#aaron ketchum

[astroaaron]

Favorite thing about pokeshipping?

You put them together and they're just always playing off eachother. Either he's trolling her or she's scolding him. Or they're sharing a brain cell. Or they're defending eachother from a threat. No matter what, they're always doing something to involve the other. There isn't a scene I can't think of where they aren't the other's wingman or critic.

And it's always entertaining to watch.

[empressgeekt]

AURA FAM - Middle names

Ash: You know I noticed something.

Riley: What?

Ash: Me, Sir Aaron, and Amanda, all have names that start with A. Even our psychopathic murderous uncle's starts with an A. Yours is the only one that starts with an R.

Riley: That is weird. I guess I never noticed.

Amanda: His middle name is Arthur.

Ash: Wait...Seriously?

Riley: Yes, our dad was a literature nut.

Ash: Hold on, your middle name is Arthur, Amanda's middle name is Morgan. Isn't that calling her an Evil half-sister?

Amanda: Arceus, I wish I was, but of the four of us, someone needs to be responsible.

[duckapus]

So in the Self-Help Hotline AU I'm starting with just seven Ashes, eight when you include the central Ash who's just starting out. I'll probably add a few at certain milestones (definitely when he goes to a new region (including the Orange Islands that totally counts) possibly after movies and similar Big Legendary-Related Disasters but I'm undecided there). Arceus gave them all nicknames because otherwise it'd start with the chat filled with nothing but "Ash Ketchum" and it'd be impossible to tell who's talking.

Mini-Me: The central Ash who just got a Pikachu who hates him but is technically giving him a chance (you really think he couldn't have just ran away whenever, even during the fishing line bit?) and left Palette Town on the Pokemon Journey of a lifetime. An arrogant, overconfident little dumbass elementary-schooler with a heart of gold who constantly switches between having an ego nearly as big as Gary's and having no self-esteem whatsoever with no in-between.

O.G.A. / TheLlamasErrandBoy: The Ash from the end of the main timeline (or at least a timeline so extremely close to it that it's functionally the main timeline), with all the character development and Trauma that entails. Arceus gave him Admin Privileges and Dipped after explaining what the chat was made for so he's allowed to change nicknames and immediately abuses that power to roast The Original One Itself.

QueenOfTheWorld: Ashley Ketchum. She had a few Realizations during the stuff in Celadon so she's transfem. Her Journey had the fewest differences from the Main Timeline of the six AU Ashes since being a girl didn't change that much about her life.

L.G.M.: The version from my Invader Ash AU. By now he's aware that his mission wasn't what he thought it was and is fine with being Earth's hero instead of its ruler. He's still morally a very dark grey and kind of crazy though. He is still an Irken and still loyal to the Empire (particularly Tallest Delia) after all.

Aaron Jr: an Ash from a world where the Aura Guardians never faded into obscurity and he received formal training from a young age. Insists that he doesn't count as a child soldier since he stumbled across disasters on his journey for Chosen One Reasons just like the other Ashes did rather than the Order deliberately sending him to solve those problems. Actually the fact that this literal child keeps ending up in so much danger despite their best efforts is one of the Order's biggest headaches. The fact that he's so good at dealing with it (and is one of the most powerful Guardians in decades) only eases their worries a little.

Spooky: A version of Ash who succumbed to the injuries and exhaustion he sustained during the Spearow chase and became a Misdreavus due to a hasty halfway-too-late resurrection attempt from Ho-Oh. He's currently a Mismagius, a master illusionist, the World Monarch just like most of the other Ashes, and has long since come to terms with his death and species change. He does still have a vengeful hatred (and slight fear) of the Spearow line, but can you really blame him?

MyJobIsBeach: An Ash who stayed in Alola to help fully establish the League after becoming the Champion. He did technically go through the plot of Journeys but instead of being a research assistant he just kept running into Goh and Chloe while working his way through the World Coronation Series. He is still friends with them but not quite as close as in most timelines.

DoTheMario!: An Ash who's somewhat more familiar with the Multiverse than the others because his world is permanently linked with a version of the Mushroom Kingdom following a recent adventure. As in, he just finished dealing with the related Big Disaster and stabilizing the connection (since for Complicated Space-Time-Continuum-Could-Get-Torn-Apart reasons they couldn't sever the connection) a couple weeks before the chat got made. Since the point of divergence was so recent (and post-series) he's the second closest to the Main Timeline out of the starting lineup after Ashley.

[alolanrain]

Something I think hardly anyone has considered is Ash’s Dad being from Rota. A place we know has ample aura considering the flowers that can record moments. Maybe Delia went there on a trip for Professor Oak back when she was his student and met the guy. I think we can strongly argue that Sir Aaron was from the Rota area. Meaning some of Ash’s Dad’s ancestors could have been related to other aura guardians. Just new headcanon—

That’s actually a cool hc.

[miscletoe]

[shigerussato]

they’re so cute <3

[camilletea]

Y'know, I've come across Aura Guardian AUs of Ash where he turns out to be the descendant or son of Sir Aaron, but the statement of Sir Aaron's Lucario got me wondering - he mistook Ash for Sir Aaron due to their Aura being similar.

So, I thought:

Instead of the "related to Sir Aaron" AU, why not the "reincarnation of Sir Aaron" AU?

[milkbrexd]

so open your eyes it's easy to do just take the time and look around you never forget: this is a beautiful world.

[4thbrainthinking]

Au where Ash is an aura guardian in the same era as sir Aaron.

Sir Aston is the black sheep of aura guardians as he takes a more “fine I’ll do it myself” in regards to most issues instead of the passive support from the shadows approach most guardians desire.

Sir Aaron definitely isn’t one for rumours but Sir Aston has a list of them far to long for them all to be lies. Tales of Sir Aston being a menace to all, not limited to just Kings and Queens but legendary Pokémon themselves! Not to even touch the rumours of the Pokémon he keeps the company of

I just thought it would be interesting and slightly funny

[11jj11]

Hi,

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I was just wondering if you were still going to continue The Guardian’s Apprentice?

I plan on continuing it, though I don’t know when I’ll pick it up again.

[serialadoptersbracket]

Round 2, Match 56: David Wymack vs. Ash Ketchum

Submitted kids:

David Wymack: Kevin Day (biological), Andrew Minyard (spiritually adopted), Aaron Minyard (spiritually adopted), Neil Josten (spiritually adopted), Dan Wilds (spiritually adopted), Nicky Hemmick (spiritually adopted), Matt Boyd (spiritually adopted), Renee Walker (spiritually adopted), Allison Reynolds (spiritually adopted)

Ash Ketchum: Many of his Pokémon

Propaganda under the cut!

David Wymack:

1. “He purposefully made a college sports team to take in fucked up kids and give them second chances. He gave them a home and support when no one else would. And he’s sooooo grouchy about it, like he doesn’t love these kids and fight for them every second of every day. For fuck’s sake, he adopted his ex-girlfriends son when he was escaping major abuse before he even knew he was ALSO his OWN biological son!!! The woman he loved had a kid and he took him in without hesitation and he didn’t even know! He didn’t even know!!! Wymack fights the media, the college courts, the legal courts, the fucking Mafia, all because he loves his kids and knows they deserve more than the world has ever given them. I wish Wymack was my dad. DILF of the year”

2. “- He is the coach of a college sports team

- His team is comprised only of kids who need second chances

- This team is entirely found family

- He works very hard to make sure these kids get a chance to shine

- He gives second chances. And third chances. And whatever amount of chances you need

- He once spoke to a therapist about one of his athletes, saying I trust you to do what's right by my kids"”

3. “His whole thing is literally adopting the children who have had a messed up childhood. The violent ones and the ones who runway from stability. Without spoiling the series he gives Neil a place to live without question. He cares for all the the foxes (the sports team he coaches), and gives the opportunity to change and find family.”

4. “He just wants them to get the second chance he never had!!!!”

Ash Ketchum:

“Ok. You may question what I'm talking about it, but think about some of his Pokemon here.

- Charizard: Abandoned by their trainer. Ash stood by them and watched as their abilities grew.

- Infernape: Abandoned by their trainer for being too “weak”. Ash helped raise them without the cold abuse and helped them show their original trainer the mistake they made.

- Incineroar: Took in after the passing of their mentor.

There are dozens of instances like this. He’s left multiple Pokémon behind because he’s helped them find happier lives, and he can still keep in touch with them from time to time.”

[astroaaron]

French prep and her human growlithe crush.

Edit: Fixed Iris’ hand.

[empressgeekt]

The Aura is with us - outline

The Aura is With Us (Even if you don’t want it)

please excuse the grammar and spelling

Prolog

Riley’s imprisonment

Mew and Mewtwo

Chapter 1

Sir Aaron’s awakening

Chapter 2: Goh vs team Rocket

a) Goh’s plan

b) Team Rocket’s confusion

c) Riolu’s confusion

d) Ash’s cage

e) Finding ash   

Chapter 3: Past meets Present

Lucario’s grumblings

Sir Aaron and Ash

Mew and Mewtwo p2

Chapter 4: New and Old Faces

Lucario’s concern

Intro Amanda

Chapter 5: Lab

Ash introduces Sir Aaron and Lucario to lab staff, and giant magicarp soaks all the adults.

Cerise sends the boys to the kalos region

Sir Aaron and Ash talk late at night

Chapter 6: Kalos

Ash meets up with Korrina while Sir Aaron goes looking for Goh

Goh and Sir Aaron meet Korrina’s Grandpa

The battle

Chapter 7: Interlude Oak

Professor Cerise contact Prof. Oak

First Aura Lesson, Ash blows up a tree

Ash has a difficult time bathing Riolu

Chapter 8: To Pallet town we go!

Ash telling everyone about his home

Making it to the lab, meeting up with Tracy and the rest of ash’s Pokémon (Riolu goes with Oak and Tracy, Goh goes through the digital files, Ash, Sir Aaron and Lucario meet with Ash’s crew)

Ash and crew find Gary in the field.

Everyone meets up inside, and find out about the physical files in a storage rom

Chapter 9: In Black Ink

Searching file vault

Ash’s mom shows up and takes them to stay the night at her house.

Chapter 10: A mother’s memory

Lucario and Riolu in the back yard

Aaron and Delia talk after the kids are in bed.

Enter Anwir

Chapter 11: There’s a Ninja in the basement

a) Training in the front yard

b) Ren’s theory and phone call

c) Power outage

d) Meeting Mandy

e) Riolu and Pikachu mess up the kitchen and Mandy sleeps through it.

Chapter 12: Back to kalos

Lumious city

Seeing Clemont and Bonnie again

Clemont’s work shop.

Chapter 13: Eevee and Mandy

Mandy‘s anxiety and control issues / Eevee sneaks out of the van and follows Chloe to school

Mandy explains the situation to her mom’s employees / Chloe gets to keep Eevee

Sir Aaron’s nightmare

Sir Aaron finds Mandy cutting herself

Chapter 14: the aura temple

Arriving in at the temple ad going inside

Opening the door and finding the body

Splitting up: Goh and Ash/ Mandy and sir Aaron

The time flower/realization

Chapter 15: Escape the temple

Team Rocket attack, intro to Anwir

The flash back explaining Anwir’s life after banishment and loss of aura

Escaping through the mail system/ getting separated (Sir Aaron & Goh & Pikachu & Pichu, Ash &Raboot & Umbreon & Mandy, Lucario & Riolu)

Chapter 16: Lost in the woods p1

First group getting their bearings

Goh asking questions as the start walking wile Pichu hides underneath Sir Aaron’s hat to hide form the rain.

The rain picks up and Goh ends up caught in a river

Chapter 17: Lost in the woods p2

Ash finds out Mandy is pretty much blind without her glasses

They start walking, and get into a disagreement

Then they hear Goh screaming

Mandy jumps into the river and fishes Goh out saves him from drowning

They all find out Mandy’s deaf after her hearing-aides get soaked

They set up camp for the night

Chapter 18: Lost in the woods p3

Lucario and Riolu start to walk around end up in the old pup grounds

End up running into a group of toxicroak Riolu gets poisoned

Lucario retreats with Riolu

Riolu tries to walk himself, while their looking for the others but can’t de to the poison

They eventually take shelter in an abandoned burrow

Chapter 19: reunited

Ash and Sir Aaron talk,

Mandy sits away from the others, Unbreon sitting with her, she hears lucario’s telepathy

Lucario finds the camp

Sir Aaron has trouble sleeping after they make it to a Pokémon center.

Chapter 20: A legendary meeting

Arecus summons all the legendaries and mythicals to discuss the recent events (mew gets pissed off at arecus)

Mew and Mewtwo meet again

Chapter 21: That New Old Gang of Mine

Arriving in Alola

The kuki household

Sir Aaron and Kuki talk while the kids play in the ocean

Prof. Bernedette talk with Mandy

Chapter 22: Sunny party

Party at the Pokémon school / Students swarm the new comers

Mandy calls out Kiawe

Kiawe challenges Mandy she declines, shocking everyone

Kiawe and Goh still battle.

Goh catching alolan exggcutor

Chapter 23: Let’s Battle

A call with Clemont

Traveling to Unova and reading about the tournament.

Chapter 24: Round One

Mandy and Lucario try to sneak into the back? Mandy unlocks the door

In the stands

Ash’s battle

Chapter 25: Round two

Goh’s battle

Mandy downloading team rocket data

Chapter 26: Round three

Mandy’s fight/ forfeit

Team rockets attack

Afterward back at the hotel

Chapter 27: Break Through

Breakfast, and Mandy cracking through one of the codes that leads them to Moon Mountain

Mandy and Sir Aaron talk again in the RV ride there

Arriving at mount Moon, sensing Riley inside

Chapter 28: Break in

They find a secret tunnel leading to a hidden Team Rocket base that was once and Aura base

They get surrounded, and separated (Goh and ash, Sir Aaron and Mandy, [Pokémon stay with respective trainer])

Chapter 29: Break down

Ash and Goh find Riley

Sir Aaron and Mandy ended up falling through the floor and deeper into the tunnels, getting separated from the others and loosing her glasses, leaving Sir Aaron to try and teach her how to use her aura sight

Lucario and Umbreon go through the tunnels to try an find a way to get to Mandy

 Fighting their way through team rocket

Chapter 30: Recovery

Back to Pallet Town, going back to Ash’s house, Mandy and Delia meet

Riley wakes up

Discussion of what to do next, Mandy says she has somewhere to go

Team Rocket discussing How to lure Sir Aaron in, Anwir suggests something

Chapter 31: Ryme City

On the train

To the mansion

The twins and miss rose

Lady Emily’s story

Chapter 32: old friends

a) Ash and Goh play in the pool with the Twins

b) Mandy’s old theater group

Chapter 33: Mother’s frost

Lorelei meets the others

A very uncomfortable dinner

Sir Aaron over hears Lorelei fussing at Mandy, and talks again with Miss Rose

Chapter 34: The round house

The battle stadium

Meeting with Bella/ ash challenges Bella

Battle!

Chaos, by drugs

Mewtwo teleports everyone away

Chapter 35: A mother’s wrath

Lorelei Blames Mandy for what happened

Riley tries to argue with Lorelei Mandy stops him and apologizes to her mother

Riley asked Mandy why she didn’t let him defend her they end up in an argument

Team Rocket kidnaps Delia

Chapter 36: A Brother’s strength

Sir Aaron counsels Riley on What to do about Mandy

Riley and Mandy talk again

Chapter 37: The calm before the storm

Oh, my Arecus we’re jedi

Attack by team rocket! (Lucario gets hit with a dart), twins were taken, and leave a message about Delia

Discussing what’s next.

Miss Rose calls an old friend (Jackie)

Chapter 38: For the Good of the people

Delia being taunted by Anwir

Arriving at the temple and surrendering (enter Mewtwo and mew as back up)

Giovanni and Anwir taunting the others / Anwir explaining the history between Aaron and Delia

Starting the ritual

Chapter 39: Battle in the Temple

Anwir taunts Deila and Goh one last time

Mewtwo starts a fight, and start to take out the grunts

The portal opens, Lucario and the others are shocked

Mew breaks Goh and Delia out

Giovanni ran out with the others only to get arrest by the rangers, while Anwir ran towards our heroes

Mandy breaks out as well as the others, they try to stop the portal from opening

Duel between Anwir and Aaron / while the others battle again the Shadow pokemon

Aercues Emerged from the portal smiting Anwir and the portal closes sending a large wave of Aura throughout the world

Chapter 40: The aftermath

Sir Aaron, Ash and Deila reunite as a family

Mandy and Riley discuss a way to get the twins out of the situation their in.

Mew thanks Mewtwo

0Chapter 41: Epilogue

Sir Aaron and Delia finally get married, and have a daughter

Riley restarts the Aura guild alongside Sir Aaron

Ash ended up achieve his goal of becoming a Pokémon master

Mandy joins the rangers and dies at 29

Twins Go on to run the family company and try to steer it away from their mother’s influence

The Aura wave ended up restoring the descendants of the previous bloodlines and making new ones

[missashketchum]

Screenshot Edits

Pokemon screenshot edits with genderbend ash Ketchum be upon ye

Ash, Brock and Misty (ft Shocked Pikachu Face)

Ash with Ash-Greninja (the only difference is that Greninja has an extra black spike under his eye)

Ash in Sir Aaron costume

Ash (in the female player shirt alt) with Nebby and hair down with no hat

Ash and Pikachu in the Power of Us movie

Kalos Ash with hair down and no hat (my personal fav lol)

Ash showing off her Mega Glove, Z-Ring and Dynamax Band

Kalos Ash with the baron/baroness cloak

[alolanrain]

could you go more into detail about Phanthump!Ash? a bit confused about it.

Ash dies around Hoenn when the cries of a Marshtomp stuck in some kind of tar or something. It’s night so everyone else it asleep. He goes to help the Pokémon and falls in and can’t get out. Nobody realizes what happens until a Phantump comes around with Ash’s hat and little zig zags carved into the tree-mask like face.

He leads them over to the pit where he died and pointed at it, then to him, then the hat. Unluckily Max got the hint first and blurted out that the Phantump is Ash and that he died. Chaos immediately ensues and Pikachu is desperately hugging Ash to him. It takes a day or two before Ash can speak human, confusing everyone but Brock tiredly just chalks it up to Ash being Ash.

Ash doesn’t mind the change, plans to become the greatest Pokémon master still on course. Just with a slight twist. It’s not like anything drastically changed. He can hug them all, converse with them, and still eat Brock’s food happily. He’s not phased as everyone else.

Sir Aaron’s Lucario survived the Tree of Life and immediately decided to stick with the group, becoming some kind of emotional support Pokémon to them all but more towards Ash. Eventually they meet up with Mewtwo when the three boys come back to Kanto.

Delia and the league are a whole other detailed post but in short story Ash is still consider a Pokémon and a trainer as his Pokémon still follow battle commands and Ash can still fluently speak Human with his same voice and everything. Allowing him to essentially have a seven Pokémon on his team though Lance made him promise that he’d only use himself in battle when it was absolutely necessary. Ash being the little shit he is used every loophole necessary because he now realizes just why his Pokémon enjoy fighting just as much as him.

[duckapus]

Horror Comedy AU where Ash Ketchum is an eldritch abomination spawned from an Unfathomable Void, but is still his usual self.

Basically, Delia was an Interpol Agent back in the day with luck just as strange as Ash's, and on her Last Job she got captured by a doomsday cult that was trying to summon a dark god equal to Arceus Itself and bring about the apocalypse. This doesn't work out, both because Delia's Aura awakens and messes with the ritual (I always prefer to think that Ash's weird ambiguous connection to Sir Aaron comes his mom's side even if in most universes she doesn't have a usable amount of Aura), and because the Void God they're trying to awaken helped Arceus create the world in the first place (and the two of Them kind of have a thing going on) so It wouldn't have helped them destroy it even if the ritual had worked.

Instead they only get a "small" fragment of Void Stuff that mixes with some of Delia's Aura to become a living mass of Darkness covered in writhing tendrils and glowing blue eyes that absorbs all the cultists, knocks out every Pokemon in the room, frees Delia, and shrinks down into the form of a human baby. Delia, being a Ketchum and a major character in a crack fic, promptly decides "my baby now" (to be fair she's not exactly wrong?) and leaves Interpol to reopen her late grandmother's old diner in Palette Town. She was planning to do that anyway even before ending up with a monster baby so it works out I guess.

Meanwhile, Giratina actually noticed the massive spike of Void that was Ash's birth and since the whole issue got resolved so quickly it takes a couple months for her to find where her new half sibling ended up (you read that right. She's the god of symmetry, Light and Dark are included in that, so Arceus and Void God both created her. Also I'm using she/her for Giratina because immortal genderless embodiments of universal concepts can use whatever pronouns they want), and when she does she offers to help him learn how to use his void powers...well, mostly. See, in this version of the Pokemon Universe not all Legendary Pokemon are gods and there are gods who aren't Legendaries, and the ones that are both tend to lean towards one or the other, so Giratina who's more Pokemon-leaning and only half-void functions very differently from Ash who isn't Pokemon at all and almost fully void, so there's some things she just can't help with.

Still, the fact that she's offering to help at all is a big relief for Delia who is doing great so far but would probably be in over her head raising what's essentially a Horror Movie Monster on her own, so Giratina makes semi-regular visits over the years both to help with powers and just to bond with her new little brother (and new mom because there is no way Delia Ketchum doesn't win her over). Also, absolutely no attempt is made to hide Ash's true nature both because I find it funny and because the Pokemon World is already weird enough that Palette Town having a baby demon just living there barely registers as noteworthy.

As far as Ash's childhood goes, it mostly follows the same beats as canon, though there are obviously some weird things that pop up. For one thing, one of his powers is that he can understand any language, including Pokemon. And, because they're sensitive to this sort of thing Pokemon can usually tell that he isn't human even without him using his more obvious powers, and that makes most wild Pokemon more receptive to him than usual.

Except birds. Birds really don't like him for some reason.

Also he turns out to have healing powers, which he finds out during that scene with Serena. Basically, he makes the cloth he ties her injury with out of some of the Void Stuff that makes up his true form, and by the time they get to Professor Oak both the cloth and the injury are gone. There are, however, side-effects, which Serena only finds out about after she moves to Kalos and Ash only finds out about years later when he saves Charmander. (I'll get to that later)

On to the first day of his Journey, things only go slightly more smoothly thanks to Ash and Pikachu being able to communicate properly, and they still get chased by every Spearow on Route 1 because all of them are trying to "Destroy the Void Spawn!" This means they still fall off the waterfall and get fished up by Misty, who gets the Full Horror Experience because after All That Shit Ash is worn out which makes him kind of Melty. And, well, Pikachu is injured, the Spearow are still coming, he can't maintain a coherent enough form to keep going on his own, and this is Season 1 Ash who can be kind of an impulsive jerk sometimes at what would normally be the bike stealing scene, so he kind of...possesses Misty and Books It.

And since this isn't a power he's ever used before and he's using it in a high-stress situation while injured, his control isn't the best, so she catches a glimpse of the Unknowable Truths of the Void, and that combined with her being there for the Biggest Thundershock Ever makes her a little...fanatical about Ash's whole Eldritch God Thing. They're still friends first and foremost and still develop something similar to their usual dynamic but the fanaticism is there, especially at the beginning. At least she's not worried about the bike this time?

Also when Ho-oh shows up he kind of visibly stumbles in midair because he was not expecting the Chosen One to be that! This is why we don't let the local Mew be the only one doing check-ins.

Anyway, Brock and Team Rocket are still their usual selves, apart from Team Rocket deciding to do research into how to fight demons so they'll actually stand a chance at stealing Pikachu so now they've got a Nacli (because salt) and a bit of an Exorcist Schtick going on.

The Charmander Incident goes a bit differently, because they just barely don't make it in time and Ash basically tells the universe NO and brings him back, which is how he finds out that his healing powers have side-effects because this time those effects are immediate. When Charmander's tail flame relights it's somehow black, he has what seems to be a new Ability that makes all his Fire-Type moves also do Ghost-Type damage, and as time goes on his scales darken until he has Shiny Charizard's color scheme. This goes further when he evolves, because he has some clear differences from a normal Charmeleon beyond just his colors, and he seems to now actually be part Ghost.

I also had some ideas for later on, like May being full of Ghosts because she's easy to get into but extremely hard to get out of or control, and Dawn being Akari who ended up as a Hisuian Zoroark and got back to the present the long way, but for now this is what I've got.