The All-Purpose PokéMeme!

[islandshore]

THE ALL PURPOSE POKéMEME

We've had plenty of memes about our characters in the past, so why not something a little different? After all, Pokémon is a huge part of what makes Route so special.

Feel free to use this meme to:

- Talk about your characters' teams!
- Plot for Pokémon CR
- Discuss any headcanon you have about certain species or Pokémon in general
- Discuss ideas for Pokémon related shenanigans
- Take suggestions if you're struggling with a Pokémon's personality, what Pokémon to get your character, or anything else!

The sky's the limit, folks, so have at it!

Comments

[grapecape]

woop woop team stuff woop. team is here, though I've been lagging on getting descriptions put up for the newer members.

Olivia the Xatu is learning how to read, and her vocabulary has grown a lot since she and Ondorus started this journey. He treats her like an equal, so the two of them talk a lot and she's not shy about brainchatting with Trainers that they meet. I'm thinking of having her do some network posts occasionally...basically the same kind of discussion-board posts that you see sometimes, but mainly for the Pokemon to share their thoughts.

Sanja the Munna...is a huge gossip and snoop. She uses the PokeGear more than Ondorus himself does, listening in on all kinds of things (though how accurately she remembers things is debatable.) She also nibbles at people's dreams uninvited when she has the chance. Ondorus hasn't caught on yet. She's quite the little rumor stockpile.

...should be interesting if/when she evolves and gets Dream Mist broadcasting abilities.

Henry (Butterfree) and Konoha (Sewaddle) stick to each other like glue but don't care about much else.
Gunther (Luxray) and Theo (Absol) have a similar bond but are open to making friends - Ondorus and team are in the Goldenrod area right now, and the carnivore brothers spend a lot of time out of their Pokeballs with their trainer or just goofing around in open areas.
Meredith (Lapras) is pretty reclusive for now, still getting used to traveling and having a trainer and stuff.

I need to get Ondorus a healing Pokemon, probably an Audino. Other than that, his team is fine for now - he's going to end up taking care of Pokemon than he knows what to do with pretty soon.

...also, I have a possible stalkermon in reserve for him, if/when he goes back to Violet.

[grapecape]

Headcanony stuff!

I...probably assign more intelligence to the Pokemon than I should: I used to play a lot of PMD characters and Legendaries and sometimes forget that a lot of Pokemon are supposed to have animal-level intelligence.

....On the other hand, they can understand language for the most part, so...yeah I don't really know. Hard to figure.

Playing Ondorus does mean that I get to play with the idea of Pokemon status relative to humans - Ondorus is a JRPG monster, and is more inclined to treat his team as equals (or as children if he's raised them from eggs).
I've tried to cover a few different results of that in his team - Olivia being inclined to address other humans directly and count herself as a member of a group involving humans, for example, and the Sandslash's dissatisfaction at expecting a human trainer that would push her to be stronger and getting something that she did not sign up for.

I think I'll be running with this theme for the time being. It's an interesting one.

[islandshore]

Olivia would get a great big high-five for seeing herself as an equal. Riku's Weavile considers himself to be on par with humanity, which is why he's been pushing himself to learn the language.

I also love how you've played with this idea of human and Pokémon dynamics. Zaidra's arc has been especially fascinating, as it's always neat to see what happens when a Pokémon that loves battles ends up with someone who does not necessarily.