#it's a shame that guardian signs kind of flopped so i don't think they're going to revive the series

[mirotic-ness]

Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs, Red Eyes Headcanon Dump

I blame COVID for making me revisit my childhood memories, which prompted me to replay Pokemon Ranger. Btw, this series is so underrated, I wish ppl knew more about it. But yeah, as soon as I restarted Guardian Signs, MY BRAIN IMMEDIATELY STARTED SIMPING FOR RED EYES, SO HERE’S MY HEADCANON DUMP FOR HIM. I also like his design a lot okay

If his outfit doesn’t indicate anything, Red Eyes is FOR SURE the type to wear tight-ass clothing. I’m 99% sure he deliberately went sleeveless just to show off dem arms. 

Yup, he knows he’s hot and isn’t afraid to flaunt his looks. 

Also, the ranger guidebook said that he has the type of personality to show off, so my point stands. 

In the game, he says he prefers to work alone, so I feel that he hates group projects with a passion. Of course, he tries to cooperate with his groupmates at first, but as soon as it’s clear that they’re not going to pull their weight, he sucks it up and does all the work. And then snitches on them because he ain’t letting anyone off the hook easily. 

IIRC, he’s actually kind of a nice guy (minus the fact that he shoots the protag into the ocean within the first 5 min of the game...I really don’t get how they survived that fall, but it’s Pokemon so whatever) because he goes out of his way to rescue Blue Eyes and even actively becomes a better person after he leaves the group. 

I honestly think he actually cared about his grunts a fair bit because there have been multiple instances when they got worried about him, esp when the protag defeated him a second time. Like they could’ve abandoned him for losing to a kid AGAIN, but nope they still stuck with him till the end. 

The only time he “mistreated” them was when they want to slack off because he gives off the vibe that he wants to get work done as efficiently and quickly as possible. Once he’s given a task, he’s very committed to completing it on time and never leaves anything behind, so he barely tolerates laziness or anything that potentially delays his plans. That’s why he called Blue Eyes “useless” because she consistently failed to meet expectations; and told the protag how badly he wanted to fight and put a stop to them because they kept interfering with his plans. 

Plus, Blue Eyes also threw a huge temper tantrum and ended up rage quitting by deliberately crashing their submarine (which is their HQ). Sooooo, one can only assume that Red Eyes got insanely pissed at her because that’s practically where they lived and she destroyed it just like that??? 

But man, he would’ve been an amazing Ranger considering how committed he is to his work. 

Based on how easily he ditched the Pinchers after his second defeat, it seemed that he didn’t join them because he wanted to turn the world upside down. I headcanon that he joined either because he desperately needed a job that made good money or literally had nowhere else to go (maybe he ran away from home??).

But yeah, most of our interactions with Red Eyes implies that he’s a good guy underneath all the bad things he’s done to us, and he legit feels guilty for his past deeds during his time as a Pincher. 

Sooooo therefore, I’m gonna say that he looks like he can kill you, but is actually a cinnamon roll LOL 

And I say that because he is 100% a tsundere.