#also Garchomp is Sabos therapy mon

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Extremely pleased to have the op pkmn au Sabo set done!!!

1. Kid Sabo and his newly obtained Gible who unfortunately was the one who burned him :( poor babo, its ok they bond rly fast bc of it!!!

2. Teen Sabo and his Gabite, rookie trainer and pokemon looking to take names and become stronger for many reasons

3. Adult Sabo and Garchomp, Sabo’s way more mature now compared to his teen self who was… edgy for lack of better description 😂 as edgy as a teen dragon trainer could be that is, he’s mellowed out now and follows Luffy’s adventures thru his Pokégram account :3

4. Adult Sabo, again but with a promotion under his belt as he’s now the Grandline League Challenge’s 8th and final gym leader, as expected his loyal Garchomp is his signature Pokémon and often mega evolves him, further proving their incredible bond between each other

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i love your pokemon aus! do you have other headcannons for what the strawhats (and everyone else) does in the pokemon world?

I love this question so so much, world building is one of my favourite things ever

Currently I’ve mentioned Ace Luffy Sabo and Marco (a bit of Usopp) so far

more under cut because this is huge

Ace was a competitive trainer and took the league challenge by storm, he was the new rising star, undefeated and with a strange monotype (mostly fire type) team, his starter was a chimchar, but died as an Infernape protecting Ace from a rampaging stolen Rhyperior, since his partner’s passing Ace quit the pro battle scene and became a Pokémon Rancher/daycare specialist

Ace’s original competitive team consisted of: Infernape, Ninetales, Salazzle, Houndoom, Talonflame and Alolan form Marowak

Sabo was away during the devastating time Ace went through in mourning his Infernape’s passing - he regrets it, hates himself so much for finding out months after - reason being he was on his own journey to catch and train all dragon type pokemon in the world so he may seize the title of dragon master, however the moment he hears about Ace he returns after his journeys to the same city as Ace’s Ranch to work at the coincidentally “Dragon” type gym, it is the 8th and final gym in the league challenge, the original leader Dragon (harhar) was called away on business and Sabo has taken his place as the leader, his duty is first and foremost protecting the city and its people

Sabo’s gym officiated team is a gauntlet of five dragons or four dragons and one honourary: Garchomp (also his therapy mon), Druddigon, Dragonite, Salamence, Gyarados

Luffy is the only one out of the three to go challenge league pro, after seeing Ace leaving his dream of becoming the champion behind, Luffy swears to carry Ace’s dream for him and become the champion - his strawhat was given to him by Shanks a mysterious Pokémon master who sees potential in Luffy, they will battle someday - Luffys starter was a Ledyba now Ledian caught by Ace and Sabo when they were children, it is his pride and joy - he also gathers his “crew” to journey around the world with

Luffy’s current team is still growing he has: Ledyba, Scrafty, (Aipom - currently wild but tags along)

Zoro, left his home early because his sister Perona wouldnt stop torturing him with her creepy Sableye, he meets Luffy in the forest outside his father’s castle (Mihawk) after wandering around said castle for a day or two, his team: Kartana, Doublade

Nami, originally a con artist meets Luffy and Zoro in the town housing the first Gym, she steals Zoro’s bag and loses to Luffy in a battle to get the bag back (has all their money in it dumb boys lol), her team: Meowth (yes it has payday), Rotom, castform

Usopp, bug catcher and budding artist meets the dawn trio in a forest where Luffy and Zoro scare away the Heracross he was hunting to draw, joins them after they help him catch it, his team: Heracross, Treecko, Noibat

Sanji, because all then strawhats are actually 14-15 here he’s run away from his family, now holing up in Zeff’s restaurant and Pokémon double battle cafe combo, Luffy beats him and Zeff both in a double battle and Zeff encourages Sanji to travel with the group, his team: Combusken, Buneary

Chopper is the last to join the motley crew of friends, he’s basically threatened to join the crew by his grandmother Doctorine, she wanted some peace and quiet from all his whining (she wants to see him grow with friends his age) his team: cherubi, chansey and snover

Robin Franky Jinbe and Brook are all older trainers met during the Luffy crew adventures, al four tagging along during the more dangerous parts (gang fights saving the world etc)

Robin meets Ace at Portgas Pokemon Ranch initially due to her Litwick, unsure what to do with its tiny flame she goes to Ace for advice seeing as she’s heard of his achievements and incredible talent for Fire types - Ace only has to take one look at the litwick to inform her that Litwicks feed on the closest lifeforce, but this one loves her so much it doesnt want to feed off Robin at all, stunned and very emotional over her Litwick, Robin becomes fast friends with Ace and whenever someone becomes friends with Ace it means they get to sit through the riviting tale of the “Luffy sagas”

Marco, head doctor in the largest Pokemon hospital in the same city that Ace’s ranch and Sabo’s gym resides - meets Ace one day to check on his tiny runty flighty Azurill (Azurill was dropped off by Thatch earlier in the week so Ace didn’t meet Azurills original trainer then), assuming Ace’s services to simply be babysitting, to his amazement Azurill clings to Ace like glue, full of life and adoration - Ace informs Marco that under his care Azurill has learnt two moves since he was away and hopes this is ok, Marco realises hes dealing with someone who knows what he’s doing and maybe maybe its love at first sight 😳❤️

Marcos pokemon are fairy types, they help him with patients: Sylveon, Azurill, Chansey (doctor requirement haha) alolan ninetales, togekkiss, Kirlia

other characters of note:

Deuce, Ace’s travelling partner back in the competitive days, he’s now studying to become a Pokémon researcher and professor, his only pokemon is a vivacious Lucario that insists its very very helpful (which he is), Ace meant to pass on his Ninetales to Deuce officially to help protect him during his fieldwork bc Deuce has a knack for getting into trouble easily, unfortunately Ninetales did not like Deuce and prefers digging holes all over the Ranch for Ace to fall into

Coby: Luffy’s rival, his starter is also a bug type in a wurmple - Luffy fights him when its a Cascoon, and essentially tells him he’s weak why is he afraid of evolving ? Coby inspired next challenges Luffy with a stronger team and his fully evolved Dustox

Koala: gym trainer at the dragon type gym, basically showed Sabo the ropes and gave him a tour around the city when he first moved in, called Sabo a nerd only to find out the next working day that said nerd is her BOSS, RIP koala 😭 her team: Haxorus, Altaria, Dragalge

Law: another teenager competing in the league challenge, someone who has the unfortunate or fortunate luck of bumping into Luffy everywhere he goes who really really loves his company, for whatever reason, he currently travels with them as Luffy’s demands, his team: cubchoo (bepo!), umbreon, kadabra, chansey (doctor/healer requirement, his however is a shiny bc he won’t be caught DEAD with a pink one)

Dadan family: runs a small countryside daycare in which Ace stayed at to heal after the tragedy , learnt everything from his foster mother Dadan to open his own ranch

shanks: ???? Pokemon master 👀 or soon to be one at least more to come on him hehe

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Sabo’s Garchomp doesn’t have rough skin ability for safety reasons

But also… it would be so fucking funny if it did and he’s Sab’s emotional support therapy mon

Sabo emerging from the coil of his Garchomp seven hours later after coming down from a spicy trauma session ™️ and a power nap and he’s all scratched to hell bc rough skin 😂😭😭