#the problem with scarlet and Violet

[fruitrollup56]

Surprise trading in Scarlet and Violet is literally ruined at this point, not gonna lie.

I’ve been breeding a lot of Pawniards in hope that I’d get a shiny (and for fun, I guess), and I’ll surprise trade all of them away. For every like ten or so Pawniards I’ll trade away, I’ll get three or four hacked shinies with the website names.

It’s really not cool, and I hope that Nintendo cuts down on it soon.

[azuremist]

Mainseries Pokemon characters who can be argued to be bisexual-coded (due to their implied crush on the player)

1. Shauna (Pokemon X and Y)

Kalos takes place in France, and Paris is the city of love. So, in the words of Junichi Masuda, "I wanted to implement some elements of romance with Shauna when playing as a boy and express a deep friendship when playing as a girl."

However, due to the VERY few dialogue changes between female vs male protags (as well as actions Shauna takes that are intended to imply romantic interest being the same across all player types, such as her staying behind with the player in the early-game forest), this can be argued to be unintentional bisexual-coding.

2. Lillie (Pokemon Sun and Moon)

Lillie is implied to have a crush on the player. When the player character is female, on Exeggutor Island, she says, "I want to become a Trainer, and learn all the things you know, Selene..." When the player character is male, she says, "I think... I'd like to become a Trainer, too. And travel together with you, Elio..."

Obviously, the difference between these two dialogues makes it pretty clear that they want her dialogue with Elio to be interpreted as more romantically-inclined. However, much like Shauna, Lillie's actions and dialogue varying VERY little otherwise between female vs male protags can be read as unintentional bisexual-coding.

3. Kieran

Kieran is the first character here to receive absolutely zero dialogue changes across player gender. Additionally, I'd say he's the character that we get the strongest hints regarding romantic feelings towards the player with.

Kieran has multiple moments where he's implied to feel romantically towards the player. These include, but are not limited to:

His sister saying that he's "been all googly-eyed over you" since you met, and that he "wouldn't stop talking about you - even at home. I seriously couldn't get him to shut up." Kieran reacts with embarrassment when she says this to the MC.

Him saying, "You're...you're special," before pausing, then getting embarrassed and rushing to change the subject.

When the MC calls him a friend, he responds, "What?! R-really?! We're friends? F-friends... I feel all tingly and funny hearing that... Ehehe..."

After the MC changes into their festival outfit, Kieran says, "Whoa...", when seeing them for the first time.

The player can even seemingly flirt with Kieran; when Kieran describes letting Ogerpon move into his home, the player can teasingly ask when they, themself, can move in with Kieran.

These are all very common romantic tropes. I think Kieran is the closest thing that we have to a canonically bisexual mainline character at this moment.

4. Carmine

Carmine has a fewer number of specific moments compared to her brother, but she can still be easily read as having feelings for the player.

Her extreme reaction to Drayton asking the player on a date is the best example, with her bringing her hands up to her face, and saying, "A wha-?!" Once Drayton leaves, Carmine continues fuming. (This can also be chalked up to her general dislike towards Drayton and how he can be manipulative, but the fact that it's that request that sets her off specifically makes this also easily read as jealousy.)

And speaking of...

5. Drayton

While, like Kieran and Carmine, Drayton doesn't have any dialogue changes between if the player is male and female, it's not really clear how he actually feels about them.

He tells the player, male or female, that they can go on a cafeteria date to talk, which the game fully acknowledges as a romantic phrase via Carmine's extreme reaction. He also tells the player, "From one charming catch to another..."

This is very obviously him flirting with the player, but, due to his laid-back and just-a-liiittle-bit-sleazy nature, this more so comes across as him trying to tease the player character, rather than anything earnest.

If nothing else, he's at least confirmed to be comfortable with romantically teasing male classmates, which I would consider a win.

[cosmic-seer]

B E H O L D!

Companions to this and this, insPIRED BY THIS [written by @dipplinduo, go read it it’s got me down bad].

[taffybuns]

im obsessed with this terrible woman i wanna study her under a microscope

[kaceymeg]

🐬🫧✨

[saccharinescorpion]

Tulip with Iono: noooo sweetie no self-deprecating :( self-love <3 good vibes only <3 hydrate <3

Tulip with every other woman she interacts with: i am going to create the most toxic yuri polycule the Pokemon series has ever seen and i will create it with my bare hands if i have to

[saisuta-art]

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OMG I FORGOT OGERPON'S BIRTHDAY I'M SO SORRY SWEETIE PLS FORGIB ME ｡⁠:ﾟ⁠(⁠;⁠´⁠∩⁠`⁠;⁠)ﾟ⁠:⁠｡

anyway anyone rembers the poképuffs from x/y

they better be in legends z-a or I'll riot

she gets an autumn poképuff because it's almost autumn ♡⁠(⁠˃͈⁠ ⁠દ⁠ ⁠˂͈⁠ ⁠༶⁠ ⁠)

[thearchertheprey]

academy teacher getting spotted in the wild by a coworker on a saturday

[porkbeverage]

[adobe-outdesign]

So the short story is that the new Mewtwo raid is stupidly difficult and takes a bare minimum of two Mews, preferably more, with bug tera-typing in order to beat it. and I just find it funny that GameFreak went "here's your very own Mew! it has randomly a generated tera-type and stats so it's super special and unique :)" and then were like "oh yeah but make it the same as everyone else's if you want to win"

[lord-luminous]

If Penny had a nickel for everytime her immediate friends and family were involved in an ecological disaster, then she'd have two nickels. Which isn't alot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[magentasky234]

If you have epilepsy, migraines, or a condition that is affected by flashing lights/flickering images, and want to play Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, please withold from playing for now. The games are very glitchy at the moment, and things are often flickering rapidly on and off screen. Even trees have been flickering rapidly like this.

[yamsgarden]

Pokemaster post ^0^

[blazingstar400]

I type and look up content with Kieran so much that my phone immediately auto suggests Kieran whenever I type the letter K.

[azelmaandeponine]

Today in shitty takes:

"Drayton bad because of fanart where he trolls Kieran".

One, Kieran deserves it after the crap he pulled.

Two, fanart??? Isn't??? Canon???

Kieran Stans learn media literacy challenge.

[paganfabs]

Question: Have you played The Teal Mask yet?

Answer: You mean have I been in a bisexual love triangle with a beta male closet psycho and a raging bitch who wants to scream "Build The Wall!" in my face, all while the world glitches? Why, yes. Yes, I have. 👍