I should add poledancing to the list of odd talents that Akira has but has no business having due to growing up in a small suburban town. I only had access to it bc i had a YMCA that had a MASSIVE gym (in a criminally underfunded part of the city); there were poles put up alongside some other structures to allow counselors to make up some shit for us to do lmao
Hes got a flair about him; speaking from experience, it is FUN to do gymnastic shit like that, and its really really REALLY good for ur core. Other things on the list are basic gymnastics (he hates that shit tho, the classes he took sucked ass), Parkour (loves this; less about running and more about utilizing ur core and bracing for falls), and Knife Flipping/Spinning. Theyre all odd things that coincidentally ended up being VERY good experience for the metaverse :) YEAH the metaverse makes it easier to pull off tricks, but he already knew how to do all those things; you cant get Ryuji or Yusuke to spin kick off a pole wo having them fall and bust their ass- Its ALL skill babey
Gloria and Hop are scheming to get Leon and Wes together, and the first step in Operation DesertSportShipping is a makeover! And a printed league card. (They totally aren't doing this to get back at Leon for grounding them, they would never)
Anyways, serious thoughts about Wes as a gym leader under the cut:
We all know that if Wes were to be a gym leader, it would be because he snagged the Prestige Gym from Justy.
He also wouldn't get a special outfit change. He just doesn't care enough.
He still gives out the TM for Return, but the special "gym badge" is a double sided knife. The Mayor doesn't like this but can't really do anything to stop him.
His roles as gym leader (and champion of the colosseums) is two sided. He teaches the kids entering how to hold their own in battle in the colosseums, and he tests his students before letting them participate in any colosseums.
(He doesn't let any of his alumni participate in the Deep Colosseum, not because he doesn't want any challengers to his title that he doesn't care about, but because the old Cipher admins are still down there so it's too dangerous. He does go down there to kick ass so that they don't get any ideas about reviving Cipher)
Again, because Orre is weird, he doesn't have any set types. He will customize his gym team to challenge whoever is battling him. Regardless, every team has Espeon and Umbreon as the aces.
The gym challenge is trying to successfully pickpocket a Pokeball from the trainer's belts, and if a challenger is caught they have to battle.