Thank *you* very much, anon! I’m so glad you enjoyed them, and enjoy this ship as much as I do! I had similar reasoning for deciding to endgame it in my fankid AU – I love the three of them in ships with each other, so thought that they would be perfect as an OT3. I will work hard on getting Wally’s profile (which is halfway done now) finished soon for you (and everyone else who loves Wally)! Thank you for your support! ❤
Any more headcanons you have for the Birch-Fang family?
[This content is out of date and no longer canon]
Sure thing!
First off, I’ve talked about Layla and Rhys quite a bit… but not the younger two, so I’ll post a bit on what I have so far.
Eve: (Brendan/Anabel) She initially started a pokémon journey as a coordinator, but realized partway through that it wasn’t for her, returning home to pursue her true passion of botany. She’s currently working at a botanical garden, learning about plants and how to care for them. Like Layla, she inherited psychic powers from Anabel, though she has a rarer and more powerful ability, being able to control plants. She’s happy to just use this power for her work, however, being very gentle and not wanting to fight or something with it.
Henry: (Wally/Anabel) The baby of the family. He’s still at home towards the beginning of the story, but eventually starts his journey as a coordinator during the plot. Unlike the rest of his family, a rather grumpy and prone to melodrama. I don’t know too much about him yet besides this though.
As for the parents, I shared a bit about how they got together on Brendan’s profile. The family live in Petalburg, where Wally’s the Gym Leader (neither May nor Max wanted the position, so Norman offered it to a very surprised Wally when he decided to retire.) Brendan moved a lot of the lab equipment from Littleroot to Petalburg once he settled down there, though he travels to his hometown frequently. Anabel is still a Frontier Brain and has become the leader of the Hoenn Battle Frontier (and still has short hair.)
They’re naturally all very busy so sometimes making time for each other and the kids is difficult, but they all do their best, setting aside time each Saturday they can all spend together as part of a family tradition. The parents like to rotate who chooses the family activity for the weekend, so they end up doing a wide variety of things together. Brendan likes outdoor activities like hiking or bike trips, Anabel likes museums and theater shows, while Wally likes visiting new places and hands on activities like crafts workshops.
Brendan’s the most cuddly out of the entire family and loved it when the kids dog-piled him when they were younger. He’s more restrained about asking directly for physical affection from his spouses, but they both know when he wants some cuddles. After the kids are asleep they often like to all curl up on the couch with wine and a movie (they all love cheesy romcoms.) Wally still has health scares occasionally, though he’s doing better than when he was younger, so whenever he’s feeling poorly Anabel and Brendan love to spoil him rotten (even if he complains about being coddled, he does love how much they care.) Anabel can sometimes get stressed from work, and when that happens Brendan will always give her one of his “patented” shoulder massages. Anabel is also the one who cannot function in the mornings without coffee – Layla inherited this trait, but she’s a tea rather than coffee drinker.
This ended up getting long, but I will likely have Wally and Anabel’s profiles out soon with more hcs! Hopefully this can tide you over, anon!
Florian ~ Commission by @nyankocatnyan
Gavin Hawthorn-Barnes’s Full Profile is Now Available! You can read about my eldest ClingyShipping fankid either by clicking his image or the header!
Oh my goodness I can’t believe I forget this but, going back to the “Dead Canon Characters” anon – Liza from Johto (the one who lives in Charizard Valley) is also dead. She passed away shortly after giving birth to her and Lance’s daughter, Noelle, due to unexpected complications.
There are also two very minor deceased canon characters. The first is Nita’s late wife, Elise, who was a character of the day from the XY series (she was the granddaughter of the woman who owned the mansion and had an Espurr). I don’t have the specifics for her death, though it was most likely an accident of some kind. Mostly I just liked the idea of Nita as a rich widow. The other is the late husband of Hugh’s sister, Fiona, who… sort of counts as a canon character? He’s based on one of the Aspertia Gym Trainers seen in BW2 called Pedro, so technically exists as a character in the games. He passed away due to a work accident.
Are there any canon characters in your verse who are considered dead?
I’m not very good at killing off characters in general (there are some I originally tried to kill off who came back later like Noelle and Echter), but I do have a few adults/canon characters who are dead.
Off the top of my head, the most significant would be Janine, who passes away from illness in 3621. She’s really the only “proper” parent character who dies.
Aside from Janine, there are a couple of villain characters who are dead. Ghetsis died about a year after the events of the BW2 plotline ended and Ardos died shortly before the main plot of the AU commences.
Finally, there are some canon characters who would likely have passed away due to old age by the time of the fankid era, but I don’t have specifics for those characters yet.
What’s the age of your fankids during the time the events of your main story starts?
The story starts in autumn of 3630 when Emery leaves to go on her journey and then takes place over the course of the next decade or so. At the start of things, the ages for the main characters are:
- Emery – 13
- Gavin – 12
- Renato – 12 (but almost 13)
- Tipha – 13
- Ulyssa – 17
- Draco – 15
- Roy – 13
For (some but not all) secondary characters:
- Sage – 10
- Scout – 10
- Alton – 10
- Celeste – 8
- Branwen – 8
- Cormag – 8
- Levi – 14
- Rhys – 15
- Alphonse – 14
- Tanith – 10
- Balthazar – 9
- Solomon – 11
- Kiran – 21
- Maia – 21
- Jasper – 21
There are too many secondary fankids to list them all, but these are some I know the ages of. There are others who I’m still working on, since my timeline is still in development. Many of them start their journeys quite a ways into the plot, but all play an important role!
Hey guys! I just wanted to apologize for recent inactivity. Life has been really busy lately (and will only get busier), but rest assured I am still working every day on this story and world! It’s been a long time coming, but Gavin’s full profile is well on its way and should be posted (hopefully) within this week. I’m really excited to properly introduce him to everyone!
Thanks for your patience!
Hoenn Changes
Recently, I’ve been slowly working through all my different families and fankids, especially those who have been around since the beginning, and seeing if there are any I want to change. My latest changes have all been in Hoenn and they’re fairly major! I’ll lay them out here so none of the changes I make on the blog regarding these updates will be too surprising.
- I love Solomon dearly, but I felt like he just didn’t properly fit in with May and Lisia’s family and that it was holding him back as a character since I struggled to come up with hcs for how he interacts with them. As a result, he’s been “moved” to Brawly/Roxanne’s family, replacing Rudy.
- Additionally, Safir’s name has also been changed and she is now known as Angelica. She’s still rivals with Layla and a mentor to Eria. Solomon’s story is pretty much exactly the same despite this change, so his dynamics with Tanith and Balthazar are the same!
- Since I can’t really picture Levi as an only child, he now has a new younger sibling since Solomon has been “moved”. This new brother has been tentatively named Evan and I’m still developing him!
- Drew’s children are now quite a bit different. He still has twins and is (basically) a single dad, but rather than identical boys, he now has a girl and boy named Lydia and Francis. Their other parent is Harley, but he and Drew are not in a committed relationship and have no desire to move in together or get married or anything. Harley does play a role in Lydia and Francis’s lives though and sees them regularly. Being Harley’s biological children heavily factors into the twins’ unfriendly rivalry with Brooke (Harley’s ward).
sydchan: “Oh no, he’s hot!!!” That awkward moment when it hits you just how attractive your rival is. An artfight pic for @pokemon-legends-and-legacies featuring her Namelessshipping fankid, Roy, and Clingyshipping fankid, Gavin.