Fankidtober Day 2! This time the RNG gave me Heron, my Melody/Todd Snap son! Growing up on Shamouti Island led to Heron developing a love for myths, legends, and ancient ruins, but he’s also inherited his father’s wanderlust so he sets out from home on … Continue reading

Do you have any headcanons for Archie/Maxie, Steven/Wallace, and Lysandre/Sycamore?

Oh hell yeah I do. These are three of my fave ships after all. So it is going to get a bit long whoops.

HardenShipping HCS

  • I like the hc that the two are exes by the time ORAS happens and it fuels their rivalry. I definitely also like the hc that the team they used to be on together was Team Rocket, but like back in its old days when Gio was this cocky young aspiring criminal mastermind and Delia and Miyamoto were also there… good times. Archie was a grunt and Maxie was a scientist! Lots of fun spicy times back then, until they both left the team to pursue their own ambitions and grew estranged…
  • After ORAS they merge their teams after getting funding/support from the Aether Foundation to establish a Hoenn branch, thus becoming “Team Aether” in a sense. Since Rayquaza represents the sky and aether is the element that exists above the terrestrial sphere (like where Rayquaza lives…) it’s a fitting route for them! Like their parent foundation, Hoenn Aether focuses on conservation and pokémon rehabilitation, essentially the goals of Team Aqua and Magma but without all the extremism. Archie & Maxie are the co-leaders now and while they’re an unconventional duo they make it work and get a lot done.
  • Kiran was a total accident and the two weren’t even fully reconciled/back to their old relationship when Maxie found out he was expecting. Legit she was conceived only a few months post ORAS whoops. Maxie claims he’ll never forgive Archie for it, but they both love their daughter and she was in many ways what fully brought both teams together (in both the reconciliation sense and the romantic sense as I ship the admins together as well haha.) 
  • Archie actually picked the name Kiran out (as conciliation for accidentally knocking Maxie up haha), as it can have multiple meanings in different languages. It can be from Sanskrit and means “dust” or “sunbeam”, tying into Archie’s heritage but also the Team Magma theme. As a Japanese name, the kanji used are 磯藍, meaning “seashore” and “indigo”, tying into Maxie’s heritage but also the Team Aqua theme. Archie is very proud of himself for coming up with it.

OriginShipping HCS

  • Steven and Wallace have been friends since childhood, having met through Steven’s father Joseph being old friends with Wallace’s grandfather Drake. They set out on their pokémon journey together, with Steven challenging the Hoenn League and Wallace aiming for that year’s Grand Festival. However, after Steven’s other father, Célestin, passes away that year Steven decides to go to Sinnoh rather than remain in Hoenn and be stuck at home with Joseph, who he had a strained relationship with at that point. Wallace of course goes with him, sympathizing with his friend as he’d lost his own parents unexpectedly in a storm some years previously.
  • While in Sinnoh the two end up befriending Cynthia, though she and Steven are initially rather antagonistic rivals. They’ll deny this as adults and claim they’ve always gotten along (Wallace is quick to correct them every time.)
  • The two were dating and had been for quite a long time by ORAS, though they hadn’t tied the knot yet. I do like the idea of them getting engaged during the events of the game, then getting married the summer after, either not long before the Delta Episode happens or right after. Steven would have been happy with a small event but Wallace of course wanted a huge wedding. I’m sure there was plenty of fun drama thanks to all the coordinators who attended (coughHarleycough).
  • When it came to choosing names for their children, Steven wanted rock names of course, while Wallace was more reluctant about those, wanting nice elegant names. In the end, they came up with two rock names and two non-rock names (one of each for both masculine and feminine names). Wallace did quality control the rock names though since he didn’t want Steven choosing any “weird” ones like Bort or something. Since their first children were twins, they used one of each – Maia for the girl (after May) and Jasper for the boy. Wallace ends up using the other name he picked out for their next child, a son named Alphonse. Steven was gunning for another child so he could use Larimar, but since that didn’t happen (Wallace was firm that three was enough) he’s set his sights on their first grandchild getting that name.

PerfectWorldShippingHCS

  • I hc Lysandre as being a bit younger than Augustine, so they first met in a more mentor/student capacity back in Lysandre’s research days. He admired Augustine’s research and was excited for the chance to work with him. They quickly became friends and that eventually led to romance. However, they became a bit more distant after Lysandre left to start his own company, mainly due to both being busier than ever and no longer working together. They remained a couple, but there was a bit of a rift there that led to Augustine not noticing Lysandre slip further and further into extreme views.
  • Their son was conceived shortly before Lysandre enacted his plan to use the ancient weapon, intended to be a final intimate moment before the world changed forever. Instead of that happening though, of course, Augustine was left finding out he was expecting after the final battle, when Lysandre was presumed dead. He had assumed his symptoms were due to grief and shock at everything that happened, but finding out the true cause was another rollercoaster of emotions. He keeps it a secret for as long as he can, but eventually others noticed and while he never does outright say who the other parent is… it’s pretty obvious to anyone since he had always happily broadcasted his relationship with Lysandre. When their son is born, Augustine chooses to name him Florian as a way to honor his (presumed) late partner.
  • Of course, in this verse, Lysandre wasn’t actually dead but had rather been spending time rethinking his life choices in “so you tried to destroy the world, what now?” bootcamp with AZ. He does eventually decide to come back like five years later and is certainly surprised when he finds out he has a kid. There are a lot of road bumps but things eventually work out and he and Augustine get back together. (There’s more on this in Florian’s profile.)
  • Augustine’s red socks were a gift from Lysandre for his birthday that Lys was very apologetic about since he thought they weren’t enough, so to prove that any gift from Lys was perfect, Augustine has regularly worn them ever since.
  • Alain and Calem are Augustine’s nephews in this verse and while their grandparents became their primary guardians after their mother passed away, Augustine was always more of a father figure to them, as was Lysandre after he and Augustine started dating. So, in some sense they had a bit of practice parenting before Florian came along, though due to everything their relationship with their nephews is complicated.

So, what happened to Ryuki relationship with Malva and Cross?

Both are past relationships Ryuki had, though they were fairly different. With Malva, she attended some of his concerts when he was touring in Kalos and was able to meet him backstage thanks to her connections. One thing led to another and the two ended up having a fling that lasted a few weeks. Once Ryuki returned to Alola, however, he and Malva never spoke to each other again, both understanding that their relationship was purely physical and temporary. 

What Ryuki didn’t expect was that this fling resulted in him becoming pregnant. He decided to keep the baby and Nasuka was born 9 months later. Ryuki wasn’t about to halt his career just since he had had a baby though, so much of Nasuka’s early life was spent on the road, being looked after by the crew while her dad performed. Eventually, however, Ryuki settled more permanently in Alola, where he opened his Kanto-style Gym. 

Some years later, Ryuki and Cross met for the first time when the latter was challenging his “Gym”. They also ended up in a relationship that’s mostly physical, but this time things were a bit more serious and lasted longer. Cross never fully moved in with Ryuki, but he was around pretty frequently which Nasuka didn’t appreciate much, as Cross wasn’t really a fan or her or kids in general. This is also why, when he and Ryuki end up expecting a child together, their relationship kind of collapses. Cross didn’t want a kid at all but Ryuki thought having another brat around would be cute – they weren’t able to compromise, so Ryuki just broke up with him. 

That said… once Briar was born, Ryuki was just as hands-off as he had been with Nasuka, which resulted in Nasuka having to half-raise her little brother herself since their father was off working on his music or at his Gym so much. Having to look after her little brother all the time means that Nasuka spends a lot of time at home rather than being able to go out, so she ends up on the internet drawing spicy doujinshi and most of her friends were made online. This is how she ends up meeting Cyril and is significant to his storyline!

I uhhh am not sure how this happened, but here’s a Robert/Tobias fankid. His name is Raphael, he’s a coordinator and he’s Morgan’s main rival.  I’m not sure quite what inspired his parent ship beyond wanting to do something more with Robert and having some … Continue reading

Made a couple name changes that might or might not stick around, we’ll see.

Rhion –> Rian: Just making the spelling on this one a bit more standard. Still from the name meaning “little king” and the Rhionaeschna genus of dragonflies. If Aaron can come from “arachnid” then Rian can come from Rhionaeschna.

Trias –> Tristan “Tris”: Another case of me feeling weird about names that aren’t “real”. Tris is close enough to Trias that the meaning still works, and I feel like these two names are more in line with Tate & Liza. Also Tris is the emo twin so he gets the sad name. 

Lucine –> Églantine: Since I cut Camille ages ago Cynthia/Diantha have been missing a French-named kid which is sad so I had to change that. Églantine is just cute and kinda nerdy so it suits her.

And then here’s the big one since it’s a more major kid, but I realized Echter is not a proper plant name, like I had wanted for all the Alola kids, so he’s now been renamed Erik after the Erica genus of plants (heath and heather). 

Janus Gourcuff-Gropius because sometimes you just get a really cursed idea for a fankid and need to follow through. He’s the son of Concordia and either Ingo or Emmet (she’s not exactly sure which is the true father but they’re identical twins so it doesn’t make a difference either way). I made a post a while back about how the SubMas are just straight up cryptids in this AU so he inherits that energy. I want to say he’s mainly raised by Concordia but it’s still in development. He maybe interacts with Glenn & Nika? Either a regular ally or is the third member of their traveling party. 

His name comes from the Roman deity of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions. I figured that it was fitting to represent both of the SubMas at once, while also being the name of a Roman deity like Concordia’s name.

The Picrew I used are here: (1) (2) (3) (4) 

This Picrew is meant for couples but my fankid brain went “father-daughter selfies” so here we go. Some dads (and a mom) with their daughters.

Characters are:

  • Harley and Lydia posing for social media
  • Lydia catching Drew by surprise
  • Conway being a Cool Dad and Ava being less than impressed
  • Nando and his lil’ hellion Desideria
  • Zoey and Isolde posing for the camera (Candice probably took the pic)
  • Alain and Margot being adorable (Margot without her hair tuft looks so… odd)