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kirbycedillo

1 year ago

Anyone who thought I've abandoned this AU is wrong

Anyway, here's part one of my concepts for the NSR megastars for my PMD au

I'm putting my ramblings about them under a readmore if you're interested in reading them, but first I want to point out that the reason why DJSS has two pokemon is because I... can't decide which pokemon I want to make him;;;. So I'm putting them both up anyway and let y'all decide which suits him best (there are characters who I couldn't decide what to make them either, like 1010 and Neon J. You'll see who they are soon), and then maybe someday I'll do a final lineup of everyone.

1) DJSS Deoxys

Not only is deoxys a space-themed pokemon but it also has a similar build with DJSS, especially the defence form. They also both have orbs as part of their body (which are both technically heads since deoxys’s crystal is actually supposed to be its brain), deoxys’s “””ears””” are vaguely look like headphones and, of course, they both have “spaghetti arms”. But because DJSS is the first boss you fight in No Straight Roads I feel that making him a legendary/mythical might be too extreme.

2) DJSS Minior

The only suitable non-legendary alternative I can think of. Miniors have shells that can crack open, like how DJSS’s helmet gets cracked, plus Minior's core does look like his head sans the spikes. It's also a funny idea to turn a large and imposing character like DJSS into something tiny and still acting just as egotistical and arrogant. However, Minior canonically has a lifespan of less than a day once their shells are cracked open.

I could work around this by introducing a made-up device that prevents him from turning into space dust? Or just completely disregard it altogether and make DJ a special case.

3) Sayu popplio line

Pretty self-explanatory; Sayu is a mermaid and the popplio line are themed around mermaids. The evolutions also slot perfectly well with her form changes. Much like in No Straight Roads, Sayu isn’t real in the PMD universe either as she is an illusion created and controlled by Team Sayu.

4) Team Sayu

Remi being an artist gets to be smeargle, as well as Tila being a jigglypuff for both being singers, as well as similar colour palettes. Dodo is a shiny kirlia for having similar colour palettes and for their dancing. Dodo is also responsible for conjuring the Sayu illusion and controlling her with his psychic abilities, much like how he controls her movement as a mocap animator. Sofa is a porygon2 for both being associated with computers/virtual aesthetics, although it was hard thinking about how to make his skills work in the PMD universe. The reason why I thought he could influence Sayu’s environment is that he appears to have control over how Sayu’s stage looks in her boss fight as soon as he was introduced (i.e adjusting the lights) so he could be responsible for creating his own illusions using his virtual abilities to give Sayu an advantage.