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bloodyshadow1 · 6 months

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since fantasy high is coming back in a few months and I'm playing pokemon again, I thought I'd come up with a list of pokemon for the bad kids for fun. This is their main team and some pokemon in their boxes that I think work for them but aren't carried with them.

This would be in their Sophomore year. And as a basic rule, I included a starter for each of them that I thought would fit

Adaine Abernant

Lucario

Gengar

Gardevoir

Greninja

Lycanroc- Dusk

Hydreigon

Box- Espeon, Luxray

Gorgug Thistlespring

Tinkerton

Rillaboom

Haxorus

Ferrothorn

Tyranitar

Gogoat

Box- Jumpluff, Perrserker, Klinklang, Revavroom, Bronzong, Diggersby

Fig

Skeledirge

Noivern

Exploud

Toxtricity

Wiggelytuff

Zoroark

Box- Shellder, Krookodile, Ludicolo, Oricorio, Toucannon, Kangaskhan, Pyroar

Fabian

Aegislash

Palafin

Quaquaval

Houndoom-the hangman

Corviknight

Ceruledge

Box- Machamp, Mantine, Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed), Marowak, many more

Kristen

Blissey

Venasaur

Appletun

Mightyena

Rapidash (Galar)

Dachsbun

Box-Honchkrow, Mabosstiff, Slowking

Riz

Decidueye

Weaville

Golisopod

Absol

Leipard

Alakazam

Box – Arcanine, Houndstone,Kecleon, Inteleon

reasons explaining under the cut. I put in a lot of thought into their teams and wrote way too much

Adaine

Adaine’s team doesn’t have a real theme, just more her personality and class as a wizard. Partially, there are several glass cannons on Adaine’s team which fits her as the parties wizard, lots of damage but low ac and hp. Her first pokemon Lucario because I thought it fit her the best as a punching pokemon that a wizard would have and we know that Adaine wanted to punch people the whole campaign both seasons. Gardevoir because I think psychic and fairy are the closest to magic that pokemon have other than ghost-type and she sort of fits Adaine growing into herself. Ralts is a small weak pokemon that evolves into a psychic powerhouse like Gardevoir like Adaine did throughout both campaigns. Gengar is here because early on ray of sickness a poison damage spell was in Adaine’s wheelhouse and Gengar is not just a ghost type but a poison. I also have a headcanon for this pokemon au that Adaine originally had a Kadabra that she got from her parents that she traded with Riz for his Haunter at the time as a friendship bond between the two nerdy intellects of the team. Greninja as her starter for Boggy, her familiar, also as a dark type it would be the perfect defense for her wizard family who in this AU would specialize in psychic types specifically and not fairy. Lycanroc-dusk form for her relationship as Jawbone’s adopted daughter and that she almost got turned into a werewolf which is why it’s the dusk form sort of in between the Midday and Midnight forms. And Hydreigon for the feral rage that Adaine has bubbling inside of her throughout both campaigns and I think it’s a darker rage than Gorgug’s rage that he uses to protect the people he loves. Adaine has more of a fury that comes from being mistreated and wanting both to hurt and stop the people who hurt her badly like her family and the enemies the Bad Kids face.

Espeon is in the box because I think she got it from her family as sort of the idea of elven and magical perfection and that part didn’t work for either of them. So I think Adaine’s Espeon is more of a pet that roams Mordred Manor and not on her battle team as Adaine wanted them both to be free of her Parent’s expectations. Luxray is also in Adaine’s box because Lightning bolt was for most of the campaign Adaine’s go to move so I thought she should have an electric type and Luxray is my personal favorite, she is also my favorite of the Bad Kids so I cheated a bit, but also held back by having it be a box pokemon since I think the others fit better as her main team.

Gorgug

For the most part, Gorgug’s team I choose the sort of grass types since he grew up in a tree, the flower he tried to give to people, and his gnome roots. but also big strong pokemon that are surprisingly gentle like Tyranitar and Haxorus according to some of their dex entries like him. Haxorus also being ax themed like his main weapons also helped. Rillaboom as his starter fit since it’s a big strong pokemon that’s a grass starter, but it’s also a drummer like him. Tinkerton would be a new addition to his team to show off his level in artificer. Gogoat for the grass theme and also his relationship with Zelda since they’re adorable. I don’t remember why Jumpluff is in his box, I think because it’s a small grass type that reminded him of his parents and upbringing, which I think got replaced by Tinkerton. Ferrothorn fits the grass type I sort of imagine Gorgug having but also since it’s the only grass/steel dual type I could find I included it. It’s a tough tank which fits how Gorgug is as the teams tank, I also think that as a grass/steel it fits since Gorgug was trying to make friends by giving people a metal flower the first day of school, it didn’t work, but points for trying. I think Gorgug’s team fits his role in the party as the tank and the heavy hitter, the big guy of the party that’s usually soaking up the damage as it were.

For his box pokemon, I think Gorgug with his two artificer parents who are if anything over supportive and loving, has a lot of pokemon that he can use, even if they aren’t officially on his team. Mostly steel types to fit the artificer level he took. The Perrserker I feel like is Gorgugs, it’s a rage monster, so it fit his barbarian class, but it also scared him so he boxed it after it evolved from a Galarian Meowth since he doesn’t like the angry part of him even though it’s useful in battle. The Klinklang I feel like was specifically a gift from Digby and Wilma since they’re artificer or at least engineering gnomes. Diggersby is only in this because Gorgug’s dad is named Digby and I couldn’t resist the pun, and neither could his parents since he probably got it from them, again boxed it right away.

Fig

For Fig, I tried for a mostly musical theme or at least a sound theme in addition to darker(if not dark type) and fire types. Which is why Skeledirge is a fire singer pokemon, kind of related to the death theme. Also why I put Exploud and Wigglytuff on her team since they’re the most famous singer pokemon to fit her idea of the band. Toxtricity is sort of the epitome of a Fig pokemon in my mind with its punk rock theme, maybe Terastallize into a fire type. Zoroark is a dark type that fits Fig since she always hides herself as other people, sometimes for personal reasons others for the party to get info, but it is part of her character. And Noivern is again, as sound based pokemon, it’s big dragon type which I think fits Figs flashy powerful bardic abilities. I can also see Fig using Noivern as an amp for one of her shows so it’s here. I think that Fig’s team sort of fits her as the jack of all trade of the Bad Kids, she’s a spell caster, she can support with bardic inspiration and musical buffs, but can also be a secondary martial attacker with her bass if needed which fits her type coverage.

Shellder in the box for little Galier, her oyster that died on her in freshman year. In this AU she still has it, but it’s not on her team,. Krookodile is also there because I think it’s a cool girl pokemon that she would have, but I can’t remember the reason I put it here in the first place. Ludicolo and Toucannon are happier, bright singing pokemon compared to her current team which is why they’re both in here. Oricorio kind of fits a cheerleader, something Fig was before her horns grew in and her skin grew red. They were from a happier time in her life and belonged to a different Fig so she keeps them in the box. Kangaskhan related to her own issues with her parents, specially her mommy issues after Sandralynn and Gilear divorce and put her in the box to ignore. Pyroar I also added because it’s a fire type and sound pokemon, but I just remembered it so I don’t really know if it would fit on Fig’s main team or one of her box types so I put it here to give it a place.

Fabian

For Fabian, he’s a fighter, but as a swordsman not a martial artist so steel types seemed to fit for him and water types for his pirate background. Fitting with his sword fighter theme I included some steel types or bladed pokemon, and with the pirate theme I tried to include water types. Quaquaval is a little goofy duck that I think Fabian disliked or pretended to dislike when he first got it, but it was the newest water type starter so why wouldn’t his parents give their darling boy what he probably asked for not expecting the outcome. But seeing how the duck is based off dancing, I think it fits his character development in season 2 to dance now. I feel like Fabian’s starter would be one of the last to evolve because he had to be dragged kicking and screaming into his real self. Aegislash and Corviknight are steel types which fit his swordsmanship ability, and Corviknight I think fits fighters even though Fabian is a wannabe pirate and not a knight. Ceruledge I also thought it fit the theme even though it’s a ghost fire type, it has blades, it looks like it should be ghost steel or steel fire, so it was included. While I think Houndoom would have also fit Fig since she’s a tiefling with fire powers and a father whose an Archdevil, I think Fabian should have a Houndoom because of the Hangman, he is Fabian’s bike and iconic companion. Palafin is what I think a perfect fit for Fabian since it’s a water type and like Corviknight it’s a play on Paladin, while Fabian isn't one, he is a fighter and bard who loves his friends so it fits. Fabian is one of the martial dps’ of the Bad Kids, using his speed and agility to do damage, hitting hard and fast like his team of pokemon.

I think in this au, he would have started out with a bunch of really powerful pokemon that he inherited from his parents and him putting them in the box to fight with his own team alongside the other bad kids. Machamp is of course from Bill Seacaster since it’s a very powerful pokemon that a kid wouldn’t have which kind of fits with Bill trying to bribe Daybreak to bend the rules for Fabian on his first day at school. Mantine as a water type fits the pirate motif. The Tauros as a Paldean aqua breed fits both of those categories as a powerhouse fighting type, but also a water type. I also think the Marowak in his box was a gift from his mother, not his father. The whole Pokemon Tower sidequest with the dead Marowak and the whole Cubone pokedex entry fits as a gift from Hallariel. It also uses its boneclub as a weapon, something most pokemon don’t do which sort of fits Hallariel being a secret swordmaster that later teaches Fabian the blade. I also think she has a Galarian Farfetch’d that Fabian trains with but isn’t really part of his party fitting with the sword motif. I think since Fabian is a rich kid with parents who are legends in their abilities its safe to say he has a lot of pokemon in the box that he doesn’t use

Kristen

Kristen was pretty hard for me since like Adaine she is a primary magic user and magic doesn’t always translate that well to Pokemon, healers are also difficult because healing is often done by the trainer not pokemon themselves. I settled on a fairy grass team for her because fairies fit the healing motif and grass for her origins worshiping the corn god, but also slowly shifting to dark to signify her becoming a twilight cleric instead of a life one. I also sort of incorporated a dog type motif for her because of her relationship with Tracker, specifically Mightyena because it’s a dark wolf like pokemon which fits Tracker to a T. Venasaur as her starter fits to me because it looks big and slow as a grass starter which fits her -3 dex score. Galarian Rapidash because it’s a fairy type, but also because it sort of a sick joke since the Nightmare King’s Unicorn kills her and takes her out for a bit but lets her speak to the Unnamed Goddess at the time. Appletun feels like a Kristen pokemon to me, I don’t know why but it fits the grass typing so it stays. Ursaluna is probably an odd choice, but as a bear pokemon, it fits with her having the teddybear of helpfulness. It also is an ancient pokemon from Legends Arceus that only the bloodmoon verison appears in Scarlet and Violet, which sort of fits her finding faith in Cassandra, an ancient forgotten goddess that everyone thought dangerous and gone. And of course Blissey because it’s line is the pokemon Nurse Joys use which fits her role in the party as the healer and buffer of the group. Kristen is the main healer of the Bad Kids who also is the buffer, which is why she has the teddybear, and debuffer for their enemies. I tried to get her team to show that. Also to show her as the heavily armored but slow cleric with again her abysmal dex score which is why ⅔’s of her team are pokemon with good defensive/special defense stats that are relatively slow.

Honchkrow and Slowing in Kristen’s box are there because Honchkrow was a gift from her parents, there are no scarecrow pokemon that I can think of so there is a real crow type which was as close as I could get to the Harvestmen. Slowking because in pokemon 2000, it sort of seemed like a priest type pokemon managing the shrine Ash had to go to and explaining how to summon Lugia to keep things in balance which fits her religious nature as a cleric. My headcanon for this AU though is that she sort of manifested this Slowking when she came up with Yes as a god so like the god she sort of ignores this Slowking like she ignores the god she made. Dashbun and Mabosstiff in her box to fit the dog theme and also being fairy and dark types respectively, I think Kristen swaps them out depending on her mood.

Riz

With Riz, I sort of fit a sneaky pokemon motif as a whole with a focus on dark types since he’s a rogue and an investigator. I think he started with a Rowlet which evolved to a Decidueye as sort of a sneaky ghost type pokemon, Owls are also known for their wisdom and ability to see at night which I think fits Riz even though he’s an intelligence subclass rogue he tends to be one of the more level headed if socially awkward members of the party. Weaville and Leipard are dark types, both based off of real life sneaky animals that fit Riz as a rogue. Golisopod is a heavy hitter with first impression which gives it priority and only works on the first turn, which sort of resembles Riz’s sneak attack, his best ability in battle. Absol is also a dark type, but I also think it fits Riz as a person, because Absols are considered dark and evil because they are sensitive to disasters, they would always arrive right before giving them a reputation of causing the disasters. I think Riz as a heroic goblin living in a world where Goblins are seen as both evil, but also a joke according to Pok, it fits our sweet little angel boy, and also with him joining the Lower Planar Taskforce that seems to employ heroic people from ‘evil’ races. As I stated in Adaine’s little blurb, I think Riz originally had a Haunter on his team since it’s a sneaky ghost type, but he traded it for Adaine’s Kadabra for friendship, also having a psychic on his team would be good for an investigator like Riz. As the Rogue of the party, it’s Riz’s job to hit hard and fast and get out of the way because he can’t take damage like Fabian or Gorgug. It fits that his team is full of glass cannons that can hit for a lot, but don’t have much staying power if they have to take hits.

For his box pokemon, I think it gets kind of sad since he would kind of inherit them from Pok, like the Arcanine I feel like is more of a pet that Sklonda raised since Growlith and Arcanine are police dogs in the pokemon world and she is a cop. I think for this AU Sklonda and Pok raised the Growlith together, and it sort of became a pet along with the Houndstone who showed up after Pok’s death. I think its arrival actually is what let Sklonda know her husband was gone before the reports came in. Inteleon was Pok’s strongest pokemon, fitting the theme of him being a secret agent since Inteleon is based off of the same with its tuxedo like coloring and sniper g-max. I think Riz found Inteleon’s pokeball the same way he found Pok’s crystal and magic gun in the campaign, but unlike in the campaign didn’t feel like making it part of his team/arsenal since pokemon are the same as magical equipment, and Riz would be too underleveled to control it anyway. Riz let it out as often as he liked because it’s a living creature after all, but its purpose in the AU is more of a break glass in case of emergency. Kecleon I think is one of the few pokemon Riz has caught and put in the box, it fits his team well with it being based off of chameleons who can blend into their surroundings. I just don’t think it could keep up with Riz’s team

#fantasy high #pokemon #dimension 20 #fantasy high spoilers #d20 #dimension 20 spoilers #adaine abernant #gorgug thistlespring #fig faeth #fabian seacaster #kristen applebees #riz gukgak

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dollyprincessollie · 5 months

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please tell us about avery pokemon i don't know much about him but you post about him a lot

HI UR ENABLING MY TENDENCIES. I LOVE MY LITTLE VIDEO GAME BOYFRIEND

but ask amd u shall receive. i will now be listing off every piece of canon information abt him i can think of. HERE GOES

Avery is a tall, skinny (but he has, and i usually dont like these words together, thick thighs) white guy with long blond hair and like. those creepy kinda icy blue eyes 👁👁

He's a psychic type trainer and minor-division gym leader!!! he's also an ACTUAL psychic, hailing from a long lineage of psychics, and has telekinetic abilities :3 however, telekinesis is the only psychic ability he has, so he's kind of the black sheep of his family

because his family thought of him as a disappointment, he developed a like. superiority complex to compensate for his simultaneous inferiority complex. he's very prideful and even would go so far as to LITERALLY LEVITATE PEOPLE if they won against him in battles. he basically covers up his feelings of inadequacy by flaunting his good qualities, though he's prone to exaggerating them as well. he literally straight up pretends to have psychic visions and literally goes "AVERY TELEPORT" when leaving the area

he initially arrived at the dojo in the isle of armor due to being kicked out of the league as a gym trainer for levitating people 💀 he was kind of an asshole at first but since mustard and honey were so nice to him, he kinda chilled out too. HOWEVER when he met the player character, his Superiority-Inferiority complex kind of came back in full swing. he saw that they were better than them and literally LIED to them to keep them away from the dojo. when they make their way to the dojo, he basically fought tooth and nail to make sure he bested them in all of the trials, going so far as to even cheat during the battle by setting up psychic terrain, giving himself an advantage 😭

after he's beaten, he basically goes tsundere mode and is like. "If Only I Was As Strong As . . . BAH FORGET IT ." and after the player beats mustard, avery like. kind of realizes that he wants to be acknowledged by them. he literally trains alone in the dam desert like "OH SLOWPOKE WE'RE REALLY IN IT NOW .... OH TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOU-KNOW-WHO...." and from then on u can battle him every day :3

after all this, he becomes the minor-division psychic leader 🫡 hard work DOES PAY OFF

AND NOW FOR SOME MISCELLANEOUS but still canon facts

avery's final team is galarian slowbro, galarian rapidash, swoobat (she's the only girl in his team btw :3), alakazam, and galarian slowking! in the galarian star tournament, he only uses his slowbro, alakazam, and slowking :3

avery (and klara, by extension) has a chance of fighting alongside u in a raid battle on the isle of armor! idk what the exact likelihood is though but they Definitely don't show up with each one but. he still oulls up on occasion o7

in the galarian star tournament, he has special dialogue with mustard, bede, fucking SHIELBERT, marnie, and melony!

it's implied that he's afraid of dark types, considering said special dialogue with marnie is like "🥲 I Do Not Wish To Be On The Field With A Dark Type Trainer, But At Least We Are On The Same Side." becaude of this, it could ALSO be implied that he's afraid of ghost types and bug types, considering that dark, ghost, and bug are all strong against psychic types

according to the manga, he's a little weak and tires easily due to his reliance on his telekinesis

...HOWEVER, his second league card shows him.doing pushups with a whole ass galarian slowbro on his back WITHOUT telekinesis, so despite his low stamina, he can lift at least 155.4 lb

due to his speech patterns, avery seems to have a pretty keen ability to associate things with psychic types, or pokemon in general. he often incorporates different psychic type moves in his speech and talks about people (or, the player, specifically) as if they have like. pokemon natures (bold, quirky, hasty, etc.)

avery strongly values elegance and tries to conduct himself in a very gentlemanly way <3 however, he's not immune to being sassy and definitely will be snooty to someone's face

besides the psychic type uniform, avery's clothing is definitely 19th-century inspired! his hat, cravat, shoes, and socks are definitely inspired by victorian dandyism imo. even his glasses are very victorian

THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.... this is (almost) every piece of canon info i have abt my sweet booboo bear avery *kisses him*... i can also delve into headcanons but. i thought i would delve into the actual factual stuff

#anon #answered #pkmn #avery pokemon #f/o tag #ult cc tag #avery tag

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shinypokemonshowdown · 8 months

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Round One

[ID: Two images of shiny pokemon. On the left is patrat who is a grayish brown with blue eyes. On the right is slowking whose body is a dark pink with blue neck frills. End ID]

#slowking #patrat #round one #tournament poll

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pokemon-cards-hourly · 1 year

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#pokemon #pokemon cards #tcg #tomokazu komiya #dark slowking #neo destiny #neo

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pokemon-card-of-the-day · 2 months

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Pokemon Card of the Day #3091: Dark Gengar (Neo Destiny)

Dark Gengar hit far less hard than you'd normally want out of a Stage 2. Despite that, it was one of the scariest Pokemon to face as it could just pick what it wanted to hit and even had a stronger version of Sleep to work with. While the low damage output did cause problems, it was just enough to make using Cleffa or any other Baby Pokemon a giant risk, which changed the way people had to play against it. That alone was enough to make something a dangerous threat.

70 HP was very low for a Stage 2. Rocket's Hideout could help with that, notably getting the number out of Magcargo range as long as the Stadium was in play, but the bulk still wasn't winning any awards. At least Dark Gengar didn't have a Weakness to worry about. The Fighting Resistance could be nice when something like Giovanni's Machamp or Donphan showed up. It also blocked damage from Tyrogue, but you probably wouldn't want to use Tyrogue in a match-up against this for other reasons anyway. The Retreat Cost was 2, which was doable sometimes but having Warp Point or the like was nice if you could fit it.

Deep Sleep was the one Pokemon Power that made Sleep worth it. If any Dark Gengar was in play on either side of the field, 2 coins had to be flipped for a Sleeping Pokemon between turns. It only woke up if both were heads, which was just 25%. It was also only 44% to wake up within 2 turns of flips, which meant Dark Gengar made Misdreavus somewhat usable. This was good since Dark Gengar itself struggled to damage certain Pokemon even with the free turns it got from Sleep.

Pull In was one of the wilder attacks of the era. It only did 30 damage for 3 Psychic Energy, which wouldn't have been enough without all the extra effects. The first one was that you could switch in one of the opponent's Benched Pokemon with their Active Pokemon and damage that instead if you wanted. The Baby flip only counted if the original Pokemon was up front, so if someone had a Baby Pokemon on the Bench it could just be taken down without that check. You didn't have to force the switch if there wasn't a great target or wanted to fish for Sleep on whatever was up there, because either way the Pokemon you hit was now Asleep. This had the potential to take Prizes off Cleffa and Pichu and the like, and the hope with other things was to wear them down and hope coin flips went well. Odds were solid due to Deep Sleep.

The issue with Pull In was that is was rather weak, giving the opponent a lot of turns to try to break through. Originally people paired this with Slowking to mess with Trainers that could help with switching out of Dark Gengar, but Slowking now gets the errata so Noctowl is the modern take on the idea. Darkness-types, as well as anything with Metal Energy attached, didn't really care much, and having just one or two of those in play with nothing else could be nearly impossible to break through without going for the lucky Misdreavus play. That meant that despite being devastating to some things, Pull In wasn't going to do a lot against others, making back-up a necessity.

Dark Gengar had its problems, but the positives were so good that it was generally viewed as one of the better cards to build around. Without something like Steelix, Mewtwo, or Umbreon you really were going to need some luck to get through all the coin flips while being worn down, and even Cleffa became a liability. There was always some hope when facing Dark Gengar with a strong attacker, however, as the bulk wasn't great and one free turn could wipe a Stage 2 out. These things simply kept Dark Gengar in check, and this was something you probably did not want to face due to all the luck needed to actually beat it.

#pokemon #pokemon tcg #card of the day #gengar #dark gengar #neo destiny

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genderglitchix · 2 months

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Mega wishlist for Legends Z-A:

Butterfree - Bug/Psychic

Arbok - Poison/Dark

Clefable - Fairy/Steel

Parasect - Bug/Ghost

Dodrio - Fighting/Flying

Slowking - Water/Psychic

Delcatty - Normal/Fairy, Pixilate

Milotic - Water/Fairy

Roserade - Fairy/Poison

Vespiquen - Bug/Steel

Froslass - Ice/Ghost

Scrafty - Dark/Fighting

Jellicent - Water/Ghost

Haxorus - Dragon/Steel

Talonflame - Fire/Flying

Gogoat - Grass/Ground

Pangoro - Fighting/Dark

Helioptile - Electric/Fire

Noivern - Flying/Dragon, Aerialate

#Pokémon #pokemon #Pokémon legend z-a #pokemon legends z-a #legends z-a #Pokémon legends #pokemon legends #mega pokemon #mega evolution #Pokémon mega evolution #pokemon mega evolution

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pokemenlovingmen · 1 year

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hi um saw ur intro post and fair quick warning, the “who i write for” and “do’s and don’t’s” are linked to the same page, so u might wanna fix that!!

anyway, onto an actual request, maaaaayhaps hcs for giacomo figuring out he has a crush on pyschic type trainer reader, and reader’s pyschic type pokemon are being little jerks (affectionate) to giacomo? like “oooo u gotta crush on him gayass. OOO U KNOW WHAT’D BE FUNNY IF WE WERE TO TELL HIM-”

also im claming the 🪲 anon tyyyyy

thanks for letting me know!! I know I fixed it some time ago, when I originally got this ask, but thank you again :)

And yeah I love Pokemon being little meddlers!!! I just kinda chose some random psychic types, I hope you don’t mind the specifics that are here. Giacomo is someone I need more practice writing lol

And welcome on in bug anon!!

Super Effective — Giacomo x Psychic Trainer Reader

🔈 — With the STAR training centers up and running, the more the word about them has gotten out, the more interesting challengers have come to challenge the Star bosses, Giacomo included.

🔈 — When he was informed that his current incoming challenger was a pure psychic-type trainer, he was admittedly a little confused. All of his Pokemon didn’t just have the advantage against psychic-types, they were completely immune to psychic moves. Training against your weaknesses was one thing, but if you were running a sole psychic team, it just seemed like you were asking for more outright hell than a challenge. But okay.

🔈 — And then when he came riding out on the Starmobile to meet your challenge after you finished fighting his underlings. Oh lord. You were as handsome, mysterious, almost mystical as the type you fought with. You reminded him of some videos he’d seen showcasing mega evolution in the Hoenn region, the way Gallade looked when it mega evolved—like an enchanted warrior. Oh, it’s over for him the moment he sees you. You look like you need your own theme song. Maybe he’ll make a mix on it after this.

🔈 — It’s doubly over when your battle starts, because he’s not ready for how prepared you were for this. You might be at a major disadvantage, but you kitted your Pokemon out with all the moves to counter his. Armarogue, Espeon, Espathra, Slowking, Hypno, Gallade, all of them are threats and even if he gets some solid hits and KOs on you, you still win by a decent margin.

🔈 — He’s never been that invested in battling, certainly not like everyone else in Team Star, but he’s taken getting stronger more seriously since being put in charge of the STC, and you still crush him.

🔈 — He definitely doesn’t crush you, but by the end of the battle, he’s totally crushing on you. You’ve got your whole aesthetic together and battling is a clearly a big performance for you, and he respects your commitment to your own personal brand. The battle was extra fun for him, because you were clearly having fun just being there. You remind him a bit of his friends in Team Star with that passion for something you clearly live. You’re an amazing battler like Eri, passionate like Mela, theatrical and stylish like Atticus, brainy like Ortega, and leader to your Pokemon as good as Penny was to them.

🔈 — He actually kind of forgets his script as he hops down from the Starmobile to shake your hand. He’d been standing above you on that platform the whole battle, and now that he’s actually level with you you’re even more otherworldly. But he recovers pretty quickly—a DJ has to be good at talking on the fly, anyway—and thanks you for a rad battle that gave him way more of a challenge than he was ready for.

🔈 — But you’re impressed too! You recognized a while ago that while psychic Pokemon were you pride and joy, you’re fully aware the dark type is something you can’t hit with your usual attacks and you visited the STC to test out some strategies. This turned out to be a great place for training, especially fighting against him.

🔈 — Which is how you started frequenting his STC at least once a week. And he’s not gonna seem so uncool that he’s like, waiting for you or anything, but he kinda is. Battling isn’t even his favorite thing, but with you it’s different. It’s an exciting challenge, and also you’re there. You’ve been giving him good inspiration for mixes, but he’s not gonna say anything about that.

🔈 — While you two grow closer, you hang out more beyond training. With all the vending machines around and open field space, the training centers offer a good spot to take a break while letting your Pokemon stretch their legs after working so hard. So you guys establish a routine of battling, then grabbing some sodas and hanging out afterwards.

🔈 — Then that turned into talking longer afterwards, which turned into sharing earbuds as Giacomo plays some of his music for you, which to him is like. Oh god. Maybe you don’t realize how far gone he is, or how, I don’t know, literally no one who visits the facility gets this kind of attention from him, but your Pokemon know exactly what’s going on. Psychic types are smart, after all, and it doesn’t take long for them to start harassing Giacomo about it.

🔈 — He hears your Gallade snicker and click when he offers you an earbud during your rest breaks, and he doesn’t miss the knowing look your Hypno starts giving him when it notices he’s memorized what your favorite soda is in the machine. Your Espeon stares so intently at him when you guys relax on the benches together, like it’s trying to burn a hole through his head. Armarogue keeps standing in front of you two, pointing its head from one of you to the other, back and forth, back and forth.

🔈 — Damn, is he being that obvious? The way that your Pokemon treat him, he must be. And they can’t talk, but the longer this goes on, the more it feels like they’re trying to put some kind of pressure on the two of you—but mostly him.

🔈 — Your Espathra not-at-all-subtly shoves you into him one time, and he fumbles to catch you before you both trip over each other’s feet. The two of you nervously laugh it off, apologizing to one another, but his face goes bright red when he has his arms around you, oh god, but you don’t seem to notice. Or maybe you’re ignoring it on purpose.

🔈 — On a particularly cold day, Espeon and Espathra steal his coat and book it, prompting you to laugh and take off your own jacket to give to him while you go chase your misbehaving Pokemon down, and he just about dies.

🔈 — Your Pokemon kind of break the record for trying to shove you two together in the most asshole-ish ways possible when he’s sharing some of his newer mixes with you, and one of your Pokemon—he could never tell which one, and if he did, he’d throttle them—starts manipulating his laptop with its psychic powers.

🔈 — While he’s playing you some samples from his audio editing software, the Pokemon opens whatever the Pokemon world equivalent of Spotify is in the background and keeps flicking through every overplayed pop-y love song in the book. Of course, he doesn’t actually know what‘s going on but it feels like Arceus itself has suddenly decided to out him just because it felt like it. You’re laughing every time he gets increasingly flustered trying to shut the cheesy love songs off.

🔈 — And your Pokemon responsible for this, who is trying so hard, then drops the hail mary and opens something that isn’t the radio app, but instead one of his unfinished project files. Which is the mix inspired by you he was working on. Which he titled the file YOUR NAME.

🔈 — And you both just kind of. Stare at the computer screen. Giacomo feels his soul leave his body. He does not know how to recover from this one.

🔈 — “Um…” you finally pipe up. “Are you… working on a mix related to me, or…?”

🔈 — Well, shit, he can’t keep lying. Wearily, he explains exactly what the mix is. That yes, it totally is related to you, it’s about you, you were just so striking to him from the moment you two met, you had such a presence, it was giving him so many ideas. And as the days hanging out went on, he just got more and more ideas and got more enthusiastic about working on the mix, which is… long now. Almost enough for a full set at a normal gig.

🔈 — He’s not outright SAYING he likes you in a romantic way, but he’s definitely skirting around it. Calling you unique, striking, one of a kind, complimenting your battle style and fashion sense and saying your personality is captivating, good lord, he’s saying everything BUT “I kind of have the biggest crush on you”.

🔈 — But you find it all sweet. You’re really touched by his words, and by his gesture, even if you weren’t supposed to know about it. He flatters you immensely, and the thing I said about him saying everything but outright confessing to having a crush? You pick up on that. And teasingly, you lean against him and deliver a snarky:

🔈 — “Wow, Giacomo, that’s so sweet. Really… I’ve never had anyone do something like this for me. But the way you’re talking, it’s, uh…” you grin at him. “…pretty gay.”

🔈 — Before he can even react to being called out like that, you throw an arm around him, happy to have some kind of confirmation about his feelings that were, you know, not at all subtle to begin with. But you wanted to be cautious. “Good thing I’m ALSO pretty gay. So, can we listen to this?”

🔈 — What

🔈 — The story of how you guys started dating is now an in-joke between you anymore. For the sake of Giacomo’s dignity, you don’t give all the embarrassing details about him being called out for weeks for being gay on main by your Pokemon.

🔈 — He’s still adding to that mix he made inspired by you. But now, he’s got your input directly.

#pokemon x reader #giacomo x reader #giacomo x male reader #pokemon male reader #I just realized I accidentally wrote the fucking scene #from the alvin and the chipmunks movie #into the latter half of this post and i’m so mad #🪲#i’m not the best at writing him but I hope I did a good job!!!

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What do you think the mk1 characters pokemon would be? (in earthrealm since i dunno if outworld could have pokemons)

IMO bihan could have a glalie or something lol and liu kang would maybe have a shiny gyarados.

oh god I did a whole list for pokemon I associate with genshin characters let me do this for mk1. I'll try to explain my thoughts as best I can but these are pokemon I just kinda think would fit with them, whether it be oh them as a pokemon or a pokemon I think would work with them well.

Liu Kang - Reshiram

He's a god, I just HAD to give him a legendary pokemon. Reshiram fits both the dragon and fire stuff he is associated with. Plus Reshiram being the pokemon representing truth makes sense (though I kinda think ideals fit better for Liu Kang, I like the matching with Reshiram more).

Sub Zero - Chein-Pao

I like the ice vibe with this pokemon, and the description feels like it vibes enough with me. "The hatred of those who perished by the sword long ago has clad itself in snow and become a Pokémon." Idk!! I think he'd look neat with it :).

Scorpion - Centiskorch

I tried to incorporate some ideas of bug into the pokemon since the existing scorpion pokemon aren't that funky imo. I had to go with a fire type because, yeah, so this is what I settled with. I think I could have done better but eh none of the other fire pokemon imo fit his vibe.

Kitana - Oricorio Sensu form

Elegant, has flying elements, matches with the new feather aesthetic they put in 1, and the wings kinda look like fans! I think it's neat :)

Johnny Cage - Incineroar

This is mostly because of smash bro's influence but this pokemon is a heel archetype. They're showy, cocky, and like to taunt others! I think it kinda works. There's probably another show offy pokemon that's slipping my mind though.

Kenshi - Honedge

I wanted to give him Aegislash but there is no shield on Kenshi so oh well LMAO. I also think that the pokedex entry fits well "Honedge’s soul once belonged to a person who was killed a long time ago by the sword that makes up Honedge’s body." So yeah!!

Kung Lao - Honchkrow

I'll be honest. It's just the hat. But I think this man could use a funky bird. Idk!! I think he'd like a bird :)

Mileena - Mawile

I like the steel theming along with the jaw parts in Mawile. I thought it'd be neat to give Mileena a pokemon that can mega evolve since despite how cool it looks it apparently hurts them, which fits with Tarkat. "It has an extremely vicious disposition. It grips prey in its two sets of jaws and tears them apart with raw power."

Raiden -Jolteon

Had to go with an electric type. Idk! I think the idea of Raiden turning from a simple farmer (think eevee) and turning into an electric user fits!

Rain - Slowking

I had to go with a water type, and i also went with a psychic type because of the whole mage thing! I think the pokedex entry would appeal to Rain's ambition well too, "When its head was bitten, toxins entered Slowpoke’s head and unlocked an extraordinary power."

Smoke - Torkoal

Has the ability white smoke, and can learn smoke screen. Idk! I think it fits better than stunky line or wheezing line. There's not much in the way of pokemon with a smoke theme.

Li Mei - Arcanine

It's the pokemon (well, growlithe is) that is associated with the police in the pokemon world. That, and it kind of resembles a tiger which is part of the lion dog she uses. I do wish there was a better pokemon that is closer to fireworks than Blacepheon but oh well.

Baraka - Mega Houndoom

I like the idea of a leader of the pack pokemon, one that is dark type. I made the idea of a pokemon that is mega permanently since it fits with the whole "thing that is hurting them" and when it is mega evolved houndoom can hurt itself with how hot it's inner temperature can get. "Its red claws and the tips of its tail are melting from high internal temperatures that are painful to Houndoom itself."

Tanya - Tsareena

Thought it'd be appropiate to give her a pokemon that is a female only line. I also think it'd fit her being a more "ruthless" pokemon to match her willingness to fight those who might hurt the royal family "This feared Pokémon has long, slender legs and a cruel heart. It shows no mercy as it stomps on its opponents."

Geras - Celebi

I thought it'd be cool to give him a mythical pokemon since he's pretty close to godhood/will become the next keeper of time. That, and the whole time thing fits too.

Reptile - Krookodile

Crocodile, that's pretty much it.

Havik - Staryu

It fits the whole regeneration thing. "As long as the center section is unharmed, it can grow back fully even if it is chopped to bits." and "An enigmatic Pokémon that can effortlessly regenerate any appendage it loses in battle." Also I think it's a nice call back to when Chaosrealm worshipped water

Ashrah - Togekiss

I thought it'd be nice to give a pokemon that looks like an angelic theming (well, as close as it gets). Idk I think they'd get along :)

Sindel - Exploud

Screaming. Uh, that's really it! I also think it fits her commanding prescence I guess haha ^^ I couldn't find a pokemon that fits her hair thing so we're going with her screaming.

Shao - Bisharp

It commands pokemon, and looks like it fits the vibe of a general as well! Plus it'd match with his axe. "This pitiless Pokémon commands a group of Pawniard to hound prey into immobility. It then moves in to finish the prey off."

Nitara - Gliscor

Resembles a vampire bat. Also according to Legends Arceus, it does this: "It glides soundlessly on pitch-black wings and sinks sharp fangs into the throat of its prey. It takes on a look of satisfaction once it has entirely drained its prey of blood."

Shang Tsung - Arbok

Snake theming. I also like how the stomach can be used to transfix others and to intimidate them so it can poison others. Feels befitting.

Reiko - Pawniard

Fits the whole thing with Shao's pokemon and how it is loyal and ruthless. Follows him no matter what, I think it makes sense to me.

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