I want to give a huge thank you to @summerandfall for this amazing comic commission!
I wanted to see my vision of Blue finally triumphing against Red in away that made sense for his character
So to clarify, Blue's actually won against Red before the first two battles in my verse...the one at the lab and the optional pre victory road battle (the ones he can actually win without having to be repeat)
The first battle at the lab all three trainers (Red, Blue, Leaf) get a win and a loss that day. Blue beats Red but loses to Leaf who loses to Red.
But as you know if Blue wins at the lab he gets this from his gramps...
So that doesn't help the already fracturing friendship and this helps to Kickstart the "I must always be better Than Red no matter what" drive that ends up being his undoing for the Indigo League
The second win is just a nod to Yellow because if he wins both he gets a little cocky and his team is a bit weaker at the champion match because he underestimates Red since he's thinking "If I beat Red before I can do it again"
But after that he loses to Red...constantly for over a decade
Until the PWT opens in Driftveil
At that point Blue's at a bit of a personal crisis
He's not as fulfilled at being a gym leader because while yes he loves mentoring but having to hold back on challengers to test them (and even then most of them still losing because yeah he was champion for a day but that's longer than most people will ever be he's still very powerful)
And he tried the professor route when he studied in Kalos but that didn't work...he likes research but the comparisons to Oak were too much and by that time Oak and Blue had repaired their relationship but Blue realized he wanted to follow his own path and be a competitive trainer for as long as possible
And he still hasn't beaten Red since they had just started out...
But at the PWT he gets to be on the world stage...he gets to go all out with no regrets...he's having fun challenging people who can match his strength level. He loves battling in a stadium with an audience
Finally the final round is him vs Red
Of course everyone is expecting Red to be the victor...The odds are in his favor and in smaller league tourneys back in Kanto and Johto Red always came out on top whenever faced against Blue
But this time it's different. Blue's just enjoying the ride and enjoying the atmosphere of the PWT and he forgets he battling Red, so much so that he wins and he's stunned when he does and Red in a rare moment speaks in public to congratulate him
Because once Blue just had fun, forgot about the expectations being an Oak, a former champion, a chosen of a legendary (Zapdos), a gym leader, Red's rival
When he was just Blue Oak...the dude who loves battling
He wins...and becomes that years world champion
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another videogame meme → Eight secondary characters (non companions)
4. Green/Rival (Pokemon)
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new pokepasta idea where blue has gained a conious, sorta like what sans has in undertail and slowly goes crazy after each file restart/erase and each time you restart his dialog changes slightly and he begins to pop up in places he's not supposed to be, I kinda wanna include missing no but I feel like that'd be a stretch
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Me replaying USUM and realizing Blue's 3DS Model is slightly taller than Red's: >:3
We need more tall!Blue out there (because he would never let Red live it down)
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