Because of the reveal of Hop’s anime debut, I was thinking back to Hop’s Twilight Wings episode. The episode establishes strong parallels between Hop and his Wooloo, as they both look up to Leon and Charizard’s power. One of Wooloo’s pokedex entries says this:
“It’s curly fleece is such an effective cushion that this pokemon could fall off a cliff and stand right back up at the bottom, unharmed”.
It’s prolly a daft comparison to make, but the concept of wooloo being able to survive a fall arguably alludes to Hop’s story arc. Whenever Hop is defeated by the player, or put down by others, he bounces back with even more determination. Even when Hop loses in the semi-finals, he pushes on to find a different path for himself. He doesn’t need to be ‘strong’ in the same way that Leon is. Like Wooloo will always survive a cliff fall, Hop will always overcome adversity- because that’s what makes himpowerful.
I watch swsh cutscenes and keep in mind that these two are 13 year olds and it makes everything so much better in my head. These two have a lot of inside jokes I think.
after realizing the grievous error he made last year, Hop decides to be a bit more proactive in making sure his brother makes it to the gala this year.
unfortunately, he didn’t account for the skeletal purple alien space dragon.
My piece for the Pokémon Special Discord’s panel redraw event! I got to redraw a panel from the SwSh arc, so naturally I chose to draw the one scene that would let me draw all three of my favorite characters from the arc
