#pokemon makuwa

[heroinetales]

Hangin' out with favorite Pokemon blorbos

#shut it ash #ash plays pokemon sword #ash plays pokemon legends arceus #pokemon sword #swsh #pokemon legends arceus #pla #pokemon #pokemon gordie #gym leader gordie #gordie #makuwa #pokemon ingo #subway boss ingo #ingo #nobori #ninetales #alolan ninetales

[synchrosummonz]

GORDIE MY FAVE MY SWEET BOY <33

#I LOVE HIM SO MUCH U DONT UNDERSTAND #pokemon #pokemon sword #pokemon shield #pkmn #swsh #gordie #gym leader gordie #makuwa

[epicspheal]

Hi! Congrats on making it through your first year of med school, I know that's hard to do so make sure to take some time for yourself 💜

I wanted to know if you could write something for Gordie? I'll take anything, but please take your time before doing this.

Hi there anon! Thank you so much for the kind words. Medical school has been an interesting challenge to say the least I also have to apologize for the delay in getting to this ask! When I first got this I was like "Oh Great, I'm actually working on a Gordie fic right now and I'll let them see this" Only school and writer's block got in the way So I'm going to bend my own rules for this an actually just do a character analysis for Gordie instead. So here we go... GORDIE NEEDS MORE LOVE FROM THE FANDOM Admittedly, I didn't know much of Gordie because I first played Shield. But since I loved SwSh so much I decided to go back and get Sword and there I actually fell in love with his character. He breaks the mold in a number of ways. Let's start off with his name. In Japanese his name is Makuwa which is the name of fruit called muskmelon (or just melon) which is very similar to Melony's name which is also derived from melon. So that's an easy tie between the two's familial connection. But Melons have interesting symbolism of their own as they represent prosperity, good fortune, and abundance in many cultures. And despite the rift between him and his mom, Gordie has abundance, prosperity and good fortune.

He's a major gym leader in one of the strongest gym circuits to date (minor gym leader if we're talking Shield but that's still huge), he has plenty of adoring fans, and his league card talks about how he's highly suspected of becoming a champion one day. Which is something that I don't see talked about much even in SwSh circles that absolutely should be. One for any trainer to be strong enough to considered a future champion is huge as there's only a handful of trainers who can even attain that rank. Even moreso as a type specialist. As we can see in the list of established champions in the series, the vast majority are multitype trainers with only a handful specializing in one type. And of those who specialize in one type only two of them (Wallace and Peony) that solely use Pokemon of their specialty while the others have at least one Pokemon not of their actual type. Gordie is a rock type specialist where all of his Pokemon are at least partially rock. And let's not forget that of the type specialist champions all of them are either Water, Dragon or Steel (yes Alder could count as a Bug type specialist but he's currently listed as a multitype champion). Rock however is often the specialty of the first or second gym leader on a gym circuit with so far only one trainer (Olivia) being representative of the type in the Elite Four. So for Gordie to be a rock type trainer who is strong enough to be considered a future champion is a huge accomplishment that I think bears mentioning.

Now let's take a look at his team. You can see while he does specialize in Rock types, only one of his Pokemon is pure rock while the others are dual type. The typings not only on the Pokemon but the moves he has are quite diverse allowing him to hit multiple types super effectively and cover 3 out of the 5 rock weaknesses. His team and movesets show he prefers an offensive approach prioritizing speed with Shell Smash, Tar Shot, Sticky Web and Coalossal's Steam Engine. In fact one of his in-game quotes alludes to the fact he prefers quick battles "I'll be bringing my matches to an end in a heartbeat—you'll see. No one who sees them will ever forget me."

He also heavily prioritizes breaking through physical defenses with Body Press and Wonder Room, as well as weather and entry hazards like Stealth Rock, Sticky Web, G-max Volcalith and Tyranitar's Sand Stream. It's a very solid set up that shows why in Sword he's the 6th gym leader challengers face and it shows how this team is very well designed to defeat Melony's.

As I've played through Sword at this point more than Shield (as I've decided for the purposes of cactusverse the Sword line up are canon) as I've gone through his gym, I really appreciate how encouraging he is to the player as they try to avoid the pitfalls in his gym. It's a nice touch to have him do that shows despite the fact he is a strict trainer he does have a soft side.

We know he does get frustrated after losing and unfortunately some people take that to mean he's a sore loser but he's not. Yeah he sulks in his locker and openly talks about his pride being bruised but there have been far better examples of actual sore losers in the franchise and he's not one of them. His fans honestly find his sulking sessions endearing and he even apologizes whenever he loses his cool.

"Sorry to lose my cool... I'll be sure to challenge you again."

And let's talk about the fact that he canonically is very popular and has a large fanbase. As a chubby character that's huge because unfortunately fatphobia exists and chubby characters are rarely portrayed as being popular, desired and highly skilled like Gordie is. Oh and he does backflips too showing his size doesn't mean he is unathletic? There are just so many positive subversions here and it's wonderful to see.

And Gordie cares a lot about his fans. He's stated to take the time to do autographs and meet and greets. He's seen in Twilight Wings opening fan mail in his hotel room. And a lot of what he discusses in Pokemon Masters EX involved him talking about how to best please his fans. It's obvious he cares so much for those who support him and it's heartwarming to see.

Now to get to the main talking point about Gordie...his strained relationship with his mom. I've seen people say that Gordie hates his mom but that's simply just not true! He's frustrated with her for trying to push her training style and preferred typing onto him. He wants to show he can succeed without her methods. But that frustration doesn't mean he hates her and quite frankly it's tiring to see how fandom portrays frustration as hate with Gordie and others. You can be frustrated without hating and I wish people would learn to use that nuance when talking about characters with strained relationships because usually when a narrative wants to display feelings of hatred...it will be very obvious.

In fact when Gordie does talk about Melony it's actually very tame. He mentions wanting to surpass her and how on Pasio the cold nights remind him of her. But nothing that signifies hatred. Sure they aren't on speaking terms but families sometimes go through rough patches. I'm sure at some point they'll begin to mend the rift. But yes, Gordie's a wonderful character that shows how even little details can signify so much. And once again I must say...Gordie deserves more love from the fandom!

#ask epic spheal #gym leader gordie #gordie pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon masters ex #character analysis

[complete-idiot-inc]

So... I remembered my scrapped Galar fic story.

Just to let you know, please do not expect anything to come of this, this is just an incomplete framework for a scrapped story. And nothing more.

a variation of these events occurred in the pasio fic, which release has been delayed, but will be here shortly, I promise.

things of note: the twist initially was going to be that Rose was Ash's dad, which I changed because Peony is more fun. Also, the story was going to reveal that 2 years had passed since Ash left pallet town, hence all the hints towards it, and Ash just forgets his birthdays.

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What if Ash got a genuine Galar journey, without ‘hey remember this?’

Galar, and like in every pokemon anime timeframe is non-specific (for now heh heh heh)

Main characters

Ash - 10(?) years old, similar to how ash is in the X & Y anime, not immature but still young, has lots of experience (Spoilers: About 2 years worth), and is willing to pass it on to others.

Gloria - 12 years old, forced by her overbearing mother to wait a couple of years before she can start her journey, so naturally, she's very passionate about the sport, starts out iris/misty-like before character evolution hits and becomes the in-between of Serena/dawn and iris/misty character types

Hop Dande - 10 years old, young, and very similar to Ash when he started, but even more headstrong if you would believe it, he let being the champion’s little bro go to his head and thus thought he was champion material himself. Leaves at some point to truly learn how to battle and makes his return during the Galar conference.

Allister Nion - replaces Hop after he leaves, his arc is just to build confidence in himself.

Secondary characters

Marnie Nezu - ash’s rival (14) is pretty much the same in-game, the only difference is she and Gloria were once friends. 

Bede - Gary but worse, belittles Ash any chance he gets 

Leon Dande - is less stupid than his in-game counterpart, and is quite similar to Ash. 

Sonia Magnolia - introduces him to Gloria and hop

Prof. Magnolia - a wise old lady that gives our heroes their starters.

Rose Patak - is near 1 to 1 but seems like he’s hiding something. 

Oleanna Olive - fakes being motherly but is very very rude and angry underneath

Team Yell - is just a bunch of street punks that interfere with anyone they perceive as a threat to Marnie.

Gym leaders

Milo Yarrow - the stereotypical kind farmer’s boy 

Nessa Ruina - ash’s cool big sis in a metaphorical sense

Kabu Hibana - gives ash a mentorship program (tony stark peter parker-esque)

Bea Saito - antisocial but very kind also being mentored by Kabu (might become ash’s companion during the isle of armor)

Opal Poplar - kind old lady who mentors bede (being his reminder to be kind)

Melony Makuwa - kind and motherly off-field, an ice-cold battler on the field.

Gordie Makuwa - overconfident almost to a fault and really rude sometimes.

Piers Nezu - snarky but somewhat kind, and very protective over Marnie, but still her brother.

Raihan Kibana - I can't put his personality into words but he live-streams his fights.

Ash lands in Galar and is introduced to Sonia and Leon

Sonia then takes ash to Professor Magnolia to get his starter and he meets Gloria and Hop

Leon then takes him to Motostoke to announce the start of Galar’s gym challenge

Our heroes go to budew inn and meet Marnie.

Battle against some team yell grunts.

Our heroes than just hang out and bond

Milo gym fight: ash wins, Gloria wins, and hop needs a rematch.

After hop’s rematch milo teaches ash how to cook curry.

Gloria and Ash get into an argument over methods of travel.

Team Rocket gets the focus in this chapter James catches a galarian Weezing and Jessie catches a sandaconda 

Hulbury but Nessa’s gym is closed.  

As it turns out Nessa's prized Drednaw is very, very sick. Which ash cures with some herbs.

Nessa Gym Battle: Ash wins, Hop wins, Gloria rematch.

Gloria catches a Yamper.

Gloria's rematch.

Our heroes then go to motostoke

Before any of them fight Kabu the first team rocket clash happens

It's a near standstill, but team rocket blasts off due to Gloria’s Yamper and Ash’s Pikachu.

Kabu introduces himself to Ash and the two have a “Queens. Brooklyn.” moment 

Grooky evolves into Thwackey during Kabu’s fight. 

And ash loses but he’s not upset given both Thwackey has evolved and that Kabu is really respectful to him.

Ash goes and trains with Kabu and the two bond a lot.

Ash accidentally calls him dad and kabu is kinda flattered.

Rematch! 

And a great surprise occurs Pikachu can Gigantamax!

Everyone looks on in aww.

Ash wins and Kabu gives him the most dad-esque interaction ever.

“That was some real fighting, ash, great job!”  

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I'd like everyone to note that this was my very first time ever framing a story.

#ash ketchum #gloria #hop #scrapped #fanfiction #framework #the galar gym leaders #gym leader milo #gym leader nessa #gym leader kabu #gym leader bea #gym leader allister #gym leader opal #gym leader gordie #gym leader melony #gym leader piers #gym leader raihan #pokemon sonia #professor magnolia #champion leon #chairman rose #oleana

[bluethealpha]

Gym leaders and their Pokemon on Isle of Armor Part 1

I fuckin’ love that they come for a visit. One of the best things to come out of part one of the DLC’s so far, I love getting to know characters like this, especially when they have yet to have a major anime/manga appearance. I had also found Bede but couldn’t get a good shot of him with his Hatterene.

#pokemon #pokemon swsh #pokemon isle of armor #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon swsh isle of armor #pokemon sword and shield isle of armor #pokemon swsh dlc #pokemon sword and shield dlc #isle of armor #pokemon gordie #pokemon makuwa #pokemon kabu #pokemon marnie #pokemon mary #pokemon nessa #pokemon rurina #pokemon piers #pokemon nezu #pokemon raihan #pokemon kibana #gordie #makuwa #kabu #marnie #mary #nessa #rurina #piers #nezu #raihan

[sauce-cat]

hi today i learned how to draw gordie

#gordie #pokemon #sword and shield #pokemon swsh #makuwa #2020 #september #fanart #fan art #saucecat #sauce-cat #shuckle

[diverteddreamstudios]

I drew this for my Gordie gym challenge anniversary on Dec 5th but I strained my wrist so I didn't finish it until now. I love this man so much he is def my favorite fictional character ever~ Also thanks to Polymori for help w/ the tshirt!

#Gordiegang for lifeeeeeee

#Gordie #Gordie Pokemon #Gordie gym leader #makuwa #マクワ

[abakura]

Still cant get the DLC.... :,3

#makuwa #gordie #morris #pokemon #pokemon sword #abakuras art

[nocturnalnok]

Twitter cropped it weird so here u go! 

Cute baby meme Circhester Siblings version

#gordie #gordie pokemon #makuwa #pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon swsh #my art #gordie siblings #circhester

[samsft]

was gonna redraw nessa but i couldnt do her justice because shes so pretty

#pokémon #pokemon #sword and shield #swsh #nessa #rurina #makuwa #gordie #redraw #screencap from the galarian star tournament portion

[aceduchessdragoness]

Headcanon: Gordie visits the Crown Tundra and runs into an Amaura that seems to have taken a shine to him, but because of the bad blood between him and his mom he’s like “Ew, ice type - no thanks.” but the little guy keeps follwing him around and eventually helps save Gordie from a nasty snowstorm and he’s like “You know what, you’re okay (and pretty adorable).”  And BAM! Gordie now has an Amaura on his team.

---Later--

Melony: *fawning over precious ice dino*

Gordie: Mom plEASE STOP

#pokemon #gordie #makuwa #melony #melon #headcanon #amaura

[heroinetales]

Whenever Gordie appears in the main anime series I hope he has his own little hype group just like OG Gray and Ilima had. Because given the kind of character he is it'd be fitting for him

#shut it ash #it's been a while since i posted in the gordie tag #but anyway i think the guy deserves to have his own hype group #it just makes sense #pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon swsh #swsh #pokemon gordie #gym leader gordie #gordie #makuwa

[toobsterdraws]

when the gym challenge season is over

#pokemon mmd #pokemon swsh #pokemon sword and shield #champion leon #dande #raihan #kibana #bea #saitou #gordie #makuwa #piers #nezu #chairman rose #mmd #miku miku dance #caramelldansen meme

[ariezabeth]

when the bae gives you a cool rock and you have an absolute meltdown

#stonegardenshipping #pokemon swsh #pokemon Gordie #pokemon milo #makuwa #yarrow

[biggs-regretti]

Here's my first Gordie! I made this for a friend.

#Gordie #Makuwa #pokemon sword #pokemon sword and shield #Gordie said trans rights! #art #myart #my art #god i love gordie sm

[bluethealpha]

#pokemon #pokemon swsh #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon isle of armor #pokemon swsh isle of armor #pokemon meme #pokemon sword and shield isle of armor #pokemon swsh dlc #pokemon gordie #gordie #pokemon makuwa #that damned smile meme #that smile