#ℜ┊ about chrissy

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obligatory gushing post before i’m dragged away again. 

so 2018 was a year with a p rough start rp wise and it was p up and down. i learned a few things during that time. about myself, about the people around me, even about the tumblr rpc. i do feel i’ve somehow, shockingly become even more cynical than before, but i take all the hardships and all the triumphs as opportunities to grow and learn. 

but 2018 was also a really great year in that i’ve met new friends, met certain peeps i absolutely love and adore and would die for them, reconnected with old friends i’d thought i’d lost, forged even stronger bonds with friends who stuck by me. i love all of you guys for the fantastic experiences and i cherish each and every one of you. 

and i can’t believe two years later, giovanni is the god damn muse that stuck. a god damn pokemon blog. if someone told the chrissy of two years ago that an asshole villain from a children’s game series would resonate and be that important to me and be the blog then i’d laugh in their face. i might make new blogs, i might go to new rpcs, but this asshole keeps dragging me back since i can’t let go of everything i’ve established with him and with my partners. 

so here’s hoping for a great 2019 where i keep getting those opportunities to explore more of this asshole and get to explore new and old dynamics, new and old relationships! and here’s hoping 2019 is great for all of you guys as well!

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GIOVANNI’S RP PLOTTING CHEAT-SHEET!

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Mun name: Chrissy OOC Contact: Ask/IMs for the most part. I tend to keep my discord/skype private.

Who the heck is my muse anyway?

Giovanni was the primary antagonist for the first generation of games in the Pokemon series and has been such an iconic character that he’s made appearances in the anime and manga and has been referenced multiple times throughout the game series. He’s the head of the Pokemon world’s version of the yakuza/mafia known as Team Rocket with the ultimate goal of stealing Pokemon for profit so that he can eventually dominate the world. 

Points of interest:

My portrayal of Giovanni actually borrows from multiple sources though mostly I lean heavily towards the games and the anime. Game wise you can consider this blog canon divergent since I completely ignore the Tohjo Falls retcon that happened in HGSS. Giovanni might have heard the radio signal from his executives, but he chose not to answer it and therefore never battled the young trainer from New Bark Town.

Giovanni’s identity as the leader of Team Rocket is well kept secret that very few people know. Though he has a very public identity as both the Viridian City Gym Leader ( which retains a reputation for being the fiercest and strongest gym in Kanto ) and as a wealthy businessman who’s made generous donations across Kanto

Giovanni is still the Viridian City Gym Leader and in fact rebuilt the gym after Ash’s disastrous battle with Jessie and James. Beneath the Viridian City Gym are the main headquarters for Team Rocket and is generally where Giovanni can be found if he’s not travelling.

Giovanni is Ash’s biological father. Though the only Ash I’ll acknowledge this with is @ofpalletown​. Over a decade ago, Giovanni met and fell in love with a young girl in Pallet Town. This has been the single most defining relationship he’s ever had as no other woman has ever compared to Delia Ketchum. But when Giovanni learned of his mother’s death and he learned that Delia was pregnant, Giovanni chose his career over his family and left Delia in the middle of the night without a word.

I have two main verses: Rocket verse and Exile verse. My Rocket verse is a general verse for all scenarios that involve Giovanni as head of Team Rocket whether it’s pre-series or post-series in a scenario where he never disbanded Team Rocket. Exile verse is more game oriented and follows the period of time in which Giovanni disbanded Team Rocket and went solo. Although this verse can also apply to scenarios in which Giovanni might have disbanded Team Rocket for different reasons unrelated to the events that happened in the games.  

What they’ve been up to recently:

ROCKET VERSE: Giovanni is currently in the midst of launching Team Rocket’s expansion into the Kalos region after the fall of Team Flare. Though it’s been slow going as he’s facing opposition from outside sources along with remnant Team Flare factions.

EXILE VERSE: Giovanni is currently in Alola mostly to keep an eye on his sons, but also to learn more about the pokemon unique to the region. Mostly though he’s disgruntled and unimpressed with the people and the customs of the region.

Where to find them:

MAIN VERSE / MOST VERSES: Viridian City either at Team Rocket Headquarters or in his personal estate. Though lately he’s been spending more time in a certain house in Pallet Town.

EXILE VERSE:  Generally in his summer home outside of  Hau'oli City, though this verse tends to vary a lot as Giovanni will travel quite a bit.

PREQUEL VERSE: As a guest in Delia Ketchum’s home in Pallet Town

Current plans:

KALOS EXPANSION: with Lysandre dead and Team Flare effectively gone, Giovanni has plans to further Team Rocket’s reach by adding the Kalos region under his control.

RECONCILE WITH SILVER: in the Exile verse, with Team Rocket disbanded Giovanni has come to the slow realisation that his son is the most important part of his life that he’s been ignoring for so long. Unfortunately that relationship has been falling apart for years and he’ll readily accept Silver’s decision if he chooses to cut ties with his father. But until that happens, he’ll do what he can rebuild what he can with his on.

Desired interactions:

More Rocket interactions: I don’t do enough of these. I know there are quite a few Team Rocket blogs floating around, but strangely I’ve yet to get off my ass and plot things out with them.

Early Life/Rise to power: I’ve always wanted to explore this part of Giovanni’s life, basically his teen years to when he becomes head of Team Rocket.

Mafia verse: I have a mafia verse sitting here that I very rarely touch and I want to use it since I’m trash for mafia stuff. I mean look at the character I’m roleplaying, is this really a surprise anymore?

A different choice: lately it’s been really rattling around in my head how different Giovanni would be if he didn’t choose Team Rocket. What kind of man would he be without the corrupting and enabling influence of his organisation? What career would he choose? Would he still just be a criminal anyway? All that stuff that I want to explore.

Recruiting: nothing tickles me more when Giovanni manages to convince someone to join Team Rocket.

Hunting: Giovanni personally hunting down a traitor = fun times

Marriage of convenience: Giovanni marrying someone for advantage. No romance. Nothing. Him and his partner are in this fully knowing that the marriage is a sham. Bonus points of Giovanni ends up divorcing later.

Down with the law: Giovanni evading the law is A+++, especially if it’s with Looker or Anabel.

Offered interactions:

Need a boss? Giovanni is your man as he offers a stable job with great benefits and you’re unlikely to have a boring day.

He’s totally not a dad: if your character needs a dad, then Giovanni is here to fill that role. 

Mentor: something Giovanni will very rarely admit and hardly realises himself is that he actually enjoys teaching, but it’d take extenuating circumstances for him to admit that much

Antagonist: well duh, he’s a villain. He’s here to ruin your day if you need it.

Current open post/s:

Not really one for making open posts.

Anything else?:

I happen to have a few pet peeves when roleplaying that I’d appreciate my partners to take into consideration: 

Nothing makes me drop a thread faster than characters who have no business knowing that Giovanni is the head of Team Rocket since this is a secret that he takes great pains in hiding. There’s canon evidence for this in the games and in nearly every version of anime. So  unless your character is a super great at information gatherer as in that’s their career and they have the resources or they’re a high ranking member of Team Rocket, your character should not instantly recognise him as the Rocket Leader.

While it’s a fun little jab OOC now and then, if you seriously start an interaction with me where your character is basically “lol you got defeated by an eleven year old” I’m dropping the thread. In a world where EVERY trainer who isn’t the protag in EVERY game was basically defeated by an eleven year old trainer, this is god damn irritating. And also in character wise? Giovanni wouldn’t put up with that kind of mockery anyway.

Don’t force headcanons on me. Don’t. If you have headcanons that involve Giovanni in some way, discuss them with me and find a middle ground. I really dislike when people make assumptions about my character. 

Keep all of the above in mind and we’re all gravy baby!

Tagged by: tagged by @meiliva & @pxgtails

Tagging: anyone and everyone!

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hi this is chrissy, the mun behind this piece of shit blog.

now lately i’ve been hearing some disconcerting things. people making claims that giovanni is in fact not shredded. or that he does not in fact have an eight pack. 

and while yes, those images i posted earlier are from meowth’s boss fantasies, allow me submit further evidence that the Boss is in actuality ripped.

in the pokemon movie: Mewtwo Returns, there are at least two instances of the Boss displaying extradonairy strength, first by shattering a glass of bourbon for absolutely no reason. then by shattering a walkie talkie WITH HIS ONE HAND. i don’t know about you guys, but i’m fairly certain you need muscles to be able to perform both feats of strength. 

unfortunately, the Boss kept his shirt on in the movie. but we all know he’s got muscles under that tacky orange suit.

now secondly, while not the anime, the manga supports my belief that giovanni is ripped:

those are not the biceps and shoulder muscles and torso of a man who is not shredded.

so in conclusion: FUCK YOU GUYS.

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Roleplaying History

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CURRENTLY PLAYING

Giovanni: @rocketbcss - main Mamoru Chiba: @aegissoul - low activity Jaina Proudmoore: @arcanetides - low activity

WANT TO PLAY

Silver (Pokemon) Lusamine (Pokemon) Moon (Pokemon) Impa (Zelda) Emma Frost (X-Men)

HAVE PLAYED

Jon Snow: @mithraiic Squall Leonhart: @grieverchain Raoul de Chagny: @bcyishcharm Darth Vader: @paterfamiliias Garrett Hawke: @sexiestbeard Joel: @hisbrokenwatch Drax: @literaldestroyer Billy Kaplan: @spellspeak Tali’Zorah vas Normandy: @missvasnormxndy-blog

WILL/WOULD PLAY AGAIN:

Jon Snow Darth Vader

TAGGED BY: stolen

TAGGING: anyone and everyone!

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THE GIOVANNI THIRST BLOG

SPEED:

Slow as molasses. I am so sorry for my partners who have to wait up to weeks at a time for a reply from me, but I honestly wouldn’t survive without my queue. I shove things in there to be released at a later time since it’s how I manage to balance my workload on top of my drafts. Sometimes if the muse is really strong for a particular thread and I’m really comfy with my writing partner I might reply at the speed of light, but that’s like hecking Halley’s Comet, happens once every 75 years. 

REPLIES: 

I try to make a point of doing the older replies in my drafts firsts, but it also really depends on what my partner does. Roleplay is a two way street and it sorta ticks me off when someone gives me a seven paragraph thing that’s just internal thoughts without giving me anything to work with. It sorta hinders my ability to write since what the heck am I supposed to do with that? So sometimes threads like that either just sit at the bottom of my drafts or I really have to roll up my sleeves and move the thread forward in some completely drastic manner. I absolutely hate and get bored if it becomes obvious to me that the thread is stagnating and going no where.

STARTERS:

Well, I’ve since stopped doing starter calls since I just can’t churn out ten at a time, but I do happen to enjoy writing starters since I find them fairly easy when I have an idea. So when I manage to plot something out with someone, it doesn’t even have to be something super detailed, just a very loose premise or guideline then I can easily smack down a starter to set up the scene. 

INBOX:

Oh god my inbox is such a mess right now. Though there’s a certain someone who insists on making it worse. I have a terrible habit of forgetting what’s in there and I know some people like to save their asks as drafts, but that only makes it worse for me since I hate seeing that draft number be really high. So anything in my inbox tends to just tends to become low priority and I tend not to answer anything unless it’s something that’s super crack. 

SELECTIVITY:

I’m not going to lie, I do tend to be a bit elitist with the peeps I write with since I need to have a partner who is as equally passionate about their muse and as invested in our thread as I am. The moment I get the inkling that you’re not interested in our thread I might drop it. I don’t need partners to be word smiths though, but I do like being able to understand what they’re writing so super purple prose stuff tends to get ignored as well. Mostly, I just like writing with partners I’m comfy with. 

WISHLIST:

I already have a handy wishlist tag and also a cheatsheet and this is getting long so I’ll be brief: I actually expressed this desire earlier, but I’d like to do more dark threads with Giovanni since I tend to become too self-indulgent on here and veer more towards lighthearted stuff that depicts him as being soft. I strongly believe Giovanni is a man who has a soft heart with the right people and somehow he’s ended up interacting with a lot of people who are making him soft right now. So I want more threads with stuff that deals with that hardened criminal leader who is more than willing to get his hands dirty. 

HONEST NOTE:

I’m here to have fun. Plain and simple, roleplay and tumblr is a hobby for me and I don’t want to get bogged down in the politics of the RPC or what not. I feel like people get too caught up and take things too seriously, which is 100% fine. People shouldn’t be silenced and should have a voice on their own blogs and I respect that and hope that people give me that same respect when I choose not to have that subject matter on my own blog. As a friend of mine likes to say, I’m just here to play with barbies.

Tagged by: @leaf-fuguri & @sclxinvictus Tagging: feel free to steal!