I never wanted to be popular. Popularity was never my goal in the first place when I joined places like Twitter and Bluesky. All I wanted to do is to share stuff that I'm interested, and do things that I like.

I will forever be grateful with my friends and family, as they're my true audience.

For privacy reasons, I won't reveal the full story here. Feel free to DM me for the full story. Regardless, both of us had agreed to never bring up anything related to that game ever again. I value our close friendship, and I don't want such stupid disagreements like that to affect our friendship.

That's what happened between me and a close friend of mine, around a week ago. I know that it shouldn't be a big deal, but for my friend to suddenly talk about how much they hated my favorite game... I admit, I was slighted beyond belief. I was angry, and I wanted to cry...

Also, the episode, "Arriving in Style", features a Lopunny prominently, being that series' Pokémon Of The Week. And yes, I *did* watch that episode in full. I saw it blinked in one scene, and that was enough of a confirmation for me, that those are indeed eye markings.

Yeah. I don't watch the anime series now, but I've seen clips of Lopunny appearing in the anime series on YouTube, which I'd sometimes take references from. Those are very definitely eye markings, and not black sclerae like how fans interpreted in these fanart.

Thank you! ^_^

I went with a compromise for my Lopunny Pokésona. The eye markings are kept, but slightly lighter, to differentiate from the eyes. I also made those eyes big and puppy-like, with heavy shading to *emulate* that black sclera look, essentially keeping it deliberately ambiguous.

I know it's silly. I just don't like it when people went, "Oh, you drew this character incorrectly!" when the character in question was drawn as accurately as possible to the games. Goes to show who actually loves and cares for the games and their characters more.

I believe that Renamon is part of the influence, too. Renamon really *does* have black sclerae: it's an official part of her design; it's how she's being represented in all the games and media.

People just assume that Lopunnies have black sclerae, too, due to the confusion over the eye markings.

Specifically, it's the argument on whether or not those black markings around the eyes should be interpreted as just that: eye markings. Or the far more popular fan interpretation that those are black sclerae. Officially, the former interpretation is the correct one, and one that I went with.

Thank you! ^_^ And I see! XD

Thanks! XD