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[momochiiee]

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[hypno-kisser]

Intro blog!

💫 stars in my eyes~ hold me tight~ why am i crying? oh fuck that's right! you got what you wanted~ oh fuck that's right 💫

hello! I'm Jayson! 💫 i'm 17, genderfluid, any pronouns, this is my side blog where i roleplay and just have fun with my nerdy pokémon side!

I also talk about my pokémon partners! we're a big polycule! currently we're formed by:

Atila/Jayson/Wuni, me

it's me! I work under Team Rocket do to the high payment, and being an artits is hard nowdays, I usally help grunts get disguises with Petrel and my Pokémons likes do do a bit of crime, I was born in Johto, and i recently moved to Alola! i still work under Team Rocket by i also do freelance work to the Aether Foundation.

Jayson the Hypno (he/him)

My oldest partner, Jayson is quite a father figure for the group, he's caring, calm and like to make everyone feel safe, usually hypnotizes me to fall asleep and eats my nightmares, always watches us over bed, He's a bit timid, but once he knows you he can open a bit. He's from Johto

Lilly the Lilligant (any pronouns)

Lilly is the newest addition to our poly, she's quite energetic and very naive, loves dacing and being the ray of sunshine for everyone! She's from Alola

Ichigo the Shiny Hypno (she/they)

Ichigo is similar to lilly, that she likes to be very jolly and happy, she's quite young compared to the others but no doubt she's an sweetheart, She's from Alola

Skully the Dusknoir (he/it)

Skully is very quiet and keeps for itself, but that dosen't mean he ain't a big softie on the inside! we all know the bigger the more to love! He dosen't tell anyone, but when he was younger he loved doing contest! to this day he keeps a collection of ribbons! He's from Orre

Wuni the Gengar (he/they)

Wuni is very adamant lil guy, can't hear rules and already wants to break it! he loves piercings and shiny things like pearls and gold nuggets also he loves the cold, usally turns off heaters. He's from Johto

Snowy the Shiny Froslass (any pronouns)

Snowy is a very calm natured pokémon, they're a very caring pokémon, similar to Jayson He acts like an parental figure to the group, same as Wuni he usally like to makes the place colder. She's from Alola

All of them have tera type dark, do to my job of working with Team Rocket, I don't really care for their goals, i mostly stay because of the high payment and me having a huge crush on the admin Petrel, he usually helps me with my disguises and he acts more nice to me compared to other grunts, do i have a chance?

But since I moved to Alola, since i fell like the region is more of a home to me, I study a bit of taking care of pokémon, and the Aether Foundation was really popular in the region, sometimes i do freelance work on there by helping with the heath of the pokémon there my gay ass also have a crush on the admin Faba He's a bit of a snob, but our Hypnos do well togheter, so he likes that about me, I love hearing him talk about his job, i don't know, i fell dumb

Why do i like old man with beards 😵‍💫💫

[majesticfaba]

tell me about faba's lore. all of it. every single bit.

// OHHHHH let’s goooo my time has come!! My headcanons for him have changed a bit since I first started this blog, but these are my most up to date ones.

Long post incoming!

Faba is a single child and was born in Kalos to very successful parents, both who had careers in business. Needless to say, a super rich and successful household.

Growing up, Faba had the best of everything. Food… education, butlers and maids, Pokemon…. He was given a Drowzee when he was 5 as his first Pokémon, the “best” offspring of his mother’s Hypno.

Yet for all their gifts, his parents were never present. They were either working, or travelling together. The only time Faba could get their attention was if he achieved something they deemed notable. While he was born reasonably intelligent, he isn’t as naturally skilled as his high achieving parents, which always caused tension between them and left him feeling painfully lonely. Despite his parents noting his lack of natural ability, they still expected the very best from their son, even going as far to insist he is far superior to his peers and should be performing as such. (See where this is gooooing?~)

To make matters worse, they moved to Alola when he was 10, so the few friends he had managed to make before then were taken away from him, and he started highschool without knowing anyone.

After failing to make new friends due to his unique interests and shy personality, Faba instead focused on gaining the approval of his parents. He dedicated himself entirely to his studies and in doing so alienated himself even further from his peers. His sole existence was to achieve more and more, to be the very best, in order to win his parents’ affections. By his mid teens he had become a very distrustful, anxious person, and was well on the way to developing a narcissistic personality disorder as a means to cope with the pressures he felt from his parents, effectively becoming the person he had to be to win their love.

However, this mindset of his was now so warped that even when he was top of his class in everything and his parents were finally proud of him, he still felt deeply insecure and this restless urge to somehow do even better. His parents’ praise was therefore dismissed and— ironically after all his efforts to get their attention— when he finally gained it, Faba began to distance himself from them in whatever way he could.

When he got to university, he met Lusamine… the daughter of the founder of the Aether Foundation, Wicke, her childhood best friend, and Colress, Lusamine’s cousin. Faba immediately latched onto the group because of their potential to give him a successful career. Lusamine was impressed with Faba’s work, but didn’t/doesn’t particularly care for him as a friend. There’s a familiarity between them in the present, but nothing that could really be considered ‘warm’.

Wicke made/makes genuine efforts to befriend Faba, but after being used to being ignored his whole life, Faba found/finds her suffocating. Nonetheless, he… kind of appreciates her presence? In his own way. Not that he isn’t still an asshole to her (she deserves better)!!

Colress on the other hand found him very amusing and enjoyed the witty exchanges they’d occasionally have, but Faba took an instant dislike to him because he’s got the sort of natural ability that Faba always had to work his ass off to be on par with. So Faba just had this aggressive one-sided rivalry with him, lol. They eventually graduated. Colress went his separate way, whereas Lusamine, Wicke and Faba became the new generation of Aether admins. Lusamine took over the role of foundation president, and Wicke and Faba were appointed high ranking admins immediately.

One day a local school visited Aether Paradise, and the younger Faba and one of the school teachers really got along. A year later, they married. However, she couldn’t cope with Faba’s obsession with his job and they eventually divorced. After that, Faba became a full on workaholic, was quickly promoted to the branch chief of the Alolan branch of Aether Foundation, and his NPD skyrocketed.

Divorced, single, more or less friendless and not really in contact with his parents anymore, he became the narcissistically disordered, self centred, anxious and isolated, bitter asshole that we all know and love today 💛

…

(I love to explore how trauma can turn characters into awful people~

I also have ideas for that bitter rivalry to lovers arc for Colress and Faba, because if you somehow didn’t know… OTP OTP OTP they can and will make each other so much worse and I find that dynamic so fun— but I won’t put that here because this post is long af as it is).

[thekuraning]

Opening Line Patterns

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (or however many you have) posted fics and see if there's a pattern!

Picking this up from @isleofair >:3

I have cheated a LITTLE EENSIE TEENIE WEENIE BIT by doing the first complete full sentence after any dialogue... which was only two fics... so is it really cheating...?

Moving on in a Maelstrom (Tiger & Bunny, Tiger/Bunny)

It was midday when the familiar alert jingled over the big TV.

The Lightning Incident (Pokemon, Sycamore/Lysandre) i swear im going to finish this one this year ok

They're standing together at a remote bus stop in Johto's sweltering summer weather on their way towards the northern mountains, and Augustine is going to fucking die.

Who We Don't Expect to See (Pokemon, Faba & Nanu)

It all started when Lusamine approached Faba that morning in the break room on one of the upper floors of Aether Paradise.

The Annual HeroTV Ugly Sweater Party (Tiger & Bunny, Yuri/DDR)

The holidays are a time for many things: friends, family, good food, good times.

When the Flames Burn Away (Tiger & Bunny, Kotetsu & Yuri)

They sit together in an out-of-the-way cafe in North Silver. It's surreal.

With the Day So Warm (Pokemon, Proton/Petrel)

It was rare that Proton ever got the chance to take a vacation.

UnBlinking (Pokemon, Looker & Nanu)

”Hey Masato, would you mind closing up for me tonight?” Masato looked up just in time to catch the set of keys Izumi threw across the bar at him.

Help! My Blorbos are Revolting! (Pokemon, Kura & Proton)

The thing about writing is it doesn't always go where you expect it.

Rooftops in Summer (Pokemon, Sycamore&Lysandre)

Getting ahold of Augustine could be tricky most days, and it had always been like that for as long as Lysandre had known him.

Zubat Fangs and Ditto Slime (Pokemon, Proton/Petrel)

"Di Mercurio." There was hardly any movement in the waiting room. Some idle chatter between admins, but no one stood.

So it seems to me my pattern is I am always starting by announcing the time or the location lol. "on vacation" counts as both a time and a location ok

IM TAGGING EVERY MUTUAL WHO WRITES THINGS TO POST ONLINE @bedruil @ourlordapollo @lunadademon14 @hallowforest ESPECIALLY but also uhhhh uhhhh any of yall who wanna do it too!!! we don't even have to be mutuals, if u see this, U HAVE BEEN TAGGED

[aether-foundation-pr]

Question.

Does the Aether Foundation still do human experimentation?

If so, would you take a somewhat dead ghost corpse thing?

Sorry to say but no. Faba is long gone from both the world and the staff. We focus on Pokemon Presvation.

- Admin Kayla

[selkiebinch]

Recruiting for my 18+ Pokemon Villain RP server! <3

18+ because they are adults and might say/do adult oriented stuff sometimes!

What is it about?

This stuff takes place years after most villains failed their plans and they have tried to regroup. Giovanni literally made a forum chat group to keep tabs on his fellow villains and see what they are up to, but ofc with all the big personalities, shenanigans and chaos ensued.

So it's just silly rp with Pokemon villains?

The vibe can be whatever you make it! But ngl, these villains are MESSY and HAVE BAGGAGE so we get to explore all that angst and emotion there sometimes. Sometimes it's full blown soap opera stuff, which is super fun for dramatic writing!

Which characters are available?

Glad you asked! Here are the current characters we need.

TEAM ROCKET

Available: Exec Archer, James lol

TEAM MAGMA

Available: Maxie, Courtney, Tabitha

TEAM AQUA

Available: Archie (I was playing him but I'd be willing to part with), Matt, and Shelley

TEAM GALACTIC

Available: Saturn, Jupiter, and Charon

TEAM PLASMA

Available: Zinzolin, and N (our former N doesn't have the time for RP anymore)

TEAM FLARE

Available: All of the Flare Admins

TEAM SKULL

Available: Gladion

AETHER FOUNDATION

Available: Lusamine, Faba, Wicke

YELL AND MACRO COSMOS

Available: Piers, Marnie, Rose, Oleana

Are OCs okay?

Absolutely, we have a form to fill out and get them accepted! :3

How do I join?

Thanks for your interest! Message me on here and show me why you want a character/how you would play them. Also you gotta prove you're 18+ (perhaps ID, you can blur out the personal stuff)

What stuff should I expect?

Here's some screenshots of the vibes:

[wooglebear]

Rainbow Fever! Or: Team Rainbow Rocket in the EBWT AU

This is for the AU I posted about, but have been fleshing out for a while! i develloped a bit for the Team RR arc to go with it!

That's right! I’ll show you how I’d include Team Rainbow Rocket for the AU, or rather, how I’d make them worse, plus making them appear in the anime as a bonus.

Team Rainbow Rocket was one of the best Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon stuff. But WOW did the writers do them dirty in the anime. They. Did. Not. Even. SHOW! UP!

Here’s how I’d give them a bit more of an impact in the Everything's Better with Triplets AU.

I do not own all fanart used in this

Setting up the Rainbow Arc

Giovanni is gonna have his USUM design in this anime. He and Giovanni are the same person here.

The members of Team RR are gonna have the most changes.

since this AU's characterization of Ghetsis is characterized more like his b2w2 counterpart, Maxie and Archie are closer to their ORAS characterization here. And they have their ORAS designs.

In this AU, Archie and Team Aqua are more stupid, disorganized and ambitious with little regard for reality and the repercussions of their actions, while Maxie and Team Magma are more level-headed and logical. Maxie is more logical in that sense, almost like he's a babysitter to Archie and tries to keep him in line since Archie has no regard for anything other than his own goals.

Also, Maxie is hella gay and is dating Archie. So he's a babysitter and a boyfriend.

As for Cyrus and Lysandre, i might have to revise certain aspects regarding their basic background/backstory to better fit into the au?

Faba is also a member of Team RR. But full time, this time. Faba hates Team RR for being borderline sociopaths, and he refuses to go along with any of their plans. But Giovanni says it wouldn't really matter since Faba is not included in their ranks.

Also, Major Blanc is back. And apart of their ranks.

Fed up with recurring nightmares about both Team Plasma and the Aether Foundation, Crispin runs away from home, only to get captured by Team Rainbow Rocket. They make him into Major Blanc again, and subject all of Crispin's Pokemon to the Shadow Pokémon process.

Also, they have 2 new members - Courtney and Tabitha. Yup, I'm bringing back Courtney and Tabitha.

These two were also dragged along with Maxie, but it isn't on purpose.

They tag along with Maxie.

Courtney, Maxie's right-hand woman, is just as psychotic-yet-childlike as she was in ORAS. Tabitha is basically the same haughty, smug person, but now a bit ditzy (yup, Tabitha is non-binary in the anime).

this kind of makes Maxie and his Admins a bit of a parallel to the TRio dynamic.

their dynamic in a nutshell is just: "Surrender to us now..." "...or someone is going to die." "Of fun!"

Major Blanc's dynamic with Team Magma is that Maxie quickly deems him an annoyance but keeps him around for his unorthodox thinking.

This brings the Terrible Trio of Maxie, Courtney and Tabitha's numbers up to four, but Major Blanc's clearly a wildcard who’ll flip on him if it’s convenient.

Rainbow Fever - Part 1

(This two parter comes around later in Ultra Legends, to the point of it coming before "the Sun, Moon and Everyone's Dreams!")

-The episode opens with Crispin having a nightmare about Team Plasma.

-Once he wakes up, Crispin talks to Cress about his nightmares

-Cress decides he has stress

-Cue the theme!

-At the Pokémon school, Crispin complains about having nightmares about Aether Foundation, which Ash, Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Kiawe, and Sophocles get on his case for.

-Crispin walks off with Cilan, unaware that they are being watched…

-Cut to none other than Giovanni watching them, and people show up. None other than Archie, Maxie, Cyrus, Lysandre, Courtney, Tabitha, Ghetsis and Faba!

-Giovanni asks what they think of Ash's classmates, and they predict they will be abysmal.

-Ghetsis then says they bring "someone" back, which everyone but Faba agrees with.

-Maxie compliments Giovanni's strategy.

-Crispin is more untalkative by the minute. His friends try to help, but everything they do only makes things worse.

-Then Cress accidentally upsets Crispin, who tells him he's done with these nightmares, and he runs off, crying.

-Crispin runs into the woods and is attacked by Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts.

-Cilan notices Crispin is gone.

-Then the triplets go to Wicke, she reports either Crispin or Faba are nowhere to be found.

-At her office, Lusamine hears knocking on the door. The person is Gladion, who asks if they have found Faba. Lusamine denies, so Gladion leaves. Lusamine stops Gladion, wishing to talk with him, who claims he does not have the time, since Faba could do his mischief. Lusamine explains they are searching for Faba, but Gladion ignores her and leaves.

-Team Rainbow Rocket have tied Crispin up. Suddenly, Faba comes across them, and demands that they let Crispin go. Giovanni refuses and says they are going to bring back Major Blanc

-Archie, Maxie, Cyrus, Lysandre, Tabitha, Courtney, and Ghetsis raise their hands, while Faba refuses to.

-The votes are 7-1, so Giovanni just goes by default.

-They make Major Blanc a thing again, and everyone just wants Major Blanc there while Faba wants an intern. In the scuffle, half of Major Blanc's uniform is torn, so they sew half a Aether uniform onto it.

-Maxie tells Major Blanc that they should dispose of his Pokemon. When Major Blanc refuses, Giovanni orders him held down and procures a "how to make Shadow Pokemon" manual from the library.

-Meanwhile, Cilan interrogates Kiawe, Ash, Lana, Lillie, Mallow, Sophocles, and Professor Kukui, and Burnet and learns that Crispin is gone.

-After piecing everything together, Cilan comes to the horrifying conclusion that Crispin was kidnapped!

-Meanwhile, Giovanni tells Cyrus, Lysandre, and Ghetsis to kidnap Ash's friends, Archie to cause drama, and Maxie, Tabitha, Courtney and Major Blanc to kidnap Ash himself.

-He gives them Netguns and Maxie the electric net

-Team Rocket are attempting to sell Malasadas near the school when they spot the trio. They know Maxie, but don't know who the heck the other two are. Maxie introduces them as Courtney and Tabitha

-While Meowth finds it difficult to believe that someone like Courtney is Maxie's right hand, James and Jessie become furious, realizing they are apparently going to be undermined by this new trio.

-After Team Rocket rips off their work uniforms and chants their motto, Maxie says they do better mottos than them.

-Then they does a parody of Team Rocket's very first motto.

-Near the Pokémon school, Mallow, Kiawe, Lana and Sophocles are hanging out. Just then, Lysandre flies in on a glider.

-He tells them he wants them. Kiawe threatens to use Inferno Overdrive on him, to which Lysandre just fires his net gun at the four of them.

-The Magma Quartet start brainstorming for ideas, and Major Blanc says they steal Pikachu first. They should dig a hole for Pikachu to fall in.

-They do so, and Maxie starts gloating about his plan. He, Tabitha and Courtney burst out laughing.

-Unfortunately, Maxie, Courtney, and Tabitha are all laughing so hard, Major Blanc forgets to steer them away from the hole trap they had set up. The trio falls in. The laughing stops at once.

-Maxie hates that they fell in his own trap.

-Then a cement truck pulls up. Mistaking the hole for a rather nasty pot hole in the middle of the road that he can't seem to fill, the driver fills the hole with wet cement.

-This causes the cement to splatter all over the three people in the hole

-"NO!" Maxie screams, him and the admins now covered in cement

-When they get out of the hole, Maxie is mad that they got covered in concrete ("On one hand, I got to dig a hole. On the other hand..." he gestures to himself, Tabitha and Courtney, "Look at us!", while Courtney and Tabitha decide to go with an alternate plan.

-At Po Town on Ula'ula Island, the grunts are lazing around the Shady House, while Plumeria (with her newly shortened pigtails to reflect her terrible fate in the alola league) is typing on her phone. Gladion is also there. Ghetsis says HELLO, Plumiera craps herself, and Gladion demands who he is.

-Without a word, Ghetsis decides to shoot Gladion with a net gun, too.

-A now cleaned up Maxie, disguised as a bush, uses a sling to throw a candy star. Ash's Pikachu wakes up, and eats the candy. It notices the trail coming to Faba's bush, who exclaims the plan is a success. Team Rocket is at their truck, trying to sell their food. Still, they comment about Faba the creep, and they prefer to work here than for him. Wobbuffet points at the bush, as Team Rocket notices Maxie and Pikachu. Meowth realizes he wants to steal Pikachu, though Jessie is more insulted that he disguised himself, which is something Team Rocket normally does. Regardless, Meowth and James plan on stealing the Pokémon before Maxie does. When at his reach, Maxie uses his net to capture Pikachu. Instead, he finds Wobbuffet in his net, much to his shock.

-Jessie calls Wobbuffet back, and retreats with James and Meowth.

-Meanwhile, Cyrus goes to Lillie's mansion. After talking to Hobbs, Lillie's butler, Cyrus gets a potato sack and throws it over Lillie's head.

-Maxie then goes to Akala Meadow with Major Blanc, Courtney and Tabitha, and is angry that another plan failed. One angry rant later, all four of them end up covered in red berry juice due to Maxie smashing a berry tree with a baseball bat

-As the trio laugh, Major Blanc is just confused. After Maxie absentmindedly, if grumpily, wipes down his glasses, Courtney concludes that the situation calls for "desperate measures".

-Later, the cleaned up quartet goes to Pikachu Valley. Maxie then grabs one of the Pikachu, who gets mad

-Whatever voltage that Pikachu was working at, it was apparently leagues more powerful than Ash's Pikachu.

-Maxie is then seen covered in soot and with frizzy hair.

-"Any other bright ideas?" he coughs out

-Meanwhile, Archie goes to the police as they asked him if he was lost or something but Archie just refuses and sends his Sharpedo after them.

-After more unsuccessful attempts to steal Pikachu, Maxie decides Team Magma really needs to step it up.

-So they attempt to shoot Ash with Major Blanc's paintball gun. Major Blanc refuses to do so, and he shoots Maxie in the foot with paint. Maxie demands that he obey him. "Not anymore," he whispers before opening fire with a cackle

-Burnet goes to the police station as Archie explains that they are on a break. He then sends his Sharpedo atter her as Burnet runs and Archie makes it back to the Resort.

-When they stop running, Maxie is covered from head to toe in multiple colors of paint. As are Courtney and Tabitha. Maxie thinks things can’t get any worse.

-But they can… Much worse!

-They’re then chased by the Bewear who'd normally bother Team Rocket.

-They jump in a river to escape.

-Team Magma ends up panicking because they're about to fall off a waterfall. As they fall off the waterfall, Maxie angrily yells about his hatred for Giovanni.

-Cut to Giovanni baking cakes. Just then, the people he sent out come back. Maxie, Tabitha and Courtney are soaked, paint smeared, filthy wrecks ready to flatten Giovanni with a steamroller if one were available.

-They roast Giovanni for sending them with Major Blanc.

-"You told us Major Blanc would watch over us," Maxie says with a sneer, "but I guess he did the opposite…"

-Team RR places Ash's kidnapped friends in prison-like cages.

-As for Gladion, he's imprisoned as well.

-The episode just ends with Team RR laughing

Rainbow Fever - Part 2

-According to the recap, the events of the last episode apparently happened LITERALLY a day after "To Z to Shining Z!". Oops.

-Cue the happy theme

-Giovanni holds a meeting with his members, and Maxie whines that being evil is way harder than you’d think, as the last episode.

-Giovanni states if he wonders if Major Blanc betraying them has anything to do with the three boys that Ash has been hanging out with as of late. He shows them a photo of the Striation Triplets, and tell me Team RR won't react the same way they did in this fanart:

-Anyway, Maxie demands what else Giovanni knows and Giovanni holds a piece of paper and inadvertently blurts out, via his nervousness, that Maxie is gay.

-The other Rainbow Rocket members aren't that surprised though. Maxie tries to cover his tracks, and digs himself into a hole.

-Giovanni concocts a scheme to take down as many people as he and the other Rainbow members can

-Courtney and Tabitha come in, and Maxie greets them.

-"Listen, there's no way that halitosis-riddled Team Rocket is going to win," Maxie says haughtily. "I've got the superior trio, in brains, brawn, and beauty. Team Rocket doesn't hold a candle to us, not in a million years."

-For that last remark, he got a bag of flour thrown on him courtesy of Giovanni, which broke open. The sight amuses Courtney and Tabitha, who break into laughter.

-"It's not funny!" Maxie screams, as he wipes his face down.

-After Maxie gets half the flour off himself, Faba comes in, holding a bowl of cake batter in his hands.

-Faba decides that Team Rainbow Rocket will test Ash's mettle and the triplets’ bonds as a family. Maxie counters that villains are people, too.

-Maxie is irritated by Faba's antics, so he attempts to get Major Blanc to shoot him with paint. But Major Blanc shoots the ground

-Faba throws the bowl. Causing it to sail through the air and splatter cake batter all over Maxie.

-"Oops!" Faba remarks. "Looks like you've got a bit of something on you, Maxie!"

-Maxie vows that he'll get Tabitha and Courtney to hold him and one of his Pokemon next time Faba comes to him. After this, he walks away in indignation.

-Meanwhile, Ash and the triplets watch a TV, hoping to find clues as to Crispin's whereabouts.

-"Attention vermin!"

-Suddenly, Giovanni comes onto the TV and announces they've got Crispin. He then tells them about Team Rainbow Rocket. The central premise of this sinister team is that its members are parallel instances of villainous leaders who were successful with their schemes, like a Cyrus who rewrote reality or a Lysandre who obliterated Kalos. And he tells them to go to the Rainbow Resort to stop them in an event called "The Rainbow Rocket Trials".

-Ash is horrified as Giovanni signs off the TV announcement.

-Cilan says they have to go to the Rainbow Resort.

-Chili gets a paintball gun, and Cress brings a baseball bat. Ash and Cilan bring the Z-crystals.

-They go to the Rainbow Resort.

-But Faba shows up, telling them not to enter.

-Cress roasts him, and he leaves

-The triplets and Ash enter the castle, and the Rainbow Rocket Trials begin.

-Ash fights some Team RR grunts

-am i thinking of a scenario where Team Rainbow Rocket essentially splits Ash and the Triplets up by re-randomizing the floor they’re on, effectively acting like the Mysterious Wind in the PMD games? Yes I am

-Cress and Chili end up in one room and get grabbed by Courtney and Tabitha. Maxie turns around and sees them. Cress introduces himself, and introduces Chili, his brother

-Maxie tells them how he got here, and Cress butts in to give his thoughts. Courtney says they also got pulled away, but it wasn't on purpose if they recall.

-Cress asks where's Maxie's Magma Grunts, and Maxie looks at him, flashing a malicious grin. "they’re gone."

-Meanwhile with their brother Cilan, he and Ash get stuck with Archie.

-I think Cilan would drive Archie up the wall with his incessant gabbling… until he tells them he's going to flood Alola

-Cilan is horrified, and he tells Archie that pirates should be "cool guys, sailing around, enjoying freedom", not murderous brutes.

-Then Cilan and Ash get into a battle with Archie.

-If you're wondering about Cilan's brothers, Cress tells Chili to handle Courtney and Tabitha, while Cress himself battles Maxie.

-His Pokemon make good work of his Crobat, Mightyena, and Camehump. But then Cress has a horrible realization that Maxie has a Groudon.

-Regardless, Cress brings out his vespiquen for the Groudon, and in a case of type moves being skewed, uses his Z-ring for a powerful Savage Spin-Out attack.

-Back with Cilan and Ash, they also come to the same realize that Archie has a Kyorge. Meaning that both are inescapably screwed

-Or so it seemed, until Cilan decides to take command of that situation and save Ash from Kyorge immediately by using a Z-Move (in this case, Bloom Doom) on it.

-Meanwhile with the other triplets…

-"NOOOOO!" Maxie shrieks to the heavens

-He then says that they will dry up Alola anyway

-Cress gets angry, and tells Maxie that he threw his grunts under the bus.

-Maxie nods, happy that he, Tabitha and Courtney are the last remaining Magma members. He also mentions that all of Team Aqua but Archie drowned

-Cress decides to teach Maxie a lesson

-Chili shoots him with his paintball gun several times (and I have the humorous image of that scene in tetocu being recreated with Maxie)

-Then Cress pins him down and proceeds to torment him

- For example, Cress spreads glue all over Maxie and throws leaves onto him.

-He then has Panpour use Mudsport on Maxie

-Then Chili hits Maxie in the chest with Cress's baseball bat.

-Cilan and Ash then run out of Archie's room, and Cress and Chili join up with them

-Just then, Archie shows up, and he flirts with Maxie. Maxie is less covered in glue, mud and leaves, but his clothes are a bit stained and are in need of thorough washing

-Just then Guzma shows up.

-And as Guzma refuses to be part of Team RR’s regime, Maxie tells Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts to take him to the place where everyone else is. Which they do, and the triplets and Ash nope the hell out of there

-The four are on their way to Cyrus, but are caught by Major Blanc. Major Blanc's mind-controlled Pokemon attack them. Thanks to Ash, Chili, Cress and Cilan peforming Gigavolt Havoc, Inferno Overdrive, Hydro Vortex and Bloom Doom respectively, they free Crispin's Pokemon. They turn Major Blanc back into Crispin, and they escape.

-The Cyrus scene would mostly play the same as the original USUM.

-When Cyrus tries to take a look at Rotom, Ash and the brothers get into a fight with him

-The battle is one-sided; all of their Pokemon are no match for Cyrus's. Even Palkia is dealt with thanks to Crispin doing Never Ending Nightmare

-After the fight, Ash falls down a hole in the ground

-Then the brothers run into Lysandre of Team Flare. He tells them that he had just unleashed the Ultimate Weapon to end all foolish life, leaving only Team Flare alive, but he got zapped to this world instead. He attempts to make the brothers turn the Ultimate Weapon on, but they refuse and they get into another one sided battle with him.

-Chili lands the finishing blow with his Beartic's Subzero Slammer

-Then Crispin falls down a hole

-"There is no room for Team Plasma, but with all these other rooms, I think we're good for a while." Cress tells them

-The triplets then ahead towards the room where everyone else is kept

-Or, they would have if they weren't stopped.

-"Well now, what do we have here...? I come out wondering what the commotion is... only to find the door to the center of the castle ajar, and intruders running wild! It seems those team leaders from other worlds are not nearly as useful as I had hoped."

-It's Ghetsis of Team Plasma. He gets into a fight with the three at once

-The battle is long and brutal

-At the end of the battle, Ghetsis tries to get Cress turned into a human kebab, however Cilan pulls out his Uno Reverse Card, Colress roasts him and Ghetsis gets erased from existence

-Cilan and Chili fall down a hole, and Cress follows

-Then Cress confronts Giovanni

-Giovanni sends out his Pokemon, forcing Cress to send out all his

-As Giovanni runs roughshod over Cress's Pokémon, he offers him a choice: either die, or join them. Archie and Maxie both decry what Giovanni has done, and even Cyrus soon turns against Giovanni.

-Cilan and Chili try to help, but the cage prevents them

-This incites Giovanni to declare that brotherly love doesn't exist.

-Cress shouts "No, that's wrong" like a Danganronpa protagonist.

-Cress told Giovanni he loved being a triplet. He punched away Nidoking as he said he loved the way Cilan lets bugs crawl out of his food instead of crushing them like Chili. His Dugtrio jumped at him again as he said he loved how Chili says the dorkiest things when trying to sound cool. Giovanni sent his other Pokemon at Cress, but that didn’t stop him, as he said he loved being a waiter most of all.

-Just then, Faba, who had been lurking in the shadows for most of the episode, gleefully revealed himself as the Aether Foundation's first ever traitor. He tells the triplets that he works with whoever he damn well pleases.

-Team RR give him the stink eye, and Courtney tells Faba that at least she currently has no plans to betray Maxie, given that she's his right hand

-Faba then snaps like a waistband, screaming "Idiots! I specialize in psychic types, which will destroy you! You'll all be ruined! Forgotten! Spending eternity rotting in the Distortion World!"

-Then Giovanni sends out the big, bad Mewtwo.

-Deciding this will be a piece of cake, Cress decides to step it up. However, over the course of this battle, Mewtwo sweeps most of Cress's team.

-Cilan is uncertain of his brother's chances to defeat Giovanni as his Pokémon’s numbers keep decreasing, but Chili gives his brother words of encouragement to face Giovanni alone.

-Realizing how much the triplets have changed since Unova, Giovanni drops his innocent facade and uses Mewtwo to turn Cress into stone.

-That's right: Giovanni's Mewtwo can turn people into stone here.

-As Cress stands motionless, Panpour rushes over to check on his Trainer, but he is unresponsive. Panpour tries one Bubble Beam after another, but his attempts are all in vain. Panpour begins to tear up and cry aloud, fearing his Trainer is now gone. Cress's other Pokémon are also drawn to tears by this, and the cumulative effect brings Cress back to life and frees everyone.

-Cress gets a confidence boost as a result, distracts Giovanni by throwing a bowl of cake batter in his face, and decides that Giovanni could benefit from a little 'fun'.

-Sophocles' Togedemaru and Charjabug use Zing Zap and Discharge, to fuse with Ash's Pikachu's Electroweb. primaina uses sparkling aria, and Tsareena fires Magical Leaf. Turtonator uses Flamethrower, and Snowy adds a Powder Snow to the mix. Crispin has his Passimian use All-Out Pummeling. Gladion's Lycanroc uses Devastating Drake, Chili uses Never Ending Nightmare, Cilan uses Shattered Psyche and Cress uses Acid Downpour.

-By the end of the battle, Mewtwo is unconscious. Faba is in shock, as Cress should have been weakened after he was turned to stone. Cress says wrong, and he's now stronger than ever.

-As he is surrounded by a blue aura, Cress takes Ghetsis's cane and slams it into the ground. Causing blue energy to cover the ground, teleport the parallel leaders (plus Courtney and Tabitha) somewhere and turn the Rainbow Resort is returned to normal (it's basically Lusamine's mansion from the games, except it was retooled to be the Aether Foundation's backup research place instead.)

-Cilan and Chili compliment their brother, and Crispin tells him he did great

-Cress thinks it's nothing, but is glad that the backup Aether place is back to normal.

-"Okay, brothers. We should never speak of the Rainbow Resort and Team Rainbow Rocket again" Crispin tells them

-Cilan nods.

-After the brothers call it a day, we see giovanni already plotting his next move.

-"Those kids have beaten me for the last time, for the last time! They say fight fire with fire. Well, I will create an inferno! An inferno that will bring me dictation! Because we're not quite done with you, Ash Ketchum." He vows.

-While baking chocolate chip cookies later on, Cress pets Panpour in Professor Kukui's house, and tells about how he learned a new Z-Move during the "never-to-be-repeated or spoken-of-again adventure". While Chili and Crispin want Cress to do Acid Downpour again, Cilan doubts that his brother would be angry enough to unleash that move.

-Cue the credits!

Fun Facts

As you saw here, this wouldn't be shot-for-shot line-for-line USUM's post game, just animated. While it's true that whole lines of dialogue and even camera angles from the 2017 game would be remade in this, this would be a two parter, because, let's be honest, there are too many changes to the arc not to do so.

It allowed me to show Team RR capture Ash's friends.

And the ending was changed to make it less ambiguous than USUM

In Japan, the two parter would probably be called "The Treacherous Rainbow Rocket Trials!"

Crispin knows from experience that he doesn't want to be Maxie, and being Maxie means to be manipulative. Crispin wants nothing to do with that, and that's why he helped Cress in the final battle

Team Aqua and Magma are way closer to their ORAS versions, to the point that they’ve probably been getting worse (in the good way) than in canon.

Maxie already exhibited a lack of morals in canon ORAS, so being successful in causing Hoenn to dry up would only ramp those up, despite not treating Tabitha NEARLY as horribly as Faba treats Crispin.

I just wanted to make sure that this version of Cress is neither a gary stu nor a background character.

the first part of this two parter is basically Maxie teaming with Major Messy lmfao

As for Ghetsis being Melvinborg'd? I wanted to give Ghetsis the cruelest end I could imagine, go way beyond the “and he's arrested lol”. Also I wanted Colress to have a moment to stand up and tell Ghetsis to his face that he sucks.

Don't worry, this isn't the last you'll see of Ghetsis, or Team RR for that matter ;)

[aetherceuse]

So Rex, do you have any HC's on how visits to the Foundation work? Like, for educational/research purposes? c:

Visits to the Aether Paradise works a lot like visits to other institutions, like the National Institute of Health in the United States: certain parts of the campus are open to public tours during public access days, such as the conservation deck, and some of the decommissioned laboratories on the first floor. There are also several conference spaces that Aether utilizes for visits related to investment or research opportunies. Aether also offers scholarships to students interested in STEM and other Pokémon-related research, so, someone working in admin reaches out to the students with bright outlooks, and invites them to tour the premises.

Naturally, not everything is accessible for the general public. More private, one-on-one tours are offered to potential scholars wishing to be funded by Aether.

Visits for education purposes need to be approved by a board that oversees Aether's involvement in the scientific community. An application needs to be requested, and submitted. Background checks need to be conducted. If someone is considered a good candidate, they will be offered an interview by someone like Wicke or Faba, to learn more about what the candidate hopes to achieve by studying at the foundation. People who are not approved must wait 60 days before applying again.

Anybody staying for a prolonged period of time is free to stay in one of the employee lodgings on the VLFS.

[laadeplata]

How would you imagine Team Rainbow Rocket if it were to appear in a post-Journeys movie/special? For me, there wouldn't be any alternate evil team leaders involved. Instead, we'd have Giovanni, Matori, Gozu, Atilla, Hun, Pierce, Dr. Zager, Tabitha, Shelly, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Charon, Six Sages (Ghetsis would remain in prison), Aliana, Bryony, Celosia, Mable, Xerosic, Team Flare Admins, Team Rocket, Aqua, Magma, Galactic, Plasma, and Flare grunts, Brodie, Aldith, Schwarz, Weiss, and Barret.

That would be great. But since the Mewtwo movie and Mewtwo Returns special the ones in charge of the anime don't use cannonical Teams as villains :(

Also the new writters doesn't seem to care much about events from the past. They had lots of missed opportunities in Journeys °^°

But, let's imagine it could happen. Possitive thinking ✨

Ash would return to Alola to visit his Alolan family and friends. All happy reunited, then BOOM. An explotion and mysterious grunts invade the Aether Foundation. Chaos y des-con-trooool ♫ ooh ♪ (muy pocos van a leer esto así que puedo escribir cualquier locura que se me cante)

Once the invaders flee and everything calms down, they check the damage. They seem to have stolen something... Faba looks scared and nervous but pretends everything is alright.

Then there is trouble in each of the 4 Alolan islands.

Teams Aqua and Magma (all the same as in the anime) in Akala island. Making plans in Brooklet Hill and the Volcano.

Team Plasma in Ula-Ula wanting to freeze the island.

Team Galactic in the almost empty Poni island.

Team Flare in Melemele. Maybe without Lyssandre because he is dead.

Team Rocket could be in Aether Foundation or the Ultra Space. Giovanni is the one organizing everything and stole blueprints from Faba. The one who tried to recruit but refused to participate.

[poke-admin-showdown]

ROUND 1 ANALYSIS: THE #JUPITERSWEEP PHENOMENON

round one of the poke admin showdown is now over and several interesting things happened so i wanted to make an analysis post to. analyse them. because i like looking at numbers

first of all, we have to address the most popular poll of round one. with 111 votes at time of writing, jupiter vs zinzolin is our most voted-in poll by a landslide.

zinzolin never stood a chance. there was a significant period of time where he had exactly one vote and i think that's really funny. meanwhile, known girlboss jupiter has garnered more votes than anyone else in the poll. i want to examine why this happened.

my theory is threefold: part one is that i do not think zinzolin is particularly well-loved by the tumblr community - presumably there are some zinzolin enjoyers out there, as he has 7% of votes (more than a fair few others who are getting swept!), but they're definitely in the minority here.

part two is that it's just kind of a funny matchup. very cool galactic commander jupiter, who i believe is quite beloved, next to. well. zinzolin. you have to admit he is wearing very silly clothes and does some very silly things in the game. of course jupiter wins here, in both the popularity contest and in who would actually win in a fistfight because zinzolin is going nowhere fast in those garments and jupiter is i think probably one of the most likely opponents to just punch a guy directly in the face

this leads into part three: because it's a funny matchup, people picked it up and started sharing it around more, which meant more votes, which made it get funnier, which meant more reblogs, and so the cycle continues. #jupitersweep is powered, at least in part, by the Bit, and i think that's very respectable.

WITH THAT ASIDE !! there are some other things i've noted about round one that i think are interesting

firstly: two entire teams have been eliminated in this first round. the first is the aether foundation, with two representatives: faba and wicke (the latter of which put up a very good fight, which i'll talk about in a minute). the second is team flare, with all five representatives taken out, and two of those (xerosic and aliana) getting severely swept.

the common denominator here is that all of these people are some variety of scientist, and almost all of them have some sort of silly outfit that would be hard to move in. (xerosic specifically is wearing at least somewhat moveable clothes, but this is not going to help him against oleana. sorry.)

the closest fight was proton vs wicke, at 53/47%. this is very interesting to me, as wicke was one of the lowest seeded in the bracket due to her loving personality (i don't think she'd want to punch someone) and remarkably silly outfit (i am a big wicke fan but she's wearing hell garments and you can't tell me those boots are remotely easy to walk in). the second closest fight also involved a rocket executive (petrel vs bryony) and i think that's an interesting pattern

the most one-sided poll, is, interestingly enough, not jupiter vs zinzolin. it's actually courtney vs aliana, with courtney winning at a very impressive 97%. i don't have too much to say about this, i mostly just think it's funny, and i try not to be biased on this blog but you've probably seen this blog's banner. i like it when courtney. i think it's very fitting that she swept so hard.

and now, some funny tags!

(courtesy of @/rabbitscreams)

(courtesy of @/ahdkshax, on the shelly vs. ortega poll (in which he did in fact get sent to the shadow realm))

(courtesy of @/standardizedbogey)

bonus: #jupitersweep compilation

(courtesy of @/wrenglows, @/peppiekorn, @/sinnohsimp and @/ahdkshax)

[artgurusauce]

I stand firm on every single one of these.

[jadeazora]

On the shit(ter)-posting/saw the template and couldn't resist 😅

B2W2-Ghetsis, Jupiter, and Proton have absolutely zero shame. That's not to say BW-Ghetsis has any either, that "ahem" means "I better not find out who you are or else."

[majesticfaba]

What would you do, advance on or change if you became president of the Aether Foundation?

(WHAT HAVE YOU DONE).

Humph! It’s about time someone asked my valuable opinion!

(He pulls out a list. Oh, that’s not so bad, it’s just one sheet of paper— NEVER MIND it rapidly begins to unravel and turns into a several foot long document that trails across the floor. Faba clears his throat).

First of all, I would immediately cut the budget of the Pokémon Rescue and Retrieval Division, and refund it into the Dimensional Research Division: primarily the Ultra Space department. Aether Paradise should always strive to protect and advance its research before concerning itself with anything else.

(It’s worth noting that he’s lifted his finger for emphasis… and has closed his eyes. He’s not even looking at the words. This man has memorised. The. Entire. List. It’s suspiciously as if he’s practiced this speech many times in front of a mirror. Huh).

Now that that important task is out of the way, I would create a greater number of ranks. Currently there are only: general employees, contract workers, low-ranking admins, high-ranking admins, and a superior-admin. …Mh? Oh yes. And ‘assistant to the superior-admin’ I suppose. That is far too small a selection! How can people possibly comprehend how hard I have worked and what I have accomplished when there are so few titles to represent Aether Paradise’s hierarchy?! (Ahem. He composes himself). Continuing…

I would then revise the uniform design, and personally oversee this process. Not that the current uniforms for the grunts aren’t appropriately bland, but… there’s nothing wrong with adding a little style. Presentation is very important, I’ll have you know. And it’ll also give me an excuse to dress up in even better clothes…

Let’s see… ah yes, taking a short break from the more essential changes I have written down some minor ones. Dimming the lights for example, imposing a volume limit that means the noise level within the facility never exceeds 75 decibels, twice daily uniform inspections… blah blah blah blah blah (…I would write the rest, but you’ve zoned out by now. Don’t feel bad. It’s only natural).

[izunias-meme-hole]

Ranking The Pokemon Antagonist/Villain Teams 

Team Rocket (Kanto) 10/10 - Good starter villains. This ain’t peak Team Rocket, but this was still an alright base for future entries to improve and build upon, so it’s a 10/10.

Team Rocket (Johto) 3/10 - This is an UGLY blot on Rocket’s resume, but in all honesty with Giovanni gone, and some boring as hell admins running the gang, this plot was doomed to fail without someone carrying the team. The only good thing was that their plan was to try and get Giovanni back.

Team Magma 2/10 - Cool designs, especially in the remakes, Courtney was okay, but come on! WE CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT WATER, MAXIE!

Team Aqua 7/10 - We can live in a world with water, so Archie was onto something, but the group is held back by the story of Hoenn games. Still better than Magma

Team Galactic 10/10 - The plan was carefully constructed, Cyrus is a good villain, the admins here were better than in other games, the space cadet outfits are bland in a fitting way, and Team Galactic felt less like Pokemon villains and more like Final Fantasy or Xenoseries villains.

Team Plasma (Original) 10/10 - Plasma was the most unique team in the series, especially since they brought up the concept of “pokemon liberation,” gave us N, and had the most devious plan in the series. However this was revealed to be a lie that it’s founder, Ghetsis, used as propaganda to try and convince people to release their pokemon, so he can rule the world utterly, and the plan almost worked! That and the medieval aesthetic is VERY unique.

Neo Team Plasma 9/10 - Plasma may have lost all power, and the aesthetic is vastly different, but they’re still dangerous as hell, and the plan is literally one big revenge scheme (It’s a backup in the manga). Also Colress helps carry the team, along with a more demented Ghetsis.

Team Flare 5/10 - On one hand, Flare was not great in their debut games, but on the other hand, they’re better in other media. 

Team Skull 10/10 - Best joke villains the series has ever made.

Aether Foundation 7/10 - Lusamine is fine, but aside from that these guys are just PETA. Also the existence of Faba is cringe.

Team Rainbow Rocket 10/10 - What a nice way of establishing what Giovanni would to with multiversial travel! Also this was a nice way of reintroducing Team Rocket!

Team Yell 8/10 - Team Yell was just a gym leader, his sister, and a bunch of twitter stans. The stans were an annoyance, but they weren’t awful, also Piers and Marnie were great.

Macro Cosmos 1/10 - Magma at least tried, Aqua was just held back, Aether had Lusamine, and Flare is salvageable. The ONLY thing goods about this company were Rose’s boss theme, and the POTENTIAL Rose had. 

Team Star 10/10 - Team Star may not have been the actual villains, but they WERE antagonists, and in all honesty it was nice to see Tumblr Users and victims of bullying who fought back be perfectly represented in a video game.

Team Break 3/10 - These little shits are from a mere mobile game, and are annoying as hell, but they aren’t a steaming pile of shit so I needed to be based about their placement.

[night-gladion-and-their-ghosts]

Type: RO3E [Voodoo]

Name: Unit Type: RO3E

Codename: Voodoo

Height: 6’ 9”

Weight: 200 lbs.

Eye Color: Silver/Gray

Info:

        Type: RO3E was made under the watchful eye of Rose. Produced by R.K.S Labs as a sick cruel joke to Aether Foundation this Unit was suppose to be a prize to the first person to defeat Leon and also was going to be used as a base for Units after to sell to the public.

        The Unit however did not live up to expatiations and was basically scrapped, hidden under Rose Tower where Gladion found her during his investigation of Macro Cosmo. Brought back to Aether where he had most of the tools to try to fix the Unit, he found out the full story.

        Before the UB Invasion of Aloha Faba has sold the plans to Macro Cosmo to try to prove the Type: Project was not a failure like Lusamine thought. Gladion has tried and failed repeatedly to fix the Disk Drive with no luck. The Unit is now the server Admin at Aether where she lives a easy and happy life, away from danger and away from people who would want to buy her.

        Trivia:

·     Her codename comes from 3DFX’s popular GPU before being bought out by Nvidia

·     Not a fighter but a amazing hacker, could probably give Shadow a run for his money

·     Her and Renamon are good friends

[wooglebear]

Okay, I am just gonna do a full masterlist for the pmd au on who’s which pokemon because i’m in a rut! cool! its subject to change (especially for most of the Team RR characters)

Admins

Courtney: Skitty

Tabitha: Pikachu

Shelly: Shiny Eevee

Matt: Blastoise

Team RR

Giovanni: alolan persian

Archie: Primarina

Maxie: Eevee

Cyrus: Sneasel

Ghetsis: Slyveon

Lysandre: spritzee?

Faba: Hypno

and for some of the Gen 5 and 7 characters (most of them the gym leaders, the trial captains and the Aether Foundation)

Cilan, Cress and Chili: Pansage, Panpour and Pansear

Burgh: dustox (shiny)

Lenora: Furfrou (Pharaoh Trim)

Clay: drilbur

Skyla: Sensu form Oricorio

Elesa: Emolga

Byrcen: Snorunt

Drayden: Haxorous

Iris: Axew

Marlon: floatzel

Roxie: Toxicriticty (Low Key)

Illima: Diggersby

Lana: Frillish

Mallow: Lurantis

Kiawe: Alolan Marowak

Sophocles: Togedemaru

Acerola: Mimikyu

Ryuki: appletun

Mina: Ribombee

Lusamine: Clefable

Wicke: alolan muk

Colress: Rotom