Thinking about Kris being a lonely kid who grew up in her home town without any friends. The only other child she knew was the professor's son who was at least 5 years younger than her and the first friend she made started off as some asshole thief that shoved her to the ground and called her names.
Even as she traveled and met all sorts of people, she never really made any strong connections or even knew how to small talk enough to keep up a conversation besides a few tips about pokémon locations, battle rematches, or the occasional gossip spoken at her (trainer calls).
She was a good, tho very awkward, kid who liked helping people out (running errands for both professors, taking letters for others, helping sick and hurt pokémon) , learning about pokémon, and battling. She was better at forming bonds and making friends with animals, significantly more than humans that when people asked her to watch over their pokémon for them, the pokémon didn't want to go back to their original humans on various occasions (the spearow mail carrier, the protected shuckle).
A legendary beast saw the purity of her heart and sought to test her out as a trainer. It saw how deeply she loved and cared for pokémon (happiness mechanic) and needed to know more.
Her rival learned to care about his pokémon through evaluating his actions and comparing them to hers and realizing his lack of compassion and care, to treat them as teammates rather than tools. Both are still very awkward around people but not around their pokémon and not with each other. They would meet up from time to time; she'd see him improve and resume training after another loss (Indigo Plateau rematch and Dragon's Den training).
Sometimes while battling, she would dress as a boy because she felt like she wasn't taken seriously as a girl (outfit changes in link cable battles and trades).
She reminded people of another great trainer who was known for his kindness and love of battling, saw how his family and friends missed him (Green/Blue, Sabrina, Copycat, Red's mom). When she does find him, she earns herself the battle of a lifetime.
Her mom worries about her and buys her gifts as an incentive to stop by home from time to time (room decorations and money saving). Even if she stops by and adds more decore by trading with new people (mystery gift) she's never home for very long.
Another legeendary is drawn to her by a mysterious gift presentes to her (mobile adapter and gs ball event).
She takes on the challenge of the new Battle Tower and seeks to potentially become the top battler there (first battle tower introduced).
As most people never played Crystal, I feel like few people remember her as she was and it bums me out because she was such a sweet and special kid. She's usually just tacked on to the HGSS trio as an afterthought
12 notes
·
View notes
Was digging through old art when I found this old Johto Starter redesign I made with the Ice > Ground > Steel > Ice type triangle. Still laughing at Feraligatr caveman having a face of ice teeth and still choosing to hit things with a club, very cool of him.
9 notes
·
View notes
I BEAT RED ON MY SECOND ATTEMPT WOOOOOOOOOOO
Final team, in order from highest level to lowest:
-Bogmire the Haunter
-Teddy the Snorlax
-Geo the Graveler
-Wiz the Misdreavus
-Riptide the Gyarados
-Mary the Pidgeotto
3 notes
·
View notes
Today I beat Pokémon Crystal (the Johto half, anyway) for the first time. Which means that it was my first time hearing The End theme.
And I just. After spending 45 minutes trying to beat Lance [don't judge me, I'm doing a catch-em-all so my team is based around what Pokémon I needed to grind to level up, not battle efficiency], something about this was just so beautiful and calming that it made me want to cry. It's a beautiful, simple melody that represents the journey that Ethan/Kris and their Pokémon took to get this far.
I'm a big proponent of the idea that music [really art in general] doesn't have to be complex to be beautiful. I love simple, evocative melodies.
And when Game Freak eventually decides to publish the last Pokémon game, or the last episode of the anime, this song is how I want the series to end.
2 notes
·
View notes
It's pokémon gold and silver's birthday today! Love to the pokémon game with the bright colours and my favourite starter
1 note
·
View note
I almost felt bad for Silver when I eviscerated his team on Victory road with just a single cracked-out Typhlosion. Almost.
1 note
·
View note