So I decided to split up my Pokemon S/I into regions, it's all Remee just different flavors of Remee. All go by They/He pronouns, though most of the way through writing this I realize I'm just using They oops.

So first is Kanto/Rocket Remee, who's got that Grunt look. Most of the time they sit around their nursery quarters or travel with an egg incubator. They also spend an inordinate amount of time in Giovanni's office :3

Next is Hoenn Remee, who is taking their role as Steven's childhood friend-to-lover very seriously and makes sure they dress appropriately to match him. They're actually very silly in personality.

After that is Unova Remee which is lowkey one of my favorite looks. They live in Nimbasa and always hang around Elesa and the Subway Bosses, so they have some semblance of a fashionable look! He meets N at the ferris wheel and that becomes a regular date spot.

The one in the lab coat is Kalos Remee, the one with the raging crush on Professor Sycamore. They are one of his assistants, doing hands-on research in the lab with their very own Mega stone, because they hate reading long boring books.

After that is Alola Remee, the rebellious one. He's the one who got abandoned by Johto parents vacationing in Alola, then adopted by Nanu. Angry at their circumstances, Remee finds Team Skull and joins, quickly becoming violently enamored with Guzma and taking to violence. Nanu gives them the tired rule "Just don't kill anyone" so he just beats people up pretty bad once he beats them in Pokemon battles. It isn't until after the course of the game that they calm down and move back in with Nanu, starting a long journey of emotional rehabilitation, as well as meeting Grimsley.

The one in the bigger skirt after that is Galar Remee, who calls themself a punk femboy. They take on the gym challenge and get pretty far, but can't beat Piers because they're a big fan lmao. Usually Piers doesn't get attached to fans but Remee really has a good heart beneath the punk exterior, reminding him of his crew, and he befriends then falls in love with him. On a trip around Galar, Leon stops at Spikemuth and meets Remee and the two hit it off even though they're both taken (though by no means are either couple exclusive). They don't act on it until later, ofc.

The last one is my Paldea Remee, where I really head empty-t4t vibed it. Uh I guess this is me announcing that I'm F/Oing Grusha as well, whoops. But yeah, this Remee lives close to Grusha, but wears noticeably less layers in the cold and snow. Grusha, for a month or so, grumbles into his scarf that they're nuts for not being cold, but one day on a spontaneous visit to Remee's house after a couple days of not seeing each other, Grusha realizes that Remee has chronic pain that they ignore and don't treat well, and they triggered a flare up. The next day, Grusha comes over with thermal overalls, a fluffy coat, and a big scarf sort of like his, and says "You're wearing these outside from now on"

061, Piers day

I love this cutie

My Pokémon S/I is mostly an amalgamation of F/O gifts because they’re an ethically nonmonogamous asshole

The glasses were one of Guzma’s spares that they yoinked one day and put on their head to tease him and he kissed them so hard they thought their lips would bruise

The earrings are guitar picks that Piers had lying around. He’s mostly a singer anyways, and made sure to kiss both of them before handing them to Remee.

The necklace is a rare stone made into a necklace specifically for the purpose of giving to them, Steven spared no expense and made Remee cry when he gave it to them

The shorts are not Leon’s actual Champion shorts, but when Remee told him their fashion sense was eerily similar he laughed so hard he had a few pairs of his shorts made in Remee’s size for them to wear

The gloves were a gift from Grimsley, since he was honestly shocked at how much Remee loved card games. They don’t play big stakes like he does, and they still don’t have some of the complicated games memorized, but they do act as his lucky charm sometimes when he plays for keeps.

The not-Rubik’s cube is from N, it’s not the one he has but it’s the same kind. Remee didn’t get it at first because there’s no puzzle to it, then started playing with it and realized it’s a sensory stim more than anything. 10/10.

There wasn’t going to be anything from the crushes but Elesa means a surprising amount to me (may be time to take our relationship to the next level but I keep making excuses not to sksksksk) so she gave them an Emolga charm to hook onto their backpack strap. Because she knows Remee believes Emolga is a secret Legendary.

(Me in the crowd at one of Piers's concerts)

Piers, hyping up the crowd: Shout my name!!

Me, mind perpetually in the gutter and suddenly too shy to scream with the crowd: 😳🙈

I can’t sleep so I’m just thinkin’ about my range of Pokémon romantic F/Os. This series has meant so much to me for so long, and I know F/Os from that source make up a decent portion of my list. I’d feel more embarrassed about it if I didn’t make it abundantly clear that Pokémon is one of the most pervasive influences in my life from an exceedingly young age.

I just. I dunno. I find my collection of Pokémon series F/Os so interesting.

I’m just gonna ramble a bit.

I’m going to talk in Generational order, because my 1am brain couldn’t decipher a more cohesive timeline if it tried.

Giovanni is a funny one. As a kid, his character in the show intimidated me a little. But I really loved Team Rocket on some level. They were my first Pokémon villain organization, and with the Gen III games having Aqua and Magma, I decided pretty early that Team Rocket was my team. I had a stint in Magma since when I was young, I thought I’d specialize in Fire types, but eh it didn’t stick. No team really stuck nearly as much until Team Skull! So I had a lot of time for my intimidation from Giovanni to evolve into a fearful respect, to a mild devotion… by the time I played Let’s Go! and Ultra Moon, I was more than a little excited to see him in game. As in, I would quietly cheer when he appeared on my screen, in some weird giddy manner. It was only a matter of time before I realized I was crushing hard.

Steven Stone (he has a full name so more often than not I use it when referring to him) probably didn’t make the biggest impact on me in the original Gen III games? Hoenn was my favorite region for a while (in part due to pre- “Hoenn confirmed” hype), but he didn’t have a huge role in Ruby/Sapphire. Maybe I noticed him first in Emerald? I wish I could remember my real first inkling of crush on him, because I just remember when I played Omega Ruby… I was already obsessed with him. He showed up for the first time in game and I squealed. I spent the whole game seeking him out and already making romantic passes at him in my around-19-year-old head.

I am counting Grovyle for this, but it bears repeating that my S/I for the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games is a Pokémon too. Those Mystery Dungeon games enamored me as a teen! I got to BE! A POKEMON!! So I probably got Explorers of Time/Darkness for DS not long after it released in 2008. I was so excited to have Gen IV Pokémon to be and battle and recruit, ugh, this game meant so much to me. I will always remember being part of Wigglytuff’s Guild super fondly. And like, as I am super susceptible to mental role play, putting myself in my characters shoes (or lil toe beans I guess) has always been second nature for me. So a dashing Grovyle just jumped into my silly life and was the most honorable and misunderstood character and I am not even joking when I say I fell for him in my first playthrough. And I’ve played through it a lot. I was always jealous of Celebi. I hate every Dusknoir I see to this day. *chefs kiss* Good game.

Gen V is “oops all F/Os” Gen, where to even start..

Just kidding, N is the obvious choice to start for me. He was love at first sight. He just, ugh, he cares about Pokémon SO MUCH. I literally don’t know how to even expand on this. He literally rode the Ferris Wheel with the player character in the game, and I WASNT supposed to interpret that as a date? Wack. It was a date. I love him so damn much. Next question

Elesa comes next because I’ve always thought she was stunning. I mean, duh I guess, she’s canonically a model. Also, Electric types are in my top 3, behind Fairy and somewhat tied with Fire, so she was a woman after my own heart. Her Emolga kinda wrecked my team and I respect that. Also, she loves puns. So again. Woman after my own heart. The only reason she’s still listed as Crush and not as Dating is because she intimidates me. She’s out of my league and I worry she’d only see me as a friend. Well, not “only”, her and Skyla are bffs and that also looks fun. I just. Can’t imagine her romantically being interested in me sometimes. Heh.

Grimsley was a crush that came on yeeeaaaars after his Gen, and it hit me like a freight train. I swear, he made very little impression on me in B/W, because I was young and I was just excited to possibly see N again as champion. I was a little shit, okay. I also never played B2/W2 all the way through, which is a huge stain on my Pokémon record. Anyways. When he showed up in Sun/Moon, I gasped. I was like, that’s a familiar face. Why is he hot now? (The answer is we was always hot, and I just had a few years to grow between games). But like, I kind of tamped it back down? I think I legit tried to tell myself around Sun/Moon era that I can’t keep finding Pokémon characters hot, because I was drooling over another one in Moon. Anywho. Grimsley kept popping up as fanart on my Tumblr dash for a while and by the time I pulled him in Pokémon Masters, I slipped into love. Whoops.

Professor Sycamore, probably not my proudest moment of fandom. He was another one I liked from the very introduction. I made fun of him in equal measure, but I affectionately referred to him as “Professor Hotdad” for an embarrassingly long amount of time. He’s not even the oldest of my Pokémon F/Os. One of my other Pokémon F/Os is canonically a father. But nope. Sycamore was Hotdad. That all said, he did make me smile like a crush-stricken schoolgirl when he talked in game so it wasn’t all just memey objectification. I do love him dearly.

Gen VII! Alola! Guzma! Oh man, like I’d stated earlier, Team Skull really nestled it’s way close to my heart the way no team had since Team Rocket. It wasn’t all because of Guzma, I really did like the group of ragtag misfits banding together and creating a family. Guzma was icing on the cake. Oh boy, he made my heart do funny little flips even when he was threatening me in game. I loved his design, I loved his character, the way he talked, I just. Ugh, I was down bad for ya boy in Moon and Ultra Moon. He’s actually the inspiration behind my main blog url: its-ya-boi-remington. The “Y’all are stupid!” line and face lives in my head rent free at all times. Guzma protection squad.

(Nanu isn’t a romantic so I won’t talk about him here, just know I’m not forgetting him!)

Leon was, believe it or not, my actual first Gen VIII crush. I saw that fashion disaster and felt a warm comfort from him. It didn’t help that I mentally read every character in Galar with some UK/British Isles accent, that sweetened the deal. I was actually gushing to a couple then-friends about Leon while we all played Sword/Shield together and they kind of mocked me about it. They chided me that Leon “doesn’t bat for my team” and said either of them would have a better chance with him if he were real. So I was a little downtrodden about Leon after that for quite a while. It wasn’t until a couple months ago when suddenly it hit me that A- He’s literally fictional and my version of him can like me regardless of what “team he bats for” and B- I’m nonbinary? So rules get thrown out the window, anyone who likes me is both a miracle and some kind of gay whatever way you spin it. So I let myself warm back up to him, though I’m still a little skittish from before.

Piers, I guess, as awful as it sounds, was initially a crush rebound. Like, don’t get me wrong, I’d have been attracted either way. He’s a musician, a SINGER no less, and has that emo/punk vibe. But he’s also gentle and kind. Swoon. But it helped that I had my crush-feelers out full-force for a cutie in game to obsess over since I was still butthurt about my “friends” killing my crush on Leon. Obsess I did, and continue to do. I could probably snap this man over my knee like firewood he’s so lanky, idk why I put that in here but it’s staying. Piers is the one I most imagine jamming out with on a regular basis, and it makes performing for no one a bit more fun 🥰

I’m finally getting tired, I feel like I’ve been typing this for an hour. I probably have been. Ah geez now I gotta tag all these F/Os lmao. Thanks for letting me ramble.

I was just half asleep and looked at an advertisement for Pokémon Masters summer announcement

Marnie is adorable in her swimsuit, though I’m worried about the game making a Thing out of her and Gloria’s summer outfits being swimsuits. So I’m a little more awake as I’m thinking about this

And then my brain goes “I’d be cool seeing Piers in a swimsuit though”

And immediately conjured up the image of lanky, poorly-postured Piers in one of those old-fashioned one-piece swimsuits for men

My brain put him in, I shit you not, the same kinda swimsuit and pattern as the man on the left.

And I have decided this shall remain a headcanon. And I will protect dorky, lanky Piers, brooding on the beach in this suit. He’ll sit under the parasol the whole time, grumbling about sand and sun, and if anyone tries to say anything bad about him not wearing trunks, I’ll beat them with my sand castle bucket. He’ll smile for two things: his little sister enjoying herself in the distance, and me quietly playing in the sand a few feet from him. Maybe I’ll overdo the whole “fun in the sun” thing and smoosh whatever already formless sand creation I had by tiredly laying on it chest-first because the damp sand is cool and has a softish texture.

“You okay, love?”

*wordless grumble/whine*

“Alright, get on the towel under the parasol with me. Plenty room for the both of us, yeah? You look half boiled already.”

*another whine*

“Gettin jealous over here, you’re cuddlin that sand instead of me. Something something, joke about crabs, something.”

*grunt*

“Alright, I get it, I’m moving to you.”

He’d sigh and pick up the towel and parasol to shift them towards me to get me out of the sun. Once he’s close enough, I’d slowly shift to cuddle him instead of a pile of sand. I recharge and count the day as a whole as a success.

After a long day of battling with his beloved team, Leon’s resting outside, not far from the hotel he’s staying at for a bit. He does his regular travels around Galar, still a popular battler and a celebrity in his own right. His visit to this town was no secret, but unknown to him, Remee is also staying nearby. Unknown, at least, until a familiar Jigglypuff gently floats into view.

Leon would know that Jigglypuff anywhere, and he holds his hand out in a friendly gesture. “Well hello! Is Remee nearby, by chance? I can’t imagine you’d drift off far on your own.”

As it floats next to him and deflates to its normal size, the Champion sees a little note held in its hand. When proffered, he accepts the slip of paper and the Jigglypuff smiles and waves its little hands.

Leon opens the note to see a familiar messy scrawl inside—

Leon finishes reading with a huff, face warm at their written admission. He honestly likes Remee, too, but held off telling them because he's busy and didn't want to start any kind of attachment if the two of them didn't see eye-to-eye. He has Raihan, and Remee has Piers, but still... He'd be happy to work out a relationship if they truly feel this way about him.

Jigglypuff waits for a note or some kind of verbal instruction to go back to its trainer, so Leon stands from his chair and brushes some of his hair back from his face. His Charizard looks up from its rest at the movement.

"Jigglypuff, thank you for being the messenger, but could you be a dear and lead me to your trainer. They've got a lot of explaining to do, sending you on this errand for them."

Jigglypuff bashfully chimes its name before puffing up and beginning a slow float back from whence it came.

"Come along, Charizard, we're paying Remee a visit."

One of the blogs I follow usually stays away from shipping stuff (and apparently they have some... really twisted shipping ideas when they do get into it)

So like I've been following for a while for Pokemon related posts

But someone asked them to increase shipping posts... specifically a ship regarding N.

I have to like... weigh my pros and cons on this one.

I'm not super possessive all the time. I do have insecure times though. And I'm in a hormonally-sensitive time as well as working on medications and such.

So am I willing to continue following the blog I get MOST of my Piers fanart fix from... or should I move away from it for a while because they're getting into shipping territories.