#❥ 《 TRAUMA 》 not fragile like a flower. fragile like a bomb.

[kotoyin]

🍁 tell me about her least favorite Pokèmon. Plural. The ones that scare her, the ones she finds bad for battles, the uglies, the ones connected with bad memories. All Of Them

❥ You’re not gonna beleaf this ▸ closed.

Pokémon that Lyra dislikes are few and far between. She prides herself on not judging pokémon based on the stereotypes constructed around them. Growing up as a league maniac, Lyra internalised Karen's attitude towards training pokémon to heart. Each pokémon is worthy of respect, each pokémon is individual, each pokémon should be treated as you'd like to be treated.

But even heroes have prejudices.

Most of them are mild. Unsurprisingly, Lyra is weary of trainers who carry several of Rocket's standard issue pokémon. It's not uncommon for poison-type specialists to raise members of the zubat and koffin lines, but if a trainer has a golbat, a weezing and a ratticate on their belt raises suspicion.

There’s a certain disinterest in her interactions with the houndoom, vileplume and nirdoran lines. She doesn’t approach them the same way she would other pokémon.

There’s a hesitancy to touch nirdoking and nirdoqueen that goes beyond being cautious of their poison points. A readiness to complain about urban houndoom numbers increasing. A vendetta against trainers who let their vileplume roam free in crowded places during their pollination season. She insists it’s inconsiderate, don’t they realise how many people are allergic?

The association with Rocket’s leaders is just too strong. But ultimately, it wasn’t the heads of the organisation that caught her off-guard.

( An arm round her neck, a boney hand twisting her wrist aside, the buzzing of those wings, so fast they flashed before her, the golden glint on an emerald scythe as it swept in front of her— )

Those scars on her arm and neck. The blood followed her out of the Dance Studio, the cuts went deeper than her flesh.

Lyra can’t stand to be around scyther.

She never mastered her poker face, she’s irritable and jumpy around them, snaps at anyone who comments on her change in demeanour. Won’t let her pokémon near one outside of battle. Clumsy insects with blades for arms can’t be trusted around other creatures. It’d be better if people stopped trying to train them altogether, brainless beasts can’t be trusted to hold back in battle.

( Brainless beasts will unflinchingly follow the orders of their beastly masters. )

[kotoyin]

TAG DUMP 3/8 ▸ lyracore.

❥ 《 THOUGHTS 》 i’ll be the kid with the big‚ bad plans. ❥ 《 ABOUT 》 got one foot in the darkness & the other in a hello kitty roller–skate.  ❥ 《 SKILLSET 》 call me fighter: i’ll mop the floor with you.  ❥ 《 WARDROBE 》 why should trainers only wear athletic gear? ❥ 《 HOME DECOR 》 it’s not clutter if it has a home. ❥ 《 TRAUMA 》 not fragile like a flower. fragile like a bomb. ❥ 《 SAGITTARIUS 》 swift and true like orion’s arrow. ❥ 《 AESTHETIC 》 honey & wildfire are both the colour gold. ❥ 《 SHIP AESTHETIC 》 holding onto feelings i’m not used to feeling‚ ’cause they make me feel alive. ❥ 《 VISAGE 》 oh yeah‚ i’m on a roll! don’t wanna hear you call me adorable! ❥ 《 TUNES 》 coming to you live on koko fm! ❥ 《 INVENTORY 》 herbs‚ berries‚ braces‚ bows. 

❥ 《 POST PROTAG 》 you don’t know me anymore‚ i changed my hair‚ changed my hair! ❥ 《 KID HERO 》 i’m the hero of this story‚ i don’t need to be saved.