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imaginegladions · 6 years

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Yay it's Gladion time again!!!! or... I thought so until I checked the recent posts on this blog. >:c *spoilers* so I haven't bought Ultra SuMo yet. and before buying, since Gladion is obviously my favorite thing about the game I wanted to ask (to you or anyone who has played it): how's his role compared to SuMo? Does he appear a lot, is there some cute interaction with the player again, and WHEN DOES HE DISAPPEAR T^T

Okay, so here we go. Differences between SuMo and Ultra Gladion! I was going to do this all along just so we can establish just what the difference is. If anyone asks now, I’ll need everyone to specify which canon verse they’re requesting (*sobbing*).

SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT OBVIOUSLY

Gladion actually doesn’t appear any more than he used to which I expected but still huRTS. None of his usual behaviour really changes up until the ALOLA GANG (Hau/Protag/Glads) have to go save Lillie in Aether.

Basically, the main difference between SuMo and Ultra Gladion is that Ultra Gladion is a lot more open about his motives. Think about it, he acted the same way he did in SuMo up until he was confronted with Lusamine. And Lusamine in this game has noticeably better intentions or at least a better handle on her emotions than SuMo Lusamine. It might be that her stability allowed her to be a bit of a better parent to Gladion. In any case, this is where I put Ultra and SuMo Gladion

SuMo Gladion:

(Mohn Disappears) - Lusamine goes nuts about Ultra Beasts - Gladion leaves Aether to make Type: Null strong enough defeat the UB

Ultra Gladion:

(Mohn Disappears) - Lusamine meets the Ultra Recon Squad and focuses on Necrozma - Gladion leaves to make Type: Null strong enough to beat Necrozma

As we can see, while Gladion himself hasn’t changed in terms of character or motives, this affects Gladion’s openness a significant amount. He’s always wanted to get stronger to protect his family but this time he’s honest about it. In Ultra, he openly compliments Hau and the Protagonist a lot more than in SuMo. The fact that his dialogue subtly changes to accommodate this change is fascinating because it hinges on Lusamine’s treatment of her kids and Lusamine’s state of mind.

Because Lusamine found a healthier way to deal with her loss (though she still hurts Cosmog it’s for more coherent reasons this time) both Gladion and Lillie turned out much more stable than in SuMo. Gladion openly expresses himself more and Lillie actually overcomes her fear of battling and confrontation to become an actual Trainer (on screen, it’s more apparent since in SuMo we’re not sure what she does).

Changes in Ultra for Gladion:

Dialogue for Aether Rescue

Dialogue for the Battle at Mount Lanakila

Gladion is gone for 1 month post-game

Wicke gives you Type: Null (on Gladion’s behalf)

Gladion eventually returns in time to see Mohn/Lusamine reunion

Gladion does not take over Presidency of Aether

We’re not really sure what Gladion does post-game compared to SuMo

His team has Kanto Starters when he gets back from training

#g plays ultra sumo #type: meta #type: my text #type: asks

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beautiful-lusamine-blog · 7 years

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Lusamun, do you have any advice for someone who really wants to write something, but can't get the motivation or courage to write it? You're a really good writer, so I was wondering if you had advice.

{Ahhh! I don’t think I’m that good but thank you very much :D

Okay, so this one took me a while, because I really wanted to make sure I responded properly. Behind a Read More because of length}

{Go ahead and skip to the last two paragraphs for the answer to your question, unless you want a huge story about my life in fandoms and other random shit. Which you probably don’t.

So as you may or may not know, I haven’t been an active member of the Pokémon fandom for that long. I’ve always been a fan of the series, having played my first game at about 6 or 7. I just haven’t ever been involved in the fandom, per say. I may have read a couple of fics, but I never really got involved.

Now let’s talk about writing. Creative writing is fun, but it’s really, really hard. I wrote a lot of random stuff a few years ago - Just during Study Hall I would write little books (when I probably should have been doing homework so I wasn’t quite as screwed some nights), but I could never find the motivation to continue them. I had no idea where things were going, the characters and settings were unrealistic (Even by the standards of fantasy and sci-fi novels), and after a few chapters I just started to hate the setting, story, and characters I had created - This is unrelated, but I also wrote things that were very heteronormative and centered on relationships... Which was a super bad idea, because when I started to realize I mayyyybbeeee wasn’t interested in girls I grew to hate my protagonists even more. They seemed to taunt me, and at the time I was still very confused, so that didn’t help at all.

Then, I found fanfiction. Fanfiction is something I previously had a very skewed image of - Only what I’d heard people say about it: It was all shippy and all porn, it was all terribly written with awful grammar and stories that realistically make no sense (Why would a mom leave a fourteen-year-old at home alone for a month!), by twelve to fourteen-year-old girls, stuff like “Naruto and One Direction are all married and all adopted me now they kiss and touch each others’ butts every night and then touch MY butts!!!” (If you get that reference because you’ve seen the parody video “Welcome to Fanfiction (And Wattpad!!)” good for you. It’s a brilliant satire. Have a cookie.)

But I was so, so wrong. I just kind of, I don’t know, stumbled into fanfiction. At first I just read shippy fluff (And sometimes smut to be honest) because I thought it was all that was available. This isn’t related, but through this fanficiton is kind of how I realized that a certain type of paring happened to appeal to me a little more - I always knew I was fine with that, and would ship it if the ship was good, but I didn’t ever consider, you know, empathizing with it in a weird sort of way. Without fanficiton I’d probably still be very confused.

Sorry. I’m rambling. Point is, I found stuff that wasn’t just that! I actually found a Yogscast fanficiton with good plot to it. MindfulWrath’s “The Rise and Fall.” (She is on Archive of Our Own for those interested! If you say Lusamine sent you she will probably be very confused XD) I CRIED. Literally! Over someone else’s take on fictional characters! Anyways, I tried my own hand at writing Yogscast fanfiction.

What I did wasn’t very well written, but it got better over time. I knew what I wanted, though. I knew how it would end, and I knew the story along the way (Except for a tinnny gap at the beginning), and I had an idol to encourage me. I thought it would work great! Annnnd.... I lost motivation. I tried to come back, but the gaps between chapters became larger, and larger, and larger.

Eventually, it all stopped. I tried another one, which also kind of copied MindfulWrath. But I didn’t really care. I just wanted to write. I had foreseen such cool scenes, but I could just never get trough the exposition, never could actually write them, and that sucked. My second Yogscast fic turned out pretty much the same. So I stopped writing.

Fast-forward to the release of Pokémon Sun and Moon. I knew a few things instantly: I HAD A MASSIVE CRUSH ON GLADION. I also knew that it was one of my favorite Pokémon games of all time. I loved the characters, the darker, more personal story, the dynamic between Gladion, Lillie, and Lusamine, the complexity of Lusamine, Guzma, Gladion, and Lillie, the music, Lillie’s desire to be braver and be just like her trainer friend, which I related to a lot. The music was also phenomenal. Oh, and shirtless Kukui/Masked Royale. That was pretty nice, too.

So somehow I just found these RP blogs for Guzma and Plumeria. Don’t really remember. They led me to one of Gladion, which I of course followed. I did that on my personal account, I think. I also fell in love with branch-chief--faba’s blog. I knew I wanted to make one, to interact and write stories with others, and to understand a character in a new way.

Lusamine. I knew instantly, it had to be Lusamine. She was abusive, she was regretful, she was determined, ambitious, and obsessive; she was possessive, she was brutal, she was tender, she was awful, she was redeemed by the end, and oh my goodness, just such a deep villain. Her facial expressions in-game (Especially that manic smile one) made me certain that she was the character I wanted to RP. Definitely.

At first, things were a little shaky. I didn’t have that many people who wanted to RP with me, and since I didn’t get many Asks due to my low follower count, I didn’t really have anything to do.

But, the numbers climbed steadily, if slowly, and then I went on vacation for the holidays. While there, I started a thread with branch-chief--faba for the first time (Who was super nice and didn’t get bothered by the fact that I had literally no idea what I was doing!!), and posted a couple of Ask memes.

Within a week, I went from like 40 followers? Or maybe 30-50? TO 100. It just happened so quickly, it was crazy. People were being nice, and following, and encouraging me to keep going. I loved it. So I started actually writing things for the blog - Things that were actually pretty long, many, many paragraphs. It was a lot of work, but I didn’t feel exhausted at all - Because people always said nice things when I did! It replenished my energy easily! It became a privilege when someone sent an Ask that allowed me to write something long.

I’ve never thought about stopping the writings I do for this blog.

So what’s the moral of the story here? What does this have to do with your question, you ask?

Well, here’s the thing: Writing is really, really tough. And if you write things that no one sees or compliments - It’s hard to keep going. Really hard, in fact. But here on this blog, it’s easy for me. What I’m trying to say is... Umm...

Don’t do what I did. Don’t just get confused and angry when the words stop coming out for a particular thing you’re writing. No, the story isn’t bad, you’re not a bad writer, it’s just not happening anymore. And if it happens again someday, that’s great, but sometimes it doesn’t. That’s okay too. People grow. Writers grow and , just like all people, and sometimes you realize you don’t want to write that something anymore. Ideas are fluid, and sometimes things change - Your opinions may change, your thought process may grow and you won’t be able to write things anymore, but it’s okay. Don’t force it. And, I can’t stress this enough, get your writing out there. Because if it weren’t for people complementing me, I wouldn’t be writing for this blog. That’s why I do. You’ve all been so amazing and supportive, and if you hadn’t, I would have stopped doing this a long time ago. Don’t worry about getting motivated - Just think about all of the coolest things you plan to write, and then start. Let people see it, put it up online, take constructive criticism. And if at some point you lose motivation? That’s okay! It’s okay! You’re not an awful writer, it might just be time to reconsider things, or take a break, or maybe give up on the story - which isn’t a bad thing at all.

Try your best and you’ll accomplish it!!!

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