Pokemon Team Headcanon Post!

[me_first]

Pokemon teams! All of our characters have them. Some have multiple teams! Here's your chance to tell us all about them!

Link your character's team(s) in the comments, if you have a post for them. If not, just list them. Then tell us about them! Do they get along? Do they listen to their trainer? Do they bother people on the network on their own?

What about eating habits? Do they get enough sleep or do they keep people awake? Are they the type to jump into battle, or do they need more prompting? Tell us all about them!

Then ask people about their teams! Do you travel with someone? What do their Pokemon think of your character? Is your character likely to point out weaknesses in their team? Or just ask questions about things that the original commenter didn't think to clarify!

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Ryner Lute :: The Legend of the Legendary Heroes

[tearsofademon]

Ryner's team! I won't list them all because he has... a lot... cry... but notable members include:

Rose the Clefairy
The first of the three who are always with him, Rose was Ryner's starter, and she refers to him as her Dear Partner. Rose absolutely adores Ryner, and her goal in life is for him to be happy... which often leads to her pounding him when he's not for no obvious reason, but they've sort of come to an agreement about that over the years. She has huge levels of motivation and energy, unlike her trainer, and she wants to make him proud, so she's the one who organizes daily sparring sessions and drags everybody into training and sometimes even drags her dear partner into training. She doesn't want to evolve because she thinks she's cuter small, and besides this way she can still climb up on Ryner's shoulder. She's also got a slight jealous streak and gets mad whenever she perceives another Pokemon trying to steal her dear partner from her (which is really why she gets along so poorly with Marian), but she's perfectly fine with his human friends. Her favorite food is, perhaps unsurprisingly, dango.

Jehra the Absol
The second of the three who are always with him, Jehra is very much a daddy's boy, and a worry wort, and he will always make his displeasure known (by growling from behind Ryner's legs) whenever he senses danger from someone. He tries to be stoic, but he has a silly side to him too, especially on the rare occasions when he's actually relaxed. His favorite food is sliced processed cheese.

Glen the Joltik
The last of the three who are always with him (ever since getting kidnapped in Nightmare Castle anyway), Glen can usually be found snuggling up on Ryner's neck. ...And also wearing a tiny top-hat, but. He's not much for fighting, unless he's partnered with Ryner, in which case he'll crawl down his sleeve and shoot attacks from in there while Ryner does the actual fighting. He wants to be friends with everybody (and Marian makes him sad).

Elfy the Ditto
Elfy loves to dance, to the point where he's always bopping to a tune only he can hear. He also loves Ryner's clothes - specifically the clothes - and relishes every opportunity he gets to transform into his trainer because of it. (Even when Ryner doesn't like it.) It's really difficult to upset him or anger him, because he's pretty chill with just about everything.

Marian the Yamask
Marian Lied was a college student from Azalea Town who went to cooking school in Striation City. She died when she was chased by a swarm of Beedrill on her way home for vacation and tripped and fell down Slowpoke Well, breaking her neck in the fall. Since then, and after a certain incident that Ryner won't talk about, she's been trying to come to terms with her undeath, and is pretty much team cook for Ryner's menagerie, even though Rose still distrusts her despite various talks Ryner has tried to have with her. She does occasionally borrow Ryner's 'gear for text conversations, but not often. She wants to find love someday, but she has yet to find someone who fits her standards the same way Sion does. She's also terrified of bugs, though, which kind of strains her relationship with several of the others...

Aran the Paras
Despite his Dry Skin ability, Aran hates the rain because it reminds him of the day his best friend in the wild evolved into a Parasect and lost himself completely. He's terrified of evolving, which is why he clings to the Everstone Ryner got him, but he's been kind of having sessions with Sion where he's trying to dominate the mushrooms instead of the other way around. Whether that ever amounts to anything remains to be seen, but.

Rey the Yanma
Rey was one of the Yanma from the swarm Tarantulas bred, tormented, and set upon Johto a few years back, and the only Pokemon that Ryner has ever thrown a Pokeball at. Her recovery has been slow, but at this point she does come out from under the bed for short intervals, and she's slowly but surely beginning to realize that the world is a good place and it's okay to make friends. She still doesn't train with the others though, hence why she still hasn't even gained one level since she joined. Her favorite food is apple slices.

(Feel free to ask about any of the others too if you want.)

[fourwayconnection]

Which of his Pokemon is Ryner most like?

[tearsofademon]

...You know, this is probably cheating slightly, but I'm going to have to answer Ry, the Gyarados he inherited from Ferris (who actually named the poor thing after him because she is herself). I mean, it's more of a "which of his mons is most like him" type thing, but. Ry is super lazy and just wants to flop all the time, despite his intimidating appearance and the general attitude that's typical of the species - he has a lot of power but hates using it. Which, of course, is kind of a reflection of Ryner's own attitude as the King of Afternoon Naps.

Magikarp and Gyarados actually make a rather nice metaphor for Alpha Stigma bearers like Ryner, honestly. You've got a fish that everybody looks down on, which transforms into a terrifying beast with anger problems. (Espurr is just as good a metaphor, but as it's not available yet...) And Ryner has a soft spot for Magikarps partially because of it - he just sees peaceful fish that don't fight, not useless wastes of space or investments in ticking time bombs.