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badmusejail · 11 months
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ACCOMPLICE : for one muse to assist the other at the scene of a crime. @flock-keeper
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This city was large and suffocating; a maze of metal and glass that obscured the sky. Disgusting. Far from the fields and rural territories of Kanto. But, for those very reasons, ripe with opportunity; ripe for profit. Though it wasn't him that decided to move some operations to Unova and Team Rocket was still young in the region; he felt the need to observe; get a handle on it for himself; determine how to proceed. Which, of course, included meeting their assets.
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Giovanni knew nothing about this man; save for the fact he was looking for a means to make money. Supposedly, he and Petrel had worked together before, which was some small reassurance, but beyond that, they were strangers.
Something about him seemed soft.
A larger guy; yes; but still, something in his eyes, something in the way he walked implied to Giovanni that he didn't quite have what was necessary for the grittiest parts of this life; didn't have the composition to stab an innocent man through the chest just because they happened to have different ideals.
Giovanni wished he didn't either. But things don't always turn out as they wish.
It worked out well, he supposed; keeping the hired hands on the jobs of minimal importance; where secrecy wasn't the largest concern.
And yet--how awful it was--the same story, again and again; the 'government' hoarding and seizing; terrorizing the subjects it was sworn to protect into poverty and desperation.
And people wondered why organizations like Team Rocket existed.
Organizations of people who had nowhere else to go; of people who had been abandoned by society; of people who were bitter and lost, so desperately seeking a hint of salvation.
(Who was really the 'evil' group?)
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Giovanni scoffed, head inclined as he rested against the wall. Really, he fit in perfectly to this gloomy alley; monochrome dress bleeding away into monochrome buildings; if it weren't for the fact there was a scheduled meeting, it may have been easy to overlook him entirely.
"Are you looking for me? Speak."
(Who was he? Nobody. None of them were anybody; simply nameless faces in the underground. An associate of Petrel. Nothing more, nothing less. Giovanni doubted this man even knew what Team Rocket was; knew anything of their greater goal. The money was all that mattered. All that ever mattered.)
He lifted his gaze to hone in on the individual. He was, indeed, almost certainly the individual Petrel had described, but they had procedures for a reason, and Giovanni would not stray from them.
A code phrase, to verify his identity.
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rainbowpufflez · 16 days
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Team RR but it’s their mugs 🤯
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bunnygirl678 · 1 month
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Cute hc
Silver ends up joining TR (want to know why I think he would feel free to dm me lol), Gold goes with him, cause he’d follow Silver anywhere,
As a signing bonus/gift from daddy, Giovanni bribes and blackmails all the Johto/Kanto leaders/law makers to pass a gay marriage law, then throws Silver and Gold a huge wedding
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fallershipping · 10 months
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I'm into Nanu/Giovanni as a ship. But it's a funny and kind of horrific scenario at the moment. HIS Giovanni is kind of an Ex that disappeared off the grid, and there's this new Rainbow Rocket Giovanni running around who he doesn't date but notes that this particular one is an absolutely fucking madman off his rockers.
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reiketsui · 3 months
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yeah i really wanna make a verse where archer takes over rocket after giovanni retires (or really all the execs co-lead). i wanna design him a cool boss uniform.
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Quick overview on Lilli's Pokémon... Rewrite? Verse? Idk what this is lmao
All I really know for sure is that I have a lot of thoughts about pokemon's lore and plotlines. I want to try my hand at connecting stuff with a little more continuity because it's fun! There's no way I can get to everything because we'd be here all day, but I figured I'd set up the basic premise and include some fun notes/headcanons!
My general idea is focusing from the anime (up until Horizons) while also including more components from the games (such as more of the SWSH plot/rivals, Emma from XY's post game, Zinnia and the Delta Episode, etc). I also include a multitude of my own original characters, along with some of my friends' (most prominently @starkitters's goobers). Storylines are generally divided up by "sagas" based on the original generation they take place in! I may include some Horizons as it would coincide with ScaVio, but I need to catch up with that series (though from the looks of it it’s all pretty banger)!
This concept is definitely going to mostly get smaller things of art/comics/drabbles and whatnot rather than a full-fic/comic series or whatever because... oh gosh there's way too much. Also obviously not going to cover every single anime episode bit by bit because that would make me insane!!
As for a general timeline— a lot of this main stuff would kinda unfold in the span of 2-3 years? I might make it longer, but then again a lot can happen in even just a month, y’know? Generally, Ash would stay 10 between Indigo League-Advanced, 11 by DP-XYZ, and 12 during SuMo-Journeys. The Legends Arceus shenanigans would probably be during Journeys and the ScaVio stuff is definitely after (I'm thinking potentially a year or so after Journeys' saga would be wrapped up? Though it could even be immediately after idk).
There is. A ton of information even just in this little intro post, and a lot of it isn’t even fully concrete either. But if you find the time to read through it all, I’d really appreciate feedback!
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Earlier involvement from rivals/evil teams such as the Galar Rivals, N and Team Plasma, Team Skull, etc! All of that will be covered more in the respective sagas they all appear in, lol
I'm kind of on the fence for whether or not more player characters would be included? May, Dawn, and Serena are canon companions/major characters the anime, I'm including Brendan as Birch's son and Lucas as Dawn's twin brother, Akari and Rei are both going to be native to Hisui, etc.
So far, the mc roles that are taken up by OCs include my characters Lilac (involved in XYZ/SuMo but becomes a Swsh Gym Challenger), Stacy (Emmet's daughter, travels back to Hisui to find her missing Uncle), and Chrys (main Naranja student involved with Nemona, Arven, Penny, and also Kieran and Blueberry stuff). @starkitters's oc Arthur also kinda takes an mc role as Hop's bestie/neighbor and the two of them work with the knight-wolf duo (Zacian and Zamazenta) instead of Ash and Goh just kinda... feeling shoved in there. Ash and his Journeys buddies still get involved in the Darkest Day shenanigans, but another Gym challenger/Hop's bestie)
While characters like Red and Blue/Green aren't really going to be involved since Ash and Gary already kinda take up those roles, there is potential in making like... Ash's dad a Red-esque character? A character based on Leaf? We've also gotten cameos of Jimmy (Gold/Ethan) and Marina (Krys) from the old OVAs and Lyra is briefly seen during DP... but tbh we get so little on them it wouldn't be too difficult to make the OVAs an au or something? I'll have to play with all of it.
The Black and White/Best Wishes saga is going to get some major storyline reworks. Team Rocket (Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobuffet, etc) aren't going to start actually doing evil shit/working directly with Giovanni out of nowhere. Rather, they get have their own route uncovering stuff about N and Team Plasma, which follows more of the storyline from BW1. Characters from BW2 like Colress and Hugh are definitely still going to appear and their deal won't really change too much, but I'll have to figure out their involvement (especially with Colress he’s got a lot of potential for his own stuff imo). Cheren and Bianca are in a "halfway" sorta period and acting as apprentices for Lenora and Juniper respectively.
I'm mostly going off of the Scarlet side of the ScaVio storyline, with Naranja Academy being in Mesagoza and Sada being the professor inside Area Zero. However, Uva Academy and Turo are also going to be involved! Essentially, Naranja is a school that focuses on helping its students figure out and prepare for careers connected with pokemon (trainers, coordinators, breeders, doctors/nurses, etc) in a more general sense. Uva Academy in Zapapico is primarily a research school (especially prominent for professors and scientists) while Blueberry in Unova specializes in professional battling (League Members, Battle Facilities, etc). Naranja provides courses and connections for careers Uva and Blueberry have niches in, but it's the difference between attending a more well-rounded school and attending a specialized one, if that makes sense.
Turo develops the Terastral Orbs used throughout the Paldea region, while Sada focused on Area Zero and develops the time machine that brings past and future Paradox Pokemon. Their relationship is super complicated and messy /pos. I don't think they ever got officially married, but they're 100% divorced in spirit.
Since the games kinda write Sada and Turo interchangeably (even outside of the whole AI deal) and they're described in the same ways besides pronouns and stuff, I want to make the professors a little more distinct from each other. Sada dives head-first into her passions and doesn't like anything or anyone holding her back, Turo is more conscientious but can come off a lot colder than he intends sometimes, etc.
I know most people hc the Subway twins (Ingo and Emmet), Elesa, Skyla, etc to be in like their late 20s/early 30s... but since I gave Emmet a daughter who's the mc of the Legends Arceus saga... they're actually gonna be slightly younger than Lusamine (around 38 or so) lmao. Let's get more nice and hot older adults up in here
Silver (Giovanni's son/Johto rival) is included! Since there's already a baby Lugia in the anime named Silver and that's just... too perfect, this rendition of the character is going to be named Sage (Yomogi in Japanese). I'm still figuring out his personality and stuff since Paul's whole "be the strongest/pokemon are just tools" thing was pulled from game!Silver, but I kinda want to play with Sage being a little more mellowed out by the time we would meet him in Johto Journeys? He acts as an assistant for Professor Elm, and is surprisingly great with raising pokemon despite the edgy tough-guy act he usually keeps up. He and Brock can nerd out about breeding and nuturing techniques and stuff.
An original team I made myself, Team Comet, acts as a foil of sorts to Team Flare. They’re fighting over (literal) life and death
I’m not entirely sure how to make this work, but I really want AZ’s ultimate weapon to be the (super buffed up) prototype of the healing machines used in pokemon centers. Like… the current machines extract infinity energy from deceased pokemon’s remains (such as ashes and stuff) instead of. Y’know. Draining living pokemon of that energy directly, causing them to die. AZ himself developed this practice as an attempt to redeem himself from all of the tragedy he caused in the name of his Floette. His full name is Azrael Jovalie… making him a pivotal ancestor to the Joy family.
Several large family-clans are the primary leaders of international organizations. The Joy family runs the pokemon centers and overall healthcare facilities, Jenny family runs the international and local police departments, the Jordan family are firefighters who provide aid and try to prevent natural disasters, etc (they may be involved with pokemon rangers? I’m not entirely sure). Others are obviously welcome to work in these forces as well, and members of these families aren’t (usually) forced into working the family business if they want to pursue other goals.
Obviously the anime has all the service-people look identical to safe on time and everything, but I think making unique designs and characters for the Joys, Jennys, etc is a fun concept! No matter their gender or ethnicity, almost every member of a poke-business family have hair and eye colors in the same spectrum. For example, almost every Joy has pink hair that’s styled in circular/drop shapes to some capacity, and blue eyes. Jennys have teal/turquoise hair in lightning shaped styles, and brown eyes. Jordans have charcoal black hair that looks like smoky wisps, and fiery orange/gold eyes.
Xerosic (creepy ass scientist dude who forces you to push a button and coaxes Emma into his expansion suit testing) was originally from Ultra Megalopolis. I’m not entirely sure how to connect him to all the Team Flare stuff??? Or even how exactly he ends up in Kalos but he was part of the Ultra Recon Squad and volunteered to travel to the “main” pokemon world for the to see where Necrozma might try to take all the light next. But when he actually shows up there, he just. Doesn’t care. He’s so fascinated by all of the different pokemon and how energy manifests in such different ways… All he wants to do is learn everything he can about it
Eternatus is an Ultra Beast! The ricochet from AZ’s Ultimate Weapon woke it up and caused the first darkest day.
Builing more from the Adventures manga, Galar was already starting to lose its energy, but the issue is actually going to be addressed far more openly. As Eternatus slept for thousands of years, its dynamax energy gradually dies down to the point where it can’t really be used as a proper resource— especially not to power so many of Galar’s communities. Rose definitely pushed a lot of the reliance of dynamax energy in recent history, but I’m certain Galar has relied on Eternatus for even longer. What makes Rose’s plan to wake Eternatus up again even more messed up (besides putting so many people and pokemon in danger), is that he’s essentially harvesting Eternatus of its energy: Wake it up to get the dynamax levels up again, (have Leon) catch it so it doesn’t go back to sleep… Rose sees the pokemon less as an actual creature and more like a walking power plant, definitely in part with how different Eternatus looks from “normal” pokemon.
The original Sun/Moon storyline with Lusamine and her kids happens first (Lusamine is a mix of the doting from the anime and her abuse from the games… she’s messy /pos). Then, around the time Ash and his friends meet Poipole, that’s when we’d meet the Ultra Recon squad and get into the Necrozma stuff.
Y’know Goh’s whole thing with wanting to catch Mew? How Jessie’s mom died in pursuit of Mew? And the eventual data she found was used for Mewtwo’s creation? Do you see how I’m connecting the dots?
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Harley is one of Karen's cousins, making them both descendants of Sanqua (Galaxy Team's Construction Leader) and her little brother, Melli (Diamond Clan Warden of Coronet Highlands). Obviously... we can tell who took after who even after all these years, lmao. They also have a baby cousin (one of my ocs lol) named Jimson from Laverre City (Kalos) who is currently one of the Blueberry League Club's Biome Leaders! He specializes in psychic types... and is lowkey a chuunibyou (really commits to the wizard/witch act)
While Serena is in Hoenn, she meets Lisia and the two become girlfriends besties! They’re like twelve so idk if they’d actually do anything with their feelings but the mutual pining is very very apparent. Their ship name is Dreamshowshipping!
Chloe is highkey a lesbian. That’s just always how I’ve interpreted her??? She’s constantly shocked that Ash knows all of these cute girls. I think her and Iris eventually being a couple would be very cute. If Flowershipping isn’t taken, I shall call them that!
Because I am not immune to @yamujiburo’s propaganda of Hanamusashipping (Hiii Kiana if you’re reading through all of this I am so honored and so sorry it’s so much gjdhdhdhs), I love the idea that Jessie and James start a poly/ish thing with Delia!! By that I mean Delia and James are more so queerplatonic and Jessie is smooching both of them lmao. Ash’s step parents have been here the whole time yippee!!
Arven gets a harem to make up for all the trauma (/j but also not). He gets 2 boyfriends (Giacomo and Drayton) and a girlfriend (Copaia, my main Uva student character). They are all bisexual, bet u didn’t know that ;p
Carmen and Amarys are lesbians and girlfriends!! They’ve been dating for 2 years until the main events of the ScaVio saga
I’m not entirely sure what to do with Indigo League’s Elite 4 since it changes between Kanto and Johto?? Will and Karen are definitely well-known trainers (and possibly even coordinators?) in their own right, but idk if or when they would take Lorelai and Agatha’s places. They might become members around Journeys (since I’m treating that as a general 2 years since Indigo League), but that’s very much up in the air.
Xerosic straight up ditches his daughter (Zossie). Which. He was never that good of a parent anyways but.
Klara is the younger sister of Lacey’s mother (who I have as an oc), making her an aunt! She gave Lacey her Galarian slowpoke/slowbrow.
Lucy is Kieran and Carmine’s older cousin. I know the go-to is that she’s their mom but Lucy’s vibe is more around her early 20s or so to me.
Because I adore the concepts I’ve found from @critterbitter and their mutuals, Ingo and Emmet are Drayden’s nephews. Which makes Stacy and Drayton second cousins— there’s so much comedic potential there you have no idea. Keep in mind that Drayden is also paternal figure to Iris, and Hop and Leon are her cousins… the family tree gets real complicated real fast lmao
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victorystalline · 2 months
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Repost, don't reblog ; Bold whatever your muse knows! Italics is a maybe.
Nico doesn't know shit lmfao. Anything in italics is verse/discord dependent.
MAJOR GAME EVENTS
Mewtwo's Creation | Red battles against Team Rocket | Team Rocket's Radio Tower attack | Shadow Pokèmon | Kyogre and Groudon's awakening | Rayquaza's awakening | the meteor headed towards Hoenn | Cyrus controlling Dialga and Palkia | the Distortion World | Team Plasma's attacks | the shooting of the Ultimate Weapon | the existence of different universes and timelines | Ultra Space | Ultra Beasts | the existence of Fallers | the Darkest Day | Sada or Turo's death | Paradox Pokèmon | Dialga and Palkia's Origin Form
HISTORY
the history of the Burnt Tower | the legends of the two Unovan Dragons | Arceus's Creation mythos | the Kalos war | Calyrex's legend | the Emperor of Paldea | the discovery of Area Zero (lmao) | Hisui's legends | Team Galactic's origins
ANTAGONISTS
Team Rocket | Team GO Rocket | Giovanni's involvement with Team Rocket | Team Snagem | Team Aqua | Team Magma | Team Galactic | Team Plasma | Neo Team Plasma | Team Flare | Lysandre's involvement with Team Flare | Malva's involvement with Team Flare | Team Skull | Aether Foundation's crimes | Team Yell | Macro Cosmos' crimes | Team Star (they're cool) | Volo
LEGENDARY POKEMON
Articuno | Moltres | Zapdos | Mew | Mewtwo | Ho-Oh | Lugia | Celebi | Raikou | Entei | Suicune | Kyogre | Groudon | Rayquaza | Deoxys | Jirachi | Regirock | Regice | Registeel | Latias | Latios | Dialga | Palkia | Giratina | Arceus | Uxie | Mesprit | Azelf | Heatran | Regigigas | Cresselia | Darkrai | Phione | Manaphy | Shaymin | Zekrom | Reshiram | Kyurem | Victini | Cobalion | Terrakion | Virizion | Keldeo | Tornadus | Thundurus | Landorus | Meloetta | Genesect | Xerneas | Yveltal | Zygarde | Diancie | Hoopa | Volcanion | Cosmog | Cosmoem | Solgaleo | Lunala | Type: Null | Silvally | Tapu Koko | Tapu Bulu | Tapu Lele | Tapu Fini | Magearna | Marshadow | Zeraora | Meltan | Melmetal | Zacian | Zamazenta | Eternatus | Calyrex | Kubfu | Urshifu | Regieleki | Regidrago | Glastrier | Spectrier | Zarude | Enamorus | Koraidon | Miraidon | Ting-Lu | Chien-Pao | Wo-Chien | Chi-Yu | Ogerpon | Okidogi | Munkidori | Fezandipiti | Terapagos
ULTRA BEASTS
Nihilego | Buzzwole | Pheromosa | Xurkitree | Celesteela | Kartana | Guzzlord | Poipole | Naganadel | Stakataka | Blacephalon | Necrozma
REGION LOCKED STUFF
Safari Zones | Pokèathlon | Contests | Mega Evolution | Z-Moves | the Island Challenge | Dynamax/Gigantamax | Terastallizing | Regional forms
RPC-SPECIFIC
Mount Silver is Haunted | Mount Silver also erupted once | Team Rocket cloning/genetics experiments | the PWT winners | Area Zero is under armed surveillance | people can get Pokèrus | People with Pokèmon powers | Legendary Pokèmon are able to shapeshift into humans | People can have connections with Legendary Pokèmon, even without capturing them | Area Zero crystals corruption | Missingno/Glitch City
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jupiterlandings · 9 months
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Nobody gets it! “Gotta catch ‘Em all!” Was NEVER Ash Ketchum’s personal philosophy but rather the real world catchphrase of the franchise in an attempt to (successfully!) get children & parents to spend as much time & money on Pokémon games/products as possible; which is why an IN UNIVERSE CHARACTER like Goh, who wants to catch one of every Pokémon without taking the time to bond & establish relationships with them on the same level as the usual series regular cast & also the changing of the formula with the gyms was the DIRECT DOWNFALL of the series! The only other character to “wanna catch ‘Em all” like this would’ve been Giovanni, the CRIMINAL LEADER OF TEAM ROCKET. The VERSES of the original theme song were Ash’s POV whereas the CHORUS was about the HOOK OF THE POKEMON GAMES. IN THIS ESSASY, I WILL-
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lumenflowered · 3 months
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Hello. My name is Maria. I am a Faller hailing from Yharnam, a place that is comparatively far darker in a literal and figurative sense than this world. If you also hail from there, I would not mind commiserating. If you know of the name Yharnam from elsewhere, my condolences. If you are not familiar with it at all, I would not recommend requesting further information on it without being mentally prepared.
Out of a lack of anything better to do after Falling into the Johto region and a desire to do anything but think extensively upon my past, I embarked upon the local Gym Challenge. Since then, I have forged an alliance with a god considerably kinder than those I am familiar with, driven the cowards calling themselves Team Rocket out of that region, and defeated the previous Champion of the Indigo League.
While I am technically the new Indigo League Champion, I am not yet formally so due to the re-emergence of Team Rocket in the adjacent Kanto region. I will be putting an end to their schemes once and for all, for the machinations of Giovanni pale in comparison to the horrors I witnessed before Falling into this world.
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My trainer card is attached above, for I've found that I look rather dashing in it even if the image refuses to embed itself properly, and my team is as follows:
Rakuyo (Meganium, X) Hunter (Furret, F) Molotov (Arcanine, M) Adeline (Gengar, F) Evelyn (Kingdra, F) Eileen (Honchkrow, F)
My Gengar, Adeline, rather enjoys borrowing my Pokégear to make posts for herself or to provide additional commentary on my own. As she is considerably better versed in the technology of this world than I am, I have no qualms with this, and she favors the color purple.
I suppose that Silver does still count as my rival, even if the rivalry was always rather one-sided. She is twelve years old and as such does not borrow my blog often, but when she has occasion to, she uses blue. She is currently undercover and has requested that I and others refer to her as a girl until she no longer has need to be. She is a girl now and you will refer to her as such.
On occasion, Ho-oh utilizes this platform and blog to communicate with me and with others. They do so in bolded orange text, and have since chosen an additional name that they use interchangeably with that of their species: Solaire.
The first person I met in this world was a ten-year-old boy named Ethan. He introduced me to his mother, Reina, a woman who I hold in great esteem and bear much affection for. Though I do not anticipate either of them having much reason to use my blog again, both did appear in conjunction once—Reina using pink, and her son using yellow.
(Unfortunately, the color yellow seems to have been removed since then, and Ade is uncertain as to how one might go about restoring it. On the off chance Ethan does ever have reason to come here again, I suppose I will ask him what he would prefer instead.)
Recently, there was an... incident... where my Pokégear was stolen from me via Pelipper Mail, and delivered to a woman in the same world as I. This woman referred to herself as simply "Dee", favoring green text to differentiate her posts from my own, and did eventually return my device... if not face to face.
For the most part, I can only speculate as to what the truth about Dee may be, but I know she has some association with the individual who stole my Pokégear in the first place (whose messages were all sent in bolded red text, oddly enough) and I have reason to suspect that they may be a Faller from Yharnam as well.
I do not know why, or how, I have come here. I suppose it ultimately matters little; the people of Johto have shown me great kindness, and I have no intention of allowing Team Rocket to continue their heinous acts any longer. I simply have to locate them, first...
(OOC info under cut!)
Still @ofstormsandfire, still way too invested in my silly little pokeblog where I thought it would be funny to throw a bloodborne boss (and perhaps some others...) into the world of pokemon. I already had three pokeblogs, but I realized I could do really cool things with a faller blog, and I'm so normal about Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower, come closer.
Worth keeping in mind that Maria is an ex-Bloodborne boss (she lost her bossfight, that's how she got here) and so canon-typical themes for that will be unlikely to faze her as much as they would the average pokeblog or even the average faller. This includes, but isn't limited to: death, blood, cosmic horror, nightmares, probably some other things I'm forgetting. I do my best to tag for stuff but if you'd like me to tag for something else, just ask!
Some navigational tags for y'all (if I could figure out how to make them chronological, I would):
#firebird arc: I smashed together the Radio Tower plot and the Ho-oh plot, made the Kimono Girls more relevant, and also ramped up the stakes a little. Called that because Ho-oh is a firebird and also I'm 90% sure there's a kind of rocket called the Firebird. I like puns. I also put way too much effort into this and I regret nothing.
#from the ashes arc: I made Giovanni a significantly larger threat, threw a full on Rocket base into Tohjo Falls, and traumatized Silver a whole bunch. Please mind the tags on this one; someone dies here, though they don't stay that way for more than five minutes.
#kanto rocket arc: Remember what I said about Giovanni being a Threat? Team Rocket is actually up to more than a little petty crime in Kanto, and posts relating to that will be tagged with this.
#milf time and sonboy hours: The fairly brief takeover by Ethan and his mom (mostly his mom) on Valentine's Day. They might show up again sometime, you never know.
#passing stranger: Posts made by or in relation to someone known only to you, and to Maria, as "Dee" for the time being. While Dee's true identity is currently unknown, it seems that she knows Maria... even though Maria doesn't know her. (This tag will be reused; "Dee" will be returning, and you'll likely even know who she is by then!)
#rainbow wings: That time Ho-oh showed up on the blog specifically to tell Maria to take a break. Same tag is used whenever Ho-oh turns up now, which is not particularly often but does happen.
#what's with this sassy lost child?: The Silver takeover, as well as future posts by her. Has a Crobat. She's not sure how to feel about that one. Has also spent a nonzero amount of time attempting to steal Maria's drip via cosplay.
#ask game: Reblogs of ask games and responses to asks for said ask games. Fairly self-explanatory.
#hints to the future: Bits of prose foreshadowing things to come, because I got really into that one ask game with the gears. (I'm always open for that particular ask game, btw, no matter how long it's been since I last reblogged it. I can always think of something.)
#the vampire allegations: A couple of people made jokes about Maria being a vampire. Admittedly, she is from Cainhurst which is the closest Bloodborne gets to proper vampires, and I thought it would be really funny to have her be allergic to garlic for legitimately mundane reasons.
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vindictes · 1 year
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sb: why does your giovanni have mewtwo if that’s not a rainbow rocket verse me: 
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badmusejail · 2 years
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@imgonnaketchumall continued.
Ash shrugs, going to sit down near the man. “It’s true, isn’t it? Mama fell in love and had me, then went with a man who promised her everything. Mama instead had to work on making money at her resturaunt. Hands off family man.” Ash scoffs. “I was promised many things as a child. Never got those father-son trips I wanted.” He glares at the man, then pets his pikachu. “Own up.”
“I never once failed to provide financial support, and I can retrieve the receipts to prove it.  Whatever your mother did or didn’t do with that money is beyond my knowledge.  The rest is true enough.”
Giovanni rolled his shoulders in a shrug.
“She deserves better.  Both of you do.  But she continues to obsess over an ideal I cannot achieve.”  
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lanceappreciationblog · 8 months
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@Lance fic anon, I feel your pain. I went scouring FF.net and AO3 for even the barest crumbs of content I could find. There are some diamonds in the rough out there, but you gotta look hard! I can give you some recommendations though, if you don’t mind romance in some of them:
(FFN) The Lost Mermaid and her Dragon by KuraOkami13 - a Lance-centric Lance/Misty fic where they wash up on an abandoned island! Unfinished (tragically) but GREAT Lance characterization and super cute romance. About 27 chapters. (I highly recommend this author’s other Lance/Misty works too, this one is just my fave! :D) (Actually, on that note I’d recommend most Lance/Misty fics on FFN. You should try them!)
(FFN) Striving Towards Victory by Nightshadekiller - a typical OC self-insert fic where the main character is Lance’s daughter. I haven’t read much of it but it’s cute and well-written so far, and dad!Lance is a popular trope in Lance fandom. Ended up being abandoned around 30-something chapters.
(FFN) Tabula Rasa by purple-drake - A Team Rocket darkfic where Lance is abducted by Giovanni and brainwashed into being one of his Executives. Contains mature themes (drugging, nightmares, psychosis, etc.), so don’t read unless you’re okay with that! Also tragically unfinished at 11 chapters, but is worth the read for those who can handle it.
(FFN) Another Ordinary Day by purple-drake - A oneshot about Lance being a cool G-Man who does cool G-Man things. Very action-packed and satisfying!
(FFN) The Climb - A cute, short multichapter ship fic about Lance training his dragons to be stronger in the Charicific Valley with Liza, a character from the anime. Technically a sequel, but it’s not necessary to read the first one, which is Steven-centric. The Lance characterization in it is pretty cute, and I like Liza! Also, it’s finished! Yay!
(FFN) challenges by ohlookrandom - A fun, silly multichapter fic about Gold sweeping the entire Johto League and Lance having a minor crisis over it.
(FFN) Tempered Skies by Silent Railgun - A Lance/Jasmine fic that sparks after Jasmine acquires a Dratini in need of care and affection. I haven’t read much of this one either, but so far it seems well-written and it has an interesting premise!
(FFN) Just Want To Relax by seclinalunica - A humorous anime-verse fic about Lance trying to go on vacation while Ash and Goh ruin everything. 4 chapters, probably abandoned, but worth it for the laughs!
(AO3) Dragon’s Dance by A_Pen - Mod already mentioned this fic, but it’s one of the best-written fics I’ve ever read, and a super awesome Lance origin story! It’s at 16 chapters right now but still being written I think. Go read it!!
(AO3) Dragon Support by StratusCloudSurfer - A cute oneshot about Lance showing Silver how to care for Dratini.
This ended up being super long (clearly, I am not normal about the spiky dragon man) but I hope these are to your liking!! ☺️
Thank you so much anon! I'll check out some of these too when I get the time!
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a-tale-of-legends · 1 year
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Cliff states that Team Rocket saved his life at one point, which is probably what made him to loyal to them
Yes, I am aware! I remember finding that interesting when reading about on Bulbapedia when trying to understand the Go-verse. Not sure if they would expand on it or not in pokemon Go, but it's certainly an interesting backstory.
I will admit, I was pretty disappointed with Cliff's personality. Before really reading into his quotes, I got the impression that he was the "I don't want to hurt you, but I'm loyal to team rocket so I'm gonna" and I thought that would be interesting cause I don't think we've gotten that type of team rocket member before? The only one that I remember is that random npc that battles you in radio tower I think that basically goes " what? A kid?! I don't want to hurt a kid, but I if I must....". Like that underlining kindness( kinda) despite doing something very wrong. But then I read Cliff's quotes and was proven wrong lol. He's just a Giovanni simp/j. In hindsight, I should have just expected that, and my disappointment is kinda silly all things considered. I got my hopes up based on nothing lol.
Anyway, I know Cliff's loyalty towards Team Rocket is due to them saving him in the past. It's really interesting and I hope that they expand on it more!
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mxstball · 7 months
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[HEADCANON] Some Leaf Cleanup
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So, I realized that Leaf has gone through some dumb shit in Kanto/Johto this past year (-cough cough- Rainbow Road -cough-) and things may get a little weird when interacting with Kanto/Johto muses, so let me break a few things down here.
The main things of reference are:
Rainbow Rocket part 1
How she obtained Mewtwo
Kuro (Zekrom)
Her current Ultra Space stuff (that I haven't discussed here yet)
So let me break this down into three possibilities: Mainverse (the main canon), Adjusted verse (if she's a drop-in for your Leaf/Green), and Ultra Space visitor (if she's a foreign Leaf for... some reason). Most solos go under the first sense except for the below note. Thus, I don't tag them because, at the end of the day, it's still the same Leaf.
As a note: blackfog2023 will go on the Adjusted verse assumption unless someone asked otherwise
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Main Leaf:
Rainbow Rocket invaded Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn in the main world. Cinnabar Island was wiped off of the map for about 9 months or so before Heidi recreated it using her Arceus powers.
Mewtwo was RR Giovanni's Mewtwo. She caught it after a chase for 4 months within the Embedded Tower.
Leaf is considered the Nuevo Hero of Truth but has Kuro (Zekrom). Zinnia's the Nuevo Hero of Ideals but has Shiro (Reshiram). Both Kuro and Shiro are only 3 or 4 years old and ARE NOT the BW Zekrom/Reshiram. Leaf obtained the extra Black Stone from Hilda and obtained Kuro mid-Mewtwo fight.
Leaf Travels to Ultra Space partially to obtain more information about the difference between the different Legendary Pokémon. Amaterasu (Izanami's Solgaleo child) takes her there all of the time. She's currently worried about a potential return of Team Rainbow Rocket, despite the loss of Giovanni and all of the admins.
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Adjusted Leaf:
There was a Rainbow Rocket incident that occurred in Hoenn in the main world (or a Kanto of another world with Zinnia and crew). Cinnabar is fine (well, as fine as GSC Cinnabar can be I guess)
Mewtwo was RR Giovanni's Mewtwo. She caught it in Hoenn / Ultra Space.
Leaf obtained the Black Stone (and Zinnia obtained the White Stone) from an excursion in another world. She caught Kuro in Ultra Space as well.
Same as Main Leaf.
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Ultra Space Leaf:
Notes 1-4 of Main Leaf happened in Leaf's original world, with one additional note:
She's travelling through the world with Amaterasu, Izanami's Solgaleo. He doesn't battle at all and she's not his trainer, but you may see it from time to time when regrouping with others of the main world.
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reiketsui · 29 days
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good starting points for anyone unsure where to start. if anything seems interesting, shoot me an im or a discord message.
MAIN VERSE
'YOU HAVE TO BE VERY DESPERATE TO COME TO ME FOR HELP' can work both ways. shady business deals, desperate contracts, all of that. when the official routes fail, you turn to the worst yet most efficient service providers.
ASSASSINATION HIRE need to get rid of someone quick? call him.
(BEGRUDGINGLY) WORKING TOGETHER FROM DIFFERENT MORAL POINTS whether it's more casual like sharing knowledge on scientific endeavors, or more serious like uniting together against a common threat. the enemy of my enemy is my (temporary) friend.
APPRENTICE-TYPE DYNAMICS can also work either way. archer is a medical doctor capable of training someone in the field or with the forensic pathology and autopsy things and is a great teacher. but he's also still young, and could get good advice from someone older and more experienced.
SPARRING/GUN CONTROL/MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING related to the previous. just study under him. it's worth the horrors.
UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS obviously they're great. especially if, again, it's two people from completely different moral standpoints but somehow they just get along great, and everyone around them is shocked about it.
'WE DONT NECESSARILY LIKE EACH OTHER BUT OUR POKÉMON DO SO WE NEED TO KEEP MEETING UP BECAUSE THEY GET SAD OTHERWISE' very specific but funny subspecies of possibly unlikely friendships.
PRE-ESTABLISHED (platonic) DYNAMICS example of two people who used to be friends a decade or more ago meeting accidentally and finding out what that kid they used to play with in the forest grew up to become.
FELLOW CRIMINALS whether they're rivals or coexisting or offering each other valuable assets to gain something in return. all good.
OUTSIDE MAIN VERSE
PRE ROCKET/PRE EXECUTIVE ERA he was a scruffy and rebellious little bastard and hates it personally when anyone reminds him of it (or in general is even aware of it).
HGSS ERA AND ESPECIALLY THE AFTERMATH this is undoubtedly the lowest point. note that replies in this verse will take longer than my regular because the mindset is a heavy one to get into.
THE ROCKET BOSS VERSE the mantle is passed down from giovanni, undoubtedly causing some growing pains at the start. very ripe for fellow villain interactions (and others).
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assorted Other Thoughts about emissary au:
team rocket isn’t evil. at the very least, they’re morally neutral, and at best actively good. not that giovanni & co are like, Heart of Gold Do-Gooders, but they’re not crazy about the idea of gods having the run of their region just bc they don’t have their own superpowered protector, and most of kanto agrees with them, so they very quickly shifted from “evil underground” and now they more or less run the show. kanto’s very much all business. mewtwo is a public works project.
over in hoenn, zinnia is rayquaza’s emissary. the draconids are much stronger in this verse, and hoenn places a large focus on prophecy and trying to predict forthcoming disasters, both natural (earthquakes, typhoons, etc) and supernatural (deity stuff). the rest of the world all rely on them for news to some extent. rayquaza is also much more frequently seen and a strong guardian of the region
also i love that in rs/oras, which one is the evil team and which one is your ally changes depending on what version you’re playing, so. i think archie and maxie are emissaries of, and sworn to the goals of, kyogre and groudon respectively. given that the super-ancients are not, strictly speaking, Good, they can be a little... dangerous when they get overzealous
meanwhile, in kalos, lysandre is actually xerneas’ emissary, and is. a little too obsessed with the power of the God of Life. i’m... undecided on who yveltal’s emissary is. possibly the protag becomes it during the course of their adventure?
the kahunas are the guardian deities’ emissaries. this one is easy
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