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Reading my own fanfiction is basically just a rollercoaster of emotional whiplash.

20% of the time: “Hold on. I wrote this? This is fire. This is emotionally devastating in the best way. This scene is dripping with tension. I’m a literary perfectionist. Someone give me a book deal.”

80% of the time: “Straight to jail. Immediate prison. Why is everyone’s breath hitching?. I used the word ‘gaze’ three times in one paragraph like I was possessed. Did I think 'his eyes darkened' was profound? Why is everyone clenching their jaws? Why is someone whispering 'their name like a prayer' again?? No one talks like this. What is this dialogue. Why are there so many weird metaphors and em-dashes…”

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My Slytherin Era is over, let the Hufflepuff era begin

AKA: i cba to be cunning or ambitious anymore, i just sit here, look pretty and bake banana bread.

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Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ookido Shigeru | Gary Oak & Satoshi | Ash Ketchum Characters: Ookido Shigeru | Gary Oak, Satoshi | Ash Ketchum, Ookido Nanami | Daisy Oak, Ookido Yukinari-hakase | Professor Samuel Oak, Hanako | Delia Ketchum Additional Tags: Reincarnation, Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, Isekai and Transmigration, u could count this as a reader insert if u want, Gary Oak - centric, out of character lmao, Author Is Sleep Deprived, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Not Beta Read, Not even edited lmao, Autistic Gary Oak, adhd ash ketchum, why aren't these tags?, plzzz im beggingggg, Satoshi | Ash Ketchum Has ADHD, Ookido Green | Blue Oak Is a Little Shit, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Satoshi | Ash Ketchum is a Good Friend, Chosen One Satoshi | Ash Ketchum, Childhood Friends, Coming of Age Series: Part 1 of Gary = Green Summary:

After a hit to the head, Gary Oak wakes up not feeling quite like 'Gary Motherfucking Oak' anymore.

He changes canon accordingly.

 (Sporadic updates sorry)

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A Heart Full of Love - Drabble

Ace of Diamond Soulmate AU!

Even as a child, Eijun had never been selective with his love. He gave it freely, which was both a delight and a worry to his family.

It was typical in the larger cities of Japan for children to wear gloves, cover their skin, to keep them ‘safe’ for whatever reason their parents and their governments made up.

Eijun’s family lived in the countryside, and never really bought into that. If love was something to be wary of then humans wouldn’t be a social race!

But with Eijun’s first broken heart… his family thought, maybe they should start making Eijun wear gloves... For his own sake.

Children were emotional. That was the simple fact of things.

Children left fleeting marks, unable to understand their own emotions well enough for anything lasting to be established.

Often parent’s found that the marks left on their skin by their children shifted and changed colour over the developmental years. It was normal, natural. They were barely people yet. But a defining trait of Eijun was his large capability for emotions, and at 7 years old, while Eijun was old enough to understand what his disappearing marks meant, his father begrudgingly picked him up from school midway through a Wednesday to take him to see a psychiatrist in the city.

Autism they said, ADHD as well. Rejection-Sensitive-Dysphoria they said, common in neurodiverse kids.

Eijun’s mother cried a little that night, thoughts full of that book she was reading; that book set in a world where instead of colours imprinted on your body, flowers grew, flowers that could choke a person who was rejected. She was glad this was not the world she lived in.

As it was, the world she lived in would be a struggle for her darling baby boy.

Thankfully  children were mostly covered for heath care insurance… but she was worried what putting her darling on medication for all his life only to yank it away when he turned 18 would do to him. Instead they opted to send him to therapy with all the government’s money her father in law could milk from the whole situation.

It was true that Eijun struggled during school, but she had always made sure he completed his homework before bed, and would continue to help him herself, even if it meant she played tutor.

Unfortunately, even as a family, they just couldn’t afford any more support for him. He was only a child, all children struggled. He would be fine, and they would have a professional consultant to make sure of that.

At 7 years old Eijun felt his little heart break for the first time.

It wasn’t the last time, but it never got easier.

He would befriend someone, get attached, he would leave a mark, they would get a bit weirded out.

Sometimes what where once colourful marks on his hands became a steely grey and faded within the month to resemble nothing but a scar.

When that happened it was worse.

But children were fickle and didn’t quite understand their own emotions, let alone their own emotional impact on others.

Eijun’s marks on his former friends didn’t fade on their bodies until he finally got it thought his thick skull that they didn’t want to be around him anymore.

That they didn’t like him anymore.

Despite all this, Eijun wasn’t a sad child.

He had a loving and supportive family, as rowdy and unconventional as they were. He had an ever-growing love for sports which had him trying out every sports team the school had and he wasn’t half bad, leaving him a simple, friendly student (if a little weird and a lot loud) in the eyes of most.

Even if he had only one real friend, he wasn’t disliked and wasn’t bullied. Just teased by his classmates for having a best friend be a girl, sharing love with a girl. But Wakana was great, and this didn’t dissuade him from anything regarding her, as his mother said, they were just jealous of his and Wakana’s best-friendship.

It was middle-school when the teasing turned malicious. Peers started to realise as they got older that he was different. That he was weird.

That wherever he went he ‘pressured’ people to like him with his golden handprints.

At 12 years old Eijun finally agreed to wearing gloves to school.

Eijun wasn’t a sad child. Yes, he was weird, and yes, he was loud, but he found his circle.

He inspired enough people with his overflowing heart that he had enough friends to help him create a baseball team. (His favourite sport!) They played with him because they loved him back, even if he gave them marks shortly after meeting them, even if he was slightly overwhelming at first, his real friends were the ones who stayed. He didn't mind if they didn't reciprocate until months or years later - he had learnt by now that that was okay!

Eijun was happy with his life and his love by the time he turned 15.

He still wore gloves to school. He wore gloves to school when he moved all the way out of the country. It was only sensible.

Seidou was alien and intimidating.

Eijun had always thought that he would spend the rest of his life with his childhood friends, he kinda, sorta didn’t want to be here. Even if he also did want to be here.

Eijun was alone in Seidou, which just meant that he had to start over. Which wouldn’t be hard, he just had to find his people – and where better to start looking than a team full of baseball obsessed idiots just like him!

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So question for anyone who knows anything about political structures and Pokémon.

I scoured the internet and figured out that the Pokemon world, run by the League where the strong rule would be a meritocratic oligarchy and a technocracy - thoughts from anyone more knowledgeable on the subject than me?

Anyone got anything better/more accurate?

Wiki definitions:

"Meritocracy is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth or social class."

"Oligarchy  is a form of government in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may be distinguished by nobility, fame, wealth, education, or corporate, religious, political, or military control.

"Technocracy is a form of government in which decision-makers appoint knowledge experts in specific domains to provide them with advice and guidance in various areas of their policy-making responsibilities. Technocracy follows largely in the tradition of other meritocratic theories and works best when the state exerts strong control over social and economic issues."

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Pokemon Headcannons

Pokemon Rangers are not affiliated with the Pokemon League.

In the games they seem to be a separate organisation with ranks and stuff independent of the League.

Instead they operate as a separate organisation, more akin to an environmental protection agency/rescue service/charity thing. They focus on preserving nature as it is and thus are sometimes at conflict with the Pokemon League which will remove and relocate Pokemon sometimes.

The Pokemon League oversees Trainers, Gym leaders, the League Trainers like the Gym leaders and Elite Four, and various other jobs related to Pokemon Training and Batteling.

Pet Pokemon - Pokemon that do not battle as their Trainers do not have a licence - are monitored by the League and by the law enforcement in the area.

Rangers are a newer organisation, created after the Capture Styler was established. They work alongside law enforcement and often take on issues that take extended periods of time - such as tracking down and protecting Mythical Pokemon and important Pokemon/landmarks that preserve the nature in the area (think the various tribes of Pokemon in various jungles in the anime/the Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden).

Rangers typical deal with natural disasters and poachers and the League typically deals with things like Pokemon safety under their Trainers, Pokemon thieves, illegal Trainers, etc.

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I feel like the anime takes place before the games.

now we all know they are different timelines in a large multiverse cause of sun and moon and the ultra wormhole bullshit, but hear me out!

If Ash Ketchum ages, and everyone ages, and we are trying to establish some continuity... then:

I always thought that the Pokemon anime would start a little before the games - not a lot, maybe not even a year, but a little before.

As a kid I assumed that it was at least a year because of the first series: their lack of understanding of Pokemon, the technology they have, and how Ash comes into contact with the Gym Leaders and fixes their issues - their issues is that they are mostly assholes and terrible gym leaders. While the technology gets steadily more modern as the show progresses, the Gym Leader point still stands tho.

So by the time the game protagonists or literally any other trainer comes round Lt Surge isn't a dick, Erika doesn't ban people from her gym, Sabrina doesn't turn people into dolls anymore, Volkner isn't stagnant. So when we meet Brendan, Lucas, Lyra, Barry or any of the other characters, well they can challenge the aforementioned Gym Leaders like usual cause Ash took the brunt of the initial problems.

Black and White tho, like solidifies this to me: Iris is not yet competent before Ash gets to her. Even in the first Black and White game, when we meet Iris she has a connection to Drayden and is portrayed as more mature and confident than in the anime. (Similar with Misty tbf - and this all we see in the Journey's anime, which implies that at the very least, two-three years have passed since Ash went to Unova when we get to Journeys.)

Does this make any sense to anyone???

The one outlier to this is the Gold & Silver games. of course none of the game plots are relevant for the anime, so I'm ignoring Team Rocket, I'm more focused on Clair.

Personality wise, Clair is humbled by the player in the games. This is like her defining trait in the games.

So when we met her in the anime I assumed that she would be similar. She was my least favourite character in the games so I was surprised when she appeared in the anime and was portrayed as a mature adult, while in the games when you first meet her she is a child throwing a tantrum.

This implies that Ethan/Gold (I'm assuming not Lyra based on her anime appearance) must have travelled at the same time as Ash and is therefore the same age as Ash.

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if u have read this long then i thank u for bearing w me.

have a good day~

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Pokemon Headcannons

The League sends League Trainers to make the routes safer for new Trainers.

This is why the Pokemon anime shows Pokemon that are in locations they technically shouldn't be according to the Pokedex.

The Gyrados in Route 1 is what I'm thinking about here - why would Misty be there?

Even if Route 1 had a river, it would only be full of Magikarp. But we see a Gyarados, and my headcannon is that the League put out a message for Water Type specialists in the area to capture and contain the wild Gyarados = Misty was trying to get that bonus, failed, and then got her bike stolen and destroyed lmao.

The League utilises competent Pokemon Trainers for this, as Rangers wouldn't be established for another few years, and even after they were they would be a separate entity to the League.

If one were to stick to the path then you would probably find a rather simple journey, but Ash and friends go off the path so often they come into contact with all sorts of chaos.

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Pokemon Headcannons

Why can 10 year olds just traverse the lands un-aided?

Well. They can't.

The Pokemon League cannot justify inexperienced kids walking into volcanoes or Gyrados dens, so there are rules and regulations.

But the Pokemon anime is from the pov of Ash and Ash is oblivious, so we as the audience are.

So when Ash is a 10 year old he hops on the band wagon and gets a Pokemon, but while he watches Professor Oak's kids show religiously, it is aimed at kids and aimed to slowly trickle truth information to kids over time. Ash has unmitigated ADHD and an unhealthy propensity to tuning out information he finds "boring" so he just skips over all the laws that don't directly pertain to the Gym Challenge.

Each badge proves that you are responsible and strong enough to go to certain areas - this is why in the games we have blocks before we gain a Gym Badge. Same as the anime, like in the second ep where Officer Jenny scans Ash's ID, each Pokemon Trainer has an ID affiliated with the League, which tells the legal officers where they can and cannot go for their own safety - no mountain passes for 1-badge-ers.

If a Trainer wants to go into an area that is risky, they need to hire or make an agreement with someone who can go there to chaperone them - such as Cheryl guiding the player character through Eterna Forest. (Though I like to think of the anime as coming first in the timeline, so Ash guides Cheryl in the anime lmao)

While most Trainers usually take guides or trams or trains in between towns - like how Gary in the anime has a group of older girls in a car with him - Ash wonders his way on his own and skips over taking guides through dangerous areas because he is with two Gym Leaders: Misty and Brock.

He just accidentally skips over the rules and doesn't even realise it.

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I'm writing a Pokemon fanfic

its rather heavy on the worldbuilding, because I like headcannons about how the Pokemon world works.

Now I need to figure out how the fuck people go to school in universe.

I'm thinking that much like a "find yourself year abroad" that some people take after sixth form, in Pokemon, ten year olds get to pause school to take on the Gym Challenge and get real world experience with money and work with support (the League). They could return to mainstream education or choose to take on apprenticeships etc at any point funded by the League because their Trainer Licence is keeping the League afloat and functional. But it is much more difficult than people think to become a professional Trainer, and most don't.

They can only do all this with parental approval, and maybe as time goes on the age requirement becomes higher, as the Pokemon anime does take place before they know much about Dratini or what Fairy Types are etc. Ash just got lucky at being one of the last generations to be 10 and get ownership of a little monster that produces lighting strong enough to kill a man.

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lmao im deceased

hypocrisy

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When is Ash's Birthday???

Ash Ketchum's birthday, according to the anime novelisations, is 22nd May = the anime began broadcast on April 1st in Japan, and Ash started his journey on April 1st at the age of 10 years, 10 months, and 10 days, 

This means Ash would turn 11 almost immediately and would no longer be the iconic "ten year old" he is meant to be (unless ur going with the coma or immortal theory).

The anime says he turns 10 as he goes on his journey, so I think a more accurate birthday would be April 1st - would it not? an iconic coincidence for sure, but more accurate to the lore.

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'Gary ~ Green'

Plot: real world person/reader/whatever wakes up in the body of Gary Oak. has a freak out. decides to base his entire life on being Ash's guardian angel, does not go according to plan. now he is travelling alone at the tender age of 10 going on 30.

(im a sucker for reincarnation fics)

Book 1: Kanto, split into 3 very uneven parts.

Arc 1: Faultlines (The Prologue) 

Set up the emotional relationship between Green and Ash

Show how both idolize each other silently but miscommunicate

Establish Green’s personality and ho he interacts with people and deals with issues.

Arc 2: Tracing

Begin Green’s solo journey in Kanto.

Contrast Ash's visible growth with Green’s emotional stagnation.

Introduce B plot.

Introduce internal struggle: Green is good at battling but doesn’t love it. He has no fucking clue what he wants to do in life. There is so much pressure to be "great" as Prof. Oak's Grandson and Green doesn't want to be a carbon copy of Gary from the anime either.

Encounters with Gym Leaders, hopefully i'll pull an emotional revelation or smming with each.

Arc 3: Veiled

climax for B plot

introducing Lance as a significant character

Green realising he can be his own person without dogging Ash's footsteps.

I'm writing a Pokemon Fanfic

Just finished the first arc, it was the pre-arc really.

5 chapters, 38,282 words and a while lot of bullshit.

I feel kinda proud that I finished it after radio silence for literally months, but alsoooo, now I need to write the next arc. the longer arc that I am still kinda struggling with planning...

so imma dump my thoughts here.

Dunno what I am doing. But its fineeeee. If I shout into the void I might get some inspo.

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I'm writing a Pokemon Fanfic

Just finished the first arc, it was the pre-arc really.

5 chapters, 38,282 words and a while lot of bullshit.

I feel kinda proud that I finished it after radio silence for literally months, but alsoooo, now I need to write the next arc. the longer arc that I am still kinda struggling with planning...

so imma dump my thoughts here.

It's rlly weird trying to write something fairly serious while keeping the anime *sparkle* there. Cause anime do be cheesy and I hate all my writing.

Dunno what I am doing. But its fineeeee. If I shout into the void I might get some inspo.

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So I'm writing a Pokemon Story

Gary Oak fell down a well and got his past life knocked into him. He now goes by Green to separate himself from the character and cause its my favourite colour lol.

I know that some people call the game character Blue, but he will forever be Green to me!

Gary/Green - makes sense in my brain

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Fanfic Ideas

'Tokyo Revengers' x 'Katekyō Hitman Reborn!' Crossover

Blurb;

Takemichi grew up an ordinary child, with an ordinary education.

His mother had taken great lengths to ensure he had an ordinary life.

Of course she had also spun fairytale stories of magical multicoloured flames, stories that weren’t quite stories but more like fables, warning her son to run, run far away from anyone who looked like they had a faint mysticism about them.

He knew this, like he knew that the grass was green, if someone provoked a fight then you should be the one to end it, and we don't negotiate with the police.

Takemichi know this… knew that his mother had warned him that other flame-actives would be enticing, seductive even… but when he saw The Invincible Mikey standing over him with all the grandeur of a king... something in him snapped into place.

He had fucked it.

And now he was stuck.

Because of all the flame-actives to be drawn in by, his mother had warned him against one in particular.

Skies would give you a home, they were essentially unavoidable if by some freak miracle he ever did meet one in his lifetime, Storms were a whirlwind, but they were fiercely loyal and they weren’t the worst friends in the world, his mother had admitted… but no. Takemichi just had to get swept up in the glitz and glamour of a fucking latent Cloud.

God-forbid his mother find out!

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worldbuilding/headcannons

If the majority of the trainers in Pokémon have about three Pokémon with two of them being the same breed, I figure that it’s a lot of effort and work and money to take care of one Pokémon let alone two of the same type, let alone three of different types.

so hear me out: Ash and Gary Oak have been sponsored by Professor Oak. Then along with other “Dex Holders” or whatever you want to call them have to scan Pokémon and catch a bunch that live with their respective Pokémon Professor so the Professor can study the data and the Pokémon to help contribute to their research.

this explains why Professor Oak keeps Ash’s Pokémon (and other Professors keep some Trainer’s as well). It also allows for the new Trainer the rare opportunity to have professional support when taking on the Gym Challenge and Pokémon raising.

now the next question is why does Ash get this privilege? I would assume you have to take a test or something, maybe there is a raffle and it’s complete chance who gets this privilege - of course Gary is a relative so he automatically gets Professor Oak’s help. In May’s/Ruby/whatever u wanna address the character as, I think that Norman maybe passed them along to Professor Birch because he specialises in Normal Types and isn’t confident in caring for a whole host of other Pokémon when his Gym isn’t made for that. Most Gym Leader’s kids share a type specialty with their parents if they want their parent’s gym to keep their Pokémon readily.

so the majority of Trainers don’t have this opportunity, they have to live off of their income and their time - hence why it is hard to really get into the industry. Most professional Trainers stick to about 8 to 12 Pokémon max. People r shocked when they see how many Pokémon Ash and Gary have.