Mohn might be the funniest thing Pokemon ever did. The entire plot of SuMo is the story of this broken family, all destroyed by the disappearance of the father and husband. The mother went crazy for portals trying to find him and desperately tightens her grip on everything she can, the kids buckle under her and each flee with a stolen pokemon. One of them even goes goth. And All the while the narrative asks; what happened to their father? Where is he?

He's on bean island. He's the bean man. He's been guiding you through the Magical Bean Minigame on your bottom screen for the entire game.

everyone hating on Mariana and John's relationship developing, because they prefer a focus on sherlock and john as a pairing, has forgotten something very, very important: john watson has two hands.

been re-reading the whole series once again and i noticed in the comic where gene is talking to lusamine does... does she ever figure out her husband has been living on the Bean Minigame Island this whole time? does GENE know that??? we never get a resolution to this plot point in-game! (i know it's pretty inconsequential to the plot rn but it's just fun to think about)

OH MY GOD I NEVER POSTED THAT HERE, ONLY ON TWITTER. LIKE FOREVER AGO.

no, gene never told lusamine about mohn -- ingo is the first faller he's ever told their backstory!! 😳

BUT tbf there's that one cutscene at the end of the game where Mohn shows up at the aether foundation and lusamine + gladion decide to let him go without telling him he's their family, so it takes the dilemma out of gene's hands a bit FKJSDJKF

(text + images from the post so people don't have to go to twitter; post is from november 18 2020):

"okay so like... I legitimately don’t know whether my oc should tell lusamine that mohn’s just... chilling on an island or let her find out the same way as the USUMO postgame scene. It’s one thing to have no control over it in the game, but in my own drawings I have a choice...

seriously is it even right to have generic /tell/ mohn "hey I have information about your past. would you like to know it or live in ignorant bliss? is this why the player character in gen 7 doesn’t have the option to tell her either skjdhfskdjhf"

A Father and his children play together

yeah yeah yeah whatever. hold that thought i gotta go check on my beans

hey mohn what's up. hey did you know that there's a scientist with your exact name who went missing around the same time you lost your memory? yeah crazy huh. anyway how are my beans doing

Gladion and his family caught an Ultra Beast

Mohn / Poppy

☀️What your favorite parent from the Sun and Moon anime says about you🌙

CW: SUGGESTIVE JOKES AHEAD. THIS IS ALL MADE IN THE SPIRIT OF FUN AND IS IN NO WAY THERE TO MAKE JABS AT OTHERS.

Kukui: There is a 70% chance that you are a gay man, and I mean this not out of a place of judgement, but experience with the fans. The cause tends to differ between his game and anime incarnations, but, in the latter's case, not only are you happy about his character being developed there, but also are happy to see Ash having that father figure he craved so badly.

Burnet: You've probably popped the BIGGEST bottles when you've recognized her all the way back from Dream Radar, and have managed to get even bigger bottles when she and Kukui got married. Honestly, most of the Burnet fans I saw were real chill people. So long as you're not one of those Gen 5 fans, I have no mean words. The chillest group.

Guzma: Oh, hello, LGBTQ+ community. Either that, or you relate to him and Team Skull on levels that may be deemed as unhealthy. You're a bit on the feral side; chaotic gremlins who will not only listen to whatever combination between Breakcore and Metal there is, but would also make it your neighbors' problem. You understand the pressure of having to succeed in life and inevitably breaking under it, only to receive no compassion nor any form of apology from your elders. Also, def neurodivergent.

Plumeria: Two possibilities; either you're definitely a lesbian and/or trans gal, or are a hardcore Guzmeria shipper- though, it is more than likely that you're both. You love a good ol' girlboss who is not necessarily a villain; someone who was hardened up by experience, but is still, at the day's end, a human. Either you were the one who needed protecting back in the day, or were that protector; either way, you, too, deserved better in life.

Lusamine: Just like Professor Kukui, the reason as to why she's your favorite depends HEAVILY on which Lusamine from which canon we're talking about. Maybe you like the overzealous Lusamine who is presented as a person with actual flaws that hurt everyone around her - including herself - without her knowledge. Maybe you like the prospect of a morally ambiguous Lusamine who is ready to do everything for "the greater good" even at the cost of hurting others, including her own family. Orrrrrrr maybe you have had a parent like Lusamine in the Sun/Moon games, a classic narcissistic parent, and want to hold out to the hopes that, just like her, your own folks would see the error of their ways; that they would actually apologize to you and finally start improving on themselves rather than drag everyone else around them through the mud of their own misery.

Mohn: There is a high chance that you just want the family back together; you reminisce on the old days where they were complete, before they incident with the ultra wormhole, before Lusamine inevitably lost her marbles, but such is the way of life, right? The ultra games were your golden era, and his anime debut? Let's just say that your wishes FINALLY came true after so long. You love fix-fics and those surrounding the pain of amnesia a bit too much.

Abe/Mallow's dad: Him being a hunk - a himbo - aside, the trauma, the potential, the raw emotion; all there as garnishes for this fine steak of a man and you love each and every one of them. His incompetence and portrayal as a neglectful parent in Mallow and the Forest Teacher forever gives you the ick, but you either tend to ignore it or use that as another source of angst potential.

Mallow mom: I just know your ass is either suffering from trauma, sudden loss, anxiety, fear of death, or a combination of the above. Yes, you wish she could have been developed a little more, but at least we got a huge chunk of her personality and even development in one episode, which is nothing short of impressive. Also, you like hurt/comfort fics.

Sima/Kiawe's mom: You're right.

Rango/Kiawe's dad: Autism rep? In MY Pokémon anime?! Sorry, but it is so frustrating to see that ya'll are few and far between - just as shy and anxious as your husbando -, but I know you guys exist! Please, let yourselves be known! I would kill just to see some more content regarding him! Also, I just know you love meganes, and, of course, there's nothing wrong with that.

Sophocles' dad: Traumatized. You probably crave the very affection he's giving his wife and kid, and seeing an honest, brash, funny man like him who isn't an abusive rat gave you whiplash initially, but eventually you wanted more. Crafting and/or gardening lover, and maybe a lore fanatic as well because how the FUCK do you know about all the things he's done for Sophocles' happiness from scattered dialogue alone? Also, like Kukui fans, there's a high chance you're neither straight nor cis.

Sophocles' mom: Also traumatized. Maybe a little bit on the autism spectrum, too. Back when the anime first aired, you were scared that maybe the dynamic between and her hubby was imbalanced, until later episodes began to showcase that she is more in charge than he is. You're probably a quiet person irl who is hiding nothing but the most chaotic of thoughts. You wanna try the malasadas she makes at least once.

Lana's mom: I'm saying this right now; if you are well over the age of 20, you are not seeing the pearly gates after the Day of Resurrection.

Lana's dad: Nothing but respect. A man with a design that irradiates potential having less dialogue than Sophocles' mother is infuriating, and the lack of content being made around him by both canon and the fans is even worse, but you don't let that bother you. Either you're the less degenerate version of the fans of his wife, or just like him because he looks way too much like Archie for it to be a coincidence.

ROUND 1 MATCH 5: LUSAMINE/MOHN VS MILLIE/MOXXIE

if you know the ship name for either of these please tell me

Lusamine/Mohn Propaganda: "OKAY SO Lusamine and Mohn are super important to the events of their games' story, and their kids are even friends of the pov character, but during the events of the player's journey, only one of them has active involvement in the plot and you never even see them together. Lusamine is the president of the Aether Foundation, a pokemon conservation organization, and Mohn runs the Poke Pelago, an archipelago located outside the game's map where you can send the pokemon you aren't using on your journey to play and do various tasks like farm berries and hunt for treasure. So, what happened between them? Messy divorce? Nope. The catalyst of the plot that you only find out about in background lore is that the Aether Foundation was doing research on Ultra Wormholes, portals to other worlds that have the funny occasional side effect of erasing the memories of those who pass through them. And Mohn just so happened to get sucked into one. After that, Lusamine became more abusive towards her children and developed an obsession with Ultra Beasts (pokemon from other worlds on the other side of the Ultra Wormholes), particularly a specific kind called Nihilego. It's heavily implied from scattered lore sources that all of that is partly because a Nihilego infected her with a neurotoxin at the same time as Mohn's disappearance. Her obsession with Ultra Beasts and Ultra Wormholes drove both of her children away one after the other, both rescuing a rare pokemon being mistreated by the Foundation to further Lusamine's goals. By the time the player meets her, she can maintain a pleasant facade but is very deeply unhinged underneath, which is made clear when we finally encounter her in the same room as her children. She's openly verbally abusive and completely denounces them as her children at all. She opens a bunch of Ultra Wormholes and fucks off to live in the Nihilego's world before the climactic confrontation that ends with her being taken back home in an alien-brain-poison-induced coma. And like, during all that, Mohn is just hanging out and providing a helpful service in a tropical paradise with no memory of his former life. I don't know if that necessarily constitutes malewifeness, but it definitely constitutes *something* along that line. (ultra sun and ultra moon have a similar yet different plot that still hits all the necessary girlboss/malewife points for the sake of this argument (and i guess you could argue lusamine has a marginally girlbossier characterization there), but i do not like it as much which is why i didn't mention its events.)"

Millie/Moxxie Propaganda: It's very very very cute and I love how supportive their relationship is!!

...This just hit me one day. Now you all know too. *Villain laugh*

In a world where Professor Mohn could reunite with his family in Alola...

Thank you to the animation team who ensured that we could see one such reality come to pass! In celebration of The Homecoming Crown - JN111 airing in the United States today, I’ve decided to upload my Ultra AU art. This Mohn’s story ✧ (story history) The Good Spirit universe ✧ (story continuation - follow for new content!) Artist personal blog ✧ (follow for art/memes) UAU Lusamine design concept ✧

I’M SO HAPPY FOR THEM I’M AGHGHHDHAFH 🥺😭💖

@stephaniepenguin A Family Reunion

Lillie playing the piano with Lillie with the family watching. 🥰💘

Mohn

Poppies

Mohn was able to remember his family and Nihilego became Gladion team. Next time everyone goes back to Alola.