#names hatrick gullivan

[un0vian]

What are your headcannons on the gen 5 rival (and N if you don't think he counts as a rival)

(Btw luv ur art)

OH I love this question (also, tysm!) It’s been a while since I’ve played BW, and I haven’t played BW2, but I’ll give my headcanons on all of them

I’ll start with the best Gen 5 rival, Bianca (/hj). Bianca would be the type to bake cookies for everybody, and specifically bakes types of cookies that her friends like (for example, oatmeal raisin for Cheren, chocolate chip for Hilbert/Hilda, gingerbread for N, etc. Bianca’s favorite is Snickerdoodle). I also feel like Bianca would be the type to doodle all over things, her papers and reports, notebooks, that stuff; and perhaps she’d be one of those people that’s like “oh no, I don’t really draw :)” and then whips out a fully shaded pencil sketch of Cheren lmao

Cheren. This guy. Obviously he’s a dork. But in a specific way, I think he would be the type to be insanely good at a certain nerdy video game or niche skill, and doesn’t tell anyone about it. Maybe he’s one of those crazy osu players, or maybe he can do a flip; but he’s never going to show/tell anybody (at least, that’s what HE thinks). Cheren has unironically pushed his glasses back up to the bridge of his nose and said “Tch.” Bianca and Hilbert/Hilda witnessed it and never let him live it down; in fact, when Bianca got her glasses, she would impersonate him every now and then and Bianca & Hilbert/Hilda would laugh SO hard. Also, Cheren is the type to do nice things for his friends wordlessly. Bianca would talk about this cute Munna plush she saw online and Cheren would buy it for her and put it in her bag or something while she was distracted. He would instinctively heal Hilbert/Hilda’s Pokémon. And lastly, Cheren is the type to be able to shuffle a deck of cards in a crazy cool way with all of that cool flair, but then only be able to play Go Fish.

Names Hatrick Gullivan (my loving nickname for Natural Harmonia Gropius). For some reason I feel like N would have insane coordination skills, and would be able to learn a dance sequence/ dance choreography really easily. That being said, he doesn’t really… feel the need to dance, so he doesn’t. But when Hilbert/Hilda realized just how much control he has over his body (despite being a beanpole) they IMMEDIATELY beg him to learn how to Tango or something (and he does). Like Cheren, N looks out for his friends and shows that he cares for them in his own way, but he doesn’t shy away from saying things directly to his friends; how happy he is to have them in his life, giving their Pokémon treats, complimenting the care they give to their Pokémon, etc.

HUGH. Admittedly I don’t know too much about this guy; I believe he’s avenging his sister, who got her Pokémon stolen by the cult if I recall correctly. I picture him being very blunt and honest, but not in a purposely mean or rude way (at least by the end of the game). I think it’s funny to picture this guy saying the first thing that comes into his head when he’s reacting to what someone says. I can imagine that Hugh has blurted out curse words in front of Professor Juniper before, leading Rosa/Nate to laugh out loud super hard while the Professor shook her head.

These were some of my thoughts, thanks for the ask! Sorry about the weird paragraph formatting, it might fix itself when I press post but I’m not sure.

[soulsilv]

I don’t know about this one guys