#also revived my old pokemon au for this partially wow…

[tartppola]

live laugh love thank u ai for letting me leech off ur rot + helping me for these teams KEKEKEKEKE

Ace -> hes fresh from trainer school but hes not as serious with his journey/has less of a direction as Deuce hence him having less evolved pokemon. I chose mostly the “prankster” archetype pokemon + fairy type bcs I’m biased he gets to have pink pokemon!!! Chimchar is his starter, Anippola gave it to him as a congrats for getting into trainer school!! He has a Tinkaton bcs I had a Tinkaton in my Scarlet playthrough named Ace ( my team was named after twst characters heheh )

Deuce -> same as Ace kinda, but he’s furthering more faster than him ( like in mainstory where he gets his UM first than Ace ). In my head, he’s aiming to be a Pokemon Ranger. He gets the “delinquent” looking Pokemon but in my head Scrafty & Mabostiff have been by his side since middle school days as a Scraggy & Maschiff, the others have mellower personalities to symbolize his growth but also moe gap reasons heheh ( hence why he has the Low Key Toxtricity ). Lucario is there cus of the friendship Evo + my Scarlet playthrough ( I boxed it though bcs i wanted to use Paldean pokemon as much as possible ).

Yuulis -> Junior pokemon researcher that does a lot on-field work hence why they have mobile pokemon ( Golurk for flying, Golisopod for surfing/diving ). I have an inside joke among oomfs where Yuulis liked eating bug so I put Golisopod ( they won’t eat their pokemon though..… ) Wanted to give them at least Gen 4 & 5 pokemon bcs it was my first games + loved the diamond & pearl season of pokeani growing up!! hence the Croagunk & Reuniclus ( I played White ). Armarouge is there bcs they’re ( loosely ) twisted from the Shield of Virtue + Ai said having a fire type would be useful for environment traversing

Skully -> well.. hes dead innit ( HAHHDHDJFKGK ) jokes aside!! Galarian Linoone bcs Leona calls him a badger throughout the event + the color scheme matches!! Pumpkaboo should be obvious but he has the supersize one. Dusknoir aside from being a ghost type, he has pokedex entries of being able to transport souls across dimensions & I think that just like the Lost in the Book plot, also Dusknoir was a twist villain in the Mystery Dungeon games & that was the role Skully had in tNBC ( kinda ). He’s got two Hisui Pokemon to symbolize he’s from a different era!! In my head he’s a spirit that hasn’t fully moved on + doesn’t realize he’s dead kinda, ish(?). He’s from a time where most ppl still thought Pokemon were all terrifying & dangerous + he was considered exceptional bcs he was one of the few trainers at the time with a full roster!!

also!! wanted to at least have some matching pokemon in the teams!! heartshackle/oysterjuice all have the 3 balls ( Pyukumuku, Pinchurchin & Snom ) but they are non-combatants, just matching companions HDHFJFBDJD. The alt sixth Pokemon they have in their teams are Mawile ( Ace ), Feraligatr ( Deuce ) , and Porygon-Z ( Yuu )

Skully and Yuulis have Gothitelle/Reuniclus bcs live laugh love also I was really trying to push which pokemon to match with Yuulis & the Gothitelle line had matching color schemes w Skully ehehehe

Junoace Pokemon teams because im rotting............ In my head Ace is a younger brother of a flying gym leader and would become one later in life.... And Juno would be a pokemon stylist/groomer (funny because most of his pokemon dont have fur like furfrou...)