I find it hilarious how similar Lance and Silver look. They both have red spiky hair and their skin tones are about the same. In some versions Lance and Silver both have gray eyes too. Nobody is gonna believe Silver’s ass is adopted. They just think Silver is Lance’s secret love child and the adoption is a cover story.
Or even funnier, after the adoption when Lance informs the press about his new son, he’s vague enough in what he says that everyone assumes Silver is Lance’s bio kid that he only recently found out about.
Lance says things like “his previous guardians were unfit, once I was made aware of Silver’s deficient living situation I took him in” and “I’m happy to be a father” and “I ask you to give my son privacy” and such. Not mentioning Silver isn’t his blood son because that is not important, family is who you choose. Lance does not realize that most of Kanto and Johto does not think that way lmao. Thus the secret love child assumption continues.
If nobody got me, I know pokemas got me (they fed us the full version of dad lance and silver animation after the presents, and it's absolutely gorgeous)! 🥺🫶
karens “strong pokemon weak pokemon” quote is such a great piece of storytelling for the player, silver and lances dynamic it really sucks its become a giant joke and now no one can appreciate what it actually adds to the story of johto arghhh
i adore how there’s a pretty general consensus that the Blackthorn clan somehow has ties and connections to Lugia in some capacity or another. it just makes sense! I mean i made an entire origin microplot involving Lugia with the Blackthorns because of it lol. let Lance get Lugia! it just makes sense that he would
For real! I can go ON and ON about how I fully think Lugia and Blackthorn go hand and hand with each other.
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AND THAT I WILL.
The way Lance's own grandfather in HGSS mentions Lugia... but doesn't elaborate much after that. Probably for the sake of thinking the player wouldn't POSSIBLY know about this scared diety that only they believe is even real.
Dragon's Den in Blackthorn City has an unmentioned dragon shrine honoring a dragon Pokemon who is said to have lived there. "Lived" as in past tense. That Pokemon is no longer there. Some say Gyarados or Dragonite, but I'm not so sure. Are those Pokemon really that uncommon for them to not show up around Dragon's Den?
Not to mention Dragon's Den and Whirl Islands are the ONLY places in Johto where whirlpools are found. Hm. I wonder why that is.
Just to prove my previous point in case anyone is unsure about Lugia being a "dragon Pokemon" An NPC in Ecruteak(?) mentions they seen a Ledgendary Johto Pokemon described as a "bird and a dragon" Sounds familiar.
Lance gives you the HM for Whirlpool. He says that he doesn't need it. Maybe since he has Pokemon that can learn Whirlpool naturally. You only need Whirlpool to access Dragon's Den and Whirl Islands. (Like cmon)
This is just a fun one but Lugia and Dragonite are the only two Pokemon to date that have the ability "Multiscale" Also they are 100 Pokemon apart from each other in the Pokedex. Neat!
Ahem, yeah so. They should reveal this hidden Blackthorn clan lore from us and give Lance his Lugia already!