#rocket admin petrel

[janayuga]

POKEMON MASTER EX SPOILER

How are people still in denial over the fact that all 4 Rocket executives are madly in love with Giovanni? I mean look.

My mind will forever rot in Gio x Admins hell, and Pokemas is serving me some good-ass food💜

[trustymikh]

yooo I love Team Rocket's executives fan squad! Do you have any more sketches with them?

I do, actually! It's of Giovanni giving Petrel directions on what to do and say while impersonating him (to throw the police off). Petrel's just running his mouth as usual

[almostdailypokemon]

Nobody asked for Rocket ancestors but honestly I am subjecting you all to rocket ancestors

Yeah I know I was coloring them before but they look better like this

[jay-zoo]

pokemas rocket admin lore

For the longest time in pokemas I've been planning to decimate my gem savings on villains and/or admins and today was a day of reckoning. ALL OF THE CREW CAME HOME. (Archer and Proton were a little stubborn and had to be pity-pulled.) I played their Sync Pair stories and typed up the lore so you don't have to:

PROTON

His new side hustle is selling fake slowpoke tails, items, food and PLUSHIES. Next time you see a counterfeit plush online, blame this guy.

He aspires to be the cruelest and scariest so he can emulate Gio. Mileage may vary.

Proton didn’t steal his Golbat- he doesn’t trust stolen pokemon and raised his partner from a Zubat.

PETREL

Petrel regularly practices a Giovanni impression, but the "Wahahaha" is giving Wario.

He considers himself to be the brains behind Team Rocket. (questionable)

Petrel prefers to trick his enemies by having Weezing expel gas and Honchkrow distract with a gang (murder?) of Murkrow.

ARIANA

She doesn’t care if her Arbok and her are seen as tools to Gio as long as they give him happiness.

Ariana usually trains with Arbok during the day for maximum effectiveness, as that's when its stomach markings are seen best.

She sees their servitude to Gio as a form of love and trust that others might not understand.

ARCHER

Gio gifted him his Houndoom when he was just a Houndour. Puppy present from the big boss!

Archer has no desire to take over Team Rocket and simply desires to serve Gio to the best of his ability.

Houndoom is devoted to Archer for life as Archer is to Giovanni.

Underneath the massive unfiltered simping, there's a shared devotion to Gio here beyond just an admiration for his power or wealth. All the admins are clearly trying to sell how tough/ruthless/generically evil they are- to varying degrees of authenticity. Good food.

[rarestones-aa]

no but do y’all remember in the beginning when steven was literally like ‘ i won’t sleep with you unless i love you ‘ and now we’re here

[hypno-kisser]

Intro blog!

💫 stars in my eyes~ hold me tight~ why am i crying? oh fuck that's right! you got what you wanted~ oh fuck that's right 💫

hello! I'm Jayson! 💫 i'm 17, genderfluid, any pronouns, this is my side blog where i roleplay and just have fun with my nerdy pokémon side!

I also talk about my pokémon partners! we're a big polycule! currently we're formed by:

Atila/Jayson/Wuni, me

it's me! I work under Team Rocket do to the high payment, and being an artits is hard nowdays, I usally help grunts get disguises with Petrel and my Pokémons likes do do a bit of crime, I was born in Johto, and i recently moved to Alola! i still work under Team Rocket by i also do freelance work to the Aether Foundation.

Jayson the Hypno (he/him)

My oldest partner, Jayson is quite a father figure for the group, he's caring, calm and like to make everyone feel safe, usually hypnotizes me to fall asleep and eats my nightmares, always watches us over bed, He's a bit timid, but once he knows you he can open a bit. He's from Johto

Lilly the Lilligant (any pronouns)

Lilly is the newest addition to our poly, she's quite energetic and very naive, loves dacing and being the ray of sunshine for everyone! She's from Alola

Ichigo the Shiny Hypno (she/they)

Ichigo is similar to lilly, that she likes to be very jolly and happy, she's quite young compared to the others but no doubt she's an sweetheart, She's from Alola

Skully the Dusknoir (he/it)

Skully is very quiet and keeps for itself, but that dosen't mean he ain't a big softie on the inside! we all know the bigger the more to love! He dosen't tell anyone, but when he was younger he loved doing contest! to this day he keeps a collection of ribbons! He's from Orre

Wuni the Gengar (he/they)

Wuni is very adamant lil guy, can't hear rules and already wants to break it! he loves piercings and shiny things like pearls and gold nuggets also he loves the cold, usally turns off heaters. He's from Johto

Snowy the Shiny Froslass (any pronouns)

Snowy is a very calm natured pokémon, they're a very caring pokémon, similar to Jayson He acts like an parental figure to the group, same as Wuni he usally like to makes the place colder. She's from Alola

All of them have tera type dark, do to my job of working with Team Rocket, I don't really care for their goals, i mostly stay because of the high payment and me having a huge crush on the admin Petrel, he usually helps me with my disguises and he acts more nice to me compared to other grunts, do i have a chance?

But since I moved to Alola, since i fell like the region is more of a home to me, I study a bit of taking care of pokémon, and the Aether Foundation was really popular in the region, sometimes i do freelance work on there by helping with the heath of the pokémon there my gay ass also have a crush on the admin Faba He's a bit of a snob, but our Hypnos do well togheter, so he likes that about me, I love hearing him talk about his job, i don't know, i fell dumb

Why do i like old man with beards 😵‍💫💫

[xlxvesxckx]

Promoted. [Yandere!Giovanni]

Synop: You've been a Team Rocket member for a while now, and you've noticed a change in your Boss. Little do you know what he has planned for you.

Character(s): Giovanni (Pokemon) Rating: 16+ Word Count: 1k words Tags: Obsession, kidnapping, stalking, intimidation.

a/n: Hi! Hello! Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening to all! I am back in action with posting! I think I want to shift to writing mostly Yandere themed fanfics (to play more into the name/theme of the blog) so with this post my ask box is officially open again and I look forward to writing for you all again.

You’ve been a part of Team Rocket for many years now, in fact, it’ll be your 5 years in a few days. You were basically an admin, you were above your fellow henchmen but below the main four admins.

You didn’t mind, it meant less talking for you.

But recently you noticed something…off.

You started to see less and less of your fellow peers. Usually grunts that you would hang out with after shifts started to avoid you like the plague. And you began to see more of the admins. 

Ariana would accompany you whenever you had missions, never leaving you alone or allowing you to capture pokemon.

Proton and Petrel were like your personal bodyguards, you couldn’t even breathe without them being near you. 

And Archer…he was the worst.

You could be teaching new grunts about the new routes they would be working and the schemes that they will be working.

“Y/n. The Boss said that would be too dangerous for you..”

“Y/n. I need you to be alongside me for this mission. Boss’s orders.”

“Y/n.  Boss recommends this change in your uniform.”

You wanted to scream. It was always what the boss wanted for you!

You rarely got to see the male, he was always cooped up in his office or galavanting off in that damned gym of his. It was beyond irritating.

Giovanni was your boss, the big scary boss of Team Rocket/Rainbow Rocket. And you only saw him a maximum of three times, and the most recent time was two weeks ago.

You were being briefed on a mission, you were being sent off with Jesse, James and Meowth, a trio you loved working with so much due to their spunk and their energy. While you were walking past him, you felt eyes on you. When you looked up you locked eyes with Giovanni. 

It felt wrong locking eyes with your boss, especially since so many people feared him.

However when you looked into his eyes...you saw something different.

Not only that, you felt like there were eyes on you at all times, even when you were in your most private of settings. You felt like he had someone watching your every mood so he knew everything.

And that day in his office, the way he looked at you solidified the thoughts you were thinking.

He stared at you with emotions you can't describe, one could only describe it as obsession.

So you quickly ran to go join Jesse and James. 

You considered those three to be your only sense of normalcy, as they were the only ones who didn’t run to avoid you. 

Ever since that day of the meeting, the rest of the team seemed to officially separate themselves from you. You would walk up to hold a conversation with some you thought were your friends and they would sneer at you and walk away.

Some who even hold fear in their eyes as they saw you approaching and even averted their gazes.

You were walking with Jesse and James through the team rocket headquarters, expressing your feelings about this whole situation.

“I don’t know Jesse..I feel weird about this..no one else gets treated like this..”

“No you’re valid in your feelings darling…The boss is usually a cold fellow.”

Jesse had a hand on your shoulder as she talked to you. You sighed and ran a hand through your hair. It was stressing you out as you continued to think about it.

Why were you the only one being singled out?

Were you going to be fired? Or worse, were you going to be excuted because you knew too much?

James could sense your stress and wrapped an arm around your shoulder to try and calm you down. It was all becoming too much and you were really thinking about quitting.

"G-guys..I think I should quit."

"I- well I would hate to see you go sweetheart, but if you're uncomfortable you should.

“For once, I agree with Jesse. It’s strange that the admins would show this much attention to-”

“Y/n.”

The three of you freeze and you slowly turn to face Archer, he had opened the door that led to the hallways to Giovanni’s office. You felt a chill go down your spine as you turned to look at Jesse and James who both gave you small waves and smiles as they left.

You went to follow Archer as he led you to the office. 

You had a bad feeling come over you as Archer approached the door, he gave you a small smile before opening the door for you. 

“The Boss is inside waiting for you. He said it was urgent.”

You nodded at him and walked into the room.

"Oh. And I wouldn't think about quitting, Y/n."

You froze in your spot. Turning back to face Archer.

He only gave a dark smirk "You're Special."

Archer left you in the hallway and you were left to walk to the office by yourself.

His office was dark, it was quiet besides the purring of Persian, who greeted you at the door. 

“Good Afternoon, Y/n..please take a seat.”

You walked over to the seat in front of his desk, watching as he slowly turned in his chair, his legs crossed as he stared ahead at you.

Giovanni wasn’t an ugly man, he was very attractive actually. But there was something about him that was just terrifying to you. And not just because he was your boss.

there was something…darker lurking behind his eyes.

"Welcome, Y/n." His voice was the same as usual, cocky as hell. But there was an undertone in his voice, one that you couldn't recognize at all.

“I know you’re wondering why I called you here, darling.” he started, not breaking eye contact with you at all. The pet name was new, he usually only called you grunt or you girl.

Not Darling.

“The truth is, I’ve been keeping an eye on you since you first became a part of Team Rocket. A young woman like yourself…joining a dangerous organization like this is rare.” 

Giovanni stood up and came around his desk. “I feel like you’re destined to be more…” He smirks and walks over to you, stopping a few feet away.

“W-what do you mean?..” You asked and Giovanni chuckled at your question. 

“I want you to be mine. Simply put.” 

You shot up straight in your chair, staring at Giovanni with widened eyes. “What!?”

“Don’t be surprised. You’re perfect. You’re a great worker, you don’t allow anyone to control you, you continue to do amazing things. And I need you permanently beside me.”

Giovanni walks over to you and places a hand under your chin. “You belong beside me. We could be a power couple together.”

You backed away from him, making a beeline towards the door, only to be blocked by Persian. The Pokémon knew how its master felt about you, and therefore was going to help its master keep you around. 

"Don't you run, Y/n. It's not like you can go anywhere. Everyone in team rocket knows of your special promotion~"

You went to go around Persian by reaching for your own Pokémon, you weren't going down without a fight.

But it seems your boss had other plans.

You heard Giovanni sigh and the sound of a Pokeball opening.

“MewTwo. Use Psychic.”

You barely had time to get out the door before you felt your body be lifted in the air and be turned back around to face Giovanni.

He held a smirk on his face as he commanded MewTwo to bring you closer to him. You get brought back directly to him and he pats your cheek.

“I’ll let everyone know you’ve been promoted. They are to refer to you as Admin Y/n. You are to report directly to me, if someone speaks to you out of term, if someone is rude. You. Tell. Me.”

He says sternly, before placing both hands on your cheeks. You stared at him scared out of your mind seeing the sinister grin on his lips. His eyes held pure obsession, greed, like a child who just got their hands on a toy they had been wanting for years now.

And his next words scared your even more.

“Because I hope you know I will Kill for you.” ---------------------------------------------------- I hope you all enjoyed!! <3 Like I said, My Ask box is open for requests, just read my pinned for the fandoms i write for!

[zoruascanbetrainerstoo]

[A video is attached. Watch it?]

[The video begins with Illanero and Silver traveling down the slopes towards the deepest depths of the Whirl Islands.

Aside from the two's footsteps, the sounds of the various Pokemon, and the distant sound of rushing water, it's very quiet. Neither of the two are saying a word.

At least, until they arrive at the bottom of the slopes. Illanero turns to Silver, and asks, "Ready?"

"You don't need to ask," Silver says, and steps into the tunnel to Lugia's area. Illanero follows close behind.

Inside, is a certain purple-haired Rocket admin staring at the waterfall. In one hand, he clutches onto a master ball, in the other hand, he rings the Tidal Bell. "Come on, come out...I know you're there, Lugia!" he says.

And yet, the other nearby bells, wrapped around the rocks, refuse to ring. The waterfall continues to roar, with no shadow behind it.

"Why isn't it working?!" Petrel yells, stomping a foot into the ground. "I have the Tidal Bell!"

"It's because you're too weak, Petrel," Silver says, causing Petrel to jump in surprise, before turning around.

"You two again," Petrel grumbles. "But I see your Hyper Beam-happy friend isn't here to help you this time."

"We can take you on our own!" Illanero says, taking a step forward.

"Can you now?" Petrel says, a twisted smirk on his face. "Giovanni may have given up, Archer may have given up...but not I."

"We'll take you down, the same as we did the other admins," Silver says. "I challenge you to a battle!"

"To 'prove your strength?'" Petrel asks. "We both know already how weak you are, heir."

Silver trembles a bit, before yelling, "Battle us, and we'll see how true that is!"

"Very well," Petrel says, as he takes a pokeball off his belt. "You'll regret this, heir."

The video ends.]

[insecateur]

All the TR rocket admins are hot but in different ways.

Proton is mean twink

Petrel is the embodiment of 'she let me hit it cuz im silly'

Archer fascinates me, he is so dog coded, loyal to giovanni to a fault, if giovanni asked him to get on all fours and bark he would do so

Ariana is MILF

dsgdhsds you are so right i'm dying @ "she let me hit it cuz i'm silly" this is real. archer is very dog coded i should write about him and giovanni again tbh

[pkmnirlevents]

Heyo. Not sure if I should ask this here or if there's a better blog to ask but, do you have any tips for beginner Rotomblr blogs? I have two I'm just starting out and I have no experience with this kind of thing. Thank you.

Yeah you can absolutely ask us! We've answered questions similar to this before and offer a link to flowerliker's starting guide along with a starting resources tag to keep track of it all! We'd recommend starting with the guide and then our tag, then asking specific questions from there, but we can give some general tips for now rather than sending you off with a bunch of reading. That said, we are putting this below a read more for the sake of being easy to scroll past!

Getting started is often times the hardest part because its when you are building momentum. It can often be a discouraging time, but its useful to learn what you want to do with your blog and find people you may want to collaborate with more often. Reblog ask games and importantly interact with others! No man is an island in this community, if you want interactions chances are other people do too and will appreciate it. Mind their rules and their canon though, and be mindful of yours too.

If you're comfortable joining Discords that's a great option to meet people and talk with them both ic and ooc, though it should be said this isn't a necessary step and you should not feel pressured to join any groups.

You are allowed to be selective if you choose to be. This applies as much to others as it does yourself. Being selective about who you interact with on blog isn't necessarily a personal judgement, there might be people you enjoy talking to ooc a lot that have canon aspects that conflict with yours. You don't have to stop talking to them and neither of you have to change your worldbuilding if you do not want to.

Rewrites big and small will happen and they aren't the end of the world, adjust as you need and communicate with your rp partners if its things that effect them. Characters and your writing will evolve naturally over time and that's a beautiful thing!

Know community tags and generally how to use them. If you're someone who benefits from a tagging system, try to start it early on so you don't have to retag a bunch of posts later. The use of the unreality tag is also a good one to familiarize yourself with, especially if you dabble in the multiverses aspect of Pokemon's canon. You're welcome to ask for details regarding this and we can answer any questions you may have.

In regards as to what we can do to help as well is we of course are known for postings of events the community can participate in but we actually do all kinds of other stuff! We can post calls for general roles for upcoming arcs or events (i.e. bystanders, food concessions, rocket grunts, etc.) or specific calls for canon characters (i.e. Professor Kukui, Rocket Admin Petrel, etc.). We have a tag for Discord groups that people are able to promote, though mind their rules and the fact that these Discords in most cases are not ours and we do not have control over if the links are dead or the group is deleted. We boost community made and outside ask games, particularly if they are submitted to us. All kinds of stuff! We are a community resource that strives to add whatever functions we can to help others!

We could add more but we don't want to get too lost in the weeds of details here, if you require any follow-ups please let us know!

[admin-red-rocket]

// I ramble about Red and his relationships with others.

This is somewhat spoilery to the plot of this AU, so if you care about that, don't look under the cut. Another thing is that while this is based on the AU, there is a lot of stuff that is just generally applicable to my interpretation of these characters, especially when it comes to Blue.

This is kind of really long, by the by.

Giovanni was the one who wanted Red in the team. He is fascinated by this boy, so strong but so young. Red is an investment and an experiment of sorts. Red is Giovanni's final weapon.

Silver and Red have a sort of adoptive-sibling relationship. It's strained simply due to their circumstances, but they're closer to each other than anyone else in the team. Silver is about 3-4 years younger than Red. When Red first joined, he wasn't assigned to many missions (Both because he was only eleven, and because he had recently gone missing). Instead, he was given the task of being Silver's friend, basically.

Archer is Red's direct boss. Red is an admin in Archer's personal division, with his own team of grunts. Archer is envious of Red for garnering Giovanni's attention as much as he has.

Both Archer and Silver struggle with the way that Giovanni is obviously far more interested in Red than in them. Archer is incredibly jealous, because at one point he was in Red's position, and now he has been replaced. Silver mostly struggles with the way that his Father is more interested in this random boy that showed up than his own son, but he handles it far better than Archer, simply because Red has stepped into Silver's life as well. Red tries his best to play the "older-brother" role for Silver.

Ariana is Giovanni's wife and Silver's mother. She's affectionate of Red, viewing him more like a son than anything else. She tries to make life in Rocket easier for him when she can, but this isn't always possible, considering she is usually busy running her own division. That being said, she is aware of both of their ranks, and keeps that in mind.

Proton and Petrel don't have as much of a relationship with Red as the others. They're both a bit freaked out by him and his presence in Rocket, but for different reasons.

Now, for the Crown Jewel...

Blue. Childhood friend-turned-rival-turned-stranger.

They were friends when they were younger. However, as they got older, the key thing that began to ruin their relationship was how Blue's grandfather, Prof. Oak began to ignore Blue in favor of Red. Red showed promise when it came to Pokemon, and while Blue did as well, Prof. Oak was just in general far more interested in Red than his grandson. Blue, of course, was a young child. He didn't respond well to this, but he didn't know how to voice exactly what he was upset about. And so, as young boys do, he took it out on Red. Red, meanwhile, didn't understand the situation at all. He still thought of Blue as his friend. He didn't get why Blue was upset at him, and he didn't get why Prof. Oak was so interested in him, either. It just didn't make sense to him.

So, they started to drift apart. Though, since Pallette is about as close to the definition of "Small town" as it gets, they really didn't. They didn't have the chance too. So, everything just kept boiling over. And then, when they went on their Journey, Blue made it his mission to prove to Prof. Oak that he was just as good as Red. That he was better than Red. And what did Oak do?

He saw it as cockiness and narcissism. And he wasn't entirely wrong, Blue was definitely acting far more self-assured than he had any right to be, but instead of Oak trying to find out why his Grandson was acting like this and solve the problem at the root, he just punished the boy. And all that did was make the problem worse, because Oak would go from "You're being a jerk and you should be ashamed of yourself, Blue," to "Wow, Red, you're doing so well! I'm so proud of you!"

The worst was when Oak told Blue to be more like Red.

Not only was Oak showing obvious preference to someone other than his own Grandson, but he was doing it for no apparent reason. Because, to Blue (and a lot of the other people in Pallette, though they likely wouldn't admit it), Red was broken. He had odd mannerisms, he hardly ever spoke (When he did it would come out in broken fragments of sentences, like a toddler), he would freak out about tiny things that didn't bother anyone else. He was unusual, and different, and he didn't act like he was supposed too.

A lot of the issues Red ran into as a child were founded in the simple fact that he lived in a small, older town. The biggest thing was that they simply did not know what autism was. They didn't know why Red was different, just that he was. Oak had a better understanding of it simply due to working in a scientific field, but even he didn't really get why Red was like that. He just was more willing to succeed to Red's needs than others.

Moving on from that point, Red was simply a better trainer than Blue. And this pissed him off. Sure, he was always one step ahead, he beat the gyms faster, he got through things before Red did, but it didn't matter. Red would eventually catch up, and when he did, he always beat Blue. Even though he had the type advantage. Even though Blue did everything he could to be the strongest.

And then, Red disappears. Nobody knows where he's gone. Blue is free.

Blue completes the gym challenge, taking on the E4 and becoming champion. But it doesn't mean as much, now, does it? The thing that was pushing him to get better and better is gone. This was just a way for him to prove himself. And he does! He wins! But nobody cares. Sure, he's the youngest recorded champion, but everyone is preoccupied with the fact that Red's gone missing. His Grandpa doesn't care. The person he was trying to impress this entire time hardly notices what he's accomplished, because someone he isn't even related to is gone.

Blue is upset, because someone he used to be friends with is gone now. He's upset because nobody can find him. He's upset because somebody like him is missing. But mostly he's mad. He's mad at Red for going missing. He's mad at Red for always stealing everyone's attention.

Of course, the media are more interested in Blue than Red. The youngest recorded champion. It's something incredible! And kids go missing all the time. He'll probably be found soon enough. So, Blue drifts apart from his family even more. He's still just a kid, so he can't escape them, and all of the attention is overwhelming, but at least they're giving him any attention. So Blue leans into that.

But he's still mad at Red.

And this doesn't get better with time. It's been around five years since Red's gone missing. And Blue is still pissed. But, he's also older now. He understands things better. He's sad that Red is gone, of course, but most of all he's still just mad. Mad that, above anything else, Red left him. Red left and didn't say a word. They were friends. Sure, Blue bullied him almost constantly, and he feels guilty for that, but how could he just leave? And that guilt is there too, weighing on him. What if it was his fault?

And Red doesn't know this. Red hasn't spoken with anyone he knew before Rocket since he joined. He misses everyone, of course, but it's for the best. He can't reveal himself.

And when they inevitably run into each other again? All hell is going to break loose.

[thekuraning]

Saturn and petrel 🔫

PLEASE NO I HAVE A CAT

anyways this one was SO SO SO SO HARD VRIPEUHQGHRUEQIGH

this is another one i have to explain because THEY ARE SUCH FUCKING NERDS OK and there's a VERY IMPORTANT BACKSTORY

the PREMISE is that sometime POST-DPPt, Giovanni and Cyrus have gotten into a relationship, which means Rocket and Galactic are now ALLIED. For Gio and Cyrus, this is a Beneficial Thing.

For their admins, not so much.

Something you gotta understand is that in this universe @tieflingfangs and i built together, there are NO PROTAGONISTS. None. Zilch. They DO NOT EXIST. So who stops the evil teams? Well, it's basically a chain of them all catching wind of each other at some point and going to put a stop to that bullshit before it can interfere with their own plans. In the case of Rocket and Galactic, the former did not know the latter existed. Galactic was, as far as they knew, just the premiere energy company of Sinnoh. And seeing a power vacuum (and an opportunity to search for Cyrus, in Giovanni's case) Rocket moves in and establishes an outpost to begin operations up there.

Well.

Cyrus isn't happy Giovanni is there. He does not want Giovanni to know where he is, and he wants Rocket out. So he does what team Galactic do. He bombs the Rocket outpost. But he makes Saturn handle everything. So until the DPPt plot finishes unfolding, as far as the admins know, Saturn is the leader of Galactic.

The thing you have to know about my Petrel is that he is a zealot. In his head, Rocket comes first before pretty much anything else, and the boy can hold a grudge. So when Gio and Cyrus have kissed and made up, and Giovanni hires Galactic as contractors to come and improve the Rocket HQ, Petrel is 1000% prepared to hide Saturn's body in a trunk and help people look for him. The best part is Saturn is placed in Petrel's dorm to bunk while all this happening.

The problem is Saturn is a BULLY!!! And as the lead admin of Galactic, any time Petrel starts misbehaving he goes straight to Cyrus, who goes to Giovanni, who makes Petrel BEHAVE, and the worst part is SATURN LIKES TO GLOAT!!! HE RUBS IT IN!!!! THE CHEEKY LITTLE BASTARD!!!

So basically the ship starts with Petrel being as menacing as he can and Saturn quickly learning how to put him in his place and sit on him. Saturn is the bratty power bottom. Petrel is the service top. They are a whirlwind of chaos and mayhem and if they could learn to work together they could use the powers for evil, but alas, they are too busy bullying each other until petrel snaps and they have a sloppy makeout session

anyways the designated driver depends on the region, bc they both have their own cars but not a license for each other's region. petrel drives like a demon and saturn follows the Laws of the Road, and they both hate it.

anyways saturn is a bully and petrels never done anything wrong in his life

[exec-proton]

// Autism took over for a minute so here's a thing about the internal ranking of Rocket

Hi. Sooo, while it won't match up 100%, for both my own creative freedom and also because I definitely do not understand it all the way, I based this mostly off of the ranking within the Yakuza. Since. Y'know. Yeahhh. This post is mostly a simple-ish thing for me to explain what exactly it is that the Executives DO and also sort of how the other ranks function. And also a bit of rambling about Archer and Ariana. oops

Everything I got about the ACTUAL Yakuza ranking is from this article, since it was the easiest one for me to understand. Don't know if it's totally accurate, but. Oh well. rgfohjuki

Japanese Yakuza Ranks: Names Of Yakuza Member Ranks In Order (history18.com)

Going into more detail under the cut!

The boss, or the Oyabun, is obviously Giovanni. Don't feel the need to explain that one a whole lot. Giovanni runs the whole operation. He makes the decisions. He's at the top. He's the one making money.

Archer and Ariana both fit the Saiko-Komon and Wakagashira roles, but for the most part I think it would sit like this, with Ariana as Saiko-Komon, and Archer as Wakagashira.

Archer deals with many of the business aspects, especially after Giovanni left. Before that, however, he fit the role of Wakagashira more. He was, forgive the pun, Giovanni's dog. He went everywhere that Giovanni did. His main purpose is to organize the different operations of Rocket, especially higher-risk ones. He also manages the business and financial side of Rocket, though he shares those responsibilities with Ariana.

Ariana functions as a public face of sorts. While Archer deals with most of the technical aspects of the different businesses that run under Rocket, Ariana is the one who forms the relationships. The different science branches of Rocket are under her jurisdiction as well.

Petrel and Proton both fit the Shateigashira. They're the ones in charge of the different admins and grunts. While Archer organizes the missions, they're in charge of actually getting it done.

Proton is in charge of Security, and much of the bloodier side of the fieldwork. If there's a dispatch mission, he'll be the one running it. Proton's personal team is the Inquisition. Their purpose within Rocket is, very basically, to punish and/or acquire information. They are feared internally for being ruthless, and having very little internal repercussions for their actions. The worst of Rocket usually end up as Inquisitors, or other people under Proton's management.

Petrel runs Rocket's medical services, and the stealth side of fieldwork. He gets the missions that require infiltration. If a Rocket manages to get inside the police system, Petrel put them there. When he's at headquarters, he's usually either organizing teams or running the infirmary. Typically, the only time he ever actually performs medical services is if it's a high-ranking member.

The admins of Rocket form the Kyodai and Shatei. High-Ranking admins organize teams of low-ranking admins, who are in charge of their own teams of grunts. Each reports to the next, who then report to either Proton or Petrel. These are the people who make up the majority of Rocket.

In terms of the Executives, there isn't an official difference in rank between the white uniforms and the black. That only signifies where they work. Archer and Ariana work in business and organization. Petrel and Proton work in the field. That being said, there's an informal hierarchy amongst the Executives. Street smarts Vs. Book smarts. It doesn't help that Archer and Ariana are/were the ones with direct relationships to Giovanni. Petrel and Proton report to Archer, as he's the one making decisions over which missions are important or not.

For a while after Giovanni disappears, there is very much a power struggle between Archer and Ariana. They both fight to hold Giovanni's position. This is a continuation of the more personal struggle they had between each other, though that was more one-sided. Archer was very jealous of Ariana's relationship with Giovanni. The two were married, and while Giovanni wasn't necessarily the most loyal husband (Cough cough he cheats on Ari with Archer. She is well aware of this) the precedent remained, and he doesn't like it. Ariana does not have any particular problem with Archer, though she doesn't like how Giovanni takes advantage of him. There are several times that she tries to subtly warn him away from Giovanni. Archer willfully ignores this, and instead decides that her going up to him and saying "Giovanni is using you" is her trying to be sneaky and get him off her man, since CLEARLY she's jealous that her husband prefers his company to hers.

Eventually he figures out that, no, Giovanni did NOT in fact care about him more, and the tension between Archer and Ariana settles.

[plagues02]

Admin Proton

Summary: Grunt Proton feels like she must come clean before accepting the position of admin. Characters: Proton, Arianna, Giovanni Word Count: 1038 Note: This was written back in 2021 and originally posted on Ao3.

Proton sat in front of the mirror of the empty room. She tugged at her slowly growing hair before her eyes trailed down to her body. Sure, her size was small, but nothing about her body screamed female. The Team Rocket grunt didn’t feel safe enough to express herself. She was most likely scared of nothing, but that fear was still in the back of her head. 

All the members of the executive board of Team Rocket were LGBT in some way. Archer and Petrel were gay, and Ariana was pansexual. Petrel and Giovanni were on the aromantic spectrum, and Giovanni was also on the asexual spectrum. They accepted her as bisexual. But why? Why was she so scared to come out as trans?

"Growing your hair out? It looks good on you," a feminine voice echoed throughout the room, where Proton thought she could be alone for a while. Proton looked over to see the red headed Ariana walking over. "So this is where you've been hiding? Giovanni's been looking for you, kid."

A pit fell in Proton’s stomach as she heard this. Playing this off, she raised an eyebrow. "Did… I do something wrong?" She asked, running her fingers through her growing hair before placing her hat back on her head.

"I'm not sure. All he told me and Archer was 'Where is that Proton boy? I need to speak to him'," The executive mimicked her husband's voice with a small laugh before noticing the grunt's discomfort. "Proton? Did I say something wrong?"

Yes, I’m not a boy, Proton thought, but those words won’t leave her mouth. Instead, Proton simply shook her head. "No," she said in a small voice. "Boss is in his office, right?" And without waiting for an answer, she left the room. 

Ariana watched as the grunt walked out. "I worry for that kid. He seems to have his head in the clouds," she mumbled to herself. "But only relating to himself."

While walking, Proton rubbed her face to calm herself down. She didn’t need Giovanni seeing her like this. Cloudy minded and lost in thought. Before she knew it, she was in front of Giovanni’s office. With a sigh, she walked in.

"Sir, you were looking for me?" Proton asked, making her presence known to Giovanni.

Giovanni looked up from his computer before motioning for her to sit in the chair across from him. Proton was tense as she sat. A million questions were on her mind.

Did I do something wrong? Am I in trouble? Is this about the last mission? I thought it went well. Does he know?

The final question scared her the most. Proton had not grown up in the most accepting environment. It took forever to talk her family into Proton as a nickname over her deadname, without calling it her deadname. She felt as if that was all she could do in her current situation. Any other part of her transition was off limits for her own safety. Even in the safety of Team Rocket, Proton was terrified to live how she wanted to. No, how she needed to.

“No need to be tense, boy,” Giovanni started before noticing the slight flinch. He paused, looking at her before continuing. “This is about your last mission.”

Proton shifted in her seat. “Is something wrong?” She finally asked before shaking her head a little. “I mean, did something go wrong, sir?”

Giovanni shook his head, silently watching the grunt in front of him. The silence was unsettling to Proton, but she did her best to hide it.

“Everything went extremely well,” Giovanni told her. “One of the best mission results I’ve seen a in a while, in fact.” He explained, moving some papers on his desk.

Proton’s eyes followed Giovanni’s hands before looking back at Giovanni’s face. “Then, what is this about?” she asked.

Giovanni leaned against his desk before standing up. He walked around his desk with Proton’s eyes following him, her head never moving. The boss left her vision, and she felt his hand on her shoulders.

“Proton, I would like to promote you,” Giovanni finally told her. Proton’s eyes widened as the information came to her ears. “You have proven time and time again that you are one of my best grunts, and I believe you have proven yourself of the title, admin. Same as Petrel.”

Giovanni moved his hands away, allowing Proton to stand up. She turned around, looking Giovanni in the eyes. Despite Proton trying to stay neutral during this own thing, her expression for shock gave away her true feelings. This causes a chuckle to leave Giovanni’s mouth.

“Me? An admin?” Proton asked, staring at Giovanni with wide eyes.

A small smile came to Giovanni’s lips as he gave a small nod. “That’s correct,” he said, holding a hand out to her. “What do you say?”

Proton stared at his hand, slowly raising her own to shake his, but she pulled away before she did. Giovanni raised an eyebrow at her, silently questioning her.

The grunts sighed softly, crossing her arms. “Before I agree… before I become an admin, can I come clean on something? I don’t believe you would want… a lair on your executive board.”

The boss raised an eyebrow before his eyes narrowed. “What is it, boy?” He asked with a stern voice, causing a chill to run down her back.

Proton looked down at her feet, trying to hide her words. “I… am not a boy,” she finally said. “I knew since I was young, but… I never could…”

“Come out and say it?” Giovanni finished the sentence for her. He knew of her background. He knew of a lot of grunt’s backgrounds. It never bothered him. As long as they were loyal to him, he could care less. Proton nodded.

Giovanni watched her for a while in silence before raising a hand out to her again. “Thank you for being honest with me, Proton. Boy or girl, you have proven yourself worthy for the title admin,” he told her. “Will you take it?”

Proton looked back at Giovanni, staring for a while before nodding. She uncrossed her arms and took Giovanni’s hand, shaking it. “I will.”

[nepmaxxing]

Admins

copied these posts from a 4chan thread where I detailed my extensive thoughts on the middle management of pokemon’s various evil teams. thought people here would enjoy it.

The Galactic Commanders are, in my opinion, the gold standard for evil admins. They've got it all: immediately striking and memorable designs, strong personalities, memorable fights, even a unique battle theme. They also further the separation between Cyrus and the rest of Team Galactic. Cyrus wants to eliminate spirit, but the Commanders are all very lively and emotional. Saturn even says he disagrees with Cyrus and was just along for the ride. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are all a joy to behold and it's a shame BDSP didn't give them a touch-up the way HGSS and ORAS did for their respective admins. And Charon's there. I guess. Kind of odd to add a character who does practically nothing until the postgame and is marginally less interesting than the team's previous leader. 

Speaking of HGSS, the Rocket Executives had the biggest upgrade between versions. In GSC these guys didn't even have names! And I think they did a fine job of slotting their new characters into the available roles. They're different but all very distinctly Rocket-esque, be it Proton's ruthlessness and aggression or Petrel's "nice guy" attitude that reflects all the goofy and self-sabotaging antics of Grunts. The only real stinker here is Archer, who battles you once with a lackluster team and then never appears again. Also, the story of HGSS is pretty uninvolved in general, which kneecaps their screentime. It's a shame, but the Executives are at their most memorable when Gamefreak puts them in Kanto remakes. 

A lot of people don't like the ORAS versions of Team Magma and Aqua, and I honestly don't understand why. The teams from the original RSE were nothing. They were non-characters. The admins specifically were interchangeable between the two versions. Between the two revamped teams, I prefer Magma. Of course, I prefer Magma in any case, but something about them just seems to fit the story of ORAS more. Maybe it's because Omega Ruby was my version of choice but I find Courtney threatening to blow up a rocket and "complete project AZOTH" more believable than Matt doing the same. Probably because they were cribbing the event in Emerald where Team Magma raids the space center, and also because Courtney is autistic. I will give the originals one thing: the designs of the admins not named Matt was a lot better. Come to think of it, I'm not fond of Matt's new design either. I think it's the awkward battle art showing him from a lower angle than the grunts. Also, does this fucker have a beard in Gen 3 or not? I genuinely can't tell. I've rambled for a paragraph about two of the four admins so I may as well keep going. I like new Tabitha. He's got little touches that let you know what kind of work he does and what kind of organization Team Magma is. He's a pencil-pusher in a gang far more organized and professional than Team Aqua, which fits the respective personalities of the leaders. Gen 3 Magma was a gang of thugs with a cause, and they didn't have Aqua's excuse of being pirates so the whole deal was a little weak. It also makes sense that the group who wants to further humanity's devlopment run themselves like a company. And, uh, Shelly. Like I said, I never played Alpha Sapphire so I can't comment on how she was executed. At times I wish I had, though. You see, I like the color blue. And Alpha Sapphire has a lot more blue in it than Omega Ruby, for obvious reasons. I liked her in the Generations short, but that’s about all I can say.

The only thing sadder than how little Rood, Zinzolin, Gorm, Bronius, Giallo, and Ryoku do during BW, is how I can remember all of their names without looking it up. I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but Team Plasma has a glut of characters who don't do anything. And it's more noticeable than usual because BW was very good about giving its characters time to shine outside of their usual roles. I can somewhat understand why they added all of this stuff in. Team Plasma's not so much an evil team in BW as they are a proper social movement. You could even call them a secret society. I can excuse the sages for that, and I can excuse them not battling because they're supposed to be the thinkers and philosophers of the group. The ones who exemplify Plasma's ideals. They're vastly underused, but they make sense. What I can not excuse are the Shadow Triad. They do NOTHING throughout BW. They show up in cutscenes, say some words, and then disappear. They shouldn't have even been in the game. The most impact the triad have on the plot is whisking you across a bridge you were gonna cross anyway. BW2 Tightens up the ranks of Team Plasma significantly, cutting all but Rood and Zinzolin and giving the Shadow Triad something to do. But even they couldn't save Anthea and Concordia, names I also remember without looking them up. Man, what do I even say about these two. They exist. That's about it. I would've cut the triad from BW and given their scenes to these two, because god knows they need it. Team Plasma has the same problem as the Rocket Executives: too many characters fighting for too little screentime. Except unlike the Executives, who were split somewhat evenly, it's always N and Ghetsis who win the battles for relevance.

Team Flare's Scientists are the last ones I can be assed to talk about. They suck. I can't remember their names, except I know the blue on is Mable because that struck me as a relatively normal name compared to the others. Also two of them are Celosia and Bryony., but I couldn't tell you who. Then there's Xerosic, who suffers from Archer syndrome but at least has a somewhat interesting ace in Malamar. The others don't even have that. He's also got a postgame quest, but I played that one time 6 years ago and I'm not doing it again. Not helping, of course, is that you don't start seeing them until halfway through the game. You won't see any of them until both of your starters and likely the rest of your team is fully evolved, because XY's pacing and level curve is fucked. And its distribution. I've had my full team assembled before the 4th gym one time. I don't believe any of the broads have ever done science. But at least their music's cool.

[poke-admin-showdown]

ROUND 1 ANALYSIS: THE #JUPITERSWEEP PHENOMENON

round one of the poke admin showdown is now over and several interesting things happened so i wanted to make an analysis post to. analyse them. because i like looking at numbers

first of all, we have to address the most popular poll of round one. with 111 votes at time of writing, jupiter vs zinzolin is our most voted-in poll by a landslide.

zinzolin never stood a chance. there was a significant period of time where he had exactly one vote and i think that's really funny. meanwhile, known girlboss jupiter has garnered more votes than anyone else in the poll. i want to examine why this happened.

my theory is threefold: part one is that i do not think zinzolin is particularly well-loved by the tumblr community - presumably there are some zinzolin enjoyers out there, as he has 7% of votes (more than a fair few others who are getting swept!), but they're definitely in the minority here.

part two is that it's just kind of a funny matchup. very cool galactic commander jupiter, who i believe is quite beloved, next to. well. zinzolin. you have to admit he is wearing very silly clothes and does some very silly things in the game. of course jupiter wins here, in both the popularity contest and in who would actually win in a fistfight because zinzolin is going nowhere fast in those garments and jupiter is i think probably one of the most likely opponents to just punch a guy directly in the face

this leads into part three: because it's a funny matchup, people picked it up and started sharing it around more, which meant more votes, which made it get funnier, which meant more reblogs, and so the cycle continues. #jupitersweep is powered, at least in part, by the Bit, and i think that's very respectable.

WITH THAT ASIDE !! there are some other things i've noted about round one that i think are interesting

firstly: two entire teams have been eliminated in this first round. the first is the aether foundation, with two representatives: faba and wicke (the latter of which put up a very good fight, which i'll talk about in a minute). the second is team flare, with all five representatives taken out, and two of those (xerosic and aliana) getting severely swept.

the common denominator here is that all of these people are some variety of scientist, and almost all of them have some sort of silly outfit that would be hard to move in. (xerosic specifically is wearing at least somewhat moveable clothes, but this is not going to help him against oleana. sorry.)

the closest fight was proton vs wicke, at 53/47%. this is very interesting to me, as wicke was one of the lowest seeded in the bracket due to her loving personality (i don't think she'd want to punch someone) and remarkably silly outfit (i am a big wicke fan but she's wearing hell garments and you can't tell me those boots are remotely easy to walk in). the second closest fight also involved a rocket executive (petrel vs bryony) and i think that's an interesting pattern

the most one-sided poll, is, interestingly enough, not jupiter vs zinzolin. it's actually courtney vs aliana, with courtney winning at a very impressive 97%. i don't have too much to say about this, i mostly just think it's funny, and i try not to be biased on this blog but you've probably seen this blog's banner. i like it when courtney. i think it's very fitting that she swept so hard.

and now, some funny tags!

(courtesy of @/rabbitscreams)

(courtesy of @/ahdkshax, on the shelly vs. ortega poll (in which he did in fact get sent to the shadow realm))

(courtesy of @/standardizedbogey)

bonus: #jupitersweep compilation

(courtesy of @/wrenglows, @/peppiekorn, @/sinnohsimp and @/ahdkshax)