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Comments

[doitrockapella]

what would it take to get ryner to stop being such a slacker all the time gdi

If Ryner could only have one Pokemon for the rest of his Johto Journeys, from all the 600+ known ones in the Dex, which one would it be and why?

[tearsofademon]

Short term, blackmail or death threats, essentially. Blackmail is easier to make effective, if only because he's surprisingly not a pushover (unless you're Ferris), but unless you have sources (like, say, Sion's), good luck finding anything to blackmail him with. Long term... well, first he has to go through Episode 24 or something equivalently world-shattering like that to kick him in the pants and give him sufficient motivation to even start breaking his lazy habits...

Only one... oh gosh that's hard. I love all his 'mons, he likes all his 'mons, his 'mons all love him (well except Arius but he's special)... If it was that he had to give up his entire team for whatever reason and could choose any one Pokémon in the world to partner up with but only that one ever, he'd keep Rose the Clefairy at this point, because frankly, she's the one he's the most attached to.

If he was starting fresh without remembering any of them (or they all died or something) though... Probably Zekrom, if legendaries count. Because there's just this massively huge parallel between Reshiram/Zekrom and certain spoilery things that Ryner is involved in that I saw the second time I ever fought N in White okay. Besides, black electric dragon. Right coloration, right typing, what's not to match?

(If legendaries didn't count, though, he'd probably end up with another Clefairy, because they can learn all sorts of elemental moves that are kind of like magic, plus their pre-evolution is a star shape which reflects his eyes, and, well, I'm just kind of having trouble seeing him in Johto without Rose at this point, okay.)

Also because now I'm curious, same question for Carmen? (The one about the Pokémon, not the one under the strike. Carmen is not lazy.)

[doitrockapella]

Of course you would do this to me when I have more than one favorite. B|

If it had to be one of the ones she's already got, it would legit come down to a coin toss between Chief (her Kadabra and starter) and Zack (her Porygon2). I love them both so much in such fantastically different ways and I'd hate to see Carmen in Johto without either of them, but if it really came down to it, I think she'd keep Chief. Which has less to do with anything about Zack and more to do with the reason why I picked an Abra as her starter in the first place — because Abra knows Teleport, and if there's one thing that Carmen values, it's the ability to make a quick exit.

That said, if she were starting off fresh and legendaries counted, I'd give her a Ho-Oh. That's mostly an in-game development because of certain discussions she's had about birds and fire and the legend of Raven stealing the sun in particular (and I could tl;dr on those at length, too, but I won't here), but suffice to say, if there's one Pokemon I desperately want her to see before her time in Johto is up, it's Ho-Oh.

And if legendaries didn't count and I had to mulligan...I dunno, really. I guess I might give her a Smeargle. Or an Aerodactyl, since she's crazy about dinosaurs. But really, she's done so well with her Abra → Kadabra that I find it hard to think of her having anything else, really.

And she will never evolve him into an Alakazam because it would mean he would lose his big beautiful tail. BAD ENOUGH HE GOT LESS CUTE EVOLVING FROM ABRA IN THE FIRST PLACE. It used to be so adorable, he'd sleep for eighteen hours a day as is per usual for Abras and she'd go walking through the forest and he'd float along behind her, fast asleep, and IT WAS SO CUTE.