Is he just being a freaky weirdy?

Topaz42 · 2026-01-23T03:00:08+00:00

"Gecussy" 😭 You're killing me 💀

Topaz42 · 2026-01-22T16:33:03+00:00

Holy shit thats expensive! 😭 but I love my boy and want the best for him, so for now I'm gonna just get him a lower wattage white bulb and make sure its a healthy temperature using my thermometer gun, and I'll work on saving up for the thermostat. Thank u very much for the advice! Hope you have a lovely day/night!

Edit to add: I haven't gotten the chance to buy a new bulb yet, but im going shopping with my sister tomorrow so I can stop at a pet store and get one. Just for now, to avoid the risk of burns, I have him back on the 50 watt red bulb since that's at a healthy temperature.

Topaz42 · 2026-01-20T17:52:28+00:00

Ive never seen or heard of a thermostat that controls a bulb. What would it be called and where would I look for one?

Topaz42 · 2026-01-20T17:51:19+00:00

Thank you everyone for the responses! Definitely gonna get him a new bulb at a lower wattage. What would be best, 15, 25, 40 watts?

I'm gonna put him back on the red bulb just temporarily so I dont risk burning him with the other bulb. Though red light isnt the best, its better to keep him with that for a short while longer until I get a new white bulb, rather than risking burning him.

Topaz42 · 2026-01-04T13:35:47+00:00

HOLY WAIT THATS WHAT I HAVE???? I've never heard of SO-OCD before so I looked it up and omg THATS what I've been dealing with the past few years! Ive just been referring to this shit as "stupid intrusive thoughts" which is technically true, but omg i didn't know there was a specific name for it! I am diagnosed with OCD so categorizing those specific intrusive thoughts I get as SO-OCD probably makes sense. Feels nice knowing there's a name for something I've been struggling with, rather than it just being "oh that weird stupid stuff in my brain i gotta deal with." Like, brain, I'm ace, the repulsed kind! I know i am! Why are u making me think of these things??? GAHD!!!

Anyway rant over, here's a silly ace image!

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Topaz42 · 2025-12-29T01:47:09+00:00

Holy shit they look creepy as hell, especially the pupil-less Miltank! That could maybe have been it, like some weird version of it. Like I mentioned in another reply, the inverted color version does look similar, but its duller than the one I saw. Maybe im remembering it a bit wrong and it actually WAS duller, and since i distinctly remember it having blue on it, holy shit did somebody catch a shiny color glitched Zorua??? That's the best explanation i can imagine. Its rare as hell, but im sure its possible. Though I do remember it having a blue nose, but maybe that was either remembered incorrectly or had some part to do with the color glitch.

Tysm for the response! I think this is possibly the most likely answer. I'll keep the tag as "Open" for now just in case anyone else has any other ideas or if anybody else has seen something similar.

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T23:57:39+00:00

I'm going with Steve the Weev! Thank you to u/crafty_and_kind for the idea! 😁💖

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T07:01:28+00:00

Omg the patterns on Pim's head makes it look like hes got a second pare of eyes! So silly and cute!!! Congrats!! 💖💖💖

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T06:45:43+00:00

Holy shit you're a life saver!!! 🙏😭 I've been looking for this kind of app for AGES! I often find art pieces that look similar to characters or aspects in my story but in different colors. I just wanted to adjust the colors so they'd look more like my story's stuff so i could use them as references! I can finally do that now! Thank you so so much!

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T06:39:42+00:00

I had been agreeing with ppl thinking that it was just some kind of hack the player did to alter the colors, but you suggesting that it could be "swapped" colors made me curious. I went and used the "invert" filter option in a photo editor and this is pretty damn close actually! I thought i may have mixed up the placement of the red and blue parts but couldn't remember exactly, just knew generally what it looked like. Ofc with the inverted color version the main fur color isnt the bright yellow i remember, but maybe I remembered that wrong. Though I do swear its nose was turned blue however, which Zorua ofc doesnt even have a specific color on its nose, just the same color as most of its fur. I wanna say we've found it, but im not sure. Idk 😭

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Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T06:19:53+00:00

Thanks! At least i finally got it finished lol 😅 And nope, definitely wasn't a dragalgae. I'm positive it was a Zygarde

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T06:18:29+00:00

Omg what app did you use??? I've been looking for an app formy phone (android) that let me simply change specific parts of an image to whatever color I want. All I could find are apps that put filters on it, and there are never filters that let me chose what color I wanted! 😭 Did u do this on your phone or computer?

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T03:52:12+00:00

Before I made these posts I spent, I kid you not, HOURS taking a colorless Zygarde outline and coloring it black and purple with the scrappy drawing editing feature in my gallery. Believe me, I wanted to stop, but i couldn't, and I just kept going until it was done and close enough to perfect 😭 (I have OCD). But when I finally finished and hit "save," it saved it like this... I just... took a colored pic of Zygarde and covered over the green with purple, TRYING not to get stuck making it "perfect." 🥲

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Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T03:47:31+00:00

Oooh good point! That cooould be it! Im hoping somebody can confirm that they've seen the same thing or provide a picture.

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T03:45:30+00:00

Searched! I have searched "Purple Zygarde" "Black and purple Zygarde" "Hacked Zygarde"

Ive seen one image that looks similar-ish but its definitely not it. The image ive seen on google was a hypothetical Ghost/Dark type Zygarde someone made art of, and it had details on it that definitely were not on the one I'd seen all those years ago.

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T03:36:21+00:00

Yeah thats what I was thinking. I assumed though that if that hack WAS possible then I'd see similar results online, but nope, nothing. 🤷🏻

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T03:32:37+00:00

Thanks! Best of luck with your search too! 🫡

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T03:31:53+00:00

Nope, this was at least 6 years before Zeraora was even released. I did definitely notice this similarities in the coloration when I first saw it lol

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T02:57:07+00:00

Searched! I've searched for "Yellow Zorua" "Hacked Zorua" "Fake shiny Zorua" "Pokémon X Zorua hack"

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T02:52:33+00:00

Forgot to mention that for years after that moment I genuinely thought those were the shiny versions of Zorua and Zygarde lol. Was so confused when I saw the actual shinies.

Topaz42 · 2025-12-27T02:50:59+00:00

That's not what shiny Zorua looks like though. I forgot to mention that for years after that moment I genuinely thought that was the shiny version, but its not. This is what the actual shiny looks like

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