#the real turo

[ask-the-very-real-human-turo]

What's your fondest memory of the professor? Other than when he got you that adorable dog, of course :)

"There was one night where we were waiting for test results, so he pulled out a laptop and just started talking all about his favorite shows. Having his memories, I already knew all about them, but for some reason, it was just really fun to hear from him."

"There was also the time we used left over android parts to make battle bots, but that turned into a whole thing...."

[shiny-miltank]

Professor Turo into the spiderverse?? Okay but I had a lot of fun with this one 👌👌

commission for @strangegrave of their Doc Ock Turo design!

[claitea]

scarlet players please consider. ai sada leaving time capsules or something where arven can find them in the present to let him know how she was doing. to apologise for everything. to at least attempt to connect with him the only way left after all the tragedy

[pepperpixel]

A comic I didn’t feel like coloring but had to draw. Because. Because!! THIS POKÉMON HAS FUCKING KILLED SOMEONE…!! AND MOST LIKELY WAS GOING TO KILL U AND UR FRIENDS TOO. AND AI TURO KNOWS THAT! HE KNOWS YOU’RE ALL FUCKING DOOMED BUT HE HAS NO CONTROL AND HES GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU! YOU AND HIS FUCKING SON!!! LIKE HOLY SHIT! So. So yeah…!! I. Had to draw art for that ghghg-

[glittergoats]

me and my girl don't argue she just bash my head in with a rock and i walk it off like a man

[gummywurm-gaming]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK??!?!???!??

[flareondotcom]

mother nature and daddy electric

[roseofcards90]

It honestly baffles me how people are dunking on Sada and Turo for being shitty parents much more than I saw when Sun and Moon first came and Lusamine was first revealed to be the villain like huh 😭 where was that energy before??? Because I feel there’s more nuance with Sada and Turo’s characters and their motivations than there were with Lusamine’s (I’m talking about her in the games of course, not the anime. I will also leave discussion for what happens in Ultra Sun and Moon for another post, so I’m only talking about the plot of the original Sun and Moon here). I’m honestly just tired of all the bashing on the Professors and them being watered down to “typical shitty parent in Pokemon” when the game clearly states and implies the exact opposite.

Lusamine is very much shown to have abandoned her kids, openly berating them and saying she has no children right in front of her daughter’s face because they “abandoned her love” and going forth with her plan to open the wormholes and summon the ultra beasts with no consideration for anything else. She doesn’t have the headspace to care about her children anymore in her plan, in huge contrast to Sada/Turo’s plan where despite how extreme it was, was at the core still centered around their son and their family. I think chalking it down to just “well they’re still both bad parents anyway” takes away some of the complexity surrounding their characters in the first place. Also I’m only bringing Lusamine as a comparison mostly because Ghetsis and Giovanni do not have any other depth to their characters in the core games lmao, and I feel Lusamine is a great example of a parent who used to care but had lost that love after her husband’s “death” and along the way of achieving her goal, while Sada and Turo are examples of the complete opposite: parents who still held onto that love and care throughout their goal, but took it so far that they hurt the one person it was for the most out of everything. It really feels like people are portraying the professors’ flaws in the completely wrong way. The problem was never “they never loved their son at all and intentionally abandoned him” it was “they became so invested and deluded in their plan they ended up neglecting the treasure it was supposed to be for.” which is exactly what distinguishes them from all the other parent antagonists we’ve seen so far. There’s a certain tragedy present in seeing a broken family that used to be so happy together that I feel was also in Sun and Moon’s story, but was muddled due to the story focusing on other aspects.

And I’m going to address this right now because I know people are going to say something because they lack reading comprehension: I am not excusing Sada and Turo’s actions in the game and how their neglect had affected Arven. Explanations are not Excuses. You can acknowledge that they loved their son while still hurting him in the end, both ideas can coexist. I merely just want to analyze wtf even happened here for the professor to go down this path. And it’s also worth nothing that we don’t have much answers in the game itself as of right now, since well—the original is dead and we’re dealing with an AI version of them for the entirety of the game. Most of this is coming from the original’s journals in the lab, but I think the game makes a clear distinction that they still loved Arven even after everything. Despite their delusion taking over them, I think they genuinely believed what they were doing was the best for them and their family despite otherwise. The whole point at the end was to highlight how they didn’t need to create that paradise. They had that loving family already, and it was too late for them to realize that Arven only needed them and nothing else.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I want the DLC to address Arven’s other parent and what exactly happened to them (or better yet, meet them in the story which would honestly be an interesting parallel where the professor of the opposite version is the one you get to know more than the original in game one). I know the in game Professor’s journal entry says they “walked out” but what does that even mean in hindsight? Keep in mind this is from the point of view of someone who’s continuously being deluded into their own idea of paradise, who most likely felt grief after their partner left them that they built an entire AI of themselves to help complete the project.

And yet they still say they’re going to build a paradise for “the three of them.” Does that mean the in game professor was also trying in some way to bring the other parent back? What if it was an accident? What if they were sent through the time machine and couldn’t go back, and the in game professor was so distraught their delusion out of sheer desperation made it so they processed it as “(s)he walked out on me, and now I’m all alone.” Of course this all a lot of speculation, but it just doesn’t make sense to me how Arven’s other parent would “leave” like that. Maybe I’m being an optimist about it, but it really does feel like it was unwillingly in some way, where the in game professor’s increasing delusion was the reason why they “left” so to speak.

And that’s not even addressing the 3rd legendary of the game and its role in all of this is. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was meant to parallel the snake/the devil in Genesis, as the sin of temptation since the professor and Area Zero have a lot of similarities with the Garden of Eden and this idea of “paradise” for their family. Where the 3rd legendary gave them the opportunity to create their paradise by giving them access to the paradox pokemon and terastalizing, and thus influenced them so much, it eventually led them down to a path of their own destruction consumed by the delusion that they could create a paradise for their family, but failed to recognize they ended up hurting the one person they treasured most in the end. If the other professor did indeed return in the DLC, maybe it would give the chance to separate themselves from their spouse and make things right with both the region and Arven. Having them be the antithesis to the other Professor’s motivation and making the choice to stay with Arven in the present would be a really cool way to wrap up the story ngl.

Anyways people who portray them as apathetic and uncaring to Arven in fan art and fics I wish you a very “play the fucking game again please”. Even their character design sheets say otherwise, especially with Sada like I cannot imagine the woman described as “not being able to hide her emotions well” would be a cold and uncaring mother like come on 💀 I played Violet for crying out loud and I’m still able to recognize that.

[jinn-exe]

Alright I've seen a lot of discourse saying how bad Arven's parents are, but are we forgetting the fact that both Nemona and Penny also have questionable parents at the very least?? During the whole trip down the research stations, Arven asks about how their parents are, and Nemona says how she addresses them as "mother and father," and that they leave her alone and let her do what she wants because her older sister will take over the rotom phone company. This also implies that she doesn't have a very close relationship with them, maybe it's the reason why she's always seeking out the trainer's company because battling is her only solace. The only thing she feels comfortable and enjoys doing, without being judged for it. Then there's also Penny's dad, from how she worded it to be, he seems overprotective, maybe even to the point that he could be considered as a helicopter parent. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but it definitely is when he could have been the reason of her getting bullied. The professors were wrong for what they did, and I won't defend them for how they treated Arven, because that was a shitty thing to do. But, they're not the only parents out there to be blamed is what I'm saying.

[cavewolf]

geeta's battle theme is really weird though because hardly any of it is actually its own melody. its an amalgamation of lance/alola title defence, unova e4, lake guardian, team flare and (maybe?) kalos gym leader. and what's with the eye symbol on her and the elite four's gloves. AND the fact that she looks like motherbeast lusamine. what does it all mean

[ask-directorsada-and-friends]

AI Turo would like to visit the hole please. He wants to surprise director by fixing her machine. This will surely make her not mad at him anymore! (@ask-the-very-real-human-turo )

Entering the Great Crater was no problem for AI Turo. The Turo of this universe was still registered as authorized to enter Area Zero, and while the warp pad was disabled, he was able to glide down on Miraidon without any issue.

The problems arose as he entered Zero Lab. On his way down, he passed by several ancient looking Pokemon, Pokemon he had only ever seen in Sada's book. He didn't understand why there were no future Pokemon, but then remembered that Director Sada had mentioned her Turo leaving. He didn't deserve to see the robots!

Zero Lab was eerily silent, the sealed doors opening to allow him inside, stating that the emergency locks were deactivated now that 'Professor Andres Turo' had arrived. Apparently the systems hadn't picked up on him being a robot! Yay!

When he stepped into the main lab area, he spotted a familiar form sitting in a chair. Turo almost jumped in shock at seeing Clavell before realizing two things- this was Director's version of Clavell, and that there was no signs of life coming from him. That is, until a robotic voice stated that "Life form detected. Deactivating Sleep Mode."

Clavell's head shot up, and he blinked in surprise upon seeing the AI. Before delivering a swift punch to the face.

Turo flew back, tears welling up as he held the new dent in his cheek. Why'd he hit him?! What'd he do?!

"Ah. Apologies. My predecessor requested I give Professor Turo that should I ever see him. I see now that you are a fellow AI, although not one created by Sada or Clavell. Why have you come here to Zero Lab? Professor Sada is far too stubborn and prideful to ask her husband for help, and she'd come down here herself before sending a robot husband down."

[shiny-miltank]

adios professor turo

[multiversal-madness]

Pokémon Violet - Real Fake Dad Au

(I’m still in the PL fandom but Pokémon has been on the brain so-)

Spoilers Ahead

An Au where Professor Turo never died but became completely consumed by his work on the time machine, becoming more and more distanced from his care of Arven.

AI Turo on the other hand keeps questioning him about Arven and his well being. When he concludes that Professor Turo doesn’t care, AI Turo makes the ‘logical’ decision that Arven is more important. He steals a component of the time machine that would allow him to leave the lab and goes to find Arven.

Some more info on this au:

Professor Turo is furious at AI Turo’s betrayal. He’ll constantly send out signals to try and take over/get him to return but all these do is hurt AI Turo, he otherwise resist the intended affect

Arven was happy to see his dad return, but always held the fear that he’d leave again for some other thing that interested him. Eventually AI Turo is able to convince him otherwise

Arven doesn’t actually know that AI Turo isn’t his real dad, AI Turo tries to keep the illusion up to spare his feelings

AI Turo looks after Miraidon instead of dumping it on Arven. While he otherwise has a normal Pokémon team, he also has an iron valiant for emergencies

AI Turo doesn’t consider his emotions important, he barely considers them real because he wasn’t programmed with them, but they’re there and he’s not making every decision as ‘logical’ as he thinks he is

[sillyshrimps]

wait, with the AI’s strength, we can finally lift the truck and find Mew!

[ask-the-kid-arven]

Hey Arven, I know you're out having fun, but when you get this please let me know. I think we need to talk about a few things.

Love always, dad.

@ask-the-very-real-human-turo

So… maybe he’s finally going to stop waiting that they’re really going to talk.

He hopes so at the very least.

[marshmallowdonutsprinkles]

Professor Turo in the story finale