#I don't know how I managed to stay away from lee!Shulk for at least a week

[rainbowwing251]

Okay, so about three days ago, I started the DLC for Pokemon Sword (I’m currently on the Isle of Armor, and I haven’t gotten Kubfu yet).

Yesterday, I went into the Field of Focus, and I encountered a Tangela. I didn’t have a Tangela at the time, so I focused on weakening the one I encountered so I could catch it.

All the while, it kept using Tickle on my Talonflame and Lurantis. It didn’t spam it, but every time it used it, I was thinking, “Christ WHY?” It didn’t cause any problems with the battle or the catching process (I managed to catch it), but I’m having some... thoughts. Two thoughts, to be precise.

1) The Forest of Focus could be used to punish those who fail Mustard’s trials.

2) I’m imagining an AU where Shulk is a Pokemon Trainer, and he goes into the Field of Focus. I imagine that he would know what moves can be learned by which Pokemon, so everytime he sees a Tangela, he begins blushing. Why? Well, it’s because of what I said earlier.

To make things better, I can see him catching one. He probably wouldn’t use it on his team, but he’ll still give it as much love as he can give it. And he totally doesn’t teach it the move Tickle (if it doesn’t know it already) so he can find a way to satisfy his lee moods from time to time. Yep, he totally didn’t use that as a reason for catching a Tangela.