blorbo from my shows!!!!!!!!

my hipster goat boyfriend.. i fell in love with him while playing pocket camp and knew i needed him on my island when i got new horizons, so i bought a legit amiibo off of amazon for like six dollars. (he is not very popular, which i am honestly kind of happy about.)

his mouthlessness and lidded eyes are so endearing to me - i just think his design is so peak. i also generally love smug villagers, and on my island where i have at least FOUR, kidd is the one i headcanon as secretly very shy, which endears me more to him.

he's just a goat who likes photography and is pretentious to hide that he's anxious around others. he's always been particularly sweet to my player chara, always wanting to hang out or sitting nearby. i just love him... augh

this guy makes me so insane. you're telling me pokemon has a guy who canonically has a gambling addiction? why is it part of his lore that he was from a rich family and lost it all? why does he look so fucked up when you see him in sun/moon? obsessed.

grimsley is my #1 punching bag. i have a variety of AUs in my head where he's having a bad time... the combination of his sadstuck backstory and punchable personality makes me think he's got lots of vulnerability and self-image issues that he represses via self-medication. delicious cocktail of a disaster man.

in all iterations of him i like to think about, he is a mess with no self-preservation, but my OCs for him vary from "guy who kicks him while he's down" to "having a martyr gf would fix him" and it's so much fun.

i've always loved a punk... (← nerdy girl who has exclusively all pink things)

piers is so good. i love how tangible his love is for what he cares about, from his town to his people to his sister. it's cute that he's awkward around the other gym leaders and gives off a standoffish impression, but is actually an embarrassing, caring, emotive ("I'M WORRIED ABOUT MARNIE!!!") guy. he even helps player-chan 'til the very end...!

between looking after marnie and being the young protector of his town against gentrification (and the guilt that came with seeing it deteriorate as a result), he probably didn't have much time for frivolous fun stuff. but now that he's retired as a gym leader, he gets to pursue what he loves (music) and previously lower priority stuff... like perhaps dating?!

i walked into encanto (figuratively; it was the pandemic) thinking i'd fall in love with sad wet rat bruno, but came out of it a camilo girl.

his theatre kid kusogaki teenboy energy is so so good a flavor, his part in "we don't talk about bruno" absolutely fucked, and though he said like five things during the movie, i think he has so much character that would be fun to explore. that combo of "a genuinely good kid" and "cannot help being scampish + boyish + cheeky, as a super yabai teenboy" is so good...

he was my major fixation for six whole months in 2022 and i was drawing him and my insert all the time. from a distance it feels like a fever dream period (just because so much time has passed, and i'm surprised at how much i drew) but i still adore him!

my sweet fucked up little guy. i went into the pokemon violet dlc knowing i would like kiki, but i did not expect to care as much as i do!

for game self-ships, i usually dislike modeling my insert after the player character's lore (i just think it's more fun a creative challenge to create a separate chara concept), but his crush on your trainer is the sweetest thing.

i also just love how... Teenboy his storyline is. all his anger and angst has been so repressed, and has come out in a way that hurts not only others, but also himself! it was fun to explore that mess of entitlement and blame and hurt.

also, a fact i love is that kieran is from a super small rural town but studies in swanky unova... somehow that makes his everything so much cuter. like, then why are you like that??

donnie is quite unique because i don't tend to fixate on the "snarky nerd" type of character, but he is so cute.

it's nice that they translated his tech thing to something like "chronically online" – it's a clever way to make him feel more Teen. i love that they made him a weeb and a kpop stan... we have very very different tastes though. donnie you could love svt so much if you just listened to them i fuckin prommy

also, it's charming that, despite being the nerd brother, he instigates the troublemaking, and pushes back a lot against leo's leadership lol. i know this is not unique and we've seen lots of cocky tech guys in media, but i specifically like the flavor of it they gave donnie.

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i went into rottmnt thinking i'd love donnie the most (i love him a lot too!) but forgot that i have always been a sucker for a guy who is obnoxious and dramatic but secretly has poor self-esteem!!!!

his playfulness + boyishness are really cute to me, bc it's at odds with his natural leadership and perceptiveness. both sides come out super unflattering because he doesn't know how to manage/balance them yet, which makes him fun to watch.

it's heartwrenching to me that this guy rarely gets the reassurance and comfort he needs whether he asks for it or not raaah... i want to hold him. i want to teach him a lesson. i want to jump his bones. i cried for 10 minutes after the movie