DxP REWRITE - A Familiar Face

DxP REWRITE - A Familiar Face

Ingo’s estimation would’ve been more precise (like down to the minute, maybe second) if he still had his watch or phone. ⏱️ I’m not sure how long it would take to get from Hokkaido (Sinnoh) to the Tokyo area (Kanto) & back. There’re Pokémon she can ride, too, some being as fast as some vehicles, so I honestly forget how I came to this number anyways lol.

Meanwhile Mizumi, like many on the Survey Corps,  quickly learned that to draw fast & accurately for the Pokédex is a must-have skill. Shortly after meeting Ansy at the Crystal Pool, she was sure to draw this out for her own reference, & for this moment.

PS: Just a small refresher about how Ingo would be reminded of Ansy when he looks at Mizumi. I thought it interesting how Ingo assumingly didn’t have any memories of his past until we (the player) showed up, & walked with him up the Coronet Highlands. He briefly recovers (& seemingly loses) memories of Chandelure & Emmet. That made me think that maybe she looks like someone he knew, & maybe seeing a picture of that actual person might help him remember more solidly. After all, a picture is “less ephemeral than memories”.

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hello! I just wanted to say I Adore your art style- you always make Andy’s hair so light and flowy! And you draw expressions so well! It’s genuinely really nice and fun to look at! And you just put in so much detail in every single panel I’m stunned! (I would be more specific but I don’t. Want to turn this into an essay lol-) and the backstory leading up to this is really cool! I just can’t wait to see where you take this! (But also like- take your time! All amazing things are worth waiting for and breaks are important! Safety first!)

(also- thanks for posting this here, I don’t have an instagram and I’m really really happy I can see this!)

Thank you for the kind feedback, & your concern! (lol while I’m guessing it was autocorrect, her name is Ansy, pronounced “AHN-see”)

The nice thing about drawing a lineless style is that I don’t have to worry about making clean lineart & coloring in those lines - that saves me a LOT of time. I do take days off, & have work or just daily life to give me mental breaks from the comic (though I often get story ideas as I go about my day lol) Also, to be completely transparent, I gave myself a generous head start lol, allowing me to work at a more relaxed pace. 🩵🌧️ (lol, yeah, if it weren’t for my friends there, I might’ve just moved here - IG < Tumblr)

So, this is a great artist who has this amazing Submas comic called Redirect featuring Ingo & her delightfully spitfire OC Mari, & she’s trying to get commissions to help with moving! I’m moving in a month, so I get it 😅 Whether it’s a commission or a reblog, I’d appreciate you showing her some support! 🩵

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DxP REWRITE - Recollection

*To be clear, he also remembered (almost) all the names Ansy mentioned in the last one, but since the conversation was about Ansy as the girl who looked like Mizumi, he only mentions her here.

A lot of people asked why he can’t seem to remember Emmet - I was gonna talk about it in these next few comics, not to worry! In the game, Ingo begins to remember Chandelure & Emmet, but seems to forget right away - talking to Volo about his amnesia, he says “I can’t remember my own home, nor my family, if I had any…” I feel like Ingo would’ve concluded that the “man who looks like me” was family, so I interpreted that as him beginning to recover a memory, but losing it. 

This can happen when recovering memories. My own circumstances were different from Ingo‘s, though I imagined some things are the same, like how memories closer to your heart, good or bad, are harder to get back & retain. It’s a process to be sure, one that benefits from having kind, supportive people around you as you sort through all of that. 🩵

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DxP REWRITE - Petrichor

(Casual reminder that the last time Ingo saw Ansy, she looked like she did in the Prologue)

They say smell can be very connected to our memories, as those parts of the brain are next-door neighbors. For me, back when I didn’t want to remember most things going on in my life, I had a weak sense of smell - as things got better for me, I noticed my sense of smell improved (for better or worse lol).

At this point, Ingo had known Ansy since she was Mizumi’s age (minus the 7 years he was in Hisui), & unsurprisingly, he associates her with that “fresh rain smell” Mizumi encountered in the mists around Crystal Pool. 🌧️ 

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DxP REWRITE - Boundaries

Hmmm, that journal looks familiar…

Speaking of books, Sasmu reads a lot of them, & on multiple subjects (much like her great-great-grandson, Ikrit, does). In our world, such things of psychology weren’t discovered yet, but as the Pokémon world has proven to be ahead of our time in many ways, I don’t think it that far a stretch to say there are books on memories, dissociation, & boundaries in old Sinnoh. 📖 

Again, memory recovery is often a process, one that can be very taxing. It’s important to take breaks when one can, & take time to process (like Ingo with his journal). 

PS: I noticed I recently reached 400 follows here! Thanks so much! I really didn’t expect this many of you to be following me & this comic along, but I’m very grateful ^_^

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