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DY-NO-MIIIITE~!
People, I'm just a tad bit freaked at the moment! Reason? I have a giant fucking asshole dwelling within me. And it culminated in this bastard child of my creation: battlestandby, aka Paul/Shinji of the Pokemon anime, also taking on my fic's canon now (which really doesn't change his character at all - just gives him some handicaps AND A THEORY MADE CANON). I made him a while ago to curb the boredom pains during my self-inflicted hiatus, but since that's come and gone, I used him sporadically. Until now.

He poisoned dear_mun a few times. Most recently, his bitching earned him nearly 300 comments and it caused me to be a hardcore Spiffyshipper (which is... believe it or not... Silver/Paul). He also got his bitch ass choked out by Cyrus and gleefully trolled Ash a few times. All in all, a good day's work. My Paul muse hates my guts, but that's hardly news. ALL characters I play hate my guts to some degree. That is because I am a sadist, everybody. :')

So the allure of further-developed Spiffyshipping led Paul to pokedressing, where he re-met, battled, and broke the platonic barrier with Silver all in one post. That also escalated to the vicinity of 270+ comments. In the strangest damn way, it was rather awesome. Apparently the lurkers agree, too! So I guess we did something right. I owe it to the awesome Silver mun as well. ♥

So after giving a little sugar to Silver, Paul made his intro post on the DR, which seems to have capped off at over 500 comments. I think Paul made nearly every girl who replied to him cry, plus Shaymin. I pride myself on making him the biggest dickweed possible. Kinda reminds me of a Ric Flair quote: "To be the man, you gotta BEAT the man!" And I've totally beaten Paul to a pulp. I, myself, am a natural asshole and not afraid to admit this. Genuine assholes will do good in playing asshole-type characters. ♥

Another Ash got trolled in this post, but most definitely the biggest part is where Silver stepped in and it eventually stemmed off into those two trying to figure out how the hell a relationship works. Silver and Paul are incredibly fail at it. But just because Paul's got himself a sweetheart doesn't mean he's no longer an asshole!

In fact, he might've gotten worse. In his most recent trolling of Ash (which was started by Silver, actually!), he and Silver pretty much ganged up on Ash, taunted him, and proceeded to break his brain by kissing right in front of him when they realized the idiot didn't know what the word "intimate" meant.

I do have to note that Paul's wuv for Silver was strong enough to convince me to get a paid account for the little motherfucker. It is only for a month, but still. What the hell. Normal Shin would never do this, especially when she has virtually no money! This is the Paul muse's way of getting back at me, I think.

How will the madness continue? I don't know, but it's fucking engrossing. I really need to be writing Chapter 9 right now. XD At least all this mushyness has convinced me to throw in a quasi-Curtainshipping scene after I finish the scene I'm currently end (which is very close to being done). Still just in the 7k vicinity, but I'm sure this chapter will be a nightmare.

Monday night sort of made me love Vince McMahon. When you see the dude piggyback riding on his limo driver, how can you not love that man? Especially when he viciously admits that he's never been in a gas station in his life. That is just fucking rich.

People need to give Vince lemon cars more often, man.

I have been sketching some stuff, but nothing's really ready to be colored except perhaps the little children that'll be appearing at the very end of Trifecta, and when I mean "end", I mean a fucking Epilogue that takes place 20 years after the present story ends. Since Paul's an asexual prick in this story, he will not be having any kids, of course.

A lot of them turned out cute, though. I made five, but they only come from two pairings; twins for one pairing and then a set of three separate kids for the other couple with a potential fourth on the way. TRY AND GUESS WHICH PAIRINGS, HUH.

Buuuut... phew. Hopeless job hunting continues, the real world sucks... no wonder I'm so buried into fandom right now.

OH YEAH AND TOTAL DRAMA ACTION. Yeah yeah yeah, it's in the US now, but Ocean's Eight - Or Nine has come out in Canada, and it is the Courtney motherfucking returns episode which leaves off a LOT of drama! I should be getting to work on Total Drama Wiki, but gawh. I've burned out a bit on it for the time being. I worked my ass off trying to have that thing meet quality standards and I provided the vast majority of the good-quality pictures, so I think I deserve a damn break.

But now that the NEW TDA episodes are back in cycle for this summer, it's time to get excited over what's gonna happen next since we really have no idea now!

Since I'm waiting till daytime to have Paul bitch about what I've done to him on dear_mun, I'm going to see how far into Chapter 9 I can get~!

Yeah... I'll just wish myself luck on that one.

Oh, one final thing:

I did screencap quite a bit of DP131, but mainly for the Paul shots and his Pokemon for the icons. This one, though, I capped for showing what the passing mention of Brandon was about. I have DP132, which I totally will screencap at one point since it's a sexy Iwane episode~.

I have had ideas in alterations for the plot. Main thing being that Paul does not (re) challenge Candice until after his full battle with Ash, as far as my story's concerned. Also, I'm definitely having an in-between chapter squished in with the DP128+9 and DP131+2 chapters (which will be two separate ones, obviously). The in-between chapter's going to feature the next full family reunion of Paul, Reggie and Brandon due to the magic of loopholes, they'll find out he has no more Regis, meaning I will have to build a new half of Brandon's team due to this. I've already decided his "starter" will be one of them - it'll play a role in the flashbacks featuring Brandon and his gang.

My idea is that for pure, sheer coincidence, Brandon, Byron, and Palmer get their Sinnoh starter Pokemon when they turn 10, just like any other trainer. Brandon would get Turtwig, Byron would get Piplup (due to the fact that its final evolution, Empoleon, is partially Steel-typed), and Palmer would get Chimchar (suits his personality). The catch? THEY'RE ALL SHINY.

So yeah, their starters would be alternate-colored, and quite aged by the present timeline, which may explain why they would not be used often then. But Brandon would be forced to pull his shiny Torterra out of retirement after the events of DP129. ♥

I'm totally not decided on the numbering right now, but it looks like I could have this paved out to Chapter 15 once I concentrate.

Of course, DP136 (the final episode before Movie 12 is released) was revealed to be a Team Galactic episode, so I want to pay close attention to what goes on in that department since Galactic's gonna be playing quite a role in Chapter 10.

Lots of exciting stuff! Now that we're into fillers for a few weeks, hopefully that'll give me some downtime to concentrate on the story, amongst other things.

And finally-finally (I LIIIIIIIIIIED~!), wanna get this goddamn crossover out of my head and into paper:



First, character assignments. Should be noted that Chris McLean and Chef Hatchet DO NOT have Pokemon counterparts because I simply cannot replace those awesome dudes and I wanna see them torture Pokemon characters just as much as I love seeing them torture the characters from their own canon. So, here's my rough outline going by ordering of rank from TDI from best to worst:

1. Owen = Ash
2. Gwen = May
3. Heather = Jessie (in Jesselinda disguise)
4. Duncan = Paul
5. LeShawna = Dawn
6. Geoff = Gary
7. Izzy = Barry
8. DJ = Brock
9. Lindsay = James (in drag as "Jamie", lol)
10. Bridgette = Misty
11. Trent = Drew
12. Eva = Zoey
13. Harold = Conway
14. Courtney = Angie...? I'm not 100% sure with this one.
15. Sadie = Casey
16. Beth = Meowth (either in disguise or "reformed villain" mode again)
17. Cody = Max
18. Tyler = Tracey
19. Katie = Duplica
20. Justin = Harley
21. Noah = Ulala...? This one's really hard to figure out.
22. Ezekiel = Kenny

This means, if we followed TDI canon, the pairings would be Contestshipping (Gwen/Trent = May/Drew), Egoshipping (Geoff/Bridgette = Gary/Misty), Collideshipping (Owen/Izzy = Ash/Barry), HeatTagshipping (Harold/LeShawna = Conway/Dawn), Innocenceshipping (Tyler/Lindsay = James/Tracey), past-tense Extravagantshipping (Izzy/Justin = Barry/Harley), one-sided Petalburgshipping (Gwen/Cody = May/Max)...

(Duncan/Courtney = Paul/Angie) has no shipping name... it is such a problem pairing Paul up with a girl beyond Dawn. Anyone else have suggestions for the Courtney position...? It doesn't help that there's a shortage on Pokemon girls who would fit the bill as Courtney. I mean, Misty may come close, but she has to be the Surfer Girl, aka Bridgette. It's just meant for her. I'd feel cheap to cop out and use Leaf since she has no personality... to be suited for Courtney, the girl would have to be bossy, yet a goody-goody who always follows the rules, a leader-type who sucks at improvising, and sort of turns into a monster who'll do anything to win once Paul has enough influence on her. Oh yeah, major denial, too. She'd have to be able to get along with Misty, too.

Following TDA and the special's implications, we've also got implied Needleshipping (Lindsay/Justin = James/Harley), minor Palazzoshipping (LeShawna/Justin = Dawn/Harley), no ship name for Meowth/Harley (aka Beth/Justin), Outcryshipping/Farawayshipping (Duncan/Gwen = Paul/May), Snideshipping (Duncan/Heather = Paul/Jessie), GeekCandyshipping (Heather/Harold = Jessie/Conway), no ship name for Conway/May (aka Harold/Gwen) which actually surprises me, Shoppingshipping (DJ/Gwen = Brock/May)... and this is for stuff that's actually implied. If you want to interpret the platonic ships in the TD series the other way, then the pairings would be ENDLESS and many of them wouldn't have names, I assure you!

Now, for reasonings:

Owen = Ash: They're both ridiculously happy-go-lucky and overenthusiastic about everything, are huge-ass gluttons (though Ash isn't morbidly obese like Owen is), often have a habit of Doing It Wrong, good-natured, and did I mention the gluttony? Both are awkward when it comes to romance, too.

Gwen = May: Gwen is creative, just as May is since she is a Coordinator. Both can be a little shy and insecure, but are good, solid people when they open up. Both underwent major character development in their respective series, have the most romantic focus as well.

Heather = Jessie: Seriously, who else could be Heather? Antagonistic, willing to do anything to win, sabotages everyone for her own gain, materialistic, Queen Bee personality, both have two lackeys at their sides (at least Heather does for the first season) who'll rig competitions and/or eliminations in their favor, both have a LOT of unfortunate shit happen to them, which sadly, they had coming to them. It's funny imagining Jessie walking around in a TDA crossover bald. ♥

Duncan = Paul: Should be self-explanatory. Duncan is essentially Paul if Paul had a libido. And a criminal record. Both are tough guys who don't like showing an inkling of weakness, both pick on those weaker than them, are resourceful yet are clearly lazy at times, both are impatient, both are intimidating... y'know, duh.

LeShawna = Dawn: Outside of the fact that they have similar-sounding names, both are very outspoken and don't hesitate to stand up to others, both have a rivalry with the main antagonist (Dawn with "Jesselina", LeShawna with Heather), both have one-sided romantic interests in about the least-likely characters you'd expect (Conway and Harold), both are confident, and both share a strong friendship with a main female protagonist (May and Gwen).

Geoff = Gary: Both are awesome dudes and they know it, both are popular with the masses (except Ash in Gary's case, until later on)-... hey yeah, both have conflicts with a main character that eventually get resolved (Ash and Gwen), both are laid-back and confident, both usually fail to deliver where it really counts (Geoff's blown a lot of challenges, and Gary just vanishes as a true rival after Johto), and both are total pimps.

Izzy = Barry: Both are seriously not right in the head, they both have a similar color scheme (yellow, green, and orange), both are hyperactive, both are highly emotional and overreact, both totally make shit up to brag about to their friends, Izzy has a lot of alter-egos while Barry has a lot of alternative names that caused a lot of controversy in the fandom (Jun, Damion...), both are egomaniacs.

DJ = Brock: Both are the larger/older dark-skinned motherly types despite being male, both are really into taking care of animals, DJ is very sensitive and phobic while Brock is essentially everybody's bitch the second he hits on someone, both are level-headed, both carry around an animal all the time (DJ with Bunny, Brock with Bonsly and Happiny).

Lindsay = James: Both are extremely loyal to the antagonist who totally takes advantage of them, both are weak-willed and without a backbone (at least Lindsay is in the first season), both are highly into fashion, materialistic, and very serious about looking good. Both are generally sweet and good-natured when not being led around, but also comically fail at times as well.

Bridgette = Misty: Both love the water, slightly tomboyish, easily get romantically involved, but both are very choosy about who they like and can be judgmental about their performance, both are generally liked by everyone.

Trent = Drew: Both are easy-going smooth dudes, both are creative (Trent's a musician, Drew's a Coordinator), both have a highly-developed romantic angle (Gwen and May), a girl has gotten in the way of their relationship before (Heather and Brianna), both are level-headed. If Drew were actually as accident-prone as Trent, that would be funny as hell, man.

Eva = Zoey: Major tomboy borderline-lesbian appearances, both are tough, both are extremely judgmental and quick to jump to conclusions, both are heavily disliked (Eva in canon, Zoey in fandom).

Harold = Conway: Almost perfect match. Both are very detail-obsessed nerds who are convinced they have mad skills, but it only seems to work out 50% of the time, both have had interaction with the antagonistic female (Heather and Jessie), both have a tendency to be very very creepy, both are totally obsessed with a girl (LeShawna and Dawn), both are not considered popular by their peers in canon... could go on forever with this one.

Courtney = ...: Initially, I chose Angie because she's a fierce-spirited female. But I figured girls like Anabel and Maylene could also fit this role. Main issue is they'll be paired up with Paul, and would any of them seriously, viably interact with him that way? Maybe Maylene, but I can't see her turning into a total bitch later on in the series. I really can't see her suing anyone, anyway.

Sadie = Casey: They both are short and have pigtails. And are enthusiastic. That's about it. Sadie's character was not developed very well, so, eh.

Beth = Meowth: Major underdogs, stuck as a lackey most of the time, but actually does stand up to their dictator more often than the Other Lackey, both wanna be totally famous...

Cody = Max: Major dorks, but good-natured dorks. Both can never quite seem to get the girl!

Tyler = Tracey: They both wear a headband, both are unpopular/forgotten in the fandom, I imagine Tracey would probably not be very athletic just as Tyler isn't... well, both can be fail on several occasions. Oh, and both have very over-enthusiastic voices.

Katie = Duplica: Tall, pretty, and has pigtails. Also enthusiastic. Like Sadie, Katie wasn't developed very well at all. So we can just throw any girl in here, really. Maybe even Sakura.

Justin = Harley: Extreme narcissists with a craving for attention, both are devious (Justin is in the second season), both are very "fashionable" and sensitive when it comes to that department, Justin seduces girls to do his bidding while Harley pysches girls out, both are underhanded, both are also sassy.

Noah = ...: We need a lazy, sarcastic know-it-all in here who is totally full of himself/herself. Most of the best candidates are already taking up another position, so this is effing hard.

Ezekiel = Kenny: Because both fail with the ladies, have very little development, wear a lot of green, Kenny would totally pick his nose like Ezekiel does, and I bet he'd sort of be a misogynist too. So yeah. There.

WOO. That's good to get that out of my system!


Alrighty then! I've written my heart out for you people! Enjoy it now, why don't you?!