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]

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.