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torchickentacos · 1 year

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Every Opportunity Pokemon Missed by not having Drew in Destiny Deoxys: A Non-Comprehensive But Still Long-Ass list

Art above- credit to the lovely @salon-maiden-anabel ! So. This is a topic that, if my sister mentions, she knows I will go off about it at the dinner table while my mother stares on confusedly. This is a topic I feel very strongly about, and I decided to put it into words for this post-and I KNOW I'm not the only one with strong feelings about this topic! @raich-raichu I know you showed interest in this topic when I said I'd do it so hope you don't mind if I @ you! THIS GOES FOR EVERYONE: PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE REBLOG WITH YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND/OR ADDITIONS ON THIS. I thrive on hearing everyone's takes and opinions. Images are included which makes it kind of long, each number on my list has a corresponding image below. For funsies. Also, I imagine this happening right before the last grand festival, though I know that’s incorrect. It just gives me more developed characters to work with since advanced and battle frontier Drew are pretty different development wise. This is with late AG Drew.

Some background. Why do I think Drew should be in Destiny Deoxys (which will be referred to as DD for the sake of my carpal tunnel)? What is the connection? Why DD and not, say Temple of the Sea? The key is the location. Drew is canonically from LaRousse City. And DD is the ONLY time we ever get to see it. Connection has been established. So... what would he even do in the movie? I'm glad you asked! Let's get into it. A numbered list of every missed opportunity the writers had by not including him.

1.) Character building through backstory. We know little to nothing about Drew's backstory, and this would have been a really natural way to learn more about it. We could have had a scene where we learn, oh, this is the flower shop his mother worked at and he grew up helping tend to the plants or whatever. This is the garden where he met budew. Just little things here and there would have been fascinating, and this movie's setting was a PERFECT opportunity for it. Plus, here's the vision. We get a semi emotional, nostalgic scene with his favorite place as a child, right? Rare Drew emotional moment, maybe sharing it with May and co.? And then, later in the movie, we see that place destroyed by the conflict in the city and we get an emotional sad moment there!!!! And in the ending credits with the song??? WE SEE HIM AND HIS POKEMON STAYING BEHIND IN THE CITY AND STARTING TO REBUILD IT (after waving at Ash and co. on the train back to mainland Hoenn). Guys, my vision is CLEAR AS DAY. Greenhouse time.

2.) Seeing him interact with other characters. Drew isn't the most extroverted guy out there, and we only ever really see him talk to Ash, May, Solidad, Harley, and Brianna. Also, May is the only consistent one in that list. That's literally five people, for those of you keeping count at home. In DD? A large cast of interesting characters for him to interact with, possibly childhood acquaintances that know him! We have Rebecca, purple hair metagross trainer who likes her computer more than most people. Sid, a human golden retriever. Rafe, who's basically Drew but with brown hair and none of the redeeming qualities. The two twins, whose names are never spoken and are only in the credits as Audrey and Kathryn (one of them also has a masquerain iirc, or at least a Surskit!). And Tory, kid who is scared of pokemon and tbh I wouldn't change Tory's role or screen interactions much. I would, however, say the others have a lot of potential for interactions with Drew. Rafe taunting both Ash and Drew at the same time? Rebecca and Drew getting along well because they're the only two who appreciate silence as a form of hanging out? Audrey and Katherine taking little sibling roles, possibly? Tons of possibilities here.

3.) Shamelessly plugging the contestshipping agenda here, but why else do you all follow me? Anyways, Sid from Destiny Deoxys has a sweet but entirely blatant crush on May (who actually knows and does not give much of a shit, though they get along well anyways). Now, I usually do not like jealousy tropes. I think they're easy to do poorly and for them to come across as posessive, which I am not a fan of. HOWEVER, I am a fan of Drew being all moody and bitchy /affectionate. I can see it going either one of two ways: one, we get asshole Drew back from season one of Advanced, who makes snide remarks at Sid who would likely brush it off as fun banter, further annoying Drew who literally cannot get under Sid's skin due to Sid's overwhelming optimism, or two, we get the Drew that has all of his walls up, hiding behind this cool facade of professionalism and aloofness, sort of emotionally overcompensating for trying to hide how much it irks him. Either way, would have been fun. Could have been used for comedy, too, since May is dumb as shit with the guy who has genuine feelings for her, but clocks the puppy love crush from Sid immediately. Would I have trusted the pokemon company to do this trope well? No, but it could have been funny as hell in the right hands.

4.) On that note, THE PASSPORT PHOTO SCENE. May isn't the most photogenic person in the world. Does he tease her about it? Does he make some offhand remark about how he thinks she looks nice before aloof-ly and deftly moving on from the topic, leaving her with the rare compliment as she tries to figure out if he was serious or not (or was it for her beautifly)? Does he show her how to retake it? DOES SHE GENUINELY SMILE IN THAT RETAKE PHOTO, LOOKING AT HIM BEHIND THE CAMERA ROBOT THING???????ASDFGHJKL so much potential with this already gold scene.

5.) More location-based character building. LaRousse City is home to the (or at least a) Battle Tower, and no mention of contests. This means, likely, that LaRousse is a very battle-enthusiast city. Did this make Drew feel like an outcast as a kid, being interested in something different from his peers? Could have been interesting.

6.) Let Drew have his hero moment. Let's be honest- most of the times that we see him, he's being either a jerk (affectionate), head-over-heels in love, or pathetic (see: Who What When Where Wynaut drowning incident). And in what I would categorize as an adventure anime, he has remarkably... little adventuring, save for a traipse in the woods with On Cloud Arcanine. This can be his moment to actually shine! He's obviously a great battler, though he prefers contest-oriented formats. He beat Ash with a type disadvantage. He's a strong trainer- let him put it to use and try to hold off the Deoxys clones (bonus points if he's holding them off from May, not that she needs him to save her ass).

7.) Forced togetherness with the crew. We know Drew has no issue spending time with May, and he's at the very least quite tolerant of Ash. But... Brock? Max? Fun fact, Brock CANONICALLY does NOT like Drew. At all. Calls him nails on a chalkboard. Makes this face at him (pictured below). Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't want more of that. Tell me to my face that you don't want more of him having to socialize and of Brock being... like this. Shit's hilarious.

Look at him.

I need more of this in my life.

8.) The angst. He has his entire city destroyed, let him have a grieving moment for it. Hell, let him have a moment where May tries to reach out and he has to decide if he's going to let her in or shut her out. Does he snap, like he did in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya? Does he let her in, like The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing? Do the other LaRoussians reach out to him and let him know, hey, we're in this together? DO THE PLUSLE AND MINUN TRY TO CHEER HIM UP??????

9.) Let him get separated from the group, or let the group get separated from him. Let him have panic, uncertainty, worry for his newfound friends. Humanize him a little bit for casual viewers who know him as 'that asshole with the roses'. You know how Pokemon loves shots of people reaching out to save someone? Give me that. Let him not reach their hand in time as Deoxys clones pull them away or as they get lost in a swarm of security bots. Give me a Drew that thinks he’s failed, that it’s his fault. It isn’t of course, I just like putting him through it. Then… give me a reunion scene. An “oh my god, you’re all safe, I thought I had lost you” scene. Did you guys know we don’t get a single contestshipping hug????? Ever???? No, her keeping him from drowning doesn’t count. I think that’s a crime and I think a “thank god you’re alive” hug, from either end, would be amazing. Ship mode activated. Imagine. May, spotting him from across the city plaza once the dust settles, and sprinting to him, nearly knocking him over with a hug that he hesitantly returns, before realizing he doesn’t want to let go. Alternately, the other way around: he lets his walls down long enough to hug her, to feel safe to break down for a minute in her arms because he was so fucking worried. May, short-circuiting slightly because wait, is this really the same rival that she accidentally threw a frisbee at and hated so long ago? Give me Sid reacting forlornly in the background too fhdhhf. I love Sid, he’ll be ok. (Also: Brock having a moment of “Oh. You’re still alive. Great.” Kidding, mostly.) also… Brock giving Sid a “yeah, I know how it feels” pat on the back???? Just a concept.

10.) More Roselia teasing him. She's the biggest contestshipper out there. I love this little green rose gal. We need more of her being snarky to her trainer. She had so much personality with so few appearances, I love her. GIVE HIS OTHER POKEMON PERSONALITIES TOO!!!! Give them time to shine! My own takes here, but I like to think Absol is over Drew's bullshit 24/7 and is the serious one of the group. Flygon? no thoughts head empty, like most reptiles. Ft. a picture of my own no thoughts head empty reptile, who made friends with a cricket in his cleaning bowl below under Roselia gif. The others, no idea but there's my takes.

#pokemon #pokeani #anipoke #pokemon drew #coordinator drew #destiny deoxys #taylor's tag #contestshipping

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ballonleastadiumofficial · 11 months

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Welcome to Ballonlea~☆

Ballonlea Stadium is the fifth gym in the galar gym circuit, first in fairy type mastery across the globe ~•°☆

Nestled deep within the Glimwood Tangle, our gym tests challengers' mettle through perplexing puzzles topped with a punch of pink power! Our aim is to provide a strong core for our little town and bring out the full potential of any trainer we are graced to meet. I, Bede, our new gym leader, look forward to capturing the hearts of many as I ascend to the top of Galar's competitive league~

The purpose of this blog is as follows:

Provide trainers an opportunity for open communication with Ballonlea Gym- comments, questions, and concerns have the potential to be addressed here. Please do not hesitate to send an ask, and I will get to it as soon as my rigorous training allows.

Allow us to easily make announcements concerning current events or gym goings-on. Ballonlea Gym is an institution for the community and, as such, may hold events during the off-season. If you would like to hold your own performance or exhibition on the stadium's esteemed stage, reach out and we will see what we can arrange. There is also the potential for small tournaments or pokemon showcases. Do keep your eyes peeled.

And, of course, to educate the public on just how astonishing fairy type pokemon can be!

Further questions can, as stated, be answered in the form of asks~

I thank you all for so readily accepting me as your new gym leader. As an elite trainer, I'm sure I'll have no trouble proving to you that your faith was well-placed!

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Pokemon registered to Gym Leader Bede:

Hatterene - F

Duosion - M

Gothitelle - F

Rapidash - M

Sylveon - F

Mawile - F

Gardevoir - F

Vulpix (Alolan, Shiny) - "Cupcake" - F

Budew (Shiny) - M

Inkay - F

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Pokemon registered to Former Gym Leader Opal:

Alcremie (Ruby Cream, Strawberry Sweet) - "Ruby" - F

Weezing (Galarian) - "Virida" - F

Shiinotic - "Truffle" - F

Mawile - "Missie" - F

Togekiss - "Patience" - F

Flabebe - "Lapis" - F

#pokemon #pokemon swsh #pokemon sword #pokemon shield #bede #bede pokemon #pokemon irl #pokemon rp #rotomblr #rotumblr #gif #gifs #anon #🍰#birthday gifts 2024 #gmax smite #gmax finale #double pink typhoon

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abomicreator · 9 months

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[POKEMON]

My pokémon team if Pokémons were real (Probably will made pokemon trainer-sona from this)

Btw if you follow me for demon slayer stuffs, I'll started doing stuffs about pokemons now but I'm still doing Demon slayer stuffs sometimes

⚠️ Warning⚠️ bad grammar

[Starter] 1.Roserade

Ability: Poison point

Type: Grass/Poison

Move set:

Petal dance

Poison jab

Energy ball (TM)

Dazzling gleam

This bouquet pokemon gotta be my first pokemon i got. (I don't want the starter pokemons from the professor lab)

Catch it when it was just a budew

2. Mawile

Ability: Intimidate

Type: Steel/Fairy

Can mega evolve

Move sets:

Sucker punch

Play rough

Iron head

Focus blast (TM)

This Pokémon would be my second pokemon i catch,i love it since i was little kid. It's also based on my favourite Yokai (Futakuchi-onna) Also it typing are good.

Catch it in a cave(lucky enough to found it)

3. Scrafty

Ability: Shed skin

Type: Dark/Fighting

Move sets:

Crunch

Focus punch

Head smash

Ice punch (TM)

This pokemon just got into my team for some reason, I don't know why. But this guy are a great pokemon to have..

4. Toxtricity(Amped form)

Ability: Punk rock

Can gigantamax

Type: Electric/Poison

Move sets:

Overdrive

Boomburst

Sludge bomb (TM)

Gunk shot (TM)

This pokemon is my favourite from gen8 no one will change my mind. Also the typing are actually pretty great. The Gigantamax make it cooler then before. Both Amped and Lowkey forms are great but i prefer Amped.

5. Dusknoir

Ability: Pressure

Type: Ghost

Move sets:

Thunder punch

Shadow punch

Will-o'-wisp

Shadow ball

I don't really know what to explain. I love dusknoir..(Probably get him from trade cuz it's really REALLY rare to find Dusknoir in a wild)

6. Goodra

Ability: Sap sipper

Type: Dragon

Move sets:

Rain dance

Muddy water

Body slam

Power whips

This gooey dragon is a good pokemon to be in the team okay? They also pseudo legand..so that's great- the stats are great.

(I'm probably lose in a battle with this team tbh)

But what do you think? Is it a good or bad team?

#pokemon #pokémon #goodra #roserade #toxtricity #dusknoir #scrafty #mawile #pokemon team #pokemon trainersona

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asimplearchivist · 4 months

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𝓐 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓷𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓛𝓲𝓯𝓮

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓.

[𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓽'𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽] [ 𝐏𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐃𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ] [ AO3 | SPOTIFY | PINTEREST ] summary ✨ ⤏ Eliana Kouros is at the end of her rope. She hopes that the yearly tradition of camping in Eterna Forest's sprawling wilds will help to clear her head, but her life takes another turn beyond anything that she could ever have expected. pairing(s) ✨ [none] word count ✨ 3.6k a/n ✨ [divider credit] ⤏ A prologue of sorts that I decided to scrap from the main story, but I was a little too fond of the introduction to discard it completely, so I figured that I could post it separately instead to give it its own spotlight. :)

“Oh, you have got to be kidding me.”

The doorknob was jammed. Again.

“‘Oh, no, I fixed it last weekend while you were out working!’” Eliana muttered, pitching her voice low in her throat to mock her notoriously inattentive landlord. She shoved the key into the slot, jimmying it just enough for the grooves to catch the deadbolt’s worn teeth, and twisted it roughly. The lock finally gave, and she twisted the knob to pull the heavy door open. Pulling the ring free was another matter entirely, and she was red in the face by the time she shuffled into the dimly lit apartment and allowed her bag to slide from her shoulder to drop heavily onto the floor.

Eliana’s roommate, dressed in flannel pajama bottoms and a hoodie worn backward, looked up from the book sprawled across her lap, her glasses perched on the edge of her nose and blonde curls framing her face. Her partner Budew was snuggled into the hood draped over her chest, already dormant for the night. She raised a tawny brow. “Damn, girl, you look like shit.”

“Thank you, Eireanne,” Eliana sighed in response. She kicked off her boots, placed them on the rack, and trudged over to sink onto the cushion next to her roommate. “I feel like shit.”

Eireanne placed a bookmark between the pages and pressed the book closed, leaning forward and setting it on the coffee table while cupping the bud Pokémon with her free hand so she wouldn’t be jostled and disturbed. “What happened?”

“What happened?” Eliana scoffed. “What didn’t happen?” She sank back into the couch and slung her arm over her eyes. “I’m not stupid, right? I went to university, got the parchment with the shiny seal, and got the job of my dreams. I spent years of my life working up to this, gave that place my all—even worked overtime without once complaining about the lack of pay—but what happens when the profit margins drop because of their nepotistic hiring tendencies towards people whose books they can’t be bothered to check for embezzlement? I get dropped! Laid off! Because who the hell needs job security, right?” Eliana let out a manic little laugh, smothering her face in her hands. “Not me, whose family warned her not to go into this field in the first place! Not me, who had to pay her own way all through school by picking up coins off the street while barely dodging debt! Not me, who was saving up to finally buy a house!”

“Damn,” Eireanne echoed, rubbing a sympathetic hand along Eliana’s rigid shoulder, “I’m so sorry. You didn’t deserve that—not after all the work you put into it. Did they just say ‘sorry, not sorry’ or did they give you some bullshit excuse?”

“‘The projections of our future plans do not have enough room to include you,’” Eliana quoted bitterly. “What does that even mean? I was holding down the entire horticultural department! They’re not going to know the first thing about taking care of those Pokémon!”

“Maybe they’ll come crawling back with an apology?” Eireanne suggested, perched on the edge of her seat with a tight frown. “Of course…you probably wouldn’t want to go back there after this. Are you going to file a lawsuit?”

“With what money, Ren?” Eliana groaned. “It’s justified on their end—I’m sure they’ve created a paper trail to justify it.”

“I’ve got a buddy I know from university who specializes in this kind of stuff,” the other woman suggested. “I could give you his number. He’ll get you all sorted out.”

“Maybe,” Eliana sighed. “I’ll have to think about it.”

Eireanne stood up and wandered into their tiny kitchen, voice raised to reach around the corner. “Are you still going on our trip tomorrow? I know you’ve been really looking forward to getting out of Alamos Town.”

“Shit,” she groaned, sitting up and running her fingers through her hair. “I completely forgot, after all of that.”

“I’m sure the guys would understand,” Eireanne assured her, coming back into the main room with two plates piled high with steaming food. “We could rain check for next weekend maybe, give you some time to readjust. You’re obviously upset.”

“No, I’m not going to flake on all of you after we’ve been planning this all summer. Our…well, your work schedules are crazy as it is. It’ll be another three months before we can reorganize it. Besides, I’ve already packed for it—it’ll be a pain in the ass to take it all back out of the bag.”

“Whatever you say,” Eireanne responded, placing the plate in the botanist’s lap. “Sounds like you need a glass of wine, yeah?”

“I’d kill a man for a whole bottle,” Eliana responded dryly, surveying the array of roasted, herbal poultry, sautéed, honeyed root vegetables, and mulled, spiced pears. “This looks divine, Ren. You need a taste tester in that fancy restaurant of yours? My schedule’s suddenly opened up.”

Eireanne laughed quietly, set her own plate on the table, and wandered back into the kitchen. “I’ll have to ask Richard if a position’s available. I’m not sure you’d be all that good of a judge, though—you think everything I cook is good.”

“Because it is!” Eliana dove in, going for the pears first. The fork sank into the flesh like butter, releasing notes of cloves and cinnamon. “You’ve never made anything I haven’t liked.”

“Taste-testers have to have a refined palate, I’m afraid, so we can actually figure out what to serve. Our menu would be a mile long if you had your say.”

“And nobody would complain one bit,” Eliana retorted around a mouthful of fruit, lashes fluttering as the flavors burst over her tongue. “But I understand. Most people are too picky to enjoy the simpler things in life.”

A glass of rosé was set in front of her, and Eireanne sank down into her seat once more. “I can take of a couple of days soon,” she suggested, “if you want to go on a girl’s trip or something. I heard Snowpoint’s already had their first snowfall this year.”

“I couldn’t ask you to do that,” Eliana sighed, swallowing and chasing it with the sweet wine. “I’ll be fine, really. I can start job searching next week.”

“Are you going to tell your folks?”

“Why would I?” Eliana snorted. “They’ve never helped me before. They wanted me to be a coordinator so bad, and…well. You already know. That I actually wanted to be a scientist without entering the competitive field was unfathomable to them.”

“I know.” Eireanne grabbed the remote and chose the most recent episode of Sinnoh’s yearly regional baking competition—something mindless that the both of them enjoyed after dealing with people all day. “If you need some pocket money, just let me know. I got my bonus and a raise for next year.”

“I’ve got enough saved up to last me a while, but thank you.” Eliana leaned back and stuffed a softened carrot into her mouth. “I just don’t know what I’m going to do now.”

“You’ll figure it out, girl.” Eireanne nudged Eliana’s arm with her elbow. “You never know what’s around the corner—this may be the best thing that’s ever happened to you. It’s just hard to tell right now.”

“Maybe so.” Eliana squinted at the television. “He’s not putting eggs in his dough.”

“Oh, no,” Eireanne groaned. “He’s misremembered his substitutes.”

“He’s doomed.”

“Agreed. Let’s see if the thing will even hold together.”

“Doubt it. Bet a ten?”

“Sure.”

“There’s our girls!” called Cal, beaming as he waved wildly from his seat by the campfire already merrily crackling away.

“You don’t have to announce it to the entire forest!” Eireanne laughed, complexion darkening as she returned his smile.

Eliana rolled her eyes. The two had been dancing around each other ever since senior year, and she was half-tempted to hogtie them together until they figured out the fact that they were undeniably devoted to each other. “If they haven’t heard you guys cackling, anyway. I’m surprised all the Pokémon haven’t hunted you down to shut you up.”

Bradley and Derrick both laughed at Cal’s grumpy frown, standing up to help the girls with their packs.

“Glad you could make it,” said Bradley, eyes twinkling as he poked Eliana’s sternum. “I was worried you’d bail on us after getting the axe.”

“Brad!” Eireanne scolded. “I told you not to bring it up!”

“What? Were we supposed to dance around it the whole time?” he asked indignantly. “It was bound to come up eventually!”

“Ren, it’s fine,” Eliana said, shaking her head. “It doesn’t bother me.”

Eireanne’s skeptical face was sufficient to express her doubt, likely recalling the fact that Eliana had cried in the shower that morning thinking about the fact that she wouldn’t get to interact with the Pokémon in the arboretum anymore, but she was gracious enough not to bring it up in front of the guys.

“And,” Eliana added, addressing the three men, “you don’t have to give me any pity. Let’s just acknowledge it and move on.”

“Still,” Derrick said somberly, “it sucks. I can name at least three people they should’ve let go before you should have even been considered. I could talk to my boss to see if you could get a job at the clinic—we could always use some more hands.”

“Let me see what I can find first, then I’ll start asking for nonrepayable favors,” Eliana responded. She gestured to the campsite—it seemed that they had already gotten busy crafting the lean-to’s to protect their tents. “What else needs to be done?”

“We could use some more firewood,” said Cal, scratching his chin. “I could loan you my Machoke to help carry it.”

“No, thank you, I’m good.” Eliana slipped her satchel off her shoulder, pulled out her work belt, and buckled it around her waist before loading her bush crafting tools into the hooks. “Holler if you need anything else, I’m heading for that dead clearing like usual.”

“Whatever you say,” Cal waved her off, turning to Eireanne. “Please tell me you brought food. We forgot.”

“You boys are helpless,” sighed the blonde.

“We got distracted by the girl that walks the dog-Pokémon for our block,” Bradley said plainly, resulting in Derrick smacking his shoulder.

Eliana thought that falling back into the rhythm of camping in the middle of Eterna Forest would afford her some peace of mind, but even in the relative silence of the woods, her mind wouldn’t shut off. She was able to work off some of her anger by splitting wood, thankfully, drawing the eyes of wild, curious Pokémon—she couldn’t see them, but she felt their gazes and heard their quiet chattering under the whispering wind and the burbling creek a stone’s throw through the trees.

The evening passed in normalcy, the others eventually letting out their Pokémon to enjoy the great outdoors. Cal’s Machoke, his partner in crime, had a great time stacking the chopped log Eliana lugged back, while Cal regaled his latest misadventures as a personal trainer at the gym in Veilstone. Bradley had moved up in the world—his specialization in Pokémon nutrition afforded him a rather lofty position at a kibble testing and production facility in Jubilife, and his Luxray was living the good life sampling each new prototype (and had gained about fifteen pounds in doing so). Derrick’s clinic in Solaceon was steady with a well-established clientele, and his passion for rehabilitating injured Pokémon leaked through his technical terminology—his Blissey had tried several times already to cuddle up to Eliana, but she wasn’t in the mood to entertain the happiness Pokémon’s fussy instincts.

Several hours after supper, everyone cleaned up and retired to bed—but after another hour or so of tossing and turning, Eliana gave up trying to sleep. She grabbed her pack and slipped out of her tent as quietly as she could—the others’ Pokémon were all curled into a pile next to the embers, with Eireanne’s Budew in the center looking as happy as ever.

Eliana gritted her teeth and picked her way into the woods. It was a foolish thing to do, to leave without letting one of the others know, but this wasn’t the first time she’d done this and it wouldn’t likely be the last. She knew the paths as well as the back of her hand by this point, after years of returning to the same location and adventuring all around the forest and mountainside.

Within fifteen minutes she found her favorite spot—where the creek flowed into a sprawling lake that reflected the glittering array of stars scattered overhead. The moon was full and glowing, casting shadows across the ebbing shore. If Eliana squinted she’d be able to spot the nocturnal Pokémon lingering on the edges of the water, hunting and playing. She couldn’t count the number of times that the local Misdreavus population had gotten a kick of out scaring the shit out of her—but their little keks of satisfaction were more endearing than she’d ever readily admit.

Eliana found a wave-smoothed boulder and sat on the gravelly shore against it, feeling the tension ease out of her body the longer she listened to the chirruping of nearby Kricketunes with their Kricketot orchestras. The water rippled as the fish Pokémon lipped its surface in search of insect Pokémon unfortunate enough to rest there for too long. It was as serene a scene as she could conceivably find, and without the gazes of the others weighing her down, she could finally relax.

She reached under her sweatshirt and pulled out the delicate chain that rested against her clavicle, eyes resting upon the bronze nametag dangling in the mercurial light. The sight of it didn’t immediately bring tears to her eyes like it used to, but the melancholic heaviness that had since replaced them gripped her heart. She folded it into her palm and pressed it against her chest, closing her eyes and tilting her head back against the boulder briefly. “I still miss you, sweet thing. I hope you know that.”

Many people could deal with the loss of their childhood partner by capturing, buying, or being gifted another Pokémon—but Eliana had never quite been able to allow herself to grow attached again. She’d been so heartbroken by losing her first that she had never wanted to experience that loss ever again, although the accidental circumstances surrounding the situation had likely made a far more lasting impact than it would have otherwise. She didn’t think poorly of people who had the fortitude to move on—one never truly stopped grieving (unless he or she was heartless, anyway), only had to let love grow around it—she admired them, truly. Perhaps she was a coward for closing herself off, but self-preservation was something that had always been ingrained in her.

Her parents had seen to all her needs growing up and had promised to support her, but only as long as she’d shown promise as a Pokémon trainer—they’d eventually decided that she should follow her older sister’s path of becoming a Pokémon coordinator, seeing as Anaile found so much success in her career, but Eliana hadn’t understood the appeal of it. At first, they’d backed off, thinking that she’d choose to pursue the league championship instead—but once Eliana had professed her intention of pursuing science instead, they’d shut her out.

Eliana had come to terms with it by now. Anaile still called her occasionally to keep in touch, not knowing what happened to drive such a rift between their parents and her little sister, but Eliana hadn’t spoken to them since she’d moved to Alamos Town to attend its university. With as high of grades as she’d gotten in high school, scholarships weren’t difficult to come by—and they were likely the lifeline that had kept her afloat, trying to keep a roof over her head and food in her fridge with the money she made working on the side.

Still. Being one of the only people who didn’t have at least one Pokémon made her stand out—and not necessarily in a good way. Too many strangers found it far too comfortable to pry into the reasons why she didn’t have a partner, although she could deal with the ones usually pertaining to phobias or lack of opportunities. Occasionally she had to shut down the conversation when they hit a button too close to home.

That was partly why she had been grateful to work in the relative privacy of the lab or her office—the public was only allowed to visit the arboretum and the indoor botanical garden, so, most of the time (unless she had been forced to give tours or presentations), she never had to speak to anyone save her coworkers, who had learned early on not to delve into that topic of conversation.

It wasn’t that she no longer held any affection for Pokémon—far from it, in fact, seeing as she had grown quite fond of the inhabitants of the research facility—but she couldn’t stand to entertain the thought of subjecting herself to losing another partner.

A flicker of light against her eyelids caused Eliana to crack them open, squinting across the surface of the lake for any signs of life she had missed in her initial visual sweep. There were alpha Pokémon that lived this far into the woods, and visitors were always cautioned to give them a wide berth—although the arguably more dangerous ilk of the sort, like Lopunny or Dustox, only came out during the day, Mismagius and Honchkrow could pose a danger to an unwitting, sleepy bystander at an hour like this. Closer to camp, with a Machoke, Luxray, and Blissey on guard (because Eireanne’s Budew was still considerably frail for its age), most wild Pokémon would know better than to stir up trouble unless intentionally posing a challenge to one of the trainers.

Nothing of the sort caught her eye. A Mismagius’ moves could cause tricks of the eye, but she wasn’t even getting a glimpse of that. All was perfectly peaceful.

Eliana frowned, readjusting more comfortably in her spot. Shrouded in shadow for the most part, it would be difficult for the average Pokémon to spot her, so she let her eyes drift shut once more, breathing in the cool lakeshore air while listening to the quiet symphony surrounding her.

She would never be able to tell at what point that she fell asleep.

Eliana had never been much of a dreamer.

That was precisely why she found it extremely unusual to become aware of the fact that she was asleep, that she was dreaming, and that she retained full control of her thoughts, movements, and actions within the landscape trapped inside of her mind.

Lucidity was something that many people strove, sometimes nightly, to achieve while they slept for the sake of the fantastical whimsy with which they would play in the boundless capabilities of the human mind, so perhaps she should have felt grateful for the opportunity—but she had always thought that it sounded exhausting. It was difficult enough to feel well-rested even with unlimited hours available to her schedule on the weekends, much less having to endure a full night while still conscious.

Eliana frowned as she peered into the vast and endless expanse submerging her weightless body. She floated, listless, slowly spinning on an axis tethered to an undetectable center of gravity. That she could still breathe and that she could feel her heart thrumming beneath her chest proved both that she was not in space nor dead, which had been the first two explanations that had surfaced in her rousing, delayed thoughts, as absurd as the concepts were—that it was a dream could be the only reasonable explanation.

It would help if the scenery were a little more lively, even still—dreams were vibrant and senseless, not…empty voids lacking sight and sound, at least according to her limited experiences. She couldn’t name the subject matter that her child self had awoken with dancing just on the edge of recollection, but she knew that something wasn’t quite right about any of this.

A glimmer of light in her peripheral caused her to turn and throw out her arms in an attempt to balance herself. The free-falling sensation only worsened as golden light began to sparkle around her like a meteor shower, dazzling her eyes and causing her to cover her face to protect them. Tinkling starbursts filled her ears, and when she dared to peer out from between her fingers, she saw the light culminating into a massive shape a stone’s throw away. She watched as a quadruped formed there, an aureola emanating from what could only have been a Pokémon with a halo at its back. Its piercing eyes, colorless yet iridescent, peered at her in the dark, gauging.

Eliana stilled, feeling her body get caught in its unseen grip—she knew better than to antagonize an unfamiliar Pokémon—but something about its silhouette was…familiar to her, somehow, as though she’d seen it before.

It uttered not a sound as it looked at her, as though gazing into her very soul. Then, finally, it dipped its great head, the crest bobbing with the motion—and the light intensified, streaks of shimmering gold circling her and enveloping her in a wall of energy that caused every hair on her body to stand on end, frissons rocketing over her flesh despite the warmth of her clothes.

Then, at once, she careened downward into the vast, empty void below.

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BUDEW 2

#they’re the same shape #budew #smoliv #pokemon #pokeganda #i’m too lazy to crop #pokemon sv #pokemon scarlet #pokemon violet

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First Years meeting Lucille’s Pokemons

Ace Trappola - Impidimp

“WHY YOU LITTLE-”

Moves: Fake Out, Bite, Play Rough, Fake Tears.

It’s safe to say that Ace hates Lucille’s Impidimp with a burning passion.

The Wily Pokemon always gets him into trouble and act all innocent when being interrogated.

Like stealing his food, stealing his school items, messing with his hair, etc.

As stated in their Pokedex, Impidimp loves to get on Ace’s nerves as it allows him to suck the negative energy of the poor boy.

And no, Impidimp is not remorseful of pranking Ace, AT ALL.

Impidimp wasn’t there at the time, but a certain Scorching Pokemon told pretty much all of Luce’s Pokemons, Impidimp included, what happened during the first day of school.

So Impidimp made it a personal mission to annoy the living hell out of Ace. Ace also made sure to get back at him as well, but he never succeeded.

They do make quite a team though, Ace and Impidimp will team up and beat the living daylights out of whoever dares to insult Luce.

Deuce Spade - Chansey

“Wait are you sure I can eat this egg ??”

Moves: Heal Pulse, Seismic Toss, Metronome, Strength

Chansey is Lucille’s assistant when she works in the Nurse Office.

Deuce first met her after the Dwarfs Mine incident. Luce wanted to check up on their injuries so she called her Chansey out for help.

He was very surprised to see this large pink colored egg-like creature using Heal Pulse on him along with Ace, Grim and Luce.

The next day when Deuce came to Ramshackle looking for Ace, who had stayed at the run-down dorm for the night, he was (once again) surprised to see Chansey opening the door for him and led him inside where Lucille was preparing to make breakfast.

He was excited to hear that she is making omelette for breakfast. That excitement soon died out when Chansey handed her the egg in her pouch and immediately another egg popped up.

While Grim was busy inhaling his omelette, Deuce refused to take a bite, no matter how tempting the smell is. It wasn’t until Chansey quite literally grab him by his tie and shove a spoonful of omelette into his mouth that Deuce quickly eat his food, even asking Luce for seconds.

Whenever Deuce looses his temper and gets into a fight with another NRC student, he would go to the Nurse Office where Chansey is waiting for him with some candies from her pouch.

Jack Howl - Budew

“You’re… kinda cute”

Moves: Stun Spore, Leech Seed, Absorb, Growth

Budew is… incredibly shy when it comes to strange people, especially when the stranger is roughly 6’4 with a muscular built.

It would be lying to say that Jack is fine when Budew is scared of him. He wasn’t, his ears dropped a little bit whenever Budew spots him and ran away.

A lot of Lucille’s bug and grass types are allowed to wander in the school Botanical Garden, and Budew wasn’t an exception.

She stumbled across Jack tending to his cactuses and got curious so she tried to get closer to him.

Jack spotted her sneaking around so he slowly approached Budew so she wouldn’t be spooked and asked her if she wanted to she him tending to his cactuses.

After a while, Budew quickly warmed up to him and they bonded quite well. One time a Savanaclaw student made fun of him for playing with a cutesie looking creature, effectively making Budew sad. It took the entire first year gang plus Anjawlica holding him back from killing said delinquent on the spot.

Epel Felmier - Applin (Shiny)

“You’re telling me this is a dragon ???”

Moves: Astonish, Withdraw, Rollout, Sucker Punch

The first time Epel and Appletun meet each other was during VDC training camp.

The boys had just finished practicing for the day and were resting until dinnertime. Lucille was working in the Nurse Office along with Chansey at the time.

Epel was very hungry at the time and when he saw a green apple lying on the kitchen counter, he thought that it was just a regular apple.

As he was about to peel the skin of said apple, it suddenly attacked him and rolled away when he dropped it due to shock.

At that moment, Lucille and Chansey came back after a day of work and were surprised to see Epel on the ground while Applin rolled towards them.

Boy was Epel shocked to learn that the apple is actually a Pokemon and a Dragon type nonetheless.

“How ?? It looks nothing like a dragon to me !”

“A lot of Pokemons have typings that don’t really make sense, you’ll get used to it eventually”

After the brief explanation and Epel apologizing to Applin for almost eating him, the Apple Core Pokemon quickly warmed up to him.

If he’s not with Luce or in Ramshackle, then it is most likely that Applin is with Epel as he admire the boy’s apple carving skill.

Sebek Zigvolt - Sandile

“HUMAN !! TELL YOUR CREATURE TO STOP BITING ME !!!”

Moves: Bite, Sand Attack, Earthquake, Dig

If there is anything Sandile loves, it’s taking naps.

Unfortunately, a certain green haired Diasomnia student prevented him from doing so.

Sandile absolutely hates Sebek due to how loud he is. But he isn’t really the confrontational type. So whenever Sebek opens his mouth, Sandile would just look for a different spot to take a nap.

That is until he heard Sebek calling Lucille “a lowly human”, it’s on sight now.

Sandile loves his naps, but he also loves his trainer, and hearing this giant cucumber calling her a lowly human, boy he was NOT happy at all.

Whenever Sebek opens his mouth, Sandile would use Sand Attack on him and Dig his way out. If he tries to pick him up, Sandil will clamp his jaw shut on Sebek’s hand and will not let go, no matter how hard the Diasomnia student flails the Desert Croc around.

Maybe one day, the two crocodiles will get along. But it is not today.

#twisted wonderland #twst x pokemon #twisted wonderland x pokemon #pokemongif #ace trappola #deuce spade #jack howl #epel felmier #sebek zigvolt

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