you want more poketeddy lore, you GOT IT

so. funny you should mention the virbank area, cuz their dad does a lot of work in the virbank complex 👀 and at the cold storage in driftveil b4 it became the pwt. so sadly since their dad worked all over the region they didn’t see him a whole lot as a kid. luckily their mom’s a poke mart employee so they see her all the time, and once they were able to journey on their own you bet one of the first things they did was figure out where their dad was working and go visit him

their family has a pet growlithe :) so that’s technically their first pokemon? kinda? their actual first pokemon is a rowlet they were given on a trip to alola, and the first pokemon they caught themselves was a stufful!

and one last thing before i stop rambling, remember the battle institute in nimbasa city? i was never any good at it in the games. but what if it was an actual university? and teddy graduated from it as an amazing pokemon trainer? i really wanna give them a unova battle institute letterman jacket cuz i love letterman jackets. varsity single and double battler babyyyyyyyyyy. and their senior thesis so to speak was on pokemon natures and how their personalities affect their stats. which Then inspired them to become a professor in that field!

In the most loving and positive way possible, I am shoving this in my mouth and eating it-- I love ALL of this. I love how you turned the Battle Institute into an actual university like??? Seriously it is always SO good when people take a small bit from Pokemon and make it their own (kinda like how I said fuck it and yoinked Floccesy Ranch and said "mine now" /j). And the research topic!!!! It's so good!!!! Pokemon natures professor!!!