#i love him so much and he also sucks unbelievably and I'm proud of him <3

[neosatsuma]

Oooh, Fetch Phillips for that blorbo template! Getting to know him and I can already see a lot of check marks 👀

this took forever because I couldn't figure out how to fill in that middle bit where I eventually did red bars -- hopefully what I did makes sense dhsfcnxgh anyway YEEAAH FETCH!!! BASTARD!

[brooooswriting]

Domestic Brie? 🥺

prompt 17 w Brie saying it 🙏

17. “You look beautiful”

You and Brie had just come from an annoyingly long and exhausting event. And while Brie was way more used to those things, she also handled them way better than you did. Sure, she was a bit tired afterward and happy to be home and get her heels off, but you were full-on exhausted. Plus, you were so hungry. This Bougie food served at those events sucked and didn't fill you up one bit.

“I'll go change real quick, ok?” you told Brie as you both pulled off your shoes, but only after greeting Six thirty. It became a tradition for the two of you to watch something cuddled up on the couch after such an event. The blonde nodded and made her way into the living room.

You quickly changed into some sweatpants and a hoodie and took off all your makeup. You weren't the biggest fan of makeup, but you were insecure about the acne and the scars on your skin, which is why you always made sure to cover them when you went to any events.

When you came downstairs again, you found Brie in the kitchen cooking your favorite pasta. She knew you weren't a fan of those events and that the only reason you came was for her. So she always made sure to thank you properly and do nice things in return. It was lovely and probably the biggest reason your relationship worked so well.

The blonde turned around when she heard you come into the kitchen, her eyes immediately landing on you and the furry friend next to you as she outstretched one of her hands to pull you closer to her. “You look beautiful,” she told you as her hand caressed your waist. You shoved your blushing face into the crook of her neck as your shyness took over. “I meant it,” she started as she pulled your face away from her neck so she could look at you, “sure, you also looked beautiful in that dress, with the makeup and stuff. But right now? You look even more beautiful. You're the most beautiful person I have ever seen.”

Your lip quivered as you looked up at her, your heart beating unbelievably fast. “I love you” was the only thing you could respond without nearly crying. You received a quick kiss before your girlfriend sprinted upstairs to change. As you were left with the job of stirring the pod, you couldn't help but think about how well your life had turned out.

You had a fantastic girlfriend, a cute dog, and a great job. You were happy, and you felt better than ever.

“Penny for your thoughts?” Brie asked as she stood behind you, one hand on your waist while the other sneaked before you to turn off the stove. You titled your head up and gave her a small before pressing a kiss to the underside of her jaw. You'd kill for domestic moments like this, moments with your own small family. Sure, you didn't have kids yet, but you had six thirty who acted like he was your child, and you had each other. You didn't need more.

While you plated the food, Brie fed the dog before you settled on the couch. Six thirty immediately joining when his bowl was empty, hoping that one of you would share their food. You couldn't help the laugh that escaped you when the dog nearly sat on Brie’s lap, trying to steal something off of her plate.

“You know, you're spoiling him. He wasn't allowed on the couch before,” she told you as you grinned at her. The dog had settled down, realizing that he wouldn't get any food but still enjoying the softness of the couch.

“Well, but I can't say no to him. Have you seen his little face? I don't want to say no,” you pouted at her as you kissed his head. The blonde sighed and wrapped her arm around your shoulder to pull you into her, enjoying the very much-needed physical contact.

“Oh great, so when we're gonna have kids, I'm gonna be the bad one while you'll be the angel, huh?” she joked. You gave her a proud nod before kissing her a couple of times.

“You know, sure, parties are nice and stuff. But nothing beats staying home with my family. I love you.” A kiss was pressed to the side of your head when she finished speaking.

“I love you too,” you replied before starting the movie.

[fish-and-forbear]

Oh my gosh. xD

Grist is talking more in the server we are in and I think I need to start keeping a tally score of how many lives he has changed and passion/hope/love of life he has reignited.

That's...going by just CONVERSATIONS/collective individuals...

The first system he helped, then tonight he actively improved the lives of our dear little friend whom he has wanted to talk to for a long time. And our other system friend he helped in TWO ways, but the second was the most important. AND he gave a bit of comfort and hope to someone else as well.

What is up with this guy, being so darn SWEET and so good with words. I suck at talking. Where does he get this from. xD

But seriously. I am proud of him. SO proud. He has a way of bringing people out of their shells. And he is able to FOCUS so much better when it is with helping someone else. When he is prepared for a conversation that revolves around a story that isn't his, I have noticed if he does get triggered, he handles it beautifully and with wise maturity. But he also gains great catharsis and bits of healing for his own pains when he talks to other people.

I am so proud of him. He needs to not burn himself out (he hasn't gotten even CLOSE to that yet, when it comes to talking ABOUT other people--but burns himself out if it's about his own trauma) and needs to not become a therapist for everyone but. For how he is doing right now, I am unbelievably proud. And so happy to see him healing. And glad that I can give him trust that if he waits patiently for when I'm not busy, and gets STRICT about not talking to anyone for too long, he can do really, really good things. And be trusted with computer privileges... xD

- Fisher

[maizumis]

— HAIKYUU BOYS AND MAKE OUT SESSIONS

ft. timeskip!iwaizumi hajime, osamu miya, bokuto koutaro, suna rintaro, atsumu miya

note: fem!Reader and suggestive‼️y'all I'm not sorry, thanks to @shoyotime for talking me about a morning make out with iwa, also finally a post to get out of the baby fever <3

#IWAIZUMI HAJIME

— istg mans can't keep his hand for himself, make outs with hajime could be slow and sensual or super rough full of need. he needs to feel you, his mind is just in you. when is slow and pretty he will make sure to make you feel loved and appreciated because that's what he feels from you but when is not... expect mans to pick you up by your legs and push your back to the nearest wall he has in sight

his hands holding both your legs, arms muscles flexing so you wouldn't fall "fuck, I love you so much" it came more breather and desperate that he intended but that didn't stop him from keep kissing you. your back practically craving holes in the wall from how hard he was picking you, that didn't matter in the moment, you needed to feel him "h-haji, I love you to—" his tongue was in you, again, not letting you finish your sentence; at this point you didn't even figth for dominance, iwaizumi's aura was per se dominant, it's a game you didn't try to play and you already loosed. mouths moving vigorously with each other, you pulled out to catch your breath, followed by iwaizumi pecking your lips before letting you down on the floor "hehe, I really could kiss you all day"

#ATSUMU MIYA

— no one can convince me otherwise, this man lives for making out with you, he waits for the end of the day so he can have you sitted on his lap, on the couch, a forgotten movie in the background while you two are so into the kiss, not only mouth moving together but bodies, both your hips and his at the same rhythm. his hands maybe on your ass or your neck to push you even further into him, he needed more. he is a starved man and he is gonna get his food

"f-fuck ma baby a missed you" your hands playing with the hair of his undercut, looking at his eyes before going in again " ‘tsumu, missed you too" it was less than a day that you two didn't saw each other in reality, both work and practice were at the same time. his hands on both cheeks of your ass, gripping them, from time to time slapping it, his and your tongue exploring every place they could, even after so many years of relationship, the two of you couldn't see to get enough. the amount of grunts that left his body thru the kiss where unbelievable "ugh— wan’ ya closer, need ya closer’ baby" now his hands on your lower back pushing even more closer to his body, you were in for long today

#OSAMU MIYA

— he is gonna take his time with you, don't pressure him :< but for real, he wants to worship you every chance he has, I'm thinking about slow and living make out sessions like giggling and sharing little pecks between yk? he lives to see your smile everytime you pull out to catch your breath, you hand in the back of his neck while you rest your forehead in his

saying good morning to a cooking osamu always ended in you hugging him from behind while he ended breakfast, but not today, the sweet peck you gave him leaded to the moment you were now, up in the kitchen counter osamu between your legs with his hands behind your knees so he could put your body on his, sleepy smiles between kisses "umm a love ya so much angel" with your hands around his neck, you bring him closer so both your noses could be touching, chest going up and down from the lack of air "I love you, samu" he started kissing all over your face, nose, temples, cheeks, brows, eyes, everywhere until a weird smell started bothering him "samu! the food!" "fuck!"

#BOKUTO KOUTARO

— he doesn't gives a single fuck of who is seeing<33 if he wants to kiss you, he is gonna do it without holding back, he really doesn't care of people around, he just want his tongue down your throat lmao<3 everything happens so fast, like his movements are fast, he doesn't have times to elaborate words, he is literally drunk in your kisses<3 we live for a excited boy

he dragged you to the locker room after the MSBY match, he just needed to kiss you after seeing you cheering for him, in his jersey, with his last name, soon to be yours too as he said "come here baby, sit on my lap" you obligated and started playing with the baby hairs of his neck "you did so well kou, as always" "yeah? I think I deserve a kiss then" and you were in, making out in the bench of the locker room after a match, the team could enter anytime but who cares when you have the bonito koutaro sucking your soul out of your body? "a-ah, kou I'm so proud of you" he grunted, loudly his hands gripping your ass even more tighter than before "ah, what a lovely sight to see after a match, right guys?" atsumu cocky, as always, you got up from your boyfriends lap and give him a last kiss " ‘m gonna be waiting in the car baby, I love you" bokuto gave you a smile before angrily glaring at the blonder twin for interrupting his after game kiss "sleep with an eye open, Miya"

#SUNA RINTARO

— he lives for slow make out session, lmao you grinding on him while his hands are in your waist? bitch count him in! and mf is so cocky about it teasing you about how badly you want to kiss him, as if he wasn't dying to kiss you too. man's wouldn't let you breath literally, it may be slow but your lungs are crying for help—

the two of you were on his bed, suna's back resting on the headboard while both your legs straddled his lap, your hands in either side of his neck and trying to kiss him "Rin, come one, you want it" no response, you gave up and attempted to get you legs out of him until a squish in your waist made you freeze on the spot "now, where are we going? I thought you wanted to kiss me?" next thing he does is put his mouth on yours, lips hungrily moving together until he bitted your bottom lip to enter your mouth, the kiss got headed from there, your pants and suna's grunts could be heated from outside the room, his hands up and down your waist sometimes going back and forth so he could grab your ass, you tried to pull out to catch your breath, the fact is that he didn't let you "you wanted this doll, don't go giving up on me now"

[freakynct]

「𝐚-𝐳 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬」

— john suh

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a; aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

johnny's aftercare is different depending on his mood. if he's feeling more tired then he prefers to just cuddle with you, caress your body and shower you in kisses. also always asks you if you're ok and if you need anything. but if he's feeling more touchy and loving then he goes all out. picks you up, carries you to the bathroom, takes a bubble bath with you and tucks you in bed with him. he just has to make sure you're alright and taken care of

b; body part (their favourite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

i feel like he is really proud of his arms, specially his biceps. he worked hard on them and likes to show them off. it's really hard for him to pick just one thing that he loves most about you but if he really really had to choose, i think he would say your eyes. he absolutely loves getting lost in them

c; cum (anything to do with cum basically)

even tho he really likes cuming inside you, he just loooves seeing his cum over your body so he has a special love for cuming over your tummy, specially if you collect some with your finger and then lick it off of it. he can get hard all over again just from seeing you do that. i also feel like he cums quite a bit which is more prone to make a mess and i don't really think he minds

d; dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

not that is a secret or that he's ashamed of it, because let's be honest, johnny is super open and will never get awkward when it comes to sex but he has a huge thing for seeing you touching yourself, specially if you weren't expecting him to see it. he loves peeking through the door, seeing your body squirming on the bed, your little fingers playing with your clit or sliding inside you, so desperate because you can't pleasure yourself like he can. and if you moan his name… he might just cum in his pants. he always asks you to touch yourself whenever he's away too. if you're doing a video call and he's horny, he always ends up asking you to touch yourself for him, which you always shyly do, because he can be sooooo persuasive

e; experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

i think most people might think that johnny has had many partners but to be honest, i feel like he only has sex, or at least he prefers to have sex when he's in a relationship. so he probably hasn't had more than 5 or 6 partners. but he is experienced and he definitely knows what he's doing. he takes time to learn what his partners want and need and he makes sure to fulfill their fantasies the best that he can

f; favourite position (goes without saying)

johnny loves missionary for the simple fact that he gets to look into your eyes, kiss you and feel you close to him while he's fucking you. but he also loves any other position where he's able to demonstrate his strength, so fucking you against the wall or thrusting into you while you ride him, any position where he can basically pick you up or be the one in control

g; goofy (are they more serious in the moment, or are they humorous, etc)

he's definitely the type to joke around or give you a few playful smiles and smirks during sex. johnny doesn't take himself too seriously and doesn't mind some playfulness during the act, it's actually a big part of his charm. he likes teasing you by making playful remarks if he sees that you're getting too desperate and needy and loves seeing how blushy you get from it. it also adds to his cockiness during sex

h; hair (how well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.)

i feel like he takes good care of himself but doesn't go overboard. likes trimming it nicely and keep everything neat but i feel like he hates the way it looks all shaved up, so he never does that

i; intimacy (how are they during the moment, romantic aspect…)

like i've mentioned, johnny needs to be in a relationship most of the time to have sex, so he likes being intimate with his partners. it's so much more meaningful and important to him if he's in love too. johnny likes to switch it up when it comes to sex and he likes slow and romantic sex just as much as rough sex. he loves setting the mood, specially if it's a special day, and having soft music playing, wine or champagne, silk sheets, dimmed lights, the whole thing. he's not afraid to show his more sensitive side and be gentle and loving for the night. when he's feeling like this, expect to have his lips on you the whole time, and not just on your lips, literally everywhere on your body and his hands too. i also feel like in nights like these, he would spend sooo much time eating you out, that's just something i feel in my guts

j; jack off (masturbation headcanon)

he either does it late at night, when hyuck is already deep asleep or he does in the morning, probably while he takes a shower. he's the type to want to take his time and to edge himself as much as he can so that the orgasm is explosive and makes up for the whole day. he strokes himself slowly and rubs the palm of his hand over his tip until he's sensitive and when he's close to release he likes to stroke fast but stops before he gets the chance to actually cum. i feel like he softly groans and curses while he masturbates because he doesn't wanna be too loud but the sounds that he makes are soooo sexy, i'm telling you

k; kink (one or more of their kinks)

i feel like some of his main kinks are size kink, strength kink, voyeurism, daddy/sir kink, overstimulation [giving], edging [giving and receiving], oral [giving and receiving], spanking [giving], praise [giving and receiving], body worship [giving and receiving], light choking [giving], light face fucking [giving], finger sucking [receiving] and corruption kink [giving]

l; location (favourite places to do it)

i could try to come up with an interesting place but honestly, i don't think there's any other place where johnny likes to fuck more than his bed. not even your bed, no, his bed. he loves to have those memories there and he finds it more intimate and comfortable. not saying that he hasn't fucked you on hyuck's bed because that definitely has happened before, multiple times. i also feel like his second favorite place is his car, whether that is having you ride him on the driver's seat or fucking you in the backseat. honestly he just loves fucking you anywhere that he owns basically

m; motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

there's nothing that gets him more than your shyness. he finds it so cute the way you look away when he makes eye contact with you and the way your cheeks turn into this pretty pink color. or when you start squirming and nervously giggling when he starts kissing down your neck. he gets so turned on by that!

n; no (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

i'm not sure if this is something that he would absolutely not do, since he's very open to experiment anything that you want, but i really don't think he would be into hardcore bdsm. he doesn't mind diving into certain parts of it if it makes you happy but there's other stuff that he's very inclined to say no to

o; oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc)

he honestly has no preference. he loves giving and receiving oral so much that he really can't pick just one. whether it's having your lips around him, sucking him off as you look up at him with doe eyes or tasting you in his mouth and running his tongue over your folds, he gets off to both of them

p; pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

like i've mentioned before, johnny is the definition of duality when it comes to sex. he loves both rough and passionate sex, depending on his mood, but he would give you both types on the regular. when he's rough he likes to fuck you hard, manhandle you a bit more, change up positions quite a lot, maybe even degrade you a little but when he's feeling soft and romantic he likes to hold you close to his body and will fuck you mainly in missionary position, maybe even with your legs pushed back to your chest, kisses you a lot and is slow and gentle, lots of praising

q; quickie (their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how often, etc.)

johnny doesn't really like quickies and they don't happen that often with him. he likes taking his sweet time with you and being able to give you everything you need and he doesn't seem to like how rushed and one sided quickies are

r; risk (are they game to experiment, do they take risks, etc.)

he's opened to experiment a lot. as long as it makes you happy, he's willing to try it out. when it comes to risk, the far he's willing to go is fuck you in a semi-public place, but he only does it for the thrill and because he loves to see you trying to contain your moans in and failing. he always ends up having to put his hand in front of your mouth to prevent other people from hearing you

s; stamina (how many rounds can they go for, how long do they last…)

he's willing to go for as many rounds as you want. he's also really good at keeping it together and it's very rare the time when he cums before you. he aims to please and will make sure you're satisfied before he is. he can go for many rounds if he wants to, it's honestly unbelievable the amount of stamina he has

t; toy (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

i see johnny as the type to own cute vibrators that he can use on you and that you can use on yourself when he's away. sometimes he asks you to send him videos of yourself using them when he's away and this goes hand in hand with that fantasy he has of loving to watch you touch yourself. he loves using them on you specially when he's punishing you. he teasingly thrusts them into you and asks you if it feels as good as his cock does, to which the answer is always no, and he knows that very well

u; unfair (how much they like to tease)

a lot. sometimes he even does it without noticing because it comes so naturally to him. he's a flirty man and, like i've mentioned, likes to see you blush and get shy because of him. his favorite way to tease you is to slowly kiss down your neck and to touch you gently under your clothes until you're a squirming mess and you're begging him for more

v; volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make)

johnny doesn't shy away or tries to hold his moans in. he's not super loud but if he feels like moaning or groaning then he will do it. definitely more of heavy breather and groaner, likes to particularly moan next to your ear because he knows that drives you crazy

w; wild card (get a random headcanon for the character of your choice)

you let your body be swallowed by the comfortable sheets of hyuck's bed, johnny's lips trailing wet kisses down your neck as your arms wrap around his neck. "johnny, your bed is right there." you gasped as he sucked the skin of your neck between his lips. "but we're already here." he answered back, moving further south on your body, his hands lifting up your dress so his fingers could slide your panties off, throwing them over hyuck's pillow. you whimpered as you felt his tongue brush against your folds and his eyes looked up at you. "and are you gonna tell me you don't love when haechan finds your dirty panties in his bed? he thinks i don't know but i can hear him jerk off to them at night." he chuckled and the vibrations ran through your body, a desperate whine leaving your lips as he sucked on your clit. "i know he imagines himself licking you up like this." his tongue swirled around your clit and your fingers grabbed onto his hair, your hips bucking up into his mouth. "but this pussy is mine. all mine."

x; x-ray (let’s see what’s going on in those pants, picture or words)

over average for sure and definitely a little on the thicker side but not too much. he's also circumcised for sure and with a beautiful pink colour at the tip

y; yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

it really depends on how he's feeling but i would say he has a sex drive a little bit over average. likes to have sex about 5-6 times a week and gets specially turned on if you're really needy for him too

z; zzz (… how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

i've mentioned it in the beginning but he definitely likes to make sure you're taken care of before he zones out. loves to have your head laid on his chest and plays with your hair until you fall asleep. that's when he feels relaxed enough to fall asleep himself

[desertmint]

the last 3 volumes of sbr are just non-stop insanity

literally could not stop reading until i finished and now i'm just lying awake unable to sleep lmao

me right now:

look i expected this from day 1 but araki pulled no fucking punches with this one. [tearfully, choking up] i respect that

valentine dangling hope in front of johnny, agonized with grief? johnny wanting so much to take up his offer?? even though "he'll be a different gyro"??? listen. you can't just do this shit to me. i feel personally and viscerally attacked by this

...but moving on HEY LOOK WHO IT IS

HE'S BACK AND WITH A FRIEND (literally started screaming here ngl)

god i love this bitch

also this part sent me howling like

time is a circle huh. sucks to be you

this man really has zero chill and i'm here for that

LOOK at him. yeah. just strike a whole fistful of matches [standing ovation]

also i am unbelievably pleased with this acknowledgment that dio is exactly the kind of person who would hack off his own leg and chuck it at someone

lucy, darling, i am so so proud of you

atta girl. and with his head to boot! very judith

so... that's it, then. i am very tired now 😂

but that concludes part 7!! it is done!!! holy shit, what a ride

[tagfer]

you should analyze it! i'm curious

urff okay so. I’ll do it. Here’s some overanalysis on how Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon’s story caused almost all of its major characters to become nothing but jokes compared to their original Sun and Moon characterizations.

With full disclaimers, I actually enjoyed playing Ultra Sun. As far as enjoyment goes, it was probably more fun than Sun and Moon. Story? So much worse.

[Massive USUM spoilers! Of all sorts!]

Also a secondary note: I may have missed a thing or two, so if I have incorrect info, please let me know.

Looker & Anabel (and in a way, Nanu) get their postgame removed. Altogether. None of it happens. Looker shows up early to foreshadow Episode RR, but that’s it. Then postgame, there’s a like, ten line cutscene where Anabel introduces herself as a member of interpol and says she’s going to the Battle Tree, and Looker remarks that she’s not that strong. Yeah, let’s put the dude without any pokemon on guard duty for his boss who also used to run a huge battle facility in another universe.

Compare and contrast to SuMo, where the three of them got an entire story. A very horrifying story, but well written, where it’s explained the consequences of falling through a wormhole turns you into a magnet for extraterrestrial beings who will likely kill you, but not out of malice, and that despite her higher rank than Nanu or Looker, that she’s only being used as bait for those creatures. And it explains Looker and Nanu’s past, showing that Looker was a member of interpol years before the quirky guy we meet in Platinum. And that they had a friend/colleague actually die in front of them, and how they both hold immense guilt for that. Oh and that Anabel is likely from a different universe.

But these characters didn’t have destroyed characterization as much as they don’t get any whatsoever because Looker and Anabel get a mass of maybe 20 lines total, only one of which has anything to do with Episode RR.

I included these first because I’ve previously written plenty about Anabel and Looker, and I absolutely loved their plot, so seeing it absolutely absent is the biggest disappointment of USUM for me.

Lillie loses so much that it’s sad. Let’s be honest, Sun and Moon’s plot is really the story of Lillie. How she can grow from a timid girl afraid of the world to realizing that she has her own strength and can determine her own future.

When you first meet her, she’s afraid of birds. By time the climax happens, she’s traveled to another universe to deliver a Why You Suck speech to her abusive mother (and gets one of the best intense musical numbers in the game!). Early in the game, she idolizes your strength, but over the course of it learns she has her own strength and that just because she isn’t the strongest out there doesn’t mean she can’t overcome her own trials and obstacles. She even has some of the best symbolism in the Pokemon games, ever; discarding her old clothes that signify her mother’s control over her and using ones she picked, saying that she’s now going to take control of her life. And she does.

By the end, it’s emotionally impacting when she takes charge to leave Alola on her own journey.

In USUM, the story has shifted. She’s no longer the main character, you are. Which is classic for a Pokemon game, but compared to the games released a year ago it makes everything hollow. It goes from a story where you’re helping your friend who has family issues that spiral deeply out of control to you being the Chosen One who has to defeat Evil Teams and Lillie is just kind of a companion much like previous “friends”.

Her character arc and foreshadowing plays out perfectly in SuMo where as in USUM it falls flat. In Sun and Moon, the entire reason you visit the Ultra Deep Sea is to finish Lillie’s character arc. During their first confrontation, Lillie (symbolically wearing her first outfit) was not strong enough / did not believe in herself enough to confront Lusamine for everything, but she decides that that’s what she needs to do, and that’s what forces her development and drives the plot. In USUM, she never gets to confront her mother at all. And the plot is driven forward partly by Lillie/Gladion’s want to save Lusamine, but mostly because the Ultra Recon Squad needs more help defeating Necrozma.

This makes all her personal growth so much more shallow. Her motivation is to help you instead of you helping her.

Her becoming a Pokemon trainer in Episode RR isn’t foreshadowed at all either (as far as I know) and rather just comes a surprise when you’re forced into a double battle.

Gladion and Type: Null lose a bunch too. In Sun and Moon, he’s a soft kid who tries to hide his gentleness under a facade of badass edgelord. His escape from Aether Paradise, while obviously inspired by his mistreatment, included saving a Type: Null, because he knew it was in pain. He slowly grows and learns the power of friendship. He even names his Type: Full friend.

After the game, he takes over Aether Paradise in order to make sure everything goes right. Which could be seen as unsatisfying but it’s clear he has grown to the point to accept responsibility.

It looks like it was going to be this way in USUM, but it turns out he just gets a Silver complex. He just wants to be the strongest there is. He implies he kidnapped Type: Null not because he wanted to save it, but because he wanted to train it as the Beast Killer it was meant to be, to the point he even points out its concept as a Beast Killer and attempts to follow Lusamine into Ultra Megalopolis.

Even his leaving Alola is just merely a lust for power instead of Lillie’s search for independence. Wicke even comments that Gladion wants to beat trainers like you and Hau. And he does come back for championship title defense matches (a month after you complete the story). That’s it. He didn’t go on a journey, he went on a training mission. His personal growth has really been traded for a Silver complex, of hollow growth but unending lust of power.

Lusamine is a disaster and arguably gets a worse redemption than she did in Sun and Moon despite having a full redemption in USUM.

SuMo Lusamine is by far one of my favorite villains - both in Pokemon and in general. This is cause despite the fact it clearly isn’t, she totally believed what she did was completely justified. She didn’t see herself as a villain at all. And that’s what makes a good villain. She wasn’t just “oh I’m evil, I want to control the world/etc.” Which Pokemon has a lot of.

Her obsession with beauty (and mistreatment of Lillie and Gladion) was the culmination of years of sanity slippage caused by Nihilego and the loss of Mohn. She even more or less forgets the reason she was looking into Nihilego and instead focuses on Nihilego’s beauty. So while it doesn’t justify what she did, we’re at very least given an explanation as to why she is the person she is.

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In USUM, so much of this changed it’s… unbelievable. Other than the appearance of Nihilego at Aether Paradise, Nihilego plays no role as far as we know. She suffers little sanity slippage other than delusions of grandeur of helping/defeating Necrozma on her own. She also hopes on seeing Mohn.

She’s still obsessed with beauty. She still treats her kids as ornaments. She still uses Guzma. She still experiments on living creatures, freezes living creatures, and creates chimeras. (And Type: Null gets a special note here because her focus was now Necrozma and not Ultra Beasts - but she was still okay with creating a Beast Killer.)

She also gets no real redemption. Despite all that she did, she suffers no consequence. Lillie never gets to really call her out. Nor does Gladion. She seems to repair her relationship with her children near immediately. Nobody comments that she’s got a giant office full of cryogenicly frozen pokemon, and how she openly announces that her goal was to save Alola from Necrozma to keep that collection. She doesn’t get anything. In fact, you, her, Lillie, and Guzma share a laugh at Faba’s expense right in front of one of her pods, with others also plainly visible.

Post Episode RR, talking to her reveals that you made her rethink her views on beauty. Or something. Honestly, it sounds like the kind of lie you’d feed a kid, but it’s more likely bad and forced character development.

In Sun and Moon, she even remarks to Lillie, who had just stood up to her and then saved her despite Lusamine lunging to kill her, “When did you start becoming beautiful?” Which is a perfect line for her character and Lillie, acknowledging Lillie has grown (and completing Lillie’s arc and foreshadowing). Afterwards, Lillie’s speech to you implies she’s got a chance of redemption - while she doesn’t understand what she did wrong, Lillie is attempting to explain to her, and even though you were a constant disruption to her problems she attempted to visit your championship party. With her trip to Bill to hopefully help her problem of (most likely long-term) neurotoxin poisoning and Lillie’s patience, she could eventually come around and realize what she did was wrong and try to make amends for what she’s done.

Instead, in USUM, she seems to be instantly forgiven for everything. Lusamine deserved better than that.

I will always understand why people hate her. I get it. And trust me, I have strong feelings about what she did too. But she’s still my favorite villain and I will be personally suing Game Freak for what they did to her.

Hau gets a BW Cheren complex where one or two lines of dialog from a character make him rethink everything an in the process lose the major part of his personality that made him noteworthy. Cheren lost his goals, and Hau lost his carefreeness. He’s still a sweet kid and everything, and I’m proud that he actually achieved some more goals in USUM than in SuMo, but his (and Hala’s) changes seem so forced, like they were shoehorned in.

At least for Cheren, he got a game two years later showing how he had developed. We’re probably not gonna get that for Hau.

Guzma is one of the only ones that get a bump. But that’s only because his involvement in the story was hardly affected - he was still Lusamine’s faithful servant, even though she had massively changed.

But because change in the story was minimized for him, his inclusion in Episode RR actually helped his character. And afterwards, he says he’s still looking after his crew. So while the growth was minimal, it was there.

Colress is the only other one I can think of who got better, too, but that’s only because he only had like seven lines in Sun and Moon. This time, it’s shown that… well, he hasn’t changed at all, still being but a selfish, hedonistic scientist who will double cross anyone who asks for his help.

And this is more than proven true when he confronts Ghetsis. Although he didn’t try to hide it in B2W2, he full on says he hates Ghetsis. He was only using him for funding and science.

This is not a real shock.

Like I love Colress’ passion but y’know. Everyone who’s asked for his help got it but also got double-crossed. Oh, and now his technology is reaching scary advanced levels.

[MASSIVE SPOILERS BELOW.]

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Mohn. If you were hoping for a happy ending for the Aether family, I’m here to tell you you’ll be sorely, viscerally unsatisfied. While in SuMo he got nothing, somehow, they made it worse for USUM.

Because they finally meet him.

And they choose to let him live his life not knowing he has a wife, children, and friends who have all been looking for him for like, a decade.

Despite the plots of both SuMo and USUM being set into action by his disappearance, he gets no resolution. 

He fucking comments on how nice Aether Paradise is! And they decide to not be like “oh hey yeah you kinda were a major part of it.”