#she shaves her head on impulse one night and she feels more euphoric than shes ever felt

[vaugarde]

oh one of the things i wanted to draw but never did (and idk if i will) was like a concordia and anthea + gladion friendship specifically. like they have a lot in common with being older siblings that felt responsible for the abuse going on at home but concordia and anthea stayed and were stable ended up miserable for it while gladion escaped but felt guilty for leaving lillie behind and literally ended up in a team that didn’t accept him and on the run. so they could be friends and in my hc this would be when the sisters have left unova and retrieved their new pokemon (no pokeballs though, still uncomfortable with those), so they’re trying to really discover who they are and their identities apart from each other.

i imagine gladion really helps them specifically with accepting their more unconventional nontraditional interests and living on their own as a fellow former rich kid, and they all learn that no matter what happened in their respective households, theyre not at fault just because they were older, it was all on their parents. so all of them relieve their guilt to some extent. 

i also like to think that anthea specifically tries to reform the aether foundation but idk. she may feel uncomfortable given the type null stuff.

also by “nontraditional” i mean gladion gets them into punk style