Weed Kitty

I did not plan for this dumb joke to be the lone “finished” piece of artwork done during this cursed and tragic period of Worst Botox Cycle Yet, but it happened, and I might as well post it.

It started with a comment on Twitter - @chrispco is where you gotta go to check on my daily rambles and bad sketchery, btw - with me giving myself a busywork task to look at my Momentum OCs and decide what type of Pokémon they’d use if they were a Pokémon game gym boss. Nate was the easiest and most obvious choice, as she spent her life learning about plants. Grass kitty.

(If you care: I chose steel for Jerrod, to reflect his special family weapons. Rhenna was easily electric, cuz she’s a zappy girl. Kimban as psychic was also pretty obvious. Haunted Tijo got to be ghost. Aaron’s tendency to find exploits in the quest system earned him dark type status. Meret’s gravity stone affinity granted her flying. Good guy Nasha is a grounded soul. And Phoebe’s the team’s rock - tho I was torn over potentially using Phoebe’s central status for normal.)

With Pokémon now on my mind, stray thoughts eventually led to me blurting out how I’d have to get the new Pokémon game, after sitting out multiple cycles, so I could get a Sprigatito female and name her Nate, after my herbalist cat girl OC. (I still see original human Natalia first when I think of her, but I’m getting closer to rewiring my brain to favor the Precocized versions of the Momentum cast.)

After that, I was organizing my pill box for the month, and noticed it happened to be sitting atop my colored pencil box. I went into “driver assistance” mode (not quite autopilot, but intentionally avoiding full focus, cuz that’d trigger a nightmarish migraine in my more-unprotected-than-ever state) and the result was good enough for me to finish the task off. A rarity and surprise!

Then I flew too close to the sun, wondering if I could overextend the gag. I got halfway into an Umbreon Aaron before deciding continuation would only ruin the gold of SprigNate.

Besides, the Pokesona tight matching system would break down FAST. Kimban as Delphox had a chance, and Jerrod might work as that Viking Meowth, or that legendary lion Solgagoo, or whatever it’s name is. Here is where I bitterly regretted making Phoebe rock, cuz she’d translate to a Persian nicely. Maybe a Pyroar too! After that, it’s even messier. Rhenna as a Manectric? Nah. If I normalize Phoebe, then Nasha can get rock and be a Lycanroc??? Look, the idea was dumb to start with, and it was a miracle I got even one sketch done. I know you’re dreadfully bored and feeling useless, Chrispy, but let it go!