#pokemon false red

[false-red]

It feels like someone else is here…

[eldritch-muppetshow]

been thinkin abt pokepastas again so here’s my take on false red!fire if he grew up like canon!red.. he just kinda hates almost everyone and wants to be left alone

[oddchirithy]

Meanwhile, (If my memory is right because it's been a while), Lance later says the protagonist (Fire, not OG Red) was originally born there.

[c0rinarii]

Birds of a feather die together

[trainerethan]

Red having a very cool and intimidating aura that makes people afraid to approach him. Green and leaf finding this hilarious because they know its not accurate and red just looks a little standoffish cause he never smiles or talks and doesnt like making eye contact.

His autistic swagger (flat affect and discomfort socializing) has people thinking hes some dark brooding unapproachable menacing type of guy when in reality red is just chilling and minding his buisness n probably a bit stressed out at the attention.

[camphorcapstan]

Red robin on the cover of The Boy Wonder #3 reminded me of hawlucha

[r3iyo]

fire teehee

fire my beloved

[onebloodsoakedlion]

Lost and Stolen - A Pokémon Creepypasta/Spinpasta - Chapter 3.LOST

DISCLAIMER: This creepypasta is a bit of spin-off, inspired by Lost Silver, Snow on Mt. Silver, False Red and Lost Soul Silver. Also, trigger warnings from those creepypastas apply to this one.

"This is my home!?" Ethan exclaimed. "It is your home," the man replied, "This has always been your home." "Then why does everyone want me gone!?" Ethan exclaimed, "And what's with Gold and Crystal being the champions instead of me and Lyra?" "We had to replace them with you," the man replied, "We had to change some things up, do something different." "What the hell are you talking about!?" Ethan yelled. "This world used to belong to Gold and Crystal," the man finally began to explain, "It was so much different from how it is today. It was older, it was more basic. So we overhauled this world into something new and fresh." "Why would you do that?" Ethan asked, "Couldn't you have just made a new world?" "A new world?" The man sneered, "A NEW WORLD!? Like that's even possible! This is the only world that exists! This is the only world that can exist!" Ethan looked down at the ground in shock, "What about Gold and Crystal?"

"You are Gold!" the man replied, "You just have a different name and outfit now." "Then why is everyone being mean to be for "replacing" him?" Ethan asked. The man looked at Ethan in shock, "Are you kidding me!?" "N-No!" Ethan yelped. "No... I'm not mad at you..." the man replied, turning around and scratching his head, "This shouldn't be happening... why don't the characters recognise him anymore? Game Freak would kill me if they found this world!" "Uh, what?" "Something bad must've happened," the man growled, turning back towards Ethan, "Some... entity must be trying to hurt you. Probably for some stupid reason like... I dunno... the originals are always superior to the remakes? Yeah, that's a load of crap! You shouldn't be tormented just because you were remade!" The man's words seemed to change something inside Ethan. Fear and confusion melted into anger and a need to do what's right, "Well, whatever it is, I'm going to destroy it. It's clearly a threat to our world!" He turned and started to head back down the mountain. "Ethan, wait!" the man ran up to him, "I have to warn you - please, please be careful! If the entity has managed to brainwash everyone else in this world, who knows what they could do! Do NOT underestimate it!" The man shoved something into Ethan's arms before walking off. It was an occupied Pokéball. Inside was Arceus. The Pokéball reported Arceus to be Level 100 and holding a Water Plate and had the moves Judgement, Refresh, Blizzard and Hidden Power. But the Pokéball had also reported Judgement, Blizzard and Hidden Power to "never miss" and Refresh apparently restored HP and PP as well. This is weird, Ethan thought to himself, I thought Blizzard had terrible accuracy and Refresh only cured status conditions. But he decided that he could probably take anything he could get.

Ethan made his way down the mountain, with Arceus out and following him closely. Arceus would protect him. He was the God of all Pokémon, after all. Neither the people of Johto or Kanto could hurt him, right? And just as well that he had Arceus, because just outside the mountain, was Professor Elm. And he looked enraged. "You... you BASTARD!" He yelled at Ethan, before sending out a Moltres and ordering it to use Fire Blast on Ethan himself! But Arceus wasn't having it - he got in the way of the attack, barely even flinching, before using Judgement. With the Water Plate, Judgement had become a Water-type attack, dealing massive damage to Moltres. "Just leave me alone!" Ethan yelled. "Not until you die!" Elm yelled back, "Moltres, Solar Beam!" "Arceus, use Judgement again!" Arceus used Judgement, completely depleting the rest of Moltres' HP. But it hadn't collapsed yet. It just kept taking in light. Why hasn't Moltres fainted yet? Ethan asked in his mind. He pulled out his Pokédex, which reported that Moltres "did not succumb". "Arceus, try Hidden Power!" Arceus used Hidden Power, blasting Moltres with slashes of dark energy. And yet, Moltres not only remained in the air, but finally fired off its Solar Beam, actually hurting Arceus. Only then did it faint. "You can't just hide behind the Pokémon God, Ethan," Elm replied, sending out Entei, "Entei, use Calm Mind!" "Arceus! Judgement!" Entei somehow managed to go first, using Calm Mind. Arceus used Judgement, but it only took out about a quarter of Entei's HP. Ethan's Pokédex said that Entei somehow managed to raise its defensive stats by all six stages! "Entei, Solar Beam!" "Arceus, use Judgement!" Entei began to take in light, while Arceus took out another quarter of its HP with Judgement. Entei was still roughly at half health, so there was no way Arceus could take out Entei before it could fire at him... unless he could land a critical hit. "Arceus, use Judgement again!" Arceus used Judgement, taking out yet another quarter of Entei's HP, and Entei used Solar Beam, dealing another harsh blow to Arceus and leaving him at roughly half health. Ethan wasn't too worried, however. He just ordered Arceus to Refresh. While Elm made Entei used Swagger. Arceus had regained all his HP, but was now confused. And none of his attacks were physical, so he had nothing to gain from Swagger. "Fire Blast!" "Judgement! Arceus had outsped Entei, taking out the last quarter of its HP before the latter could attack. "Not even a god Pokémon's top stats or powered-up moves will get you out of this," Elm growled, recalling the fainted beast and sending out Articuno. But unlike the previous two Pokémon Elm had sent out, Articuno had a nickname - VITALITY. And it had the Snow Warning ability, something Ethan didn't think an Articuno could possibly have.

"Let's see how you handle this one!" Elm said with a slight chuckle in his voice. "VITALITY, use Blizzard!" "Arceus, use Judgement!" Despite his confusion, Arceus managed to attack. But it didn't seem to even leave a scratch on VITALITY. Ethan gritted his teeth - even with a literal god on his side, this battle was going to be difficult. VITALITY's Blizzard then smashed Arceus, knocking out more than half of his health. "Arceus, use Refresh!" Ethan yelped. Arceus healed all his wounds and the hail barely did anything to hurt him. "Tch," Elm growled, "Refresh isn't going to save you from my wrath. VITALITY, use Mind Reader!" Ethan was already starting to feel nervous. Elm clearly must have some trick up his sleeve. He looked through his bag, looking for anything that might turn things around. He pulled out a Dire Hit and used it on Arceus, before telling him to use Judgement again. This time, Arceus did manage to land a critical hit, smiting VITALITY to less than half of its HP. But Ethan was still worried. What did the Professor mean by Refresh not helping? "VITALITY, use Sheer Cold!" Ethan felt a wave of terror wash over him. There was no way Arceus could tank or avoid the attack. It was a guaranteed KO. But he wasn't going down that easily! He ordered Arceus to use Judgement again, and grabbed Asher's Pokéball and a Max Revive. But Arceus didn't fight back. Instead, he, in his confusion, headbutted Ethan, sending him flying back. VITALITY sidestepped Arceus, using Sheer Cold on Ethan. Ethan felt the unbearable cold and passed out once again.

Ethan woke up in the same Sprout Tower-esque room as he did after what apparently happened on Mt. Silver. What the- again? Ethan growled in his mind. The Unowns spelling "LEAVE" were back. But FOREVER was still gone. Ethan checked his bag and once again, it was empty, except for FOREVER's Pokéball. But this time, he knew what to do. He returned to the ladder in the hollowed-out pillar and peered downwards. There was light coming from the bottom, so at least he wouldn't be in complete darkness. Ethan slid down the ladder, and walked through the hallway into the chamber with the sign saying "TURN BACK NOW". This time, FOREVER was already waiting for him there. "Yes, Ethan, I've been here all this time," FOREVER sarcastically barked. "I managed to get back home," Ethan exclaimed, "Even though everyone was being weird, I managed to get back home! But I got sent back here when an Articuno used Sheer Cold on me!" FOREVER's eyes widened at the mention of Articuno. "Let's try this again," Ethan rambled, "I STILL refuse to "TURN BACK NOW"! Seriously, what to you expect when I came from a place that I got told to leave!" Ethan braced himself for another long fall. But the ground below him remained. "You need to TURN BACK NOW this time," FOREVER replied. Ethan pouted and turned back towards the ladder. However, the Unowns wouldn't even let him re-enter the hallway. "What the hell am I supposed to do!?" Ethan yelled, "That sign is telling me to go back to that Sprout Tower room, but these Unown are blocking my way and telling me to LEAVE! What am I supposed to do!?" "Just say you're going to TURN BACK NOW," FOREVER replied. "Okay!" Ethan yelled back, "I want to TURN BACK NOW! Let me TURN BACK NOW!" Ethan was instantly surrounded in complete darkness. He couldn't even see FOREVER's eyes. But a light had appeared in front of him. He had to be there. That had to be the exit.

Ethan had found himself in a hallway that had seemingly just opened, leading to what he assumed was the outside world. Was the sign telling him to return there all along? But as Ethan started to make out what was at the end of the tunnel, his heart sank. The ground was light grey and littered with headstones and the sky looked to be white. The headstones became more legible and Ethan began to read them.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF: ETHAN HIBIKI'S VENUSAUR BOBBY 2010-03-07 - 2011-08-19 REST IN PEACE

Ethan froze in shock. Did Bobby actually die!? Even worse, he realised the date of death was the same day he and Lyra had gone to Mt. Silver in order to find Fire and Leaf. Was it all real, after all? "No... NO! This can't be!" Ethan yelled, running towards the headstone! His feet hit light grey dirt, kicking up dust. He went right up to the headstone, but its content didn't change. He read the other headstones, which had the names of the other five Pokémon that were in his team that fateful day, all with the same date of death, all surrounding a pit lined with big, grey blocks. This is just a mean trick, Ethan thought to himself, Surely my Pokémon are back in my bag... But there was still nothing inside except for FOREVER's empty Pokéball. So FOREVER had to still be around, right? "FOREVER? FOREVER!? Where are you!?" But instead of a Houndoom coming over to meet him, six Unowns flew out of the pit and floated right in front of him, spelling "DIED HE". "What are you saying!?" Ethan exclaimed, "Are you trying to tell me that FOREVER DIED!?" "No." Ethan turned around, only to get an Ember to the face. He yelped and held his face in his hands, but the pain wouldn't stop. Through his fingers, he saw FOREVER lunge at him, pinning him to the ground. "What was that for!?" Ethan screamed, "I thought you were here to help me!" "I am here to help you," FOREVER replied, "I'm here to help you to atone for your sins!" He bared his teeth, flames flickering in the back of his throat. Ethan shielded himself with his arms, only for the Houndoom to rip them both off. Ethan kicked at FOREVER's abdomen, managing to get the demonic dog off him, before scooting backwards towards the blocks behind him. "M-MY ARMS!!!" FOREVER scrambled to his feet, giving Ethan an even angrier glare than before. The boy managed to stand up without the help of his now missing arms, and turned to the side as if to run away. But something grabbed him by the bottom of his jacket, pulling him towards the pit. He tried to resist, but it held on tight. Ethan looked back at FOREVER, who was slowly walking towards him, then into the pit. A white, ghostly hand was grabbing onto him. Its pull was only strong enough to keep him in place... until it tugged, causing Ethan to lose his balance and fall backwards into the pit.

At the bottom of the pit was a wide, blood-red hallway. Ahead of where Ethan landed, both sides were lined with white figures. Ethan managed to stand up again and staggered towards them They turned out to be all the Gym Leaders from Johto and Kanto, but their colours of both their bodies and clothes had been drained to a stark white, with the exception of the darker parts, which had turned black. "S-Someone! Help me!" Ethan screamed, "I've lost my arms! I'm bleeding!" But there was no response from anyone. They all stood completely still. "ANSWER ME!" Ethan yelled, kicking Whitney, only for his foot to phase through her body as if she was a ghost. Ethan looked around. The end of the hallway was in sight and there was another white figure, but it was floating in the air. On closer inspection, the white figure turned out to be a boy, shorter and stockier than Ethan. He had arms, but no legs and his eyes were completely black and bleeding, with red laser dots for pupils. He wore a backwards cap that was white on the front and black at the back. His black hair had a large lock at the front, swept towards his right, similarly to Ethan's. He was wearing a hoodie with what seemed to be a wider version of Ethan's collar, but without the flaps underneath, and a black undershirt. He was also wielding a naginata in his hands. "A-Are you... G-Gold?" Ethan stammered. The boy tightened his grip on his spear in response and glared at Ethan, but didn't say anything back. "N-No... you can't be Gold, can you? Gold and I are one and the same, right?" "Wrong... I am Gold," the boy muttered back, "They just killed me, and replaced me with you!" Ethan felt a wave of dread wash over him. What the people of Johto were going on about was true! Gold had been killed and Ethan was put into his world. A world that wasn't Ethan's. And now the people of that world had found out and they were pissed. Ethan had been lied to. No. The people of Johto just can't handle change. Their world had to be remade for a reason.

O͞͏͏ut́͢ w͏i̛t͝͞h̵̶ ͏t͜hȩ ͏͏ơl̴͘͞d̸.͏́͘ ̧͘I̵n̸ ͏̢͡w̶i̷̴t̨́̕h̷̕ ̴͡t̸͞͝he̸͝ ̶̧̧n҉̷ew̸̕.͞

"Your death was necessary, you obsolete hack!" Ethan found himself scowling. Gold grimaced in rage and pointed his naginata at Ethan, who backed up in fear. "Spoken like a true murderer," Gold growled, "GIVE ME MY LIFE BACK!" Gold lunged at Ethan, the naginata going straight through his chest. Ethan saw colour returning to Gold's body, revealing his cap to be yellow where there was white, his hoodie to be red and white and his skin to be the exact same colour as Ethan's. His eyes became normal again, revealing gold irises, and his legs grew back, revealing yellow and black shorts and black and white joggers with red and yellow plates on the sides with red socks clearly visible. But Ethan noticed that his legs were gone, and he was losing colour, just like the ghostly Gym Leaders he had gone past in the hallway. He was now floating in front of Gold, crying tears of blood. "Goodbye forever," Gold said, with a tinge of frustration in his voice. Darkness erupted from below Ethan, completely engulfing him, stinging what was left of his body in unbearable pain. Ethan cried and screamed in agony for what must've been hours, until the pain, and everything else with it, stopped.

Ethan was gone. The visages of the Gym Leaders were gone. Gold finally had his body back. FOREVER hadn't just helped him cope with this hell, but had saved him from it. Everything was going to be okay. For the first time in ages, Gold felt something other than fear and misery. He felt relief. And fatigue. Gold's legs were struggling to support the rest of his body. He stumbled, trying to maintain his footing. But his grip on his naginata faltered, and his consciousness petered out.

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[talenlee]

The Parallel Universes of Entry Hazards in Pokemon

Stealth rock.

For the invested competitive Pokemon player, there are two reactions to this name. One group recognise the word as indicative of one of the most powerful things in the game, a single power that represents, unaddressed, something like a whole Pokemon’s worth of actual health for one button click. One group recognises it as a power that exists, and ruins the format the other group play.

It is a philosophical seam between two groups of people who consider themselves to be, as a group, competitive Pokemon players. Two houses, alike only in difference, and I am going to try, to try to be nice to Smogon in this article, I promise.

Alright, the power itself. First of all, Stealth Rock is a move introduced to Pokemon in Generation IV, back in 2007. That is, right now, Stealth Rock is old enough to vote in the United States. This move creates what’s called an ‘entry’ hazard; it’s reasonably easy to grasp, in turn-based game turns; it’s stuff on the ground, so any time a pokemon that touches the ground enters, it gets hit by those rocks. It’s scattering thumbtacks on the ground where you’re supposed to stand and fight. In purely mechanical game-action-make-sensey kind of way, it’s a great power. You have pokemon made of rocks, they can chuck rocks over there, and rely on the long game effecting your opponents.

The amount of damage it does is a ‘fixed’ value – 12.5% at base, but it’s a rock type move, so it’s been set to do ‘rock’ damage, and that means in Pokemon, with the type chart you may remember from previous conversations on the same, anything that is weak to rock damage takes more damage from those rocks. That means that for the types weak to rock, they take 25% damage, which is a pretty significant chunk of your health, especially if you ever have to swap in a second time. And Arceus help you if you’re two types weak to rock, because then you’re taking 50% of your health on the trade-in and definitionally, unless something extraordinary happens, you can’t trade in again.

Now, this is pretty abnormal; there aren’t that many powers that are capable of this kind of impact. But you can weight this value based on how many times someone is going to trade out in a fight, and how important a single turn is going to be spent taking time to throw the rocks on the ground. If, for example, almost nothing is weak to rock moves, then this is an interesting curiosity. Similarly, if this is a move almost no monster that’s any good has access to, then it doesn’t matter how great the move is, you won’t be able to get it onto a team.

In the four categories of ‘weak to Rock’ Pokemon, there are 349 Pokemon, or about a third of all Pokemon. There are some false positives there; after all, in the list of flying types, there are no doubt some flying-grass types, which means they don’t take double damage from Stealth Rock. Similarly, there are a lot of Pokemon in that list that aren’t very good; if you’re super-effective at beating up stupid babies, it doesn’t really mean that much for competitive performance, where you will rarely have a stupid baby matchup. As far as how many Pokemon have access to Stealth Rock, it is a move available to 207 Pokemon, which is to say, about 1/5th of all Pokemon.

It’s widely distributed, and it’s good against a lot of stuff and it’s amazing against a pretty significant fraction of the stuff it’s good against.

How does that take us to our two groups?

First of all, there’s Smogon, the more pertinent of this group. Smogon is an online-based community-driven Pokemon competitive format that has a…

Let’s say complicated history and relationship to legality and formats. Like, for its virtues or its vices, I think it’s reasonable to say that Smogon is complicated. For a start, if you want to, you can go to Smogon’s play spaces and start playing competitive Gen1 Pokemon. That’s Red-Blue-Yellow, and it’ll be divided up into a variety of play environments to, generously, try and maximise the number of Pokemon you can play with. There’s a deliberately archival view of play environments, too, where you can play the game the way it worked all those years ago, and you can keep playing it and changes to it are done slowly and through consensus of the player base.

Smogon plays (typically) matches that are teams of six Pokemon, fighting one-on-one. It is how competitive Pokemon used to be played, back in the day when Hulk Hogan was the referee, and the way the game honestly represents it to be played. Like, in any given Pokemon game, you’re going to fight trainers that show up with some Pokemon in their pocket, and they can have, at most, six, and you can have at most six, and you play back and forth until you win or lose. Smogon can be compared to a sort of pure, real expression of the way the game teaches you to play.

In Smogon, Stealth Rock is the most powerful move in the game. Stealth Rock is important to, central even, every environment it’s in. It is too widely distributed to be conveniently banned except by its actual banning; there is no tier you can go to where stealth rock is not present because there’s always a Pokemon that can use it, and that means there are whole categories of Pokemon, including franchise mascot Charizard that just don’t have a meaningfully good place to exist because of how there’s this one move that’s going to cut their health in half in almost all games. Smogon is so defined by Stealth Rock that an item that makes you immune to Stealth Rock briefly approached 50% usage in the current generation, and this led to claims the item was probably overpowered because everyone was using it.

See, here’s another thing about Smogon. Smogon had to institute a timer that said games can’t go more than 1,000 turns.

That is, there was a time when the timer could go longer than 1,000 turns, and they compromised to 1,000 turns to stop the games going too ridiculously long.

VGC is the alternative format, which is run and maintained by the Pokemon company. It’s the ‘official’ format, and that’s where there are things like regionals and championships and trophies and coverage where you’ll see people at tournaments with overseeing judges and stuff like that. VGC is a comparatively simple format, but it’s also rotating and changing. Any team you made for VGC last year isn’t going to be good any more, because not only are other players more aware of what they’re doing, but also, the Pokemon that were legal for the format then are – well, okay, they’re probably fine, but there are a bunch of Pokemon that you can’t take to the next tournament. These Pokemon aren’t spot bans, they’re not negotiated or responsive to play environments, they’re just wholesale format choices: Pokemon of a particular category aren’t allowed right now, with terms like ‘legendary’ or ‘mythical.’

VGC is a format where games are played with a team of six; but to each fight, you bring four, and they play two-on-two. So you have two on your side of the field and I have two on my side of the field. This format is standard and has been since the year 2008, so one year after the release of Stealth Rock. Two Pokemon on a team can’t share a Pokemon Number (so you can’t, for example, field two Gengars, for double gengar action), no Pokemon on your team can hold the same held item, and they’re all levelled to 50, to sort out the math.

In VGC, Stealth Rock has never been meaningful or relevant.

These two game formats are structurally different. For good or ill, whatever you want to say about how they should work or not, and whether or not you prefer them, these two formats can be considered in terms of how they relate to this one specific move.

VGC matches are faster and shorter. They aren’t timed by a number of rounds necessarily but they are just assigned an actual clock timer, complete with time spent thinking. VGC swaps are less common but also matches are just plain out shorter. If you trade, there are two Pokemon in position to punch you in the face, and you get this thing called being ‘doubled into’ where two Pokemon attack one Pokemon and probably do too much damage for it to handle. You don’t swap Pokemon in and out as much, and Stealth Rock necessarily just doesn’t get to do that much damage.

Smogon is a format where games are longer and more grindy and that means that Pokemon swap in and out way more often. Abilities that make trading out better or refresh your endurance are more important and there are a number of teams where players spend about half the time not using moves, but instead swapping out. I am not trying to make fun here, I am not trying to exaggerate for effect, I trying to be clear and fair about this: Smogon is a place where everything Stealth Rock effects is important, and that means ‘weak to Stealth Rock’ is an almighty hurdle for a Pokemon to overcome to be able to do anything competitively.

Now, whether or not this is good is not important. What’s interesting here is how these two choices create different incentives and different values for the same pieces. Smogon is a format where games can run very long, VGC where they can be forced to a real-world timer for a large tournament.

But don’t worry, Charizard isn’t very good in either.

Check it out on PRESS.exe to see it with images and links!

[false-red]

He sought comforting isolation, but found only disturbance.

[riacte]

Links:

Martyn makes the Dogwarts Red Winter axe in Rats SMP

Ren reacts to the above axe: “A horrible sacrifice for his loyal hand” (and the lore implications of 3L and Rats being in the same universe)

Ren wants to do a "wife swap" with Gem in WL, implying Martyn is his wife

Yellow!Ren getting a kill in WL so he can turn green and live with Martyn because it’s not “proper” otherwise

Martyn is jealous of his captain’s blonde lover in Rats

Ren to Martyn on Rats: Let me paint you like one of my French girls

False tells Ren and Martyn to get a room

Martyn logs in on Rats under his captain’s desk

Martyn puts a Ren TCG card in his Pokemon TCG tweet

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

Can I request this. A dancer reader with pokemon scarlet and violet. Reader has meloetta, oricorio, scream tail, primarinna, hoopa and toxtricity.

If you want the lore on this reader. They are a singer whose family was said to be the descendants of a siren.

This reader has never caught a pokemon with a pokeball. The pokemon that join reader just travel with them. This reader uses sign language or writing to communicate as their voice is dangerous as it can charm anyone ho hears it if they aren't related to reader from their dad's side.

Reader went to this school was near to her mom's childhood home.

Meloetta and Primarinna (who ia an alpha pokemon) were able snap people out of Reader's voice and joined reader so they don't hurt anyone with their voice.

Toxtricity is protects reader from being kidnapped and overprotective and is resistant to their voice because punk rock.

Hoopa follows reader as reader is interesting.

Scream tail was a pokemon her grandma asked to protect reader.

As a dancer, you've made quite a name for yourself in the Paldea region--almost rivalling celebrities like Ryme and Iono.

People everywhere find your performances stellar, especially when your Pokémon provided backup dancing and singing.

A year prior to the Treasure Hunt, you did a show for the Festival of Masks in Kitakami, telling a moving story about the "Loyal Three" and Ogerpon.

Ofc you regretted it after learning that was a false narrative.

Speaking of your team, it was quite peculiar...consisting of an Alpha 'mon with menacing red eyes, two mythicals, an Ancient Paradox 'mon that somehow got out of the crater, and a perfectly normal Toxtricity and Oricorio.

However, you don't speak much, preferring sign language and/or writing as ways of communication..and your friends wondered why...

Although after becoming close with Arven, Penny, and Nemona (and eventually Carmine and Kieran), you wrote them all messages detailing your past.

You're a descendant of sirens, appearing entirely human yet having the alluring voice of one.

You basically know Hypnosis..but it wasn't something you were proud of, because you've charmed people into following your voice, and...it almost always ended badly.

Unfortunately, that made you a prime target in several kidnappings from evil organizations in other regions.

They falsely believed your family could somehow learn Pokémon moves and became obsessed with harnessing that same power..even though it had nothing to do with Pokémon at all.

Since moving to Paldea, it's become your safe haven, especially since your mom's childhood home was here and you could retreat to it whenever you wished.

After your grandma gave you Scream Tail to accompany you during your many journeys, the rest of your team sorta formed itself.

You never believed in using pokeballs, and thus they followed you wherever you went (ofc as long as it was allowed).

Oricorio was always perched on your shoulder to scout out high places and be your number 1 cheerleader (in the case of the pom-pom variant).

Amped!Toxtricity became your bodyguard and a friend you could rely on after learning its Punk Rock ability made it quite resistant to your voice. So you'd make small talk with it, although you still don't say too much.

It's ready to throw hands wherever and whenever you're being bothered--by students, staff, and tourists alike.

Alpha!Primarinna was a lass you discovered at the Wistful Fields one summer day, having come a long way from Hisui (like Bloodmoon Ursaluna).

Normally Alphas are belligerent, but she felt a sudden connection to you and obeyed you right on the spot. A giant and loyal protector.

Hoopa travelled through space and time to meet you, finding you quite interesting...and grinned deviously after you managed to win its prison bottle at an auction.

It almost caused chaos at the mart, tricking you into opening it, but even you were able to tame its Unbound form and convince it to become Confined again.

Finally, Meloetta was lured to one of your performances and provided beautiful backup vocals, and ever since then you two have done many duos as dancer/singer.

Her and Primarinna are the only ones who can snap people out of your spells. They know you hate to hurt others but sometimes humans just push your buttons and...well...next thing you know, the two ladies are scrambling to save them from walking through hostile territory to greet you.

Fortunately, those events happen rarely now and you've been able to form meaningful friendships.

Since nobody in your team is stuck in a pokeball, they usually hang out at your mom's childhood home or in your dorm--but Toxtricity and Oricorio insist on being with you in-class.

As far as everyone's reactions go...

.......

Nemona is PSYCHED to see you have a team specifically themed around music and song (except for Hoopa, although it knows Throat Chop yet seldom uses it), always wanting to battle them.

Also converses with you in sign language. I hc she learned it so she could communicate with deaf/HOH trainers so they can battle with her, too, free of judgement.

Penny is both impressed and terrified tbh--especially with the Alpha who has looks that could kill if it weren't for your unique connection with the giant water/fairy. But her Sylveon gets along with Primarinna surprisingly well.

Arven almost didn't believe you were a descendant of sirens until he witnessed you hypnotize a substitute who thought you weren't answering their question..nearly falling into the trance himself until Meloetta showed up.

He's never doubted your power since.

Carmine did tease you in the beginning for being even quieter than her little brother, but felt guilty after reading your letter...wanting to learn sign language herself to own up to her mistakes.

Kieran saw your performance at the festival and couldn't believe you returned to Kitakami as a student, wanting to challenge him to a battle.

You? A celebrity? Against him????

But after the ordeal with Ogerpon, he felt betrayed by his two biggest idols...and so your letter went unread, although it remained in his bag and he finally looked at it post-Indigo Disk.

He showed up to your dorm at BB Academy that same day, a bagful of candy apples and berries as another apology.

Least to say, your team adored the treats.

Even Toxtricity--who genuinely thought he was being an annoying brat this entire time--finally softened up around him.

[keiraspades]

pla hc no. 29

(ITS BACK BAYBEEEE)

Akari has an entire H!Zoroark costume. She has a hand carved mask(courtesy of Rei, he had always been a better craftsman), a white and red fur stole, and false claws. Akari wears this for her exile era, having been separated from Rei when they were both kicked out. The stole helps provide protection on her neck, the claws helping defend herself and gather food, and the mask. The mask mimicking a known predator, like a Lurantis mimicking a bug type, hiding her in plain sight for other creatures too scared of the Zoroark.

Like a viceroy and a monarch, Akari had convinced the wildlife that she would be toxic to attack, her downfall promising retribution and revenge. That is what kept her safe, until Adaman found her, curled up in what seemed to be a cemetery, surrounded by small Zorua, the tiny pokemon jumping at her for attention, their mother lurking nearby.

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Hermitmon AU Gens 1-3

So I have a dumb au where the Hermits have been transported to the Pokemon world, and each region now has to deal with three Hermits.

Kanto (Tango, False, Jevin)

Tango has adopted every dog Pokemon in his path. You would think he'd only be able to stop at the OG Eeveeloutions, the Growlet line, and maybe even the Snubble and Houndour lines, but it seems if a trainer decided to abandon a dog Pokemon in Kanto, it wouldn't even have to wait a week before Tango adopts it.

The only non dog Pokemon on his team is a massive Igglybuff he nicknamed Impy.

Jevin and False are in a mini competition to see who can get all 8 gym badges faster. Tango is not interested in gym battles, but it is funny to watch them both from the sidelines.

False legally got her Gyradose to level 100 before Misty at the second gym had to behold its power. This thing has stopped other rampaging Gyradose just by showing up in front of them. It's 4 times weakens to electric moves did not matter by the time Ltn. Surge had to behold its glory.

Everything else on her team is reasonably leveled. It's just Gyradose that's that stupid high so stupid soon.

Every time the group runs into a Ditto, False and Tango point to it and say "It's you!" to Jevin. They even managed to peer pressure him into catching a shiny one this way.

Yes there is a Pokemon named Hypno in this region. No, the Hermit Hypno is not in this region. I had to show some restraint.

All of them have this magical ability to just appear out of nowhere and foil Team Rocket plans. Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, once even moved his biggest plan to the border of Kanto and Johto, but that went horribly wrong.

Johto (Pearl, Keralis, Bdubs)

Grass type gang let's go!!

No seriously, Pearl has a Septile, Keralis has a Venisaur, and Bdubs has a Torrterra. They also have one or two other part grass types that they can switch in if they need to on top of the starter and extra grass buddy on the main team.

They're also chasing around a Megania who just likes to steal their fruit, occasionally help them fight Team Rocket, and run away. One of them will get this brat.

Pearl is thrashing all the gym leaders. Bdubs and Keralis just watch as she just wrecks house every time.

Even though she's fierce in battle, she's does not dip into 5am Pearl. No, she saves that for Team Rocket whenever they pop up.

All of them have this magical ability to just appear out of nowhere and foil Team Rocket plans. Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, once even moved his biggest plan to the border of Kanto and Johto, but that went horribly wrong.

This did not work because when Giovanni decided to pull some nonsense at Sinjo ruins, the gang managed to meet up with Tango, False, and Jevin, and they all just made Giovanni regret becoming a crime boss.

However, they accidentally summoned whatever Giovanni was trying to summon and were confronted with that terror.

Hoean (X, Grian, Zed)

X and his Ludicolo have taken over the contest scene. No ribbons are safe. They will all belong to Xisumavoid and his pineapple tank.

No, Giran and his Taillow are not the same creature. No, they are not both small, angy borbs who scream a lot.

No, Grian did not get into a fight with Winnona during their battle over who has the better bird. However if such a fight did occur, Grian would say he won because his Swellow thrashed her Altaria long before it could start stacking dragon dances.

There are rumors of some weirdo in a brown cardigan who occasionally comes out of the desert to get food either by robbing food Teams Aqua or Magma, or by buying food with the money he stole off of Teams Aqua and Magma. X and Grian are both going to ignore this because there is no way this will affect them.

Team Aqua and Team Magma are stupid idiots. No, Groudon does not hold the blue orb, and Kyoger does not hold the red orb. All you have done is wake them both up and piss them off within a second. Unfortunately, Grian and X find a way to make it way worse. They both go off to stop the legendary duo and get them to basically one hp and even manage to land a knock off to get rid of the orbs for good measure...only for Groudon to then grab the red orb and Kyoger to grab the blue orb, causing both of them to go into Primal Reversion, bumping both their Hps and Pps up to max while X and Grian had to deal with wounded and exhausted pokemon.

It all seemed a hell of a lot bleaker until Zedaph showed up riding on Mega Rayquaza and his full team ready to clean house.

Once all that is do, he and Rayquaza just fly off like nothing's happened, pissing Grian off to no end. Once his pokemon were all healed, instead of challenging Juan, Grian went straight to that damned desert to demand an explanation form Zed.

So there's a desert on route 111 that is constantly sand storming. X's helmet keeps all the sand. Grian has the nice Go-Goggles. Zedaph, the guy who's been living in that desert for most of the whole gym plot, has just been bare eyeballing the desert.

[auryborealis]

Chaos and Her Children (I'm sorry, I didn't really plan a sketch ahead so I couldn't fit Yuna in the eldritch fam group shot lol)

Wanted to make a post about Yuna's biological family. They are all originally Pokemon OCs, but Yuna's vague resemblance to their mother compelled me to put them in the OP verse as well. This is just a placeholder, but I like to refer to the children as The Chaos Sibs :D Excluding Yuna, the siblings take inspiration from the Velvet Room attendants (from the Persona series), the Three Mothers (from Dario Argento's films), Chthonic gods, and certain fears from The Magnus Archives.

Eriza

The mother. While she usually appears to others as a very tall and exceptionally beautiful woman clad in robes and with a gentle voice, she is actually an ancient, primordial god-like entity in disguise. Her true name is unknown but in the human language, it means "The Singer of Unreality." She is largely absent from her children's lives but nevertheless continuously watches over them from afar. Although she finds amusement in mankind's suffering and discord, she ultimately does not want its complete destruction. Her resemblance to Nico Robin is purely coincidental (during the time I created her, I was not into OP and was unaware of Robin's post-timeskip look).

Moira

The eldest. The most serious one in the family. She is a bit of a misanthrope, preferring to stay away from human affairs. She comes off as a stern and cold person, this being considered ironic by her family since she carries "the fires of hell" within her; her main power is to emit and control heat, to the point where anything or anyone she touches, breathes on, or is in her vicinity can burn into ash instantly. She can negate the usage of Busoshoku Haki, and quite painfully, making the user feel as though it is burning and melting off of them. Her animal symbol is the dragon. Her design is largely inspired by Sumika Warakubami from Kakegurui (because as soon as I saw her I just went "omg she looks like a perfect mix of Eriza and [insert father's name])."

Kita

The 2nd child. The most chaotic one of the children and the most involved with the human world. She is often seen hanging out with the Red Hair Pirates - having a brother-sister-like bond with Shanks - though she will occasionally spend time with the Thriller Bark Pirates as well, considering Perona like a daughter. Her powers are associated with darkness, ghosts, and nightmares; she becomes most powerful during the new moon and the solar eclipse. She can also attack by manipulating her sleeves, which includes being able to sharpen them into blades. She can prevent the usage of Kenbunshoku Haki. Her animal symbol is the cat (including big cats, especially panthers). She is the first of the siblings to meet Yuna when she was a child (although Yuna does not remember this).

Carmen

Was the youngest until Yuna was born. Uses male, female, and gender-neutral pronouns. They are similar to Kita in seeking fun and pleasure in the human world, often reveling in their festivities. They are like a walking mix of a mirror funhouse, a haunted house, and a kaleidoscope. They have the ability to induce hallucinations, influence ecstasy and madness, and generate glass shards out of thin air (this being dependent on how much light there is present). The glass shards can be used simply as attacks, build shields, and construct false realities. They can prevent the usage of Haoshoku Haki, or more accurately reflect its effect back at the user. Their animal symbol is the fox.

[Below cut are picrew images that served as insps & refs for their outfits (except Eriza)]:

[pkmnmastercrimson]

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...name's Red. Champion of Kanto. Love my Pokemon. That's all you have to know.

Yo yo, it's Blue. Former Champion of Kanto, but I'm over it. My buddy Red and I decided to start a blog on this Rotomblr place. Seemed like a fun time-waster.

As you can probably tell, my buddy here doesn't talk a lot. He can if he wants to, just prefers the silence. So in other words, I'll probably be doing most of the posting around here, sorry for the false advertising, lol.

Red's caught basically every Pokemon ever created, but he mainly uses Venusaur, Pikachu, Hitmontop, Scizor, Luxray and Hatterene. As for myself, my main battling team includes Incineroar, Aegislash, Porygon-Z, Druddigon, Heracross, and of course my trusty Charizard.

Talk to us and ask questions if you like. Or don't, what do I look like, your dad?

Mod Kirby from @real-team-luster back at it again once more. I think this is the first time I've ever made a canon character blog, somehow

These are my own takes on Red and Blue obviously, but they're adherent to the games' storyline for the most part. I imagine the two of them continuing to adventure around the world for years.

Considering including some of the other Pokemon protagonists as occasional drop-ins, we'll see how I feel after the blog is running for a bit. For now it's just the two of them.

Mean asks/anons are fine, especially directed towards Blue (he thrives on drama,) but this blog will be low-stakes for the foreseeable future.

Red and Blue are both adults here, but I'm a minor, so no obviously suggestive stuff please and thank you.