#I made her a fairy gym leader bc most fairy types look cute but are actually horrifying in their pokedex entries

[theserlingbucket]

@hollowtones in Pokémon… there ain’t no way

[humorisstoredinthetits]

Heathers Pokemon AU Part 2 (2/?)

I ran out of room lol and I barely made it halfway through one part

Continuing from where I left off

Palafin bc Zero to Hero is Percy's story, and then I chose pokemon with swords kinda and then those which are kinda derpy

Next is Northshore City with the Fairy-Type Leader, Regina George

Her Daddy paid the Pokemon League to have his daughter be the leader

Chandler sees so much of her old self in Regina and knows that she doesn't want to be like that anymore, but its hard to resist it

Her puzzle is to throw a party, because even Pokemon trainers need to have fun sometimes

She actually giggles with delight when she heard this, it beats sitting in the woods by a long shot

She starts to get back into her old habits while planning, bossing around Duke and Mac and being abrasive, even to her own Pokemon which she just swore to be nicer too

Veronica is the one who calls her out on her bullshit and she realizes that she's reverted back into her old self

She apologizes profusely to everyone and throws a party instead for her friends and pokemon, who have helped her and stayed by her side even when she was being a total bitch

She even baked a cake from scratch, which was the first time she ever actually made something for anyone

Regina wanted to fail her (cause like wheres the booze, and who tf likes corn nuts) but the League Officials think its cute so she's forced to pass

Regina's Team: Grimmsnarl, Aromatisse, Shiinotic, Mega Mawile, Clefable, Granbull

I really tried to pick out the most mean looking fairy types, but cmon its the fairy type its mean to be all girly and cute

Next is Arendelle City with the first Double Gym Leaders, being the Fire-Type Leader Anna and the Ice-Type Leader Elsa

Again not really a musical but I like the broadway adaptation so idc

They're sisters, separated when they were young because of an accident involving Elsa's Alolan Vulpix

Elsa became afraid of pokemon for a while because of what they did to her sister, the person she cares most about, but her parents wanted her to become a gym leader, because unlike other towns the Arendelle Gym Leader position is hereditary

So she was forced to face her fears day after day while her parents did nothing to soothe her or reassure her

Eventually they died (not fast enough in Anna's opinion, who was forced to see her sister go through her worst nightmare every day and who was ignored for the most part, on top of not being allowed to see her)

When it came time for her to take the position Elsa ran away only for Anna to chase after her and have a heart to heart

Eventually with her help Elsa was able to let go of her fear and her and Anna took joint custody of the position

(Yeah Ik its similar to Lillie from the anime, no I will not be taking criticism at this time)

Their puzzle is to do an act of True Love, because you need to take care of those that you care about, be they your family, partner(s) or Pokemon

Chandler decides its now or never to invite Veronica into the polycule

With the other Heathers and Gym Leader's help she sets up a date for Veronica under the disguise of it being her gym puzzle

They do everything she loves, they go bookshopping, seeing the sights of Arendelle, visiting Museums and talking to the historians (this makes Chandler want to bang her head against the wall but she perseveres) and eventually she asks Veronica to join

Obviously she says yes bc the Heathers have really shown they're not the bitches she remembers from high school, they've changed and she wants to spend the rest of her life with them blah blah romance

Anna's Team: Arcanine, Talonflame, Coalossal, Mega Blaziken, Salazzle, Ninetales

Elsa's Team: Cryogonal, Froslass, Aurorus, Mega Abomasnow, Baxcalibur, Alolan Ninetales

Most people think this gym is easy bc Anna's fire pokemon set up the sun which will allow them to easily take Elsa out and focus on her but they've developed a strategy where only one half of the field is covered in sun and the other in snow, making any unprepared challenger's strategy fall apart

For their teams, I just picked whatever really lol, besides the Ninetales, I think each of them having one is a cool idea

Finally, they reach Shiz City, home of the final leaders, The Psychic-Type Leader Glinda Upland and the Flying-Type Leader Elphaba Thropp

They're just good friends *wink wink*

Glinda was groomed by "The Wizard", a member of the E4 (Yes they are all manipulative scumbags) into being his representative in the Gym Leader circuit, similar to Jeremy and the SQUIP

Elphaba saw right through this and stopped it dead in its tracks and then they did the kiss

#Gelphie it should have been canon

'The Wizard' is trying to have them removed and has started a smear campaign against Elphaba, making accusations based on her skin (still green) and trying to get back into Glinda's good graces

Their puzzle is to do something good, because generosity is the most important aspect of being a member of society

Chandler struggles for a while trying to think of something she can do

She really wants to make up for her past mistakes, and with Veronica's urging she decided to make up with Martha on behalf of the Heathers and the rest of the student body

Martha is of course, furious and refuses her apology and any number of gifts

Her and Veronica have made up by this point but they're still on thin ice and won't listen when she tries to tell her how they've changed, and it doesn't help that she's started to date the people who used to bully her

Eventually Chandler gives up and says that she doesn't care what Martha thinks, and that she has changed and has made efforts to be a better person and as for Veronica, she finally tells her what actually happened they day they met and the fact that Veronica, who at that point Martha knew hated the Heathers, put herself into harm's way for them, makes her come more in line with Veronica's line of thinking that everyone still has some good in them and she is willing to hear her out

Things aren't great between them still but Martha no longer actively despises them, its a start

Glinda's Team: Hatterene, Xatu, Gothitelle, Mega Gardevoir, Starmie, Delphox

Elphaba's Team: Staraptor, Drifblim, Corviknight, Mega Salamance, Mandibuzz, Crobat

For Glinda I tried to pick out the most witchy, magicky kinda Psychic Types

For Elphaba, the only ones I really put too much though into were Salamance, bc it used to be this Bagon who wanted more than anything to fly kinda like Defying Gravity and Crobat bc its a friendship evo and I would imagine Elphaba is the type to be really loyal and trustworthy with her pokemon

So at this point the plot kicks in and the E4 and Champion, who surprise is Big Bud Dean, head of Team Rocket launch their plan

They use BBD's demolition company front (his 3rd job after being Champion and Team Rocket leader, don't think about it too hard) to try and bomb out land to search for the resting place of legendary pokemon to use to get power

They succeed in finding some and its up to the gang to take them out

Elite 4:

'The Wizard' - Rock Type; Glimmora, Drednaw, Kleavor, Mega Aggron, Gigalith, Terrakion (All of these are shiny besides Terrakion, bc theyre all green shinies, Emerald City)

'The SQUIP' - Poison Type; Seviper, Toxtricity-HK, Revaroom, Mega Venasaur, Sneasler, Pecharunt (Pecharunt is literally the SQUIP, it uses something you injest to take control of you and make it do your will)

Aaron Burr - Dark Type; Umbreon, Zoroark, Hydreigon, Mega Gyarados, Kingambit, Darkrai (Umbreon is a stalling pokemon and Kingmabit is best when used last, like Burr's philosophy of waiting for it, and Hydreigon and Gyarados represent the rage built up in him)

Luke Castellan - Fighting Type; Falinks, Toxicroak, Heracross, Mega Gallade, Sirfetch'd, Marshadow (All kinda have swords)

[pokemonswshbutionlyplayedsword]

Imagine Chairman Rose plans this retreat thing for the leaders in the Wild Area where they are paired up with another leader and have to learn about that leader's pokemon type. They can't use their own Pokemon, only Pokemon of the type their partner specializes in. Milo is paired with Nessa, Bea with Allister, Melony with Gordie, Raihan with Kabu, and Piers with Opal. How do you think that would play out?

That sounds exactly like something Rose would plan. Of course, they’re not too thrilled. They have better things to do than go out into the Wild Area. So they pretty much swap teams. It lasts for a weekend. They go out on Saturday morning, come back Sunday afternoon. They have to hike out to a place Rose picked for them and set up their camp together.

Milo is kind of excited. He’s always had the type advantage over Nessa, so he’s eager to see how she’s such a powerful trainer to be able to beat him most of the time. They make a lot of jokes together on the hike up. They set up their respective camps and let their pokemon roam before swapping teams. Milo is the first to explain grass types to Nessa. She sits and listens attentively. Then he takes Nessa’s team, listens to her explanation, and goes off to fulfill Rose’s request of beating 10 wild pokemon with their partner’s team. It’s easy with the rock types around, until he has a run in with a wild grass type and struggles to overcome the type disadvantage. He gets it done, though. Back at the camp, Milo makes their dinner and they have a great night. In the morning, they hike back to where they report back to Rose and then go home.

Nessa is grateful she got paired with Milo. He’s pretty much her best friend. They have fun. They race each other while they’re hiking, they make jokes, it’s a good time. Nessa listens to what Milo says pretty well, but she’s worried that she’s going to struggle. Fortunately, she doesn’t. She manages to get her task from Rose done. Milo does it faster and is working on making curry by the time she gets back. She’s happy to see her team and she feels like she learned a lot about grass types. She knows she’s ready to defend against the type advantage next time they battle. The hike back is fun, but not as fun as the hike up. They’re both pretty tired, but they still find the energy to joke around and have fun. They’re happy to get home and rest, though.

Kabu has a lot of experience in the Wild Area, he wasn’t ready, though, for Raihan’s crackhead energy. He turns a corner and Raihan’s like “Kabu look at this giant rock I climbed on I don’t know how to get down.” It’s a struggle to explain fire types to Raihan while keeping his attention. He listens to Raihan, though, admiring his obvious passion about dragon types. He’s eager to see what Raihan’s pokemon can do. He’s impressed with their power, but he sees what they lack that he loves about fire types. He easily finishes Rose’s task, and heads back to the camp. He’s finished the curry by the time Raihan gets back. He gets a good night’s sleep (he knows Raihan does not) and then beats Raihan back to the area they meet Rose at.

Bea already knows about ghost types because Allister talks about them a lot. She carries Allister’s camping equipment up to their spot. They sit and hang out before swapping teams and heading out. She’s serious about finishing the task. She actually beats 15 pokemon instead of 10. Of course, Allister is back already and waiting for Bea to get back and help him cook dinner. They both go to bed early at the night and make an early hike back. Of course, they go back to the same place because they share a gym, but they’re closer for the experience.

Allister is excited. He doesn’t usually get to go to the Wild Area with Bea, so he’s thrilled to be able to. He could have carried his own stuff, but he knows that Bea respects him so he lets her carry his stuff. They swap teams and Allister struggles with coping with not being immune to normal type moves. He gets it done, though, and gets back to the camp. He’s a little hungry, but he doesn’t think about touching the cooking equipment without Bea. She gets back soon, though, so it’s fine. They go to sleep and then he enjoys the early morning mist in the hike back.

Opal is interested in Rose’s reason for pairing her with Piers. She supposes it has something to do with Rose respecting her and hoping she’ll make Piers more like him since he hates the way Piers acts. She lets Piers carry her things because he offered. She admires the way he pays attention when she gives him her speech she prepared. They’re in a more difficult area in the Wild Area than the others, but she’s not worried. She takes notes in her little notepad when Piers gives her his explanation. She’s amused watching Piers tell his pokemon to behave for her. “Ms. Opal.” That’s cute. His pokemon are well behaved and very powerful, so she’s able to finish the task quickly. She’s back before Piers. She makes curry, and it’s done by the time he gets back. It’s funny how tired he is, but he seems to stay up all night. She tries to tell him to go to sleep, but it apparently doesn’t work. Nice young gentleman still carries her stuff back for her, though. Piers is an okay kid in her book.

Gordie is not looking forward to spending the weekend with his mom that he’s fighting with. They hike up in silence. He dreads taking her team. He’s heard her talk about them a million times, so he doesn’t really listen. He does, however, have a long talk about rock types. He hopes Melony gets why he doesn’t want to be ice type by the end of this. He decides that Ice pokemon aren’t that bad, but he still prefers rock types. They end up having a very nice evening together over Melony’s home cooked curry that Gordie really missed. Their hike back was better than the one before. They’re closer than before.

Melony hopes this is a good opportunity to get her son back and to get him to convert to ice types. He doesn’t seem to care much about them, though. She listens carefully to what Gordie says to show she cares. It’s obvious he’s very passionate. She takes his team, and she has to admit, they’re powerful, and charming lil guys. She decides she understands why he likes them. Maybe she can finally bring herself to end the argument. That evening, they talk about it, and their fight gets a little less severe. Not perfect, but it’s a step. Melony sees it as an absolute win. They have a nice hike back.

Piers is worried about being paired with Opal. He doesn’t really like fairy types bc they’re pretty much the exact opposite of dark. He still respects her a lot and because she’s an old lady and they have the most difficult area. He carries her equipment for her. When they get to the campsite, he’s a bit tired, but he still has work to do. He gives Opal his run down of dark types. It’s shaky and he stumbles over words because he’s worried. He listens to Opal’s speech, and then spends a bit ordering his pokemon to behave themselves. He’s worried about them giving Opal trouble. Then he takes Opal’s team, thinking it’ll be easy. He prays to Arceus his pokemon aren’t behaving like this Alcremie. It’s being such a jerk and he takes twice as long to finish the task as it would have with his own team. He gets back and is grateful to see that Opal already cooked some curry. It gives him extra time to brush the sugary mess Alcremie left out of his hair. He’s happy to see his own team again. He stays up all night working on song lyrics, but Opal tells him to go to bed. He’s exhausted the next day, but still carries Opal’s things.

Raihan is confused why he got put with Kabu. He thought he’d be put with Piers, but he’s down anyway. He thinks their area is a little easy for him. The hike with Kabu is fun because he can see how concerned Kabu is for his wellbeing (who isn’t this dude is careless af) He’s interested in what Kabu has to say, but this will be a piece of cake anyway. Wrong. He doesn’t get far with that attitude. Kabu’s pokemon only respond to a passionate trainer who takes the challenge seriously. He gets back and Kabu’s already made curry. He stays up all night on his phone texting Piers about his “date with Opal.” Leon also makes fun of him for having to go on the trip. The hike back is a little harder because he’s tired, and he’s a bit disappointed to be beaten by Kabu. It was a pretty good trip though.

Dang, that was long. Sorry this got so long, but I had fun with this. I like the idea. Pairing Piers up with Opal was a great idea.

[mikiruma]

im gonna talk abt tf2 and pokemon again bc i can.

scout of course would dig fast pokémon!!! he's probably got a jolteon he loves dearly, maybe even a crobat he was given (as a zubat) in childhood. from who? eyes emoji there are faster pokémon, sure, but a lot are legendaries or bugs- and he's still trying to warm up to bugs. when/if he did, you KNOW he'd be all over ninjask or accelgor. he usually fawns over pokémon he thinks would make him look cool or fit his fight style (ie hit ur opponents the hardest first & dont get touched) but has a weak spot for some of the "cuter" ones. probably tried to lick a vanillish. as staunch a believer i am he'd be from castelia city, i like the idea that he used to be a rocket grunt, or someone who wanted to join team rocket at one point. i was trying to decide if he'd have a type preference but i like to think he's a mixed bag, mostly because every pokémon is cool and exciting to him! if you did ask & he did have to pick, it'd definitely be electric. wait, dragon, obviously... nah, fighting is good. no wa

soldier's partner is obvious! zigzagoon! mostly bc its a raccoon-like lil dude... he probably gives nicknames to every pokémon he sees, not necessarily just the ones he tries to catch. because lets face it, his zigzagoon is the ONLY pokémon that matters to him. well, that and any that catches zhanna's eye. his zigzagoon carries an everstone and is probably stupid high levelled but nobody really keeps track. soldier does initiate a lot of battles, but they're more fun when zhanna's with him too! theyre an inseperable group who probably wreak enough havoc to be considered their own team of hooligans, but who's to stop a happy couple with their adorable op pokémon? also i kinda wrote all that down super quick buuuut zigzagoon also works as a support pokémon for him when his stability gets extra rough, laying on his lap and helping to keep him grounded. he doesnt have any desire to keep more pokémon since he's fine with just 1, but if he had more i think he might get along with loudred or chatot. (chatot would DEFINITELY take some warming up to on his end but i LOVE THE THOUGHT)

pyro loves fire types of course!!! theyre probably the only one brave enough to pet their hotter ones. engineer probably made em special gloves just so they could play with their slugma... its hard to pick favorites, but the ones theyre closest to are slugma and monferno. they also have a solosis who just loves to play! unlike other people who usually just have one pokémon walking with em at all times, pyro tends to keep all three of theirs out of their pokéballs. they worry about them getting cramped or bored, and while its good exercise, sometimes its difficult to wrangle them when solosis has someones hat and slugmas melting through the furniture and monferno found spy's disguise kit.. theyre a big happy family though!! i think pyro would also like fairy types a lot, but if they got a fourth pokémon, theyd probably keep it at a daycare for the sake of themselves and the rest of the team. just in case, they might really want a sylveon or snubbull.

demoman and any pokémon knowing any explosive moves is an obvious fit! i initially liked him and electrode for this, but since part of their biology is exploding unpredictably... maybe that ones saved for battling. or at least not kept at any of the bases. i like the idea of him keeping his battle partners & normal team separate. when he's not drunk, he's a very skilled trainer and actually took a handful of gym challenges when he was younger. of course it started getting tough to balance work and training, but he never intended to get far in gyms anyway- to him it was just a fun challenge where he got to bond with his pokémon. other than his electrode, he's probably also got a charmeleon (whos either causing mischief with pyro's monferno or keeping demo company while he works/naps) and a honedge (who he will spar with sometimes). he used to have several other pokémon, but he eventually didn't like keeping them all abandoned in pc boxes, and ended up rehoming a lot of them. scout probably has a meowth from him, but he wont tell you.

heavy never cared too much about setting up huge teams or amassing a large collection. he never carries pokéballs, but his party is made up of some impressive pokémon. unlike most of the team who catch their pokémon through normal means (trade/gift, fishing, etc), he befriended his naturally. its easy to say one is ursaring, so of course im going to say it. he wont share how they met, but i wanna say he found its egg abandoned and raised it from there. they probably wrestle a lot but theyre always careful not to seriously injure each other. he befriended his mamoswine (then swinub) shortly after, then his abomasnow much later, in between him busting his family out of the gulag & leaving to find work. he left all three in siberia in the care of his family, but has a teddiursa from his ursaring to think of them all by. probably spoils the crap out of em all every chance he gets though, he loves his pokémon as much as his human family and saves recipes for poképuffs & poffins.

engineer wasn't always on board w the idea of a partner pokémon, mainly because he was always into engineering and was sure he'd be too caught up in it to focus on.. well, anything else. sure, when he was younger, he was like most kids and dreamt of being a league champion, but it always seemed to fall through.. until he discovered steel types. he started his journey later than most, but more than anything he's thankful because they help immensely with his work and lighten the load. he has a magneton who.. isn't that bright, but he's cute and thats what matters. he's also got a rotom who occasionally helps experiment with new machines, but mostly just possesses dispensers and rubs itself on everyone and everything. yum, static cling! engie didn't get into battling as much as he thought he would, but he's essentially working his dream job with his best friends (and 8 other dorks) so things are pretty good. this doesnt mean he wont go for human help when hes stumped or burnt out, though! other partner thoughts i had were torkoal, raichu and porygon2.

sniper is probably the biggest pokémon expert out of everyone on the team (well, aside from medic probably.) he's basically a walking pokédex and can tell you all about type matchups. he's also way closer to his pokémon than people realize, and especially closer than any real people. this is especially noticeable with his baby kangaskhan- although with a heavier origin than simply "abandoned", he ended up bonding with heavy over the ordeal. even with more technical aspects memorized, raising this baby was a completely new venture- not one he hated though! he also collects bug pokémon (that he lets scout get close to,when he tries to get over his fear) & has a slakoth that just kinda.. fell asleep on him one time and just never went away. other choices include koamala or krokorok.

medic is like a pokémon professor but fucked up. while he was primarily a human doctor, after losing his medical license, he started to dedicate time to studying pokémon. he doesnt run inhumane experiments on them because i said so. he's working on filling up his pokédex more than anything, and loves listening to others talk about their partners or other species theyve seen. he has his own pokémon too of course! as the team healer its only natural he has healing pokémon like audino and blissey, but he has a soft spot for flying types, specifically the birds. he has way too many pidove. he probably has a massive aviary separate from his medical lab where he keeps more birds, namely pidgeotto, fearow and some starly. he used to travel a lot (especially after being chased out of his hometown), but he saw it as more chances to discover new pokémon. probably has a very illegal form of the pokémon boxes with no storage limit. also probably heard the stories about mew and mewtwo and actually got inspired. probably owns the most pokémon merc, specifically stationery- hey, if ur getting some unethical experiment performed on you by the german guy you tried to rob earlier that night, are you going to pay more attention to his shit eating smirk or his cool ass holographic pikachu pencils??? or perhaps the cutesy eeveelutions stickers on the back of his clipboard???? thats what i thought.

spy looks like the guy who would probably be the least into pokémon, but that couldn't be further from the truth. he's not as wild as scout or medic by any means, but back in his day he was "pretty decent" (a gym leader.) i like the idea of zoroark being his partner, but you know who else is cool??? cofagrigus. gengar. banette. probably the only one on the team to actually get into mega evolving. and the only one with a shiny, but its gengar so we dont talk about that. i wont imply he loves his pokémon over his own family, he's just had a lot on his plate. remember scouts crobat? while hes got a more methodical approach to battling, he doesnt do it nearly as often as he used to. he still keeps his gym team, and though they tend to be more serious than the other pokémon in the base, they do on occasion get into trouble with others, namely pyro's solosis and scout's jolteon. not misbehaving on purpose, just being curious :0 probably uses luxury balls to catch all his pokémon and has an unused love ball with scouts moms name engraved on the bottom. (either for the novelty, or maybe hes trying to find the right one to catch for her??)