My Nemona x Penny server, StarFruit Central, is now live!

Server icon above is modified from this artwork by @Sbj_Rocketlink, who's given me permission to use it for the server.

This is meant to be an all-ages, Pro-Nemona, Pro-Penny space when you're welcome to share creative works, gush about Pokemon stuff, and meet folks, with a emphasis on NemoPen shippers at the core. If you stumble into this after the link has expired, just DM/message me! Here's the server's intro info! Welcome to StarFruit Central, A NemoPen Discord Server! This space is meant to be a safe, all-ages environment celebrating the cast of Pokémon Scarlet/Violent, especially main characters Nemona and Penny, and specifically their romantic pairing. However, it will also double as a general community space for fans of Pokémon characters in general. What do 'StarFruit Shipping' or 'NemoPen' mean? They're just fandom terms used to describe a romantic pairing of Nemona and Penny. 'NemoPen' is a nickname mashing Nemona and Penny's names together. But Pokémon has a long history of shipping culture dating back to Ash/Misty from the original anime series -- where supporting that pairing became referred to as Pokéshipping.

Since then, pairings have been assigned special little nicknames that symbolize something about the characters. Nemona's catchphrase is ’Let's have us a fruitful battle!' and she also serves as a representative for the Academy in Paldea (which is named after a fruit in either version). Penny, meanwhile, is obsessed with constellations and stars. So, 'StarFruit Shipping.' (It could probably be mashed together as a single word, if you want, but it's more readable as two imo)

If you're here specifically because of my NemoPen fanfiction, there is a private channel ⁠#operation-comet-punch I can unlock for you to discuss it, specifically; just DM me or a Mod.

You don't have to specifically care about this ship to hang out here, but you do have to at least be OK with it, as it is the core theme of this space.

Chapters 12 and 13 of the fic are posted!

And with that, this 'hookup' fic is finished! Stay tuned for the YA sequel fic soon-ish! Enjoy this fluffy ending in the meantime that also explores my own interpretation of Nemona and Penny's backstory stuff!

JuliNemo Week - Day 4: Rest

The only thing I have to share for this event is an excerpt I've written from an unposted fic featuring Nemona and Scarlet Koito (PokeSpe manga) remixed into SV's game plot. I think it fits the theme well enough... Though my take on this ship is a little complicated... ^_^;;

Enjoy this excerpt/preview from Operation: Comet Punch!

-- (Author's note: the following scene is a flashback directly based on a scene from the book きみと雨上がりを ['After the Rain With You'] by Ayano Takeda, remixed for the purposes of this narrative.) --

The air was chilled by the falling rain, and Nemona's skin was clammy and damp. Her clothes were heavy, stuck to her skin—the added weight was making each step more difficult. Her waning strength was pitiable, and she was already out of breath after only a few minutes of wandering in the rainstorm, desperate to find her crestfallen friend... her crestfallen future Rival, she hoped.

The visage from earlier that afternoon of Scarlet's face when they'd lost to Larry... it was affixed to the back of Nemona's vision. Seeing Scarlet so shaken, so disappointed, so frustrated... That image was even heavier on Nemona than all of this Arcdamn rainfall. It had been the first time Nemona had seen Scarlet actually lose. And they'd been so pumped to get their fifth Gym Badge, too... Nemona, in truth, hadn't lost against any of the Gym Leaders in her rise to the top. She'd cared too much about looking cool to come to any of them unprepared. Maaybe-... Maybe this was her fault? Maybe she'd pushed Scarlet too quickly, made the Gym Challenge too pressing, rushed them to complete it... Nemona knew she could be a little reckless sometimes... Maybe her advice, her eagerness, was instilling a hasty nature in Scarlet?

And now, Scarlet wasn't answering Nemona's calls, wasn't texting back... even though they'd said they would after they'd fought Larry. It made Nemona's stomach sick—a real possibility with how cold she was in this rain. Stupid, stupid... forgetting an umbrella on a trip across Paldea. But Nemona didn't think ahead if it wasn't a Pokemon battle; she only focused on the present. And right that moment, the very pressing, suffocating present was screaming at her like a flustered Noibat: 'Your friend is hurting, your friend is in pain, they need you, they're alone and cold and damp and probably really down on themself!'

For JuliNemo week all I've got is an excerpt of fic for Day 4 BUT for Day 2 - Battle, here's an awesome piano arrangement of Biri-Biri that I found! Enjoy.

Chapters 10 and 11 of my #NemoPen fic are posted! A wary encounter with uptight relatives and a chat with Arven.

Final update coming next week! (Then it's off to the sequel)

And reminder that I have created a NemoPen Discord server, Starfruit Central!

Chapter 9 is live!

It's the climactic battle of

'Super Effective on a Single Brick Brain!'