#tim goodman x reader

[snowpeawritings]

Can I have Tim, Harry and Lucy having a rival in their line of work, whose partner is a growlithe(or any kind of pokemon you picked out is fine)?

Reader is gender neutral

CW (CONTENT WARNING): None

| Tim Goodman |

- He doesn’t like the premise of rivals if he was being honest. Sure, he had friends when he was still a Trainer but the thought of having someone berate you constantly at each end of a town annoys him to no end. Besides, he was pretty sure there would be rivals in the office on who can staple the most papers.

- When he went under his father’s wing at the R.C.P.D., he sensed deja vu when  you came into the frame and telling him that you won’t lose to him just because he’s Harry’s son.

- Harry Goodman was your idol. He became your mentor when you were just a rookie in the department and you owed so much to him. So when Harry comes back, shows up with his son as his new partner, you knew that you weren’t gonna have Tim relax.

- Rather Tim hating it, he seemed to grow used to your antics. Maybe due to being with Lucy for the remainder for the R gas incident. You and your partner Pokemon are charming in a unique way and Tim can’t help but grin a little every time you want to one-up him out in the field.

| Harry Goodman |

- You became the next great detective after Harry’s “death”. While you had wanted this position of power for a long time, you won’t ride on the demise of another person for your success.

- So when he comes back with his son in tow, you made your presence known by grabbing his glasses and pushing them back up on his head. “Welcome back, sir. Hope that you’re not rusty after your little excursion.”

- Yes, having Harry come to the R.C.P.D. like it was a regular day still had your heart leaping but now you can actually take your job seriously due to your rival being here. You can properly become the best superior there was and there’s no way someone with a lot of experience is going to take that from you.

- Harry is amused by you. You remind him of an overactive puppy who’s ready to do good things for praise. Of course he respects your drive but he can’t help but let out a tiny laugh at how excited you are to rival him.

| Lucy Stevens |

- Both you and Lucy were partners and co-writers for the online articles. While the two of you kept getting picked on by the higher-ups, you boosted morale by proclaiming that whoever gets to be promoted first has to let the other try and one-up them.

- Once after the R gas incident, you weren’t bitter but more on being excited. Lucy is finally head of the G.N.N. and you think of a no better position to usurp rather than hers. You didn’t buy those coffee sachets for nothing.

- Both you and Lucy compete to see on who can make the best article. The topics ranges from cutest Fighting-Type to whether or not the R.C.P.D. wants to have Tim show Mewtwo again. No matter the topic, you both agree that you two should go all out.

- You became her best friend and her rival. Lucy couldn’t ask for a better rival than you. So for each time you two have work, she messages you see if you;r up to write again. It’s sort of a bonding experience between the two of you.

[pokemagines]

harry & tim goodman + crushing on a barista

@tortxrra asked: “hey mod touko i’ll give you my left kidney if you provide me with some headcanons about a romance between tim and harry with a barista who’s studying to be a pokemon veterinarian (harry goodman dm me please). i love u have a wonderful day mwah”

tw: SPOILERS FOR DETECTIVE PIKACHU!!!

a/n: i love tim goodman more than anything what a sweetheart!!! his dad can get it too love u mr. ryan reynolds sir --mod touko

harry goodman:

he’s often dragged along to your coffee shop by his enthusiastic pikachu, who always seems to guzzle down just as much coffee as harry does. he’s your top paying customer by far, always giving you large tips because of the mess his partner pokemon makes. his pikachu even seems to take a liking to you, often jumping behind the counter and onto your shoulder when your partner pokemon isn’t perched up there.

harry doesn’t often talk about his job -- his detective work is classified, after all, so he likes asking questions about you. he’s super interested in the fact that you’re training to be a pokemon vet. he asks for your number under the guise of “needing an emergency contact”, but his pikachu sees right through it.

it takes him a while to actually realize he likes you romantically (much to his pikachu’s annoyance) because it’s been a long time since he’s dated. he’s been on a few dates since his wife died, but none that ever managed a second date. you, on the other hand, seem to have a spark with him, matching his sarcasm tit for tat. he loves that in you, and the more he finds himself thinking about that he realizes that he may just have feelings for you. (he laughs to himself because a 40 year old man getting butterflies for someone just sounds so silly, but here he is).

harry takes you out to a nice, fancy restaurant that he insists on paying for. his work lets him get in favors with the locals, so you two get the best service and seats. usually, you’re the one opening up but this time he’s the one letting his guard down and telling you more about himself. he starts with the story of how one time he was turned into his pikachu...

because of his job, he can be busy a lot of the time. he doesn’t want his work coming first anymore in his life -- human relationships are just as important as his ones with pokemon and his job. so, even if he can’t take you out that week, he’ll at least call you or stop by once or twice so he can talk to you. sometimes he’ll even bring tim in so the two of you can get to know each other. (tim embarrassingly asks if he has to call you mom now and harry, for the first time, looks flushed).

super supportive of your work, just like you are of his! he likes people with ambition, and just like you, his main goal is to help pokemon and humans work together in harmony. if you needed money for your studies, he’s happy to help provide. 

tim goodman:

you first met tim when he came stumbling in a few minutes before closing. he sees you roll your eyes, and he apologizes to you, before setting his cubone down on an empty table. you knit your eyebrows together, and he wrings his hands nervously, asking if you have any potions or anything that would heal his pokemon in stock, and suddenly you feel bad for having an attitude as you rush from behind the counter to check the little guy out.

thankfully for him, he picked the right coffee shop to barge into, because you just so happen to be training to be a vet. he tells you that cubone got ambushed by a rogue group of squirtles while they were out working a case and the two just managed to escape. you see that he has no major injuries -- just a few scrapes but nothing a few potions wouldn’t fix! you heal up his cubone and he thanks you over and over.

tim stops in whenever he’s nearby and says it’s because he needs you to check up on cubone, but it’s really an excuse to see you. it’s very obvious he thinks you’re cute, as he stumbles over his words and tries his hardest to impress you by going on about the cases he’s worked on. it’s endearing, really, and the young detective was really growing on you.

he finally works up the courage to ask you on a date about a month later, and he waits outside until you get off of work. he’s nervous, rambling on to his cubone about the possibilities of you saying no. you, of course, have heard the whole thing as you’re locking up the cafe, and can’t help but laugh. you grab his shoulders and tell him to stop worrying so much, and that you’ll definitely go on a date with him.

tim is very sweet and takes you on a nice date out of ryme city, somewhere in the sinnoh reigon where you can watch the battling tournaments that were going on. he gets so enthusiastic and the two of you make bets onto which pokemon will win. you both get matching league shirts, and end up getting to see champion cynthia, who you joke that you'd leave him for (he can’t argue with that).

he’s really the best boyfriend you could ask for. tim is kind and attentive and even if he’s away on work calls a lot, makes sure to text or call you and asks you about your day. he knows what being lonely feels like, and he would never want that for you! 

really supportive of your endeavors, even if he doesn’t have a clue how you do what you do. whenever there’s a hurt pokemon at the station, he’s quick to call you to see if you’re available to help. even if you aren’t a full vet yet, he still believes that you’re the best at what you do! basically, he’s just the “you’re doing amazing, sweetie” meme.

[thebookwormfairy]

Imagine Tim Goodman giving his girlfriend a water stone necklace

So Tim and you have actually been together for a while

You started dating before you left for your journey, but you kept it up after you left

You would talk every day, once in the morning and once at night

Tim actually helped you find your first pokemon

For one of your dates Tim took you to a local lake, because he knew you loved the water

That's where you azul

You just felt an instant connection to this little blue ball of fluff

Tim was actually the one who caught azul but he gave her to you

Azul became your's and Tim's baby

Even though she was your pokemon she would sometimes hang out with Tim on the rare occasion you go somewhere she can't

When you left it was bitter sweet

Because you were finally going to follow your dream in competing both in gym battles and contest, but tim didn't want to come with you

You tried to convince him but he was firm in his decision

You always told him if he changed his mind he can always travel with you

While you were out on your journey you actually captured a pokemon for Tim but you wanted to give the pokemon the him in person

You planned to do it on you anniversary

But then Tim got the call about his dad

You insisted you come with him

You had to drop off all your pokemon at the professor's lab before you left because they technically weren't allowed

The only one you had left was your newly evolved Maril

Maril sensing Tim's sadness spent the whole trained ride cuddled up to him the whole ride

You laughed at the lickatonge

Tim just gave you a look that said he did not find it funny

You: I'm sure it was just trying to make you feel better

Tim: Well I wish it would find a better way to do it

You just laughed again and gave the lickatonge a pat on the head

You are really impressed with Lucy

Not everybody could handle a Phyduck

And she was really impressed with your Maril

You both started to talk about the finer points about water pokemon when the conversation turns to careers

You learn she a journalist

She learns your a contest coordinator and pokemon train

She is really impressed and would love to interview you about the challenge of doing both

You both agree to meet next week

The conversation ends when Tim reminds you that you have to go upstairs

When you met pikachu you couldn't understand him

But you believed Tim when he says he can understand him

But you can't help but cuddle the adorable pokemon

You and maril battle the Apon

You used a mixture of you contest skills and battle skills to fight them back until they snap out of it

Que the next couple of days playing detective

When y'all get to to the lab you a disgusted

You: Pokemon aren't meant to be treated like this

Tim holds you close as you cry as y'all watch what happened to Mewtoo

Omg during to finally battle you go full badass

Before you went back to Rhyme City you made sure to grab the rest of your pokemon team

Which included a gyadoes, seadra, starraptor, togakiss, and starme

You made sure to were a mask to stop the gas

You were there battling Mewtoo giving it all you got

With your pokemon and Pikachu you were able to distract Mewtoo long enough for Tim to save the day

Harry absolutely adores you

He sees how good you are together

You decide to take a little break from traveling to just be with Tim for a while

The contest season has ended you you won the cute category at the final contest so you were pretty good on money with photo shoots and interviews and the winnings itself

You were finally able to give Tim the Pokemon

It was a pikachu wearing a bowtie

You decided to do it on your date at a lake outside of Rhyme City

Tim didn't know what to say

But he couldn't deny the connection he felt to the mouse pokemon

Tim: did you dress him up for me?

Tim asked as he picked up what he knew was meant to be his pokemon partner

You: actually he insisted on wearing that himself, I meet him while getting Maril ready for a contest. He walked right up to us and took my bowtie and put it on himself. That's when I knew he was met for you.

You explained that he was meant to be an anniversary present but with all the drama going on you were never able to

Tim: I actually have something for you as well

Tim pulls out the most beautiful necklace you have ever scene

Tim: I know how much you love water pokemon so I bought a water stone and had it made into a necklace

Time put the necklace around your neck.

You two share a kiss before continuing your date

Where Tim announced that he would also join you on your journey when the contest season starts up again

[anemogae]

I need more Tim Goodman imagines

I just watched Pokemon: Detective Pikachu and Tim has all my uwus and I crave imagines about him rn

[lunarrwolf]

give it to me pls

okay this lack of Tim Goodman imagines is very unnecessary and offensive, like, how are there not people in love w him enough to make storylines??

i’m about to add it to my writing list

[retvenkos]

“being here, with you, is all i need.”

DATING TIM GOODMAN HAS TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE FOLLOWING...

first of all, dear god, this boy can be awkward mess when it comes to affection

i mean, we all saw him attempting to flirt with lucy, and can i just say,,, it doesn’t get better after you are actually dating

he will still get tongue-tied, trying to give you compliments

he will still get flustered if you show him affection

and you, my friend,  l o v e  it

as you should

but! he is not always this awkward! because he really does love you! he’s just not the greatest under pressure!

when he’s sleepy, all the feels come out

and he is pretty talkative when he’s tired, so it’s honestly a treat

and if you ask or tease him about it in the morning, he gets very embarrassed and, once again, cannot form coherent sentences

and we all know his dad is trying desperately to help him but uhh,,, it’s a work in progress

but, because he is not the best with words, tim is big on touch

he will hold your hand all. the. time.

it reassures him that you are still there for him. that you’re not leaving anytime soon.

and when he hasn’t seen you all day, he is a hugger

it’s pure and unspoken affection that you live for because it’s just so tim

i hope you know that tim is the king of coffee shop dates at the hi-hat cafe

(you can thank his father for that - it’s one of the few tips that tim actually took to good use.)

and he can ramble about his interests or what he’s been doing for hours as long as he doesn’t pick up on any annoyance or impatience

and tim is really good at picking up vibes, so you can’t fake it

and he will also listen vvv attentively to you talk about whatever is on your mind, nodding at all the right parts and asking the right questions

he’s just awkward when it comes to affection, and honestly, it’s understandable.

oh! he also very much loves to watch movies!! indulge him, because he will watch at least two movies in a row and them sleepy tim comes out, and we all know how endearing that is.

he will let you choose the movie every time, because he’s polite, but if you let him pick, he gets very excited

and it will be a detective show

“you’re more like your dad than you think.”

“very romantic, (y/n).”

“you know what i mean!”

and speaking of the infamous harry goodman,,, he is 10/10 the annoying dad who’s a little too nosy for his own good

time absolutely  h a t e s  it

“c’mon, tim! think of all your relationships that i’ve missed!”

“not many!”

“well, we’ll talk about that later. just give me this!”

“please, dad...”

“i’m not even that bad!”

and, also, tim is so sweet?

he may not be the best at showing it, but 99.99% of his thoughts are about you

he has, like,,, one (1) braincell left over for everything else

but he is still a great detective-in-training??? like,,, it’s truly astounding

and we all know that he gets a pokémon companion

and i’m not exactly sure which one he decides on, but it is most likely the cutest thing you have ever seen

and he talks to it??? all the time???

“does this one also talk back?”

“i swear to you that it happened!”

and you just laugh because you actually do believe him (he’s too earnest about it for you to think otherwise) but it’s just funny to see his reaction

but, on the other side of things, tim is great when it comes to talking about sad stuff

he is the most comforting person to go to, because he will listen to you without judgement

and he’ll  h o l d  you while you cry

and he’ll be the most compassionate person you’ve ever gone to, because he knows what it’s like to live with grief so heavy you just need to break down, sometimes

get you a tim goodman who will treat you right

so, in conclusion, dating this dork is one of the most sweet, pure experiences you could ever have

give this man some love.

AND FLUFF ENSUES.

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

Masterlist

A list of my old writing that you can request I revise

Song Prompts

Meeting and Dating Headcanons~

Pretty in Pink

Andie Walsh

Duckie Dale

Blane McDonagh

Steff McKee

Sixteen Candles 

Jake Ryan

The Lost Boys

Paul

Dwayne

Poly Lost Boys

Edgar Frog

The Breakfast Club

Brian Johnson

John Bender

Andrew Clark

The Outsiders

Sodapop Curtis

Dallas Winston

Two-Bit Mathews

Rumblefish

Steve Hays

Ferris Buellers Day Off

Cameron Frye

Karate Kid

Daniel Larusso

Johnny Lawrence

Dutch

Heathers

Veronica Sawyer

Jason Dean

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Jeff Spicoli

Brad Hamilton

Better Off Dead 

Lane Meyer

Weird Science

Gary Wallace

Wyatt Donnelly

Dream A Little Dream

Dinger Holfield

Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure

Bill S. Preston Esquire

Ted Logan 

Dating Poly Bill and Ted 

The Princess Bride

Inigo Montoya

Interview with the Vampire

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Children of the Corn

Malachai Boardman

National Lampoons 

Rusty Griswold (European Vacation)

Cant Buy Me Love

Kenneth Wurman

The Chocolate War

Jerry Renault

Archie Costello

The Mighty Ducks

Fulton Reed

Dean Portman

Adam Banks

Les Averman

Porkys

Brian Schwartz

Anthony ‘Meat’ Tuperello

Tommy Turner

Tim Cavanaugh

Mickey Jarvis

Just One of the Guys

Terry Griffith

Greg Tolan

Dead Poets Society 

Neil Perry

Todd Anderson

Charlie Dalton

Knox Overstreet

Steven Meeks

Earth Girls are Easy

Mac

Combat Academy 

Perry Barnett

Waynes World

Garth Algar

Austin Powers

Austin Powers

Toy Soldiers

Ricardo Montoya

Good Will Hunting

Chuckie Sullivan

10 Things I Hate About You

Joey Donner

My Bodyguard

Ricky Linderman

Melvin Moody

Stand and Deliver

Angel Guzman

Something Wild 

Ray Sinclair

Three O’Clock High 

Buddy Revell

Intruder

Randy

Young Guns

Jose Chavez y Chavez

Billy the Kid

Doc Scurlock

Dazed and Confused

Benny O’Donnell

Don Dawson

Kevin Pickford

Randall “Pink” Floyd

Fred O’Bannion

Mitch Kramer

Ron Slater

Shavonne Wright

Dogfight

Eddie Birdlace

Ladybugs

Matthew

Goosebumps

Sticks

Freddy Renfield

Twister

Robert ‘Rabbit’ Nurick

Stand by me 

Ace Merrill

School Ties

Rip Van Kelt 

Chris Reece

The Untouchables

Eliot Ness

The Godfather

Tom Hagen

(Young) Vito Corleone

(Old) Vito Corleone

Goodfellas

Henry Hill

Little Shop of Horrors

Seymour Krelborn

Newsies

Specs

Near Dark

Severen

Friday the 13th

Jason Voorhees

Scream

Billy Loomis 

Poly Billy and  Stu

Stu Macher

The Craft

Nancy Downs

Hocus Pocus

Max Dennison

Thackery Binx

Beetlejuice

Lydia Deetz

Adam Maitland

The Crow

Eric Draven

Ghostbusters

Ray Stantz

Aliens

Bishop

An American Werewolf in London

Jack Goodman

Sleepaway Camp

Ricky Thomas

Re-animator

Herbert West

Silence of the Lambs

Clarice Starling

Fright Night

Jerry Dandridge

Candyman

Daniel Robitaille

The Evil Dead

Ash Williams

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Harvey Kinkle

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Spike

Full Metal Jacket

Sgt. Hartman

Joker

Animal Mother

Pyle

Preference~ the boys with an s/o whose ex stalks them

Grease

Kenickie

Labyrinth

Jareth

Total Recall

Douglas Quaid

Requested “Would Includes” and Imagines/Fics~

Darry falling for Johnny’s sister

Allison Reynolds dating a shy nerdy girl

Starting a family with Cameron Frye

Making out with Cameron Frye

Cameron Frye comforting you when you’re upset

Getting drunk with the Ferris Bueller crew

Gary Wallace dating a tall girl

George Mcfly with a dominant flirty s/o

Comforting and being comforted by Will Hunting

Will Hunting having a crush on you

Being apart of the good will hunting gang

Armand with a virgin s/o (including nsfw)

Lestat and Louis dating a girl who loves horror movies

Making out with Duckie Dale

Duckie Dale cheering you up

Cliff having a crush on you

Making out with Cliff

Making out with Bryce

Bryce having a crush on you

The Lost Boys with an s/o having an anxiety attack + fighting depression

The Lost Boys with a sweet and innocent s/o

The Lost Boys with a curvy mate

The Lost Boys fighting with their mates

The Lost Boys dating a shy short girl

The Lost Boys taking care of you when you’re hurt

Getting drunk with the Lost Boys would include

David x Laddies older sister

Making out with Edgar Frog

Being Married to Archie Costello

Going to the beach with Archie Costello

Making out with Archie Costello

Darrys girlfriend landing a job at a local cafe as a singer

Making out with Kenneth Wurman

Being Cindys friend and Ronalds crush

Harold Sherbico having a crush

Kim Kelly dating her polar opposite

Neil Perry dating an artist

Making out with Charlie Dalton

Jealous Charlie Dalton

Jealous Knox Overstreet

A study date with Steven Meeks

Spending the winter season with Neil Perry

Comforting Charlie Dalton after he gets expelled 

The dead poets walking in on Charlie and his secret, shy girlfriend 

Simon Boggs having a crush on Laneys friend

Faking It-Cindy Mancini falling for the girl who paid her to be her friend

Spike having a crush on you

Steff McKee having a crush on you

Marko having a crush on you

David having a crush on you 

Paul having a crush on you

Dwayne having a crush on you

Dwayne x vampire reader who dresses like Stevie Nicks

Making out with Keith Nelson

Meat having a crush on Peewees sister

Admit it- Mickey Jarvis and his future s/o having crushes on each other

Being a part of team USA and meeting Adam and Charlie

Dwayne Robertson having a crush on you

Sleepover with Bill and Ted (including nsfw)

Being pregnant with Ted Logans child

Starring in the schools Romeo and Juliet with Ted Logan

Ted Logan asking you to be his valentine

Spending Valentines day with Steff McKee

Spending Valentines day with Steven Meeks

Spending Valentines day with Keith Nelson

Spending your first Valentines day with Bryce

Wishing I Was Her (Nick Andopolis)

If You Want Out Just Say It (Ace Merrill)

Going on the Ferris adventure

Going on your own adventure with Cameron Frye

Making out with Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd

Travelling back in time with Marty McFly

Tommy Devito dating a chubby artist

Years Gone By (Michael Corleone)

Sonny Corleone dating his opposite

Phillipe Gaston x reader~ Fairy Tale 

Being Fulton's sister and Dating Dean Portman

Comforting Todd when he’s upset

Being married to Bill S. Preston Esquire

Being married to Ted Logan

Spending Halloween/October with Knox Overstreet

Making out with Knox

A will they, won’t they relationship with Seth Brundle

Falling in love with Edward Scissorhands

Dwayne Hicks with an Android!Technician s/o

Private Joker dating an artist 

Jareth falling in love with you

Being married to Matt Hooper and going to Amity

The way you make me feel~ John Bender

Being in a long term relationship with JD

J.D. with a chronically ill s/o

Archie with a chronically ill s/o

Making out with Ted Logan

Archibald Craven falling in love

Andy Dufresne falling in love

Nsfw Headcanons~ 

Group sex with the lost boys

Sam Emerson

Threesome with Obie and Archie

Armand

Archie Costello

(sub) Archie Costello

Obie

Johnny Cade

Cameron Frye

Duckie Dale

Blane

John Bender

Randy (Intruder)

Joey Donner

Kenneth Wurman

Keith Nelson

The Dead Poets Kinks

Knox Overstreet

Charlie Dalton

Steven Meeks

Todd Anderson

Neil Perry

Gerard Pitts

John Bender taking your virginity

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Dinger Holfield

The Lost Boys

JD

Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd

Benny O’donnell

Fred O’Bannion

Cliff

Bryce

Johnny Walker

George Mcfly

Brian Moreland

(sub) Perry Barnett 

Bill S. Preston Esquire

Ted Logan

Randy Meeks

Michael Emerson

Nancy Downs

Ray Stantz

Egon Spengler

Spike

Angel Guzman

Sgt. Hartman

Brad Hamilton

Douglas Quaid

Chris (night of the creeps)

Sonny Corleone with a shy, virgin s/o

George Mcfly getting jealous and being dominant

Grease Monkey (Keith Nelson smut)

Sins of the flesh and matters of the heart (David x reader + Dwayne smut)

[gerryconway]

Superhero Comic Book Publishing: Time to Change

So I've been reading rumors (and had a recent conversation with a top exec at one of the Big Two) about the potential end of Marvel and DC as publishers of original comics, and I Have Thoughts.

These thoughts are the product of fifty years experience working in and around the superhero comic book business, writing and editing for both Marvel and DC. I'm no business expert. I'm not a student of publishing. I can't analyze a spreadsheet or write a business plan. I'm not an MBA. The closest I've come to owning and running a company was helping my second wife develop her small business (though I believe some of the lessons we learned about the perils of expanding a business are relevant here).

No, what I'm about to discuss isn't the result of a deep understanding of big business, market share growth, the realities of corporate politics, or any of the realpolitik aspects of modern day publishing as understood by the people who've brought both companies to this moment of near collapse.

I'm just a long-time observer who's worked in the superhero field almost since its modern inception in the 1960s.

Perspective: when I started writing comics professionally, Marvel was publishing about 12 titles a month, and DC (then National Periodical Publications) was publishing about 30. Comics cost 15 cents and offered between 20 and 25 pages of story. (I'm not going to work with exact numbers because for my purposes here exact numbers aren't relevant; like I said, I'm no MBA, and this is based on personal observation, memory, and experience. If I get a precise number wrong, sue me, it doesn't matter.)

Background: How the 1960s and 1970s got the business to where it is today, and how that era reveals possible ways out of the current crisis.

It was during the 1960s, a period of modest output (compared to today), that almost ALL of the roots of modern superhero comics mythology were created. Modern incarnations of The Flash, Green Lantern, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Aquaman and Mera, Wonder Woman, the Teen Titans, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Black Panther, X-Men, Daredevil, Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man--

The list of characters and storylines and mythology created in the 1960s (with overlap from the 50s and into the early 70s) is just flabbergasting-- especially when you consider the size of the companies and the number of creators who accomplished it.

When I started writing for DC Comics in 1968, their offices consisted of half a floor in a modest office building on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. Eight editors (or maybe seven, I'm not sure) and one editorial assistant worked under one editorial director and one publisher, with a production department headed by one production manager, one assistant manager who doubled as a colorist, one proof reader, and two or three production assistants, and a receptionist. Each editor was responsible for five or six books and only one editor had enough pull to have an assistant. (Mort Weisinger, who edited the highest selling range of books, had Nelson Birdwell "helping" him with the Superman line-- in fact, Nelson did all the hard editorial work while Mort snarled at people.) Four of the editors shared a single office; two others shared an office; and the two most "important" editors had an office each. That's how I remember it-- I may be off on the specifics but the general picture is accurate. This was how the company that controlled the largest market share of the comic book publishing world, possibly more than seventy percent of sales, looked in 1967-68.

Marvel Comics was an even more bare bones operation. With most of its business operations handled by Magazine Management, Martin Goodman's main publishing operation, Marvel Comics itself in 1968 operated out of a small office on Madison Avenue barely the size of a large modern conference room. The company had one editor and one assistant editor, one production manager, one assistant production manager, a part-time art director, a couple of production assistants, and a receptionist. The receptionist had a cubicle; the production staff shared a "bullpen"; the assistant editor and production manager split an office that wasn't really an office, more of an alcove; and the editor (Stan) had a private office not much larger than an average editor's today. This was the company that was revolutionizing storytelling in modern comics-- and while its individual titles were selling extremely well, its market share, due to an onerous distribution deal with its chief competitor, National Periodical Publications, was much less than it might have been.

That's how the superhero comic book publishing business looked in 1967-68. Prosperous but culturally insignificant (at least, not obviously significant). A pair of modest small enterprises, family owned and operated (NPP was bought by Kinney in 1967; Goodman retained ownership of Marvel until 1968), with rigidly controlled costs and a decent, relatively predictable profit margin.

Five years later, in the early 1970s, EVERYTHING had changed. Both companies were now controlled by larger businesses, and both were under pressure to expand market share and increase profits. Simultaneously comic book readership was dropping as the baby boomer audience aged out. The superhero comic book business was in a crisis-- and each company responded in hysterical counter-productive ways. Marvel, no longer hampered by its distribution deal with its competitor, worked to expand its market share with an explosion of new titles in multiple genres-- without proportionately expanding its editorial support structure and production staff. DC Comics experimented with new titles and new formats, without an overall publishing strategy or company-wide creative approach, continuing its tradition of independent editorial fiefdoms.

For most of the 1970s, in other words, both companies, Marvel and DC, faced creative and economic chaos. That chaos produced memorable and influential work-- Kirby's Fourth World was born, I killed Gwen Stacy, the X-Men were reborn under Chris Claremont, Jim Starlin created Thanos and killed the original Captain Marvel, Batman began getting dark-- but the companies themselves were flailing. Management at both Marvel and DC were clueless how to proceed. (As someone who held editorial positions at both companies in the 1970s I can attest top executives at DC and Marvel were way out of their depth.)

No one working in comics in the early to mid 1970s had any realistic expectation the business would even exist by the end of the decade-- news stand sales were that bad and getting worse every year. Cost cutting was rampant. Marvel reduced page count to 18 pages (and tried to hide it by paying writers and artists for 1 page that was printed as a "double page spread"). DC maintained a higher page count while adding reprint pages in order to increase the price. Short term fixes for a devastating long term crisis.

Two events saved superhero comics from disappearing in the late 1970s, and each produced effects that fundamentally altered the economics and creative direction of the business up to the present day.

The first event was the creation of the Direct Sale Market by entrepreneur Phil Seuling in 1973. There are many articles available describing how the direct market expanded through the 70s and 80s, so I won't repeat the details here, but in a nutshell, the direct market offered comic book publishers a way to guarantee the profit on individual titles compared to newstand sales. Comics sold through newstand distribution were returnable; sales to the direct market were not. Returnability meant most of a title's print run was wasted. (Typically in that era a publisher would print, say, 200,000 copies of a title to sell 70,000.) In addition, the direct market offered predictability-- eventually publishers would learn in advance how well a title might do because of pre-orders. These positives, of course, have a downside, but we'll get to that later. By the late 1970s and into the 1980s, the direct market for comics was viewed by almost everyone in the business as a god send that saved a dying business.

The second event that saved superhero comics was the arrival in 1978 of the first mainstream superhero blockbuster movie-- Superman. That movie and its sequels, followed by Tim Burton's Batman in 1989, fueled the growth of "serious" superhero mythology in mainstream pop culture (as opposed to the kid-friendly Superman series of the 1950s and the camp comedy of 1966's Batman TV show). Those movies (and other baby boomer inspired genre entries into mainstream culture like Star Wars and Indiana Jones) began the gradual colonization of pop culture by superhero mythology which exploded into fruition in the 2000s. In the 1970s, however, the main effect Superman the Movie (and later, the Batman film) had on comics was to temporarily increase sales and thus allow both companies to avoid dealing with longer-term creative and economic questions about the fundamental viability of the industry's business model.

The combination of both events, the development of the direct market and the arrival of the blockbuster superhero film, saved the comic book business as such in the 1970s-- but at the same time created and reinforced conflicting tendencies that today have produced a potentially fatal contradiction in how super hero comic book publishers approach their business.

On the one hand, the growth of the direct sale market into the de facto sole distribution point for superhero comics (the recent Walmart experiment and the digital comic market notwithstanding) has resulted in an incestuous and shrinking niche market for the sale of physical comic books. As recent reporting makes clear, this is unsustainable as a business model. Both Marvel and DC have resorted to increasingly desperate and counterproductive marketing ploys to maintain market share and profitability in a decreasing pool of readers-- a ridiculous explosion of variant covers, "special" events, crossovers, mini-series, extortionately-priced first issues, reboots and rebirths and renumberings, spin-offs and multiple versions of the same superhero teams, more events, more crossovers, more tie-ins. What all of these efforts have in common (despite some high-quality creative work on individual titles) is a complete absense of long-term strategic thinking in either the creative or business sense. What's the plan here? How is any of this short term market share maneuvering going to build and sustain a stable long-term readership? And, in particular, how does it fit with the other, even more significant development in the superhero comic book business-- the ascendency of superhero mythology in pop culture?

That second fact-- the mainstreaming of superhero mythology, begun by the Superman movie in 1978-- is the most significant development in the modern history of the comic book medium, and NEITHER company has developed an effective strategy to address it in their creative approach or their business model. The primary reason they haven't, I believe, is rooted in the first of the two events that saved comics in the 1970s, and is at the core of the contradiction that's crippling the superhero comic book business today-- the direct market and its lock on the distribution of comic books.

On the one hand, you have superhero mythology in mainstream media-- a mass market appealing to millions upon millions of consumers world wide, a potential audience beyond anything imagined by comic book creators half a century ago in our most weed-enhanced fantasies. And on the other hand, you have superhero publishing in the direct market-- a shrinking niche market numbering in at most a hundred thousand, dominated by a core readership of a few thousand, whose financial support is strained to the breaking point and beyond by ruthless and extortionate marketing of low-value-added gimmick publications that thwart long term emotional investment.

In a rational universe, both companies would be examining their core business strategy to stake a claim in the mainstream market-- a claim they have a moral, creative and financial imperative to demand as the originators of the mythology being celebrated. If ever there was a moment for the Big Two comic book publishers to think outside the traditional box, this is it. Instead, they are consumed with chasing the diminishing returns of the direct market-- creating properties to exploit a readership exhausted by the financial and emotional demands of predatory publishing techniques designed to milk as much profit from a shrinking audience as possible. This isn't only cynical, it's stupid and counterproductive-- not to mention ultimately an expression of creative bankruptcy.

So, having analyzed the problem from my own admittedly limited viewpoint-- a viewpoint privileged, somewhat, by fifty years of experience-- do I have any solutions to propose?

Yes, I do.

The superhero comic book business is in a death spiral, and everyone in the business seems to know it. A crisis as serious as this cannot be addressed by fixes at the margins. We need a fundamental break with the business practices that have brought the companies to this point. A radical solution to a radical crisis.

Both Marvel and DC need to redefine themselves as creative entities. What is their CORE purpose? What is their CORE contribution to the larger enterprise of creating superhero mythology for mainstream media?

Is their core purpose publishing paper pamphlets for sale to a small readership of tens of thousands? Or is their core contribution creating stories and characters in comic book format that can be transformed into other forms of media?

If it's the first, their business is a dead end, and nothing they do will extend its existence past the next few years. The direct sale market is dying. There's no time to develop other methods of distribution to profitably replace it. The publishers have tried expanding into bookstores, which, like the comic book stores, are dying. They've tried expanding into big box stores like Walmart, but that experiment seems to have failed. They've sought sales in digital format, but judging by reports of my own sales in that medium, it's not a panacea-- yet. Traditional comic book publishing for profit by the Big Two seems hopeless, by all the available evidence, at least as presently constituted. Maybe, if both companies scaled back overhead and production to 1967 levels-- Marvel producing 12 books a month with a small office and a skeleton staff, DC producing 30 with a slightly larger editorial footprint-- they might survive as pure publishing entities.

But survival shouldn't be a goal.

Instead, I suggest both Marvel and DC dramatically redefine themselves as creators of comic book content first-- and profitable publishers second, if at all.

One advantage both companies have as corporate subsidiaries that they never had as independent family businesses is something they need to embrace and promote to their corporate masters as a positive principle-- neither company needs to turn a profit, at least not in the short term, and not as publishers. Instead they should redefine themselves primarily, in the modern lexicon, as IP creators. Intellectual Property is one of the most important drivers of modern corporate media success-- if not the most crucial component. Comic book publishers are easily the most cost effective creators of IP in modern media. For a media corporation to require profitability of an IP generator like a comic book publisher, when even the highest levels of publishing profitability pale beside the far greater value of the IP itself, isn't just short-sighted, it's counterproductive and self defeating.

Marvel and DC should see themselves primarily, if not solely, as IP generators, and sell themselves to Disney and Warnermedia as such. Publishing should be the tail of the dog; the dog is creation.

If the companies do follow this path, they'll also need to radically rethink their approach to publishing-- ironically, with potential benefit both to themselves as profitable enterprises and to their customers in the direct market.

For example, if your goal as a company is no longer to increase or maintain market share in the direct market, but instead to generate exciting and long-term potential IP, you don't need predatory publishing practices like variant covers, or twice-yearly "events," or extortionate pricing, or required pre-orders. You could even begin to accept returns, lightening the financial pressures on dealers and encouraging them to risk new series. You could reduce the number of unnecessary spin-offs and reboots. You could devote energy to nurturing creatives and long-term storylines.

At one point in the mid 1970s I had a dust up with Marvel's production chief, the late John Verpoorten. I was complaining that a revision to the production schedule would negatively affect the aesthetic quality of a book I was writing and how could he justify that (I was young, naive and arrogant). John looked at me and growled, "From an aesthetic point of view we can maybe justify ten of these books." I was gobsmacked and obviously never forgot his point.

Redefining their core mission as IP generators would allow both Marvel and DC to address John's point positively: is there an aesthetic reason to publish this story? Does it say something new and valuable about our characters, or is it just an effort to increase market share? Does it add to the mythology, or diminish it? Is it good?

Publishing sales success has rarely been a reliable predictor of a superhero story's viability in other media. Venom is a popular comic book character with mixed success in sales-- but a worldwide hit as a movie antihero. The JLA Detroit era heroes ended ignominiously in a market driven by direct sales, but individually have provided useful source material for CW TV shows. The Green Arrow was never a sales leader in comics. Before the Batman movies, Batman was a mid-level but important DC comic. Deadpool was a popular second string character but again never a sales leader before Ryan Reynolds put on the mask.

There's a way forward for both the superhero publishers and the direct market-- but not if the publishers continue to define themselves first as publishers. That day is past. The publishers will have to be bold if they're going to thrive in the post-direct market world. The first step is for them to decide what they do best. In my view, what they do best is create comic book stories. Those stories transcend the traditional sales platform that produced them. It's time for the bird to leave its nest.

[pokemagines]

tim goodman + reuniting with his childhood friend

anon asked: “uwu,, how bout being tims childhood friend and after leaving town, they reunite in ryme city??”

a/n: guys im really in love w tim. ive been thinking about him for days and he rlly has all my uwus might mess around and see detective pikachu again !!!! --mod touko

tim was a shy kid, but he was nothing if not loyal. you and him were inseparable as kids -- often animatedly talking about how you both were going to become pokemon masters and sneaking off to watch some of the pokemon battles in town. that changed when his mom died, as he closed himself off and stopped talking about pokemon completely, but you were there for him nonetheless.

when you moved away, tim was heartbroken, but he was understanding. not everyone could stay in his small town forever, and you had ambitions. he missed you horribly, but you two kept contact so it’s not like you were separated forever. you always sent him pictures of you so you could update him about your life, and he would often call you at night and you two would talk for hours.

you heard he was coming to ryme city because of his dad’s death. you wanted to meet up with him to see how he was doing, but he didn’t answer any of your texts. deciding to give him space, you anxiously await his answer.

it’s not until the mewtwo debacle and you seeing the news that you realize he’s the one that helped save the city. you’re beyond shocked, as you used to save tim from bullies all the time back in school, the tim you remember and the tim that’s being reported about on tv seem like two different people, but you’re nothing if not proud. he answers you a week later with a “sorry, have been busy! ...want to meet at the hi-hat and catch up?” you, reply to him with an “of course”.

the first time he sees you, he’s shocked. he remembers you being adorable, but you’re even more so now. pictures really didn’t do you justice at how much you’ve glown up. his childhood crush on you comes back at full force as you run up and pull him into a hug, him holding you tightly as he lets himself be enveloped by you. he smells like coffee and strong cologne. you laugh a little at the thought of him trying to smell good for you, but sooner than you would like, he pulls away.

it’s not awkward at all... okay maybe a little at first as tim stumbles over his words because the bartender asked if you two were a couple, but you soon pick up where you left off. tim seems so much more confident in himself than he used to be, and you fall back into recollecting the past, but also of his recent escapades with mewtwo.

you two stay there until the place closes, and tim offers to walk you home. you tell him you’ll be fine, and joke that he’s the new one in town so you should be walking him home. 

he’s so eager to see you again, that as soon as he gets home, he starts texting you about making plans for sometime else that week. he jokingly asks about seeing a pokemon battle outside the city, like old times, and you accept. he can’t help but smile to himself.

[pokemagines]

lucy stevens & tim goodman + supporting their s/o’s pokemon contest

@thehistorynut19 asked: “Psssst psssst. Gay monkey brain said polyamourous rights because tim x reader x lucy abd just going on the cutest first date by these 2 fuckers literally supporting the reader's first ever pokemon contest??? Headcanons?????”

a/n: mom u literally have the BIGGEST galaxy brain this is. what i need --mod touko

both of them are SUPER excited to hear about you starting to do contests. you’ve helped support them with their careers -- whether it’s something small like bringing food to cnm’s new top reporter during her lunch break or big like staying up with tim and helping him sort through evidence on his cases, you’re always there for them. it’s the least they can do to come and support you.

they come and visit you backstage right before the event starts so they can wish you good luck! tim has a big bouquet of flowers that he leaves for you and lucy kisses you on the cheek, before giving you lots of words of encouragement.    + “if someone like tim can stop mewtwo, nothing is stopping you from winning this contest!”       “yeah she’s-- hey wait what’s that supposed to mean?”

your pokemon dazzle the show stage, tim and lucy standing in awe of the way you use your pokemon’s moves to create elegant and awe-inspiring displays. the judges seem to notice too, as they give you increasingly high scores each round. tim and lucy cheer their hearts out for you, lucy’s psyduck quacking happily (not in fear for once) and tim’s cubone hitting the seats to make noise for you. you were gorgeous, and natural, and they couldn’t be more proud.

after the show is over, they rush backstage to see you. you have a huge grin and your ribbon case is open to reveal to them that you had won your first ribbon. lucy jumps into your arms, picking you up and spinning you around, kissing all over your face before setting you down to show your pokemon some love. tim is a little shyer than lucy, but he pulls you in and kisses your forehead, telling you how spectacular you just did.

afterwards, you take them out for dinner using your newly won prize money (even if tim tries to insist on paying). both of them gush over your performance, pointing out their favorite parts of it while you sit embarrassed the entire time because they’re so sweet. 

[retvenkos]

“i always knew i would see you again”

OKAY, BUT IMAGINE BEING A FRIEND OF TIM GOODMAN’S WHEN YOU WERE KIDS AND THEN RECONNECTING WHEN HE SHOWS UP IN RYME CITY...

so, to start, you’re family lived in leaventown when you were young

and you and tim met at school and hung out because you both bonded over the fact that you wanted to be pokemon trainers

you would talk about pokemon for hours

you knew his parents and would go over to his house to play or hunt for pokemon

and tim never told you, but it helped him get his mind off of when his mom was sick and his dad was gone and he wanted to cry

and the two of you were going to do it all, together.

“we’re thick and thieves, aren’t we, tim?”

“thicker.”

but then, when you were 9, you move to viridian city

and you write to tim, but eventually he stops answering back

flash forward 12 years, and you have given up on your dream of being a pokemon trainer and live in ryme city

you are now a wildlife biologist - or, almost, anyway

you basically view different types of pokemon in ryme city and write reports about the adaptations that the same pokemon in the wild have

how have they changed? how are they the same?

it’s very interesting,,, but it’s also the job that no one else wanted and passed on to you

and the goodmans? you haven’t thought of them in a long time

as in a decade, long time

a vvv long time

but when you see the death of harry goodman has made the front page of the newspaper, you get whiplash from all of the memories that resurface in your mind

“oh, no... tim...”

you want to reach out to your old friend

but for the life of you, you could not remember his address

sure, you knew leaventown

but would he even live in the same place, all these years later?

so you are walking down the street, trying to figure out a way to talk to him when you stop at the hi-hat cafe

and something  d r a w s  you to it

and you look at it for a long moment

but then you shake your head and go - it’s night, and you need to get home

the next day, you are following a group of aipoms when you see...

“tim goodman?”

and the man with a pikachu on his shoulder turns around and it is most definitely your old friend, tim goodman

“...(y/n) (l/n)???”

“hey!”

and you rush over and give him a hug

and you know that pikachu has a sarcastic comment about it that you don’t catch

and then reality hits you

“i heard about your dad, tim. i’m so sorry.”

and he nods, gratefully

“yeah. thanks. but, it’s okay. i, uhh...”

and he trails off

“you can tell me, tim. we’re thicker than thieves, remember?”

and a smile flashes across his face for a fraction of a moment

“this is going to sound crazy, (n/n)...”

“i can do crazy.”

“this is my dad’s pokemon, and we - i think he is still alive.”

and you want to believe it’s true

“tell me how.”

and so you are off on an adventure, and you can’t help but think that it’s like old times

and yet, some things were different

“did you ever become a pokemon trainer?”

“nah, i decided that pokemon are much easier to understand than tame. you?”

“no... but i’m starting to think detective work could be for me.”

and when you meet lucy stevens, you know right away that tim has an endearing crush on her

“you are still such a dork, tim.”

“i’m working on it, okay?”

and you know that when you find out that his pokemon talks to him, you freak out

is there a scientific reason for this?

pikachus have never shown this capability before

are we sure neither of you have been experimented on

“and you are 100% certain the two of you are communicating in a legitimate way?”

“are you asking me if i’m imagining this?”

“...is it a possibility?”

“sadly, this is all real.”

and when all is over and done with and tim stays in ryme city, you can’t contain your excitement

you try to rope him into being your roommate, but he says he wants to live with his dad for a bit

and you know that you, tim, and lucy hang out on the weekends

every saturday is pizza night and a movie

and you groan when tim and lucy bring detective movies

“can’t we have one night without a murder mystery??”

and the two of you may be different, now, but you are still as close as you used to be

“we’re as thick as thieves, right?”

“thicker.”

AND FLUFF ENSUES.

[pokemagines]

I’m here to complain ab the lack of Tim Goodman content. Thank you... So you mean to tell me that I can’t find a single Tim x reader fic but there’s multiple pikachu x reader fics??? Even SMUT fics???? SMUT with a POKEMON????? With an electric MOUSE???!!!!!

IM SCREAMING HDKANDNSNS that stuff is nasty y’all need the lord ,, i remember trying to read N x reader on ao3 when i was a kid and only finding pokeph*lia stuff like PLEASE SAVE ME

i’ve written like uhhh 3 i think ;-; check my tim goodman tag !!! :0 i’ll try to finish the tim request i started a while ago maybe hehe

[snowpeawritings]

When you want to lead a normal explorer life but Palkia says N O

Imagine: You and your partner Pokémon were enlisted under detective Harry Goodman and his son. Nothing out of the ordinary with you two,  it's just that you seem to understand your Pokémon more acutely than most and you start touching things wait-no that's the corpse don't touch it with your bare fingers--

I'll write my pokemon mystery dungeon x detective pikachu whenever i want i have my rights (also chose the second gif since i started with eevee and partnered with shinx but you can imagine your own partner pokemon!)

Reader is gender neutral

CW (CONTENT WARNING): None

- There was a huge disturbance in the world and whether it was a natural disaster or the work of a legendary, people don’t know how to feel about it. In random places, people and Pokemon started disappearing in forests, mountains, and caves. Even those that were national parks or a hiking trail were considered dangerous when the last people seen were in those places.

- RCPD was in chaos at the sudden influx of missing people and Pokemon. Mr. Yoshida was at his wit’s end as cases kept piling on and on as he feels as though he’s going to keel over from the stress. Harry and Tim Goodman especially since they have a few close friends missing. Not only them, Lucy has troubles trying to give some leverage to the incidents because of most of GNN’s workers are missing. All three of them were on edge and they hate that they can’t do anything about it.

- Almost like magic, you came out of nowhere (actually, from a rural village in the Galar Region) and came to the department as a new detective. You weren’t anyone special, with your partner Pokemon on your toes with a fashionable set of scarves on both your necks as well as matching badges pinned on them. You didn’t look like much but when you said to Mr. Yoshida that you know how to rescue the missing people, all heads immediately turned.

- Mr. Yoshida was skeptical about you being out in the field being a new recruit and all but they were out of options and the panic of the public wasn’t helping either. He decided to enlist you under the Goodmans and investigate the nearest site: an abandoned factory in an industrial area.

- Both Harry and Tim have mixed feelings about you:

     - Harry didn’t like you getting hurt and especially so young. Even if you had knowledge of what’s going on, he didn’t want your first job to be a probable near-death experience. He lost his wife and nearly lost his son so he’s not letting another person die in his watch. At least his Pikachu likes you and your partner Pokemon so he knows you’re a good person.

     - Tim, on the other hand, was curious about you. He hasn’t seen much about the Galar Region yet so he’s interested in what Pokemon was living there. He tries to make small talk without too much stuttering since he hasn’t met another co-worker around his age.

- The whole area was practically a maze; metal pipes were a climbing tool for the stray Aipoms as they interconnected into a metal jungle. You see some Durants slicing the metal and making nests as Drilburs dug holes in numerous places. Before Harry could brief you on what this places was about, you were already sprinting in, duffel bag slung on your shoulder as your Pokemon followed suite.

- They really had no choice but to follow you as wild Pokemon loitered about and almost attacked you if it wasn’t for your partner driving them off. They couldn’t even catch up to you as you tossed a seed at an incoming Excadrill in its mouth. It soon fell on the floor and snored in its sleep. Harry tried to stop you but you waved a wand and soon an orb of light escaped from the tip and floated in a narrow path on your right. They couldn’t even stop you as you ventured onward towards the light.

- You could barely explain how dungeons work to both Harry and Tim when there’s never a moments rest: defeat a Pokemon, get items, use a Foe-Hold Orb when it’s a Monster House. It gotten so bad that even Harry’s Pikachu had to join in and fend off the wild Pokemon. The only time that you had a time to relax was when you found a hidden staircase as a Kirlia greeted your group as a Mime Jr. healed your partner and Pikachu.

- You were an Explorer instead of a Trainer. The profession was something people don’t hear too often because it was mainly Pokemon who survey areas then report back to the organization. It’s not often a human and a Pokemon get to be partnered and explore on their own. Your profession explained so much on how you knew how dungeons work and how you seem to be a veteran at it.

- Harry was ecstatic to meet an actual Explorer ever since he met a few Explorer Pokémon in his time before he turned into a Pikachu. He asks you about your organization, your past experiences out in the field, literally everything that has to do with the Explorer life. You try to explain as much as you could to the excited man as your profession was completely kept under the dark. Eventually Tim just started to accept whatever comes out of your mouth since his dad seemed to trust you (and adding the fact that you're literally the only one who can get them out of here).

- After the pit stop, you five ventured out once more. With knowledge of how dungeons work now, they closely followed you, making sure to watch your back as you explored the metal maze. It wasn't long before you heard cries of help from another room and you five immediately sprinting towards the source. Two people-one had his leg stuck under a pipe as a woman tried to comfort him looked at your group with wide eyes. Both of their lanyards on their necks had a GNN ID.

- You and Harry tried to lift the pipe as Tim helped the man out. Unfortunately, the man had a swollen ankle so he couldn't walk without support. The woman volunteered to be his crutch while you fished out another blue orb from your bag. You warned them that they might experience motion sickness before smashing the orb on the ground as a light enveloped the group.

- Soon you found yourselves at the entrance of the dungeon. You tell Harry to call the department and bring an ambulance while you try and remedy the man's ankle. While Harry was both trying to recover from the Escape Orb's effects and calling Mr. Yoshida at the same time, Tim lagged behind and instead helped the woman in recovering.

- When rumor got out that the RCPD finally has a way to rescue people in dungeons, GNN (and by GNN, I mean Lucy breaking in the police department with a laughable disguise), immediately interviewed you about what was inside the dungeons and what was the Explorer life like. If you didn't know any better, you would think that she might've been another fan of the Explorer life. Lucy was adorably quirky, something you like about her as you both saved each other's contacts. And yes, you both agree that all Pokémon are cute.

- Harry immediately takes you under his wing as a student (and child whether he realizes or not). While he still doesn't want you to go into dungeons alone when he or Tim aren't with you, he's proud that you're a veteran at the job. Despite that, he'll still help you in detective work as well as helping you burn the midnight oil during those rough cases.

- Tim lowkey wants to become an Explorer because of the sights that you get to see at the end of a dungeon. He still remembers the flower garden full of flowery grass Pokémon at the end of a cave when you wanted to have Tim experience an exploration that didn't involve lives at stake. He knows you're a busy person when you're literally the only one available to help the RCPD but he loves to help out in any way that he can (most preferably in the way of exploring a dungeon on his own).