#i like iono and larry most as gym leaders/elite 4

[stargazingpsychotic]

I liked the ending for poking scarlet. The area looks like there was more passion put into it (which is sad when you think about the rest and how rushed it must have been), the penultimate battle was good and the Pokémon looked good, the last battle was nice but because you couldn't lose that meant I could do whatever and still win which isn't as fun. I liked seeing the group together after the three stories before this one. I was overlevelled by a little so it was easier than it should have been but I did still have to think a bit.

#pokemon #pokemon scarlet #pokemon violet #there are so many problems with this game #which sucks because theres a really good game hidden behind it #i like iono and larry most as gym leaders/elite 4 #i also like the teachers. the classes were interesting where i didnt know something. home ec dude is cool cant wait to finish his quest

[wyrdle]

Geeta and Paldea Discussion

Really random thought, but as a sort of counter to Geeta being a bad top champion/chairwoman, I feel like it's important to point out that Paldea is quite the paradise. Each town is filled with life and activity, and presumably the gyms and the Academy's treasure hunt program is what made it the way it is economically. I don't think it'd be impossible to say that Paldea was not like this when she first took over, and it's years of her hard work to change things.

It's said the gym leaders were all handpicked by Geeta, and I think any of these cities success would be attributed to her hard work into changing Paldea for the better.

If we need more tangible indicators, I feel like the Elite 4 battleground being the most sparse battle area speaks volumes as to where her and thus the league's priorities lie. It's about the rest of Paldea's development and improvement, they get the most funding for building up the space into something fun and enriching. At the ace tournament, Geeta also reveals that she had a hand in designing the Academy library renovations, so she very much invests into bettering Paldea/The Academy as a whole.

I do enjoy the headcanon of her actually being a great champion/leader, pushing her coworkers. The quips/hatred towards her feels like fan interpretations being overstretched, not to say she is beloved, but I think the league and it's gym leaders of this region work together better than other gens. And I adore the thought that they have a decent camraderie...

Afaik Geeta runs a tight ship, doing inspections, making the rounds, talking to locals, to students... She's probably a workaholic herself, stretching thinly across the region haha.

Also, another point to her: Assuming she was the leader when the other Academy Director was in power, she likely helped oversee the complete reshuffling/changing of staff... getting someone as dedicated as Clavell, pulling gym leaders she trusts (Tyme) etc to the Academy. She can't micromanage and solve every problem, but i do feel she'd be warmly pleased at hearing the Director's "greatest treasure" resonating with her own... and also the dedication he has to act as Clive LOL. Clavell also helps out with Iono's stream to repay the League once, so I assume it to be true that Geeta has done much to improve the Academy.

There's also things like: Hassel, the guy being harassed by his family. I am sure Geeta would know about it, and the fact that Hassel is both E4 + art teacher feels very much like "Don't touch him, he's Paldea's". Power moveeee. Adore the headcanon of Geeta being very defensive of keeping him as Paldea's, any move from the dragon tamers has political ramifications...

Grusha... iirc has some beef? Idk. Nothing jumps out to me in memory beyond fan interpretations. I like seeing his role as gym leader actually being something of a Geeta pushing him into something after a devastating career blow.

I've already discussed Larry before in another post (His gym being his favourite restaurant is already quite telling that all the gym leaders get plenty of support for their work lol). Tulip's jealousy over her? Just feels in character for her personality but I don't think she means it too much lol.

The only thing that's probably a big glaring mistake is allowing professor Turo/Sada to continue experiments, presumably without supervision. It might've been possible that oversight occured.. or the professor was able to shirk off suspicion so long as they spared the crystals for making tera orbs. Kinda like an operation where they go "You only need me down here to help you harvest the crystals.", the time machine secretly being the focus. The academy/league funded labs were abandoned, one can assume they'd taken their hands off maintaining it, the only valuable thing left is extracting the crystals for Tera orbs. Little did they know the professors obsession... hence the concern/fear the professor's had when the miraidon/Koraidon were seen in public. Their little undercover operation was at risk of being found out.

Combined with the concept of Geeta focusing on the rest of Paldea after the Tera Orb discovery (I like to think she was appointed just shortly after it or very early during it), one professor being down in the crater managing Crystal extraction doesn't seem like a huge priority...

Anyway, those are my rambly all over the place thoughts for Geeta and her role in Paldea lol. Top champion isn't just being the strongest, it's very much a leadership role with influence on people's livelihoods. She's doing a fine job of it, if Paldea is so damn idyllic. I doubt the game will give us these answers or depth, but fjdhsjs Geeta is probably kinder/more empathetic/caring than most fans make her out to be.

#pokemon geeta #pokemon scarlet #pokemon violet #pokemon scarlet violet spoilers #geeta #chairwoman geeta #champion geeta #pokemon meta #rambles

[pokemonleagueofficial]

How do the Leaders and Elite 4/champion handle balancing their day jobs and Battling duties, seems like a lot for almost all of them to have 2 jobs (or in Larry's case like 4)

Geeta also has like four jobs. she's champion and the Chairwoman of the league. these are Separate Positions. she just has em both. she's also the school board president and a queer rights activist. that last one isn't a job but I think it should be said bc she does a Lot of volunteer work when she isn't doing 1 billion other things

it's a little easier to have two jobs in the elite four, they get fewer challengers over all compared to gym leaders. hassel only really teaches because he loves it, and rika works as an interviewer mainly because she's the only one in the league who knows who should even qualify to be a champion who isn't Extremely Busy

iono was a streamer before being a gym leader, and was like oh hell yeah Marketing. which is funny

ryme, brassius, and tulip are all some form of artist so they can move their art around their gym leader duties. or incorporate said duties into their art, in rymes case LOL

katy and kofu do have jobs that require em to have real strict schedules (kofu doesn't follow his. call-out post.) with challengers, but luckily it's not too hard to have sign-ups in their gym so people aren't just waiting around eating the best food in paldea

after grusha's accident, he's had a lot of free time. it isn't for the most FUN of reasons, but he does have free time in spades.

Larry has three jobs because he has a mental illness

#tross talks #for the league