#pokemon tierno

[hijinxx]

I started drawing this in 2022 and was SO pumped about it, and then dropped it and never finished it??

[teapopp]

Thank you :)

[wildflowercryptid]

since the presents today made kalos relevant again, i thought i'd share these doodles from last year. tierno is a huge fave of mine so i came up with an au where he gets to travel the world to improve his dancing skills, which leads him to alola where he has a destined meeting with kiawe.

[jadeazora]

A cool little animation for the dance battle event via the PokeTimes Twitter!

Defeating the battle challenge with 2 Sinnoh pairs was easy enough, but the Ghost/Ground requirements did need some finagling and had to retry once or twice (my original attempt was with AnniLillie before I realized Kiawe was ground-weak, at which point, I switched to Giovanni since he had his Max Move, and Giovanni got about 22k on the first shot. Then it was just kinda a mad rush to kill the side Pokemon while healing off Phanpy's burn.)

And lastly in Masters news, the Tyrogue Egg event returns Saturday!

[teehee-vibes]

In the Pokémon XY(Z) anime, I think that Tierno should have been the Pokémon performer out of the Kalos friends. I think he should have been Serena’s rival, instead of or with Shauna.

On one hand, Shauna’s great and fine, ya know? She was alright! But just Fine. I would like her more if she was there more.

On the other hand, Tierno’s personality is dancer. He is literally a DANCERRRRR. His Pokémon are DANCERS. It was his entire thing in the games (the source material) and even in the anime because of his battling style. And I get it, girl power and stuff. I loved the female solidarity in the master class, ya know? Girls supporting girls, even when competing, which is why I sorta would still like Shauna there (or give the other girls attention, god bless /lh). But as far fetched and/or impossible as it is for the anipoke writers (/lh again), I would have adored seeing a boy in that setting. A boy unabashedly passionate about performing in a sphere that’s female dominated and being just as supportive and positive. Being totally unashamed. I think that would be so cool.

It would have made his crush make more sense too, honestly, or just add some more charm to it. It wasn’t hindering the show because it didn’t come up often, just hindered his character because it came up when he was there. But imagine it developed as she grew into being a confident performer. Don’t even make the crush reciprocated, it still could have been cuter this way.

AND WHILE IM AT IT, because I just thought of this while writing, if I were in charge of the writing with my current mindset and understanding: Change up the counterparts for the trios.

Make Tierno and Serena each others’ counterparts, and change the others along with it.

I think it’s safe to say Trevor and Clemont were kinda~ counterparts, just the least developed of them (brainiacs, both seem to have some type of anxiety, not neurotypical IN THE SLIGHTEST, etc.). I think that Trevor and Ash could have been fun. Trevor was the member of the Kalos rival trio to master Mega Evolution, and he also battled in the League. In the games, he has a crisis about his own strength and doubts his abilities as a trainer because he has end goals different from other trainers. I just KNOW Ash would have been the best rival and friend to help him through that. Trevor has an affinity for taking photographs of Pokémon, pointing out the differences and rarities in them, and seeking out the legendaries Ash has met and battled before. And Ash, mister nomad with such love for the world around him, I think, would find a lot of interest in that and support it. Plus, Trevor has Charizard. Ash’s ace used to be Charizard. They could have bonded, they could have been incredible.

And that leaves Clemont and Shauna. And what do ya know?? Clemont and Shauna are EXPLICITLY FRIENDS in the games! It didn’t click with me until I started ranting about Tierno and Serena, but CLEMONT AND SHAUNA ARE CANONICALLY BUDDY BUDDY IN THE SOURCE MATERIAL (I get that Shauna is super friendly with Serena in the games as well, but you know what I mean). The device Shauna uses to break into the final chamber of Team Flare’s secret lab was a gift from Clemont. In the beginning of the game, Shauna knows little to nothing about being a trainer, but when she gets to Lumiose City and sees the gym leader and his little sister outside the gym, she recognizes them by face and exclaims “Those two are my friends! :D” It would have been fun seeing an unlikely friendship develop between the scientist who thinks he’s got his future figured out and the trainer with no set path who’s striving to love life as it is in the present.

Do you see the vision?

[microwave-core]

Listen, I hate to cringepost on main, but I really want to talk about the XY rivals because they have SO much potential and I love them and I will not rest until I spread my obsessive thoughts with others so I'm gonna talk about how I would change this stupid friend group.

Just to set a standard, I'm gonna write this with the female protag in mind because I always pick her but also so I don't have to constantly bounce between saying Calem (or Serena if you pick the male protag) because that would gonna get annoying real quick. So assume whenever I say Calem you could switch in Serena.

SO. Starting off, I think the core of the rivalship should be between the protag, Calem, and Shaunna, reminiscent of the BW rivals. Calem, in general, is fine. He's the rival who wants to become the champion and is the strongest in the group, other then the protag. Personally, I would probably change his team comp a bit to reflect this, but that would be for a separate post. I do think he could use a bit more pizazz, though, because as is he's a little bland. Also, give him his hat back. He looks so naked and cursed without it.

Then there's Shaunna, aka the original gay bitch. Shaunna doesn't care about becoming champion or fighting gym leaders, instead opting to get stronger at her own pace while focusing on the cute little side activities, and it's all good and fun for awhile, but she starts to get more insecure as things start getting real with Team Flare. She starts feeling like she's fallen far behind everyone else in terms of strength and like she can't really do anything to help in a dire situation, despite actually being helpful in her own way (getting the grunt blocking the entrance of the pokeball factory to move, bringing in a machine from Clemont to get further in Team Flare's base, etc). This isn't really any different from how she already is, but I think there could be a heavier emphasis on her feeling insecure about this, but also give her the change to gradually overcome that insecurity. Also, bring back contests, because she's clearly made for them and it could be, like, her main thing she gets really good at.

Then there's Trevor and Tierno, and I think they should be more like friends rather then rivals. Have them be assistants for Sycamore or something (since Trevor really cares about the pokedex and Tierno brings you your starter). Let them be rivals towards each other rather than rivals with the protag. Let them kiss, I don't fucking care. This is the gay friend group featuring Calem as the one straight friend, and it's perfect.

I really like the idea of Trevor, since he cares about completing the pokedex, which makes him a stand out from other rivals in the series. I'm pretty sure whenever you compare dexs in game he always loses, though, which I think is lame. Let him have a certain amount of pokemon he's caught instead and make it an actual comparison. You could do some fun stuff with him, too, like have him tell the player about rare pokemon in an area or strange evolution methods to help fill in their pokedex, since he has pokemon like that on his team (orange Florges which only has a 1% encounter rate in flowers and Goodra who needs to evolve in the rain).

Tierno is another example of why contests should be brought back, because he's, like, a performer. Again, let him be more of a friend then a rival, who's just here to hang out and have fun. Actually, I think he could be kind of like a foil to Shaunna, in that he cares about the cute little side actives while getting stronger at his own pace rather then collecting gym badges, but have him embrace that. Have him be the one to help Shaunna overcome her own insecurities, and then THEY can become contest rivals. And if the player did high ranking contests, they could face off against them. It would be cute damnit, let me have this.

[galarfiend]

my redesigns of the kalos friends! they are cuties i love them

[cheddertm]

Serena knowing the Kalos kids before meeting everyone else would be cool, bc unlike Clemont and Bonnie, she actually has social skills. Like they all met at Pokémon School and Clemont wasn’t there because he went to that fuckin private science school

Bonnie: You have other friends besides us?!?!?

Serena: Uh, yeah? Don’t you guys too???

Clemont and Bonnie who have never willingly spoken to other people: no

[outfitpolls]

BONUS POLL: Tierno

[rayhantochtli]

Tierno, Trevor and Shauna :D

Some of the little changes i made to their designs are: Shauna's shorts are longer and took away the heels, Trevor's hair is more brown than orange and Tierno's shirt design is more expressive!

[a-tale-of-legends]

Do you have headcanons about Kalos in your AU, that affect Jude, Dante, and the rivals? Familar and new ones alike!

Yeah! I have a few hc's that I hopefully remember -

I know that Kalos has a classism problem, if Team Flare is to show off anything. And also this weird beauty problem, whether or not someone is stylish enough is allowed to enter certain stores. That in particular reaaaally bothers Jude n Shauna lol.

I think the rivals sans Dante and Jude ( kinda) aren't suuuuuuper wealthy. Not exactly poor either, but they don't exactly have the same luxury that Dante has. Shauna was always aware of this really - it's why she's so quick to point out the faults of rich folk in my au. Trevor is aware of this too, but was more focused on making his dead beat parents proud.

I think this focus on beauty in Kalos effected them too. I generally go by the principal that the pokemon world is sooooo much better to live in compared to the real world, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have it's issues. I can see Trevor being used for his smarts like Clemont is- something that he doesn't exactly mind, but I can imagine it's kinda taxing. Shauna is also very smart and her parents are often pushing her to "maximize her potential" but. It isn't her passion. She likes puzzles as a hobby, but nothing worth being a career. It doesn't help that it's not just her parents trying to push her in this direction. It's frustrating, being told to uphold a certain standard that you don't want. And Shauna is a bit of a romantic. She likes all the romantic stuff of Kalos, but having to obtain that is frustrating sometimes. Tierno, I feel, is often overlooked in that regard. He doesn't exactly have exceptional abilities like Trevor or Shauna or Dante. He just likes to dance and dreams of making a dance team. Which. Might not even be considered something worth going into by some. Not all, of course, but the few that do kinda always stuck with Tierno. It didn't help that he didn't exactly come from a rich family so. I think these things played a role in Tierno's self worth really. He doesn't feel like he offers much, or has anything to stand out. His dancing is just dancing- it's not as useful as Trevor's smarts, or Shauna's charm or Dante's battle prowess. So what can he really offer?

Jude is kinda funny in all of this bc Jude is an outsider here. She's from Kanto. She's not used to whatever Kalos is about. So there's always a level of slight annoyance with how things operate in Kalos. Though she's also in a position where she does get the perks of "beauty", so it's. Weird. Dante, on the other hand, has always thrived in Kalos' standards, and never had a problem with it because of that. In a way he kinda isolated his friends out because he never really saw the problem. It's only when his ego got hurt was when he started to really see things for how it is- and even then that took a while bc Lysandre got to him first and kinda warped Dante's ego into working for him( though I should stress Dante didn't know Lysandre was part of team flare, let alone leading it. His job was just to collect mega stones and help Lysandre with some data- but Lysandre did present himself as someone who understood Dante at the time, and that's what Dante really wanted )

Aaaaand yeah. I think that's all I want to say. It was fun to compare how the culture around kalos effects the kiddos!

[skylardoesthings]

✨ | Sky's XY(Z) dnd au | ✨

Or as i like to call it, "Skylar's way of coping with stress"

Anyways here are the character their races and classes, for the characters i have figured out at least,

[NOTE ! My au is like a campaign being played, so look at this au as "Ash and the gang playing dnd for shits and giggles" instead of "ash and the gang as dnd characters"]

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Ash ~ Human | lvl 13 Dream Druid + lvl 7 Echo Fighter

Serena ~ Changeling | lvl 10 Ancestral Barbarian + lvl 10 Collage of Eloquence Bard

Clemont ~ Tiefling | lvl 8 Life Cleric + lvl 12 Archivist Artificer

Bonnie ~ Pallid Elf | lvl 20 Arcane Trickster

Sawyer ~ Half Elf | lvl 20 Wild Magic Sorcerer

Korrina ~ High Elf | lvl 20 Beast Slayer Ranger

Favoured Enemy; Undead

Favoured Terrain; Forest

Miette ~ Forest Gnome | lvl 20 Moon Cleric

Nini ~ Human | lvl 20 Great Old One Warlock

Mairin ~ Lightfoot Halfling | lvl 15 Scout Rogue + lvl 5 Swarmkeeper Ranger

Favoured Enemy; Constructs

Favoured Terrain; Grasslands

Shauna ~ Lightfoot Halfling | lvl 20 Collage of Glamour Bard

Tierno ~ Tiefling | lvl 14 Battle Master Fighter + lvl 6 Collage of Swords Bard

Alain ~ Swiftstride Shifter | lvl 20 Beast Barbarian

Trevor's role is the Dungeon Master! Hence why he isnt on the list. But he does have a NPC he plays as like, his insert whenever the players aren't figuring things out, and his character is a; lvl 3 Thief Rogue Goblin, who causes trouble whenever the plot calls for it

Some other characters i have figured out but no idea what to do with slash how to add them in;

Viola ~ Satyr | lvl 20 Swarmkeeper Ranger

Favoured Enemy; Feinds

Favoured Terrain; Forest

Grant ~ Earth Genasi | Way of the Four Elements Monk

Diantha ~ High Elf | lvl 20 Oath of the Crown Paladin

Sycamore ~ High Ef | lvl 20 Archivist Artificer

[teapopp]

Kalos Boys in CGYT

trevor is an orange tabby

izumi (basil) and ai (indigo) are lops

tierno is a sun bear

[zponds]

(Credit goes to JWBtheUncanny on Deviantart)

Ketchum Alliance Uniforms 8

Speaking of Pokemon X&Y, I have also done Shauna, Tierno & Trevor who are Friends and Rivals of Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie, And I gave Shauna's Outfit a Colour Scheme, Since.... I was mix with her Colour having Pink, While the Green represented her Starter pokemon being a Grass-type in the Anime, And I've also added Former Team Flare Agent Alain (Who defeated Ash in the Kalos League) and his young friend Mairin, It might be bit of an odd choice, but Ash does see that Alain is not look the other Followers of Lysandre, and made sense to have him at there side when it comes to His Skill with Mega-Evolution.

I've Excluded Astrid and Sawyer for they are gonna be partnering up with Gary Oak, Ritchie, Drew, Solidad, Zoey, Kenny, Barry, Trip and Ilima to keep a close watch on the Pokemon While the Ketchum Alliance are assisting the Gen 2 PreCure All Stars and Illuminati with Tropical Rouge PreCure Stuff with the Marvel Heroes, And fight in the Dissidia Contest of Champions

[jadeazora]

Tierno's banner is available to Scout in Masters. I've heard he's decently popular in Japan, but honestly imo, him and Trevor should be 4⭐s considering how little relevance they have. Shauna has more going for her.

Photo booth! From the PokeTimes Twitter!

Oh that's a creepy card for Poltchageist. (New full arts from Crimson Haze!)

And lastly for this morning, here's our art drop from the TCG Instagram!

[pokemoncharacterbrackets]