#but espeon just looks PERFECT

[ectoplasmer]

thinking about those pokémon teams i made the boys forever ago….. still think bakura deserves an alcremie

[quillpokebiology]

Okay, I have kinda sidestepped eevee crossbreeds bcuz then I'd have to cover 9 pokemon in one post, and I already had a nightmare covering the Schema Meowstic (24 pokemon that had to be covered), BUT, my mom lives in the wild area and owns a farmland and has a large garden, which attracts a lot of pokemon, and she caught a wild wooly Espeon on camera and now I gotta make this.

Pokemon Crossbreeds: Wooly

Wooly is the name for members if the Eevee line who had Wooloo/Dubwool fathers. The breed has appeared in the wild but started being selectively bred by humans in the 1800s. The bred is known for their wooly fur and floppy ears, and they were bred for various different tasks.

Eevee

Wooly Eevee gain fluffy bodies, floppy ears, and a darker fur coat. They follow the Herd nature of Wooloo and prefer to travel with other Eevees. Their fur grows a lot and needs to be shaved regularly, less it become hazardous for them. Many people breed them for their evolutions, or because they find their wool soft and cute.

Jolteon

Wooly Jolteon were bred alongside Yamper to be herders for Wooloo, while also working as their protection from outside predators. As to not scare the wooloo, farmers decided that it would be best to breed them with Dubwool so they would have wooly coats and resemble the wooloo herds more. These Jolteon are able to store more electricity due to their wool, making them very popular for battles.

Flareon

My personal favorite of this line! Wooly Flareon gain the nose, spots, and ears of Dubwool, making them look more sheep-like. This breed of Flareon was bred to keep people warm during winter; with their added floof and warm bodies making them the perfect cuddle buddies. Because of this, this breed of Flareon is known for loving cuddles.

Vaporeon

Also nicknamed Koi Vaporeon because of their spots. This breed of Vaporeon gain the face patterns, ears, and spots of Dubwool. Their frills also become wool, which soaks up a lot of water. They were bred for their frills to collect water to bring to villages. The more atee they store, the puffier they get.

Espeon

Wooly Espeon gain the floof, spots, facial patterns, and ears of Dubwool. It's one of the more common breeds since Dubwool live on high mountains or in fields that get a lot of sun. This breed was bred by humans purely for aesthetics, since other than inheriting a herd-like mentality and having extremely fluffy wool, not much about them changes.

Umbreon

The second most common of this breed. Wooly Umbreon gain the wool, wars, and spots of Dubwool, and that's pretty much it. They were bred to guard Wooloo herds at night from potential predators. Breeding them with Wooloo/Dubwool made the Wooloo trust them more.

Leafeon

Wooly Leafeon gain the spots, chest fluffy, and ears of Dubwool. This breed is beloved in many children's books and myths because people say they're appearance is just right for a nature spirit. They weren't bred for a specific task.

Glaceon

Wooly Glaceon are the only pokenon here that actually gain Dubwool's horns! They can be found atop icy mountains with high Dubwool populations. The breed has been loved on Circhester for thousands of years for their regal appearance, and some myths even state that they're the spirits of Ice God's in the form of a pokemon.

Sylveon

A show breed that is loved by many. These Sylveon gain fluffy coats and cute floppy ears, and many contest judges love their new style of bowtie and their added eyebrows. They're also a very popular pokemon to have on farms, as they can stop fights between the pokemon, they can protect the farm pokemon, and Wooloo feel more comfortable around them because of their wool.

//My designs can be used by anyone if you credit me for the original design! Talking about creation under the cut

I got inspiration for them when I saw art made by GraceyFH on Deviantart, where they crossed an eevee with a wooloo and I thought it was so cute and wanted to make my own version of that. The entire line was inspired by floppy eared sheep and Goats, but Jolteon specifically was inspired by a ram, which is why it's ears aren't floppy.

Eevee was easy. Just give it wool and floppy ears. Except of course it can't be that way because I redraw it twice. The first one's bangs looked weird and unfixable so I started over. Giving Eevee more messy bangs felt more like Pokemon's art style. I gave it darker fur because Wooloo has darker fur, which didn't really stick with the evolutions but idrc.

Jolteon was actually the last one I made. I made a first one with a different pose, but I hated it so I just used the base pose. It was a lot easier to use the base pose since I felt like I could make the fluff and the spiky mix together easier. I also find it very cute. Like I said before, I didn't make Jolteon's ears floppy because that wouldn't help it run very fast, and that breed of Jolteon was bred to hers Wooloo. But, I did make it's ears lower to match the ram photos I was looking at.

FLAREON MY BOY 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡. Flareon is my favorite I designed and the first one I drew. It was also the easiest since it's already so fluffy. All I had to do was give it spots and goat features.

Vaporeon was the second Eeveelution I designed, and I mostly just had trouble with the ears. Other than that, it was all good. Inwas very excited for Vaporeon because I wanted to draw a koifish looking Vaporeon. Maybe I'll draw a more koifish looking Vaporeon in the future.

Espeon was nice. It already has a simple design. Was going to give it Dubwool's neck fluff, but I didn't do that because I wanted to keep its sleek appearance. (I was also lazy because I didn't realize I forgot it until after I was done with the drawing).

Umbreon was based on a goat at a petting zoo near me (aka, an hour drive away from me but idc I love that zoo). Goat was sleek and had droopy ears, and I loved him. Similar story to Espeon: it's simple and I just added fluff.

Leafeon was nice. I love a lot of nature fantasy stuff, so I'm always happy to make grass type crossbreeds. It reminds me of cauliflower, but I swear I didn't do that on purpose.

I was honestly annoyed about Glaceon since I thought it would he hard to incorporate Dubwool features to it because it's hat. And then I realized I could make the hat into horns, so I ended up having a lot of fun with it. If I didn't love fluffiness, it would probably be my favorite design. Like Jolteon, I based it off of a ram, so I was going to give it upper ears, but I thought the floppy ears looked cuter.

And then Sylveon! It was one of the easier ones to design since I went in knowing what I wanted to do. The floppy wars combined with its everything makes it look like a cute fantasy pet in a Disney movie, and I love it because of that. Not much else to say.

[malachimoet]

Radia is a well-known Espeon throughout Pokeopolis for her incredible knowledge and wisdom on just about any Pokémon and how their bodies work, individually. As a young Eevee, she studied biology science for a majority of her life. Looking back at her grades, Radia wasn’t the best at Math, History, or even English despite knowing how to read. But Biology has been nothing but perfect records for her! Radia’s reputation is important to her, and she is a bit of a perfectionist. Kind, sweet, caring, but worried about those figuring out deeper, darker secrets about her. Apparently, despite everything she does or tells others the importance of healthy foods, exercise, taking your medication at certain times, being aware of yourself, etc etc…she doesn’t do any of that herself. At work or out in public, she always wears her work getup and signature nurse cap. But at home, alone, or anywhere she can, she is the most unhealthy individual you could ever know. Junk food? Eats it all the time. Exercise? Nahhh. Medication? She forgets about it all the time. Staying hydrated with water? More like beer. Sleep? Nope. Always moving. She’s a hypocrite in secret, but at least she’s helping others? Check Toyhouse for more information on this character: https://toyhou.se/27688485.radia-espeon

[bagerfluff]

Espeon & Umbreon: Matchmakers Supreme

Aged Up Gladion x Non-Binary Reader

Prompt - Confessions

“Not again”, you sighed.

You glanced down at your Espeon as they rubbed themselves against an Umbreon. This was the fifth time this had happened and it was only Wednesday. You knew this Umbreon, it belongs to a trainer that you might have a little crush on.

You’ve seen him training at the beach. You never got the courage to talk to him. The first time you even talked to him was because your Espeon had run up to his Umbreon.

Unlike you, Espeon has more than enough courage. You had really tried to confess, but you never did. He was so cool and a little weird but you liked him. So you stared at the two Pokémon as they cuddled with each other, waiting for him to come.

“Umbreon?” You looked up at the voice to see him, Gladion, that was his name. Standing at the edge of the forest. Gladion looked as amused as you did, which was not amused at all. “Hey Gladion”, you said.

Trying to keep the blushing down.

Gladion didn’t look at you, just at the two Pokémon. Next to Gladion was his Lycanroc. The Lycanroc looked a little more amused than the two of you. “So how was your day?” You asked, knowing that it could be a while till the Pokémon wanted to leave.

“Good”, Gladion deadpanned. That was all you ever got. You wanted to get to know him better but he never talked to you. You were starting to give up. You didn’t speak for the rest of the encounter. Just waited till Espeon walked back to your side.

You said goodbye and left. You sped walked away till you were sure that Gladion couldn’t hear you. “Damn it”, you said. You were angry that you didn’t say anything. You should have at least asked to have a battle. You didn’t want to admit it but you watched Gladion when he trained.

Gladion was a really powerful trainer.

Plus, you wanted to know the name of the other Pokémon he had. You had never seen it and even the Pokedex didn’t know. You sighed and sat down at a bench that seemed to appear at the perfect time. Espeon jumped up on the bench and looked at you with a sad face.

You glanced over at them and petted their head. “Are you doing this on purpose?” You asked and Espeon smiled. You shook your head. You placed your arms on your legs and looked down at the floor. You sighed again and closed your eyes.

Why couldn’t you confess? You’ve done it before and have gotten rejected before. You weren’t that scared of being rejected. Maybe it was because you thought Gladion was really good looking.

Maybe you were deeper than you thought?

Unbeknownst to you, Gladion was having the same problem.

He had walked back to the beach where he was training but he didn’t start training again. He just sat down and stared at the sand. His face was a little red and he was glaring at nothing. Gladion thought you were good looking too.

But Gladion had no idea how to tell you or what to do with his feelings. This was all too confusing and new for Gladion. So Gladion didn’t do anything. He didn’t talk when he saw you. He didn’t look at you. And he didn’t say anything when he saw you watching him while he was training.

Gladion had no idea what to do.

It made him angry. You always smiled at him and made a point to talk to him. Gladion never responded with more than one word answer but you never stopped. Every time you smile it makes Gladion red in the face. You two weren’t even really friends.

You two have seen each other around. You were also trying to complete all of the Island Challenges. But that was it. Gladion had always found you interesting. He just didn’t know it meant he liked you until he talked to you for the first time.

The first time Umbreon and Espeon took a liking to each other. Gladion wanted to avoid you, avoid his feelings but with Umbreon always finding you and your Espeon. Gladion looked out onto the sea. The waves splashed against the shore line.

Washing Pokémon onto the beach every once and a while. Gladion watched this and let out a sigh. Umbreon was watching all of this. Umbreon knew that their trainer had a crush. They wanted Gladion to confesses but Gladion was a bit stubborn. So without Gladion realizing.

Umbreon left to find Espeon, and you.

You were still sitting on the bench questioning your life when you heard Espeon jump off the bench. You glanced up to see Umbreon standing in front of Espeon. Your eyes widened and you jumped off the bench.

They were talking to each other and you could see worry on Umbreon's face. “Wha-”, you couldn’t finish your question before both of the Pokémon took off running. You ran after them yelling at them to slow down.

You ran with them though the town, through the forest, and eventually to the beach. When you got to the beach you stopped moving but Espeon and Umbreon didn’t. They kept running all the way to Gladion.

Who was sitting near the shore line. You only saw his back but you could tell that he was staring out onto the sea. Why did Umbreon go to you? Why did Espeon follow? Why did you follow? You watched in silence as Espeon and Umbreon walked up next to Gladion.

Umbreon on the right and Espeon on the left. Gladion noticed Umbreon first and turned his head to look at them. You couldn’t hear what he was saying but you could see his mouth moving. Umbreon gestures to Gladion’s other side so Gladion looked to his other side.

The minute Gladion saw Espeon he looked around till he saw you standing where the forest met the beach. You both looked at each other. Gladion got up and Espeon ran back to you.

They walked behind you and started to hit your legs with their head. It didn’t hurt but it was prominent enough that it pushed you forward. “Hey hey hey”, you said while looking at Espeon.

When you looked up you saw that Umbreon was doing the same thing to Gladion. Gladion looked as amused as you. Once you and Gladion were only a few feet away from each other that’s when they stopped.

Espeon and Umbreon stopped pushing you two but they had a look on their faces. You couldn’t place it but you knew what Espeon was trying to tell you.

Confess.

You sighed. You regretted ranting to Espeon about your crush on Gladion. You looked up from Espeon to see Gladion looking at Umbreon. You suddenly got cold feet. You were scared and nervous. “Hey Gladion”, you said, trying to break the tension.

“Hey”, Gladion said back and that made you clench your fist. You should get this other with. Gladion was thinking the opposite. He wanted to run. He wanted to get out of here. He was blushing when he first saw you.

Gladion was right now glaring at Umbreon.

He knew what Umbreon was trying to do, and he hated it. Both Espeon and Umbreon shoved their heads against the both of you again. This pushed you and Gladion closer, so close that you were sharing air when you breathed.

You both looked up at the same time and both of you blushed. You were looking right into Gladion's eye, those bangs looked annoying. Gladion’s eyes looked beautiful though.

A shining green that puts emeralds to shame.

But you wanted to look into both of Gladion’s eyes. So you did. You had no idea what came over you but you reached up and brushed Gladion’s bangs out of his face. You held them out of the way and looked into both of his eyes.

You noticed Gladion’s blush spread to his ears. It looked cute. Gladion didn’t protest what you were doing but you felt him tense. So you drew your hands away and let the bangs fall back. “I like you”, you said.

They came out of nowhere but they were perfect. Gladion blushed more and looked away so you couldn’t see it. Gladion stumbled over words but you knew what he was trying to say. You understood why Gladion never looked at you or talked to you. And you had Umbreon and Espeon to thank for that. 

“It’s okay”, you smiled at Gladion, “I know”

[vickyvicarious]

I so badly need to play this hack rom of pokemon where you play through a pokemon version of the story of the dracula novel and where you kill him with the power of love and violence

Pfft, it would be really fun I admit.

okay now we got to pick the pokemon the other characters would be

Admittedly I'm not the best at this. Also confining it to the first couple generations (mostly 1-3), as that was what my dream was set in and also the ones I know best (though I still heavily consulted Serebii for this). But here's kind of what I'm thinking for the team...

Jonathan (THE): already assigned, with art and everything! Shiny Magikarp, later evolves into a white Gyarados. As a bonus, the Sapphire description reminds me of him in the castle too: "MAGIKARP is virtually useless in battle as it can only splash around. As a result, it is considered to be weak. However, it is actually a very hardy POKéMON that can survive in any body of water no matter how polluted it is."

Mina (POWER): Despite the name suggesting Fighting-type, I really wanted to do Psychic because that's what makes sense for her. I thought about the Gothita line but not only are they not present until Gen 5, but the descriptions don't fit her as well. I also liked the idea of the Ralts line particularly as Gardevoir has text about knowing the future and sacrificing itself for its trainer. But I think overall I prefer Eevee at the start (super adaptable and interested in lots of things)... and then teetering on the edge between Umbreon and Espeon near the later stages before finally evolving into Espeon just in time. We get the affection+daytime evolution which seems fitting for her, and again the description emphasizes Espeon's loyalty which also works well.

Jack (OF): Got so stuck on this one. I was drawn to mostly Electric or Bug types, but nothing stuck out to me as perfect. Venonat line is kind of fun. Nocturnal is a nod to his poor sleeping habits, big eyes because he's always looking and noticing stuff... Still not so sure on for him.

Arthur (LOVE): So I obviously want a dog. And I think Normal-type fits him. But there are no Normal-type dogs until gen 5. I thought about going with either a different type or an earlier dog pokemon, but honestly I think the Lillipup line works for Arthur too well so I'll break pattern and pick that. The whole line is about herding dogs who want to help keep other pokemon safe and I think that really suits him. Plus, moves such as Helping Hand where he boosts another pokemon's abilities, or Odor Sleuth that allow a Ghost-type to be hit with Normal/Fighting moves are perfect for him. That said, my second choice is Growlithe because they're also dogs who can have those moves, and are friendly/loyal with a good sense of smell that can pick up emotions. I just think the Fire-type and the Arcanine are a little less of an overall match.

Quincey (AND): He's generally quick to act and observant, so I was thinking some kind of bird for him, maybe. I like Ground-types for cowboy vibes but I think overall Pidgey line fits best for him. Quick, alert, large territory, beautiful plumage, a classic. I kind of feel like both he and Arthur would already be on their second evolution when you catch them, so he'd be a Pidgeotto already.

Van Helsing (VIOLENCE): The first thing I did was look up who can use Confusion or Supersonic, haha. I did consider Abra line but other than the super high intellect of Alakazam I don't think it fits best. And honestly... I know it's kind of a weird choice but weirdness itself feels fitting for him: I almost picked Lickitung. Abilities being Oblivious or Own Tempo works, the whole 'licking everything new to memorize it' kinda could go along with him having a million degress, and some of the moves work pretty well. Supersonic, Knock Off, Wrap, Disable, Refresh... I think overall I might lean towards Mr. Mime, though. Also an odd one, but the description mentions its ability to convince people of imaginary things which then become real and that seems fitting for him. Also the various Barrier/Light Screen type moves make sense for him always warding away vampires, and he's got Confusion and Double Slap too. Him being personally weak to Dark/Ghost types might make sense in some parts and make others more difficult, admittedly.

That's the best I've got for them all, at least! Feel free to suggest others if you like.

When you get them:

At the end:

[quirkwizard]

Which Pokémon would fit Class 1-A? Maybe include movesets?

For the sake of this, I'm only going to be going with two options of what I believe their signature Pokémon would be, since a full team would be pretty repetitive and I always think signature Pokémon are just more interesting. And since a lot of these choices are pretty obvious, I will only go into detail with the ones I think are worth mentioning.

Izuku: Lucario and Gallade Uraraka: Clefable and Gardevoir Tenya: Bisharp and Metagross Bakugou: Typhlosion and Annihilape Shoto: Ninetails and Darmantan Mina: Goodra and Alolan Muk Denki: Raichu and Electivire Kirishima: Garchomp and Aggron Tsuyu: Politoad and Togekiss Momo: Espeon or Steelix Jiro: Noivern and Toxtiricty Tokoyami: Honchkrow and Mimikyu Aoyama: Galarian Rapidash and Milotic Sero: Leavanny and Ferrothorn Hagakure: Gengar and Sudowoodo Ojiro: Mienshao and Ambipom Shoji: Tangrowth and Grapploct Koda: Ditto and Blissey Sato: Dachsbun and Slurpuff Mineta: Weezing and Tsareena

-I only picked out Tsareena for Mineta since it's the only interesting berry Pokémon. There is no other reason. -Yes, I exclusively picked Pokémon with either Tough Skin or Sturdy for Kirishima. It was just too perfect. -I know Greninja is sitting right there, but I think the cute look and color scheme of Politoad fit Tsuyu better. -Hagakure's choices are just based around them being fun, trickster Pokémon, which fits her character. -Pretty much of the sound focused Pokémon would fit Jiro. It's just that I think Noivern is the coolest one and fits her -You might be asking which regional version of the Pokémon Shoto has for his signature. The answer is yes. -Koda was really hard to cover for this since technically every Pokémon fit him, hence why I went with Ditto. -And since I picked Ditto for him, I decided to go with Steelix for Momo since that's used a lot in creating and smelting metals.

[amethyst-halo]

just realized i never posted my tmd summary so here it is it's really long and technically unfinished

the troll kingdoms are different guilds with their own territories. the leaders are the guildmasters

brozone was a team of brother eevees that were a part of the pop guild that also like to sing and perform. branch is a part of it, taken care of by their grandmother who runs a daycare while they work and learning songs and dances when they’re back. they’re brothers, so of course they get into fights, but they’re close-knit and have each other’s backs through and through.

things get tense when, due to intense love for his family, bruce- then spruce- evolves into a sylveon. his brothers are ecstatic for him, of course, but john dory quickly falls into an ocd spiral about their image and the way spruce will stick out against the group of eevees. as a result, he begins pressuring himself, clay, and floyd to evolve too, claiming it’ll “look right” and keep them perfect.

clay doesn’t take well to the pressure, getting into spats with john dory regularly and causing turbulence in the team’s work. spruce is doing his best to defend his younger brothers from the eldest one, but he feels guilty for starting all of it. floyd mostly does what he can to keep the arguing away from branch. 

eventually, clay gets sick of it and gets ahold of a thunder stone, evolving into a jolteon. he turns and spits at john, asking if he’s happy now. this only makes the fights worse, as the pressure john puts on himself and floyd gets worse, and clay gets even more angry about the way he treats floyd. after a little while, john manages to evolve into a leafeon through excessive training that wore him down quite a bit and started even more fighting, some of which turned into full-on battles. when floyd was the only one left to evolve, the pressure became unbearable, and floyd began avoiding his brothers other than branch whenever he could. in private, he was doing a lot of research on his evolution options and what he’d need, and eventually came back one day as an espeon.

of course, the fighting never really stopped- the rifts were too deep by that point. their first show fully evolved was also branch’s first show, and john thought the best way to present both of these things was to pull off a powerful melody, the perfect family harmony, which few could access and even fewer could pull off. he figured out that the brothers could indeed tap into the power, and the pressure returned full force.

the performance came, and it was a disaster. this caused the metaphorical pot to finally boil over, resulting in the biggest fight the brothers had; this caused the team to disband and the brothers to leave, all wanting to get away from the stress john had put everyone under. unfortunately, that meant leaving little branch behind with their grandmother; branch felt like he was the cause of everything going wrong, and would blame himself for decades.

a couple of years after the brothers’ split and before the big escape™, a group of criminals- who are a part of a much bigger syndicate that the guild has been trying to bring down, and is notoriously causing problems near the town- catch branch and his grandmother outside of town doing their chores; branch had been singing as they worked, practicing, which caught their attention. grandma rosiepuff holds them off and sends branch running for help, which he does, but it's too late by the time he gets help and gets back. grief-stricken and blaming himself, branch secludes himself from everyone.

it’s a couple of years later that the pop guild is forced to evacuate the town in the middle of the night as a mystery dungeon begins forming right on top of them, barely making it out of there before the dungeon overtakes them. guildmaster peppy loses his eldest daughter, viva, but keeps hold of his youngest, poppy, and leads the now-stranded group to a new place to settle. branch goes along, since he has nowhere else to go, unaware that clay had returned for him only to be stranded alongside viva and a group of others.

the guild rebuilds in a new place a few days’ travel away over the next two decades, recovering from the escape and getting back to normalcy. branch- who evolves into a glaceon- remains secluded, taking it upon himself to set up a safety bunker and patrol the edges of town for the criminals despite not seeing any. the townsfolk were initially trying to convince him to come back and socialize, feeling sorry for him being left alone so young, but eventually gave up and even began to make fun of his “strange habits.”

the pokemon who bothers him the most is the guildmaster’s daughter, poppy. branch has an immediate dislike of her, as he thinks she’s spoiled due to her status; she is also rarely leaving the guild, giving him the impression she can’t hold her own. despite his dislike of her being made incredibly clear, she still tries to include him in practically everything, which he constantly turns down. he keeps her invitations, though, touched by her thinking of him anyways.

on the twentieth anniversary of the escape, poppy plans a massive celebration in honor of the guild keeping everyone safe. branch thinks this is a ridiculous idea that will only call attention to them, inviting the group of criminals to target them again, but poppy brushes him off. they hadn’t had trouble near their new town in twenty years, after all. the festival is thrown, and branch watches from the edges.

he’s the first to spot the problem; a group sneaking into town from the shadows that he doesn’t recognize. he knows immediately that they’re trouble, and wades into the festivities to follow them, looking for poppy while he’s at it. he loses track of them in the crowds, but manages to find and warn poppy, who doesn’t take him seriously.

then, chaos breaks out. the group do indeed turn out to be criminals; some of the most wanted members of the syndicate, led by a violent scolipede just called the chef. they capture a group of pokemon as a warning that the guild’s days are numbered, and haul them away far too easily, despite many teams attempting to fight them off. poppy is guilty and desperate, as those captured were her closest friends, but peppy insists it’s too dangerous to go after them. poppy won’t listen, though, and seeks branch’s help since he knows the most about the criminals. branch refuses, so she sets off alone. branch is determined not to follow, but it doesn’t take him long to give in.

he catches up to her when she gets cornered in a dungeon, only to discover she’s not skilled, but far from helpless. she grins at him and tells him it’s about time he showed up, implying she knew he was coming. he grumbles about this for most of the journey.

they make their way back to the old town, setting up a camp, and branch begins planning. he figures out how to get into the criminals’ base and find poppy’s friends, having studied them endlessly over the years. they sneak in and make their way to where her friends are, finding that the chef captured them to give to the syndicate’s leader- a young quilladin named gristle, who definitely was born into the position. one of poppy’s friends, a simipour named creek, is separated from the group, and they aren’t sure if he’s even alive.

they sneak around a little, and find out the whole thing is a sort of show of power. the chef captured them to make a show of killing them to establish the leader as one to be feared and to take over the pop guild, though the reasoning as for why is left kind of vague. (turns out later that chef wants the plates that the guild is protecting)

they attempt to free poppy’s friends, only to be spotted by a granbull. she seems more panicked than angry, though, and they figure out she’s one of the lowest ranking members and not much of a threat. they strike a deal with her that branch finds ridiculous; they help her talk to her crush, gristle, and she helps them escape.

poppy goes a little overboard, since she’s poppy, but they set them up perfectly and the granbull- bridget- and gristle end up on a date with the group watching in secret. gristle reveals that the chef captured poppy’s friends to put on a show of power to not only the syndicate, but the guild as well, by basically just killing them. he seems unenthused about it though, implying he doesn’t want to do it at all. but he can’t stand up to the chef; she would easily take his place as leader without much trouble, and he was only safe so long as he listened to her. but, he says, the one they’d pulled away from the others- creek- was still alive and safe enough.

they reconvene with bridget, and poppy and branch are eager to get them out of there before something happens to them. bridget, though, doesn’t want to let them go yet, insisting they need to help her deal with the chef and keep gristle safe. poppy insists that they can only do so much as such a small group, and it isn’t safe for them. they argue, but bridget lets them go, and they run off to find creek.

despite their best efforts, they end up caught by the chef herself, and are locked up. the chef then reveals she’s kept creek close at hand. branch knows immediately that something is up, and is furious, but poppy refuses to listen to anyone but creek himself. 

creek then smiles at them and shrugs, and says that branch is completely right. he had sold them out to chef in return for his life. he insists that it’s a mercy to them, that they’ll die with a clear conscience while he’ll live with his choices for the rest of his life. and then he and the chef reveal they’re going to storm the guild and capture everyone, forcing them to watch as poppy and friends are killed “just like branch’s grandmother.” branch freezes, then tries to attack them in rage, but can only do so much from behind the bars. he spits that the guild won’t listen to the chef, but creek holds up poppy’s hammer and makes a noise with it, saying they’ll listen if it’s someone they trust. poppy begs creek not to do this, after everything, but creek simply says it’s nothing personal, just business. she gets angry and yells at them as they turn and leave.

the group breaks into panic, since most of them either don’t like to fight or aren’t strong enough to do much. poppy is too in her own head to break them out of it, so branch does. he insists that he can figure out a way out of this, that they have to be able to escape, they just need to think outside the box. they all try several different ways to get out of the cage, but nothing works, and branch gets more frantic as they go.

poppy eventually stops them, saying there’s nothing they can do. she’s visibly different now; her enthusiastic optimism is gone, and she looks numb. she sits by the bars and stares at nothing, and branch sighs and settles beside her. 

she starts to spiral, blaming herself for getting them caught and acting uncharacteristically pessimistic, which surprises and saddens her friends. she claims there’s no way out of there, she got them killed because she couldn’t rescue them properly like a team could, and that she’d be a bad guildmaster. it was her idea to throw the festival that got her friends caught in the first place.

branch, to her surprise, is the first one to cut her off, saying that she’d make a good leader. she’s strong and positive and maybe a little too imaginative, but it wasn’t her fault they’d gotten caught. the chef would have found another way to do the same thing, and creek was the one that sold them out. the others back him up, pointing out good qualities about poppy and encouraging her to not give up. poppy thanks them.

that’s when branch is hit with the question. 

“What happened to your grandma?”

he freezes, and looks at poppy. she says she wants to know what creek meant. branch, not knowing any reason not to talk about it, gives in and explains how they’d been doing chores when they were attacked, and he couldn’t get help fast enough. this caused him to give up a lot of things he’d liked to do, like singing. she apologizes and hugs him, catching him by surprise. 

then, before they can mope for long, bridget appears. she apologizes to poppy for getting her so wrapped up in everything. poppy apologizes back, saying she should have been braver and helped her stop the chef. she asks bridget to help her now, and bridget agrees, albeit timidly. 

it's a few days later that creek arrives at the town with poppy’s hammer. everyone assumes the worst, and creek lies and says there was nothing he could do. then, the guild is swarmed by a massive group of the criminals, the chef leading them. peppy demands to know what’s going on, and creek just smiles and shrugs at him.

they’re dragged back to the crime syndicate’s base, where they explain they wanted the guildmaster himself to see the show. they reveal poppy and her group, who are tied up on a stage. the chef, wielding poppy’s hammer, explains their plan to kill them and take over the guild itself, under gristle’s leadership. peppy begs them to not hurt them, which the chef laughs at.

while the chef is distracted, bridget discreetly frees poppy and her group. they pretend not to be freed until the perfect moment, where an attack hits the chef and stuns her long enough for poppy to get her hammer back. of course, a fight ensues, but the guild members are emboldened by poppy fighting back and fight back. they show how the guild works more fluently as one, chasing off a lot of the criminals until they defeat the chef.

the chef is furious and threatening them, but she doesn’t have any way to fight back and has to surrender. as everyone regroups and damage is assessed, it’s revealed that creek had escaped, turning tail and running the first chance he got. peppy scoffs and says he’s smart enough not to show his face again, so it didn’t matter. the guild returns home, dragging the chef with them to turn in to the police.

things are good for about a year; poppy and branch become better friends, and branch starts reintegrating into the town. poppy has since become guildmaster, allowing her father to retire, and is doing her best to run everything. branch takes it upon himself to help, and ends up her right-hand pokemon. 

a little over a year since the chef was arrested, poppy’s routine is interrupted by an unexpected letter. it’s addressed from someone called guildmaster barb, which surprises poppy; she wasn’t aware of any other guilds nearby. the letter talks about a tour, and invites her to bring her plates. confused, she tries to figure out what it means, only for peppy to snatch the letter away and frantically tell them to forget it.

it takes them a moment to calm him down, and they convince him to explain. he reluctantly tells them about there being other guilds well past their territory, all run very differently by all kinds of different pokemon. when the news causes a bit of a stir amongst the crowd, they retreat into poppy’s office. he tells them about these things called the plates; there’s one for every type of power pokemon possess, and each of the guilds has three plates that they protect, totaling in eighteen plates in all. they used to share the plates, but peppy explains that it was too dangerous to keep them all in one place. he shows them a hidden compartment with three slabs inside, each one a different color and inscribed with a symbol; electric, fairy, and normal. 

he explains barb is gathering them, and if she does, she’ll have an unchallengeable level of power. branch catches on, realizing it was a warning, but poppy seems eager to go meet barb, saying she just wanted to unite everybody again. peppy agrees with branch, saying it can’t be anything good, and they need to get the plates out of there as soon as possible so barb can’t take them.

unbeknownst to them, before this occurs, the techno guild is stormed by the rock guild and its leader. barb, a zoroark, demands the plates and captures the guild members, forcing guildmaster trollex to give her what she wants. excitedly, barb moves on to the classical guild.

poppy, the night she learned about the plates, gathers up supplies and sends a letter to barb accepting her invitation. branch catches her and tries to convince her not to go, but poppy is determined. he gives in and tags along. they realize not long after that biggie is following them, who nervously says he’d feel safer with them, so they bring him along.

barb regroups after getting the techno guild’s plates, celebrating with the other rock guild members with her. she fuses the plates to a special guitar, and they become three of the frets on the neck and show that three other frets are already changed. barb checks on her dad and reminds him of her plan.

poppy branch and biggie arrive at the classical guild’s town some time later, finding the place abandoned and in ruin. horrified, they begin to look around, and find one pokemon: a kricketot named pennywhistle, who explains what happened. barb and her group storm the classical guild, taking most of the members hostage and demanding the plates fairly easily. guildmaster trollzart tries to fight back, but barb’s power is amplified by her now six plates, so it doesn’t work. poppy realizes barb is trying to destroy the other guilds. branch insists they go back home and make sure the plates are safe, and poppy says they are safe because she has them. branch is alarmed by this, and biggie starts to panic, but poppy promises things will be okay. they set out for the country guild.

as barb regroups after getting the classical guild’s plates, she receives poppy’s letter. she becomes offended, thinking poppy is making fun of her, and gets angry. she breaks some shit. then she meets with some bounty hunters, instructing them to find and bring her guildmaster poppy.

poppy branch and biggie reach the country guild, which is oddly quiet. branch thinks no one is there, but poppy insists they check. they quickly find guildmaster delta dawn, who’s working. they interrupt and try to explain why they’re there, but delta isn’t interested in listening to them. they literally just annoy her until she threatens to kick them out. poppy backs off like a sad puppy

they then meet a duo of gogoats that have been in the shade; one larger than the other who calls himself hickory, and names his companion as his brother dickory. hickory explains they’re also sort of outcasts that delta barely tolerates. he offers to show them around, which poppy excitedly accepts much to branch’s chagrin. they wander for a little bit around town, and dickory keeps messing with things as they go, which only branch notices. after a while, a ton of stuff goes haywire and delta immediately singles out hickory and dickory, catching poppy and co in the process. they’re chased out of town.

they end up at a river, and branch confronts the gogoats about what they’re up to. hickory says they simply want to help out a fellow outcast, and he overheard them talking about warning guilds about barb. poppy is happy for the help and explains they need to go to the funk guild next, to which hickory points out they can follow the river. the brothers throw a raft together (somehow…….hooves??) and branch begrudgingly goes along.

they go downstream for a while, biggie and hickory chatting mostly. branch is at the edge of the raft and watching hickory and dickory distrustfully; he catches poppy and mentions his distrust, to which she points out he doesn’t trust anyone. he argues they’re trusting strangers. poppy takes this poorly, asking him if she’s a bad guildmaster. branch, caught off guard, denies it, but poppy isn’t listening. he argues he’s being a good friend by telling her he thinks she is making a mistake.

before they can get further, a new and overpowering smell wafts over them. they try to figure out the source and spot an aromatisse floating onto their raft before they’re incapacitated. they have a weird group hallucination, and come back to themselves to realize they were tied up. the aromatisse greets them, saying he’s taking them to barb. hickory and dickory interrupt, having avoided the incapacitation, and tell him- chaz- to back off. chaz tries to get at them, but dickory kicks him into the river.

they ask who he was, and hickory explains he’s a bounty hunter. biggie gets freaked out, and poppy tries to reassure him only for him to cut her off. he says that she isn’t listening, that she promised to protect them and broke that promise, and that she won't be able to save everyone that way. they get off the raft and onto the bank, where biggie storms away to go back home, and poppy sadly watches him go.

they walk for a while, branch and hickory at the front while poppy trails behind and dickory hangs back between them. branch and hickory talk a little and hickory points out that poppy isn’t listening, so anything he tells her may not get through. branch is a little wary to listen, even if he has a point, and gets defensive when the topic broaches his feelings for her.

they cut off at rustling, immediately becoming defensive and clustering together. branch demands to know who it is. a familiar voice calls out to them, and they’re startled by cooper popping out of the brush. poppy gets excited and greets him, only for him to snort and another girafarig appear beside him, this one with cooper’s hat. poppy is confused, and cooper explains he found out he was from the funk guild originally and has a twin brother, who introduces himself as darnell, or d. they are joined by a flaaffy and furfrou, who cooper says are mostly there for protection. cooper invites them to follow him to the funk guild, and poppy eagerly agrees, mood brightening significantly.

cooper explains on the way that his egg had been snatched before he hatched, and he ended up at the pop guild instead. he details his journey, about how after they had left he left as well and traveled all that way looking for pokemon like him. he explains he was found near the funk guild and taken to the guildmasters, who turned out to be his parents. poppy is excited for him and eager to know more about darnell, who is notably more relaxed than cooper but still equally silly.

they reach the funk guild and go to meet the guildmasters, quincy and essence. poppy explains her warning and that they need to unite against barb to show that they’re all the same, but quincy shuts her down gently. they begin explaining that they had been united long before, but the pop guild’s leader had tried to take control of the plates. in response, each of the other leaders grabbed three plates each and basically ran for it with their guildmembers. poppy is stunned and a bit horrified by what the pop guild had done, saying they’d been told something else, and darnell points out that history is written by the winners. they show them their three plates, kept very well hidden.

before they can get much further with that conversation, the rock guild arrives. as they rush to face them, cooper pulls them away and pushes them through a secret escape. poppy says she wants to help, but he tells her to run and branch agrees. as they run, they're separated from hickory and dickory, who say they’ll find them again.

poppy is fighting to go back, but branch is preventing it. when she keeps trying, he snaps that she isn’t listening, that they need to go home and protect their friends. poppy snaps back that she isn’t willing to just give up like he is, which he gets ruffled by. they argue for a bit and end up deciding they’re just too different to get along. branch starts to leave, then adds that she means the world to him anyways before disappearing into the brush.

branch finds the river again and begins following it, very stuck in his own head. he sings to himself for a little bit. then, he’s interrupted by voices. they whisper and laugh at him, and then he’s suddenly grabbed and dragged away from the river. before he knows what’s happening, he’s tied up again and facing a team of five; a persian, shiny meinshao, meowstic, meowscarada, and a liepard. the meowstic asks if he’s poppy, which he denies and demands to know who they are. they introduce themselves as team kpop, and insist he’s going to take them to poppy.

before he can really answer, another team arrives, this one made up of [insert pokemon when i figure that shit out]. they insist they’re going to take branch, and team kpop laughs. they end up squaring off against each other. branch interrupts and asks why barb gets to decide who keeps their [insert thing she offered them??]. they’re intrigued by him.

cut to poppy, who’s sitting by the river and glaring at her plates. hickory and dickory find her, which she hides the plates from before they can see them, and ask where branch is. poppy says that branch left. she vents that she just wanted to be a good guildmaster, and everything went wrong because of the plates, which she reveals that she has. hickory freezes, and dickory locks onto the plates. hickory tries to tell her to run, and barely shields her from dickory charging at her.

poppy is alarmed, and dickory speaks for the first time, snapping at hickory for getting in the way in a notably different accent. he argues with hickory and then reveals that the two are a bounty hunter team tracking poppy down for barb as well. poppy starts trying to get away, but dickory prevents it and grabs her bag with the plates. as they fight, poppy is grabbed by two rock guild members, which allows dickory to get the plates. 

barb appears and takes the plates, then sizes poppy up. she snorts and asks why she was so afraid of her since she’s tiny and has a squeaky hammer instead of a proper steel one. poppy demands to be left alone, but barb doesn’t take her seriously. she reveals she’s already raided pop village, which shuts poppy down completely.

cut to biggie returning to the pop guild only to find it destroyed. the rest of the snack pack greet him and explain barb had been there and taken everyone. biggie decides they need to go and help poppy, so they disguise themselves as rock guild pokemon.

poppy is brought to the rock guild, where she’s locked up while barb makes fun of her. barb then admits she understands poppy’s drive to befriend her, and that being guildmaster gets lonely since everyone around them are just yes men. barb then puts the final plates into the guitar, and it hums with power that she excitedly wields. 

she starts the show, performing for the mix of rock guild members and captives from the other guilds. biggie and his group are forced to be her backup musicians, which they barely keep their cover up with. 

she reveals her guitar, and then the “former” guildmasters on small podiums as well as poppy in her cage above the stage. barb then starts up her riff, only to be jarred by a gravelrock being thrown at her. she turns to find branch is there, alongside teams kpop and reggaeton. barb is undeterred and releases her guitar’s power at poppy, which branch jumps in the way of.

branch hits the ground surrounded by rock, and then the rock cracks open to reveal he’s being mind controlled and acting like a rock guild member. barb is hype that it worked, and changes the guildmasters as well. while she’s distracted, poppy breaks the lock of her cage, and as she starts to get free, barb catches her. she has branch freeze her in place and blasts her with the guitar as well, knocking her cage down.

the dust clears and poppy is also a rock zombie, which barb cheers at. she tosses the guitar at her and tells her to get going, motioning to where cooper, darnell, and peppy are standing. poppy begins her riff, but at the last second winks at them and turns on barb. she reveals she’d blocked her ears and insists she isn’t letting barb do this, that what she’s doing isn’t bringing harmony. barb’s assistant riff agrees with her. then, poppy smashes the guitar, destroying the plates.

the world goes gray and silent, and barb is distraught at the loss of the plates while poppy is running to check on a now freed branch. barb snaps that pop ruined everything again, that their powers are gone with the plates destroyed. 

everyone begins to mourn the powers, until cooper puts a microphone to his chest and darnell begins making music with it. delta dawn joins in, and soon everyone is making music together. essence declares that they’re more than what the plates provided, that being a pokemon is more than elemental powers. poppy joins in and soon enough a full performance begins, which brings back everyone’s colors and their powers alongside it, proving they really don’t need to rely on these plates at all. barb is the only one not participating until poppy pulls her in too. 

the two befriend each other, and branch admits his feelings to poppy which she returns. barb and her guild formally apologizes to the other guildmasters, and the rock guild is put on a sort of probation; they have to help rebuild the destroyed guilds to start, and earn their guild title back, which barb readily agrees to.

with everyone working together over the next couple of months, the guilds are well on their way to being fixed. poppy and branch spend a lot of time working with bridget and gristle on a wedding as well, which is to take place near the old pop guild. but teams keep reporting finding weird floating rifts in remote locations, and some have tried to mess with them by sticking sticks into them only for the sticks to disappear. poppy and the other guildmasters make the call for the rifts to be avoided.

meanwhile, a duo of a gardevoir, velvet, and a gallade, veneer, discuss their plans to utilize the perfect family harmony to rise in fame. they’d figured out a way to steal the power, they just need more pokemon that can perform it to steal from: brozone. they enter their base to where a dedenne is working on a machine, while an espeon- floyd- is trapped in a small barrier in the corner. both of them get tense as the twins enter, and velvet explains her plan and how it uses the machine to sap their power, and that the work the dedenne is doing will allow them to steal from more than just floyd. the dedenne- crimp- looks horrified, and floyd yells for them to leave his brothers alone. velvet rolls her eyes and tells him to shut up. 

she and veneer talk about how their amplified power from floyd is already doing them wonders, especially since he’s also a psychic type. floyd hisses that this won’t work for long, that someone will catch them sooner or later. velvet knocks crimp away from the machine and uses it on him, sapping his power in a clearly painful way to shut him up.

back at the pop guild, poppy is helping bridget and gristle with a wedding ceremony near the old pop guild’s town. branch is helping as well, though he’s a bit wistful, and poppy catches him looking at some old team brozone stuff. he covers it up and distracts until they have to move on. the wedding begins and is going fine, only for someone to shout for it to stop.

they all turn in time to spot a leafeon arriving, out of breath. he starts to ask for someone, only to spot branch and get excited. he starts to tease him in an overly familiar way, which branch is clearly not happy about. poppy demands to know who he is, and he reveals that he’s branch’s brother, which shocks her. she realizes he’s john dory from brozone, and puts the pieces together. branch tells him to fuck off and refuses to listen because of how he’d been abandoned.

john dory eventually gets it out that he came because floyd is in trouble. he explains he found him locked up and having his power torn away by a machine, and that they need all of them to break the barrier. branch is horrified, and poppy insists they go with john to help. branch reluctantly agrees. the wedding finishes and they head out.

they discover quickly that tiny diamond had snuck after them, and poppy agrees to bring him along. they debate where spruce could be and john dory reveals a postcard he got for a coastal town, saying it's from him even if it’s blank. poppy knows of the town, and they head that way.

along the way, they find a rift. it’s small and not all that dangerous, but it perturbs them. they’re about to investigate when they’re interrupted by a gardevoir and gallade duo. the two close the rift and explain the rifts have been popping up in the past couple of months. they introduce themselves as velvet and veneer, and poppy introduces her group to them. they seem friendly enough and they helped so poppy is happy to chat, though branch is apprehensive. they go their separate ways.

it takes a day or so but they arrive, finding most everyone there is very relaxed and the spot is a vacation destination. they spot a purple sylveon- spruce-  near the beach headed to a beachside restaurant. they follow him inside, and he seems to be running the place. they catch up to him and he finally sees them, and is not super thrilled to see john. when branch approaches and gives away that he’s branch, he gets ecstatic and happily starts taking in his changes, complimenting the choice in glaceon. branch is a little uneasy and a little annoyed, but spruce is undeterred.

poppy introduces herself and tiny, and bruce in turn introduces himself as bruce and leads them to the counter to introduce his wife, brandy, an ampharos. she greets them happily, implying that she’s heard about them. some of their kids also appear with various kid issues, which bruce is quick to handle while trying to continue their conversation.

john finally starts to explain that he’s trying to gather them together again, and bruce immediately assumes he’s trying to do the family harmony again and gets mad. john quickly explains the issue, that floyd is trapped and needs their help, which eases bruce’s anger. 

bruce admits he isn’t sure how much help he’ll be, as he hasn’t done anything like that in years. john encourages him to perform with him to get back into the swing of it, and bruce hesitates until poppy eggs him on alongside his kids. she does the same to branch, and the brothers- and poppy- perform for the restaurant. bruce agrees to help when brandy agrees to watch over the restaurant and kids.

they set out to look for clay next, though john admits he has no idea where he is. they debate on how to find him for a while as they travel; bruce has taken it upon himself to watch over tiny, and poppy and john and branch debate a lot about how to look for clay.

as they travel they find a couple more rifts, and each time velvet and veneer appear and close them. when asked, they claim they can sense them and are running around closing them while trying to figure out why they keep appearing. in reality, the machine they have can detect them using psychic power from floyd.

[also throughout throw some stuff with bridget and gristle leaving to go on their honeymoon bc i cant think of what to put there yet]

they end up getting lost, getting through a dungeon only to lose the path. they eventually are stopped by someone hidden, to which they’re defensive; they’re asked who they are and what they want, and branch explains they’re looking for clay. the mystery pokemon doesn’t reveal themselves, but points them towards a place ahead, which they follow and find a small settlement.

they’re quickly surrounded, and are met by a tinkaton who’s a little wary of them. when branch and poppy say they’re from the pop guild, though, she brightens up significantly and excitedly welcomes them. she introduces herself as viva. she asks if they’re really from the pop guild, and when they confirm, she looks poppy over a little more closely. she explains slowly that she’s from the pop guild originally and asks about peppy. poppy says that he’s well and that he’s her dad, and viva gets even more excited and grabs her in a massive hug.

poppy is confused, and viva explains she’s her sister. poppy is stunned and a little overwhelmed, unable to figure out why she didn’t know about her sooner. they bounce off each other a little, and then branch interrupts to ask if they know a shiny jolteon named clay. viva confirms that they do and that he helps her run the place, though she’s unsure of where exactly he is, and it's not long after that clay himself appears. he’s happy to see bruce, greeting him warmly, but is cold and short to john. he looks branch over a little and figures out who he is as well, excitedly looking him over. 

they explain why they’re there, and clay is angered at the idea of floyd being tortured. he agrees to help, but viva stops them from leaving, insisting they rest overnight since it’s late. the brothers are hesitant, as floyd needs them, but viva insists until they agree. viva and poppy spend a lot of time together, bonding since they weren’t able to before, while clay catches up with his brothers. poppy figures out that viva got separated in the escape with clay, and she doesn't intend to leave since it’s dangerous. viva then reveals she doesn’t intend to let poppy leave either.

a rift forms in the settlement, this one bigger and more dangerous than any they’ve encountered. velvet and veneer don’t show up this time, likely due to the remote location, so some of the psychic types work together to close it, but not without damage and casualties. viva is distraught, and clay says they should evacuate. the two end up arguing a bit, and viva eventually tells them to just leave. poppy tries to talk to her, but viva refuses to listen, and they end up departing without her.

they head for floyd, following john dory to wherever the place he’s being held is. they try to plan on the way, but john is slipping into old habits which angers bruce and clay. the argument escalates as the pressure to evolve is brought up, and branch ends up revealing how he’d been alone most of his life due to their grandmother’s death. branch storms away and poppy and tiny follow, assuring they’re going to stick with him.

they travel on their own for a while, trying to figure out a plan when they aren’t even sure where they’re going. when they stop for the night, branch’s brothers catch up with them. branch is not willing to listen at first, but they apologize for their treatment of him and how they’d left. poppy convinces him to at least work with them to free floyd, since they don’t know where to go and what to expect, and branch begrudgingly agrees.

back with viva, she and some of her group are cleaning up as best they can. viva’s visibly upset but doing her best to keep up with everyone else. they’re caught up enough that they’re surprised by bridget and gristle, who had gotten lost on their way to a nearby town. viva recognizes gristle as the former crime syndicate leader and is immediately on the defense. bridget does her best to explain that the syndicate is gone now, but viva won’t hear her out until bridget mentions poppy. poppy had mentioned bridget to viva before, and the pieces slowly click together. viva realizes she made a mistake, and the three of them go to help poppy and the bros.

the bros make it to a base set up in a cavern near a big, bustling town and leave tiny outside and sneak in to find floyd still there, looking significantly worse than when john had been there. branch is both relieved and distraught to see him due to his state. floyd seems to barely be aware of them initially, but when he realizes they’re there, he gets alarmed and insists they get out of there as fast as they can. they try to assure they’re going to break him out, but he begs them to go and that it’s a trap. before he can warn them further, though, there’s a click from the machine at the side of the cavern, and they’re all zapped and knocked out.

they wake up one by one in individual barriers. branch is one of the last ones to wake and finds his brothers checking in with one another, and everyone seems mostly okay save for floyd. they try to figure out what had happened, and floyd starts to explain the machine’s use. before he can tell them who activated it, they’re interrupted by the arrival of velvet and veneer. poppy is excited to see them and asks for their help, but velvet just laughs. branch immediately puts the pieces together; velvet and veneer were the ones who had captured floyd.

they explain their intention to sap their power from them, singling them out specifically because they tried the perfect family harmony. velvet remarks that floyd wasn’t going to last them much longer anyways, which angers his brothers. poppy asks them why they’re doing this, that they helped them before, and velvet simply states they want to be the strongest pokemon around and rise in fame; the rift closing is a bonus that they don’t seem to care about much. 

they get zapped again before velvet and veneer leave to showcase their newfound power in the big town. floyd is visibly struggling, unable to lift himself off the ground anymore, which sparks panic in the brothers. they try to free themselves to no avail, and then ask crimp to free them, which she sadly states she can’t do before she’s called away to go with velvet and veneer. they do this for a while and get nowhere.

then, to their surprise and poppy and clay’s excitement, viva arrives with bridget and gristle. they explain tiny saw them and brought them there. they do their best to break barriers, but are getting nowhere. viva, frustrated, smashes the machine, which finally deactivates the barriers. 

they help floyd up and leave the cavern, and are about to decide what to do next when another, incredibly large rift opens up in the big town. floyd insists they need to go and help, but the others argue that floyd is in no state to do anything of the sort. he explains that velvet and veneer had singled them out because the family harmony was what allowed them to close the rifts, and that with the machine broken, the twins aren’t able to close the rift now. they’re literally the only ones who can. clay points out they never succeeded in performing the harmony, but branch says it might work if they aren’t trying to be perfect since perfection doesn’t necessarily bring harmony.

though hesitant, they go to the town and find velvet and veneer are trying to close the rift to no avail. upon seeing them, velvet gets angry and shouts that they’re going to kill everyone because they broke the machine. the brothers perform the harmony together with viva and poppy, and manage to close the rift. unfortunately, this drains the last of floyd’s power.

his brothers try to figure out a way to bring him back, but there’s nothing they can do. they start to grieve, thinking he’s gone, but floyd’s color comes back and he wakes back up. they celebrate. veneer, who finally musters the courage, tells the town that he and velvet are frauds and they stole power from floyd all this time. they are quickly arrested.

that's where i stopped bc i ran out of ideas but ya!!! pokeymon

[vampirerite]

um....if you want to think abt a Pokémon team for arjuna I'm all ears (I made one once but I'd like to hear thoughts from someone else)

YESSSS!

so first off, to talk about his nature as a trainer, i think he would be a trainer trying to compete in battle ranking AND perform in contests (with a specialty for beauty contests). I think him splitting his attention a bit thin and trying to be the absolute best at everything fits him too well.

I want the split of attention to be a bit visible here, he's essentially got half of a water team for contests that all can utilize the rain, and his other half is much more battle focused. I also made a point to pick umbreon and lucario because theyre friendship evolutions, i feel arjuna would be very doting and so pokemon who need that support to evolve would be good fits for him.

some individual notes:

i feel like decidueye is just one of those pokemon tailor made for him, aesthetics and personality wise. definitely his very first pokemon. and they both puff up their feathers to look cool and intimidating but then say/do something cute/goofy and the appearance immediately falls off.

im sure he got a feebas with the idea in his head that milotic are ideal for beauty contests, but he also doesnt fuck around and ends up going through a month's paycheck in one night just to make the perfect pokeblocks for them

i imagine originally he planned to evolve his eevee into a vaporeon but woke up in the middle of the night to a little guy. loved him too much on accident, many such cases. (it was a tough pick actually between umbreon or espeon, and i chose umbreon in the end for arjunas association with nighttime in fgo (his NP bg most notably))

lapras was a double pick for being able to surf without getting wet and to be part of of his beauty routines, focusing on ice. I imagine the lapras he gets is kind of an older one thats just eternally calm and unshakable, but also loves to strut their stuff.

for kingdra i imagine he actually wanted to start branching into cute contests with a horsea, but the little thing was so battle hungry its a bully of a kingdra now. still in contests with a sharp and show-off attitude!

lucario was a pick to compliment the choice of decidueye, theyre both cool looking warrior-types and i was also focused on them because of the friendship evolution. i imagine his lucario is always striving for more and constantly picking fights to get just a tiiiiny bit more training in. and the reason arjuna has a pocket dimension of hyper potions in his bag.

[missionel]

punch out pokemon au ‼️

so i realized that punch out wii has 13 opponents (not counting donkey kong) that are divided up in such a way that they could all be opponents in a pokemon game! the minor and major circuits are the 8 gym leaders, the world circuit is the elite four, and mr sandman is the champion! it's too perfect! i've at least decided everyone's type specialties, sooo....

gym leaders (minor & major circuits):

- glass joe: flying types

i imagine joe is not as miserable in this au, since the first gym leader's job is literally to lose a lot to young trainers. he's not too skilled at battling, and became a gym leader by accident. his team is made up of two measly kalosian flying types, fletchling and vivillon.

- von kaiser: rock types

i know herr kaiser is typically associated with steel, but steel types are way too cool to be the type of the second gym. sorry. i imagine his students are his gym trainers. his ace is rockruff, and maybe he uses something classic like geodude as well.

- disco kid: electric types

these moves are ELECTRIC! i think this one is self-explanatory. disco kid is pretty good at battling, at least good enough to secure a spot as the 3rd gym leader, but he also doesn't take things too seriously. his team is made up of pokemon that he befriended first and trained for battle later, with his ace being raichu.

- king hippo: ground types

did i give him the ground type just so i could give him hippowdon? ...maybe. there's not much else for me to say about king hippo... he's just chilling. good for him. i was originally gonna give him the poison type, but i'll be giving that type to someone else. ;)

- piston hondo: ghost types

what can i say? he seems like a ghost type guy. obviously he gets a revaroom, because honda and all that. he absolutely feeds his pokemon only the best of snacks.

- bear hugger: normal types

what comes to mind when you hear "bear hugger" and "pokemon"? obviously it's bewear. that is his ace, without a doubt. he also has a greedent and a snorlax, it's way too perfect! and of course, they all like raw fish.

- great tiger: psychic types

yeah i don't think i need to explain this one. the man has a medicham (his ace) and an espeon. this also fits the theme of psychic gym leaders tending to have psychic powers themselves. do you think it's legal to use your own psychic powers to trip up your opponents in a battle? let's not worry about it...

- don flamenco: grass types

it goes without saying that this man has a roserade for his ace, as well as an equally powerful arboliva. maybe carmen is one of his gym trainers, or perhaps she's only there to cheer him on? and do you think he would acquire a shiny roserade for his title defense fight to match his all-black look?

elite four (world circuit):

- aran ryan: bug types

what an absolute bug of a man. starting off the elite four strong with a not-so-strong type, aran ryan chose the generation 7 bug type vikavolt to be his ace. he also has a shedinja, which sports the electric tera type and the air balloom item in his title defense fight. really? (for non-pokemon nerds, this setup makes it nearly unkillable. it's practically cheating!) aran has a questionable background, and seems to have been affiliated with some shady people in the past...

- soda popinski: water types

mister popinski has a love for both water and ice types, and he's in luck because a good few pokemon are both! his ace is one of those, that being walrein. he also has a lapras. he's quite fond of giving his team the soda pop item as opposed to normal healing items during battle.

- bald bull: fire types

red is the color of anger, and also the color of the fire type, so naturally this angry man would gravitate towards fire types, especially the fire type bull that is paldean taurous. he also uses a magmortar. of course bald bull isn't angry ALL the time, and spends his free time relaxing with his pokemon. warm pokemon give warm hugs :]

- super macho man: dragon types

of course everyone's "favorite" show-off uses what's generally regarded as one of the most powerful types. his ace is a kommo-o, a very cool one at that. (i like smm and i like kommo-o. but it works!) he also has an appletun, which was a gift to him from a certain someone... oh my god, this au lets macho man literally release the beast. amazing.

the champion (mr. sandman)

sandman does not use just one type, as is the case with most champions. he has a gengar and a musharna, for obvious reasons. he also has a crabominable and and a hydrapple. he was mysteriously missing after mac defeated the elite four, but i'm sure he'll come back soon. right?

i'm sure nothing bad will happen ;)

feel free to suggest ideas for this au, i still need to flesh out all of the teams so i am welcome to input :3

[sam-glade]

Build a Pokemon team tag

Tagged by the wonderful @i-can-even-burn-salad here - thank you💜 I'll tag @tisiphonewolfe and leave an open tag for anyone who wants to do this.

Rules: list what would be your OCs' Pokemon teams.

I spent way too much time digging into strategy, until I decided that Anthea and Gullin would be better than me at it anyway. This team builder was linked, but I found the UI very clunky, so I just looked them up on Bulbapedia and used the team builder to generate the pictures.

Lissan

Spheal, pidgeotto, bulbasaur, poochyena, mareep, wigglytuff

All of Lissan's pokemon are friend-shaped. He also gets very attached to them very quickly so these are pretty much the first pokemon he caught, and he'd never consider releasing them. He probably avoids fights, and treats them as pets.

Ianim

Wyrdeer, espeon, Galarian rapidash, chansey, altaria, cobalion

He composed this team by vibes and appearance first of all; he isn't a big fan of competitive activities, so they don't see many fights. And yes, he rides the rapidash.

Gullin

Gyarados, blaziken, beedril, tyranitar, golem, absol

He takes the training very seriously and takes good care of his team. They aren't the fanciest pokemon out there, but he's willing to upgrade when the opportunity arises. Anthea and Erya are insanely envious of his absol.

Varré

Venusaur, blastoise, charizard, snorlax, dragonite, steelix

They're too old and done with it to keep up with the newest strategies and adjust their team all the time. They stuck with these six for a long time, it's a solid team, which they make work well together. The venusaur is their pride and joy. The snorlax was a gift/trade from Erya, as a joke, but they kept it out of sentimentality.

Anthea

Glastrier, lugia, giratina, ditto, mega gyarados, dialga

She's poured a lot of resources into assembling this team, and has quite a few backup pokemon, which she switches to depending on what her opponent is likely to use - she'd probably do some research into their strategy before any duel. She has also perfected a combination of moves and items that ensures her victory. And yes, she rides the glastrier.

Erya

Brambleghast, alakazam, gengar, seviper, darkrai, weezing

She doesn't have much time to spare on pokemon, but she does keep a team just in case. She caught most of them herself - hence they're primarily urban pokemon.

[otherkinsanctuary]

since i struggle to really tell what i am by using methods such as analysing shifts and non-human behaviour. i found out that i feel the most like myself as an espeon & amethyst dragon. they just feel me. and its as if i am looking in the mirror whenever i see the 2, i stopped caring about how others might see me. this is what i am and identify as. infact i somewhat feel a sense of comfort in being those 2. (and no they are not spesifically voluntairy identities...)

its what i feel that i am. and nothimg can change this. as for the music thing, i really have just a strong connection with it which makes me music kith. my behaviour is cat like yes but surprise surprise espeon is a cat! a cat with psychic powers. im also a psychic! what fits more perfect then being an espeon?! i stopped asking others what am and this came out of it.

so i am confirming these 2 as kintypes! and im super happy and enlightend! im finally myself! (*˘︶˘*).。.:*♡

14 - 5 - 2024

[spacefinch]

Assorted Pokemon headcanons

Samurott’s helmet-like shell has nerves inside it, so it can feel when someone’s touching it. Most domesticated Samurott enjoy being petted or brushed on the head.

They will also need a scratching post to rub their horn on, since the horn grows constantly. In the wild, they will sharpen the horn against rocks or driftwood.

Male and female Samurott look very similar, but the male has a longer mustache.

Similar to real-life geese and swans, wild Swanna are menaces to society. It’s highly recommended that people do NOT feed or approach them. 

Domesticated and trained Swanna are okay around humans, though. However, they do tend to be territorial and will try to bite unfamiliar people.

Their pre-evolution, Ducklett, is a lot more docile, and thus easier to catch. 

Deerling are somewhat skittish in the wild, but once they're caught, they quickly warm up to their Trainers. Since they're herd creatures, they require a lot of socializing.

Sawsbuck can be used as a ride Pokemon, but it takes a great deal of training. When riding a Sawsbuck, a Trainer should never use its antlers as hand grips. (Just like you would never pull a horse's mane.)

Like most cat Pokemon, Purrloin and Leopard often get the zoomies, especially at night.

Wild Litwick, Lampent, and Chandelure feed off the life forces of other creatures (both people and Pokemon). However, trained Litwick can be taught to drain the life energy from plants instead. Once its life force is absorbed, the plant will be dried up and perfect for using in tea or as a cooking herb.

Espeon, Sylveon, Umbreon, and Absol are common service Pokemon for people with anxiety disorders or other similar conditions.

Leafeon's leaves have sharp edges, which are used for defense in the wild. However, this does make grooming them difficult for first-time owners. One way to clean your Leafeon without getting cut is to just spray them down with a hose. (In fact, many Grass-type Pokemon enjoy this kind of "bath.")

Flareon is the only Eeveelution that actively avoids water. Instead, Flareon licks itself clean, like a cat.

It is possible for Unfezant to be gynandromorphic, or exhibit both male and female traits. Since their pre-evolutions do not have any visible gender differences, you won't be able to tell if a Pidove or Tranquill has this condition until it's fully evolved.

This condition can manifest itself in quite a few ways:

Stomach feathers are green on one side (male) and orange on the other side (female)

Shorter head plumes

A so-called "female" Unfezant having a crest

One half of the face has head plumes, the other half doesn't.

Not surprisingly, these Pokemon are popular with the LGBT community, along with Eevee and its evolutions.

Female Decidueye are larger than males.

Decidueye use their enormous wings to protect their young, much like a mother hen or plover.

Sometimes they also allow other small Pokemon to take shelter under their wings. They have even been documented doing this with human children as well.

When under threat, a Decidueye will fluff up its feathers and spread its wings to make itself appear larger and scarier, similar to the great horned owl’s threat display.

[yakool-foolio]

how about Rain Code characters as Pokemon? (I think Vivia should be Meowstic and Fubuki is shiny Sylveon)

This was a fun question to explore! To help narrow down my choices, I decided to stick with a type for each character that I feel reflects their personalities most (so the gym leader rule except this time it's just one Pokémon I'm choosing). The character's primary type will be listed next to their name! This is mostly going off of a Pokémon's design and Pokédex entries in order to figure out what each character would be. I'll stick with talking about the NDA for now, but maybe some other time I'll do the Peacekeepers and train gang as well!

Yuma (Fairy) - Sylveon! this is mainly based off Ultra Moon's entry that describes Sylveon's ability to sense its trainer's emotions when its ribbonlike feelers are wrapped around their arm. Fits very well with Coalescence! Sylveon are also known to quell fights, and it can even stand up to dragon Pokémon. Speaking of which...

Yakou (Dragon) - I've always switched between whether Yakou would be a dragon or normal type, especially when considering him just as a trainer. But there's a very easy solution when deciding who he'd be as a Pokémon: he's a Drampa! Drampa is kind and compassionate, but will not hesitate to fight to protect those it loves. It can be surprisingly destructive when angered, so don't get on its bad side.

Halara (Psychic) - Another Eeveelution, this time it's Espeon! Mainly inspired by Ultra Sun's entry that its precognitive abilities were sparked from the need to protect itself. I know Halara is all about postcognition, but it seems the only psychic type that can look into the past is Xatu, but it doesn't really jive with Halara personality-wise. So Espeon it is!

Desuhiko (Electric) - Come on, how can I not choose Pikachu for this guy? Especially since they share the same rosy cheeks and are also known to cosplay! A perfect match!

Fubuki (Flying) - This might be a bit of a stretch, but I think Fubuki would be a Togekiss. These Pokemon are renowned as signs of good luck and only visit peaceful regions. Fubuki uses her time-rewinding to avoid conflict, aligning with Togekiss' avoidance of strife. I also think Togekiss' rarity to appear could harken to her being holed up in her family's mansion for so long.

Vivia (Ghost) - Hisuian Typhlosion was basically made for Vivia. Its a purifier of lost souls and guide to the afterlife. While it may often act more mellow than its purely fire type counterpart, it's known to lose control of its emotions when angered enough and unleash ghostly flames that appear as ferocious beasts.

[trenchgardens-ooc-ooc-ooc-ooc]

Arf Arf, hello :3! Here to ask what Pokémon you think some of your ocs might have! - The Woofer, Canis

auuuuuu perpep has a um a uhhh a uhh a um a uhhh uhhhh milotic, lilleep, all of the fish pokemon especially tropicaland deep sea mons and she legally has to have a hisuian goodra- i had teams for them rmghh

i think Perpep: Milotic, Sharpedo, Exploud, Carracosta, Malamar, and her ace, Hisuian Goodra Carracosta could be switched with her Garchomp when needed, i feel like she would also have a tangrowth and one of the angry therapod dinomon like tyrantrum or rampardos, she also has a Golisopod Oftcas: Ursaluna, Annihilape, Galarian Linoon, Hisuian Zoroark, Abomasnow Luxray

Somati: Musharna, Gothitelle, Absol, Garganacl, Xatu, Sneasler i have no idea which would be his ace, i could say it for any of them, except absol, i just kind of dont like absol though. if legendaries are allowed swap absol for spectrier, just because it looks like him. i also feel like he would have a galarian linoon, a drifblim, mismagius, either zoruark, a morgrem, a spiritomb a... ok a lot of pokemon. oh also a galarian rapidash. actually swap the absol for galarian rapidash if you also dont like absol- absol is just here because of the lore its never been an interesting pokemon for me. design, mechanic, etc wise. also a mime jr. Also a Drednaw because thats his dad The Sanguine Garchomp (mega?), Kabutops, Kleavor, Lurantis, Galarian Sneasler also Ferics Porygon 2, Sandy Shocks, Stackatacka, Alolan Golem, Agron (mega?)

also a level 100 Mudsbray with perfect EV and IVs and holding an evolite. Their stall game is insane. They probably also have a billion charjabug running around

Halfiron Vikivolt, Metagross, Decidueye, Duraludon, Kingambit, and Inteleon (pew) Detheo (Niptur) Pawniard, Karvana, Fraxure, Meowstic (blue), Sinoanan Sneasel, Ninjask Detheo the Gardener Luminion, Gallade, Bisharp, Vaporeon, Wishiwashi, Primarina Plexus Axilla Karrablast (eventually Escavalier), Korvisquire (eventually Korviknight), Galarian Slowbro (pew), Audino, Togepi (eventually Togekiss), Duosion (eventually Reuniclus) Fasnak "Azokie" Axilla Sylveon, Minccino, Swoobat, Audino, Klefkey, Crabominable Dlicti Grottle (eventually Torterra), Cursola, Tyrantrum, Aurorus, Bastiodon, Archeops

Hung Jury Skarmory, Claydol, Probopass, Relicanth, Torterra, Crustle Calixtus Spoink, Espeon, Medicham, Hydraigon, Altaria ... and Rayquaza

[askthefourhumanheroes]

Marcus: Hello? Is this thing on?

Solace: Can you...hear us?

Céline: Hey, I see something! I think we've connected!

Aster: And it only took us fifteen hours!

Marcus: ...I can't tell if that's sarcasm or genuine happiness.

Aster: Both!

Solace: ...

Céline: Guys! We can't get distracted again. Everyone can see us!

Marcus: Right. Sorry. Um, greetings, humans of this world! I am Marcus, and I —

Aster: C'mon, you don't need to be so formal! Humans of this weird world with no Pokemon, hiya! I'm Aster, the Fraxure who looks like he could kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll is Marcus, the Typhlosion who looks like she could kill you and actually could kill you is Solace, the Chikorita who looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you is Céline, and the Delcatty who looks like a cinnamon roll and actually is a cinnamon roll is me, Aster!

Solace: I wouldn't call you a cinnamon roll by any means, Aster.

Céline: And I wouldn't say you look like one, either.

Aster: I'm just trying to lighten the mood a bit!

Marcus: Well, now that the mood is lightened, I'll describe what we're doing here. You see, Umbreon, Espeon, and Keldeo were fiddling around with some Magnagate stuff with the help of Hoopa, and by combining Entercards with a hoop portal, they were able to peek at a world without Pokemon. That's still the strangest thing to me. Even in the so-called human world, we still had Pokemon; they just weren't dominant like they are here.

Solace: The researchers...decided to establish communication with this...weird world, and since all four of us were once humans, we were volunteered to be the ones to communicate. I don't completely understand...this "tumblr" thing, but I think there's a way for you to ask us questions, and so we'll do our best to reply...and tell you about our world.

Céline: You can ask our friends questions too, if you want, but they probably won't be as active here as we are.

Aster: Now, I suppose we should introduce ourselves! The four of us are known to the Pokemon world as the Four Human Heroes, because we were all humans that were turned into Pokemon, and we all saved the world. I'm Aster, and I'm originally from the human world, specifically the Hoenn region, which is the best one. I'm also dead! Well, I died as a human, that is. Then my spirit became a Skitty, I met my partner, Charizard — well, he was Charmander then — and we got Rayquaza to blow up an incoming meteor that was causing all sorts of natural disasters. Not sure how a meteor can cause forest fires, but whatever.

Solace: I...am Solace, hailing from a future that didn't come. After an...accident — actually an attack — while crossing time, I was turned into a Cyndaquil. I joined Treecko, who's now called Sceptile, to form an exploration team, and together, we put the Time Gears into Temporal Tower...and stopped the planet's paralysis before it could begin.

Marcus: I'm Marcus! Unlike the other two, I can visit the human world whenever I want, and I can remember my past with perfect clarity. I'm from Unova, and I was selected by the Voice of Life to become an Axew, destroy the Bittercold, and save the Pokemon world. I couldn't have gotten this far without my partner, Dewott, and all my teammates back in Pokemon Paradise.

Céline: I'm Céline, and I lived in Kalos a long, long time ago. I was summoned to the Pokemon world to fight Dark Matter, but while Mew and I managed to destroy its physical form, we knew it would come back one day. In the present day, I came back as a young Chikorita, and Mew was reincarnated as my best friend Fennekin! This time, we managed to defeat Dark Matter for good — not by destroying it, but by accepting it. As of now, Fennekin and I are still working hard in the Expedition Society — much better than having to go to school!

Gengar: Kekeke! I'm here too!

Aster: Nobody invited you, Gengar.

Gengar: Send me lots of asks!

Solace: ...Get out.

(OOC: Hello! Welcome to my new askblog! While this does take place in the same 'verse as my fic, Tenacity, which means that Aster is the same Aster that Zinnia mentions in ORAS, I'm not really trying to get readers. I just want to have fun with my interpretations of the main characters from the four PMD games that are out globally. I do have some rules, however:

No NSFW asks. Anything inappropriate will be ignored.

Please don't spam. Spammed asks will be ignored.

Nothing bigoted.

No political questions. That'll just incite a flame war.

I reserve the right to answer/not answer any ask.

No Magical Anon asks, please.

I'll make more rules if I need to.

Update 1, 7/1/2023: RP asks/in-character asks from other askblogs are totally fine. Just wanted to clarify that.

The pictures I use are portraits from the PMD Sprite Repository. Special credit to Opalite, mucrush, and baronessfaron for what I used in this post.

I look forward to your asks!)

[bemorepokechill]

hallo everynyan! welcome to the reasons why i chose what i did for everyone!!

sprigatito jeremy- youve all seen the image i use to weedcat people and the soggy sprigatito, jeremy is very soggy cat vibes so thats why

eevee christine - christine was originally gonna be fidough but that idea was ultimately scrapped for eevee christine, because as you know eevee can evolve to fit the role that they need to play and i thought that ultimately fit with christine because of her acting and doing plays and all that

fuecoco michael - this one was actually inspired by @raccoons-in-a-trenchcoat when they responded with a michael fuecoco when i weed catted them

porygon squip - only explination is that porygon just looks like the perfect candidate, considering the blocky shape, and that one episode that got banned

zorua rich - i chose zorua because that fucker looks smug and just tbh fits rich to me, the red tipped hair was an added bonus

espeon jenna - espeon is a psychic pokemon and tbh i feel like that makes sense with getting gossip and all that stuff and espeon just kinda looks like they would be one to gossip

glameow chloe - glameow just looks like someone whos pampered and would do anything to get what they want or be in control and just genuinely looks like she doesnt give a fuck about anyone

lucario jake- there is like 0 reason other than lucario looking like a jock, im sorry guys

ribombee brooke - so brooke was originally gonna be dachsbun because i couldnt think of anything else that didnt have to do with her halloween costume but then @dragonairice was petitioning for ribombee brooke (it was only them) and i looked at ribombee and decided that they fit way better than dachsbun