#susi the inteleon

[candy-dog55]

Susi in the beach 💙💧

[snowbreon]

For me, what qualifies as “having used” a pokemon varies somewhat, but my main qualification, as someone who tries to complete the regional dex in pretty much every (modern, I’m not dealing with honey tree bs) pokemon game, is that I used them for more than just filling a spot in the dex, and became at least a little bit attached. this includes mainline titles, fangames, spinoffs, all of them (except Smogon- I’ve built a lot of teams there but I never use them lol). Nicknames are a good sign of this, as I don’t typically name mons that are just for the dex, but ones that I’m catching for my team get names, but this is not always the case as even if I use them I don’t typically name legendaries/mythicals, like the Koraidon and Walking Wake I used in the DLC and competitively.

ramblings and some of my teams I would count as having used with their name themes below the cut!

if I remember correctly, this was Inclement Emerald? don’t mind the nicknames, I like picking a theme, and for this one it was Egyptian deities, but I also have some mons that I always name the same thing due to nostalgia, mainly Cyndaquil (and by extension its evolutions), who is always Ember after my first starter and mystery dungeon teammate

if I’m remembering correctly I went for a Greco-Roman mythology theme with my names for my PLA team: Bellona (H. Decidueye), Nemesis (Luxray), Pluto (Alpha Crobat), Helen (Gardevoir), and Neptune (Alpha Gastrodon)

Haven’t got any screenshots on hand for them, but I had a plant (mostly flowers) name theme for my Scarlet playthrough, I distinctly remember Larkspur the Lucario and Wisteria the Garchomp (after the one I used in pokemon prism many years ago), and also plants (but mostly herbs) for Black, of which I recall my Snivy being named Sage and my Lillipup being named Basil.

My Violet playthrough main story team had an Undertale/Deltarune name theme: Ralsei (Meowscarada), Kris (Azumarill), Susie (Flamigo), Maddie (Talonflame it’s short for mad dummy because I was running out of braincells), Berdly (Kilowattrel), So Sorry (Grafaiai) who got swapped out for a Clodsire whose name I can’t remember rn.

My Shield team, which was where I started doing themed nicknames, all were named after Kingdom Hearts characters bc that was my most recent hyperfix at the time. This included, with this list being a mix of my story, postgame, and competitive teams: Demyx (Inteleon), Marluxia (G. Rapidash), Riku (Shiny Umbreon), Elrena (Bolthund), Larxene (Salazzle), Luxu (Shiny Decidueye), Axel (Gmax Charizard), Strelitzia (shiny Milotic), and more that I can’t remember off the top of my head, it’s been a while.

bonus random screenies from my switch and a fun fact: did you know that pokemon you take a picture with in Hisui have a special ribbon when transferred to SV? it gives them the title “<name> of the Distant Past”

do you think you would be able to run a poll of what people consider to be "using a pokemon on their team."? im always a bit confused when i see post-game only pokemon getting more than 0 votes

the options could be something like "i consider a pokemon one that ive used if:"

i used it in the main story

i used it in the main story AND/OR post game

i used it in a competitive team

i used it in a fangame or mod (randomizer etc.)

nuance

you can add any options you feel like, id just love to see something like this. Thanks!!

[candy-dog55]

Susi!!!