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[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Wouldn't it be funny if Emmet went to Arceus (somehow) to at least fix the "my brother is a long hobo cat now" problem and Arceus just goes:

"Alright."

Then turns Emmet into a sneasler and calls it done.

he's not having a good go of it XD

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

When Akari meets Emmet does she try to beat him up? Like, not even using pokemon, just straight up hands.

Akari: *sees Ingo in white with a mustache and is smiling**enraged daughter noises*

Emmet: why are you looking at me like that?

Akari: this btch going down :> *proceeds to throw hands*

"can I keep her, Elesa" "WHOSE CHILD IS THAT-"

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Lady Sneasler:

Beautiful, graceful, a noble blessed by Arceus. She is well groomed, not a hair out of place. She knows her worth and while she doesn't flaunt it, she's not exactly modest about it either. Beware of her claws because despite their beautiful coloring they can still rip you apart.

Sneasler Ingo:

Scrunkly, disheaveled, has a beard and has no clue about anything going on. Might be a himbo. He can fight but much prefers taking care of his Lady, her kits, and Akari. Everyone thinks he sires the kits. He did not. Still trying to figure out how to battle and climb since being turned into a sneasler. Grumpy cat looking, something that cracks Akari up.

Akari:

Human grandkit. Snuggles into her Dad's fur a lot. Will sneakily braid some of it.

YES

Lady Sneasler's biological kits are all lowkey horrified by Ingo's appearance and constantly pester their mama about it. Please Mama, please tell us we won't grow up to look like big brother, he's so skrunkly-

Akari learns how to climb solely to invade Lady Sneasler's den to visit her dad and all the kits. The kits are also alarmed by Akari not having any feathers or fur. They keep trying to give her their molted feathers (they do this to Ingo too)

Lady Sneasler loves her weird family uwu

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

May we see the sneasler brothers in their coats. Also how tall would they be? I looked it up and apparently the average height for sneaslers is a little over 4 feet while an alpha sneasler is over 8 feet tall.

I also noticed that sneaslers are actually pretty small! Which is why I just choose to imagine that the Noble pokemon are similar in size to the Alpha variants lol, because I want Lady Sneasler to be able to scruff Ingo and carry him around.

Anyway, as for their heights, I don't think they'd change much? Maybe get a tiny bit taller from the ears/feather

ingo looks shorter because of his horrible posture KASJHDGK

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

I can imagine Emmet meeting sneasler!Ingo. Emmet just thinks Ingo is an exhausted, overworked Dad to sneaslets. Then Akari introduces the sneasler as her Dad and considering the post where she said my dad doesn't smile, Emmet connects the skrunkly sneasler to Ingo.

Yay! They found Ingo!

And then realizes that there are sneaslets. There's a female sneasler hanging around Ingo. They're famaliar with each other. Ingo is helping take care of the sneaslets.

DID INGO FUC-

The answer is a no but Emmet doesn't know this.

INGO DID YOU FUCK THAT SNEASLER?????

Akari is cackling the entire time as Emmet demands answers and Ingo yowls in annoyance that he can't SPEAK ANYMORE

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Can they even throw pokeballs with those claws?

Also, Lady Sneasler can scruff them like actual sneasels now. Do dumb stuff get scruffed

They will find a way.

Ingo at least tries, but Emmet is content traveling with his pokemon out of their pokeballs. Strong throwing arms translate surprisingly well to learning how to swipe with massive sneasler claws.

Emmet gets scruffed for picking fights and Ingo gets scruffed for being pathetic KAJSDFHKGJ

Once Emmet shows up (with his new fur and immaculate feather), Lady Sneasler just looks and Ingo and goes "why can't you be more like your brother. Look at his feather. He will have no trouble getting a mate."

Ingo is scandalized and Emmet is hysterical

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

I can only guess what would happen if the trio went back home while still pokefied. Would Emmet still try to run the double lines?

Imagine being a depot worker. You clock in and see two giant unknown pokemon walk into the station from the train tunnels. One is wearing the somewhat dirty clothes of your boss that went missing recently while the other is wearing weird clothes plus the torn up coat and hat of your boss that went missing years ago.

What do you do?

Option A: freak out and scream

Option B: Call the police

Option C: Challenge the unknown pokemon to a pokemon battle

Choose wisely!

The answer is Option D: continue work like everything is normal while the weird ass pokemon take the place of your bosses in conducting trains and battling trainers after 20 wins.

ASKJDNHFK OH MY GODDDDD

What's better is that I've been imagining that while the trio can still understand humans, they can't really speak all that well anymore, so they're having a hard time convincing people who they are. Until Emmet starts battling and lowkey trying to kill people again. That's Boss Emmet, alright.

Akari will also confirm their identities, but any depot worker who tries to get near her is probably not getting out alive XD

Sneaslers might not be pack animals, but they are fiercely protective of their young. Do not touch Akari. Ingo will yowl and Emmet might try to eat you.

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Fun fact, Sneasler is in the field egg group. Which means out of Emmet's, Ingo's original, Ingo's new, and Elesa's pokemon team; zebstrika, emolga, and excadrill can have an egg with a sneasler.

What's Elesa's reaction to sneasler! Ingo?

EMOLGA?????? i feel like the size disparity might cause issues with that breeding pair LAKSJFDKGK

Elesa will make fun of him, but she mostly thinks it's cute. She's still helping Emmet try and get Ingo back to being human, but she's not as horrified by the concept as Emmet is (Emmet is mostly upset that he and his twin are not twinning anymore).

She will comb his fur and help Akari braid it uwu

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Do the sneaslets/sneaslings see Ingo as their Dad? Do they try to imitate him, like do his pointing stance and their best mimic of his "All Aboard!" and "Bravo!" phrases?

...Does Lady Sneasler mimic him?

I think depending on which litter they're from, they either see him as their father/second mother or their older brother. Lady Sneasler has considered Ingo to be her weird skrunkly kit since she found him, so most of the older sneasels consider him their sibling.

The sneaslets absolutely attempt to imitate him. They will also climb him and try to steal his hat to complete the look. It is not rare to see him hiking through the Highlands with a gaggle of excitable sneasels all trying their best to say "All Aboard" in time with him. I imagine it sounds like when housecats try to mimic their owners.

Lady Sneasler prefers to mimic his train whistles more than his shouts, but on special occasions (when the sneaslets beg hard enough) she will yowl in a rough approximation of whatever Ingo is saying.

Ingo: All aboard! Lady Sneasler: mmmMRAAAAAOOOOWW chorus of excited sneaslet sounds

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Akari is probably constantly trying to help others and Emmet probably stops her because he seems like the person to not help someone out of spite because they were a rude passenger.

Like, on the subway someone needs help finding their bag that is literally under their seat but they had also called Akari a Zorua because she appeared suddenly with Ingo and is weird. But Akari doesn’t care and tries to help her get her bag when Emmet grabs her by the shoulder and is like: “No, my favorite niece, this is karma in the finest ways.”

the customer Subway Boss is always right!

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Ingo has a resistence to poison by now. I mean, the sneaslets are not the best at controling their venom, especially after just hatching.

I know he's not a gym leader but doesn't prolonged contact with a specific type or species of pokemon cause side effects on the trainer? I know some fans put down that Ingo has glowing eyes from Chandelure's ghost typing and I don't know if many thought of his prolonged contact with the sneaslets and Lady Sneasler would also affect him. Maybe more fur like hair (better for nesting materials), purple tinted grey hair, sharper nails, or etc.

He probably knows how to rock climb too. Akari's probably struggling to find a foothold to start meanwhile Ingo is already halfway up the cliffside. Ingo is a semi feral mountain man, he can probably climb a brick wall.

Oh, likely he also has a mini version of Lady Sneasler's basket as well. While he can't stuff people in there he can use it to transport supplies like berries or even some sneaslets. It makes sense, he lives in the highlands so he needs his hands free to climb.

Just dunk him in light purple grey paint and he's a mini Lady Sneasler.

Ingo has been accidentally poisoned by baby sneasels so many times that he doesn't even feel the burn of the venom anymore 😭

I also subscribe to the headcanon that Ingo's eyes glow due to Chandelure, but I don't believe that he'd have developed anything from Lady Sneasler yet? I assume Chandelure is Ingo's starter and he's had her since she was a Litwick, presumably when he was also a child/tween? If glowing eyes is all he's gotten from Chandelure in the thirty plus years they've been partners, he's probably not gotten much in the way of obvious Typing ability from Lady Sneasler.

STILL. This man can absolutely scale cliffsides with his bare hands. Purely because the image of Ingo climbing a rock wall in dress shoes is one of the funniest things ever. People have offered him boots. He says no.

If anything, the Typing quality he absorbs from Lady Sneasler is probably physical strength or something related from her Fighting-Type side. Again. He is climbing mountains in dress shoes. Potentially also tougher palms and fingers, somewhat like Lady Sneasler's paw pads? Would help with climbing.

INGO CARRYING SNEASLETS IN TINY BASKET ON HIS BACK

I am adding this to my list of things to doodle, because this is blessed, thank you for this, anon

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Rapunzel Ingo....

Do you think that when his hair gets too long he cuts it off and gives the cut hair to Lady Sneaseler to use in her nest? Kind of like how birds will take the fur of shedding dogs to build their nests with? Or does he use it as stuffing for better warmth retention, like how some coats have fur/down in them?

Just... fuzzy mountain man.

Maybe Lady Sneaseler sneaks some feathers into his hair from time to time.

oh my god why is that so CUTE

Lady Sneasler is so honored to receive gift of nesting material from her Warden :D

must groom him in thanks

and YES SHE AND HER SNEASLETS BESTOW MOLTED FEATHERS UPON HIM

he wears them with pride

i like to imagine that every new litter of kits that Lady Sneasler has all think Ingo is just a really weird sneasler for a substantial amount of time. The kits are all either amazed or horrified the first time they see him take his coat off.

*confused sneasel noises*

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Does Akari attempt to dress up like her dad?

Also, will Emmet cry up finding out he's no longer the DILF twin? Like, you may have an army of Joltiks Emmet but Ingo has a beard and a feral teenage daughter. Competition of who is the DILFest!

Akari's hat now!!! She can be a Subway Boss too!!!

Honestly Emmet is probably more offended by the fact that Ingo can even grow a beard at all than being out-DILFed (Emmet can only grow a mustache and Elesa says it looks horrible on him)

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

May we see Emmet's mustache or is it a horror that should never see the light of day?

mustached emmet be upon ye

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

This is a sadder ask so if you don't want to read it, that's okay.

But do you think about the effects on Ingo's body from being Lady Sneasler's warden? Particularly his shoulders.

Mountain climbing gives people broader shoulders, meaning Ingo's shoulders might not fit his coat too good. Not only that but climbing requires manueverbility, something that's will likely be restricted by Ingo's coat. I mean, it looks like it will handle it at first yet Ingo's new shoulders and the thick Pearl Clan tunic/kimino will put stress on the seams. It doesn't seem so big at first until you remember that it is one of the few things that Ingo has from Before.

Also the climbing might have given Ingo hunchback shoulders. If the muscles of the shoulders get too large it gives the person a more hunchback appearance, not just from the size of the muscles but also because it forces the shoulder blades into a different position. There are excercises to help with their issue though I don't think they would be widely known. So Ingo's slouched posture might also be a result of climbing too much.

I just thought this was a little interesting. I know everyone goes "Ingo got buffer" but they don't go into a detail of how it affects him besides he's stronger. Imagine how his only way of survival destroys his memoirs of a different time while fucking up his posture and giving him back pain. He's no longer quite as identical to Emmet any more.

NO BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS TOO

Especially the aspect of him and Emmet no longer being as identical!

Granted, I do think their coats are slightly oversized for dramatic effect, so there's probably a bit of room before it starts getting too tight. I also imagine that Ingo's repaired it whenever it rips or tears too much? At least, if it's ever ripped so much that the repair is necessary.

I don't know if "the Subway twins are autistic" is the common fandom headcanon, but I can't see them as anything other than autistic, and the unwillingness to repair the coat fully/get a new coat that looks similar is something that reads to me as very autistic? It's both a physical reminder of the Before, but also I imagine that Ingo just finds the coat inherently comforting due to the weight/texture/routine of putting it and his hat on.

ON THE TOPIC OF HIS HAT.

Immensely impressive that he's not lost that hat. I fear what would happen if he lost that hat. (half-joking lol, i am also autistic and the idea of losing something that is both sentimental and also Part Of The Routine is incredibly stressful)

I imagine that the Pearl Clan probably tries to suggest he at least replace the coat with one that allows for better movement when climbing, but Ingo always refuses. His climbing could probably be more efficient with a new coat, but he doesn't want a new coat. So he just makes peace with the fact that he won't be as maneuverable as he could be.

There's probably also a part of him that doesn't want to change, either. He doesn't want to become so different that his coat doesn't fit the way it used to, because what if, if he ever does go home, the people he used to know won't recognize what he's become.

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

Me, with hands full of laundry nudging Rodimus out of the way with my foot: baby please

Rodimus, his eyes enormous: you kick Rodimus? You kick Rodimus like the football? Oh! Oh!!! Jail for Guardian! Jail for Guardian for One Thousand Years!!!!

LITERALLYYYYYY