#Clemont: Ash is here.

[pokeficdaily]

[horace-pokemon]

TOKIGOU VALENTINE'S DAY ONESHOT IS HERE

I SWORE I WOULD FINISH THIS ON MY SONIC BLOG AND I'VE FINALLY DONE IT. It's later than I meant for it to be, but with a big personal thing going on it took me a bit to get back to this wip, BUT ENJOY!!!

Shouting out the Tokigou server on here as well, especially @gouthepro for hyping this wip and process up so insanely much, they gave me the highest compliment I could've ever received just by slapping Tokio in the most gnc outfit ever.

BUT without enough chit-chat and filler out the way, please enjoy the writing to all my Tokigou lovers and enthusiasts! <333 MWAH happy late Valentine's Day to you all!

[torchickentacos]

Pokeani Characters at an Amusement Park!!! Feel free to add on because I know I missed people and I like seeing what you guys have to say

Ash and Iris: Trying to go on every single ride humanly possible. Testing the limits of how much a person can handle, honestly. They’re working their way up to the biggest ride available. 

Brock: carrying the water bottles and ride passes and cash and food and doing the responsible adult stuff. He goes around the park with his huge mom tote bag, checking on his, like, 20 kids and making sure they have water, sunscreen, etc. Currently in line to get food for everyone once they’re done on the rides. 

Misty: in the water section, cooling off and yeling at kids who start to pee in the pool. You know how you get backseat drivers or how chat backseats in twitch game streams? Yeah, Misty is backseat lifeguarding. 

May: Wanted to get a funnel cake but the line was too long so she gave up on it and went on the teacups with Dawn. 

Drew: waiting in line to get funnel cakes. Totally because he has nothing better to do and not because May was dissapointed by the long wait and he didn’t like seeing her dissapointed. Or at least that’s what he tells Brock, also waiting in line. Brock just gives him a “yeah, sure buddy” kind of look. 

Harley: Paid people to wait in line so there would be a long line. Why? To make May irritated, because that’s his one goal in life. His focal point. His reason to go on. 

Max and Bonnie: on the kid’s rides because of their height. They are very unhappy about this and want to go on the big kid rides. Side note, I feel like they would be besties. I think their personalities would compliment eachother pretty well, and they would complain about being the youngest sibling together. 

Clemont: looking after Max and Bonnie, which is fine with him because he kind of lets them do their thing while he pokes around and looks at the ride’s mechanics.

Dawn: teacups teacups teacups teacups teacups wheeeeeee! 

Conway: A couple teacups behind Dawn. Sitting. Watching. Waiting. Spinning. 

Paul: riding the most insane, terrifying roller coasters with a dead-eyed poker face. Nobody can figure out if he’s having fun or not. 

Cilan: his years of playing roller coaster tycoon have prepared him for this very moment. Connoisseur time. Talking to Clemont about the mechanics of the rides and geeking out with him. 

Serena: little bit of everything but she eventually settles on the arcade games that are set up. She’s a skee-ball FIEND. She can skee a ball so well. The balls have never been skee’d so much before. She’s winning every single stuffed animal she can get with frightening accuracy and efficiency. 

[perenlop]

WWWWWW right off the bat this is really good tbh

[which-is-the-very-best]

I just had A Thought, so here's 2 bonus polls for ya!

I tried to include the gimmicks from each region as well as the companions and starters! Whatever anyone might have nostalgia for! (There's a character limit so 😅)

When did you come into the fandom?

If you decided to start with gen 1, while say something like sun and moon was coming out, then go ahead and put gen 1! Just wherever you started!! Be sure to tag it if you want!!

[sinnohanvulpix]

Sawyer is neurodivergent and you can't change my mind

Last year for Autism Acceptance Day, my good friend @pikatrainer99 and I did a collab post about Goh and our headcanon of being him autistic. Here's a link to that post if you'd like to check it out:

Today, we'd like to talk about Sawyer from Pokemon XY, another character who we both headcanon as autistic, and who means the world to me.

Let's start with his special interest, Pokemon battles. In all of Sawyer's appearances, we can clearly see his desire to learn as much as he can about battling and to grow stronger. He greatly admires strong trainers like Steven Stone and Ash. I mean, just look at how excited he gets when he hears that Ash had won five badges!

And that's exactly what he does for the rest of the series. He spends so much time studying and training that he manages to catch up to Ash within a just season's worth of episodes! But we'll get to that later.

Before going into detail about his most obvious traits, let's go over some of the traits that we only see for brief moments, starting with his sensory sensitivities. In episode 73, we see him getting visibly overwhelmed when the crowd around him, Ash, and Clemont suddenly starts cheering. We also see him shielding his eyes from Spritzee's Dazzling Gleam attack during his battle with Valerie. Note that he's the only one to react this way to both situations. I don't know about you, but I have yet to meet a single autistic person without some kind of hypersensitivity to noise, bright light, smell, texture, etcetera.

We also see in the following episode that he sometimes unintentionally gets too close to people when he's excited, not noticing their discomfort. We see this after Ash wins his gym battle with Valerie, and Sawyer is so beyond amazed and eager to learn from him that he momentarily forgets how to act "socially appropriately". Ash and his friends are visibly uncomfortable, but of course, because they're all so kind and supportive, they don't judge him for this 🥺

We also see in the first episode of XYZ that he's an amazing artist. And I mean, AMAZING! He can literally draw Squishy the Zygarde Core exactly how it looks in its official artwork, despite only having seen it for the first time that day! While not every autistic person has to have a talent like this, it's definitely not uncommon. Growing up, Pika and I both used to draw a lot, and our drawing skills were one of the few things we took pride in because of how much praise we got for it.

Now let's talk about one of his most adorable traits, which is his habit of saying, "I've gained some EXP!" Clearly he's into video games and enjoys feeling like he's in one, because this is definitely not something you typically hear in real life. This kind of escapism is quite common in autistic people, Pika and I included. In a world that's not built for us, sometimes imagining ourselves in a fictional world that we love can be really comforting and even inspiring in some cases.

You've probably noticed that Sawyer is holding his notebook in all of the last three screenshots, which is also something I'd like to get into. Not only is his notebook a crucial part of his character, but it's also a security item. Pika and I both have security items of our own, namely our phones and our favourite Pokemon plushies, which helps bring us a lot of much-needed comfort. In episode 75, we see just how panicked Sawyer gets when he temporarily loses his notebook, which quickly leads to him becoming depressed.

We know that he values his notebook deeply because it contains all he's learned on his journey, as well as an autograph from Steven Stone. But if you look deeper, it becomes clear that it's even more to him than that. He holds his notebook close to his heart, both metaphorically and literally. He hugs it after receiving approval from Ash (which I'll also get to later) Heck, he even attached his Key Stone to it! He cherishes this notebook like it's his baby, and we find that so adorable and relatable!

Okay, now it's time to get into what's arguably the saddest part of his character: his constant need of approval from others. Pika and I, as well as countless other autistic people, are no strangers to self-doubt, especially in a world where we can't meet a lot of people's expectations. Sawyer likely grew up feeling this way too, which would explain why he's always seeking Ash's approval, since Ash is the one he looks up to the most. Throughout the series, Sawyer's constantly trying desperately to catch up to him. What's even more heartbreaking is that even after he beats Ash, he still needs reassurance from him that he's become strong 🥺

And to make matters worse, he's constantly masking his frustration whenever he fails to beat Ash. The autistic community is definitely no stranger to masking either.

It's not until the episode after his Kalos League battle with Ash when we finally see Sawyer breaking down. All those hours of training to catch up to Ash only led to him losing again in their most important battle yet. He was devastated, but he couldn't show that in front of Ash out of fear of being judged. Once he and Sceptile were alone, however, Sawyer was finally able to let out all the built-up frustration. And oh boy, was it emotional to watch...

But being the resilient trainer he is, Sawyer quickly dried off his tears and reaffirmed his desire to become stronger.

It takes a lot of strength to bounce back from something like this. I also went through a lot of inner turmoil around the time XYZ was airing. But seeing Sawyer bounce back like this inspired me to keep going, and make it through the rest of that year with Sawyer as my main source of comfort.

Needless to say, I see a lot of myself in Sawyer, and so does Pika. Not only is he relatable, but his story is also a great reminder that no matter how bad things feel in the moment, we can always make it out the other side. This is an important message for a lot of people, especially within the autistic community.

Even after all these years, I still find lots of comfort in Sawyer, and I know that'll last for many more years to come 💚

[ecargmura]

Pokemon Horizons Episode 45 Review - The End Of The Second Chapter

What a great way to end the second chapter! The raid battle against Rayquaza was intense but great! Liko, Roy and Dot show off their improved battling tactics alongside Friede and Amethio, who shows up unexpectedly after his colleagues retreated. Just seeing the fruits of their hard work from Amethio mastering Terastal to Liko and Roy battling so competently without the need of Friede’s handholding to Liko’s Sprigatito evolving into Floragato, a rare occurrence for Grass-type starters.

The battle between the Trainers and Rayquaza was really good. I loved how Friede chose to split them up as he took Roy and Fuecoco with him and left Cap with Liko and Dot so that he could command him to use Volt Tackle to launch up Quaxly and Fuecoco in the air. The way Roy even landed a hit on Rayquaza with Disarming Voice was so cool to see! When Amethio comes into the fray, he shows off his Tera Ghost Ceruledge and the double battle with him and Tera Dark Charizard was so cool! I can see why the kids want to learn Terastal now.

I was very surprised that the writers would allow Sprigatito to evolve into Floragato. Usually, the anime writers have a severe allergy towards making Grass-type starters evolve. Since Black and White, Ash’s Snivy never evolved; Clemont’s Chespin never evolved; Ash’s Rowlett ate an Everstone and couldn’t evolve; Goh’s Grookey didn’t evolve. I was expecting the same thing to happen to Liko’s Sprigatito, but the writers actually went beyond my low expectations. I have hopes that the same will happen for Roy and Dot and that all three kids will get their Starters to be fully evolved later on. Fuecoco also learns Flame Charge. It’s nice to see Fuecoco learning all sorts of moves. I do wonder when he’ll evolve. Maybe in ten episodes?

I’m glad that the rest of the Rising Volt Tacklers are okay after the major damage the airship took. I do worry about Carkoal’s safety as it’s not present with the other evacuated airship Pokemon. Hopefully, it’s just safe in the engine room as it does look quite heavy to be evacuated safely (yet they were able to move a Nosepass with ease). Because it will take a while for the airship to repair, their adventures come to a halt here. Since the kids will attend school, I do wonder what the adults will do. Will they take up jobs nearby and meet up with the kids occasionally?

The Explorers section was quite interesting. Gibeon tells them to lay low and wait for the Rising Volt Tacklers to get the Six Heroes and then take them from them. That sounds like a solid plan for now. He also wants them to monitor Terapagos and Liko. Uh-oh. The fact that Gibeon knows Lucius, which means that he is most likely aware that she is his descendant. A glimpse of Gibeon is seen towards the end. He has white and black hair, but in a different pattern from Amethio. I’m assuming they’re related, but as ancestor and descendant as Gibeon isn’t supposed to be alive in this era. I’m convinced he’s an AI. He also has a Shiny 10% Zygarde, meaning that Legends Z-A lore will be implemented in the near future, or it’s just an easter egg for the upcoming game. I’m also wondering why Spinel smirked at the end before being dismissed from the meeting. He seems to have more ambitious goals, so I’m curious what his deal is—and it’s not because he’s my favorite or anything, okay?

Overall, the Terapagos’s Shine chapter was a good arc. It was nice seeing progression for Liko and Roy as they grow from novices to more experienced trainers. I can’t wait to see how they will grow with Dot once they study about Terastal at Orange Academy. In fact, I can’t wait to see their school adventures! What are your thoughts on the second chapter now that it ended? Are you anticipating the third chapter?

[teehee-vibes]

Tada!!

Here are the designs for Bonnie, Clemont, and Serena in my post-canon fanfic, Restarting At Letter A! It takes place 3 to 3 1/2 years after the Kalos Crisis, and it can be read here!

I may make detailed pages for each of them, one day. In the meantime… Design notes under the cut!

Bonnie:

The Friend Ball hat is a birthday gift from Ash! It says “Champ in the making” on the inside of the cap.

The Zygarde skirt is also a birthday gift, from Valerie!

Not pictured, but when she wears her bag (gift from Ramos), its shoulder strap and her suspenders make a sideways Z.

Serena helped her put together the rest of the outfit.

Her hair’s length is inspired by Serena.

Additionally, she has a ponytail coming through the back, and it is vaguely lightning bold shaped.

Clemont:

Bonnie put the patches on his legs because she wanted to learn to sew, thanks to Serena’s influence.

Patches are: Luxray tail stars, Heliolisk frills, high voltage road sign, trans flag (color picked from his official game art lol), and a cherri berry.

His hair is shorter now (always tie your long hair back when in a hazardous work space).

Yes all the buttons have specific purposes. His bag has been upgraded to have two Aipom Arms (Ambipom). I’ll release the chart with the character page.

Voltage Badge because he’s a proud gym leader.

Serena:

Blue ribbon from Ash.

She is super duper fashionable and slay.

Also, she’s 5,8”, just fyi

The flowers embroidered on her coat have multiple meanings. Pink tulips for feminism, gladiolus for strength of character, etc etc. The sunflower and daisies are for Clemont and Bonnie.

She has the same bracelet she had as part of her casual outfit in Journeys, inspired by Aria. The blue gemstone on her necklace is from the bejeweled belt she wore for Hoenn’s contest lives.

[justlemoney]

Ash has created a group chat.

Ash named the group chat '(Un)Folded Chaos'.

Ash added 24 contacts.

Ash has renamed 25 chat members.

ChosenChild has locked the names.

ChosenChild: Hiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Several members have gone online.

CoolDad: Ash? What's the meaning of this? And why are you even awake? It's 3 in the morning

ChosenChild: I am bored! And why aren't you asleep professor?

CoolDad: Nevermind

FormalCaveGuy: Good morning, and may I ask why my name is 'FormalCaveGuy'?

FabulousHairGuy: Steven please, you wear a suit while mining. And thanks Ash for the name ;D

ChosenChild: np!

Pureness: Ash? Most of these pople I don't know! Who are they?

MegaEvolveProf: How about we all introduce eachother? 

WhiteQueen: Great idea! Who Starts?

Pureness: Guess I will! My name is Lillie :D

WalkingCookBook: I am Mallow!

ScarySea: I am Lana

FlameFarmBoi: I am Kiawe. Also Ash what is this name?

ChosenChild: Hey! It suits you :p

ElectricNerdKiddo: I am Sophocles

Simba 2.0: I am Hau

Edgeyboy: Gladion. And Ash really now?

ChosenChild: Yes

CoolDad: Professor Kukui

DiveMom: Professor Burnet

Maniac: Gary Oak

MewLunatic: I am Goh

ElectricGymLeader: I am Clemont

GreenBoi: I am Sawyer 

WeatherDragon: The name is Raihan :D

(Un)Defeated Champ: Hiii I'm Leon! :D

WhiteQueen: I am Diantha and @BlackQueen is Cynthia, but she is busy right now

MegaEvolveProf: Augustine Sycamore

Redhead 1: Lysandre de-lys.

DragonGuy: Lance de-lys

ChosenChild: Wait- WHAT?!

ChosenChild has changed DragonGuy's name to Redhead 2

ChosenChild: Better.

Redhead 2: Really now Ash?

ChosenChild: YES

FabulousHairGuy: Hey hey I'm Wallace

Chespin#1: Hiiiiii! I am Mairin!

KalosEmo: Mairin what are you doing here? You know what, nevermind. Ash could you change my name? Not comfortable.

ChosenChild: Of course! Gimme a sec

ChosenChild has changed KalosEmo's name to 'MegaDragon'

MegaDragon: Thank you Ash. Anyway, I am Alain.

FormalCaveGuy: Alain, you alright? I am Steven Stone by the way

MegaDragon: Yeah I am

FormalCaveGuy: Good

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WeatherDragon has logged on.

WeatherDragon: JOOOO you gotta see this! Leon just ran against a wall xD *has attached an image*

Redhead 2 and 6 Other people have logged on.

Redhead 2 and 6 Other people have saved the image.

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Straight from my AO3 Acc

[pokemon-ash-aus]

How would Ash's friends and past travelling companions who're in-the-know react to him having a kid?

i like to imagine Ash invites them all over and seems like such a serious talk

Ash: So- how do i put this?

May: Oh Dialga, your dying.

ash: What!? No! I have a kid you guys!

misty: :O what you did the do with a girl!

Serena: The Naked Tango?

Lillie: The Forbidden doodle

Ash: you all are freaks, no! Apparently, Mewtwo’s reproduce asexually! So i had a son, by myself!

Mallow: So you gotta… do yourself?

ash: GARY, HELP ME

Gary, laughing his ass off in the corner: there’s a Pheromone in certain Flowers that can trigger the reproduction glands of some pokemon and allow them to have their own Children. It’s more common with Grasstypes, but it’s not unheard of in other Pokemon, Ash happens to be one of those pokemon and it’s the same for Go and Pie.

Sophocles: So as a male, you got pregnant?

Ash: Sooh i already told you, i’m gender,ess and i just identify as male.

Sophocles: I know that! I mean- could you transform still? Would your body still show?

Clemont: How did no one notice- your right Soph.

ash, Embarrassed and fuming, bringing out Baby Red: Here’s you nibling you fucking weirdo’s stop questioning how i work!

[onetwothree]

wait since people are sharing their grownup anipoke cast hcs im gonna share mine too :]

there's a lot of thinking behind every single one of them so please send asks if you're curious about one of them (or more) okay!!!! i love talking about my hcs LMAO

ash: ive got an entire story arc written for that boy. BUT im not gonna explain it here cause it's too long but basically he would become a pokemon teacher (NOT A PROFESSOR, im thinking more like what kukui does in the anime? which is teaching children about pokemon stuff in a school setting)

misty: i like to think she'd become quite the sporty type and maybe become a professional swimmer and participate in competitions and stuff

brock: pkmn doctor!!!! he has a lot of experience and maybe he'd train other younger doctors-to-be :]

tracey: i think art is more of a hobby to him, but @juliamex3 's idea of him taking commissions and becoming gary's assistant is genius so im stealing it HEHE

gary: pkmn professor and rival to goh, they don't specialize in the exact same fields but sometimes they work together. gary still loves to tease goh (they respect eachother but the teasing is eternal)

may: ill be completely honest and say may is the one ive given the least thought to. I'M SORRY BESTIE... id say she's still a coordinator and likes to bring smiles to people with her performances

dawn: im not 100% sure but im thinking something like a professional dancer but like not competitive, maybe she'd make a duo with zoey and they'd both do performances together

iris: she's still unovas champion ! she also beat cynthia's ass and now her goal is to beat ash's ass (in a battle.)

cilan: S class connoisseur, but there's still things to learn! which is why he rarely stays at the striaton cafe.

clemont: definitely not a gym leader anymore. he decided to let his sister take his place. hes an engineer and he's well known around the world for all of his inventions

serena: i don't think she'd keep doing performances all her life. after she becomes kalos queen, she'd start focusing on fashion designing. also i like to think that shauna would model for her :3

mallow : as the owner of ainas kitchen she opened a new restaurant in konikoni city where she lives with lillie!!

lillie: she writes children's literature!!!

lana: okay so i like to think that lana would specialize in water pokemon preservation. she would dive in specific areas to check the pokemons conditions and stuff

sophocles: he said he wanted to be an astronaut, i believe in him!! YOU CAN DO IT SOPHOCLES

kiawe: hes going to become kahuna after olivia but it's not going to be easy. hes going to travel across the world to learn more about pokemon and people first, and only then will he be recognized as kahuna

gladion: he researches pokemon at the aether foundation and someday will take his mother's role as president. he and goh have worked together before and they get along well

goh: pokemon professor, as i said he and gary are still rivals. goh specializes in legendary/mythical pokemon!!

chloe: i like to think that she would do something "normal" LMAO, maybe journalist, i can see her writing articles in newspaper, or photographer. it's hard to find something good for her because the anime didn't give us any clue ghdbfhd. i have more hcs for koharu but not related to her future job

[lemon-pear]

Pokémon World Fair (Kalos, 1889)

"Ladies, Gentlemen, and Pokémon of all ages, I'm pleased to announce that our city's bright and shining future is here to-day, thanks to the Power of Science!"

And with that, Clemont pressed the button.

From their perch above the crowd, Ash and Pikachu saw the whole tower light up, casting its electric light over the city and illuminating the smiling face of its young creator.

Ash gasped in delight and wonder. He had never seen anything like it!

"The Power of Science is truly amazing," he exclaimed.

Hey-hey, it's Diodeshipping Day! Turns out I was going to explode if I didn't post something for these boys today, so I dusted off one of the many, MANY Pokémon XY AUs that never made it past some rough concept sketches and turned it into a little comic-thing. This is a pseudo-Victorian/1889 Paris World's Fair AU, which I'm still really attached to as a concept! Since the Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair, I thought it would be fun to imagine if Lumiose Tower had been built in the same time frame (it being completely electric is probably a bit of an anachronism, but shh... electrical engineering is going to be more developed in this world compared to ours because people have electric-type Pokémon to help them out!).

Anyway! 1889 Ash decided to visit Lumiose City for the spectacle of the fair, but ended up staying for the amazing and wonderful person he met there (who just happens to wear spectacles). I didn't have a reference available when I drew the bottom sketch, but I picture Ash wearing the same steampunky outfit he wore in M19, Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

The other XY characters are part of this AU too, but I never got around to drawing them, so it’s just Diode-related for now! Team Rocket would have an airship, that's all I know :D

[red-rose-corner]

My Favorite Anipoke Pairings

PokéShipping (Ash/Misty) MorpheusShipping (Ash/Angie) AureliaShipping (Ash/Lillie) DiodeShipping (Ash/Clemont) MouseShipping (Ash/Ritchie) ChampsElyseeShipping (Misty/Serena) WaterWarriorShipping (Misty/Lana) MizuchiShipping (Misty/Iris) LuckShipping (Brock/Lucy) TeenCareShipping (Brock/Holly) UltramarineShipping (Brock/Lizabeth) MonolithShipping (Brock/Olivia) HandymanShipping (Tracey/Daisy) CrimsonVelvetShipping (May/Serena) ContestShipping (Drew/May) SapphirePearlShipping (May/Dawn) SmartKidShipping (Max/Molly) FancyFashionShipping (Dawn/Serena) AppealShipping (Zoey/Dawn) MoonlightBlossomShipping (Dawn/Chloe) DragonvilleShipping (Iris/Shannon) BoutiqueShipping (Serena/Shauna) FondantShipping (Miette/Serena) RingletShipping (Aria/Serena) BloomAmourShipping (Serena/Chloe) DreamGirlShipping (Serena/Lisia) GeekChicShipping (Clemont/Serena) ScientificJournalShipping (Clemont/Sawyer) KiloudeShipping (Clemont/Yvonne) *Canon/FC* WaitingForYouShipping (Emilio/Bonnie) JellowShipping (Mallow/Lillie) BlueLilyShipping (Lana/Lillie) FirstFriendShipping (Goh/Ash) TimelessPromiseShipping (Goh/Horace) ClegohShipping (Goh/Clemont) IceBloomShipping (Regina/Chloe) HanaMusaShipping (Delia/Jessie) GrassShipping (James/Gardenia) CavalierShipping (Gary/Dawn) BlackenedEdgeShipping (Gladion/Kiawe) QuestShipping (Jimmy/Marina) CurtainShipping (Reggie/Maylene) PhaesporiaShipping (Cynthia/Diantha) WhiteCarnationShipping (Bea/Korrina) EternalHoneymoonShipping (Kukui/Burnet)

All of these were found here.

[trashyswitch]

The Long Trek Back Home

Ash Ketchum has finally become a pokémon master! On his way home, Ash meets up with his friends who have walked alongside him during his journey. Follow alongside Ash as he reunites with all his friends, old and new!

This fanfic was suggested by @nico-ticklegoddess12. I knew this fanfic would end up being super long, due to needing to include moments with every group Ash had over the last 27 years. But this fanfic came in at 13 pages. But boy, was it worth it. I had so much researching to do and clips to watch, and lastly: I made sure a pokémon fanatic read over the fanfic for inaccuracies before I was ready to upload! Oh! And one more thing...I tracked down the map of where Ash went on his journey originally, and I came up with a slightly different journey back to Pallet Town for Ash, that would logically and geographically, make more sense. Here's the maps I used.

So without furtherado, I hope you enjoy!

Ash had finally done it. He had finally become the very best like no one ever was: A pokémon master. He had started his trip back to Pallet town, and spent his time saying bye to all the friends he had made over the years. On his way back, many of his friends through the years had offered to accompany him as he reversed his tracks. First was Goh. 

They had traveled across Galar, visiting different towns and cities for a while, catching up on all they’ve seen and done together. 

“Remember when you caught a pokéball for the first time, and didn’t even realize it?” Ash asked. 

“Yup, I remember it vividly. It was my Scorbunny.” Goh replied. 

“Oh my gosh, your face when it was added to your pokédex!” Ash reacted, laughing. 

“And the time your chair leg broke and fell to the ground?” Goh added with a laugh. “Even YOU were laughing!” He added, poking his side. 

Ash laughed. “And the time you grabbed my pants when you fell? I was scared they were gonna fall down!” Ash added, poking his side back. 

“Hehey! Watch it, clumsy!” Goh reacted, poking him back. 

Ash laughed and poked him back. “Poke fight!” Ash declared before poking him double time. 

Goh laughed and poked him back, now going for the sides and ribs as well as the arms. “Tahahake thahat!” He said, poking Ash’s belly. 

Ash doubled over and hugged his sides, letting out a long burst of laughter. 

Goh laughed alongside him and patted his shoulder. “You’re so ticklish! It’s so funny!” Goh reacted. 

“Ihihi know.” Ash admitted. 

“Honestly, you two…” Chloe teased with a smile. 

Goh turned to Chloe and scratched the back of his head. “Sorry, Chloe.” 

Chloe smirked and picked up Goh. “Sorry doesn’t change how ticklish YOU are.” She exclaimed as she danced her fingers all over his ribs. “NaAAHAHAHA! CHLOE WAHAHAIT! NOHOHO FAHAIR!” Goh laughed. Ash just smiled as he watched the goofballs play with each other. 

When they got to Kalos, Ash, Goh and Chloe split up. There, Ash would come across Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie again. “Need a lift?” Clemont asked. 

Ash and the group walked through Kalos, visiting places they had been before, and reminiscing about their journey together. 

“Remember Clemont’s pokébot?!” Ash asked excitedly. 

Serena and Bonnie groaned in slight annoyance while Clemont smiled eagerly. 

“Don’t you mean my ‘Automatic Pikachu Retrieval Device’?” Clemont clarified. 

“Pokébot sounds better.” Bonnie admitted. 

Clemont yelped and shot a glare at her. “And why is that?!” Clemont asked. 

Bonnie smirked. “Because it’s shorter and makes more sense.” She replied proudly. 

Clemont narrowed his eyes at her. “Take that back.” He ordered. 

“Or what?” She teased back. 

“Or else…” He smirked and wiggled his fingers at her. “A certain childhood monster is gonna reappear.” He warned. 

Bonnie’s sly look quickly turned into nervousness. “H-Huh?!” She reacted, before taking off running. “W-Wait! Not that! Anything but that!” She begged. 

“You asked for it. Therefore, you’re getting it.” Clemont declared proudly, chasing after her. 

Bonnie sprinted just about everywhere she could think of. She even whizzed around Ash and Serena a few times! Ash and Serena looked at each other, clearly confused. “Monster?” Ash asked. 

“What monster?” Serena asked next, not knowing either. 

“Only the most well-known monster to ever exist.” Clemont replied, still not helping them figure it out. 

Bonnie accidentally tripped on her feet mid-run, and flopped herself onto the grass. Her eyes were spinning spirals as she froze on the ground. “Bonnie! Are you okay?!” Clemont asked, worried. 

“I think so…” Bonnie replied. 

“Okay, good.” Clemont ran up and picked up his little sister, before squeezing and digging into her belly. “Cause THIS monster just captured the best prey in Kalos!” He declared, lifting her up and pretending to nibble on her belly. 

“eeeEEHEHEHEHE! HAHAHA NOHOHOHO!” She wiggled around and kicked her feet, unable to stop her brother from tickling her. 

“Oh…” Ash looked down, a gray shadow covering his eyes as he felt a tear drop down his forehead. “The tickle monster.” 

Serena was giggling at the silliness for a few minutes. 

When they reached Unova, Ash turned to look at his friends. “I loved hanging out again. We should do it again sometime!” Ash declared. He gave Clemont and Bonnie a hug. “Bye Bonnie. Bye Clemont. Good luck with your inventions!” He said, patting his back before stopping in front of Serena. “And Serena…” Ash chuckled and looked down. “Do you…really like me that way?” He asked her awkwardly. Serena smirked and leaned in, giving Ash a kiss on the lips. Ash hummed with slight surprise at first, before leaning into it and wrapping his arms around her. Clemont had to cover up Bonnie’s innocent eyeballs to save her the pain of seeing such things. Serena opened her eyes and broke the kiss, before staring lovingly into Ash’s brown eyes with a giddy little smirk. “Does that answer your question?” She asked. Ash smiled as a blush formed on his face. 

“Is it over?” Clemont asked, clearly scarred for life. 

With that determined, Ash took his leave. And waiting for him nearby, was Iris and Cilan. 

“Ash smiled excitedly as he saw Cilan. “Hey! I didn’t know you’d be here!” Ash reacted, high-fiving him. 

“Iris invited me to stop by when I found out about the news.” He reacted. “Besides…I got to take the Subway again!” He declared excitedly. 

Ash sighed and looked at Iris. “You lured him here on purpose…didn’t you?” Ash asked. 

“Come on, Ash. It’ll be like old times! At least for a few hours.” Iris told him. 

Ash chuckled. “Fine.” He replied, amused. 

They took off walking through the city and outside of the area, visiting Decalore on their way to Alola. They had a map this time, which meant they knew some shortcuts to where they wanted to go this time around. The group felt more confident with this map. Why he didn’t have the map out the first time he traveled, was beyond him. “I’ve never been to Alola before. It sounds beautiful.” Cilan admitted. 

“I think you’ll love it!” Ash declared, throwing his fist into the air. “It’s warm and it’s split into 4 different islands.One of them has a volcano on it!” Ash told him. 

“Oh! Which one has the volcano on it?” Cilan asked. 

Ash pointed to it. “The middle one on the left. It’s giant.” Ash admitted. 

“Okay. Noted. Let’s NOT go to the middle island on the left.” Cilan declared. 

Ash turned to Cilan. “...Seriously?” Ash asked. 

Iris raised an eyebrow. “The volcano is likely dormant.” Iris told them. 

“But that’s the thing: They make you THINK they’re dormant…And then…” Cilan grabbed Iris’s shoulders. “They become active and destroy everything in its path!” Cilan reacted, throwing his arms around. “All that work…for nothing!” Cilan reacted, cupping his own cheeks in distress. 

Iris chuckled and poked his side. “You’re so dramatic.” She teased. 

Cilan jumped and moved away from Iris. 

Ash saw that, and smirked. “Yeah, come on Cilan.” Ash walked up and poked his side as well. “Relax.” He teased. 

Cilan pushed their hands away. “Don’t tickle me.” He ordered softly, quickening his pace. 

“Cilan you’re-” Ash scrunched up his face as he heard Cilan yelp and flop onto the dirt. 

Iris doubled over and pointed at him, laughing her head off. 

“Gonna fall over…” Ash muttered to himself with a sigh. 

Cilan groaned and attempted to get himself up. “Thanks Ash…” He muttered, dusting himself off. “Stupid rock.” Cilan muttered, looking at the big, wide rock that took up the road. 

When they made it to Alola, they ended up heading to the very island that Cilan didn’t want to go on. And though Cilan wasn’t pleased, he did have to admit: The island is gorgeous! And the flowers! The pokémon! It’s a wonderful place to explore! 

Ash wished Cilan and Iris farewell, before going to meet up with his friends from this region. 

Lana, Kiawe, Lillie, Sophocles and Mallow were all waiting for him to arrive in Hau’oli City. When he showed up, all his friends cheered and sprinted up to him. 

“Hi guys!” Ash reacted excitedly at first. Though all of his excitement quickly diminished when he realized how close they were getting to him. Ash went from chuckling eagerly, to shouting in horror in a matter of seconds. 

He felt as the group practically doggy-piled him to the ground, making a big puff of dust in the air. The group all got off of Ash, and surrounded him from above. 

“On 3!” Mallow declared. 

“1!” They all said at the same time. 

Ash tilted his head, confused. 

“2!” They all counted, kneeling down. 

Ash registered their hand signals, and grew tense. “W-WAIT!” 

“3!” They all started tickling Ash everywhere they could reach. The armpits, the sides, the belly, the feet, the neck, 10 hands on multiple different ticklish spots. 

“BAHAHAhahaha! Guhuhuhuys!” He yelled. 

“Welcome back tickle attack!” They all declared. 

“Nihihice to sehehehee yohohou toohohohoo!” Ash replied. 

They stopped tickling and Lillie offered him a hand. “Help up?” She asked. 

Ash smiled and took her hand. He got up onto his feet and got patted on the shoulders and hat while being nudged and poked. Meanwhile, someone else had walked up and offered him a fistbump. “You alright, Ash?” The person asked. 

Ash smiled and fistbumped him. “Yeah! I feel great!” He replied. 

“Glad to have you back home, Ash.” He bent down to pick up something. “And congratulations on your win!” Professor Kokui reacted, offering him his hat back. 

Ash lit up upon looking at it, and felt his own head. “W-Wha?!” He reacted for a moment, before chuckling awkwardly. “I-I guess it came off.” Ash admitted as he took the hat and put it on his head. “And thanks! It’s still hard to think after all that. So much has happened today.” Ash admitted. 

“I imagine it is.” Kukui replied. 

Lillie gasped and started clapping her hands. “Do you want to stay for a while?” She asked. Ash was taken aback. “R-Really?” Ash reacted. 

Mallow squealed. “Yeah, stay! At least until you get back on your feet?” She asked next. 

Professor Kukui smiled brightly. “I would be more than happy to provide you with food and a bed!” He replied. “I could even make you some taco rice!” Kukui offered. 

Ash gasped and grew starry-eyed. “That would be awesome!” He reacted. 

The group went to the training school and spent some time together. While Professor Kukui was making Ash some food, the kids were all chatting up a storm in the living room! Burnet got to chat with the kids for a bit before helping her husband cook, while Lillie got a chance to snuggle with Pikachu for a while! Kiawe got to listen to all of Ash’s fighting strategies while out in the arena, while Mallow talked Ash’s ear off while he was doing his laundry. It was nice to be back in Alola for the day. It gave Ash a chance to decompress and really come to terms with what it really meant to be the world champion. The team reassured him that despite the sudden status change, Ash will always be one of the students in the Alola Training School. 

When Ash finished eating, he packed up his clothes from the dryer and said a final farewell to his friends. Though, this farewell felt a bit harder than the rest. He didn’t really want to go yet. But…he knew that if he stayed for a bit longer, he would likely stay forever. So, he took his chance and struck out on his own again. 

He walked through Alola on his own, and walked himself back to the bridge connecting Alola to Hoenn. He took his time walking the bridge, wishing all 4 of the Alola islands good luck before walking the bridge to Hoenn. He followed the bridge into the little city, and gasped when he saw Max and May. 

“Ash!” May reacted, hugging him tightly. 

“Hi May!” Ash reacted, hugging her back. 

“Hi Ash!” Max yelled, hugging him too. 

Ash let go of May and hugged him back, before giving him a fistbump. “Hey Max!” Ash reacted. 

“Well look who it is…” Someone nearby said. 

Ash looked up, and smiled brightly when he saw him…Brock…one his most loyal travel buddies. “Hi Brock!” Ash reacted, fistbumping his fist. 

“Hey Ash. Not bad out there. Not bad at all!” Brock said, slapping the bill of Ash’s hat. Ash laughed and adjusted his hat, before poking Brock a few times in the sides and ribs. This made Brock laugh and back up. “Ihi was visiting Hoenn for a bit, and wanted to walk with you to Sinnoh when you’re ready.” Brock admitted. 

“Alright. But I wanna visit first! I’ve been traveling around to all the regions I’ve visited!” Ash declared, fistbumping the air in front of him. “I’ve seen so many friends all at once…It’s getting a little tiring.” Ash admitted. 

Brock laughed. “I can only imagine.”

“Find any cute girls while I was gone?” Ash asked. 

Brock laughed. “Yeah! Lots of cute girls!” Brock admitted. 

Ash laughed and grew teasy. “You gonna marry any of them yet?” Ash teased with a poke. 

Brock jumped and chuckled awkwardly, scratching the back of his head as a tear of sweat fell down his forehead. “W-Well…” He muttered, unsure what to reply. “Come on, Brock. What about Nurse Joy?” Ash asked. 

Brock widened his eyes and looked at Ash as he dropped his jaw. “Wha- Seriously?!” Brock reacted. 

“Which one?” May asked with a giggle. 

“Y-Yeah! That too! There’s so many Nurse Joys’, I-I don’t know which one to pick!” Brock admitted. 

Ash laughed and nudged him a bit. 

Brock narrowed his already-narrow eyes at Ash, sending Ash a little warning look. 

“Uh oh…” Max reacted, whispering something to his sister as they walked. 

Ash looked over at Brock, and quickly noticed his look. “Oh…Uh…” Ash took off running down the road. “YOU’LL NEVER CATCH ME ALIVE!” Ash shouted as he sprinted away. 

Brock took off running after him, starting up a chase scene around the town. Max giggled and looked up at May. “Can I run around too?” Max asked. 

May sighed in slight annoyance, but let him do what he wanted. “Sure. Go ahead.” She replied. 

Max took off running the moment he was given permission, and began moving between chasing Brock and chasing Ash. “WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON?!” Ash asked. 

“IT’S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!” Brock yelled before starting to chase Max. 

Max screeched and tried to run as fast as he could, screaming and yelling helplessly. 

Eventually though, Ash came to save the little boy by picking up Max and carrying him away while sprinting farther away from Brock. Ash made a few turns through the buildings while he figured out a safe area to land. When he felt they were far enough away, Ash put Max down behind a tree in the park, and fluffed his black hair a bit before taking off again. “There ya go.” Ash said. “Thanks Ash!” Max yelled, giggling and watching as Ash kept going forward through the buildings. But…Max’s confidence quickly dwindled the moment he heard a coin drop from the other side of the tree. He turned around and looked around. “Who’s there?!” Max yelled. 

But a dark shadow was moving closer from right behind him…

“Boo!” Brock picked up Max and playfully tickled his sides. “Kitchy kitchy kitchy koo!” 

Max squealed and wiggled around in his grasp, occasionally squeaking in between his newfound laughter. “eEEEK! NAHAhahaha! EEK! B-Brahahahack! EEHEE! HEHEHEEEK!” Max laughed. 

Brock laughed almost evilly as he walked Max back to May again. “Here. Free brother.” Brock said, handing Max over to May like he was a toddler. 

“Hey!” Max complained, crossing his arms, visibly annoyed. 

May laughed and took Max back, putting him down and letting him walk beside her. 

Brock eventually caught Ash and tickled him the entire time he walked back to the main path where May and Max were. May and Max giggled as Ash’s laughter told them roughly how much closer they were getting back to them. 

Eventually, Ash would hug Max and May and wish them well, before taking off with Brock to travel over to Sinnoh. Brock had been his traveling buddy back in Sinnoh as well. So it made sense that Brock wanted to visit Sinnoh again. 

It took a few days of catching up and overcoming the wilderness together, for them to finally make it to Sinnoh. Brock and Ash eventually found Dawn hanging out in Twinleaf Town at her house. 

“Brock! ASH!” Dawn reacted, pulling Ash into a hug. “I missed you so much!” She told him. 

Ash hugged her back. “I missed you too.” He admitted. “How’s Aipom doing?” Ash asked. 

“Well…O told me he’s doing really well.” Dawn admitted. “I miss him sometimes though…” She admitted. 

Ash nodded. “I do too.” Ash admitted. “But…Look who’s still here!” Ash brought out his pokéball and let out one of his pokémon. The Pokémon leaped around and let out an excited “Buizel!” as he jumped into Dawn’s arms. 

“BUIZEL!” She reacted, hugging Buizel as tightly as she could without hurting him. Buizel started shoving his nose into her neck. “Hehehehe! Ihihi mihissed you too, Buizel.” She admitted. “Noho need to worry! I’m okay.” Dawn replied. 

Ash and Brock looked at each other with slight nervousness. Whenever Dawn says ‘No need to worry’...That usually makes everyone around her worry even more for her. But…they know Dawn never means to make them worry. They know what she’s capable of doing on her own. She spent at least a year with them just proving this. So, they let her have this moment of happiness. 

Ash walked up and took Buizel back for a moment. “Hold on…” Ash put Buizel onto his shoulder before grabbing out treats for Buizel. “There. Here:” Ash gave her a few treats. “Hide these in your pockets.” Ash told her. 

“Uh…Okay. Why?” She asked, putting them into her pockets.

“Because there’s a trick I taught him that I want to show you.” Ash admitted. For a second, Ash had noticed she had put a treat into her vest pocket. “Are…you sure you want that there?” Ash asked. 

Dawn smiled. “I’m sure! No need to worry.” She replied. Ash just smiled, knowing what was going to happen. 

When Dawn was ready, Ash tied a blindfold onto Buizel’s eyes. “Okay. Go!” Ash told him. Buizel hopped off of Ash’s shoulder and started navigating the world blindly with just his nose. He followed the smell of the treats, and crawled up to Dawn right away. It was evident he had done this before…because Buizel didn’t even need to touch Dawn in order to know where to climb. He just climbed up like it was no issue! 

Dawn was ecstatic to see how Buizel was doing this. But things took a funny turn when Buizel stuffed his nose into her vest pocket. Dawn squealed and doubled over, almost dropping Buizel in the process. “eeeEEHEHEEE! Hahahaha!” She laughed. 

Ash scratched the back of his head awkwardly. “I tried to warn you.” Ash admitted.

“Buihihizehel! Ihihit’s ticklyhyhyhyhy!” Dawn reacted, covering her mouth. Buizel eventually managed to get the treat out of her left pocket, before moving to her right pocket. “Buizel!” Dawn yelled, before fully succumbing to laughter as Buizel dug into the right pocket above her right side. “Buihihizehehel plehehehease!” She laughed. 

Ash chuckled as he watched. “Cool trick, huh?” Ash teased. 

Brock looked at Ash with a suspicious face. “You’d better not be pulling that trick on me anytime soon.” Brock warned. 

“Why? Because you tickled me earlier and I might want revenge?” Ash joked. 

“Well…Yeah.” Brock replied. “Unlike you, I grew up with many siblings who did that stuff for fun.” He mentioned. 

Ash looked at Brock with slight surprise at first, before lowering his head with a smirk. Lowering his head caused his hat bill to top down, which made a shadow form around his eyes. “Maybe I will…maybe I won’t.” Ash said as he snuck a couple treats into his right pocket as he walked by. 

Brock looked over at Ash from the other side of his shoulder, not noticing this sneak attack. “Wha- What’s that supposed to mean!?” Brock asked, growing visibly angry. “Am I gonna have to check my pockets every 5 minutes?!” He asked. 

Ash shook his head. “Nope. My treats are right here.” Ash reminded him. 

Buizel would quickly smell treats on Brock, but didn’t really strike until he was allowed. Though the poor thing was quite tempted to. But, Buizel was a good boy and waited. 

“So…which path gets us to Johto?” Ash asked. 

“I…think this one.” Brock pointed to the left path. 

“Okay. Let’s go!” Ash declared, saying the word on accident as he sprinted away. But Ash paused mid-run when he heard Brock’s sudden laughter. “Wahait up! You didn’t happen to add treats to Brock’s pocket, did you?” Dawn asked as she pointed to Buizel, who was digging his nose into Brock’s right pocket. 

Ash shrugged his shoulders with a little smirk. “Maaaaybe…”  Ash teased. 

Brock was kicking his feet, laughing as he tried to push Buizel off. “Hahaha- Buihihizel gehehet ohoff! Hahahaha!” 

Ash and Dawn laughed for a bit before he called Buizel off him. When Buizel got off, Ash fished out the lost treat from Brock’s pocket and gave it to Buizel. When Buizel was done, Ash and the gang walked themselves to a few shops to collect food for the upcoming trip the boys were going to take. They loaded up their backpacks, washed up their clothes, and fed their pokémon before continuing on. 

When they made it to the end of town, they opened their map and identified the road that led towards Johto. And as the day began to set, Ash and Brock gave Dawn a big goodbye hug and wished each other well as they went their separate ways. 

Ash and Brock hung out for the duration of their trip to Johto. They had campfires together, shared food, looked after their pokémon together, and further caught up with each other. Brock told Ash about his time in Pewter City, and what he had been doing up until that point. It was interesting hearing about Brock’s journey to becoming a pokémon doctor and all the experience he’s had developed while working. Though he had heard a lot of it before, Ash still enjoyed listening to him talk about his experiences. 

Ash told him about the friends he had made, about Goh and his mentorship towards him, and about his trip to become the pokémon master. He told him about how much Brock inspired him, and how much he had learned from Brock over the years. Even after all this time, Ash made sure that Brock knew he would always be one of his closest buddies. 

When they arrived in Johto, Ash and Brock traveled around the familiar place, remembering some of the landmarks that Ash hadn’t seen in ages. And though the boys took time to further appreciate the Johto region, Brock had begun wondering where Tracey could be. 

Ash tilted his head. “You don’t remember?” Ash asked. “He’s in Pallet town, helping Professor Oak.” Ash told him. 

“Right, right…I guess that’s true.” he replied. “Wanna go over to Kanto?” Brock asked him. 

Ash smiled and nodded his head. “Sure! Can’t wait!” He replied happily. Brock and Ash walked themselves over to Kanto, and made their way through Mount Silver, down the trails and over to Pallet town: Ash’s hometown. Ash stopped in front of Pallet town, overwhelmed with contentment. It had felt like a long time since he felt familiar with his surroundings. And though this journey was filled with nostalgic memories and friendship reunions…nothing really beats the feeling of home. 

Ash took a pitstop to Professor Oak’s lab, and chatted with Professor Oak for a while. “Congratulations on becoming world champion!” Professor Oak greeted. 

“Thanks Professor Oak!” Ash replied. 

“Ash! Is that you?!” Someone called behind him. Ash turned around, and was immediately bombarded by a hug. “ASH!” the person reacted, hugging him tightly. 

“Misty! Hi!” Ash reacted, hugging her back. 

“How have you been?!” She asked. 

“I’m great! I won the pokémon championship!” Ash declared excitedly. 

“Really? I had no idea. It’s not like it was playing on every TV, or anything…” Misty muttered in a sassy tone. 

Ash rolled his eyes. “Still as sassy as ever…” Ash muttered. 

“And you’re still the same moron I remember.” She added. 

Someone else was also staring at Ash from nearby. “Ash? Ash Ketchum?” He clarifies. 

“Yes! That’s right.” Professor Oak replied. 

Tracey put a tray of stuff onto the table and walked up, offering him a fistbump. “Glad to see you back.” He told him. 

“Tracey!” He bumped his fist. “Glad to finally be back.” Ash replied. 

He adjusted his lab coat and picked up Oak’s tray of things. 

“Have you seen your mother yet?” Oak asked Ash. 

Ash shook his head. “Not yet.” He replied. 

“She’s been awaiting your arrival for some time now.” He told him. “Don’t keep her waiting.” He warned. 

Ash nodded his head and looked at the group. “I guess I should see my mom now.” Ash told them. “Want us to walk you over?” Brock asked. 

“We can catch up on the way!” Misty added. 

“Sure! Tracey, you coming?” Ash asked. 

Tracey shook his head. “Sorry, Ash. I still have work to do. Wanna catch up later?” Tracey offered. 

“Yeah! That’d be great!” Ash replied. 

“Great! I’ll see you then.” He said, before disappearing behind the bookshelf. 

Ash walked with Misty and Brock out of Professor Oak’s laboratory, and walked towards the place Ash had always called home. He stared at the door for a moment, and took in a deep breath. 

“Okay…Here we go.” Ash knocked on the door and waited patiently for his mom to answer the door…

[pokemonfan587]

Ash: Pikachu, I choose you!

Clemont: The future is here thanks to Science!

Bonnie: Please look after my brother!

Serena: Squeak!

[pikatrainer99]

Time for some more Pokémon autism headcanons! (Happy Autism Acceptance Day!)

Since today is Autism Acceptance Day, I figured a good way to celebrate is to give a list of all the characters across all forms of Pokémon media that I headcanon as autistic! If you'd like to see me do an in-depth character analysis about any of these characters (other than the ones I've already done of course), please feel free to let me know who you'd like to see me cover! I will do my best to make them!

Anyway, here's the list!

Games: Red, N, Hop, Nemona, Penny, Kieran, Crispin (I actually see Hop and Nemona as AuDHD)

Anime: Ash, Goh, Sawyer, Clemont, Liko, Roy, Dot (I actually see Ash and Roy as AuDHD)

Manga: Red, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, Henry Sword, Casey Shield (I actually see Red, Sapphire, Pearl, Black, and Casey Shield as AuDHD)

And of course, my PokéSpe OC Orange is autistic, and I've been thinking about going in-depth on him too...for a while now actually 😅

I have already done character analyses for the Sinnoh Trio (Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum), as well as Crispin, and I collaborated with my friend @sinnohanvulpix to make an analysis about Goh a while back (though Vulpix wrote it and posted it, but we came up with the contents of the analysis together, and I reblogged it), so if you haven't seen those, please feel free to check them out!

It makes me so happy to see so many autistic-coded characters in Pokémon. Pokémon is my main special interest and I always get excited when engaging in any form of Pokémon media, and seeing autistic-coded characters just makes it even better and the characters much more relatable for me!

Again, please let me know if you'd like to see me do analyses on any of these characters (that I haven't done already). I would be more than willing to fulfill your requests!

And Happy Autism Acceptance Day to all my fellow autistics out there! I hope you all have a good day!