#im also dehydrated but cant grab water rn for reasons so forgive any wording mistakes

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Maxie 🍒 🥝🍤

YAYYY i needed to yap rn :D SO!!!

🍒 - I usually make him so he can't have caffeine, but likes the flavor of coffee, so he drinks decaf - self projection :3 I think he sleeps a little lightly, and wakes up pretty stiff, so he wakes up at 5am to give his body time to get to full energy by 6am. I also think he has a sweet tooth, especially lava cookies, but I fear that's a common headcanon. I headcanon he has autism, and struggles to tell when he's hungry (the "humans require fuel just as machines do" line in PokeMas is how I think he reminds himself), as well as a struggle to read peoples emotions in a subtle or nonformal sense (or struggles to respond well, despite wanting to comfort others).

🥝 - I headcanon that Maxie actually had really good parents (especially with the RS-Hen version of Maxie's mother making him pudding), but grew up in poverty. His parents wanted a good life for him, and gave up a lot for him, to ensure he had food and education (given how he excelled when given the opportunities). This gave Maxie a sense of guilt from a young age, that his parents were sacrificing and struggling when they didn't have to - and he wanted to help them. Eventually, this changed to a desire to reform or help the world, help not just his parents, but also any families forced to endure that as a result of poverty being such a prevelent yet ignored issue. He eventually got into college via a sponsorship from Greater Mauville Holdings, under the agreement of working as a researcher in Sea Mauville when he got his degree - and Maxie agreed. He befriended Archie as a coworker while in Sea Mauville. When Sea Mauville shut down to prevent damages to Pokémon, yet in doing so, did damages to the economy, leaving many people without work or the income they need to survive. This circles back to why Maxie was there in the first place, supporting his parents. He feels it's an issue all over again, and this time, his mind notes the fault to prioritizing Pokémon over people - and resorts to the inverse, people over Pokémon, if the choice HAD to be made, which he believed it had to and was dire at that point. Hence, why he starts Team Magma and argues with Archie. I also headcanon that how demanding Sea Mauville seemed to be effected Maxie greatly - it notably seemed to demand the sanity and safety of it's workers, and excuse it with being for the good of Hoenn. So, I feel like in some ways, Maxie's nature to automatically nuture others, and apologize for displacing responsibility onto others, is a heightened sense of it.

🍤 - ORAS Gameverse, AniPoke very close second. ORAS I find has a lot of depth and reasoning to him, and AniPoke seems to be the roots of some of that portrayal! I dislike how AniPoke Maxie only gets two episodes, since he's portrayed well - it's my roman empire, how the moment Team Aqua grunt's lives are in danger by Kyogre, Maxie orders Team Magma to help protect them despite rivalries (because Maxie's whole goal WAS for humanity's sake, he wants to help lives). ORAS Maxie shows this trait, as well as a sense of pride, in which how they effect each other interests me.