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Bad Future AU - Gyms

Just like I said, I'm back talking about more changes that have taken place in this alternate timeline. This time, the gyms of Sinnoh. Some are similar, some are different, but each has a new story. Sorry I don't have character refs this time. But they all do have new looks. I could make some if anyone wants to see any particular character. Anyway, let's get into it!

Oreburgh City - Merlot (or Mars as we knew her) runs the gym as a normal gym. With Roark unable to run it, the gym was offered to the strongest trainer. Merlot entered because she was bored and ended up winning. She has Purugly as her ace.

Eterna City - Gardenia still runs it but she is often very busy raising her young daughter, Clementine. As such Cheryl runs the gym half of the time. Both of them would rather spend time with Clementine, so the gym is empty a lot of the time.

Hearthome City - Fantina remains the leader although she never made it in the contest world. Instead she embraced a more gothic nature, running the gym as a sort of haunted opera. She's awfully dramatic but she takes her role as leader seriously.

Veilstone City - Felicity (or Jupiter in our timeline) has taken over the gym here, running it as a poison gym with Skuntank as her ace. Maylene was never able to become leader, she was too busy being a performer in the game corner trying to make ends meet. As such, Felicity was assigned the role to keep her out of trouble. She has too much fun thinking of new puzzles to mess with challengers.

Pastoria City - Still run by Crasher Wake or Johnny as he calls himself now. His wrestling career never seemed to take off so he took a job as the warden of the Great Marsh. He's passionate about this job, although he seems more humble here than he is in our timeline.

Canalave City - Riley took over for his friend Byron after his unfortunate passing during a cave in on Iron Island. He still runs it as a steel gym to honor his friend but he has many doubts about how well is doing as gym leader. He wished he could have been there for Roark before the boy ran away.

Snowpoint City - Candice reprises her role as gym leader. She is a very serious, no nonsense person due to being trained to be the next guardian of Snowpoint Temple. She rarely ever smiles or even takes breaks from her training.

Sunnyshore City - Due to Cynthia abandoning the league and Lucian being moved up as champion, Volkner took the empty slot in the elite four. As such another aspiring inventor from Sunnyshore, Cyrus, runs the gym. He seems quite happy in this role, showing off his inventions to the town. The gym is now dark type and Cyrus uses his Honchkrow as his ace.

This is the 4th of a small daily poll series during my break.

I'll ask the fave gym leaders of each region, and at the end put them all in a poll against eachother!

Best Pokemon Male Character Poll Bracket 12 Round 1

Round 1

Trace VS Riley

Byron VS Will

Falkner VS Koga

Samson Oak VS Hassel

One year ago today (16/3/2022), I drew the picture of Byron below

Today, one year later (16/3/2023), I redrew it below.

Byron - Pokemon Diamond, Pokemon Pearl, Pokemon Platinum

Propaganda:

He lives with a rich guy on his private island, even if he’s not tumblr’s babygirl, he’s definitely Riley’s

Stupid AU I literally just came up with because I saw the connection between their names and went “Ah! Perfect!”: AU where Roark is a Zoroark that Byron adopted. Bonus points if he was a Hisuian Zorua that Byron found and uncovered an egg of while mining, and because Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark are already undead, their eggs simply never go bad.

Byron: I don't get why child labor laws were invented. Look at my son, the children yearn for the mines!

Gym Leader Byron from Pokemon gets called Babygirl!

Byron: Our situation is still as desperate as when we explained eariler.

Hareta: Blah blah blah.

source: Digimon

Steel

Bad Future AU

It's time again to discuss one of my many different aus because I just love them. This one I have dubbed "Bad Future". It is set in an alternate timeline of Sinnoh. Everything is different and no one is exactly the same as they were before. Everyone has a new role. And in this post I'd like to talk about the main players. I may make a separate post about all the side characters later because, trust me, everyone has a new story to tell. If you want to know more about this au feel free to ask! I love answering questions!

First up is the main character, Lucas. Lucas was raised by his father and Rowan in Sandgem Town alongside Rowan's adoptive son, Sean. At some point Rowan was killed by a mysterious man named Hood and soon after Lucas's father disappeared as well. Now all Lucas wants is to protect the only family he has left in Sean. And he aims to become the strongest trainer in the region to do it. He comes across as cold and uncaring but he wants the best for everyone deep down. Against Sean's advice, he seeks vengeance on Hood for what he has done to the region, instilling so much fear in everyone. His first partner is a Turtwig.

Next comes Lucas's best friend, Barry. Barry is quite the shy and nervous trainer. He is a bit impatient as well, often rushing away from danger without thinking. Sean smoothed out his hair and he hasn't had the courage to change it. He isn't sure of himself and his own strength after even his own dad disappeared due to Hood's influence. He wants to support Lucas in anyway that he can but he's not a very strong trainer. His main goal is to rescue all of the people that Hood has taken, if they're even still alive that is. He also wants to be a great trainer despite his fears. His first partner is Chimchar.

This is Dawn. She is a trainer from Twinleaf Town and a friend of Barry's. She's a kind hearted, cheerful person and wants to see the people she cares about smile, especially Lucas. While not a battler, she still aims to create the best team she can for the sake of performance. He goal is to bring joy back to the region that has been terrified by Hood. She's very supportive of Barry and often helps him train. Her first partner is Piplup.

Sean, or as he's known in our timeline, Saturn is this au's professor. As a child he was taken in by Rowan and raised as his son. Rowan did his best to instill kindness in the boy and Sean eventually grew in interest in Pokémon research. Years before the main story, Rowan was killed by Hood, leaving Sean to care for Lucas on his own. He also took it upon himself to continue Rowan's research. He's still the same underhanded, conniving person we know, just looking out for the good of Sinnoh instead of just himself. He gives the partner Pokémon to Lucas, Barry, and Dawn for reasons unknown to them. He also ends up travelling with the group at Lucas's insistence. His goal is to put a stop to Hood once and for all. He has been doing much research on the man as a result.

The villain of the au, Hood, both wearing his skull and not. This twisted version of Roark came to be when his father was killed during a cave in. He ran away from home and stumbled on plates that allowed him to view into other timelines. This drove him to madness to the point where he is barely recognizable. He wished to summon the creation trio so that he can rewrite the timeline into the "proper" timeline, aka the one we are all familiar with. To do this he has been kidnapping researchers and forcing them to help him. If they refuse they are disposed of. Death means nothing to him. After all, it won't matter anymore when the timeline is fixed. The skull he wears he refers to as "father" although it definitely does not belong to Byron. Currently, he wants the help of Sean and has been tracking him for some time.

Finally, for now, is Hood's right hand woman, Cynthia. Cynthia was contacted by Hood years ago, right after the death of Rowan. After hearing him out, she decided that he was right and that she would help him with his goals. She then retired as league champion and went around researching the creation trio. She spends most of her time curbing Hood's madness, maintaining as much of his sanity as she can. While she is sad that she had to betray her friends, she thinks that she is doing what is best for everyone.

Red from Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal by Byron B

One year ago today, 9.1.2022, I did the drawing below of Byron and his Bastiodon.

Now today, 9.1.2023, I redrew it one year later as seen below.

Miner Daddy 💎 ⛏