Head Canon (lol)

“Head” Canon (lol)

Just me sharing what I think is under our train twin’s hats, & making a case that I don’t think Ingo is quite as bald as the internet thinks he is, even if I style it differently (he just had a bad haircut in Legends Arceus, & had let it grow out again over 2 years lol).

Maybe it’s being in my mid-30’s, I thought it funny how the internet fixated on Ingo’s receding hairline, but say nothing about Larry’s (my all-time favorite Elite 4 member himself who also has a high hairline). Then I thought about why, & came to this conclusion. Also gave me an excuse to draw the everyday businessman again lol. ☁️ 

DxP REWRITE - Fully Informed

Over the 2 years since Legends Arceus, people have learned to live with Pokémon more comfortably, & vice versa. There hasn’t been a whole lot of reconstruction here in Jubilife Village yet, as I imagined they put more of their energy into developing the villages at the survey camps around Hisui (which will eventually become the towns & cities around Sinnoh - there’s an NPC at one of the camps who says they were thinking of putting a village there). But they may be doing some building up, as more people come by Prelude Beach. 🍃

You can probably guess who taught Mizumi that habit of hiding her expression under her cap (hint: he’s in the last panel lol). As for what her reasons are for staying, that’s a story for another time.

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cloud cookies with friends!

Debbie dropped by over here, bringing some nice rainstorms. In light of that, & needed to use up my extra ricotta from stuffed shells, I decided to do a little something I’ve seen around here as I baked some cloud cookies (soft ricotta cookies with a glaze). 🌧️

Sora (Castform) was watching the clouds & rain roll by as Rain (Vaporeon) helped me in the kitchen (very important that you know she helped!). Skye (Altaria) waited eagerly by the oven, & now these three sillies can’t wait to have one - gotta wait until “Ikrit” comes home! 🩵

See you with the next DxP REWRITE update on Sunday! Until then, stay safe! 

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PS: I forget where I found this recipe online, but this is the one I use (plus a tiny bit of sparkly sugar before the glaze sets). Have fun! 🌧️ Cloud Cookies:

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)

1/2 of 15 oz whole milk ricotta cheese (about a cup)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

2 cups flour

1 tbsp baking powder Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar

1/8 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp milk

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 350.

Line a baking sheet parchment paper.

Cream sugar & butter on low speed until light & fluffy.

Add ricotta, vanilla, & egg - mix.

Add dry ingredients - mix into a dough.

Scoop 12 cookies onto baking sheet.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until light golden brown & the tops bounce back.

Cool cookies on wire rack (careful, they’re soft!)

Prepare glaze - combine powdered sugar, vanilla, & milk (add more milk if it’s not liquid enough).

Glaze cookies when cookies are completely cooled.

Enjoy! Notes: For a lemony flavor: add 1 tbsp lemon zest to cookie dough, & substitute 1 tbsp milk for lemon juice to glaze (add milk if not loose enough) 🍋

DxP REWRITE - Two Umbrellas

We can thank a single line of dialogue from Masters EX for this moment: I was looking for inspo in his quotes when I happened on one where he offers to escort the player to their destination. From that & other things he’d say, I’ve concluded that Ingo is a bit of a mother hen - he’s the guy to walk little old ladies across the street, zero in on a child’s crying, has a first aid kit in his pocket, etc. Call it older sibling instinct (I have it too lol).

This is how I see his friendship with Ansy - starting off as walking her around Nimbasa City, then just going on walks together where they’d talk about stuff. Then if they get caught in the rain, Ansy has an umbrella if he doesn’t. 🌧️ 

Speaking of which, in case you don’t know or haven’t watched enough anime lol, she was telling Emmet that where she’s from (Kanto), sharing an umbrella can mean they’re dating (no worries, he has his own umbrella off-screen, a Tynamo one like Ingo’s Lampent umbrella).

PS: Emmet’s friendship with Ansy is basically just one long game of teasing the other - started off with him trying to make her smile as always, then she surprised him by teasing back. The rest is history. 🤭

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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 - Training Grounds

This might be the first Pokémon battle I’ve ever done in multi-panel form. I actually had to redraw it a little last minute because I forgot Stone Edge is an attack from below, not above lol

I was talking with the mister how it’s odd that Rock moves tend to have iffy accuracy, which he reasoned is balanced out by their high power. Doesn’t help, though, when they’re facing an agile opponent like Glaceon (would‘ve been more evasive if weather moves & abilities existed in Hisui’s time - good luck trying to hit a Snow Cloak Glaceon 🌨️❄️)

While he still doesn’t have most of his memories (he has a vague picture of where he came from at this point, no names or places yet), I’d like to think parts of Ingo’s old personality started to come back, namely his volume. I always thought it sweet, though, how he drops his arms (because they must be tired holding them up in that pose lol), & smiles at us when we win. ^_^

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