#Justice Poké league

[lolottes]

Justice Poké league

So basically it was a reblog answer but it's LONG and not in the initial sudjet so I'm making it its own post

@radiance1

hum, I already think that some would be evolutions (superman or Oracle) and others not

clark ken - normal -lvlup-> superman steel flying (can return to normal type with the item Glasses)

batman - fighting dark (Infiltrator)

wonder woman - fighting fairy

Flash - normal electric ?

green lantern : then particular case I think that green lantern would be a talent which makes the type psychic with the ring

GL Hal Jordan: flying maiby flying steel -> flying spychic

GL Kyle Rayner: fairy (because Ion is an artist, nothing to do with his sexual orientation -_-)

GL John Stewart: psychic ??? for me architect = wall and it's psychic attacks maybe then he is twice psychic so double stab and resistance and double weakness?

so I don't know him, but I know things, he was accused of terrorism and has an occasional vision of the future, so fire if you want to have a bad sense of humor or dark because his vision reminds me absol soooo GL Simon Braz: Dark

GL Jessica Cruz .... I have NO idea what she was doing as a civilian before being pushed to be a heroine

Martian Manhunter: spychic ghost, why ghost, for the change in density, the invisibility but also because mourning is part of him and his writing

Aquaman: water (dum)

Green Arrow : normal (the pure normal type is legitimate! and is not just lame! please, the 1g meta was dominated by them, they often have a move set diversify and the move set aspect hyper difersify fits like a glove a green arrow) and if you are really anti normal then fighting

Zatanna: psychic (of course)

Constantine: Dark ghost (I mean… cursed and sold his soul + demon blood)

Cyborg electric steel

Shazam electric flying

Blue Beetle electric bug

Dr Fate : ghost phychic or an item that adds the ghost type on a spychic type and spychic otherwise

Booster Gold: Dark (he can go back in time and become thanks to the action of stealing the museum in which he works)

Hawkman flying dark (traitor / double agent)

hawkwoman flying fighting (or steel or electric with his mace)

batgirl: fighting -> Oracle: spychic

plastic man civil dark (voleur) -> hero: ground dark so I know that this choice seems strange BUT! he is a fan of puns and he tries to "bury" his thief reflex / his kleptomania … in addition the plastic is immune to electricity sooo ground

Starfire: fairy / fire all space related pokemon tend to be either phychic or fairy but as flying and psychic are already very representative and that his power comes from his emotions finally

Robin (Dick): flying fairy -> Nightwing: flying dark (with access to electric attacks)

Robin (Dick): flying fairy ->Red X: Dark fairy (so, i like the idea of a pokemon that always changes one of its types to dark as it evolves and that type has different aspects (wrongdoing / obscurity) depending on evolution and it's a different type that gets lost during evolution. Red X and above all a thief and not by real choice at first, I'm not going to dwell too much, but the image of him having his wings clipped is just too lively and poetic to pass up)

Jason préRobin : fighting dark (tire theft) -> Robin (Jason): fighting fairy -die in a fight after gaining a level (so in a trainer fight / serious fight)-> red hood Ghost Dark/Fairy like this one I think I have to explain it: for how it evolves, yep to make it possible only against a trainer who can kill it and after having already fought well, it's original, but given the methods of he evolution introduced in legend is not out of place either. For the ossilation between two types, dark is for rage pits and fairy because its goal is always the revival of the alley of crime, moreover the contrast seems cool to me :3

tim prés robin: Dark -> Robin (Tim) Dark fairy (-> stalker=Dark and so far fairy for all the robins because they supposed to represent hope) -> red robin : ..... dark losing robin's mantle makes him lose the fairy type without preventing him from learning fairy attacks, moreover it's an evolution that has been reversed so … red robin is a mega evolution?

Robin (Damien): Ghost fairy (I hesitated, but I wanted a different type for each robin and the al gull lineage is associated with lazarus and death. As long as he follows the blood heritage mentality he stays in the al gull mentality and therefore the ghost type for me)

Beast boy: normal protéen

Raven: Dark fairy (fairy and not psychic because its powers are dependent on its emotion (like starfire) and the aspect controls darkness and more obvious than the purely magical aspect

hum, I think we've covered this important enough or that I feel comfortable enough to have an opinion.

BUT I would like your opinion on how the DC heroes or characters would be as pokemon.

at firstI also wanted to give them ability and secret Ability but I've been there for hours and my pc has already overheated once ^^'

#justice league #dc comics #dc heroes #crossover #pokemon crossover #pokemon #Justice Poké league

[runemyth0]

Fire Red Z, Finale: Pokémon League

Last time, on Fire Red Z! We went on a mission, training hard and catching one of the three legendary birds, then making our way through Victory Road and collapsing into a seat at the League HQ.

We rejoin our hero after a full rest...

Somehow it feels like my muscles burn even more than before. Was my team always level 60? Whatever, they’re calling my name, so I guess it’s time for my League Challenge to begin. I make sure to grab a bag full of Full Restores before I head in.

LORELEI: INDOMITABLE ICE IDOL

My first challenge was not too difficult, at least at first. Most of Lorelei’s team was shocked away by Yarrow’s Thunderbolt. The tough part was Jynx... since Yarrow had a poor matchup against it, I switched in Ginger. Unfortunately, Ginger got hit by a Lovely Kiss followed by an Ice Punch that hit her for 120 of her HP, roughly 2/3.

Luckily, Waterlily was a safe switch, taking only 12 damage from the next Ice Punch. Waterlily Body Slammed Jynx for a solid 2HKO.

VICTORY RED

BRUNO: FEROCIOUSLY FEARED FIGHTER

Bruno proved to be more trouble than Lorelei. His Onixes each went down in a single Razor Leaf from Wheat. But Foxglove’s lack of STAB came back to haunt me.

Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, and Machamp managed to tank Foxglove’s Psychics. However, they took them into the red, forcing Bruno to use his Full Restores. Machamp managed to get off a scary face and I didn’t trust any of my switches, so Foxglove had to face Hitmonlee as the slower of the two. He tanked two Mega Kicks, each of which hit for ~70 dmg, forcing me to heal him up.

But when Hitmonlee missed its last Mega Kick, Foxglove let loose the Psychic powers.

VICTORY RED

AGATHA: MISTRESS OF MYSTERY

Supposedly a master of ghosts, Agatha mainly used poison types, which meant Foxglove’s work wasn’t done yet. While I was able to hand off Arbok and Golbat to Ginger, Foxglove had to take down the Gengars and Haunter.

The first Gengar and the Haunter weren’t too bad. Haunter was OHKO’d, while Gengar took a bit more work. It was Agatha’s final Gengar that was more of a problem. It was faster than Foxglove and hit it with Hypnosis. Luckily, I used the Poké Flute to wake him up before Gengar could unleash a Nightmare.

In the end, it was Gengar missing a Hypnosis that was the end for Agatha.

VICTORY RED

LANCE: DEBONAIR DRAGON DOMINATOR

Lance is barely worth writing about. Yarrow OHKO’d his Gyarados, while Waterlily OHKO’d the rest of his team.

VICTORY RED

GREEN: NEWLY CROWNED CHAMPION

Now it was time for the final battle. Who else would have beaten me here except Green? We stood opposite each other in the Champion’s Arena, trading menacing glares. He was the first to break a smile as he stepped back and started our final contest.

He opened with Pidgeot, as he always did. Yarrow made quick work of it.

Rhydon was taken down in one hit by a Razor Leaf from Wheat.

Alakazam was tough. Yarrow unleashed a Thunder, but unlike on Route 22, it managed to survive. Green healed Alakazam, but Yarrow was feeling annoyed by something surviving his Thunder strike. So on his next Thunderbolt, he crit, OHKOing Alakazam.

Exeggcutor wasn’t hard to beat, once Hemlock stopped missing his attacks. Green was able to put up a Light Screen and deal some damage with Giga Drain, but Hemlock’s Megahorn pierced clean through on the third try.

Green was running low and while I had taken some damage, we were still good to go.

Gyarados came out to face Yarrow. He survived a Thunderbolt, thanks to Light Screen and Green began to healstall. But it only took a few turns for the screen to drop and Gyarados with it.

Finally, he was on his last Pokémon. The one he started with. Charizard.

Ginger switched in to deal some major rock justice. As expected, Charizard was faster, taking to the air and unleashing a Fire Blast, taking out ~1/3 of Ginger’s HP. Ginger produced some boulders and chucked them at the flying reptile, but her aim has never been the best with those. Charizard roared to mock Ginger’s poor aim.

Charizard unleashed another Fire Blast, taking Ginger down to 45 hp. One more Fire Blast and she was done for. But she managed to hit her Rock Blast, the two hits taking Charizard down to half.

Then she hit a third time, shaving off another quarter.

Then the fourth hit.

Charizard crashed into the floor of the arena as we both stood there in shock. Ginger has never 4-hit with Rock Blast. Green recalled Charizard and with that...

VICTORY RED

My League Challenge was complete. I recorded my team in the Hall of Fame and headed out. Green rushed past me when we were leaving the League, I could have sworn I saw tears in his eyes.

I guess my Pokémon journey is over, then. I suppose I should head home, though my team does deserve a bit of downtime. Maybe a nice long trip to One Island’s hot spring, but this time for relaxation instead of training. Once our vacation is done, we’ll make our way home, to bring the new Champs back to meet the ones who didn’t make it onto the final team.

After that... maybe I’ll travel. See the world. I hear Hoenn is nice this time of year...

#lyle plays #fire red nuzlocke #pokemon fire red #pokemon #pokemon nuzlocke

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tagged by @bayalexison: Find the 7 colors of the rainbow in one of your WIPs

All from The Angel of Reckoning:

Red (chapter 28)

“Vivillon, scatter some Powder!”

A fireball erupted around Granbull’s right fist as he lunged at Klefki, but before he could swing it and land his blow, Vivillon fluttered between him and his target. The Bug-and-Flying-type threw a cloud of red dust over Granbull, which explosively reacted upon contact with the flames. His momentum disappeared nearly instantly, and instead of getting to strike Klefki, Granbull found himself thrown through a blue plastic barrier into a lower area of the lounge.

Orange (chapter 5)

“This big game board will determine the conditions we battle under,” Dahlia explained. “Anything could come from it. You could trigger a rainstorm, or maybe some sunlight or relentless hail... we could battle in a Trick Room or with our Pokémon asleep… we could even trade teams before we battle! Truly, the possibilities are endless!” Having worked herself into a frenzy, Dahlia threw her arms into the air before finishing her speech. “Hit the button to stop the board, okay? Now… set it in motion! Let’s go!”

An orange frame lit up around the upper-left corner space on the grid and began cycling past each of the board’s sixteen squares. Overwhelmed by the sudden pressure he felt from the correct realization that the outcome of this could decide the battle before it even started, Matt tried to push aside thoughts of the crowd and focus in on the game board.

Yellow (chapter 20)

“Don’t worry about him,” Ghetsis responded, remaining rigidly in place as he stared up at the emerging Ho-oh. “He cannot escape his fate now. Now…” Ghetsis further focused his mind, narrowing his sight squarely on the legendary Pokémon. His covered eye began to glow, making his red eyepiece turn yellow. “This is the time of your advent, Ho-oh! Call forth your burning flames and bring justice down upon them all!”

Green (chapter 23)

"Not only that." Ghetsis gestured toward Concordia, who was carrying a small bundle in her arms. Zinzolin stepped closer to get a better look, and realized he could see a tiny face and a small amount of green hair. "This is the real meaning of our meeting today. Zinzolin, this child is N. He is the one who will be our king."

Blue (chapter 13)

The virtual trainer reacted instantly. “Greninja, Water Shuriken!”

While Glaceon took in air to use in her attack, Greninja shifted back to his original blue coloring and formed a set of four throwing stars made of water in his hand, which he used to cut Glaceon’s body in several places. When he finally got hit by the blast of ice Glaceon countered with, he barely shivered.

Indigo (chapter 22)

Olivia saw herself on a battlefield, but it wasn’t that of Olivine or any other Gym. It was much more vast than that, surrounded by a massive area of spectator seating broken into three tiers. When she looked around, she saw a giant video screen hanging over the field. It was displaying a red screen with a black stripe down the middle, with a gold Poké Ball outline surrounded by eight stars laid over it - the emblem of the Pokémon League. She was in the Pokémon League stadium at the Indigo Plateau, right at the center of its battlefield. 

Purple (chapter 25)

"No, it can't be going like this…" Matt uttered, his voice quiet and shaky. Losing the first round was one thing, but if his back was put to the proverbial wall, he couldn't imagine working up enough momentum for three straight wins. "I have to make a stand now," he concluded, hoping that such thoughts would help him turn the tables. "Sally, you burned Donphan, so let's keep dismantling its defenses! Dragon Rush!"

Small tongues of fire flicked from Sally���s mouth as she shook off the last of Seed Bomb’s impact. Once she had composed herself, she glared down at her foe and bellowed viciously, scattering more embers. She followed her display of power by dive-bombing toward Donphan, her body shrouded in a veil of purple energy that accentuated her draconic features.

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#tag game #The Angel of Reckoning

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POKÉMON TRAINING: THE WORLD’S GREATEST LIE

i’ve headcanoned a lot of things about social justice in the pokémon world and so far, i’ve made it a pretty bleak place. a place where poc coordinators are routinely discriminated against, where team aqua is actually an indigenous people’s only recourse for a dignified independence, and where one power-hungry royal family controls the entire global media. but there’s one thing i haven’t touched. one thing you probably thought was safe. one thing that makes the pokémon world what it is, without which none of my other social justice ramblings would even be possible.

after all these months (or years? i forgot when i had it) of holding this hc in…it is time.

buckle up, kids. i’m going to ruin all your childhoods.

So What’s Up With Training?

several things, actually. 

one, given that all of the trainers are seen constantly traveling on the road and camping out, we can easily deduce that the vast majority of trainers are homeless.

two, since the only ingame source of income that a trainer has is winning matches against other trainers, we can assume that money is hard to come by.

and three, because we hardly see any trainers go to school, we can also assume that unless we see them in a trainer’s school geared specifically toward training, these kids aren’t in school.

there are some things that can be expanded upon with this. 

one, if we look at the mere fact that most trainers are homeless, we can clearly see that they’re not coming from a lot of money. if training was a sport favored by the wealthy or even the middle class, we’d see much less journeying on foot and many more taxis going from place to place, much less camping out and much more staying overnight in hotels. there are obviously exceptions to this rule, as we’ve seen some really posh/elite trainer schools in canon (think the first few dozen episodes of the kanto series, or the dojo that ash went to in johto). but i think it’s canonical that the vast majority of trainers are just out on the street with no transportation and not even a temporary home.

two, if you start off training while poor, it can be very hard to work your way up the socioeconomic ladder. if your main source of income is winning battles, and you lose money every time you lose a battle, every day is literally a gamble in which you could either get the necessary cash for your next three meals or lose everything you have and go hungry. sure, there are headcanoned ways to earn other money, such as entering tournaments and winning prize cash, or performing unskilled labor at a poké mart or pokémon center (because what else can a kid really do?) but even with these headcanons, most methods of earning money are either 1) contingent upon you winning battles or 2) not very rewarding at all.

three, it can always be assumed that trainers are attempting to get a decent education on the road. there could be online classes, there could be free classes offered by training schools. however, if trainers are both homeless and strapped for cash, concentrating in class and while doing schoolwork can be exceedingly difficult--and work or battle is usually a better use of time than study, because it ensures that you’re going to eat the next day.

from these things we can conclude that training, from a realistic standpoint, is a low-income sport that is commonly pursued by low-income individuals during which obtaining a proper education is difficult if not impossible, and attempting upward mobility presents a similar challenge.

in the real world, you bet your ass people would try to take advantage of that.

Why Trainers Should Give Up on Their Dreams

let’s be honest. training is like sports is like having a career in the arts. it is devilishly hard to succeed in any of these fields--hard to the point that most artists have to work a second job just to stay afloat. only the top 0.001% of trainers will ever see six figures, with the rest forever plugging away at the grindstone, hoping that one day they’ll get that shiny carrot of success that’s been dangled in front of them from the moment they chose their profession.

this is the life of artists.

this is the life of sportspeople.

there is no reason to believe that it will not be the life of a trainer as well.

this fact about training will never be fixed, and that is because there’s a benefit to the upper class if this is the case. if poor people are distracted by training from doing anything truly productive…they stay focused on their pokémon instead of societal injustice. and they stay out of school, which means they’re less likely to threaten the incumbent upper class with potential upward mobility.

if you’re thinking three steps ahead, you’re absolutely right!

Modern training is a global capitalist conspiracy to keep poor people uneducated, and to keep them from questioning their rich oppressors.

let me tell you how this works.

training has always been a part of human civilization. but the modern version of training (challenging gym leaders, earning badges, then challenging leagues and national conferences) first started becoming popular in the 1950′s after WWII. ever since then, i think it’s safe to assume that in the pokémon world, training is the #1 worldwide hobby/occupation for people ages 10 - 18. this did NOT happen on accident. league champions in conjunction with governments and pokémon-centered merchandising companies such as poké mart, inc. billed it to parents as a fun and rewarding activity where you could learn how to be independent, intelligent and quick-thinking--not to mention earn some cash for yourself and your family on the side. they ran countless advertising campaigns depicting happy trainers with their pokémon, urging kids to start their journeys with tantalizing images of victory in grand arenas. governments in america and western europe even billed training as a patriotic symbol of independence from communist rule, because communist-ruled countries (except for china) did not establish proper leagues until after the soviet union fell. due to a cultural shift encouraged by the Powers That Be, pokémon training became the most prevalent sport worldwide.

it wasn’t until the early 1970′s that world corporations figured out that there could be something to be gained from all this. with rising prosperity across the globe, they needed a way to make sure that they could maintain a solid “underclass” to do all the dirty work that nobody else wanted to do--while also making sure that pokémon-related companies turned a profit. they realized that in training lay their answer. the system that resulted from their collaboration with world governments creates a vicious cycle that goes as follows.

kids from poor families are told to quit school and train at age ten. they are thrust into a life of constant fight and constant struggle, just to earn a few more scraps of cash to send home. anxious families are promised that their children can still continue their educations via trainer schools, and that they can still have a path to college if that’s what they so desire--the most commonly found and most expensive scholarships in the world are reserved exclusively for trainers. however, given the rigors of training, 90% of trainers are unable to maintain consistent schooling of ANY LEVEL while they pursue a training career. of the 10% that can maintain consistent schooling, a further 90% of trainer school-educated children are unprepared for college, and roughly that amount of trainer school-educated students drop out of college once they attempt it. without a college degree, they are locked out of higher-paying jobs and forced to continue in unskilled labor, perhaps continue as trainers in the hopes that one day they can afford school. instead of getting angry at the system, however, many people are so focused on the day-to-day concern of trying to better their lives (and of potentially trying to achieve their training dreams) than trying to take down what holds them in chains. and so the cycle of poverty perpetuates.

They Use Training For A Reason

and that reason is fairly simple. 

nobody has childhood dreams about working one’s way up from fry cook to manager at mcdonald’s. nobody has childhood dreams of becoming the world’s fastest-cleaning janitor, or becoming employee of the month five times in a row as a cashier. everybody, however, has childhood dreams about “being the very best, like no one ever was.” pokémon training has an emotional appeal due to its glorious veneer, an appeal that can motivate even the most stubborn people to drop out of school even when there’s no pragmatic reason to drop out of school in the first place. you just don’t get that out of cleaning toilets. you never will.

now, one can argue that the people at the top could have just relied on the natural tendency of capitalism to keep the poor at the bottom while the rich get richer. but they didn’t trust that it could stay that way on its own, and so this system was born as a guarantor of their greed.

So What About Rich and Middle-Class Trainers?

the richer your family is, the more likely you are to “make it big” as a trainer, and obtain the dreams that are promised to impoverished children all over the world. rich families have the advantage of giving their children tutors to improve their battling craft, enrolling them in expensive elite trainer schools, getting them interviews with media outlets in order to increase their visibility. the children of rich and even some middle-class families don’t have to worry about where their next meal is going to come from, or even where their next pokémon is going to come from--many well-off trainers have never caught a pokémon in their lives, instead buying them from expensive breeders. society also tends to look at the rich trainers and use them as examples of people who “made it,” and shame poor trainers without those advantages for not being able to do the same.

hold on, one might say. won’t well-off children have the same difficulty as their lower-income peers in staying in school? won’t they drop out of school to train, just like said peers? well, the powers that be have already thought that through. in all private schools, there are training and coordinating teams that meet after school for 2-2.5 hours a day mondays through fridays, similar to teams of other sports. also like teams of other sports, they hold practice sessions and compete regionally + nationally--each individual student has a ranking in the competition, but all students’ individual performances contribute to the overall ranking of their school. such programs also exist in public schools in low-income neighborhoods, but their quality is far below the programs found in private schools; also, full-time training is usually a financially more realistic option for low-income students than joining a school team because most school tournaments don’t give money to winners. moreover, going to school with a full stomach and a guaranteed roof over your head is very different from going to school with economic anxieties on your shoulders. a key difference between the two is that in the former, one battles for pleasure, not for cash, and if one loses cash, one can easily replace it; in the latter, one’s win-loss ratio can make a big difference in one’s day-to-day life. in addition, those of the lower middle class usually find themselves facing the same pressures as poor people during training--which means that the system used to keep poor people poor is also used to widen the gap between the poor and the rich.

government bigwigs and corporate fat cats know these truths. in fact, they bank on them. they run cartoons where children are told to “be the very best, like no one ever was.” they constantly uplift the rare cases of the people who made it from rags to riches, dangling the everlasting promise that you, too, could be like them. they drop propaganda leaflets into suffering neighborhoods telling them that you can have a better life if only you take up your poké ball and take up the fight. they do this with the full knowledge that training is not a sustainable solution for these children, but that it would benefit them to keep these children in training. and then they turn around and victim-blame the poor trainers who inevitably fail to reach the goals they were promised--calling them “lazy” and “unmotivated” when really, they are victims of a system that was rigged against them from the beginning.

you will not be the very best.

you will only ever be a pawn in somebody else’s long game.

Dishonorable Mention: Unovamerica

because it’s not a true worldbuilding post from me without a little shitting on the country that we liberals love to hate.

the united states is known for its dislike of free healthcare, but there is one brand of free healthcare that it has mysteriously never disliked: that provided to trainers. human healthcare from pokémon centers is completely free, but only if you are a registered trainer--many children become trainers purely because they can’t afford healthcare any other way. this practice has been adopted in many other parts of the world, but america started it first. pokémon centers in the u.s. are particularly notorious for enforcing the “free healthcare for trainers only” rule: they have been known to turn away the seriously ill, seriously injured and even the dying because they couldn’t present a valid trainer ID. in addition, to ensure that registered trainers are actually training and not just “mooching off the system,” the u.s. and countries adopting its system have a “fight per month” rule: if you don’t get a new badge or participate in a new tournament at least once every month, your access to free healthcare in pokémon centers is revoked.

many american states and non-american countries offer free and comprehensive healthcare for the families of traveling trainers as well--training is the ONLY low-income job where you can get this sort of treatment. most notably, trainer healthcare disregards preexisting conditions, which prevents many people from receiving the care they need via insurance. the government does this on purpose to funnel people into training, which not only achieves their goal of keeping kids uneducated and complacent but also makes sure that poké mart, inc. can always turn a profit--poké mart, inc., an american company, is actually a main player in the global conspiracy because the more trainers there are, the more money it makes off its monopoly on trainer goods. and so far, it’s been working. up in washington, the poké mart lobbyists have really been doing their job, and the healthcare system of an entire nation is suffering because of it.

there is no challenge to this system anywhere in the united states. conservatives use trainer’s healthcare to pander to undecided voters and demonstrate that they do have a “good” healthcare plan that “works.” liberal politicians also support trainer’s healthcare unquestioningly, believing falsely that this mechanism to funnel people into a profession with a lack of education is an innocent step in the right direction to universal healthcare for all. for reasons of political pragmatism, both sides are complicit in the rotten healthcare system that pins a basic human right to your willingness to enter a certain field.

the vigilante justice involved in some trainer journeys also actively upholds america’s system of police brutality and mass incarceration. propaganda encouraging trainers to fight crime often depicts black and brown people as the criminals. trainers’ victims in the u.s. usually end up in jail, subject to the very system that most trainers claim to be working outside or against. many vigilante trainers also use the same techniques of police brutality against unarmed black & brown victims that police often do themselves. lastly, in the u.s., fighting a racist cop is one of the fastest ways to get yourself deplatformed as a trainer: no matter how justified you are, if you do so your career is done.

oh, and do you want to know which country’s elected leaders had the idea for this entire system to actually become a thing?

if you’re reading this post, you’re probably sitting in it.

I Haven’t Even Told You The Worst Part

nowadays trainers are told that they can make a difference by being trainers. that they can use their strength to do justice in the world. commercial after commercial shows young kids beating up on criminals, encouraging youth to become vigilantes in a similar vein--to get out there and start changing the world in front of them. what those kids don’t know is that this promise of being able to enforce justice is also, in some sense, a lie.

training can deal with certain types of crime. training beats up team grunts and kills pedophiles. hell, sometimes training even takes down entire evil teams. but training will never be able to fix ITSELF--no amount of battling can ever undo the insidious system that has made itself as much a part of a trainer’s existence as potions and poké balls. training will also never solve modern slavery, the climate crisis, income inequality, police brutality and mass incarceration. the people at the top know this. they know that with everybody’s eyes fixed on pokémon training, nobody will focus on the greater issues plaguing the world today, and that this is exactly how they want things to be.

essentially, trainers are told that they are the arbiters of justice as part of a mechanism to prevent them from solving some of the greatest injustices in the world.

vigilante justice, the thing most dear to many trainers, the very thing that makes modern training what it is--has been transformed into yet another tool for world governments and corporations to keep trainers under control.

So Where Do Leagues Fit In All This?

i pose this question because i hc them as the ultimate vigilantes. the people who are supposed to keep this sort of shit under control. people who, collectively, have the strength to take down an unjust government. theoretically, they should have been able to solve this problem with training a long time ago by unseating those in power and finding real solutions for the kids involved.

however.

you can’t solve a problem if you don’t know that it’s a problem in the first place.

that’s right. this entire system of keeping poor kids (and tbh kids in general) under government and corporate control is so insidious and well-hidden that the very people who are sworn not to let this kind of thing happen are sometimes the ones most responsible for holding it up. leagues are just as guilty as the governments they are supposed to oppose of encouraging kids to take up training, using the same rhetoric and techniques that the higher-ups also use. some leagues are even straight-up complicit with governments (see: the american, prussian and chinese leagues) in attempting to funnel kids into the training system. even wallace, social justice advocate that he is, was not aware of the system he unwittingly perpetuated until recently--and even then, he is not only exploitatively held up as one of the examples of somebody who “made it,” he thinks the training system is just a byproduct of capitalism rather than something that has been encouraged on purpose. granted, leagues around the world have also created programs to help struggling trainers with food, shelter, tutoring. but honestly, the people on top let it happen because these programs are ultimately just a band-aid on a gash that cuts down to the bone.

IN CONCLUSION

if you care about your education, you shouldn’t be a trainer.

if you wish to pursue a dream that you can actually fulfill, you shouldn’t be a trainer.

if you don’t want to sell your soul to capitalism, you shouldn’t be a trainer.

in the pokémon world, a world built on pokémon training, you shouldn’t be a trainer.

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Chanyeol accidentally Super-Likes Baekhyun via dropping his phone on his face.

Ever since Sehun had convinced Chanyeol to make a tinder profile, his face became acquainted with having a phone dropped on it in the dead of the night when Chanyeol stayed up swiping through people.

Chanyeol, however, wasn’t a quick learner and on a particular night, he found himself interested in this one guy’s profile. In fact, he stared at his pictures for nearly ten minutes before he moved to swipe left because the guy looked too far out his league.

As Chanyeol moved his finger, his phone fell from his hands and onto his face. When he opened his eyes, he saw the match screen, along with a blue star in the middle, signifying that not only had he dropped his phone on his face, but he’d also super-liked the Baekhyun guy on accident.

He debated going and unmatching to save himself some face, but when he didn’t get a message in the five minutes Chanyeol stared at the match in disbelief, he figured that maybe Baekhyun would just ghost him and he wouldn’t have to bother unmatching.

Despite how levelheaded he was when he came to that decision, his heart skipped in his chest, and his stomach lurched.

Why would someone like Baekhyun be interested and swipe right on him? The guy seemed entirely too intellectual and gorgeous even to want to be bothered with someone as tall, lanky and corny as himself.

After all, his profile consisted of nothing but a list of his hobbies and a few dad jokes here and there, whereas Baekhyun’s spoke about how he desired to find a person to have deep and meaningful conversations with, especially with things involving space and cats.

The most Chanyeol knew about space were limited to what was in the Star Wars movies.

It took nearly twenty minutes of candy crush and a few deep breaths before he was able to calm himself down to go to bed. When he rolled over to go to sleep, he failed to see his screen light up with a notification.

Instead, he saw it in the morning, and just the thought of Baekhyun messaging Chanyeol first sent his nerves into overdrive the rest of the day. He kept messing up cords and blanking out on his guitar students, dropping pieces of pasta off his fork at lunch, and he’d walked into about three walls before the day was finished.

Only when he was back home, vacantly staring at the TV as some stupid reality show came on, did he fish out his phone and open the app to read the actual message.

Wow, a super like? I’m flattered ~_~ Am I that cute?

His fingers hovered over the screen, and he debated what to type, trying to come up with something witty, yet also showcase his very corny personality, which Chanyeol considered to be one of his best traits.

Finally, he thought of a passable reply and sent it, gritting his teeth the entire time because the whole situation was more than shooting his shot. No, he was shooting the ball from half court and could only hope that it at least grazed the hoop or backboard.

Would you be mad if I told you that the super-like was an accident, but that yes, you *are* that cute?

After he finished typing and sent the message, he threw his phone on the couch and jumped up from his seat, immediately pacing the room.

Would his flattery actually get him somewhere or would Baekhyun think he was boring?

A few moments later, his phone lit up with another notification.

Well, I’m not mad, but I’m glad we matched. You’re not bad yourself. Not to be too forward, but are you looking for a hook-up or relationship? Your profile doesn’t say anything, so I wanted to know, so I don’t ask any uncomfortable questions.

His fingers typed faster this time, and he repeatedly typed and erased various responses, eventually settling on something simple.

I’m not the best at hook-ups so I would say a relationship, but what about you? I know your profile said something about wanting someone to talk to.

Chanyeol wanted to type more, but he decided against it. That’d been enough, and if Baekhyun was interested, he’d open the conversation for more in-depth explanations.

Another notification.

Well good. I’m not the hook-up type either. How about we continue this over text? This feels so impersonal, and I like you so far.

Following the message, Baekhyun listed his number and Chanyeol copied it then saved it into his phone.

Everything was going so smoothly that Chanyeol felt the hair on the back of his neck stand because it was too smooth.

Too perfect to be true. Something had to give.

Growing up, kids made fun of him for various reasons whether it’d been his weight, his unexplainable love for ferrets or his large ears that he never quite grew into. As a result, he was always on guard and uneasy when things went too smoothly, especially a potential romantic relationship.

It wouldn’t be the first time he’d made that mistake, and for his own sake, he’d like to keep it from happening again if possible.

Chanyeol pressed the message button and thought about what to type before he sent a message to the number.

You’re not going to pop out my closet and tell me I’m being punked or anything will you?

For a moment, the typing bubble came up on the screen, and Chanyeol waited, and his stomach tossed.

No, unless you want me to hide in your closet and scare you. It sounds like fun, but definitely not ideal for a first date.

A date? Baekhyun wanted to go on a date? Date him?

The thought sent Chanyeol’s nerves into overdrive, and he stuck the tip of his thumb into his mouth, chewing the nail.

He went on like that for nearly ten minutes until his phone dinged again with more messages from Baekhyun.

Chanyeol?

Still there?

Chanyeol’s heart sped up when more typing bubbles appeared on the screen, then disappeared half a dozen times before the screen of his phone finally dimmed, then went to sleep. The entire time Chanyeol stared at it, finally looking away when he heard a knock at his door.

“Why do you look surprised? We made plans to chill yesterday,” Sehun commented after he gave Chanyeol a once-over. When he didn’t receive a reaction, he slipped off his shoes and pushed past Chanyeol, claiming his usual spot on the man’s couch.

“Sorry, I’ve just been um preoccupied, I forgot,” Chanyeol finally answered, his voice flat as he eyed his dark phone screen. Sehun’s eyebrows quirked, interested as he reached for it, quickly typing Chanyeol’s password and eyeing the exchange with Baekhyun.

If it’d been anyone else, Chanyeol would’ve had a problem at the blatant disregard of his privacy, but since it was Sehun, Chanyeol didn’t even blink. Instead, he just hunched his shoulders and sunk deeper into the couch.

“He seems really into you. Why are you ignoring him?”

“I just don’t know how to reply. What if he’s like, pretending to be into me? He’s way too hot for me,” Sehun put Chanyeol’s phone down and patted his friend on the shoulder with a sad smile on his face.

“There so no such thing as ‘too hot’ for you. We both know you’re a catch and anyone would be lucky to even breathe the same air as you. Also, if Baekhyun didn’t like you, he wouldn’t be wasting his time. This isn’t high school anymore.” The words got a small nod from Chanyeol, and he unlocked his phone again, his fingers hovering over the keyboard as he thought about what to type back.

Yeah, I’m here, just had to run a quick errand.

Sure he was lying, but it was way too early in their interactions for Chanyeol to disclose the recurring downward plunges in his self-esteem. He’d save that for the third date, thank you very much.

Ah okay. Sorry if I’m being too needy or impatient. But speaking of errands, I have to go to work in a bit, but I was wondering if you wanted to do dinner tomorrow night? There this new Poké place near my house and I heard it’s good.

Sure. What time?

Is 8 good? We can meet up there, or I can pick you up? Whatever is better?

“Despite what you say, you’re actually pretty good at texting,” Sehun whistled, wiggling his eyebrows at Chanyeol.

Chanyeol collected air in his cheeks and made a face at Sehun in response, which earned him a hard poke in the cheek, “stop being a coward and make it clear that you’re asking him out.”

The air rushed from Chanyeol’s mouth with a puff, and he stared down at his phone because Sehun was right.

8 sounds perfect actually. See you then~

And just like that Park Chanyeol found himself nervously buttoning his shirt in the mirror as he looked over himself one more time. It was nearly 7:45, and he needed to leave his house soon if he wanted to make it to the restaurant on time.

The moment he arrived, nearly tripping through the door, he recognized Baekhyun.

The pictures on his profile barely did him justice with his honey blonde hair and smooth skin. Chanyeol briefly thought about asking him for skin care tips but decided against it last minute.

He wanted to make a good first impression.

Chanyeol stood in front of Baekhyun for a few moments before the man looked up, recognizing him immediately.

“Ah, you’re here! How long have you been standing there?” Baekhyun sounded embarrassed, and Chanyeol made a mental note of how cute he looked as his cheeks turned a light pink.

“Not too long, but it’s alright. Should we get a table? I heard this place gets packed at dinner time,” Baekhyun nodded and stood up.

It was then that Chanyeol noticed just how much shorter Baekhyun was than him.

Cute.

To Chanyeol’s surprise, the date went well, and he and Baekhyun hit it off.

They liked the same kind of music—90’s grunge and 80’s pop—and the same TV shows. They even discovered that they’d gone to the same college, but unlike Baekhyun who’d graduated after three and half years, Chanyeol had dropped out due to disinterest.

“So, this guy tried to tell me that the 80’s wasn’t Madonna’s golden years and I couldn’t take it anymore. I just walked away from him,” Baekhyun explained, telling Chanyeol in great detail about his last Tinder date as they walked around the empty streets.

“Well I’m glad you didn’t walk away from me,” Chanyeol muttered more to himself than Baekhyun, but the man heard him anyway.

For some reason, he didn’t offer a response and only reached for Chanyeol’s hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze.

Chanyeol picked up the sentiment immediately, and a small smile graced his lips. Even though they were walking, now that Baekhyun was holding his hand, his heart was racing.

“I don’t usually hold hands on the first date, but I’ll make an exception,” as Baekhyun said the words, he realized that he’d already made plenty of exceptions for Chanyeol that night and he was about to make one more.

Chanyeol tried to be suave and said the line, “what else don’t you do on a first date?” but as he said it out loud, he immediately regretted it and wished he could shove the words back inside. Baekhyun, however, glanced up at Chanyeol, then let out a laugh that sounded like it came from the pit of his stomach.

When he finished laughing, he stopped walking, “this.”. Chanyeol also stopped, and he looked at the shorter man in confusion. Without warning, Baekhyun rocked forward and place a soft peck on Chanyeol’s lips.

As he pulled away, he took in Chanyeol’s reaction and immediately started to freak out. Chanyeol’s expression looked akin to a short-circuited robot. Only after Baekhyun waved a hand in front of his face did he finally blink.

“I’m so sorry, I should’ve asked first, I—” Baekhyun went to ramble on, but Chanyeol stopped him by holding up his hand. There was a sheepish smile stretched across his lips and a light flush across his cheeks, “no it’s okay Baekhyun. I liked it. It’s okay.”

After that, they both walked in silence for a minute before Chanyeol cleared his throat, “would it be too much if I asked for another date?” Baekhyun looked up at Chanyeol with an incredulous expression on his face.

“I was going to ask you the same actually,” Baekhyun admitted with a bright smile on his face.

Chanyeol could’ve sworn his heart stopped for a few beats.

#fandom: exo #pairing: baekyeol #rating: pg #baekyeol

[imaginegladions]

K but what if Gladions S/O died?

This… this ask destroyed me, stopped my heart, drained all the blood from my body, and stole my breath.

I mustn’t-

How about-

I DO IT ANYWAY????

GLADION’S S/O DIES:

Hoo boy, if you thought!!! Silvally was bad!!!

You know how they say people go through like five stages of grief when someone they care about dies?

Well, the first step in Gladion’s grieving is and will always be…

S E L F B L A M E

And this time his s/o isn’t there to tell him it’s not his fault.

Gladion though probably is the type to say that he should be used to this now after his father and his mother and basically everyone except Lillie and Null.

You though.

He’s always thought he’d die first!

Like, he even made a pact not to let anyone ever touch you or harm you and he’s very adamant about your protection.

So, he’s stunned to say the least assuming you were just killed all of a sudden.

He’s well aware that he should feel some denial.

It’s hard to deny when he’s standing there in front of your dead body.

Someone help him.

Screw denial, he goes straight to anger and then depression.

Like, for your funeral - very kindly arranged by your family and Hala and Hau and Lillie when it’s made clear that Gladion isn’t in an emotionally stable state - he’s just… completely running on sadness and despair.

He’s a bit like a puppet.

Silvally guides him everywhere like a guide dog.

When Silvally comes forward!!! And places a flower!!! On your casket!!!

heartbreak.mp3

It makes everyone cry and Gladion has to leave and pull himself together get some air arceus he needs air it’s like he stopPED BREATHING WHEN YOU DID GODDAMNIT-

breaks the fuck down when everyone has finally left and lashes out if anyone touches him

he ultimately passes out on top of your grave

Hau carries him back to your shared apartment and the moment he wakes up he books his motel room for two months he cannot stand all this evidence of you and his life with you without wanting to throw things.

Your Pokémon go to Lillie for the time being.

Gladion can’t even take care of himself??? Let alone??? Your Pokémon???

This goes on… probably for a year. People eventually get tired of visiting him and it comes to a point that Lillie only checks in once a week to make sure he eats and that his rent is all paid.

Maybe though!!! Gladion spots a kid leaving the Lush Jungle one afternoon when he finally decides to get air.

And he spots this little kid crying after once again being beaten by that freaking demon Laurantis.

The kid just so happens to have the same starter Poké as you.

AND THE KID RECOGNISES GLADION!!!

this kid has like absolutELY NO FILTER

which is cute in theory but v baaad for our poor broken edgelord

“How did the Champion beat that Pokémon?”

Gladion kind of feels… a soft pain in his chest, it’s mostly tamped down by his fondness though.

“Sheer stubbornness.” 

He realises!!!

Who is Champion???

Immediately runs over to Lillie - who is running Aether in his absence - and asks for your Poké.

Everyone is shocked at first to see him at the League.

He has to give 3 different inspiring speeches about how you loved Alola and that means he loves it too and has to beat the Elite Four like seven times before they stop feELING SAD FOR HIM TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY GDI.

Seriously, becomes such a great and considerate Pokémon Champ though. His sense of Justice ensures this. The only Champion to collaborate with both their region’s “evil teams”.

The other Champions are baffled?? But intrigued??

He’s also got such a backstory can you imagine??

Such an inspiration to everyone who has heard his story.

Still goes to your grave every Saturday.

The Elite Four realise this and turn it into a League thing.

The League and every Trial site (except maybe the Dragon one) are closed on Saturdays to honour their fallen Champion.

Kind of ironic that Gladion would become closer to everyone in Alola and vice versa because of your death…

But, you’re proud of him.

He stays in the League long enough until the kid finally beats that Laurantis and he smiles when the kid walks up into the Champion room with that very Laurantis in their team!!!

“I’ll take you down too! Even if it takes forever!”

Gladion smirks. “And how will you do that?”

“Sheer stubbornness!” 

Gladion steps down happily five years later, handing the kid the last Type: Null and retiring to become the President of Aether while Lillie becomes Head Scientist.

#Type: Headcanons #POOR BABY DOESN'T DESERVE THIS HOW DARE???? #Gladion #Angst #so #much #ANGSTT #Type: Asks

[an0thernoob]

Nintendo presentó un Direct de 45 minutos mostrando lo que se viene para Switch y 3DS, aquí tienes un resumen.

Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: El legendario Necrozma será el punto central en la historia de este nuevo juego. Alola contará con nuevas zonas para explorar como una isla de surfistas y un valle de pikachu, además, de nuevas accesorios. Si consigues el juego antes del 10 de enero consigues un Rockruff especial que evoluciona en una nueva forma de Lycanroc, y si compras el juego en digital te regalan 12 Quick Balls. Por último, hay nuevos pokémon y nuevas Ultra Beast como UB Burst y UB Assembly.

Pokémon Gold/Silver: Estarán disponibles desde el 22 de septiembre y se pueden pre-ordenar desde hoy. Además, comprando cualquiera de los dos te regalan un Celebi especial para Sun/Moon o Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.

New Nintendo 2DS XL Poké Ball Edition: Una nueva edición especial con diseño de pokéball que estará disponible desde el 3 de noviembre.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions: Este remake estará disponible desde el 6 de octubre, y los nuevos amiibo de Goomba y Koopa Troopa también estarán disponibles desde ese día.

Kirby: Battle Royale: Estará disponible desde el 19 de enero de 2018. Cuenta con un modo historia para un jugador y diversos modos competitivos para hasta 4 jugadores.

Yo-Kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters: Es la versión definitiva de Yo-Kai Watch 2. Los que ya tienen cualquiera de las dos versiones iniciales podrán descargar una actualización gratuita.

Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle an the Millionaires' Conspiracy: Será lanzado el 6 de octubre.

Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition: Ya está disponible en la eShop. Incluye los modos Survival y Creative, y 5 paquetes de skins y 2 de texturas.

Mario Party: The Top 100: Los 100 mejores mini-juegos de toda la franquicia Mario Party en un solo juego que será lanzado el 10 de noviembre. Por cierto, viene con modo descarga, así que solo se necesita una copia del juego para que 4 personas lo juguen.

Metroid: Samus Returns: Estará disponible desde este viernes 15 de septiembre.

The Alliance Alive, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux y Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology serán lanzados a comienzos de 2018. Además, desde hoy está disponible una demo de Etrian Oddysey V: Beyond the Myth.

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney: Será lanzado en noviembre de este año.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Disponible desde el 20 de octubre.

New Nintendo 2DS XL Orange & White Edition: Una edición de la 2DS XL que ya estaba disponible en Europa y desde el 6 de octubre estará disponible en América.

Nintendo Switch

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: El juego se ve genial, presentaron a los personajes principales (Rex y Pyra), algunas clases, varias locaciones y explicaron un poco el gameplay, sobretodo las Blade Arts. Será lanzado el 1 de diciembre en ediciones estándar y especial, esta última incluye un CD con una selección del soundtrack, un metal case y un libro de arte de 220 páginas. Además, lanzarán un Pro Controller con diseño del juego.

Splatoon 2: Se vienen nuevos mapas como Kelp Dome (disponible desde este viernes 15 de septiembre) y Snapper Canal. Y nuevas armas como Tenta Brella que servirá mucho para defenderse.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Presentaron un nuevo personaje, Lyn de Fire Emblem para Game Boy Advance. Será lanzado el 20 de octubre en ediciones estándar y especial, esta última incluye cartas especiales de personajes, poster y CDs con soundtrack de toda la franquicia. Además, los nuevos amiibo de Chrom y Tiki también estarán disponibles desde el 20 de octubre.

Snipperclips Plus: Cut it out together!: Esta nueva edición será lanzada el 10 de noviembre. Los que ya tienen el juego podrán pasar a esta versión con un DLC.

Morphies Law: Este extraño shooter por equipos será lanzado en invierno como exclusivo de consola en Switch.

Rocket League: Será lanzado a fin de año e incluye autos exclusivos de Mario, Luigi y Samus.

Arena of Valor: Un MOBA gratuito para Switch, la beta inicia en invierno.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Será lanzado el 17 de noviembre.

DOOM: Será lanzado a fin de año.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus: Estará disponible en 2018.

Flip Wars: Actualizarán el juego con nuevos modos y mecánicas.

Arcade Archives: Se vienen muchos juegos de arcade clásicos y el primero será Mario Bros. el 27 de septiembre.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: Los amiibo de los 4 campeones serán lanzados el 10 de noviembre.

NBA 2K18: Será lanzado el 15 de septiembre en la eShop y el 17 de octubre en físico.

WWE 2K18: Será lanzado "pronto".

FIFA 18: Estará disponible desde el 29 de septiembre.

Pokkén Tournament DX: Esta nueva versión será lanzada el 22 de septiembre.

Project Octopath Traveler: Un nuevo RPG de los productores de Bravely Default en Square Enix. Se podrá jugar con 1 de 8 personajes, cada uno con su historia y habilidades únicas. Todavía no tiene un nombre final pero ya está disponible una demo en la eShop. Por cierto, el arte es genial, los developers lo llaman HD-2D.

ARMS: La nueva actualización que trae a Lola Pop y su escenario ya está disponible. Además, desde ahora se podrán personalizar los controles.

Dragon Quest Builders: Será lanzado en primavera 2018.

Kirby Star Allies: El Kirby que mostraron en la E3 ya tiene nombre y está planeado para primavera del próximo año.

SteamWorld Dig 2: Será lanzado este 21 de septiembre.

Golf Story: La mezcla de golf y RPG será lanzada este mes, aún no tiene fecha.

Nine Parchments: El nuevo juego de los creadores de Trine llega a finales de este año.

Battle Chef Brigade: También será lanzado a finales de este año.

Tiny Metal: Un nuevo juego con tanques para la eShop, no dieron fecha.

Super Meat Boy Forever: Estará disponible el próximo año.

Lost Sphear: Un nuevo RPG de Square Enix del equipo de I Am Setsuna, llega el 23 de enero de 2018.

Sonic Forces: Será lanzado el 7 de noviembre.

Resident Evil Revelations: Los dos juegos estarán disponibles desde el 28 de noviembre.

L.A. Noire: Llega el 14 de noviembre con todos los DLCs.

Super Mario Oddysey: Mostraron diferentes locaciones, incluyendo algunas nuevas como Shiveria en Snow Kingdom y Bubblaine en Seaside Kingdom. Por cierto, el juego incluye un modo foto bastante completo. Será lanzado el 27 de octubre, los amiibo de Mario, Peach y Bowser con trajes de boda también serán lanzados ese día. Nintendo también ofrecerá un bundle que trae la consola con los dos joy-con en rojo, el juego y un estuche.

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