#but also i feel like hgss and pokémas destroyed lance's character (ALONG WITH SILVER'S) and i always have to set the record straight

[mountmortar]

May I request your Dad Lance thoughts for the Johtet 👀 (recently came across the phrase as Johto + Quartet. I think it goes better than Joh4 bc I don't like numbers haha) and would you mind if I incorporated them (or your other thoughts) into my fanfic visions?

well you see my thing is i tend to view lance as more of a crazy uncle sort of figure towards them instead of any sort of that because i have done my absolute best to block the mangling of his character in hgss out of my mind (because i think hgss tried to make him more. uh. heroic-sounding??? champion-like???? and it resulted in lance becoming the blandest dude known to pokémonkind) and instead focus on his original gsc character. who. yknow. was sassy as all hell and loved tearing team rocket to shreds. so instead of being some ultra responsible coddling dad-type figure i think he would just be like WHO WANTS TO GO SET A TEAM ROCKET BASE ON FIRE!!!!!!!!!!! and the johto quartet would just all start cheering like maniacs. do you guys remember in gsc when he sent his dragonite to physically attack ariana to get her away from the protagonist (like earlier in the game when he had his dragonite use hyper beam against a grunt) and then strutted up all nonchalantly and went "Hey! Don't be so selfish. Spread the fun around." who is doing it like this man i love him