#Dualrivalshipping

[vousser]

pokemans

[nonbinaryspy]

Cheren having a normal one.

[pkmn-downtheline]

And someday I will say, "Hello to my dreams."

The main trio of our Pokemon next generation story, Skye, Kierra, and Briar!

[k0hamster]

Dualrivalshipping save me

[beezonia]

I have been messing around non stop with the photo thing pokemas gave us

[sugarglider-s]

Lesbians btw. If you even care

[ID: a digital sketch of Bianca and Cheren, where Cheren is depicted as a trans woman. They sit on a bench in an implied building, with Cheren leaning on Bianca while Bianca looks slightly shy but delighted. End ID]

[krislikofan]

You know, about a year ago I really liked dualrivalshipping (Cheren × Bianca). I really was crazy about them, almost all my drawings then were with them, this was my very first big fix on the pairing!! But in the end, there wasn’t enough content, the game and the manga ended long ago, and only then did the Dot series come out for the first time, and my attention completely turned to LikoDot. But in the most recent update of Pokemon Masters, my jaw dropped, however, there are so many kind dialogues, and in general they interact very well, now I really constantly think about these two, and I’m incredibly happy that they remembered these two and made extremely cute dialogues😭 😔❤

[tickituki]

what if we were a rival duo.... and narrative foils.... 😳

[kwoomochi]

Study time

[vulpiximisa]

I found a way to change their outfits without having to leave the photo creator, but I wish it was easier to get to. Anyway, they are cute!!!

[gummy-frog]

Bianca and Cheren go to Kmart

Inspired by VRChat shenanigans with my partner!

[vousser]

dualrival stuffs! 2nd one may or may not be finished lol

[nonbinaryspy]

Cheren and Bianca are very effectively designed narrative foils. In their BW art, Bianca is cheerfully and somewhat absentmindedly greeting the world, while Cheren is more closed off and contemplative. Their BW2 art showcases their growth, with Cheren looking more open, vulnerable, and earnest than in the past, whereas Bianca looks more capable and comfortable with herself as she embraces the life she wants rather than the one her parents dictated. What I find so effective is that the details of their BW2 designs draw from each other's BW designs, demonstrating their mirrored arcs and their influence on each other.

The thing itching at my brain right now is their color schemes. The shade of blue he wears is directly opposite her shade of orange on the color wheel. Her shade of green and his shade of red admittedly aren't literal complementary colors, but they still complement each other quite well. But while her hair is blonde, Cheren's ranges from a very dark blue to black.

But hm, what's this?

His eyes are close to purple! In fact, this color is directly opposite her hair color. True childhood friends complete the color wheel together.

In BW2, though... He loses his red glasses while she gains a pair, and his tie clip is green, one of her colors. Red has many strong/passionate associations, whereas green is often considered a more healing/soothing color. On top of that, his design has significantly less black than before and has more white, whereas hers has less white than before and gains some black. Other than the obvious title reference, this also feels notable due to his name meaning black while hers means white.

This is to say nothing of him growing his hair out to a similar length/shape as hers (with segments that point down where hers point up), making Lillipup his ace (with Lillipup being the first Pokémon Bianca caught in BW, whereas Cheren caught Purrloin, previously giving him more of a cat-like association and her more of a dog-like association), and taking on a more nurturing mode as a teacher. Whereas he used to be more judgmental, thanks to his growth during BW, he is now shown to have a friendly, encouraging presence toward younger trainers in particular, such as the BW2 MC and Hugh, which is a role that Bianca shares as well.

Meanwhile, as an aspiring Pokémon professor, Bianca has arguably become the cast's resident know-it-all and travels around doing research on legendary Pokémon, quite an ambitious undertaking. The fact that she's now the one wearing glasses fits their stereotypical association with nerdiness/intelligence. Despite deciding not to focus on battles, she still participates in the Pokémon World Tournament. In Pokémas, she gets more serious about battling, in part due to Cheren's encouragement.

All of this despite them not even seeing each other in person between games. Channeling their childhood friend through the ether. Truly they're on some other level.

Jokes aside, none of this comes out of nowhere! In BW, around Icirrus City, he references confiding in her off-screen about his doubts re: his own priorities, and in his endgame speech, he lists her even before Alder as someone who influenced his growth (though of course, Alder's influence is also extremely important, along with the MC and others). As for Bianca, in addition to being inspired by career women(/girls) like Juniper, Elesa, and Iris, she mentions in Pokemas that it stuck with her in BW when Cheren defined strength as the ability to help others. That's spinoff canon, obviously, but very cute!

Another cute spinoff canon detail: in the same Pokemas event, Cheren frequently references the idea of 'taking a new step,' something Bianca values, and he also talks positively about the changes in them both. This despite the fact that in BW2, he mentions he prefers when things stay the same.

For contrast's sake, I want to bring up how the characters are introduced at the very beginning of BW. Juniper says about Cheren: "He can be a little difficult, but he's a very honest person." And re: Bianca: "She's a little flighty, but she works very hard." These descriptions make it seem like Cheren will represent the game's theme of truth, while Bianca will represent ideals, which would make sense with their archetypes. However, Bianca is actually the one who represents truth (the truth of what she can do, the truths she wants to learn about Pokémon), and Cheren is the one who represents ideals (his ideal of using strength to help people, the ideals he passes along as a teacher). Their introductions set up how important role reversal becomes to this dynamic. This Pokemas official art demonstrates this beautifully as well, with their BW and BW2 poses mirroring each other.

Honestly, I could keep making roundabout points, or I could just post Pokemas dialogues where she's talking about trying to keep up a win streak as a Neo Champion while he's talking about how important it is to be friends with your Pokémon.

Speaking of Pokemas, it's also worth mentioning that Bianca talks about how affirming it was to realize that she's her own person, with her own strengths and interests, and doesn't need to compare herself to her friends. <3 And again, these two meet many other people who impact their separate journeys. This is all more to say that as they go through their parallel coming-of-age stories, their influence on each other is so acute that they literally wear it on their sleeves.

So, do I have a point? Well. Mostly just that this, too, is yuri.

[leatherbootlace]

This Week's round of PokeMas Shipping BrainRot has been brought to you by DualRivalShipping

And the unfortunate fact I may never get Neo-Champion Bianca to complete this set😭😭😭

[rankaroid]

going back to my roots

[beezonia]

Also hi take this dualrivalshipping wip cause pokemas really got me to ship them after their neo champion event