bandom x pokemon au
This whole thing got way out of hand and overdeveloped into a full blown brainrot and I blame @grayvineyard for indulging me (who made LOVELY art for this au <3)
Bear with me, set roughly in the 1st/2nd gen of pokemon so Kanto/Johto except for the pokedex, there's a mix of those just because. Technically thought out for geetrick with a side of petekey in mind, but also a shit ton of gen.
Here are the basic foundations:
-> pokemon teams
Gerard's champion team: Espeon, Typhlosion, Nidoqueen, Parasect, Mismagius and Salamence
- His Espeon is blind due to a surprise ambush kinda critical hit by a venom type back in his teens.
- Lots of rumors ensued from this, but they don't like talking about it.
- She guides herself by psychic waves/a psychic mental map and through both the mental bond with her teammates and Gee.
Patrick's: Ninetails, Togekiss, Staraptor (uncanny resemblance to Pete...), Venusaur, Ursaring, Luxray
- Although his team overall seems big and scary they are all sweethearts, extreamely nice
- Meanwhile he's small and snarky, the meanest out of them all
- Ninetails has an attitude problem. she's a princess and she expects to be treated as such (it's Patrick's fault really from spoiling her rotten when she was a little vulpix)
Mikey's: Jolteon, Arcanine, Ampharos, Milotic, Butterfree, Xatu
Pete's: Ambipom, Gliscor, Gengar, Sunflora, Honchkrow (uncanny resemblance to Patrick...), Coralina
Ray's: Magby, Houndoom, Charizard, Victini, Chandelure, Clefable
- it's a mystery how he found Victini, he refuses to explain, just showed up with them one day and that was that
- very smug about it when he uses them in battle (unofficial ones only, the league doesn't allow them in his elite team)
- bane of Gerard's existence how Ray babies them around (Victini enjoys this very much, he gets extratreats and hangs on his shoulder/head), like cmon, that's a fucking legendary!
- hatched Magby from the egg himself, and he turned out to be a crazy kid, running around without looking twice, there's always gotta be at least one grown human or pokemon supervising him at all times
- his Clefable doesn’t seem to fit but is the secret trick, knowing fire blast as well as solar beam and water pulse.
-> general context
Professor Way moving into town (Pallet i guess?) with Mikey
She's... Not the best at parenting
cue him journeying through Kanto with Pete and Patrick (suppose they are around 17ish during that as an start point)
Pete as the high-spirited, optimistic trainer who sees the good in everything and fully beliefs in the power of friendship to rise over any challenge coming into his path. Strong trainer, makes friends with everyone, extreamely focused on the experiences the adventure brings, half assedly aims to become pokemon master. (kinda ethan/gold vibes ngl)
Patrick as the other side of the coin, not completely opposite, but a stark contrast to him, where Pete is ambitious in his journey, challenging gyms and aiming for the league, Patrick isn't too sure about his path, is critical of the battling business and more theoretical/book strategic when approaching a challenge. Doesn't mean he has a worse bond with his pokemon. Uncanny, natural gift at battling tho, but honestly doesn't think twice of it ("what like it's hard?"). Lowkey on a midlife crisis at 18 going from trainer to breeder (pokemon daycare worker?) to researcher, boy does not know what he's doing. But it's fine. Mostly.
Mikey's the kid that looks too cool to be a nerd and simultaneously seems like too much of a nerd to be as cool as he is. Has their only braincell for most of the time. Doesn't give a fuck, only he knows what his plan in life is, does he challenge the gyms? does he plan to go into research under his mom? he just vibes. BAMF, keeps the other two out if trouble more often than not. Lowkey mommy issues
Gerard as reigning champion, child prodigy, went on his journey with Ray at 13ish, crowned at 14, practically a legend. Extreamely extravagant, drama queen all around. Lots of rumours about him AND his blind Espeon. Honestly overworked, plus mommy issues (my emotional punching bag <3). A mountain hermit that thinks living on top of a freezing mountain is better than doubling down to the unsurpassable merit of peaking as a preteen. Deep down a sweetheart with a passion for pokemon and training.
Ray takes it easier, one of the elite four, fire type trainer. Local sunshiney, polite guy who Knows What He's Doing. Actually a badass who is tired of everyone's shit. Mostly holds the last braincell he and Gerard have left. Perchant for petting every fire type he encounters no matter how big or dangerous.
Ray and Gerard took out Team Rocket when they were teens, with them now being around 21.
Professor Way centers/ed her investigations on legendary pokemons, devoting most of her time and attention to it. Gerard would try to help out, not really successfully, and eventually developed a weird relationship with them as a concept, slightly obsessed, slightly frustrated, an underlying splinter still dug inside him.
When the Ways were kids there were a bunch of Eevees in the lab for research purposes or whatever. They always played with them and eventually kept one each.
Pete’s jacket’s fluff is made of mareep wool which, paired with his penchant for hugging Mikey’s and Patrick’s electric types, means his always charged with static energy and he’s a nightmare to be physically close to
Mikey Pete and Patrick are little shits and they lure Gee’s pokemon with too many berries
Like Patrick quickly becomes their fave bc of all the treats and how little he gives a fuck about Gerard’s stubborness
Specially after Gee runs off to Mt. Silver for a while and he’s the one who has to periodically hike up to make sure the idiot’s still alive
(He’s fine btw, it was never that serious)
Yeah, I think that’s it for now but it’s ever growing…
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