#and not just any pkmn.. a paradox pkmn.

[amelikos]

Sango-chan.

[themetalvirus]

hey (looking at you with big wet eyes) do you have pokemon scarlet. because i have violet and i need to trade for the past paradox pokemon and koraidon. just dex trades which means we trade for the dex entry and trade the pkmn back to each other, not keepsies trades. any takers because i truly do not want to go to the pkmn trade reddit 😭 i have all of the other version exclusives already

[nell0-0]

The Khu thing(you don’t have to read this part obviously, just clarification for the last post of why everyone flocked to Drayton being related to Drayden since July. If you don’t want to read it skip to the next paragraph) was the poster picture for the second dlc cropped to show the BB League and the siblings of the first dlc, with the caption, “One of them grasps the key of the lore, not Lacey, and it’s a big spoiler for the next game after sudachi, which?” Some thought the siblings related to Gold and Silver anniversary due to their colors, some though it was Crispin for a “sugar and spice” game or related to either Alder(hair) or Chili(cooking theme). Most though thought it was Drayton because of the hair and outfit. I saw a couple people even throw Emmet into the conversation when talking about Drayton(but that’s probably because they really want closure. But hey, those who headcanon Drayden as the twin’s dad or uncle have more to add to their family fanfics) because that seemed like the most logical thing after Hisui had Ingo

But anyways, what is your opinion on what we were shown? Like the Adaman descendant, the new evolutions for Applin and Duraludon, etc?

I think using Chili as reference would be a bit far fetched when you consider how the triplets hair is. And honestly, can you blame the submas fans trying to bring up Emmet? I certainly don't. I don't keep up that much with this stuff but submas fans are starved for content (I say as if I'm not one of them, help-)

I don't have much of an opinion on the rest of the direct since I don't care for the competitive Pokemon and also don't own pkmn scarlet/violet. Not a fan of paradox Raikou, that much I can assure you. Poor thing looks like a giraffe. They ruined my boy </3

But as for Perrin? I am freaking out, have been since I saw her and I don't think I'll be stopping any time soon.

[wardencommanderrodimiss]

-cracks knuckles- So, because I decided on a whim to make Scarlett the daughter of Zoe when I started playing Pkmn Scarlet, we've since seen a few potential origin stories for Scarlett:

Zoe found her in the woods and the fact that Scarlett looks nearly identical to her is a coincidence.*

1a. Scarlett was raised by a Kangaskhan until Zoe stumbled across her

2. Paradox Zoe theory

*this one is canon until I firmly, seriously lock in on another idea. Assume "found in the woods" is canon.

NOW, THIRD POTENTIAL ORIGIN STORY JUST DROPPED:

3. Clone Zoe theory

"How? Why?" Let's blame Colress. He's a freak who's more concerned with scientific advancement and acquiring knowledge than with the morality of it - hence why he signs on with Team Plasma despite personally hating Ghetsis' ass - and while the events of Black 2 lead him to the conclusion that the best way to draw out a Pokemon's strength and potential is through love and trust and the bond between Pokemon and trainer... I dunno, I don't trust that the man is fully hinged even after that. I think at some point he ponders the nature of the bond between Unova's legendary dragons and their human heroes and wonders what is it that binds them together. How did the dragons choose a hero. Is it based on some metaphysical concept like a soul. If he clones an identical version of one of the heroes, how would their dragon respond?

"Why Zoe and not N?" Colress hates Ghetsis' ass and while we don't know his opinions on N, and also would be getting into nature-vs-nurture with the whole clone thing, he decides that he'd rather deal with the unknown quantity of Reshiram's hero, than risk dealing with what he very much knows about Zekrom's hero. (Actually, wait, Colress has a line of dialogue where he says there's no way that a human could talk to Pokemon, so like. Does he even know N at all?)

That, or he came up with the clone idea even before he got pondering the bonds between Pokemon and trainer, for some other dubious scientific reason, and he asked Ghetsis if he could use Team Plasma's resources on this and Ghetsis is like "If you must do this, clone the girl, because I will throw you off this airship if you bring a second version of that freak [N] into the world" and Colress was like yeah sure okay.

Anyway years later Colress has a five-year-old clone and he sends off some anonymous messages to Zoe to try and goad her into a meeting and for her to bring Reshiram along because he wants to see how Reshiram will respond. Zoe shows up with Reshiram and also N in tow, and Colress is like "um. hm. hi. okay. anyway." and then he finds out that this entire scientific experiment was pointless because Reshiram doesn't respond in a way that allows him to get any data. Colress finds out N can talk to Pokemon and thinks that's great, because it will allow them to directly consult Reshiram, and so Colress asks Reshiram questions about what is it that connects Reshiram and Zoe, and does Reshiram recognize those same qualities in this clone?

Reshiram (via N): "That one is smaller."

Colress: "Well, yes, in physical size, of course. But internally, what do you sense? What do you feel?"

Reshiram: "That one is smaller." [N's later translation note: smaller here conveys a sense of mind and thought. Smaller in terms of life experience; younger is smaller.]

Colress: "...."

N: "How many years of your life you put into this, for this to be your answer."

Then Zoe, who has been stunlocked this entire time by the concept of a clone of herself, finally starts moving again and goes in to physically fight Colress - skip the prospect of a Pokemon battle, she's going to strangle the guy - and while Colress is trying to not get punched in the face, N picks up Scarlett and says "I'm just going to take this from you now. Goodbye."

Anyway, every increasingly-insane Scarlett origin story I come up with is funny because while Scarlett's background and early life may change, her present and personality do not. The fact that she's relatively normal and well-adjusted is very important to the way that she is both friends and character foils with Arven. The poor guy is jealous of his little buddy for the fact that she has two loving, present parents and then he finds out she was raised by Pokemon/grown in a lab for the first chunk of her life. What the fuck does he even do with that.

[witchling-wonders]

greetings, mortals

You may call me Mezmer, and you may use any pronouns to refer to me. I am a Psychic-type specialist, and aspire to learn about the psychology of both Pokemon and humans. I have recently moved to the Paldea Region. It is lovely here.

I moved here with three Pokemon, and have caught two more.

((ooc: this is a pokemon roleplay blog in which pokemon are treated as real. the blog takes basically right after the plot of scarlet/violet, and acts as though both types of Paradox Pokemon are coming out of the pit. despite the title, Mezmer is a regular human. Xe just likes to have a little fun. all posts will be tagged pkmn irl. dm for more ooc info, follows from @exhaustioninducedapathy))

[cheemken]

Back on my hisuian zorua!Drayton train, i just had a thought….in the AU drayton joins the gang into area zero (nothing more then indulgence on my end ) but um! I’m a violet player! A Pokemon from the far past meeting Pokemon from the far future…..Drayton doesn’t like area zero….gives him the creeps and the paradox mons give him uncanny valley vibes, they are setting off ALL of his Pokemon instincts, he’s rather quiet and out of it during the trip in area zero as he tries to keep a grip on his humanity and not lash out at any wild Pokemon or his friends 

Oh mood yeah that'd fuck him up hahah

Just seeing robotic versions of his pkmn friends, but like,, y'know thinking that despite how robotic they are, they're like,, there's some sort of life within them too, and it fucks him up a bit bc no that's not natural to him, I'm thinking that even the sight of Metagross kinda messes w him too, bc that mfer is basically a supercomputer hahaha

[ajdrawshq]

th new pokemon leaks...... holy shit dude

[mordegons-betrothed-of-shadows]

looking to trade to complete my pokedex i need the following! koraidon -> will trade for my miraidon any of the great crater/paradox pkmn that are scarlet exclusive -> i have the iron set from violet and can just do a 1 for 1 trade on each if you want scizor and slowking -> you can get the materials for the trade evo and just trade evolve permanently with me or i can go get the materials and swap to and from you, or just trade me that specific pkmn, doesn’t matter~ any scarlet exclusive except drifloon/drifblim and deino line -> trade for any violet exclusive just tell me what you want or need palafin -> i’ll give you anything i can reach in violet. i’ll even give you the next shiny i come across armarouge -> i can trade for ceruledge  <3 thankies. i’ll edit post when i grab any of these