#for..reasons. so it's definitely a cultural thing i guess i'm just a lil surprised every single time

[deadrlngers]

some of my mutuals on here will be like 'my husband/my wife/my spouse' and i'll do a double take every single time bc many are ppl in their 25s or a lil older and have been married for like 3+ years already and in the cultural shock of it all i find reason in knowing it's my american mutuals

[burning-sol]

Okay so like i dont know how to make objects look pretty but lend me your ear. Pokeballs in the JRWI universe function by using magic and have a lot of physical variation due to different factors. You can probably guess who's pokeball is who's just by looking at them.

The one with the most traditionally functioning pokeball is Jay. Her pokeballs can shift size and have a very nice finish with her family crest on top... But the thing you gotta understand is that this is a HIGH up pokeball. Like. The kinds of which are only afforded to those who have a good lot in life. So the traditional style of pokeball is pretty hard to come by. Jay has this kind of pokeball SPECIFICALLY because her family commissions custom pokeballs, which they can afford due to their military prowess.

What you're more likely to get is closer to Chip's though not nearly as worn down. Chip was given hand downs and has held onto them ever since- they haven't broken yet so there hasn't been a need to get rid of them (though maybe he would buy some new ones over the duration of the campaign). If you didn't know, in pokemon there was this whole thing in one of the games where acorns were used to make pokeballs! You're going to get that sort of texture on majority of pokeballs instead of something like Jay's pokeball. These do NOT change in size so what acorn you get is the size of your pokeball. Chip's hand downs definitely vary in size and he has to shuffle around his pokemon to make sure they're each in the best fitting pokeball they can be.

HOWEVER, Gillion has a strange exception here. You see in the Oversea people typically keep singular pokemon in each pokeball, but in the Undersea this is NOT the standard. Gillion's pokeballs are BIG and they can keep multiple pokemon comfortably. I think you can guess where I'm going with the Undersea having bigger pokeballs = more pokemon = a different standard for how many pokemon someone is expected to have. Don't get me wrong, Gillion is still kinda a weirdo because he prefers his pokemon to be mostly free roaming... But there's a valid reason why he doesn't understand the "six pokemon only" rule. Very different culture.

Oh yeah and it should be obvious. Oversea = acorns. Undersea = not acorns. They're probably crafted from shells or something you know how it is.

Anyways that is my lil dump of lore on. I guess this is a jrwi pokemon au?? If I do anything else I'll dedicate a tag to it. I'm surprised some people have been reblogging the pokemon team post with nice things to say about it.. Like it makes me feel warm n fuzzy inside that people enjoy those lil headcanons. Pokemon has a dedicated place in my heart (my first ever fixation!!) and I like returning to the the concept every now and again.