How they first met: They first met shortly after Alder chose Iris to be his successor as Champion and began training her for the role. Benga had stopped by to visit his grandfather and would constantly critique everything Iris did, which really got on her nerves, so she challenged him to a pokémon battle, thinking he was all bark and no bite, but was impressed when their battle ended in a draw. Their relationship started moving in a more positive ‘friendly rivals’ direction after that.
Where their first date was: After an afternoon of training in Opelucid, Iris invites Benga to one of her favorite restaurants she always visited growing up for dinner. She doesn’t explicitly say it’s a date, but the implication is there. After they’re finished eating she invites him back to her house with a wink, saying her aunt and uncle and cousins are out of town so they’d have the place to themselves.
When they had their first kiss: They had their first kiss when they spent the night together at Iris’ house after their first date. Iris kisses Benga to set the mood once they’re settled in her room and they continue from there.
Who cooks: Iris is a decent cook, but Benga’s definitely the better of the two. He likes having fun putting his own twist on recipes and coming up with new ones and he has a good sense of taste so they usually turn out well. He also ends up being the one at home more, especially as their family grows, so he’s usually cooking either way.
Who proposed: Iris.
The dominant one: They are both equally dominant which can sometimes lead to issues since both are so stubborn, but they are usually able to compromise for each other. Eventually. In the bedroom it’s the same, but in that case rather than starting arguments, it just leads to a lot of passion.
Their favorite pastime together: They sometimes have trouble coordinating their schedules, especially since Iris is so busy as the Champion, so when they do have time together, they usually stay closer to home since it just makes things easier. Hiking is a favorite pastime since both of them love the outdoors and Iris especially loves a chance to get away from all her responsibilities and just enjoy nature.
Who kissed who first: Iris kissed Benga.
Who is the flirt: Benga flirts more often and can be a bit crasser in his flirtation methods (sometimes he’ll jokingly smack Iris on the butt, which she then returns with more force and a smirk), but Iris definitely has her moments.
Who is the romantic: Neither are super romantic, but it’s more that they just have their own way of showing each other affection (that is mostly teasing and might seem aggressive to outsiders).
Who wakes up first: Benga is a fairly early riser and enjoys watching the sunrise while Iris prefers to sleep in a little when she has the chance.
Who comforts who the most: Iris is usually more stressed out from work, so Benga ends up comforting her more when she’s had a particularly trying day. Benga himself tends to be more optimistic, but even he has his bad days, when Iris is always sure to make sure he’s comforted as well.
The cuddler: They both are fairly cuddly, but Iris is definitely more of a cuddler than Benga.
The big spoon: Benga, mainly just since he’s taller.
Author: pkmnlegendsandlegacies
How did Trevor met Emma?
They met through Serena! After the whole affair with the Looker Bureau, Serena and Emma kept in touch and would occasionally meet up to battle or hang out. After hearing Serena talk about Emma, Shauna decided that she really wanted to meet this girl and so Serena brought all her friends to spend time with Emma in one of Lumiose’s parks one afternoon. Shauna and Emma especially hit it off, but Trevor was also intrigued by her Expansion suit, since he though the science behind it was interesting, as well as by the concept of the Looker Bureau in general since he loves solving puzzles and mysteries. Emma ends up staying in touch with Serena’s friends after that, but she and Trevor only really begin to grow close after Emma gets stumped on a case one time. Hoping to get a new perspective on solving the case, Emma remembers that one of Serena’s friends is good at solving puzzles, so she contacts Trevor for advice. They end up working very well together and collaborate on many more cases.
Over time, they develop romantic feelings for each other, but both are too shy to admit it at first. Once Shauna realizes that Trevor has a crush, she’s eager to help set the two up and arranges a date for them since she loves to play matchmaker. Though there are a few shenanigans from Shauna’s meddling, the date is successful and Trevor and Emma are able to confess their feelings for each other, starting to date officially. Eventually, Trevor becomes a member of the Looker Bureau full time and the two now run the detective agency as a married couple with their two children, Augie and Emilie. Trevor specializes in putting together all the information while Emma goes out and talks to people as well as confront criminals as Essentia. Looker, even though he is now retired, often stops by and visits them since he officially adopted Emma as his (second) daughter. He loves to dote on his grandchildren and is very proud of how successful Emma has become.
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To spice things up a bit and since I haven’t been active recently, the Asks are now open! You can ask a character a question, or just ask a question about the world, plot, characters in general. Anything goes! I’ll try to answer in a timely manner and hopefully this will be fun all around. Ask away!
Who’s the spiciest partner Draco has hooked up with?
I still haven’t figured out exactly everyone Draco hooks up with but Basile is definitely up there. He and Draco were fighting for dominance lol.
And then Baz ends up dating Draco’s dead sister from another dimension. Family reunions must be fun.
Rank order how legit (as in how likely they would be to happen in your canon) all boss/subordinate ships (for evil teams)
That’s a lot of ships Syd! But I’ll do it for you~
Giovanni/Archer (SubordinateShipping – These two probably had the best relationship out of all the boss/subordinate ships. They were just fwb even if Archer had romantic feelings, but they respected each other and remain on good terms.)
Giovanni/Ariana (SilverSpawnShipping – The only reason this is so high up is because they were married. It was not a healthy relationship though and it was a very bitter and spiteful marriage overall.)
Lysandre/Bryony (RiskShipping – They were not romantically involved and only hooked up a few times, but Lysandre never treated Bryony poorly and had he not died, he would have supported her and their son.)
Archie/Shelly (ShiverMeTimbersShipping – They probably could have dated under different circumstances, being close childhood friends.)
Guzma/Plumeria (SkullShipping – Same with Archie and Shelly, the could have easily dated under different circumstances.)
Archie/Matt (SailorShipping – Less likely than Archie/Shelly, but perhaps could have happened.)
Cyrus/Jupiter (TBHShipping – They do hook up but it’s just Cyrus indulging Jupiter hence why it’s not higher on the list.)
Cyrus/Saturn (GingaShipping – Perhaps if Saturn had been bolder, he too could have taken the same opportunity Jupiter did.)
Maxie/Courtney (AuthorityShipping – Courtney had some feelings for her boss, but never confessed them, nor did she ever expect Maxie to return them.)
Lysandre/Aliana (TriumphShipping – If Aliana had wanted to, they could have hooked up probably, but there weren’t any romantic feelings.)
Lysandre/Celosia (SuccessShipping – Same deal as with Aliana.)
Giovanni/Petrel (MusicalTheaterShipping – Same deal as with the above two.)
Giovanni/Mable (RedMapleShipping – Lysandre wasn’t really Mable’s type hence why she’s lower down on the list.)
Cyrus/Mars (BetelgeuseShipping – Mars only had a celebrity crush on Cyrus and never seriously considered her feelings to be real. She admires him, but that’s about it.)
Giovanni/Proton (DarkDesireShipping – Proton may have found his boss attractive, but he knew his brother Archer was the boss’ favorite so he wouldn’t interfere. He also would have been a teenager any time a relationship between him and Giovanni could have happened and Giovanni isn’t about that.)
Maxie/Tabitha (LeadershipShipping – I don’t headcanon Tabitha to have any romantic feelings for Maxie so…)
Lusamine/Wicke (HeavenlyShipping – Lusamine is too focused on finding her husband to bother with outside relationship.)
Lusamine/Faba (No Ship Name – Same as above.)
Lysandre/Xerosic (DoomsdayShipping – No attraction here, Xerosic has no interest in relationships while he’s focusing on getting back home.)
Cyrus/Charon (GlobalShipping – No attraction here either.)
Ghetsis/Literally Anyone (I headcanon him as ace/aro so he’s the least likely of anyone to end up in a relationship.)
Wait..Iris has a cousin?
[This content is out of date and no longer canon]
Iris has three maternal cousins (and probably more on her father’s side that I don’t know about yet). In L&L, Iris is Drayden’s granddaughter by blood, the daughter of his second daughter Imogen. Drayden’s eldest daughter, Soriel, had three children – Nikolas, Silvus, and Phoebe. Nikolas later became estranged from his family and changed his name, now going by Colress (yes, that Colress and Iris are first-cousins in my AU.) Silvus had no children, and Phoebe was arranged to marry one of the princes of Albion (poké!England/Wales) from a young age. The Pendragons of Unova are a branch of the Pendragons of Albion and were the rulers of Unova up until it joined the League and changed it’s government (Drayden himself was born as a prince – his father was the last king of Unova.) While their marriage was arranged, Phoebe and her husband, Lucius, get along very well and have four children together – triplets Noah, Micah, and Terah and then a daughter, Illuminata (Mina). Iris is especially close with Phoebe due to being close in age with her, as well as the fact that after Iris’ parents died, she was adopted by her aunt and uncle, so Phoebe and her brothers are like siblings to Iris more than cousins. The triplets are currently the Gym Leaders of Opelucid.
Ask Box Open
To spice things up a bit and since I haven’t been active recently, the Asks are now open! You can ask a character a question, or just ask a question about the world, plot, characters in general. Anything goes! I’ll try to answer in a timely manner and hopefully this will be fun all around. Ask away!
Ask Box Open
To spice things up a bit and since I haven’t been active recently, the Asks are now open! You can ask a character a question, or just ask a question about the world, plot, characters in general. Anything goes! I’ll try to answer in a timely manner and hopefully this will be fun all around. Ask away!
Gabriele Campanula
I continue to have zero self control and those ship asks were actually evil because they made me think about pairings and dynamics I hadn’t developed previously and then that somehow turned into Giovanni and Archer having a kid? What?
Lordy. So here’s the story. I started thinking about SubordinateShipping more and more and while I never though Giovanni would reciprocate Archer’s feelings since his heart belongs to Angelo, it’s not like he’s happy with Ariana and any chance to irritate her is one he wants to take, so what I can see is Giovanni and Archer being friends-with-benefits. Then of course because I have an addiction, my acknowledging a ship is canon immediately evolved into me thinking about how I could get a fankid out of this (sigh). Long story short, towards the end of the Gen 1 timeline the fwb relationship bears fruit and Gio realizes he’s going to have a kid. Now, on the one hand, he already has two that are both over ten years old at this point and he’s not in any place to have another kid now, but on the other hand, it would really piss off his wife. He decides he was looking for an excuse to ditch TR for a while now and track down Angelo anyways so this is as good as any. He can’t really bring his 11 year old son with him for this (and his 14 year old daughter ran away from home a year ago), so he does his usual ‘sort of means well but ultimately not very helpful’ parenting technique to try and get Silvio to have interest in reforming or at least fully disbanding Team Rocket. This results in his son deciding he hates both his parents now since his dad is leaving him but hey, it all works out in the end. Gabriele Campanula is born not long after Giovanni and Angelo settle down into their new home of Castelia in Unova. Over time, the rest of the family does find out and he does tell Archer about his son (he’s not Draco lol). Still working out fully what Marcella and Silvio’s relationship with their little half-brother is, but Gabe is officially part of the Café Crew and it’s most senior member, acting as a mentor to his nephew Renato in the future (and also being Cicely’s wingman lol).
TLDR: Does this fankid need to exist? No. Do I love him after knowing him for less than an hour anyways? Yes. He’s also another ‘annoying relative’ for his cousin Atlas to interact with and will probably be the person who mainly helps Renato through his own issues so he does have a purpose, even if a minor one. Not to mention… I always liked those fanfics where Silver had half-siblings (though in those it was usually Ash or Red.)
Ash? Iris? Wally? Anabel? Barry? Paul? Yellow?
Ash
My NOTP for them
None. I’ve seen potential in all the Ash ships I’ve seen, really.
My BROTP for them
Ash/Misty. I know PokeShipping is popular, but I prefer them as good friends rather than romantically involved – basically the same as my stance on WishfulShipping.
My OTP for them
Ash/Dawn (PearlShipping). I think this one is mainly due to how Sinnoh was when I was most into and consistently watching the anime. This is for anime!Dawn, though, I don’t ship my version of game!Dawn with Ash at all.
My second choice pairing for them
Ash/Paul (ComaShipping). Sinnoh bias strikes again, what can I say? I like the gruff antisocial guy/cheerful friendly guy dynamic. A tried and true classic.
My fluffy pairing for them
Ash/Dawn.
My angsty pairing for them
ComaShipping can be angsty I guess….. but really I can’t think of any ships I’ve seriously thought about for Ash that would be angsty.
My favorite poly ship for them
Paul/Ash/Dawn (ComakariShipping). It’s just combining my two favorite Ash ships with my two favorite anime!Dawn ships and my two favorite Paul ships. Heck, if I were to do an animeverse fankid AU this might be the canon pairing, who knows?
My weirdest pairing for them
I think both Pearl and Coma shipping are fairly popular, so none. I haven’t really seen a whole ton of the anime, so my ships for Ash (and other anime exclusive characters) tend to be fairly limited.
Iris
My NOTP for them
As I mentioned in the ask for Cilan, I’m not a huge fan of Iris/Cilan (WishfulShipping), but it’s not a ship I hate or anything, I just don’t ship it.
My BROTP for them
Iris/Cilan. I can’t believe I forgot to mention it on the ask for Cilan but even though my AU is primarily gameverse and Cilan is part of the Shadow Triad and he and Iris never travel together…. I still hc them as being close friends (Iris is one of my Cilan’s only close friends, actually). I just feel like they (at least the interpretations of them in my AU) would have a really good dynamic.
My OTP for them
Iris/Benga (DragonHeartShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
Iris/Zinnia (PrecessionShipping). This is more of a ‘want to explore the dynamic’ ship then a serious one, but I think they’d have interesting interactions.
My fluffy pairing for them
Iris/Benga.
My angsty pairing for them
Iris/Zinnia has more angst potential than Iris/Benga.
My favorite poly ship for them
This will sound like it came out of nowhere but Hilda/Iris/Benga. Hilda/Iris (HalleyShipping) is maybe my third favorite Iris ship? Like with Iris/Zinnia, it’s mostly just a dynamic I want to explore.
My weirdest pairing for them
Hilda/Iris.
Wally
My NOTP for them
None.
My BROTP for them
Wally/May, with either protag!May or rival!May. The other one is Wally/Yellow, since I think they’d get along well.
My OTP for them
Wally/Brendan (LoveRivalShipping), with either protag!Brendan or rival!Brendan.
My second choice pairing for them
Wally/Anabel (MirrorWorldShipping).
My fluffy pairing for them
Wally/Brendan. Though special mention to Wally/Yellow (HealthShipping).
My angsty pairing for them
Probably Wally/Brendan again, though they don’t get much in the fankid AU.
My favorite poly ship for them
Brendan/Wally/Anabel (FlouriteShipping/MirrorRivalShipping).
My weirdest pairing for them
Probably Wally/Yellow, but if we’re referring to serious ships, then Wally/Anabel.
Anabel (These are for Salon Maiden Anabel, not Interpol Anabel. I don’t really ship Faller Anabel with anyone.)
My NOTP for them
I know it’s like her most popular ship nowadays, but I just can’t get behind Anabel/Looker (FallerShipping) and it’s for kind of silly reasons as well. I’ve headcanoned Looker to be game!Dawn’s dad since before SM came out, and the idea of Looker dating someone only a few years older than his daughter (not to mention I strongly ship him and Johanna already) is just kind of squicky to me. Nothing against others shipping it, these are just my silly reasons!
My BROTP for them
Anabel/Lucy. I like the idea of her being one of the antisocial Pike Queen’s few close friends.
My OTP for them
Anabel/Wally (MirrorWorldShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
Anabel/Brendan (SafirShipping).
My fluffy pairing for them
Anabel/Wally.
My angsty pairing for them
I guess FallerShipping (with Faller!Anabel of course) would be this for me due to the reasons I mentioned above.
My favorite poly ship for them
Brendan/Wally/Anabel (FlouriteShipping/MirrorRivalShipping).
My weirdest pairing for them
Anabel/Brendan.
Barry
My NOTP for them
I’m not big on Barry/Dawn (TwinleafShipping) at all, but like with all the others I don’t hate it or anything. I also hc Barry and Bianca to be cousins so Barry/Bianca (HyperShipping) is out.
My BROTP for them
Barry/Dawn.
My OTP for them
Barry/Lucas (ClingyShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
I’m fond of Barry/Ursula (BoastShipping) in the anime, I think they’d make an amusing couple.
My fluffy pairing for them
Barry/Lucas.
My angsty pairing for them
None, really, but I guess Barry/Lucas as well just since they have their own rough patches in the fankid AU.
My favorite poly ship for them
Barry/Lucas/Dawn (ScarfShipping).
My weirdest pairing for them
None, I don’t think? All of the ones I mentioned are pretty popular.
Paul
My NOTP for them
I really only ship him with two people, but I don’t dislike other Paul ships I’ve seen.
My BROTP for them
Paul/game!Dawn, specifically. They are bffs in my fankid AU. Otherwise, Paul and Reggie having a good sibling relationship is always great.
My OTP for them
Paul/Ash (ComaShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
Paul/anime!Dawn (IkariShipping).
My fluffy pairing for them
Paul/Ash.
My angsty pairing for them
Maybe Paul/game!Dawn, since I can’t see them ever really working out romantically, though they might have tried.
My favorite poly ship for them
Paul/Ash/Dawn (ComakariShipping).
My weirdest pairing for them
I read a fanfic once that had me thinking about Paul/Conway (VeilstoneShipping) of all things.
Yellow
My NOTP for them
None.
My BROTP for them
Yellow/Lance. They are cousins in my fankid AU and though they definitely didn’t start out as friends their relationship grew very close over the years (and over the course of Lance’s character development.) I’m always a sucker for enemies-to-friends.
My OTP for them
Yellow/PokeSpe!Red (SpecialShipping).
My second choice pairing for them
Yellow/game!Red (AlmostShipping).
My fluffy pairing for them
Yellow/Red (either version).
My angsty pairing for them
Yellow/Silver (ViridianShipping). Not that I think the relationship would end badly, just that it would be a more emotionally fraught one.
My favorite poly ship for them
I don’t really have one? Maybe some combination of Red/Yellow/Silver but who knows how that would work out.
My weirdest pairing for them
Yellow/Silver, but I mentioned I’ve considered Yellow/Wally before, and I think that one’s weirder.
Pokémon Legends & Legacies 