#gladion you stupid dumb

[literallylyn27-02-97]

So I wrote this random Gladion fic about how he ended up in Team Skull in Business class cuz I literally had nothing better to do—Not sure how I feel about it but hope you like it!

This had definitely not gone as smoothly as Gladion had hoped.

It had been three days since he had ran away, and things were not going well.

The only clothes he had brought (which were just the ones he had left in) were torn and stained from the few times he had actually tried to train Null—which had left him covered in various scratches and other marks (He had not been prepared for the Pokémon's insane amount of energy)—which made his clothes practically useless now, and his body aching from the pain.

He didn't even know where he was. He had barely ever been outside the Aether Paradise—he couldn't even remember the last time he had—and the only plan he had really had for running away was to just save the Type: Null, run to the boats, escape, and that was it.

Thinking back, that was a really stupid idea, and now he wanted to kick himself for it.

Maybe his mother had been right all those times she said neither him or Lillie were ready for the world. Maybe he really shouldn't have run away. Maybe he should try to go back—!

He jumped when he heard a voice.

“Uh, hey, Kid…? You alright?”

It was a man, and one of the strangest looking ones Gladion had ever seen with his puffy white hair and absurd looking fashion he couldn't even describe it was so weird to him.

He hoped he wasn't talking to him, but judging by the lack of other people around them, and the fact that he was looking right at him—It was obvious he was.

Gladion tensed. Maybe if he just reassured him, he would go away?

“I-I'm fine…”

He hated the way he stuttered. He sounded so frail. So weak. And it was disgusting to him.

If he was gonna survive out here, that was something he was definitely going to need to stop.

The man laughed, and Gladion tried not to tense any further.

“Well that's gotta be the most obvious lie I've ever heard.” He smirked.

Gladion tried to glare, but when you were an eleven year old child who was half the size of the person you were glaring at, it didn't really give the effect you wanted.

Sure enough, the man laughed.

“Jeez, Kid. Calm down, no-one's gonna hurt ya.”

His care-free and non-formal voice was another thing that stuck out to Gladion, who was far too used to the high, pompous tones the people at Aether Paradise spoke with.

The man took a seat on a nearby large stone, gesturing for him to join him.

Gladion wasn't that dumb, he knew enough about being on the run to the point where he knew he should never go along with what random strangers told him to do, especially adults.

He shivered as he wondered what his mother would think about that.

The man was still looking at him, clearly waiting for him to sit beside him.

Eventually, Gladion gave in.

The man smiled. “What's your name, Kid?”

“I…”

That was another basic Gladion knew. Never give out your name.

He looked back at the man, scowling again, which caused him to chuckle.

“Relax. Ya don't have to tell me if ya don't wanna. Heck—you could even lie if ya wanted.”

For some reason, that did cause Gladion to relax.

He stayed quiet, and the man seemed to take the hint.

“I'm Guzma.”

Gladion had to admit, knowing his name did make him feel a bit safer.

“...”

He stayed silent, but reached out his hand—something he had always been taught to do.

Rather than shake his hand like Gladion had expected, however, Guzma did this weird thing where he slapped it twice instead—only it wasn't the kind of slap that hurt?

Now he was just confused, and Guzma was laughing some more.

“Aw man, you're something, Kid.”

He was smirking, but it didn't look malicious whatsoever.

When Gladion didn't say anything, Guzma continued their conversation for him.

“...So, take it you're a runaway?”

Gladion almost fell back. “How did you—!”

“You're wearing torn up clothes, you're covered in cuts and bruises, and you're actin’ like a hostile stray Litten. It's kinda obvious.”

Gladion's foot tapped on the ground.

“...Fine…Yeah…I'm a runaway…”

He looked away again. “...So what are you gonna do…? Turn me in…?”

Guzma made a bit of a shocked face, and it was probably the first time so far in their interaction that Gladion had seen him look anything other than smug.

“Course not! Jeez, whaddya take me for!? A snitch!?”

Gladion had no clue what a “snitch” was, but judging by his reaction, it was clearly something bad.

“...I was a runaway once too…”

Guzma said it with a sigh, as if it wasn't exactly a fond memory.

“...It wasn't easy for me, and it definitely ain't gonna be easy for you.”

Guzma looked him up and down, and suddenly, Gladion felt a lot more self-conscious about the dirty state he was in.

Guzma sighed a second time. “Look, I'm probably not supposed to do this…but I've got like—this group. We're all runaways, in a way, and we've gotta place nearby. It ain't much, but it gets a roof over your head, and you could make some money if you carried out some jobs for us.”

Gladion raised an eyebrow, a bit apprehensive to the idea.

He had heard about these kind of groups, and they were bad news, and definitely not something he wanted to get involved with.

“I don't mean anything too shady, just like—taking care of trainers who think it’s funny to mess with us—or literally just going out and picking up whatever stuff we need, get my drift…?”

Gladion had to admit, that was a really tempting idea.

He currently had no place to live, a pitiful amount of money to his name, and absolutely no one he could rely on if things went wrong out here.

If he agreed to Guzma’s offer…did he even have anything to lose?

“I…”

Now it was Gladion’s turn to sigh.

“...Sure, why not?”

A huge grin appeared on Guzma’s face, as he grabbed Gladion and did this weird thing where he rubbed his knuckles into his scalp.

“Ayy! My man over here!”

Gladion grunted, scrambling to get away from him.

It was clear him and Guzma definitely had some…opposing personality traits.

“Come on, Kid. We'll even get you some clean clothes—cause those—” He pointed to the absolute mess that remained of Gladion's current ones—”ain't gonna last another day.”

Gladion couldn't even form any words.

When he had ran away, this definitely wasn't the kind of thing he was expecting. And he had to admit, it did all sound way too good to be true still.

He gave Guzma another uneasy look, who smiled in return.

“Listen, it's gonna be fine, alright? I'm not some kinda weirdo, I swear. And ya really don't have to go with me if you don't wanna.”

Gladion let out a breath, he had been so anxious, he didn't even realize he had forgotten to breathe.

“...Gladion.”

Guzma's face might as well have had the word what etched right into it.

Gladion looked annoyed. “My name. You asked for it earlier…It's Gladion.” He folded his arms.

Guzma tilted his head. “Well, nice to meet'cha, Gladion. Come on, let's get going.”

Gladion didn't even feel as opposed to it anymore, as he followed behind Guzma to wherever he was taking him.

He still couldn't help but feel like this was a bad idea, but yet again, what did he have to lose?

Plus, if things did go wrong, surely running away again, wouldn't be that hard…

[a-tale-of-legends]

This is dumb but I just woke up so.

Ames, joking around with the alola gang playing a video game at hau, who just beat her ass: You stupid pineapple, I'll have my revenge! ( Immediately starts wheezing and covers her face in shame)

Gladion: *WHEEZE*

Hau: Pineapple?!

Poppy, between laughs: Ames, what-

Ames, weakly: I don't know-

Hau: Pineapple?!

Lillie: Oh noo-o-o.( starts giggling)

Hau: You realize pineapple on pizza wasn't an Alola thing, right?

Ames: Hau-

Hau: I feel objectified, I feel stereotyped-

Ames: ( wheezing) Hau please, I'm sorry-

Gladion: ( is dying in the background).

Hau: I can't believe you would do this to me. I'm shocked. Appalled. Shook, if you will.

Ames: ( can't respond, too busy laughing)

Hau: ....Okay, but do I actually look like a pineapple.

Poppy: ....Yeah, a little.

Ames: NO. SHUT UP.

Hau: Wow, Ames, I can't believe you'd hide such crucial information from me-

Ames: IT WASN'T ME THIS TIME?????

( Lillie and Gladion are dying in the background hgvhvgvgvcg. I think this is probably the hardest Gladion laughed ever lol)

[kastillia]

I'VE UNLOCKED THE POKE PELAGO

all of my problems are solved

BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE TRIAL CAN I JUST TALK ABOUT THE BATTLE ROYAL DOME SITUATION

I'M LAUGHING PROFESSOR WHAT ARE YOU DOING AND WHAT ARE YOU WEARING PFFFFFFT

this is ridiculous

i'm......i'm like 10 levels above all of you......

i got torracat down to like 10% health before hE LICKED ELISE AND PARALYZED HER

AND THEN GLADION STOLE MY KILL

rude

i still can't get over this. the masked royal??? i don't even remember.

kukui you are............you are something else.

ok so i've completely my third trial and that was my favourite by far

it was a performance!! and spot the difference!!

"b-but how!?" well i mean it's not that hard to figure out but thanks for humouring me

anD THEN THE HIKER FGFFDJKGBHDFJSK

AND THEN THE TOTEM POKE JOINED THE FRAY

what an absolute joy

thanks for the fire z-crystal! thanks for the charizard mount! anD MORE IMPORTANTLY THANKS FOR UNLOCKING THE POKE PELAGO I'LL NEVER RUN OUT OF POKEBEANS AGAIN!!

oooooo new town!

this weird scientist guy stopped me to give me.......uhh......a tm move i think?? yeah. a fire move since i just got that fire z-crystal

he was......strange. are those horns coming out of his head???? i am unclear

into the caravan!

oooOOOOOOH STUFFELS ARE IN THIS AREA????

i'm gonna scale every inch of this land i need a stuffel they are adorable i'm gonna not hug it so it doesn't kill me when it evolves

oh it's another one of those cabin pla-- !?

GIRL WATCH WHERE YOU'RE SWINGING THAT THING YOU'RE GONNA HIT MY DOG

PUT THAT GOLF CLUB AWAY THERE ARE NO GOLF BALLS HERE THAT'S DANGEROUS

anway

into the cabin i go

GLADION!!!

"Get out."

gndkmhgkjhsfdkjlksgd

well i mean

yeah

i'm surprised no one else tells me to get out whenever i waltz into their house

JUST LET ME TALK TO YOU!!! YOU'RE SO ALONE LET ME BE YOUR FRIEND!!!! LET ME LOVE YOU!!!!

............well fine. i'm sure i'll run into you again later.

BYEEEE GLADION!!!! :> love you

oh wow he paid to stay in that room for two years up front???

isn't he like lillie's brother or something

he was the "important person" that she was going to meet up with at the tide song hotel, right??

when i ran into him on route 4, he already seemed to know who i was

"so you're kas, huh"

YES THAT'S ME!! I SAVED LILLIE AND NEBBY LET ME SAVE YOU AND YOUR NULL TOO :> please?? why don't you love me

well it's fishing time. i need to catch a....uhh......feebas? i think?? for that one scientist back in the pokecenter at heahea city??

i need to catch another fish, that's all i know.

here are my current pokes!

my level 26 mudbray...........that i just added to my party for the fire trial even though i used elise like 85% of the time. once she evolves it’s back into the box and i’ll probably take out kino for the grass trial kurama, my level 32 snowpix! bouncee, my level 33 tsareena!! ike, my level 28 rufflet!!! elise, my level 33 brionne!!!! keaton, my level 31 lycanroc!!!!!

i might have to turn exp share off since bouncee, elise and kurama are close to level 35....

i can't imagine they'll start disobeying me once they reach level 35.....i mean they've been with me for a long time and i have max friendship with all of them.......

but idk if i should push my luck bc i still have one trial to go before i face olivia and get that......level 50 stamp probably

hopefully

[fandomstars]

Hello! I haven’t read any of your works personally, but are there any specific things you like to write the most? Genres, scenarios, character types or tropes, what makes you the most excited to write a story? How do you do it? Do you write it all down the moment you have a great idea, or do you let it sit and develop for several days between writing sessions?

Genres:

Angst

Hurt / Comfort

Fluff

Adventure

Romance (only if it’s an OTP of mine I’m at least 20% confident I can write okay at.)

Scenarios:

Angst / Hurt of MC (Ex. Jim Kirk)

Action scenes (even if my skills in such aren’t the best)

Battle scenes

Pokemon Journey

Duels

Alternate Canon

Small, cute, but wholesome moments

Character types:

Angst

Sassy (Even though my attempts are few and far between)

Conflict (mainly from angst but also other things)

Adventurous

Tropes:

Angst thoughts / actions from conflict (I like to see characters go deeper in their emotions.)

De-aged (So far I have yet to actually write one…but man do I love this trope! Obi-wan, Jim Kirk, Tony Stark, I’m in!)

Hurt character gets comfort (hugs/kiss/protected it’s all there! Example tag I’ve read many of is < Obi-Wan gets a hug > )

Alternate Canon (It can be fix its, alternate actions of one particular scene, I just love the emotion and energy in it all! Giving a better ending in some cases. )

Tropes / other fanfic stuff I despise:

• Wanda, Steve Rogers, Natasha, and basically all of Team Cap (minus Sam / Bucky (overrated but still like) / Scott) being shown and appreciated as heroes despite being anything but since Winter Soldier & Age of Ultron.

{ I swear if I hear of more praise for Wanda and others, plus Wanda x Vision being OkAy?! I’m going to hurl. >•< }

• Ash being romantically involved with either Serena, Misty, Dawn, May, Cynthia, and more. Also harems….I HATE harems.

{ Only ones I ship with Ash romantically:

• Gary / Paul / Kiawe / Gladion / Lillie / Goh }

Obi-wan hated = Jedi Council bashing

{ I get he’s on the council, but does hating the Jedi Order / Council really fall to hating him specifically or at all? From what I’ve seen, he isn’t the one making many bad decisions! }

AOS Jim Kirk being written as some womanizer / bad guy

{ I get the movies portrayed him a little as such…but that’s just wrong! As someone who’s a fan of such movies, it just pains me how he’s written as so shallow. Makes me still wish for a tv series of this version of Star Trek. Chris Pine rocks as Jim Kirk, and the clear portrayal of a traumatic childhood/past could be explored so much more! I mean it’s clear this version went through Tarsus IV too. Maybe more than TOS Kirk. }

Harry Potter as stupid / paired with Hermione, Ginny, basically anyone not Draco Malfoy (or Luna, though with her it depends on my mood at the time) / Hermione overrated worship / Horocrux = Dursley abuse

{ Look, it may be cliche, but I like Harry Potter as a character. He’s a good main character with an overall good arc. I just hated him being with Ginny in the end. It didn’t help with ‘Cursed Child’, like he may not be a perfect parent, but he’s darn sure more than anything that ‘book’ portrayed! It’s even worst in the canon books, and even some fanfics, where Harry is portrayed as dumb. He could of been sorted into any house..Any. There’s more type of intelligence, and he shows he’s clearly got academic intelligence too, but considering just how he had to ‘not ask questions’ and ‘not get better grades than Dudley’ basically explains aside from teenager mood why his school work was as it was. Just cause he isn’t some book genius like Hermione, doesn’t mean he couldn’t of gotten into Ravenclaw.

Speaking of, why is she so glorified? Okay sure, she’s a good character and friend…but she isn’t some god! No, she didn’t carry the entire series, let alone do all the hard work, not be the reason Ron and Harry made it and so on, she has faults! She can’t solve everything! Lets face it, if those two hadn’t saved her from the troll back when they were eleven, she won’t be around most likely.

Now the Dursleys and horocruxs….oh boy. If there’s one thing I hate in canon the most in this series, it’s this. No, the Dursleys didn’t abuse Harry because of the horocrux. I don’t blame the people that believe this though, as it’s clear the ‘author’ wrote said abuse as mere nothing, glossed over and “explained” as something that’s Harry’s fault. Um no! Abuse isn’t something to be glossed over! The Dursleys were clearly horrible people before Harry even got sent to them! They despited him and his parents, and literally spoke of trying to beat the magic out of him! I don’t know if the Wizarding world has a CPS, but surely if it wasn’t for ‘protect in the blood wards despite being abuse/starved/could of been killed in said house every year with the plus of the wards being non-existent/unless by end of his fourth year’ Dumbledore there be something done no? That also makes another point of how the ‘author’ glossed over said abuse…he names one of his kids after Dumbledore and a bully of a teacher! If Snape were a muggle teacher, he’d be fired on day one. Let’s not get even started on glossing over Neville, Draco, and basically all of Slytherin house home-life/trauma. I’d go on, but then I’d just give myself a blistering headache for days.

Most excited to write a story:

What excites me to write a story can be a number of things. Usually it is through watching a particular character go through something, or some character saying something. Of course, comments on my fanfics help too, but reading others fanfic helps also! Being able to immerse myself in the world of fanfic, and see multiple views of a scene or a character it always so fascinating. Granted, I only look for fanfics of my specific likes, but the thought still stands! Questions, and answers to certain aspects of certain fandoms can sometimes inspire me to write something of the fandom in a new way you know? Yet despite all this, I still have tons of WIP fics that I have yet to update in like forever.

How do you write:

It’s a mix of the two scenarios actually. Like sometimes I get an idea and can write at least a chapter or two before the writing juice runs out. Other times the idea comes in pieces during a couple of days, though it’s mostly small scenes or inputs of characteristics. Either way, still got a ton of WIP because of both.

Thanks for asking!

[littencloud9]

i’m working on a new trustedpartner fic which is a soulmate au! i’m only halfway done, and i still have my other fic to complete (LOL) but i wanted to show u guys a small part of it 

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Lillie cocked her head to the side, staring at Gladion intently.

“Hm? What’s wrong, Lillie?” Gladion asked, noticing his sister’s intense gaze. She leaned closer, squinting. 

“What’s that?” Lillie asked, gesturing to the area above Gladion’s right eyebrow. Gladion reached up to touch what his sister was pointing at, frowning confusedly. 

“What’s what?”

“That!”

Now that his attention was on it, Gladion’s forehead was feeling kinda hot. Actually, it was like it was burning. He let out a groan, gripping onto the area painfully. 

“Oh, dear. Here it comes,” Wicke whispered, Hobbes nodding in agreement. The two adults reached over, each holding onto one of Gladion’s shoulders. 

“Take deep breaths, Master Gladion. It’s going to hurt a bit, but it’ll be over before you know it.” The young boy nodded, putting on his ‘brave face’. He winced as a sensation similar to a sharp stab hit his forehead, trying not to cry out. Soft fur brushed his arm and he cracked an eye open, smiling at his Pokémon. 

“Thanks, Eevee. Ow!” Another stab. And another. Tears were forming in his green eyes, though the boy still refused to cry.

And then the searing pain finally stopped. 

His shoulders slumped as the tension in his muscles disappeared, the boy finally able to breathe. Hobbes glanced at Gladion’s forehead, a shaky smile appearing on his face. Gladion looked up, blinking slowly. 

“What just happened?” Lillie asked before he could. She was still staring at this forehead. 

“Well, you see...” Wicke began with uncertainty, trying to figure out the best way to explain it to them as the two children looked up at her, eyes filled with the same childlike innocence. 

“Turning ten has always been special, for every kid in the world. When you turn ten and blow out the candles, two letters will appear somewhere on your body. Those letters are your soulmate’s initials. The place that these letters can appear varies from person to person, and it seems-“

“Wait,” Gladion interrupted, frowning again. He had lost her somewhere in the middle of her explanation. “What’s a soulmate?”

“Ah. They’re a very special person in your life, young master,” Hobbes said, the tender tone evident in his voice. “They can be platonic or romantic, though in most cases, it’s romantic. Your soulmate is someone whom you will love with all your heart, and they’ll love you back, no matter the flaws. People and their soulmates usually get married-“

“Woah! Like mommy and daddy!” Lillie realised, beaming. “Mommy loves Daddy a lot, right?” The adults stiffened at the young girl’s words. 

Gladion’s green eyes narrowed, the memory hitting him at full force. “M and A. That stood for Mohn Aether.” 

Wicke and Hobbes shared a grimace. The two had always been exceptionally bright. Whether it was because of their upbringing by Lusamine or simply a gift given to them, the two were always quick to draw accurate conclusions. Gladion in particular was very observant, so it was no surprise that he...

“That’s right. The M and A on your mother’s ankle is your father’s name,” Wicke said hesitantly, watching as Gladion’s expression darkened. 

“Soulmates...” he mumbled, glaring at nothing in particular. Eevee nudged him, a concerned chirp leaving her throat. 

“Yes, soulmates. Your soulmate’s initials seem to be A.K, how interesting! I wonder who it is?” Wicke said, putting on a fake cheery tone. 

“Was Father’s soulmate Mother?” Gladion asked. Wicke took a step back at the fierce gaze the boy had adopted. 

“I believe so, yes. Mohn loved Lusamine very mu-“

“But he made Mother sad!” Gladion interrupted. “You said soulmates love each other! But you don’t make someone you love sad!” 

Lusamine’s terrified expression flashed in his head. Now he knew why she was so upset when he had pointed out the letters on her ankle — her soulmate hurt her! That’s why his mother had acted so out of hand!

“Master Gladion, I assure you you’re getting the wrong idea...” Hobbes tried, only to be shut down by his glare. The young boy suddenly looked more intimidating than anyone they had seen as he growled at them. 

“I don’t care who this A.K is. Soulmates are stupid. They’re only gonna hurt you like they did to Mother. I don’t want a dumb soulmate.” He raced out of the room, Eevee following after.

[disregardcanon]

weird pokeprotags headcanons for my sprawling Pokemon Cinematic Universe in my brain.

red and leaf are different characters, and they and blue grew up together as rivals. red of course has charmander, leaf has bulbasaur and blue has squirtle. as they battle during their journeys they each take home some victories. leaf beats the league first, then blue beats the league and her, then red knocks out blue. and promptly fucks off to mt. silver.

leaf travels the world before coming back and eventually taking on the role of kanto champion. gold/krystal/lyra fights red and defeats him, but he keeps on moping up there. they go to talk to blue because they were like. uh. were you friends with the former champion who lives on the mountain? and blue’s like WHAT and goes to drag red’s ass down. they start dating and then become the battle tree guys eventually. leaf comes back to kanto after kicking major ass there and destroys the league, becoming champion and actually holding it this time.

gold/krystal/lyra are all the same character. i really don’t have a preference of which sprite they choose. they become friends with silver after the course of the games. that’s it that’s what i’ve got there.

may is the protag and brendan is the professor’s kid. they, in general, go on their adventures together and sometimes wally also travels with them. i prefer emerald canon to the others so we’re going with that.

dawn is the protag and lucas is the professor’s assistant guy. beyond that i have no opinions beyond “platinum canon”

hilda and hilbert are the same character, so i don’t really care which sprite you choose. they are rosa an nate’s older cousin and they’re really bad at communication. they search for N all over the world and are really pissed when they find out he’s just literally been in unova the whole time. what a dumb boyfriend. he’s just- he’s so dumb.

rosa and nate are twins and different characters. rosa is the protagonist who takes the protagonist’s journey, trying to live up to her older cousin’s legacy and become the pokemon champion. nate is more just along for the ride to have some fun and help his friend hugh find his sister’s pokemon. rosa is very driven and competitive, and she resents that nate is still a good trainer without working at it at all, and also kind of resents that their mutual friend likes him so much better (even though she doesn’t like hugh all that much either). while she always wins when she battles either of the boys, it’s not by the huge margin she feels that it should be. 

nate and hugh travel together, and they always get mixed up in rosa’s protag adventures, which bugs her to no end because I AM THE STAR HERE OKAY. I AM THE HERO I AM THE CHAMPION IT IS ME ME ME ME and nate’s like dude this is why mom likes me better and rosa rips off his stupid little hat. rosa calms down a litttllleee bit after seeing how well iris handles defeat and she’s like. you literally just lost being champion, and iris is like “it’s not the end of the world. my whole identity isn’t tied up in it or anything” and rosa’s like, well shit. mine IS i need to work through some issues, don’t i. and then they become good friends and she talks to her older cousin and gets a little bit more Stable. she still thinks her brother is a turd though. later on, hugh becomes a PI and nate becomes a pokemon nurse and they date, and rosa and iris become a great contest duo and they also date. n and hilda are running around battling people and rescuing pokemon and generally causing a ruckus. 

i have no kalos opinions since i played like 4 hours of y back when it came out and don’t know anything about the games rn

selene and elios are interchangeable, the only reason i have a slight preference for selene is because when i ship her with lillie it’s GAY. but either way, protag dates lillie, hau dates gladion, and in general they tear up the dance floor.

also have not played swsh yet so no opinions there

[shima-draws]

!!!!! THIS IS SO CUTE LOOK AT HOW SMOL HE IS...(And yeah I saw the ask I just haven’t gotten a chance to answer it yet but I LOVE this idea!)

Bdnanfnan oh my god lmao;; Ash just gay panicks around him ALL THE TIME

YES I AGREE!! It’s perfect for him I cry

@shima-draws I sent you an AU idea but pretty much the premise is that Gladion and Lillie move to Kanto and make friends with Ash and Gary in their childhood and travel with them.

Incidently, by the Alola arc, Gladion is ripped as all and like half of his clothes no longer fit him and Ash is constantly screaming.

Also Gladion would totally have a female Charizard as his starter; its true and I’ll fite you.

[tumblunni]

OH FUCK I THINK I FINALLY CRACKED THE CODE OF WHY I ALWAYS LIKE THE VILLAINS BETTER

Like man it always makes me so confused cos i mean im a soft AF person and i always end up having sympathetic redemption headcanons for them so its not like i like VILLAINY ITSELF but what else do all these characters have in common?

Thats it. Thats it, ursula helped me crack it.

I just WANT THOSE TRAITS ON THE HEROES

I really want a nice confident sassy funny chubby trans auntie who promotes body positivity to our young hero and always gets to say the coolest lines and get the best moments and BE LOVED FOR WHO SHE IS

And like usually whenever you get anywhere close to seeing those "villain traits" on a hero they like.. Remove all the good parts. If you have a supportive hero aunt she's always boring and generically supportive instead, and has to look like the most stereotypical boring mess ans have a super small plot role and uuuugh thats IF SHES EVEN THERE i mean seriously aunties and grandmas are weirdly less represented as mentors than grandpas who are already REALLY HARD TO FIND and again OFTEN GENERIC AND UNFUN WHENEVER THEY GET TO APPEAR

And how damn often are we allowed to have a chubby gay aunt!! WHERE IS MY CHUBBY GAY AUNT!! ive met SO MANY chubby gay aunts in real life like 90% of all my psychologists have been either that or like.. The exact same but a straight lgbt ally instead. Sassy plus size aunties are THE BACKBONE OF OUR SOCIETY DAMMIT! I've had so much help thanks to sassy gay aunts!! And like even just looking at any damn crowd scene in a normal city centre youre gonna see so many chubby aunts and long nosed uncles and all those sorts of bullshit "ugly people" that mass media pretends are ugly and relegates to One Minor Role In The Entire Cast despite them being infinately more common than supermodels and NOT UGLY AT ALL GEEZ IT PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH

I cant believe im a fuckin disney villain fan cos of body positivity

Tfw u suck so bad at making hateable people that the fandom universally hugs all your villains and ignores your boring protagonists like fuckin TAKE THAT DIDNEY

God i wanna hug hades sooo bad he just needs a friend aaaaaa

And i mean its not just disney, every damn time ive obsessed over a villain its been because they have some trait thats supposed to be "bad" but its actually good and we dont get to see it on the heroes

Like my thing with science villains in particular is that when i first played ff7 i really liked the idea of an evil minion who's a bad sidekick not just because he's "dumb" or "bumbling" but because he's actually not interested in any of the evil stuff and he works against his own boss and is like.. Friendly to the heroes, i have no particular grudge against you and i wont stop you if im off duty and all. I liked the Turks for the same reason but in the origibal ff7 translation they were kind of stoic and serious and i didnt really become as much of a fan of them til i saw them being more goofy and comic relief in some optional sidequests and then their movie adaptation. But hojo was always being all "lol my boss's plan is so stupid amirite" and had that very memorable scene where he's just sunbathing and tells you everything you need to know to get to the next thing to ruin his boss's plan cos i mean fuck it who even cares im just here to soak up some sun while fully dressed in a turtleneck and labcoat. It sucked so much that he was such a reprehensible bastard with creepy sexual assault vibes and murder and child abuse and experimenting on people and basically just NOT A LOVEABLE VILLAIN but his CONCEPT held so much potential to be filled by a sympathetic character instead...

So yeah then cos of him i kept being obsessed with finding SOME CHARACTER SOMEWHERE that actually lived up tp that potential, and thats why i was instantly interested in charon from pokemon and totally on edge waiting for the slightest chance for him to become That Perfect Sass Gramps Of Legend. And then he was indeed sassy!! And had so little screenyime that there was potential for interpretation of him as potentially redeemable cos i mean the game never said he wasnt, the game barely said anything about him at all, lol. And he was so old and small and frail looking and i just wanted to protect him!! And then that one wifi event that actually hinted at synpatheticness!! Aaaa its a recipe for a Forever Fave~

And i guess maybe it all started with my grandma being awesome and me really missing her? Cos i had shitty abusive parents and she was my ONLY good family member who showed me what love was like. And she was also basically a supervillain. Like every damn supervillain trait except being evil! She was bombastic and confident and sassy and mischievious and loud and passionate about stuff and always had something funny to say and never gave up no matter how many times she failed. And she also used all that great power for the forces of good!

So yeh thats why i love sassy good guys and i hate that often even when a sassy villain gets redeemed they seem to lose all their edge and become more generic now theyre a good guy. Or they get totally sidelined with no screentime anymore, or they ONLY get to be comic relief and dont get the full and complex redemption they deserve. Or just a lot of bads!! Its never the simplest answer of just fuckin.. Keep the character the character. Thats kinda why i didnt feel too much for the maleficent movie even though the concept itself sounded like everything i ever wanted. The character in that movie is a very different person to origibal maleficent, she's more just a stoic tsundere mumsy figure than a hammy badass iconicness. Still a nice villain redemption but it felt like it would have been better as an original story instead of an attempted maleficent. Also i wish they handled it better with the whole "true love's kiss could be from your mum instead" thing cos i get sooooo grossed out whenever i see people shipping movie maleficent and aurora! Like yes sleeping beauty with lesbians would be great but not when one of them is old enough to be her mum and raised her like a mum and changed her goddamn diapers! Also why did they have to ruin the three good fairies just to make maleficent have the mum opportunity? Like just remove them from the story if you wanted maleficent to raise the kid instead. No need to rewrite them into incompetant assholes when they were everyone's fave part of the original! Dont sacrifice the rare and elusive Good Sassy Gay Aunts!! THEYRE LIKE THE ONLY ONES IN DIDNEY!!! (Incodentally merlin is the equivelant of this to hades as the fairies are to ursula)

Also also villains tend to have ACTUAL FLAWS in stories that have a more boring bland protagonist. I wanna see the story behind charon's neuroses and how he struggles with overcoming his temptation to be bad because of greed but ultimately manages to conquer his own negative side because power of friendship and such. Thats a great character arc that provides so much more than he does as a villain where they just wasted him entirely :(

SO BASICALLY IN SUMMARY

* villains are often more complex and well developed characters with flaws while the same wroter might make shitty heroes due to the illogical fear that nobody would root for them if they werent 100% perfect and successful at everything ever

* villains are also often made as negative stereotypes of minorities and other rarely seen traits, which means its easy to reach out to them and reclaim them as a more positive version when theres literally no other options for you to cling to

* the quite common accidental sympathy factor where a villain will seem to be hated more than they deserve for their actions, ir unjustly punished so much that they feel like an underdog, since the writer assumes you'll think theyre "more evil" for being a stereotype and if you dont agree that this thing is bad then it seems like they have way less sins than the story claims they do

* also sass. Sass is good.

But basically the whole root of it is that its stupid and cruel and doesnt goddamn work when you make villains bigoted stereotypes. It just makes me love them! The only person i hate when i see a stereotypical villain is the writer who thought that was a good idea, lol. Just imagine that meme of the samurai holding the cat but its me holding all disney villains!

Also even if a villain isnt outright intentionally meant to be "this minority is bad", it can still make me symoathetic to them if theyre still something thats rare amoung the hero side in the same series. Like charon being the "most unredeemable" villain despite being the most harmless and funny and his plan being so much less world destroying than cyrus, and also he's the only grandpa villain in like.. The whole of all. And he's drawn very much in that way thays supposed to be "ugly" i.e normal grandpa, vs that weird sort of younger than he looks grandpa that hero ones tend to be because blablabla beauty ewuals goodness anti body positivity whatever. Tho actually sinnoh was good with that, they had the best grandpa professor in my opinion cos he got to be sassy too! Rowan always reminds me of auron from ff10. Sinnoh was a good game where i liked a lot of both the heroes and villains even if i still had more villain faves cos i mean pokemon is always biased towards that for me since every game has a voiceless perosnalityless main character and often theyre the one doing most of the heroing with the supporting hero characters having surprisingly little proper screen time. Thats a big part of why i loved hau gladion and lillie in sun and moon! They felt more like a real friend group than any other ones before.

ANYWAY now im just going offtopic into more "i love lots of stuff about every pokemon game" so ill stop typing now

But just basically VILLAINS ARE GOOD COS THEYRE GOOD CHARACTERS and if those stories gavethe same character a good guy role then id still love them just as much, if not more. I dont specifically like villainy, its just that my definition of a good character is often considered a bad character by lazy writers, apparantly?

Also WHERE IS MY SUPPORTIVE GOOD GRAMPS CHARON GAME AND GAY AUNTIE URSULA GIVES YOU FASHION TIPS SMARTPHONE MMO

[bellafragolina]

A lil more about that feather stuff

Skia: *plucks out her feathers* I think these would suit you, blue and red and white, pretty stand out don't you think?

Gladion: you know we're not friends yet though

Skia: this Togekiss doesn't give a Togeshit, we're on peaceful line now!

Gladion: you kinda have a point *hangs them on his belt*

[In the background]

Lusamine: does this mean my little baby Gladion-

Damian: he doesn't know, even she doesn't know what it means!

Lillie: she doesn't know that giving her feathers is a way to tell who's her chosen partner?!

Mohn: now that's a peculiar Togekiss right there

Ignos: reminds me of my great grandmother, so innocently oblivious

They just shut up, just let them have their friendship

-🦀 anon

Lolol everyone is just like “aw, they’re kinda stupid (affectionate)” and let them have their little friendship <3

They’re cute. Sometimes when kids do dumb stuff you just gotta let them do it until they figure it out for themselves. Then you get to watch their embarrassment when they realize what they do lolol

~Renee

[jolteonjordansh]

Unpopular opinion on the anime below. Writing to rant, so... yeah if you don't like seriously just don't look.

Oh lord, just one look at the new anime poster and I already have several more problems with this series. Let's go down the list, shall we?

1. Well, everyone looks off-model as usual. But I swear it looks even worse than the norm. Even the USUM-focused poster wasn't this off-model. 2. Hau. Oh god I thought this pure boy would at least be spared from this shit since Ash had basically taken his place of being a flanderized version of him. Good to see that now we will have two bright, cheery characters undergoing severe flanderization of being portrayed as stupid, overly-bubbly morons. /s 3. Oh look. Misty and Brock. Again. Hooray for more obvious Kanto nostalgia pandering and writing them more OoC too! If it's not obvious that I'm being extremely, pessimistically sarcastic by now, here's your indicator. 4. The Eevee... Okay, I have nothing against it being there in particular. I get it. Let's Go advertising. They have to do it. Every series of the anime has done it to some degree. But couldn't they have at least chosen a better hairstyle for it? If Eevee's appeal is its cuteness, at least let us be able to see the face. Maybe it's the angle, but they still could have gone with something better. Eesh. Also, I hope they don't just randomly give it to Ash. He already has Pikachu, and we know that even if he did get the Eevee he'd just end up parting with it like he just did with Poipole. Hooray, more shameless advertising with no real importance to the series! 5. Well, Gladion is gone again. Probably one of the few redeeming factors of this show since he's one of the few characters from the original source material that didn't undergo horrible flanderization. So much for that. He only seems to show up for story-relevant moments which is like... less than 20% of this show, realistically? So get ready for MORE NONSENSICAL AND GODAWFUL FILLER. 6. Dartrix is there... At first, I thought it was meant to be Ash's Rowlet that would evolve, which would mean pretty much nothing to the show other then that the dumb Rowlet bag gag would be gone, blah blah blah... But then I realized it's likely Hau's due to the placement of it. Okay, whatever. I really don't care. Hau with Popplio makes the most sense to me, but since they already threw Popplio onto Lana in this series, guess they didn't want to do that twice. I don't really have much to say here honestly other than just "Meh. Don't care for this choice." Wouldn't be surprised if the writers did some pointless rivalry with it and Ash's Rowlet though.

It's like... I don't enjoy complaining about this as much as I do. I did enjoy this show at one point. At one point, it was enjoyable, fun, charming and cute. At one point, it had more of a purpose other than just being a soulless advertisement. The Necrozma arc seemed to be... okay, I guess. Better than whatever the hell the Lusamine arc was. And honestly, I think the Outbreakchu episode seems cute and looks to be one of the few passable fillers. Hopefully. But there’s no way to really salvage this show this late in the game. And when I gotta get something off my chest, I really need to get it off my chest. And this is my blog, so... Yeah, don't like, just unfollow.

[denjyumokuu-a-blog]

He's quiet as he approaches, somber. He takes a seat across from Xurk, trying to form the words. "... I want to hear your side." He said after a moment, voice soft, unusual for the usually sharp and cutting tone. He looks exhausted.

        “ What side? ”

         His voice is edgy, and already the unfriendly tone he carried in his words a long time ago is back. Xurkitree doesn’t bother facing Gladion, but he can see the other all the same.

         There was no side. Only malevolence and hatred.

         “ ‘F you here about what the mutt said, it’s right. ” He says. Nothing that the Silvally ever said about him was wrong. He was sick, evil, twisted and cruel for being able to draw pleasure from pain.

         No amount of whataboutism or trying to deflect his sins would change that.

         “ Your mutt’s right. I’m an evil fuckin’ Beast, and yeah, I’m tryin’--tryin’ to change, ‘cause I don’t wanna hurt people no more. But your dog ain’t dumb. Axin’ me is smart. I deserve it, babe. You think I don’t? How many fuckin’ skeletons you wanna guess you stepped on to get to me, huh? Couple dozen? You wrong. Try hundreds. ”

          Hundreds of bones, littering the soil of the jungle like a carpet, weaved throughout the deepwoods. Xurkitree’s personal shame. The grotesque trophies of a Beast that still lived on in him, shrieking and demanding to be set free like the petulant, spoiled child it was.

          “ There ain’t no side to what I done. I killed people and I fuckin’ loved it, babe. Didn’t matter who, didn’t matter what they done--they ain’t even had to do nothin’ in their whole life. I killed ‘em all the same. ‘Cause I got scared. ‘Cause I was stupid. ‘Cause I didn’t wanna get hurt no more. But that ain’t a fuckin’ excuse, is it, babe? ”

[a-tale-of-legends]

This comes from the mind if someone very bored and wanting chaos lol:

Alexis: Being gay is a constant battle between "I wish to sit on a window bench with my lover, our legs tangling as we listen to the birds" and "Hey, let's go throw rocks at fascists" and I think that's very sexy of us.

Kenji: If the window's open and you time it right, you can do both.

___

Kiran: Did it hurt when you fell-

Barry: From heaven? Wow, I didn’t think you were such a flirt-

Kiran: No, I meant when you fell down the stairs.

Barry: ...

Kiran: You just laid there for 15 minutes.

___

Dante: The stars are so beautiful...

Jude: They're just giant balls of gas.

Dante: You know what, if you're just going to ruin this, then-

Jude: And yet none of them are as huge as my love for you.

Dante: Oh...

___

Silver: Ugh, crushes are so dumb.

Kenji : I know. Whenever I’m near the person I like I just start acting stupid.

Silver: But you’re always acting stupid?

Kenji: ...

Kenji : Yeah, don’t think about that too hard.

___

Alexis: I love you.

Leon, not paying attention: What was that?

Alexis: I said I’m selling you to the zOo-

___

Silver: Just a minute. I need to go take out the trash.

Kenji: Oh. We're going out?

Silver: Wh...

___

Barry: Smart is attractive. Educate me on something I don't know!

Kiran: The mouth of a tentacool is also an anus.

Barry: Stop.

___

Elliot walking into the kitchen and seeing all their limes peeled: Eva, I love you but, what the h-e-double FUCK.

Eva, sipping coffee happily: I love you too :)

___

Jin: I love them both, but how do I propose to two people?

Beryl: Two different restaurants, one person at each restaurant. Twice the dessert, twice the applause.

Jin: Won’t people think it’s weird if there is a third person just sitting there, though?

Beryl: I saw someone feed their pet Pidgeotto crème brûlée from their mouth at the French place on the corner last week: I think faux third-wheeling at an engagement is the least of your worries.

___

Future! Elliot: We’re getting married, bitches!

Future! Eva: And we're about to make it everybody else's problem.

___

Elliot: I’m this close to falling in love with Eva.

Alexis: Your fingertips are touching.

Elliot: Exactly.

( can be vice versa for Alexis and Leon)

___

Poppy: Ooh, somebody has a crush

Lillie: Pfft, I don’t have a crush on Amsonia I just think they’re cool, it’s not like I stay up at night thinking about them.

*Later that night*

Lillie, very much awake: Uh oh.

___

Leon: Due to personal reasons, I will be fucking sinking to the bottom of the ocean in a large metal box.

Elliot: Did Alexis say 'I love you' and you said 'Thanks'?

Leon: THE REASONS ARE PERSONAL–

___

Amsonia: It's pretty cold outside.. wanna hold hands? We should stay close.

Lillie, blushing: Okay.

Gladion: It's fucking Alola.

___

And that's it!!! Happy Pride month!

[mysidewriting]

Through the Storm

Through the Storm Page "Soundtrack" From the Start--Previous Chapter

Chapter Twenty Four

Steven hadn't heard back yet and he apologized for stressing me out when I went to ask for updates. He didn't expect to hear back from his friend until the evening and the information didn't sit well with me.

Aside from packing up all my stuff from the bedroom I had borrowed, I wasn't sure what to do with my time. I didn't want to bother Gladion while he was supposedly working, otherwise I would have gone to him to talk through plans for Kanto more. That and I was suddenly much more nervous about being around him since Lillie had convinced me to stop ignoring all the little advances he was making. So I was extremely hesitant and opposed to opening that door to see him.

Hau was heading out to find some ditto while it was still light out and despite the fact that I had silvally with me, he didn't let me go with to help. Green walked through the hallway as I was trying to convince him and made a stupidly good point about my presence making it harder for Hau anyway. There was a possibility the Pokémon were geared to attack champions and not necessarily champion's friends. So I was house locked until this guy with a plane got back to Steven and man was I bored.

I wandered through the house for a while in a partial daze; distracted by worried thoughts. All attempts to talk with the others failed as they were busy and distracted with their own planning and scheming. I ended up in the kitchen, seated on the counter and tossing my eager silvally treats out of a box from the cupboard, trying to make her do tricks and twirls with the food.

"Wow, bored enough?" Said Gold as he lumbered into the room, tugging open the fridge and searching for a snack. "I can't blame you, after a night like yours this waiting has to be just terrible." He shut the door and leaned against the counter opposite of where I was sitting with an apple in his hands.

Silvally span on him, eyeing that apple with a hungry look in her eyes. He pushed her snout away before she could get a big chomp in on the fruit and I laughed at the way her ears dropped sadly. Shaking the box of treats moved her attention back to me rather quickly though. "Yeah, I'm going a little stir crazy."

He shook his head, "At least you got out!" His eyes rolled as he took a bite of the apple. "Do you know when you're leaving?"

"Nope, Steven said he doesn't expect a response until sometime in the evening." Silvally started twirling in circles to get me to toss another treat and both Gold and I laughed at her. "What about you? Have you four figured out where you're going to look for kyogre and Aqua?"

He nodded, watching my Pokémon poke and prod at the box even as I closed it. "Brendan told us where to go, guess its 'resting place' is some sort of monument. We're heading out in a few hours."

"Oh, dang..." I hadn't realized that when we'd set all these plans that they would start happening immediately. I'd been so focused on mewtwo that I hadn't even considered what the others were doing. A bead of dread appeared in my stomach, afraid someone may get hurt while we were all apart. I had to trust them though, they'd all dealt with their fair share of problems in the past. I matched Gold's confused gaze, "Keep me updated? Please?"

He smirked, "As long as you keep me updated too. Be pretty dumb if I lost track of my new friend before we even got to properly hangout." A laugh left his mouth despite how chilling the statement was.

"Don't worry, eventually we'll get time to hang out without being in danger of death." A forced laugh escaped me as well.

Red popped his head into the kitchen then, shooting an uninterested glare at Gold and waving for him to follow before disappearing again. I laughed at the annoyed expression on Gold's face as he shoved off the counter and started heading out of the room. "Guess I should get back to 'work'." He grumbled, "I'll see ya later, good luck with mewtwo."

"Good luck with kyogre!" I said, waving my goodbye and immediately falling back into my anxious boredom. I really needed to find something productive to do with my time or I would go crazy in the next few hours...

By the time I would consider it 'evening' I'd mapped out every possible place I knew that mewtwo could have been hiding. Specific spots in multiple caves, some barren fields that were fairly uninhabited, some dark and creepy forests... there were a lot of options but I was hopeful we wouldn't need to transverse all of them. I'd learned and seen a lot of Kanto's land and remembered a decent chunk of it from my childhood, but there was certainly a lot of other places the elusive legendary could be hiding. We didn't have the time to scour across the entire region, I was really hoping my first guess was the right place. If it wasn't in that strange cave that Lillie and I had found, then we were probably screwed...

To cover my bases, I called Oak, having to get the number from Green which had resulted in a stupid goose chase around the house. Only after asking three different people if they'd seen the guy did I find him in a back room in the basement with Red playing some card game I'd never seen. I didn't bother asking questions about that, just stole his 'gramps' number from his phone and left the two to their game. The professor didn't have any idea of where mewtwo could be found, didn't even know where the destroyed lab had been located. The only thing he could tell me was that the beast wouldn't be anywhere nearby a city or highly populated area. Chances were it was deep in some cave in the middle of nowhere. He wished me luck in a regretful tone, upset he couldn't help more.

His words were helpful enough, though, I could cross off everything that wasn't a cave...or at least leave those areas to search as a last ditch effort if we didn't find the Pokémon in a cave.

The clock hit seven pm and I ran upstairs to find a mostly empty house. Cynthia had left, Gold and the rest of his group were long gone, and apparently Brendan and May had left almost immediately after finding out their share of the plan. Steven was seated at the table with Hau and Lillie, a laptop in front of him and his phone face up next to it. He looked up sorrowfully as I walked into the dining room.

"Nothing still?" I asked, hanging in the doorway.

"Well." Steven said, "He called back a few hours ago and agreed to take you two to Kanto. There are some adjustments he has to make with his plane first, so I'm not sure when he'll get back to us."

"A confirmation is better than nothing!" I reassured with a grin, even if it did take a while to make these adjustments at least I knew something would happen... that loitering around all day hadn't been just wasted time and resources.

"It is." Steven said, gaze flicking back to his laptop. Clearly busy with something. "I'm hopeful we'll have this mewtwo on our side within a day."

Hau shouted, "I got three ditto! So we'll be okay back here while you're gone!" He released one of his new friends and the pink goo smiled goofily to me. Lillie giggled and poked at the Pokémon, the creature doing a little dance in response. "I was thinking we should have it transform into another pokemon, so it can mimic their attacks." She said.

Silvally who had been keeping me company since this afternoon stepped forward and whined. "Would you like to mimic her?" I offered.

Hau bounced out of his seat, "Yes! Then I can finally have my own silvally!"

I laughed as he commanded his pokemon to transform, a mostly accurate mirror of silvally appearing in front of me. Of course the face was more than just a little wonky, but that wasn't the important part. It had better moves to use now and could possibly deter some weaker pokemon from attacking the two just by the appearance alone. Clearly, the ditto could take on the form and moves of anything more powerful than silvally if something drastic happened. Hau was skillful with pokemon as well and the thought eased some of my concerns about them being here alone. At least they had something to guard them...

Gladion had to be busy with that stuff for Aether still, I hadn't seen him at all since this morning. I didn't want to disrupt his work, especially if we were going to be leaving within a couple hours... hopefully... so I just texted him the information Steven had shared rather than heading to his room.

M//Hey, Steven's friend agreed to take us to Kanto. He has to fix his plane first though... Shouldn't be much longer

Not expecting a response right away or necessarily at all I set my phone down and plugged it in as I started to scramble together the rest of my stuff. I folded up the map and notes I'd made and put them in an easy to reach spot in my bag. Right next to the new holder I'd clipped in for silvally's ball. I wanted everything important to be easy to reach in a hurry. I grabbed a few other useful items from the house, things I knew wouldn't be missed. Some water bottles, a couple snacks, a handful of bandaids and ointment. I tried imagining the stuff my mom had carried around everywhere when I was younger and basically just recreated that. A 'mom bag' of my own.

Gladion had replied, I really shouldn't have been doubting that he would. He never ignored my texts, at least not anymore.

G//Good to know. G//You should get some rest while we have time, you'll need the energy.

The sentiment was sweet but I doubted I could sleep. Despite my exhaustion, I felt like a ticking time bomb going in slow motion... stuck right at that last second and no one could know what would happen when it hit zero or if it ever would.

M//You should too~ M//Did you even sleep last night?

G//Lol, I did... I'll get more sleep after I'm done with this paperwork.

M//And that will take how much longer?

G//Just another half hour... Don't worry. G//I'll see you soon, Moon, let me know if you need anything at all.

M//Same for you ^^

It wouldn't hurt to try to sleep... even if I felt like I couldn't. I was certain that the minute we got on the plane the exhaustion would hit and there was no possibility of sleeping at that point.

I changed into my most comfortable sweatshirt and sweatpants before flopping into bed, making sure I was ready to jump up and leave the minute I heard the news to go. It took a while of lying there and forcing myself to breathe deeply and keep my eyes shut before all that pent up energy gradually dispersed. My arms and legs got heavy and the sleepiness was uncovered, the sensation lingering over me like a dense fog... yet my mind refused to shut off.

I'd been ignoring everything about my dad for obvious reasons, shoving the thoughts aside every time they popped up. Now that I wasn't moving or distracted by other things, all those concerns swirled and raged in my head. That voice in the cave looping endlessly like a perish song I didn't want to hear. Was it his voice? It had to be. It had already been hard enough to attempt to distance myself from my father. As angry as I was about his choices to see another woman while my mom was away, he was still my dad. We'd been so close before and I'd been so excited to see him again... snipping away all that hadn't been easy to do and had involved many nights of nightmares and a fair amount of privately shed tears. All things I'd sealed up in a mental bottle and hoped had floated far, far away to never be seen again. Now, to find out he may have been tricked into working with this woman, possibly brainwashed into thinking he loved her...? Or none of those things? Well that thought was a whole lot scarier than the others but all of them combined weren't making me feel too well. The bottle had rushed back and crashed over my head to remind me what use to be and all the pain I'd been 'working through' for the past few months.

I wanted to tell mom, felt like she had a right to know what I had thought I'd heard last night... but I feared telling her about it would only make matters worse for her and everyone else. She was going through enough already, attempting to file divorce with someone totally unresponsive... her daughter hours away and in huge danger... She didn't deserve all these issues, and I didn't want to go and say things I wasn't sure about. The worst thing I could do was give her false hope for her shattering marriage to piece back together. I felt terrible, felt responsible for everything happening in both their lives... and to some realistic extent, it was my fault.

My chest seized and some tears pooled on my pillow. That woman wanted to kill the champions, she was after me and if she really was using my dad... then all of this pain was because of me. My Mom losing her husband, my father losing his wife and possibly his independence and sanity... all my fault.

My status as champion was a threat to my loved ones... I hadn't ever thought that was a possibility when I won and repeatedly defended the title. Hadn't considered the danger of it at all. Was the title really worth it? At the moment it didn't feel like it, it felt like an omen... but a tiny, very familiar voice at the back of my head kept saying 'yes, yes, of course it's worth it! It won't be hard forever'.

My stomach churned as the pillow I laid on progressively got damper and damper. All these self-deprecating thoughts swirling until I finally shot upright in the bed and snagged my phone off the table. The time of night shocked me... had I somehow fallen asleep at some point? Or had I really spent the past four hours agonizing over my parents? It'd only felt like an hour at most. My body still ached with exhaustion and my red rimmed eyes felt even heavier than they had before. This needed to stop, I couldn't spend every night struggling to sleep and blaming myself for everything. If I wanted to fix this problem I so thoroughly believed was my fault, I would have to be able to function properly.

I should have been able to handle this emotional crisis alone. Of everything I'd been through thus far, the charizard attacks, the ultra-beast invasion, the island challenges, moving to Alola... A bad train of thought should not have been what was hanging me up so much.... I was a champion after all, even if the title did bring such terrible occurrences... I was among the exclusive group of elites that should be handling the worst of problems.

But it didn't seem to matter, the constant river of salty tears streaming down my face made that obvious... I wanted to say it was my lack of sleep and the late hour that was making me so weak but redirecting the blame didn't help me feel better. I found myself doing the only thing that had seemed to help in these situations and my gaze drifted back down to my phone screen. The lock screen flashed the numbers 12:35 at me in a green font, resembling an alarm clock. Each flash of those numbers felt like a personal attack... like the device was laughing at my inability to sleep. I clicked the button to make it vanish and went straight into my messages.

M//please tell me your awake...

I didn't want to wait for a text back, I wanted to hear his voice. I wanted him to tell me I was overthinking things and wrong to blame myself for everything happening. It didn't matter how many times I tried to tell myself the exact same thing, it was different hearing it from someone I trusted, someone I could look up too and rely on. Not to mention how healing his touch had been last night when I'd felt just as bad, if not worse than I did right now.

I did need the emotional support, why try to work through this alone when I didn't have too...? I had someone who could help me and I needed him now more than I ever had before I left on this stupid trip.

Ten minutes past and I gave up waiting for a response. I carried myself on shaky legs to the door I'd been so afraid of opening earlier today and knocked as loud as I dared too, hoping to not wake up his sister next door. "Gladion?" I called softly.

No response, he was probably asleep. Was this really important enough to wake him up for?

The unsettled feeling in my gut told me it was and I tried the doorknob, unlocked. He had said to let him know if I needed anything and I did... I needed him right now. So I pushed open the door, letting the hinges creak and the dim lighting from the candles in the hallway cast a sliver of light over the bed. He shifted around, the light somehow enough to stir him awake and he sat upright after a moment, swaying a bit. "What...? What's going on...?" His voice was groggy and disoriented.

"It's me." I said at a volume just above a whisper, nervous again. What was I going to say...? How did I explain what was happening?

He rubbed at his face, grumbling. "Moon... Is that guy here...?"

"No!" I said fast, taking a step into the dark room. "No, I'm sorry... I just... I-I." Come on, seriously? You were so confident about coming over here and now you're being all weak about it? How much more pathetic can you be? I felt dumb all over again. "I can't sleep, I can't stop thinking about my parents." I finally forced out sheepishly.

He yawned, and all I could think in that moment was that my concerns were petty enough to be yawned at. Then he said very flatly, "Come here."

"What?" I responded far too quickly.

"Close the door and come here." He said again, sounding slightly irritated.

I did as he asked, shutting the door and carefully stepping across the room with the light of my phone to guide me. Once I was standing next to the bed he grabbed my arm and pulled me forward, throwing me off balance and I crashed into the sheets ungracefully. My phone hit the floor and all the light vanished as he guided me towards the pillows and had me lay down. "Everything will be fine." He grumbled, struggling to speak with a sleep laced brain and dropping down behind me. "Your mom is going to be fine and if your dad is... is involved... then we'll get him out of there." Another yawn escaped him and I felt the air against the back of my neck, sending a rush of goosebumps down my spine.

I couldn't manage to say anything, too shocked by how quickly he'd pulled me down. The silence drove him to speak again.

"Moon..." He said it in a way that was more air than word. "I don't know what you're thinking, but whatever is bothering you...." A pause and he groaned, his next words leading me to believe he'd lost track of his thoughts while speaking. “We're going to fix all of this, I promise."

"What if we can't though?" I muttered. "What if something is wrong with my dad after all of this? What if we can't stop that woman?"

His arm snaked around my waist, making me jump. His skin was burning hot, I could feel it through my shirt and as much of a shock as it was it felt nice. Comforting... those building anxieties crashed down suddenly and a wave of tranquility washed over me as I focused on that warmth.

"We will." Again, his words were more air than anything else and he pulled me closer to him. I could feel his chest against my back, rising and falling steadily in deep breaths and releasing waves of hot air against my neck. Though my heart pounded like a scared pikipek, his thumped calmly and rhythmically against my back.

I couldn't think straight, my whole being had melted into a ball of static electricity that pulsated with each of his exhales. My nerves were shot and everywhere he touched felt four times more sensitive than normal. All I could focus on was his breathing pattern, nothing else. No other thoughts flitted about my mind, there was no space for them. After a few, tense moments like that he leaned his head against the back of mine.

"S'okay?" He sleepily muttered and I interpreted it as him asking if this was okay to which I way to hastily agreed.

His arm tightened around me and I sunk closer to his body again, more of his warmth collapsing around me. "Jus' shove me away if I'm too much."

I didn't shove him away, of course. I made myself comfortable tucked against him like that and after maybe ten minutes of frantic heartbeats and the feeling of electricity hopping across my skin, I managed to completely relax. The calming repetition of his sleeping breaths and steady heartbeat coaxed my frazzled mind and exhausted body to finally shut down for the night. I don't think I'd ever felt as calm as I did nestled up in his arms like that.

Laying there like that I could feel my future stretching before me, after the woman and her machine had been taken down. I could see the champion's room again, my mom smiling at home, Lillie back in Alola with her mom, nights out with friends again, and more nights just like tonight. In that moment it all seemed so sure, like there was no way that future wouldn't come. It was all as mundane as Gladion's tired yawns had been.

[craniumaniac-moved]

"You're my gay, dumb, bug boss and I love you I guess."

✘【 say it before the year ends . 】››

          ❛❛ One, I ain’t gay. Two, n’ more important, I ain’t dumb, ❜❜ the bug boss growls. Being called any form of stupid usually sets him right off—Gladion is very lucky today Guzma seems to be holding back.  ❛❛ Sentiment ‘ppreciated, though, I guess. ❜❜

[imaginegladions]

My gosh, I would probably give you a small piece of my soul for a Star Trek AU. ; A;

Star Trek: Beyond was the best like the entire series of movies was such a rollercoaster ride because I went from Spirk to Mckirk to Spones shipper through all of them.

I rlly… rlly love Star Trek okay like omfg.

STAR TREK AU HEADCANONS:

Lillie is defo studying in the Science department. Probably in Xenobiology.

She wants to help all the alien species too. :3

Her brother, Gladion, is on the Command track though.

Gladion is good with sciences but he’s much better suited to leading. 

Hau studies Engineering because he’s better with physical work.

In which, Hau is Scotty except he’s not stuck on a base in a deserted planet.

Gladion has finally managed to be taken in as Second in Command for the U.S.S. ALOLA after being transferred from the U.S.S. SKULL. 

He was the Pilot for U.S.S. SKULL and Plumeria was Second in Command to Captain Guzma. :3

The Captain of the U.S.S. ALOLA is Hala ofc.

Lillie gets good enough that she’s bumped up to Head Science Officer after Kukui retires. 

You are the Head Medical Officer. Well, not really, but there’s a huge attack on the U.S.S. ALOLA and you end up becoming the Head Med Officer because the Head Officer… well, dies.

Not the way you wanted to inherit this position but okay.

You have a bunch of idiots you have to make sure not to let die.

And chiefest and greatest of all worries is the new Captain.

Hala gets injured and leaves Gladion in charge while you treat him.

The old man is still v chipper even with his leg broken up.

Gladion and Hau become close solely because the only reason the ship is even still functioning is because of Hau.

Not that Gladion would say thanks…

Lillie has to force him to say thanks.

Ergo, Lillie and Hau friendship.

Your troubles aren’t finished though. Because, during all that fuss, another ship from the future appears with a biG ASS SHIP CHASING IT.

The same big ass ship that messed up the U.S.S. ALOLA in the first place.

Gladion is all for leaving and saving his crew but the smol ship sends a message to the ALOLA and it’s!!! Lillie!!! and his!!! dad!!!

Mohn somehow managed to get himself stuck in the future where Lusamine goes so nuts at his disappearance that she decides to get revenge on Starfleet.

Mohn and Lusamine were head scientists on an Outpost in a different country. 

Mohn got lost in time during an experiment in a somewhat near future.

Mohn somehow made it back in time but a little farther in the past than he intended.

They beam Mohn into the ALOLA and crash his ship into the centre of Lusamine’s doom ship.

Future!Mohn is super thankful but unless they find a way to send him to the right time he’ll have to stick around for a bit.

Gladion and Lillie make sure to tell their parents not to get involved in any time-travel related experiments. 

Instead of a time travel experiment, they get involved in the unfreezing of a superhuman named Nihilego.

Nihilego brainwashes Lusamine into destroying Starfleet with her because Nihilego’s family was imprisoned by Starfleet.

In truth, though. The Ultra Beasts were responsible for almost ending the Earth a few years back.

Gladion and some people from the ALOLA are beamed onto Nihilego’s ship - a stolen Starfleet ship called the U.S.S. SYMBIONT - and Lillie talks some sense into Lusamine (treating her with some medicine you gave her).

Meanwhile, Gladion brings Nihilego down. ( *^*) 

*shakes fist in air in victory*

He also manages to hurt himself quite a bit.

Actually, he pretty much almost dies.

When Lillie and Lusamine bring him back to the ALOLA he’s half dead. 

You’re in tears as you operate on him for two days.

Luckily, your ever helpful Hau comes in with Nihilego as their prisoner and you have to take a blood sample while Gladion is still stable.

You realise that Nihilego’s blood can save Gladion!

You have to carefully inject Gladion with the alien blood in specific places and in specific doses that aren’t tested yet.

It’s all very stressful and screams court martial but you don’t care you just need to make sure your dumb Captain lives goddamnit.

When Gladion finally wakes up!!!

You want to hit him so bad but he’s just woken up from certain death so you end up grabbing him in his stupid face and kissing him.

Wolf whistles by all the medical staff.

Gladion fights all the Starfleet Officials to keep you on his ship.

*cackles at the possible fandom joke*

You have to stop practicing medicine for a while as punishment for using an untested substance but eventually you get your license back (after taking some repetitive tests).

You have your own spot in the Bridge now despite not being needed there bc you’re just medical personnel. 

Gladion just likes having you around.

You like to be next to him to make sure he doesn’t do something insanely self-sacrificing.

You and Lillie team up to protect him.

Sometimes, Hau will come up to the bridge and you three commiserate over messing with Gladion so he’ll lighten up. XD

Lusamine and Mohn retire after discovering a safe way to send Future!Mohn back to his original time. 

[helptypls]

guzmeria wedding headcanons ewe super long my guys

Our boy Guzma was so nervous about asking Plums to marry him. He’s known her since school, trusted her to form a gang with, basically butt-flossed her trust in him by trusting some crazy old blonde bat, disbanded their family-gang, running off for months and then randomly showing up after seeing her battle with the Champion on tv. Not the greatest start to a shaky relationship but Plumeria allowed the effort. He may have been a prime idiot but he was trying darn it. -The first time he asked her out she flatly told him no. Then he walked away very sadly and Plums just

-Every date after that, Guzma made sure she was surprised. If not surprised then amused sufficiently.Usually by deceiving her into thinking they were going to eat or look for Pokemon... Not a fan of being deceived, Plums still had to admit his efforts were adorable -Things eventually got serious when Guzma becomes Ula’Ula kahuna. He struggles with trying to not let that go to his head. Plumeria is there to comfort and encourage him no matter what. It turns into he said she said but in a kinky way and they end up having the sex.

It happened because Kukui, Burnet and Wicke kinda poked him about it. Like they knew something he didn’t. Which they did. So Guzma got a crappy little gold engagement ring and convinced Plumeria’s Salazzle to give it to her. So he kinda wimped out but in a good way When Plums asked what this was for, Guzma said “ya know... I’ve made some really stupid choices and mistakes in my life Plums... All you witnessed of course” Plumeria slowly raised an eyebrow. “But you were there for good ones too! The day I met you in class... The moment I decided you would be my Admin... And now” Both eyebrows up. “What I’m saying is... Erm...” He’s down on his knee. Plumeria has gone wide eyed and is looking around making sure she isn’t about to get punk’d. “Plumeria, be the best choice I’ve made... Will you marry me?” She says ye but I’ll let you imagine how she said it and if she fainted immediately after. Prolly cried a little tho

As much as they hate tradition, Wicke takes Guzma to Aether for the few days before the wedding and Burnet and the lady trial captains take Plumeria. They text each other until then usually heavily sexual things from Guzma though. -Burnet tells Plums she can’t wear a white Salazzle bandanna to her wedding but proceeds to wear her jacket around her waist to the damn thing anyway. Hypocrit -Lana and Mallow put together this atrocious mash-up of flowers for her bouquet but Plums knows its better the flowers then the food knowing how Mallow cooks and Lana doesn’t -Plums ends up getting her mom’s wedding dress and Protag’s mom stitches it up for her to wear -Mina and Acerola do Plums’s hair and while they had argued over how it was going to look... It ended up looking pretty nice in the end with it being combined -Kukui and Hala have their way with Guzma in terms of getting him ready for the wedding. They got him completely slamammered twice and he never questioned his love for Plums at all despite how drunk he was. -Hau said he’d bring a malasada cake. Guzma did not tell him no -Against his will and wishes, Gladion was made to be the ring bearer as you can see and to make it more interesting he doesn’t have a pillow. Just a Wimpod

The actual wedding is small and not too exciting. In fact its mostly Hau sitting there with a huge dumb grin on his face and Wicke just kinda crying a bit cause she’s so happy and loves weddings. Plums looks nice. Guz looks nice. Kukui has no shirt on under his button up. Its great. -The wedding band Guzma got for Plums has Poisonium-Z set in it and the one she gave him has Buginium-Z set in it. Not that they have any problem with their Z-Rings of course -Golisopod caught the bouquet and was so happy when he did. No one had the heart to tell him he wasn’t supposed to. -A few Grunts showed up and just inconvenienced the backgrounds of many pictures. When Guzma saw thew, he gave those punks a clean beat down while Plums just thought it made the pictures more special

Guzma totally did this when he carried Plumeria across the threshold though