#Pokémon league champion

[williefresh]

Pokemon Trainer: Red

Location: Mt. Silver, Johto

Quote: “. . . .”

[shinemon311]

This week’s “Hall of Fame” results!

[f1shk1d]

from all the things passed down, from all the apples coming before

[brookestar4]

Finished part 2 of Indigo disk DLC and had to draw this guy. 👹🫠✨

[callmevenus]

🎀💗バンド .｡.:⭐️(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و⭐️ ଘ(੭˃ᴗ˂)੭ 🐈★，｡･::･ﾟ♪☆｡

[melonthesprigatito]

I don't know what rock these people are living under but Pokémon spinoffs definitely haven't gone anywhere

This post is an appreciation post for all the good recent spinoff games that don't get attention <3

[angeloftheodd]

Miltank Farm 🐮🌱

Pokémon: Johto League Champions (2001) 🏰🏆

Episode 2: A Dairy Tale Ending 🥛🎀

[zihua-art]

Cynthia for ABC Fanarts challenge! 🦈

[fierykitten2]

Fun fact: if you take on the Paldean Gym Leaders in the objectively best order (which I didn’t in either version oh well) the genders of each pair of Kalos Gym Leader and Paldean Gym Leader are the same in each version - the first (Viola and Katy), third (Korrina and Iono), sixth (Valerie and Ryme) and seventh (Olympia and Tulip) gym leaders are female and the second (Grant and Brassius), fourth (Ramos and Kofu), fifth (Clemont and Larry) and eighth (Wulfric and Grusha) gym leaders are male. In addition, out of the five pairs of gym leaders between Kalos and Paldea where they share a type, three of them are in the same spot based on this order (Bug-type Gym Leaders Viola and Katy are first, Psychic-type Gym Leaders Olympia and Tulip are seventh and Ice-type Gym Leaders Wulfric and Grusha are eighth). And as a bonus the second gym leaders both have cool hair that matches their types well. And the Grass and Electric gym leaders are always next to each other in that order plus the Grass Gym Leaders are among the oldest gym leaders of their region (Ramos almost certainly, Brassius probably younger than Ryme and maybe Kofu) and the Electric Gym Leaders are among the youngest gym leaders of their region (Clemont is around the same age as Viola, Grant and maybe Korrina but probably the youngest between them, Iono definitely). Oh yeah also the Psychic cities both begin with A and the Electric cities both begin with L

The first fact means that both regions have an equal gender ration for their gym leaders. In addition, they both also have equal gender rations for their Elite Four members (I believe they’re the only regions where both of these are true all the time so far though I might be forgetting something. Alola and Galar automatically don’t count because Alola doesn’t have Gym Leaders and Galar doesn’t have an Elite Four. Kanto, Hoenn and Unova are also probably excluded because they all change their lineup at some point (although it doesn’t change the gender ratio in Hoenn but then they also have Tate and Lisa so that overcomplicates stuff too. It also doesn’t change the overall gender ratio in Kanto but it does change the individual ones for Gym Leaders and Elite Four members)) although only the first and third members line up if you take on the Kalos Elite Four in order. Also both regions have female champions (and the only reason the fandom doesn’t consider either to be their least favourite is because no one can remember Trace 😭 justice for Diantha, Geeta and Trace! And by that I mean from the fandom, not Game Freak. It’s not Diantha’s fault she was too busy to beat Team Flare and kick them out of Kalos for good, Geeta’s fault she decided to make her ace a Pokémon that should be sent out as soon as possible just because she loves it so much or Trace’s fault he doesn’t want to get himself and you imprisoned for starting a physical fight only to plead innocent so only the player gets locked up (yeah this is something I think RGBY era Blue would do)) and because Larry takes a spot as both a Gym Leader and a member of the Elite Four that means Kalos has a slightly more even gender ratio for its league overall but both have more women than men. Additional fun fact (yep, I love comparing Kalos and Paldea and PLZA just gives me a bigger excuse to do it) - Kalos makes you take on the Gym Leaders in order but allows you to take on the Elite Four in any order while Paldea allows you to take on the Gym Leaders in any order but makes you take on the Elite Four in order. Oh yeah also there’s a Steel-type Elite Four member in both regions and both regions end their Elite Four with a Dragon-type trainer

[diantha-of-kalos]

A Pkmn Irl League member discord server is now open!!!

For those of you that run canon gym leaders, fan-made champion, and whatever else your heart desires, there’s a discord server for you to RP to your hearts content on!

(league members and battle facility leaders only, though.)

[williefresh]

Trainer: Blue, The Pokémon League Champion

Location: Indigo Plateau

Quote: “My rival should be strong to keep me sharp. While working on my Pokédex, I looked all over for Pokémon. Not only that, I assembled teams that would beat any Pokémon type. And now… I am the Pokémon League Champion! Red, Do you know what that means? I'll tell you. I am the most powerful Trainer in the world!"

[amessageonthewind]

Chapters: 44/? Fandom: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire | Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Versions, Pocket Monsters: Ruby & Sapphire & Emerald | Pokemon Ruby Sapphire Emerald Versions Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cynthia (Pokemon) & Original Female Character, Higana | Zinnia/Original Female Character(s), Mikuri | Wallace/Tsuwabuki Daigo | Steven Stone, Tsuwabuki Daigo | Steven Stone & Original Female Character(s), Haruka | May & Original Female Character(s), Yuuki | Brendan & Original Female Character(s), Mitsuru | Wally & Original Female Character(s) Characters: Haruka | May, Yuuki | Brendan, Original Pokemon Trainer(s), Shirona | Cynthia, Senri | Norman, Odamaki-hakase | Professor Birch, Original Characters, Tsutsuji | Roxanne, Aqua-dan | Team Aqua, Touki | Brawly, Tsuwabuki Daigo | Steven Stone, Aogiri | Archie, Lutia | Lisia, Gonyonyo no Shigana | Aster the Whismur, Kyogre (Pokemon), Groudon (Pokemon), Rayquaza (Pokemon), Mitsuru | Wally, Tessen | Wattson, Matsubusa | Maxie, Homura | Tabitha, Magma-dan | Team Magma, Jun | Barry, Girii | Aarune, Asuna | Flannery, Nagi | Winona, Kagari | Courtney, Izumi | Shelly, Ushio | Matt, Lan | Liza, Fu | Tate Additional Tags: First Meetings, Self-Insert, Self-Indulgent, Slow Burn, Alternate Canon, Blood, Blood and Injury, Developing Relationship, Complicated Relationships, Pokemon Journey, Talking Pokemon, Houen-chihou | Hoenn Region (Pokemon), Romantic Angst, Minor Character Death, Trans Male Character, Autistic Steven Stone, Transmasculine Wallace, Gore, Death, Nuzlockers are canon in this universe, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Shadow Pokémon are also canon in this universe, Autistic Character, full disclosure: some parts have been taken loosely from STikER's romhack but not fully, there are fakemon new mega evolutions and regional variants in this fic, Nudity, Public Nudity, Strangers to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Suicidal Thoughts Series: Part 1 of Rachel's Pokémon Adventure Summary:

Growing up with a peculiarly strong connection to Pokémon, it takes a while before Rachel is ready to start her Pokémon journey to become a trainer. But, once she starts, she's sent away to the Hoenn region to make her own path and forge her own independence and her identity. Along the way, she encounters challenges she never thought possible alongside all her new friends and other strange adversaries and ambiguous allies. All while discovering just how deep her connection to Pokémon really goes.

[trainerjoshie]

Pokémon TCG Champions League 2023 - Victory Sign illustrations by 5ban Graphics ❤️❤️

[pokemaster91]

The champion of Galar has arrived! Leon & Charizard are here to show their strength!

[disturbnot]

ash kinda doesn't like most governments, and by association he's not fond of interpol either — whatever happens to have world pokémon association fingerprints on it. not strictly for overt corruption in most places, but for the sheer fact he's that sort of neurodivergent that neither understands nor respects bureaucracy and the convoluted way in which regions work on a mass scale. he's SO allergic to red tape.

[se7ens-oc-heaven]

Ok so I had a pokemon worldbuilding thought for my oc stuff, but I'm gonna drop it here for anyone to consider bc tbqh I feel like it just makes sense:

What if, as legendary incidents see a sharp spike in occurrence, the title of "champion" becomes synonymous with being a sort of keeper or tender of Legendaries?

See, in a lot of games, npcs who speak of the local legendaries tend to talk of them more in the sense of folklore or cryptid or myth - creatures people haven't laid eyes on in ages, who aren't even positive existed. It's not until respective "evil teams" or whatever per each game plot actively stir up trouble and wake these mythological wonders up. And then in a lot of cases, they're Up for the foreseeable future.

Regions who only had champions for essentially sportsmanship purposes, now have to task their proven strongest trainer - who perhaps already faced and took down their local rampaging legendary, if you're following game structure - with the job of making sure the legendary is left unbothered and also not running rampant.

What does this mean? Well, it's different for every region, every legendary, and each champion is going to have a different approach on it. Some of them capture the Legendary and train it as their own, some of them keep it in boxes (pastures), some of them simply keep an eye on its home to make sure no one trespasses and stirs up a fuss. Some regions, like Alola and Johto, seem good about having protocols in place for how to interact with and respect the legendaries. Others, not so much, which means that while the title of Champion comes with this added task, the actual job descriptors get kind of vague after that.

I think too, this sort of added responsibility would explain any need for a champion changeover, too. A lot of champion npcs seem implied to have been the champs for a while - and, depending on how you interpret the game mechanics that allow you to re-challenge them, they often maintain their status even once you've defeated them. While it's simple to argue that it's not that common for trainers to reach the level of skill required to dethrone a champion, I do think it'd be interesting if the champions step down and trade off for someone who has already quelled the legendaries themselves, because the 'current' champions were not qualified to handle them.

Tl;dr - the games don't offer a lot of insight on what would happen with legendaries in-game if the player didn't choose to catch Every One and tame it, and the occupation of champion always seemed to me like it'd have a limited set of active responsibilities with a lot of gaps, so I decided to take care of two zapdos with one stone and brainstorm a solution for both! This isn't heavily canon-compliant, and isn't meant to be, but hopefully it feels plausible enough to work with!

Also - If enough people are interested, I may share my flexible breakdown of how arduous a task being a legends keeper is in each region! I cited Alola and Johto as being a bit easier with existing protocols built in, but I've put some thought into just how challenging each region could be to oversee, and how this could influence champion approach!

As mentioned, feel free to run off with this concept for your own ocs! And if you want, tag me in lore posts for it! This is my oc blog, but I also like to showcase other peoples' stuff, and I'd love to see how people approach this concept!