#(another banger from gio...THANK YOU)

[coiledqueen]

if your muse had to be part of any evil or antagonistic Pokèmon Team, which one would it be?

I answer in more detail here, but Lucy was extremely close to joining TEAM AQUA when she was younger. With her mother's sudden passing, Lucy's restless soul and appetite for battle quickly found solace among the other delinquents and outcasts her age, existing on the fringes of Lilycove's hard-nosed seaport. Aqua recruited heavily within these outskirt districts, and Lucy--along with so many others--was drawn in by the budding team's vision and sense of community. (Say what you will about Archie, but that man had the free-spirited charisma to win a lot of strong people over, readily eager to take up his cause. That's leadership.)

If it hadn't been for Scott's otherworldly scouting abilities, Lucy would have likely turned to Aqua for support instead--and she would have been damn good at her job there. To this day, she still maintains connections with Archie and other ex-members of the team, and she can sometimes be found racing atop her Milotic off the coast or rendezvousing with company in what remains of the Aqua hideout.

I could also see Lucy slotting in to TEAM ROCKET in some fashion! She is a frequent user of their cross-regional, 'unofficial' trading services (it's how she got her Steelix--Ekans is next on the wishlist) and I headcanon she maintains a distant, though friendly 'business relationship' with the leadership there. (Olive's Archer @reiketsui and Proton @crueliste being frequent visitors to the Pike come to mind so far. 💜 More to come...?)

While she does treasure her Frontier position above all else, Lucy's self-defined neutrality will mean that she is always going to be open to a side-hustle or two given the right terms, regardless of alignment or affiliation. 🤙