, I was no competitive battler at the time, but I was aware of things like IVs, so I knew this Kingdra was a special one. I later got a hold of a Choice Specs, slapped it on Kingdra and it also became quite a dependable Pokemon to me. Upon transferring it to my Omega Ruby version, I also discovered that it had maxed out Contest stats as well. I don't particularly care much for Pokemon contests, but seeing that XY did not have contests, this came as a beautiful surprise.

7. Aegislash


Steel/Ghost
Aegislash by CreepyJellyfish
HOLY FUCK I LOVE AEGISLASH.

From the moment I saw my first Honedge in my Y version, I new that it'd be one of my favorites forever. Everything about this Pokemon came as a wonderful surprise to me, especially its typing. Its primary type was self-explanatory, but I had absolutely no idea that this thing was part-Ghost as well. I'm pretty sure I discovered that in the battle when I tried to have my Combusken do something. Once I caught it, it easily became the star of my team. It became my most reliable Pokemon on that team. Eventually it evolved into a Doublade (who I will admit, is pretty good in its own right), but as soon as I found that Dusk Stone, all Hell would break loose. Diantha's team could easily fall to Aegislash's might.
Hawlucha? No problem.
Tyrantrum? Iron Head.
Aurorus? Sacred Sword.
Gourgeist? Shadow Claw.
Goodra? Easy.
Gardevoir? Bitch, please!

That Aegislash became the very first Pokemon I ever raised to Level 100 without the use of Rare Candies. It was a big achievement of mine at the time, and to this day I have only done it with one (soon to be two) other(s). As far as Aegislash's dependability goes, well... long story short, Aegislash is so good competitively, it was banned to the Uber tier within a matter of months. Even Greninja lasted longer than this thing.

6. Lilligant


Grass
Lilligant by CreepyJellyfish
Much like Weavile, I was attracted to Lilligant very early on. Also like Weavile, I never got around to using it until much after my first experience with it. My first "real" time using Lilligant came in the form of my second playthrough of White version. I caught it as a Petilil and quickly came to the conclusion that it was a much better member for my team than my Servine could ever hope to be. So after boxing my starter, I began training this thing. With a moveset like Sleep Powder, Giga Drain, Leech Seed and Petal Dance, the only thing that kept Elizabeth from being perfect was her ability Chlorophyll instead of Own Tempo. Still, she was the second strongest member of my team, and the occasional confusion was very easy to work around. Oh yeah, one more thing: imo, Lilligant is the single cutest Pokemon in existence.

5. Gallade


Psychic/Fighting
Gallade by CreepyJellyfish
I was very close to including Gardevoir in this spot as well for hopefully obvious reasons, but I decided against it, as I've always liked Gallade just a little bit more. Gallade just seems like this really cool Pokemon to me, and I've liked it ever since I got that one Ralts from Wonder Trade and randomly decided to turn that into a Gallade. I still have that particular one running around in Pokemon Bank somewhere. Since then, I've had a few fun adventures with Gallade competitively, especially in ORAS when it finally got a Mega to compliment its maiden. And that's all I have to say, really. Gallade's cool enough to become the basis for an avatar of mine, but it's not one I've had in a while. Overall, I'm not really sure how to justify my love for Gallade other than just saying "it's awesome."

4. Dustox


Bug/Poison
Dustox by CreepyJellyfish
Yeah, that's right. I like this pathetic little moth more than everything else so far. Well, you see, that's the thing. I've used a Dustox in my first run of Platinum. His name was Toxin, and up until I found Denahi, he was the star of my team. For a silly early-game Bug-type, Dustox has quite a few tricks up its sleeve. It's relatively bulky, so Moonlight can recover health. Venoshock can easily add insult to injury. Aerial Ace? Okay, makes enough sense. Psychic? This thing gets Psychic?! Sure, why not! For a good 3/4 of the game, Toxin and my Gengar, Spookshear were the King and Queen of my team; I guess I could say that Denahi was the Prince, but enough about those guys, damnit! Dustox may not be all that great competitively, but it's a sure of a lot better than it's cousin, Beautifly.
And, while this isn't a reason as to why Dustox is a fave of mine, but recently while DexNav chaining, I found a Lv 16 Wurmple with four perfect IVs. Guess what it'll evolve into?

3. Gigalith


Rock
Gigalith by CreepyJellyfish
Roggenrola had always been a pretty adorable little Pokemon to me. I have had some experience with Gigalith before, but nothing to write home about. One day not that long ago, I decided to browse through the Pokedex and listen to some Pokemon cries. Roggenrola and its evolution, Boldore sounded about the same as I remembered them sounding. THEN THERE'S GIGALITH'S. Gigalith's XY cry sounds like a battle cry, for lack of a better term. Hearing this music to my ears, I knew that Gigalith would be a pretty good Pokemon to try out. So that's what I did. In my second playthrough of White, I caught a Roggenrola named Tak, and I took her to the end of the game. Sure, she was the weakest member of my permanent team, but that doesn't mean she wasn't useful. Her most prominent roles were Stealth Rocks and Flying-type checks. Gigalith is just freaking awesome; at least I have means to justify this one, Gallade.

2. Crobat


Poison/Flying
Crobat by CreepyJellyfish
What do you get when you take the dependability of Ferrothorn, the badassness of Gallade, the ferocity of Weavile, mix them together and add a touch of friendship to the melting pot? You get Crobat of course! I have used Crobat on many in-game teams of mine. Each time, it proved to be a very valuable member of my team who was worth the effort put in to evolving it. More than once I have been surprised by finally obtaining a Crobat, but my most memorable experience with it came from my first run of HeartGold version. I caught a Zubat very early on and named her Whisper. Eventually she evolved into Golbat, but things got rather rocky from there. Gym Leaders Chuck and Jasmine were jagged thorns in my side for a while, and I was certain the constant faintings would have lowered Whisper's friendship value down to nothing. Needless to say, I was saddened. After beating Jasmine, I took to the route to the north to train up a bit before moving on. Whisper hit Level 24 and to my surprise, she instantly began to evolve.
I'm pretty sure tears were coming out of my eyes at that point. This Golbat, who had to endure the wraths of Primape and Steelix, loved me enough to evolve regardless. I took this Crobat to the end of the Johto League. Most of my team had been underleveled by then, so I made the decision to switch most of my team for a failed Platinum run team. Whisper was the only Johto-born Pokemon remaining on my team on arriving in Kanto. Even so, I took her with me. She was there when I defeated the Kanto League, she was there for Lugia, she was there for Mewtwo, she was there when I defeated Red; and now she rests happily in my OmegaRuby version.
Crobat is very dependable for me competitively. Since obtaining a competitive one, that has become my go-to Pokemon. Sky Attack (with Power Herb), Acrobatics, Cross Poison and U-turn make a terrifying moveset. I love using that thing, but I'm not going to go on any longer. Bottom line, I love Crobat, and nothing can ever change that.

1. Chandelure


Ghost/Fire
Chandelure by CreepyJellyfish
This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one (though if you're expecting a sentimental essay like for Crobat, prepare to be disappointed). Aside from Pikachu and Piplup (whom I was familiar with from the anime), Litwick was among the first Pokemon I've discovered. For a while, I thought it was the cutest and scariest thing ever, so naturally I made it my DA's mascot for a short while. Eventually, I came to accept the evolutions, Lampent and Chandelure. To put it simply enough, Chandelure is a glass cannon. It hits like a truck but goes down like a flower. But you know what, that's okay. Shadow Ball, Flamethrower, Energy Ball, and room for a fourth move are pretty excellent! I like to run Memento on it not necessarily because of its effects, but because of Lampent's Dex entres. They read:

This ominous Pokémon is feared. Through cities it wanders, searching for the spirits of the fallen (Black).
It arrives near the moment of death and steals spirit from the body (White).


And if you need just a tad more convincing how awesome Chandelure is, remember that devious smile when you see it on the other side of the field. It'll be reminiscing at the fact that it's Special Attack stat rivals that of goddamn Mewtwo.

~Memento mori, motherfuckers.

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  • Gorast was responsible for killing Krika in the prime reality, so he would have to either fend her off or travel in a different direction--avoiding her altogether.
  • How does Gali die? I'm thinking either she makes a mistake in escaping (engine malfunctioning, meeting Gorast, etc) and she ultimately becomes too injured to escape--much like the Makuta Phantoka.
  • Is Krika merciful enough to try to save Gorast from the storms? He mentioned that a sense of honor existed among the Brotherhood, so I'm going to assume yes. If so, how do they interact afterwards? They are alone in the Universe; and I doubt Miserix will be of any help, even though both would want Teridax dead at that point.
    • If his encounter with the Makuta of Stelt tells me anything, I don't think he'd be so kind to Krika.
  • How would Tahu react if he learns that he and Krika were heartbroken for the same reason?
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