Latest Posts by stingraywipe - Page 5

Hey everyone!!

Since I've been a little more active on here recently, I figured it would be good to make a little introduction post so you all can get to know me better.

I'm Stingray/Ray, you can call me whichever you prefer. I'm a 20 year old college student from the US, and I'm studying to get a degree in biochemistry. I'm a huge nerd, and I'm a super big fan of pokemon/pmd/pretty much anything to do with the franchise. For the past few months I've been really into mystery dungeon and the amazing oc's, au's, stories, and comics people create for it. Some of my favorites are Woo's PMD: On Borrowed Time, teshamerkel's PMD: Seekers of Soul, and Sofie's PMD: The Present is a Gift, all of which I've linked if you want to read them (you should). I'm also a big fan of Ori, and I read/watch a lot of manga and anime.

For my other hobbies, I'm a competitive Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe player. I probably won't talk about that too much here, but I post about that stuff a lot more on my twitter if you're interested. I've linked it here, so feel free to follow me there if you want.

That's about all I have! If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask me. I hope we can be friends! :D

see ya again 🤍

Random Dusknoir headcanon that won’t leave me alone: his collar/ruff works like plumage for emoting (e.g. surprise, threat display, etc.)

I love that we PMD artists have seemingly unanimously agreed that Dusknoir’s “stomach mouth” is capable of expression since his “face” only has an eye, don’t get me wrong. I intend to continue utilizing this headcanon until the day I die.

However, the thought of his collar acting like plumage is just…hilarious to me. Ideas include:

Puffing up abruptly when he’s surprised or afraid, then smoothing it back down to look collected.

Laying flat when he’s really annoyed or trying to make himself look smaller/feeling vulnerable.

Flaring out to make himself look bigger as a threat display or when he’s really upset (angry, distraught, anxious, etc.)

Moving while he talks about something for which he’s passionate (flaring with emphases, reclining when he lowers his voice or listens to someone).

Quivering with nerves or excitement.

I’ve honestly been trying to sneak this headcanon into my art for a little while with mixed results. I want to make it more obvious in the future protect. If any of you have anything you’d like to add, feel free!😊

This is beautiful. Almost made my cry in the middle of doing a lab report. Learning to love myself is something I’m still working on, it’s a journey I’m glad I started. This encapsulates that journey so well. Amazing work as always Sofie 🥹

I made a short comic set to a favorite quote of mine about anxiety by the author C. Joybell C. way back in 2019. If you like it, check out her Goodreads for more beautiful quotes!

(more under the cut)

Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off - Panic! at the Disco

Helena - My Chemical Romance

What’s My Age Again? - Blink 182

My Name is Jonas - Weezer

Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters

I promise I’m not an angsty teen like my daylist is suggesting. I just so happen to like that type of music a lot. I’ve been shifting more towards indie rock in preference recently, but Spotify decided that was not what I needed this morning.

I don’t really have anyone to tag, but if you see this and want to do it feel free! Continue the chain!

Spotify Daylist

I borrowed this from @softlyspector if that’s okay :)

rules: Go to Spotify, search for your daylist, and share the unhinged title of the playlist and 5 songs from the playlist

Roslyn — Bon Iver, St. Vincent

Where’s My Love (Acoustic) — SYML

Halley’s Comet — Billie Eilish

Fourth of July — Sufjan Stevens

Turning Page — Sleeping At Last

No-Pressure Tags: @astroboots @angel-of-the-moons @juneknight @sincerely-sofie @fujii-draws

What’s your top three beloved Pokemon? And if you have them— your top three most hated Pokemon?

omg hi Sofie!! :0 Get ready because I have a whole lot to say about this.

Most Beloved:

Number 1: Squirtle

My absolute favorite is squirtle. What's funny about this is I can't really pinpoint a specific reason why I like him so much. My first pokemon game was alpha sapphire, and I didn't play gen 1 until Let's Go Eevee, so it's not a nostalgia factor. I think my brain just subconsciously selected him back when I was watching the Indigo League anime in middle school. The squirtle squad showed up and my brain was like "Yeah. This guy. He's awesome. This is the one." And he has been my number 1 favorite fella ever since then, and as a consequence he is the pokemon I have the most merch of and it isn't really close.

Please keep in mind this is just what I have in my apartment where I live for college, and that I have even more stuff in my bedroom back at home. Now that I think about it, Koopa Troopa is my favorite mario character, so maybe I have an affinity for characters that are just little turtles. Either way, water is also my favorite type, which means even more bonus points for squirtle.

Number 2: Riolu

Riolu's high ranking has been somewhat of a recent development for me. I've always liked lucario, but I didn't see the light that was riolu until after I watched Pokemon Journeys. Ash's riolu was so silly and adorable, and I always felt so bubbly inside when he was on screen. This shift in my preference is probably due to me developing a major soft spot for cute characters/creatures over the past few years. Most of my favorite pokemon at this point are just little guys because of it. Anyways, the reason I like him so much is because of the aura control him and lucario are capable of. I've always loved aura as a power system; the idea of being able to harness one's own life energy and see it in others is just so cool to me. I especially like how it's established as its own concept outside of moves in pokemon, making it something super unique that only riolu's evolutionary line can take advantage of. I have a lot of lore/worldbuilding ideas for PMD that would utilize aura. For example, Milo, the protagonist of the PMD verse I've been brainstorming, on is a riolu with much stronger aura than normal due to him being a pokemon with a human soul. I have a lot of ideas for how I could use this concept to drive plot points or character arcs, and I might share more in the future if I ever get time to start solidifying a story.

By the way, Milo's partner, Lilly, is a squirtle. No way I don't give both of my two favorites the spotlight.

Number 3: Sprigatito

My love of sprigatito is really quite simple. I love cats. So much. They are easily my number one favorite animal of all time. My Instagram feed is covered in them. So imagine my excitement when I saw that one of the new generation 9 starters was a kitty. My violet team is my favorite team I've ever used in a pokemon game, and the sprigatito line is a massive part of why I love it so much. Sprigatito is adorable, and my meowscarada was so much fun to use after he evolved. On top of that, sprigatito's depiction in Pokemon Horizons makes me love it even more. It's literally just a cat. It loafs. It makes biscuits.. It gets annoyed at the mildest inconvenience. Liko squishes its beans. Plus it releases a super sweet scent when you cuddle it as a bonus. It's so perfect. It's like Game Freak was like "Yeah this is the perfect pokemon for Ray, put it in the game." I have a sprigatito character in my PMD verse named Mayple, but I can't share much about her because it would mean dropping pretty big spoilers for a plot point I have planned.

Honorable Mentions: Greninja and Ceruledge

I love ninjas. I love frogs. Greninja is both. And ceruledge is just objectively one of the coolest pokemon designs ever.

In terms of behated pokemon, I don't have many that I personally despise. It's more so that I feel indifferent about them, and I would simply prefer not to use them on my teams. Usually I don't have any real reason to dislike the ones I do hate; I think it just stems from a gut feeling. The biggest one off the top of my head is the tepig line. I don't know what it is, something just feels off about them. I also dislike incineroar. I like litten and torracat a lot, but they really dropped the ball with the final evolution for me.

That's about all I have. This was really fun to do! Thank you so much for submitting this ask. I look up to you and your work a lot, and it made my night when I got the notification. I'm still pretty new to Tumblr, so I don't know exactly how I'm supposed to do things around here. I want to try to meet more people here, but my social anxiety and tendency to overthink online interactions usually shuts down anything before it can happen. Because of that, being able to answer something simple like this means a lot!! Thank you!! :D

Not sure if Manaphy figured out heart swap before this point, but I think it'd be really funny if Manaphy was visiting Ark and Twig when they use it for the first time on them, on accident. So now shenanigans ensue as Manaphy tries to figure out how to use the move again. Ark deals with feeling chronic coldness and legs, and Twig dealing with trying to float without smashing her head into the ceiling. Older Opal may be there, worried and trying to help, but very clearly stifling her laughter.

This was such a fun prompt, hehe.

A realization:

Opal helps out:

Sofie I am scared and excited and anxiously anticipating what is to come I hope you’re happy

Just made 40 individual PMD2: Text Post Boogaloo pieces and am holding back the impending tidal wave of posts with a broomstick and prayer.

The queue can only hold them back for so long.

Brace yourselves.

Team Scarlet warmup sketches!

Me: Neither Twig nor Ark know how to dance.

Also Me: *spends my evening drawing Travailshipping dance sketches*

Chapter 28 of The Present is a Gift has entered the building!

We get a Kip POV chapter in this one, and he is VERY CONCERNED about Twig. Read it on Ao3, PMD Fanfiction, or Tumblr here!

the girls ever

dont get cooked!

this is yuri

What kind of gift would Twig and Ark get each other for the first anniversary? Would they do anything / go anywhere special?

Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all.

Ask for Twig!! I know you usually keep busy with your dungeon exploring/item selling business these days, but do you have any personal hobbies you like putting time into? Or anything you do because it makes you really enjoy it or it makes you happy? Or anything like that I guess? If not you gotta find something!!

WHY IS DRAWING HANDS SO FUCKING HARD