#Ghetsis you better start running

[etherfall]

A Father's Anger

[chaos-cousins]

[A video is embedded.

Ghestis looks shocked and angry. "I couldn't have been defeated by some random Trainer from who knows where!"

"Well. You just did."

"What?! I created Team Plasma with my own hands. I'm absolutely perfect! I AM PERFECTION! I am the perfect ruler of a perfect new world!"

"You still lost."

"This cannot be possible... I will not accept this!"

Ghetsis winds up a punch, and just as he's about to hit Ren, a portal opens up, and he sticks his fist through the portal to another, positioned directly in front of his face.

Ren smirks as Ghetsis rubs his face after punching himself. "You really need better aim!"

Ren then starts bouncing on his feet, fists closed, ready for a fistfight.

Ghetsis throws another punch, which Ren dodges easily.

Ren throws a punch of his own, aiming for above Ghetsis's shoulder, when a portal opens, he continues the punch through it, and nails Ghetsis in the stomach.

Ghetsis staggers back. "You—you mere child!"

Ren laughs. "A child, huh? You haven't even landed a hit on me yet! You're getting your ass kicked by a child!"

Then, Ren throws down a smoke bomb, and the room fills with smoke.

Then, you can hear the crackle of electricity, and a scream from Ghetsis, and as the smoke clears, he falls forward, unconscious. Ren stands behind where Ghetsis standing and flicks the safety on the stun gun he was holding back on.

He sighs. "I hope I don't run outta these..."]

[goldensunset]

ok i remembered the thought. i was thinking it was strange how warm n was to ghetsis even though ghetsis had already done so much evil at that point. and like i know a recurring trait of n’s characterization is that he will always long for his abuser’s love no matter what and some part of him will always think of ghetsis as a father and he doesn’t know how to stand up for himself and demand better for himself he will run repeatedly into that trap etc etc

even so it’s like auuhhhhh eesh man. in the game it was just like ‘it’s hard for me to call you this, but… father! please listen!’ like n acknowledged his rightful apprehension even if he was still determined to try again. here in the manga you almost would think they simply ‘parted ways’ (as n puts it) for normal tame reasons and not that ghetsis is a supervillain and attempted child murderer etc etc. like he’s being soft to ghetsis there like you can just tell he has true love in his heart in that moment. aughghhh

and then it occurred to me that one big difference between the games and manga is that in bw1 n is literally right there absolutely hearing every evil thing coming out of ghetsis’ mouth when the latter starts revealing his true intentions and talking about how n was just a puppet and a freak without a human heart etc etc. whereas in the manga n is asleep/unconscious during that part, which black makes note of, saying like ‘n? you’re still out cold right? please tell me you didn’t hear all these awful things about how he used you…’. when he wakes up ghetsis is gone already. he still comes to the conclusion he was wrong about everything and needs to go on a finding himself journey but like the implication there is that during that two year period he wasn’t even like aware of how little ghetsis cared about him. he really thought they just had a falling out and not that they were never close at all

like he figured out the guy was a villain who needed to be stopped, sure. and i know at that point ghetsis had already endangered him in a few ways (using fusion bolt very close to him, shoving him off of zekrom in midair), but that’s just what you do to one of your enemies in a battle, right. he wasn’t explicitly trying to kill him he was just showing disdain. he figured someone or another might possibly either catch him or use the ship’s power to recapture him. but you just know n really wildly underestimated how evil ghetsis was. the idea that ghetsis would rather kill them both than allow himself to need n or show any appreciation to his existence absolutely never occurred to him. he was not at all expecting that violent outburst he let his guard down so hard it must’ve been the shock of a lifetime… aurghh

[therotatingvillain]

I need to write, so help me hold myself accountable

Welcome everyone to another episode of Riccardo crawls out of his depression hole and makes a way too long post.

A long while ago, when I first got into Pokemon, specifically the Pokemon Villains, I started writing a fanfic with the basic premise of "What if I stuffed the leaders into a mental hospital?". Currently, that project sits at 25780 words, or 42 pages on google docs. No, I don't know how that happened and no, it is nowhere near finished.

Now, why am I making this post and telling y'all about one of the many unfinished projects that I have? Because I actually want to finish this. I've put a lot of work into this project, I've annoyed so many people with it, I want to finish this.

My plan: I will hold myself accountable by posting updates about it, goals I have, what I am struggling with, etc. And hopefully, y'all will help me.

For you to help me, you will of course firstly need to know what this story is even about: Let's answer the typical questions.

What is the setting? We are in a mental health facility run by a psychiatrist named Dr. Matthew Roberts. He has struck a deal with various governments from various regions and managed to have Maxie, leader of Team Magma, Archie, leader of Team Aqua, Ghetsis, leader of Team Plasma and Lysandre, leader of Team Flare admitted to his facility, specifically opened for the rehabilitation of these leaders. Cyrus, leader of Team Galactic, was admitted after being found in a severely dissociated, almost braindead, state. Giovanni, leader of Team Rocket, and Guzma, leader of Team Skull, admitted themselves after Nanu pulled some strings to have Guzma get a spot, and Giovanni had been working with Dr. Roberts for over 20 years already.

Who are we following? Our main perspective is that of Cyrus, who wakes up from his dissociative state and his following weeks/months/perhaps years? in this facility and his journey to get a better mindset.

Anything else? There will be shipping, mainly Absolutecontrol with some background Hardenshipping and Perfectworldshipping. Also trigger warnings for basically everything. Well, that's an overstatement, but we're in a mental hospital, bad things have and will happen.

Right. I suppose this has been it for this post. I'll talk more about this in another post, but right now I have a bitch headache.

Thank you for reading and I hope your interest has been piqued! If there are any immediate questions you have, ask me!!!!! Please! I'm desperate for human connection.

Love you, my wonderful human beings.

Stay hydrated.

[lorekeeper-backset]

You know, I think Cyrus has the dumbest villain motivation in Pokemon. Everyone else's motivations you can kinda see how they came to them (and in some cases they even have a point) or they're so simplistic that you understand implicitly (Giovanni and Ghetsis' only motivations is that they're power hungry evil rat bastards and sometimes people are just like that). Even Archie and Maxie, the two characters' whose plans are the most derided, make sense (in ORAS, at least. I never played RSE). You can see why Archie would arrive at the conclusion that humans fucked up the planet too much and maybe everything would be better off if we just flooded the place and started over. You can see why Maxie would say "Hey, humanity's gonna run out of space to live, maybe we should make some more ground so we don't die from overpopulation."

But Cyrus' motives are, from what I gather, his parents had unreasonably high expectations of him and he preferred machines to people so he decided that emotions were bad and should be eliminated and hey maybe he'll restart the world as its new god. And he's faced with overwhelming evidence that he's wrong. His organization is being torn apart by people whose power comes from the emotional bonds they share with their Pokemon and each other, something he openly admits and points out, and he owns a Crobat which can only be evolved when it forms an emotional connection with someone. His motivation makes no sense.

Actually, wait, I just remembered Turo and Sada's sole motivation was they really, really, really wanted to time travel. Cyrus has the second dumbest motivation.

[coldslaws-gear-station]

That's so me rn as I'm writing N's story which primary consists of going down memory lane, each story with her getting older </3

Here's a sneak peek for you, suffer

Fidgety child, he could barely keep still in his seat as his father dragged a brush through his hair. "Would you sit still for a moment?" Father said coldly, this was around the time father rarely interacted with them outside of these moments, she never understood why he did that, nor why will he ever elaborate on it. They were sitting in front of one of N's pretty table and mirror thingies, vanities, he thinks? Detailed with silver steel with etched in golden detailing, gems spatter across the glimmering surface. N can see father just barely in the mirror, his eyes seem focused, yet tired. "Sorry…" N mumbles, his father continues to guide the brush down his father until it shines with a silky smoothness, it reached to the floor, they had to get it cut in recent days because she couldn't take care of it as well as father could. Ghetsis hums a tune, a soft tune, the deepness of his voice lulls N into a state of comfort. "Daddy?" Ghetsis makes a hum of acknowledgement, braiding his hair so it wouldn't be as much as a pain in the morning, it almost hurts how hard Ghetsis is pulling to make sure the braid is perfect. "Who was that man at our house earlier?"

-💌

he he he. AHHHHHH

I TOLD YOU TO BE NICE TO HER</3

fuck you COUNTER ATTACK

He could plainly see, shortly before the little one had scrambled off to hide inside a stack of colorful tires, this kid is almost skin and bones. His clothes looked torn up, maybe even chewed on. He's comprised almost entirely of sharp angles, save for just the slightest bit of baby fat still in his face. He couldn't be older than six. Laurus shuts the heavy door behind him to better dampen the sound of grunts and agents running down the castle halls and pokémon skirmishing. It still doesn't fully block it out, and that probably doesn't help. The kid is just barely peeking above the stack to look at him. He's shaking like a leaf, his eyes wide, unclipped nails digging into the rubber. He's clearly heard the commotion this entire time.

"Hey," Laurus says, maybe too loud. He's still got his officer voice on, he has to force himself to soften his tone. As he steps forward, the tiny zorua kit accompanying the boy growls in warning. Her fur is puffed out in every direction, her lip curled to show off wee little razor teeth. She's hardly a flea compared to his pokémon, but he'd commend her for having the guts to even try to seem menacing. She must really care about this boy. "Hey, kiddo." He starts again. "It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you. Can you come outta there?" He wants to give him all the time in the world, but they need to leave urgently.

[raising-harmony]

Alright listen well and listen closely, you're going to thank me in the long run. The girls are pretty easy, they'll get used to the situation pretty quickly, N is the issue child here.

Let's start off with the fact he bites, touch him he'll bite you, stress him out and he'll bite himself. I'm not sure if Colress packed the necklaces Ghetsis got for him to bite on but I don't think it'd be much help because of how stressed he is. He'll also growl at you, that's enviable. He's also not very good at articulating his thoughts in English that well and I'm sure the stress of the situation is only going to make that worse.

Also, and I can not express this enough, KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM. He can run away at any point, he's done it multiple times and you live near a forest, if you lose him you won't find him. Pokemon are your best friends in this situation, he feels calm and safe beside them, so it's best to have one of your Pokemon be at his side at all costs to make sure he feel at least a bit of stability and won't completely disappear on you.

And between you and us, far away from the children, when Colress said "a bit of an injury," that was a severe understatement. Can't talk about it much mostly to preserve Ghetsis's privacy but he's fine but your cooperation in caring for these kids is crucial right now and you're quite literally the only one who can do it.

So just keep calm, remember what we've told you, and don't lose them.

That's.. a lot to unpack. Phew.

Biting, huh? I'm kinda surprised Ghetsis would let a habit like that slide. Guess he's more patient with his kids than I thought to give him credit for. I'll check their bags for those necklaces- maybe it won't help now, but I'm sure N'll use them once he calms down a bit. Jeez, they packed a lot. Just how long are they planning on staying?

I'll be honest, some of this I already figured out just trying to get him in the house. He wouldn't budge at all, not even for his sisters. He was real scared of me... Well, he still is. Ryuki thought to try and get Patch- his dragonair, I think you all are familiar already- to entice him inside, but he just wasn't having it. He basically had to be dragged in by the girls, 'cause as soon as I tried to reach for him myself, he bared his teeth at me. Ideals, that gave me a real scare! I didn't think he'd actually go for it, but you're not even the only person on here to try and warn me that he bites, so I reckon I was right to pull away. Once he was inside, he flopped down against the door and just started crying. Patch laid her head in his lap. I feel bad for the kid. I'm not real good with verbal comfort, especially for a little one who I don't know what he's been through, or uh, know at all for that matter. There wasn't much I could do for him.

So, a runaway and a biter.. This is gonna be tricky. I think I still have some child locks from when Ryuki was little, maybe up in the attic. I'll have to go look. At least we have plenty of pokémon he can get along with. Seems like that Colress guy didn't drop off any pokémon with them, so I guess they don't have any of their own for comfort.

Thankfully, the two girls have been alright so far. Anthea introduced herself and the others- she's very polite, actually, but it's not really surprising knowing her father. Always big on presentation, that man. Concordia is a little less forthcoming, but certainly not as bad as her brother. She's mostly been letting Anthea do the talking and is sticking with N, I assume to make sure he doesn't do anything reckless, but she came over to shake my hand and say hello at one point.

And about that last part-- what do you mean a severe understatement? Is he really fine? This has me pretty worried for him. I hope he's alright. I know we have a weird history, but I really have no ill will towards him... This whole situation is awfully concerning. All three of them look downright traumatized, it's just that Anthea and Concordia are managing it better than N is. Did they see whatever happened to Ghetsis..?

Anyways.. I'll take all of this into consideration, thank you. The heads up is greatly appreciated. I'd hate to have to figure most of this out through trial and error.

Just as an aside, though, how did you even know what Colress told me?

[coldslaws]

Coldslaw, bestie, I'm quite literally one of the biggest N likers on this planet, obv I know of his past clairvoyance

So I propose my own headcanon, ever played Mystery Dungeon? Because I headcanon Beta N to have the Dimensional Scream ability. It's an ability that triggers a version through either past or future by touching things, though these visions can vary between only being audio to being able to see and hear

As for Beta Ghetsis, I can imagine he's both unwilling to hurt both N and Pokemon, but feels as if he has to on the former. I feel like after an intense punishment he'd walk into child Bn's room, quiet and still, and Bn runs and hides, freighted that his face alone will start another punishment... Thoughts of his beating earlier where his father screamed he'd never want to see his face again.

"No, please don't run" he'd start, looking down and away from his son's sight, sorrowful. Though even N refuses to look at his father as well, prefering to stay silent. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that to you." "It's okay..." Small and meek, Beta Ghetsis shakes his head. "No, it's not, you do understand why I have to do this, right?" Bn nods, not wanting to upset his father.

"And you do know I love you a lot, right?" "Yes sir." Ghetsis shakes his head, looking up at his son sorrowfully, "You never call me father anymore, why not?" Bn remains quiet. Beta Ghetsis gets up, turning to leave his son alone, he pipes up as he's about to leave. "You're going to hate me when you get older, I know that, I just hope that one day you'll understand and forgive me for what I've done."

i think most n fans are the biggest n likers on the planet. like there's just something about n (autism + gender non conformity + trauma probably. at least in my case) that prevents anyone from liking him a normal amount. if you like n you have to know literally everything about them and have 8 billion headcanons and/or aus. ask me how i know

i actually haven't played mystery dungeon but i like this concept :O i dont think i ever fully set in stone the extent of bns abilities, in my verse it was kinda like, they can't see the future in full, they can only gain an understanding of how the outcome will make them feel. so when bn goes to fight hilbert, he can see that, in the distant future, he's pleased by this outcome. so he assumes he wins and gets his ideal world. imagine their surprise when they get their ass beat. turns out the feeling of being satisfied with the outcome is just because n starts to heal emotionally

GODDDD UGHHH THATS PAINFUL. THANKS. fuuuuck that hurts :( you're making me wanna write so bad rn fr. im kinda tempted to rework bau ghetsis now but also hrmmmmm blows up

you know what really sucks is that if you take this in conjunction with the fact that ghetsis clearly sees his opposition as comprised solely of "evildoers", n will later fall into that category. so not only did ghetsis hurting his own kids for the betterment of the future amount to nothing, not only did their plans fail, but n goes on to be the very evil he was trying to cultivate them to stop. and i think there's a lot you could do with that thought process

[pkmnomegaverse]

NOTES FOR MYSELF to ponder. But while I’ll let a lot of the info coming out from these leaks stew, I want to start compiling notes of things of interest. Since some of this lines up with stuff I’ve already considered/is similar but takes it in a different direction, but I like the added implications. So will maybe add to this as time goes. Note that it was the Pokemon/Human Pokemon stuff I found most interesting so a lot of this is that. The other piece of worldbuilding I’ve always felt is lingering on the edges that even I debate how much I want to touch. But if something is there I can’t help but consider the implications. Also yes, I know the beta leaks often contradict each other/are unreleased for a reason but still picking and choosing what I like, particularly when it compliments ideas I already have.

Dialga is alpha coded and Palkia is omega coded, or at least if I was going to assign this duo that designation like I did with Xerneas and Yveltal, this would make the most sense

Reasoning -> From one of the creation myths mentioning Dialga is the dad and Palkia is the mom of the Lake Trio

Other interesting thing of note is a different myth mentioning something to the effect of humans being descended from Palkia while Pokemon are descended from Dialga. Perhaps why Palkia is bipedal while Dialga is on all fours from a design standpoint.

Humans likely fall into the Field/Water 1 egg group (previously had assumed they would just be Human-Like but apparently not)

Reasoning -> If one looks at all the Pokemon that are mentioned in the “human/Pokemon relationship” myths that result in children, these are the shared egg groups that they would fall into.

Circling back to the humans descended from Palkia thing, perhaps they get their Water 1 typing from Palkia. Is part water.

I think about the dubious Word Of God note about N being born from Pokemon too much and would you look at who falls in the Field egg group. Zoroark. Ghetsis + Zoroark = N looking more and more viable since would also easily match the vibe of those stories. Zoroark being based on a yokai (kitsune) who in some legends tricks human men by appearing human. Some even marrying said human man and having his children. It’s like…kinda spot on the vibe of those other myths. To the point I’m convinced it was actually considered as a possible origin point for N at some point. But I do still greatly dislike the N is a Zoroark theory so ignoring this one (the myths do at least let the mom Pokemon give birth to human children tho so have an out! N’s not a Zoroark but his mom is).

Celestica people are direct descendants of Arceus.

Reasoning -> From the creation myth that talks about Arceus talking the form of a women, marrying a human man, and having his children (who seem to be prototype Dialga and Palkia, but again, multiple beta myths here so often contradict each other).

But the point here is I had already considered how the “God Touched Blood” thing that gives Cogita and Volo their long life spans is probably directly related to Arceus somehow. So what if that connection was just literal. At the very least, from a mythology standpoint, I’m sure the legends of the Celestica people say they’re descended from Arceus. Thus why Volo is feeling extra justified in becoming the god of the new world. Whether true or not (and even he probably doubts the myths are meant to be literal), legend says he is directly descended from Arceus. If the blood of God runs through his veins, why wouldn’t he be justified in making a new, better world where Arceus is failing.

Lucas/Rei’s Hisuian Typhlosian is his over protective/possessive wannabe suitor (will I actually run this one for real. Who knows, but I’m pondering).

This one is 1000% just me acting up but I keep thinking about it anyway. That Typhlosian myth and its implications (still the best one of the bunch). I know the true reason they used Typhlosian for Hisui is likely because it’s meant to be based around a mujina (but also…that’s why the Typhlosian in the myth can shapeshift. Cause obviously based on the same yokai). And I’ve seen enough art of Hisuian Typhlosian being over protective of the protag that leans on the possessive side. Gets me thinking (also if the anime can run a Pokemon in love with their trainer plotline like they did with Ash and Chikorita, why can’t I do it too 😤).

I just think it would be funny if Rei is oblivious to the whole thing. Is use to his Pokemon being affectionate with him, particularly when he thinks about his old team (who he still deeply misses). And while he’s not use to one of his Pokemon seeming to want to drive off certain other humans the way Typhlosian does, he does have his Pokemon protect him the first couple times he goes into heat. So kind of assumes it’s a carryover of that. Fighting off any alpha who are perceived as showing too much interest. Just an odd quirk. Obviously Volo is the main love rival Typhlosian extra doesn’t like (cause is making the most progress with Rei out of everyone. Can tell Rei likes him even if Volo isn't making a move). But does try to drive off other potential suitors as well.

Again, Rei is oblivious since he’s not well versed in myths/folklore. Or even if he know about the myth is just like “oh silly made up mythology with no basis in reality, Pokemon and humans having that kind of a relationship isn't a real thing.” Would not see any type of serious parallel. But you know who is super well versed in myths and their origin? Mr Volo. So surely he would notice/know there is a basis for the myth. I don’t think he would care at all on the early side of things. Would be amused by the situation if anything, particularly the bit about Rei being too naive to notice. I debate if he would drop little hints to Rei about just how affectionate his Typhlosian is towards him, just to see if Rei picks up on anything (poor taste joke would be saying something to the effect of making sure he doesn't end up his Pokemon's little cave wife, but even I don't think Volo would say something like that early on in their relationship while he's being extra sure to "play nice." Later on once he lets his edge slip in every once in a while tho...). Once he and Rei are fucking, would still not actually care. Even if Typhlosian was extra hostile towards him, would just be like “too bad, I won” (and then tell himself competing with a Pokemon of all things is beneath him, so not going to seriously acknowledge the situation).

Idk the idea of them as somehow being lowkey love rivals is funny to me since Rei the whole time before The Incident is just like “will I ever see Barry again :(“ when he thinks of anything romance related. Beating back his feelings for Volo and oblivious in general to most other potential suitors.

[ya-bug-boy]

could you write ghetsis with an oblivious and sweet reader?

Ghetsis x Sweet Reader

Ghetsis is obviously not the best person in the world, given the number of things he was doing. He's technically a manipulator, being able to convince many to do his bidding under the pretense of doing it for the greater good.

But after everything that happened in Unova, five years after the rise and fall of Team Plasma...he's lost everything. He lost his power and influence, arrested for his crimes. He sits in jail, behind bars, having been taken away by Cheren and Alder.

Being in this position, he's not even able to influence the other prisoners, due to some of them being ex Team Plasma members. They warned the other prisoners of Ghetsis' manipulation tactics.

At first, he's not able to come into terms with his new life. He was in livid denial over his circumstances, holding onto a firm belief that he would be set free but he never was.

Over time, he adjusted a smidge, due to there being a psychiatry ward in the prison.

But what really changed him, was you.

You were his cell mate, having been locked away before Ghetsis ever came there. You were someone completely unaware of who he was or how he even came here.

Oddly enough though, you're the only person who's actually nice to him. You're the only person worth talking to.

Ghetsis is cold to you at first, ignoring you. You often just talked out loud, contemplating about the greater things in life worth looking forward to. Admittedly, hearing your hopeful talks made him soften and had him hoping for better days.

You're really weird for a prisoner. You talk with everyone, you're on good terms with the guard, and you don't seem to frown. He wonders how someone like you ever got here.

For the first several weeks, he didn't talk to you. But at some point, he starts to add questions and little comments to your open wordly discussions. You even made him laugh at some point, something he thought once would never happen again.

He starts to gravitate towards you more after a year of knowing you. He sits with you during meal times and converses with you, finding out that you're more philosophical than you appeared to be, but then again your prison clothes don't help much.

Then one day, he asks why you're here. What could you have possibly done that would warrant you to be a prisoner here.

You explain quick and casually that you killed someone. His eyes widen in disbelief. You? You killing someone? He can't help but to laugh and joke if you did it with kindness.

You didn't kill someone, but that's what the jury decided. What occurred was between you and your friend. They had a shitty partner at the time. You saw them arguing in the parking lot, one of them throwing punches at each other. You ran in there to separate them, holding the partner from behind but then your friend attacked them with a knife.

You tried to save them, you earnestly did. But it was too late. You ran from that scene to look for help.

Your friend betrayed you by twisting the narrative, saying you gave them the knife and encouraged them to do it and had schemed a plan to kill the partner. You running from the crime scene to get help was portrayed differently. Your friend had a phone recording of the two of you taking prior to the event of you getting angry at their partner's actions, to the point where you said, "I'm going to kill him," and it was taken seriously. They completely threw you under the bus in order to get a lighter sentence. Somehow it worked; you think the judge had a part in this.

Ghetsis sits there in a quiet, stunned shock. He asks why you didn't get a lawyer. You couldn't afford one.

He then gets angry at you, asking why you aren't miserable and angry when the world had so wrongfully been cruel to you. He calls you an idiot.

You explain that you're always paired up with cell mates that have a lighter sentence than you and you want them to have a better future than you. You're not a criminal and you don't treat your cell mate like one either.

Being sentenced with the crime you didn't commit, there was no possible hope for you to have a good future. So you tried to encourage those who were your cell mate to just, try to be better, despite what happened to you.

Ghetsis seems to have changed after that, contemplating in silence. He begins to treat you differently. Because of how tall he is, he looms over you. He's never really physically affectionate, but sometimes he'll pat you on the shoulder when he wants you to himself, leading you away from your friend groups.

He talks more often with you. He does more gestures. Somehow miraculously, he got his hands on chocolate for Valentine's Day and saved it just for you.

Your eyes widen and you take a bite of the chocolate bar, savoring its sweetness. He sits next to you and asks if you enjoy it, you nod, smiling sweetly with your eyes closed with your hand pressed to your cheek.

You had a smidge of smeared chocolate on the corner of your lip. Ghetis licks his thumb and wipes it off you before recoiling back at how gentle the gesture he just made was. You're oblivious to the context as to why he did that and instead offer him a bite of your chocolate.

He scoffs, calls you an idiot again, before smiling and reaching for the candy.

[sinnohlunarfestival]

The radios today seem to not be working; something was causing interference with the waves. Online radio stations seem to be having a better chance at things, but unfortunately nobody could get audio either. However, the audio transcriptor seemed to be working, so while people couldn't hear, they could read what was going on.

On top of this the video feed seemed to be working, so coupling this, people were having a grand ol' time watching the last bit of the race.

The final segment of the race was here: THE CORONET TRACK!

Transcript from the Third Segment of the Lunar Race:

Good morning everybody!

I'm Kinsey from Sinnoh Now, coming to you live from the base of Mt Coronet, the final track of the Great Lunar Race! Entirely on land, the goal for everybody is to get to the top! This is a free for all, so anything goes in terms of the way up. Our racers will run, climb and do whatever it takes to get out top!!

Last time King Ghetsis was holding the first place, followed by Hassel with Alistair holding onto third. But how long will these three stay up top? It's anyone's game now at the final leg of the race. We will be following them up via helicopter alongside Goldenrod Radio. Now...let's go cheer on our racers!

*1....2.....3....GO!*

Ghetsis hanging onto his lead, riding on Maryse's back. Team Houndoom has gotten quite the lead. Not to be left in the dust, Ashe, Green and Giacomo are hot on Ghetsis' literal tail! Everyone else is sprinting off from the starting line after them, rounding up the main path of hikers on Mt Coronet.

It seems like the racers have all agree on taking a vertical route up the mountain, rather than taking the safe main roads. You can feel the competitive spirit! Alistair and Daisy are really going for it, as are Ghetsis and Hassel, looking comfortable on the backs of their Garchomps. Giacomo looks pretty queasy from up here, but he and Tyrant are making good headway up the mountainside.

Oh, no. Looks like there's an equipment malfunction again. Just who provided the gear?! This is ridiculous! Rika, Ashe, Yris and Green really need to talk to their sponsors about better safety gear! Looks like Team Luxray is ditching the gear and is going bareback! Good thing her Garchomp doesn't have Rough Skin, or that would be an uncomfortable ride! That's some great leg strength there, hang in there Rika!

Alistair is keeping up his lead, now followed by Rika as they proceed the next part using the main road! Looks like Team Luxray is more surefooted now, Rika speeding along with Sosu right after Alistair and Daisy. Yris is also keeping pace with Rika, running beside her with Juno the Garchomp.

Mt Coronet is known for being pretty treacherous even for the most prepared hiker or mountaineer. We get regular avalanches and rockslides up here. Oh, would you look at that! There's one right ahead. The main path is blocked up with rocks.The Garchomps are showing off their nimble movements across the fallen rocks, but some have opted to try and climb upwards again, slowing down their progress.

Among those who chose to climb vertically is Hilary, who is now considered in first place. Ghetsis has also chosen to climb upwards, Maryse jumping upwards to close the gap between them as quickly as possible.

We are nearing the top of the mountain and our racers are really fierce! Aluwa's been playing it more careful this time. We are seeing a big burst of energy from her and Torque! Brian making up for past segments with him and Chelsea coming up behind Aluwa, followed by Hilary.

The finish line is fast approaching. Where is everyone else on the mountain? Everybody split off and made their own path to the top. I can see Alistair and Yris lagging behind on the main road, they both look a little lost. Oh, there's Giacomo! Oh, I think Tyrant is bodily carrying his rider up; looks like poor Giacomo isn't having a good time with heights, especially after the Sky track earlier this week. Oh, hey, another rockslide. Looks like some of the racers got caught up in it; King Ghetsis is with Rika helping to get the stuck racers out of trouble. I can see Blue and Green rushing ahead; they must have made it past before the rockslide happened. The two of them are in fierce competition. Let's see...is anyone getting closer to the top?

Oh, that's one of the pinch hitters, Hilary of Team Bastiodon! I can see him about to crest the top – no wait! Coming from the other side with a huge jump! That's Hassel and Rosso! They're soaring through the air and cutting straight through the finish line ribbon! Hilary has finished climbing the cliffside and has crossed, too. And oh, Green has made it up the main path, coming in third place!

Amazing!

This year's winner is Hassel of Team Mamoswine!

I can see the fans at the bottom of Mt Coronet cheering. Are those Uva-Naranja Academy uniforms, I see? Looks like the school turned out to watch their teacher race! Paldea turned out in support of their racers.

Incredible. That brings the Lunar Race to a close. Tomorrow we will have the winner's ceremony in which Hassel will receive his medal and the passing of the torch may occur between the winning Garchomp and last year's Champion Lopunny. Please tune in tomorrow for the ceremony it's going to be beautiful, held at the illustrious Spear Pillar and handled by the shrine maiden of the Moon Shrine! Hassel will be crowned the Luckiest Man in the World.

This is Kinsey, signing off!

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

offscreen post

[“Thea, can we talk outside?”

“Mhm.”

“Why are you keeping me off the internet?”

“I am not—” Anthea starts, but she cuts off as she sees Connie’s stormy expression.

“Every time I’ve touched a computer today you’ve sent me off to do more chores. This is not normal. Did something happen online today, Thea?”

“Nothing important happened. That bird keeper’s picking fights again. Gray is still in crisis, but not worse than before.”

“Then what are you hiding from me?”

“You’re one to talk about hiding things,” Anthea snaps. “Going behind my back to tell Gray to stay away from me?”

Connie looks taken aback. “I—I was worried about you. You said—”

“I said I was fine, C. I don’t need you to protect me by… …Oh.” She mutters something indistinct that might be a swear word.

“What?”

Anthea sighs heavily and runs her hands over her face. “Fine... All of Rotomblr’s been up in arms today over whether former evil team members and their associates can be forgiven. I was…worried you might be upset.”

“By that?”

“Well…last month when someone brought that up you had panic attacks for days. I did not want you to have to go through that again.”

Connie laughs, a little hysterically. “Anthea, I fell apart over that because he threatened to kill you and then compared us to Ghetsis. I promise I am not going to have a breakdown over everyone who indiscriminately hates Team Plasma.”

“… Perhaps I am just an idiot, then.” She sighs again. “I am sorry. I really did not think this through. I should have just…warned you, huh, instead of trying to hide it from you like you were a child.”

“Ah…I suppose we are both hypocrites. I am sorry too. I was just…scared for you.”

“Is touching okay?”

“Mhm.”

Anthea leans her head against her sister’s shoulder. “I’m sorry. I’ll try to be better about trusting that you can take care of yourself.”

“I will do the same. Just…promise me you actually will take care of yourself?”

“I will if you will, peace-dove.”]

[silverott-chevalier]

Eavesdrop

-@thatoneguy031 (Guy)

"Hey, guys... what do you think about Guy?"

"... really, Pallas?"

"No, I find myself curious as well. What do you make of him?"

"Hmm... I mean, he's kind of a cool guy, isn't he? Unfortunate names aside. You think he watched Naruto?"

"Maybe? Guess it didn't stick very well though. Otherwise I bet he'd be acting less like Sasuke."

"Anime aside, I think he has potential. He believes himself to be weak now, but to evolve to the point that he has requires some measure of strength in and of itself, no? If anything, he brings to mind a younger version of you, Chevalier."

"Ditto that! He's got all your bad habits about wanting to be strong on his own, but he's not as laid-back. I think he tries a bit too hard though."

"Maybe that's because unlike me, he actually had something bad happen to him BEFORE he started his journey? I don't exactly count my run-in with the Shadow Chikorita as a 'bad thing'."

"But it was definitely bad."

"It still wasn't the reason I finally bit the bullet and became a Trainer. But... you guys are right. I can see him making a lot of the same mistakes I could make, and I don't want him to fall into that trap of feeling worthless for relying on the people around you. ...sheesh, if I didn't know any better, I'd say I'm predisposed to being protective of any Oshawott-line I happen to come across."

"That's because you are-- you didn't exactly warm to that Gen fellow slowly either. But I agree with you wholeheartedly otherwise, Chevalier. And if it helps... I'm sure he sees that same kinship in you."

"Probably. Otherwise he probably would've backed off the second he found out I was a Trainer, even if I am regions, dimensions, AND years apart from him...I really hope he comes out of Ghetsis 2 okay when that happens..."

"Hear hear."

"I pray that his Ho-oh sheds light upon his path. Though... speaking of..."

[cheemken]

You know for the Villain Unova Kids AU I was thinking about their parents and such

Like yeah we got Drayden and Iris already with Drayden blaming himself for part of her corruption. Cause he felt if he tried harder then she might not have ended up the way she did

And idk about Ghetsis cause he’s probably either dead or in a cell

But like what about Hilda and Hilberts mom? Cheren’s parents? Bianca’s mom and dad?

Oh shit Bianca’s dad

Like ya know how Bianca’s dad didn’t want her to go on a journey with the other Nuvema kids cause he didn’t believe she was strong enough to protect herself? Imagine Bianca going home after the six of them are revealed to be the cause of the attacks, and she starts asking if he thinks she’s strong enough now. If he still doubts her abilities just like the rest of Unova. Just terrifying the absolute shit out of her dad

Also how ironic, Bianca’s dad didn’t want her to leave to protect her from the dangers of Unova, yet she became one of the biggest dangers herself

GOING FUCKING INSANE OVER THAT MENTAL IMAGE YOUR HONOUR CNDMNDMDNDMD

Gooooodddddd fucking imagine just Bianca and her father all alone in a dimly lit room in their home, sitting across from each other, Bianca has this smile on her face, her father was unnerved by it. The heat outside was unebarable, Reshiram's thunderous roar heard from within their home, the sound of people screaming ringing in their ears. Yet despite the heat outside, for Bianca's father the room felt so cold.

Bianca looked out the window, watching Reshiram, "there's beauty in the flames, that's what Reshiram told us, do you see it too?" She smiles, voice calm, watching the flames dance outside, burning the trees and houses. "Reshiram never told me I was weak.. he was never one to lie too." She then turns to her father, "what about you, dad? Do you still think I'm weak?"

Almost petrified, he watches as her eyes almost seem to glow amidst the flames, amidst the dim room, it terrified him. His regrets were breaking him from within, almost going on how he should've been a better father to her, then perhaps she wouldn't turn out like that, maybe he really was a bit rough with her. But then again, that was an understatement, too many times he had threatened her to come back home because he never believed she was strong, how she only got that far because of the twins' and Cheren's help, that she became a professor now because of Juniper, not by her own efforts. He was never one to believe Juniper when she said Bianca was a strong trainer despite her appearance. And now, the guilt of it all was eating him alive.

Bianca looks at him and laughs, a dark and hollow chuckle almost drowning out the screams and cries from outside. She stands up, walks across him, goes outside their house. He follows her, albeit terrified, he follows her out and the scene outside their home almost felt surreal. Burnt bodies and trees and houses, people screaming for help, Reshiram was on a rampage. Bianca walked in the middle of it, reaching out for Reshiram, the Dragon crouched down to her level, crooning as he let her run her her hands through his fur. The beauty of it all, a terrifying monster capable of causing heatwaves, caving it at the mere touch of someone people always saw as weak. Bianca turned to her father, that damned smile still on her face, and this time Reshiram was glaring at him, growling as he did.

"you never answered my question, dad," she said, leaning in on Reshiram's head, her hands still on his fur, petting him, "do you still think I'm weak?"

No. No of course she wasn't. But no, those weren't the words that came out his mouth, he begged, on his knees, forgiveness, atonement, understanding, "I was just trying to protect you!" He cried out, desperate.

The smile on her face faltered, replaced by a grimace, eyes once gleaming turned dark, expression unreadable. She spoke, "I never knew telling someone they're weak was considered protecting them." She then turns to Reshiram, "well, what do you think, darling? Is he really telling me the truth?"

Reshiram's voice echoed in her head. He's a liar. This world has no need for people like him.

Feigning to be in thought, Bianca hummed, her eyes still fixated on her father. Then she smiled again, a more sordid feel to it, she gently gave Reshiram a soft tap. With that, Reshiram lunged towards Bianca's father, flames in a flurry as he bit down hard on her father, his screams diminishing by the second, his blood staining Reshiram's fur.

[koffing-time]

TM06:Toxic - How does someone get on your bad side?

TM36:Sludge Bomb - What insults do you use when pushed too far?

TM53:Energy Ball - What gets you pumped up?

Thanks for the question(s)!

TM06:Toxic: well, I'll list 3 things that i think are important, ordered by severity, sort of.

- obviously if you don't respect me as a person. Most common things are being transphobic/aphobic (or homophobic in general), or if people take offense at my appearance. I think this goes without saying...

- if people are unreasonable around Pokémon. No, poison types are not all evil, being in a Room with Coffee will not kill you. You should still be careful and not just go up and touch any Pokémon you see. They deserve respect.

- if you're a Team Plasma apologist... Get out. If you're a Team Plasma member... Run. Fast.

TM36:Sludge Bomb:

Thats a tricky one! I would have liked to be clever for that, but I'll probably just start swearing to all known legendaries, call people some mundane insults like a "fucking idiot" or something. I might start comparing them to Ghetsis or something if I'm really pissed off.

TM53:Energy Ball:

Thats a simple one though. Really good music, if I'm making it myself, it's better.

I apparently also get pretty loud if I'm watching an intense Pokémon Battle on TV. I'm kinda sad Roxie isn't broadcasting a lot of her fights, but she always was more of a Live-Performance person.

[klonoadreams]

on a scale of okay, to not okay.

Scarnoa is at the very end of okay, followed by Punch Baby Akari, Brie tilting closer to the middle, with Alolan Noa smack dab in the middle, and Sawyer being at the far, faaaar opposite end of Scarnoa, in NOT OKAY.

Sawyer kinda fucked up.

She’ll get better, but the sheer abuse this poor kid has GOT to go through is insane Even more so when you have me, deciding to go, “WHAT IF I...MAKE IT WORSE”

so spoilers, don’t check unless you wanna see it for Sawyer’s story (you can still ask questions about it tho *wink wonk*)

There is a reason behind the similarities between Sawyer and Touya, which extends to Touya’s mother. And it goes beyond just coincidence, but it’s...it’s VERY complicated.

And it ties back into the fact that Sawyer is very much on the run from Team Plasma.

Sawyer is actually Touya’s twin, separated from birth through a switch with a stillbirth that blurs the lines of coincidence and planned, because remember when I said that Alder is Touya’s father due to a weird writing quirk I have?

Still applies here.

Look at Ghetsis and his long-ass planning, and then Sawyer’s terrible luck and upbringing. Add to the fact that Sawyer was someone who is a dormant self insert that resurfaced during a severe poisoning, but before then, she always FELT something was off while being raised in Team Plasma. Always wanting to leave, never liking Ghetsis, and how that would’ve rubbed her adoptive parents the wrong way.

Anyways Sawyer is effectively a bargaining chip that managed to escape. Ghetsis is very much PISSED off, and would like her back. And while he tries to get N to coax her back, N is just ????? and continues to avoid doing so. (Sawyer got REALLY lucky here that she managed to catch N’s interest, in the same way that Touya did N when he first battled him. They may have not been rivals as in canon, but he lit the spark in N that caused him to rethink everything)

Despite everything, it’s actually rather heartwarming to see Sawyer interacting with Touya, his mom, and Alder. Almost bittersweet, as it reveals what could’ve been, but you better believe that Sawyer would’ve been welcomed into their family, regardless of her actual origins.

Side note: this does mean that Touya’s actual breaking point from his usual calm badge-collecting self (he isn’t particularly interested in Pokemon battles, but he does have fun and would like to meet up with Cheren on Victory Road eventually) is whenever Sawyer is in danger. He thoroughly whups every Team Plasma Grunt that tries anything on his watch. And even tries starting shit with N when he THINKS he’s trying to drag Sawyer back to Team Plasma.

Protective older brother. :V