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Brokenshipping pls

How they first met: Dawn grew fond of spending time in the Distortion World after she initially visited it while facing down Team Galactic, enjoying just getting away from it all to a quiet place where she knew could be alone. She would usually bring a Thermos of tea and a book and find some nice spot by an inverted waterfall and read. It was during one of these visits that the even that caused the Legendary pokémon to revert to their human forms (if they had one) occurred. Now, Dawn was used to occasionally encountering Giratina on her visits to their realm but the two usually just left each other alone. So, when she saw Giratina heading her way and seeming to be in distress, Dawn knew something big was up. Giratina barely made it to her platform before turning back into Jeshir (who he himself is an old deity, but that’s a story for another day.) Obviously, Dawn was incredibly shocked that this ancient being had just turned into what looked like a unconscious human man in front of her eyes, but in this situation, her rational nature came in handy. She shoved all her questions to the back of her head and focused on getting him out of the Distortion World and to medical care. Later on, once his identity was established, she agreed to vouch for him (being Champion, she had the clout to do so). She was very eager to learn about him, and he grew interested in getting to know her as well. It was the start of a strange but beautiful relationship.
Where their first date was: It took a long time for Dawn to realize her feelings towards the old god were romantic, as is typical for her. Jeshir understood this and took things as slowly as he could, but eventually he got a bit fed up waiting for Dawn to try and figure things out on her own, so he directly asked her out. They had gone to this café many times in the past, but this was the first time he framed it in the context of a specifically romantic date. Dawn was hesitant to just go on a date out of the blue, but Jeshir’s rational was that if she thought of it as a date beforehand, then she could decide if she liked the idea of them being a romantic item: if she did like it, then it would be their official first date, if she didn’t like it, then it would just be another of their regular outings as friends. This plan seems to have worked, since by the end of their time at the café, they were walking back to Dawn’s house hand in hand and Dawn felt secure and confident in her newly realized romantic feelings.
When they had their first kiss: They had their first kiss after their first official date. After Jeshir walked Dawn home, she turned around before opening the door and gave him a quick peck on the lips, which shocked him greatly. It had been a very impulsive move for Dawn, so she used his shock to just head inside before seeing how he reacted and before he could see how flushed the action made her.
Who cooks: Dawn is the better cook, since Jeshir never learned, being a deity who doesn’t need to eat, but Dawn is also the busier one and rarely has time to cook for her family, so when Jeshir first moved in with her, he made it his mission to learn to cook so he could do something nice for his girlfriend. He’s gotten pretty good at it over the years (the way he tells it, he was always a good cook), so now he always makes sure to come home from his volunteer job at a local history museum (being an ancient being has its perks in the field of history and archaeology) to cook dinner for his wife and daughter and any guests they might have that evening (usually Ash and Paul’s family). After Tanith leaves to go on her journey, Jeshir is sad he can’t cook for her anymore, so he starts inviting the Rozanov-Ketchum’s over even more. The four them are turning into a group of middle aged parents with empty nests, haha. 
Who proposed: Dawn proposed. Jeshir always talked about Dawn spending the rest of her life at his side, but as always he let her take the relationship at her own pace, so he waited for her to decide if she wanted marriage or not. Either way, he was happy just being with her. Dawn herself didn’t really think of marriage either until after Tanith was born. She realized that seeing as they had a family now, it might make more sense if they were married as well. She wanted to at least make the proposal romantic, so after some advice from Lucas, she took her partner to one of their favorite date spots – the lighthouse overlooking the sea – and asked him to marry her. No need for rings or anything fancy, just a promise of the commitment they already knew they had. 
The dominate one: Jeshir for sure. At first especially, Dawn is less confident in her preferences and lets him take the lead as she trusts him, but later on when she is more comfortable with what she likes, she grows more bold as well, which always pleases her husband. The two end up being both quite….. bold and experimental.
Their favorite pastime together: They are definitely more of a quiet couple, so perhaps echoing the circumstances leading up to their first meeting, one of their favorite things to do together is go for a walk out to a local park or further out into nature (and even sometimes the Distortion World) and have a picnic and just relax together. Sometimes it’s just the two of them, but they often bring Tanith along as well.
Who kissed who first: Dawn kissed Jeshir.
Who is the flirt: Jeshir 100%. Dawn is horrible at flirting and much prefers direct declarations and gestures of love. That said, she’s also terrible at recognizing when someone’s flirting with her as well, so Jeshir doesn’t flirt with her much since he knows it will probably go over her head or confuse her.
Who is the romantic: Again, probably Jeshir, but Dawn has her moments as well. She usually likes to surprise him by sneaking a bit of time off work (hard to do when she’s the Champion after all) and arranging some kind of date for the two of them. Jeshir is much more domestic (not that he’d ever admit it!). He loves to cook for her and pamper her – back and foot rubs, bubble baths, cuddles all evening long…. the works. He’s a very affectionate husband and that shows in all the little romantic gestures he does for his wife.
Who wakes up first: Dawn usually wakes up first, but Jeshir always wakes up when she does since he doesn’t really need sleep so can just wake up whenever he wants without feeling grogginess. Dawn, who requires at least three cups of coffee in the morning to function, resents this trait. Jeshir likes to tease her about it sometimes if she isn’t looking too murderous (usually after her second cup.)
Who comforts who the most: Jeshir usually, just since he’s so affectionate. Dawn’s work is stressful so he tends to help her unwind. All the same, he’s not had an easy life either and sometimes the weight of things can drag him down, though he hates admitting weakness, seeing himself as above such things. Dawn is not the best at being comforting, but she always tries to at least be there for her husband whenever he seems particularly distant. She knows him well enough to tell when he’s faking cheerfulness, so she always shows him that she’s there with small gestures when she senses he’s feeling down.
The cuddler: Jeshir. To the point Dawn needs to remind him to lighten up the cuddling a bit sometimes since she’s feeling smothered.
The big spoon: Jeshir. He’s a tall and fairly broad guy and Dawn fits perfectly in his arms. He likes to hug her from behind while she’s working which, while she appreciates the gesture, often gets in the way of her actual work. Dawn minds much less when he’s cuddling her in bed though.

Do both Anabels know the existence of the other?

They do!

(To make my life easier, Faller Anabel will be referred to as Anabel J. and non-Faller Anabel will be referred to as Anabel B.-F.) Anabel J. was the first one to become aware of her other self, mainly since she was interested in the possibility once she found out what being a Faller entailed. She didn’t go further than learning the basics though, pretty much just the equivalent of a google search. She didn’t want to pry into the life of this world’s Anabel since it just seemed weird to. She was the ‘intruder’ after all. Anabel J. didn’t pay too much attention to what her other self was doing until she met Layla when the girl was assigned to work under her as a rookie. The resemblance between them was undeniable, and Anabel is convinced her superiors paired the two of them on purpose just to mess with them. Obviously, Layla wanted to know why her superior was a doppelganger of her mother, so Anabel J. explained the whole situation. This eventually led to Anabel B.-F. finding out about Anabel J.’s existence, mainly due to Layla’s influence. The two of them consider each other friends, but also the whole ‘looking identical down to their names’ thing is a bit off-putting for the two of them. The only one who regularly interacts with both is Layla and she considers Anabel J. to be something of an aunt, while Anabel J. herself thinks of Layla a bit like a daughter (which she…. technically is). So, long story short, they do know of each other and are on friendly terms, but don’t really interact that much since both find the idea of having a double a bit weird.

Another “what’s the story behind” and this time with Brock and Misty’s divorce. I am interested to know about their children and the story behind Altos’s (/Estranged/) as well. I love your blog, btw. Keep the good work up :)

Aww thanks so much! I’m glad that people like the blog.

Brock and Misty have known each other since they were both teenagers, having traveled with Ash and later both being Gym Leaders in neighboring towns.  They were good friends who saw each other frequently and over time romantic feelings began to develop. They were married in 3614, 9 years after they first went on their journey with Ash. Their first son, Petrus, was born two years later, and their second son, Seneca, was born four years after his older brother. However, by this point, Misty and Brock’s relationship had started to become strained. They both were very busy with their Gym Leader jobs and felt like they never had enough time to spend together or with their sons. They did try to set up regular dates where they’d leave their gyms and kids with one of Misty’s sisters or with Brock’s brother, but even then they just didn’t click with each other anymore and they’d often end up arguing and not having fun. In a last attempt to save the relationship, they decided to have another child, hoping that would help bring them together, and Alton was born two years after Seneca. Unfortunately, nothing changed aside from there being another baby in the house, so Misty and Brock decided to divorce, since they clearly weren’t getting along as spouses and trying to force the relationship was just making them and their children miserable. The divorce was finalized when Alton was about one and a half, and Misty and Brock decided to share custody.

Both of them wanted to try and take some time to find themselves after ending the relationship, so for about a year after the divorce, their sons ended up staying with their Aunt Daisy and her family in Cerulean. Brock officially handed his Gym over to Forrest, then traveled to Sinnoh to study pokémon medicine, which is how he met Autumn and ended up eventually dating her. He kept in regular contact with his sons while he was abroad, sending souvenirs and video chatting regularly. Misty decided to go back to the Orange Islands, leaving the Cerulean Gym with Daisy, which is where she reunited with Rudy again after so many years. The two hadn’t ever known each other that well when they met as teens, but they found they got along quite well as adults and Misty also grew fond of Rudy’s daughter, Adriana. Something can probably be said for how badly Misty and Brock’s marriage had deteriorated that they both ended up finding new romantic partner’s fairly soon after divorcing. 

Brock moved back to Kanto and bought a small farm near Route 3 where he opened up a pokémon clinic for both his neighbors and any passing by trainers. Autumn moved in with him not long after she finished up her studies in Sinnoh, bringing along her Miltank and adding a dairy business to the farm. The two had a daughter, Harvest, together about a year later. Misty decides to officially leave the Cerulean Gym to Daisy full time and move in with Rudy on South Mandarin Island permanently, also getting a job for a local aquatic conservation group, working with water-type pokémon, as well as helping out with her husband’s gym. After they settle down, their sons end up splitting their time between them, spending their weeks with Brock and Autumn and going to school in Pewter, and spending their weekends and most school breaks with Misty and Rudy in Trovitopolis.

Petrus and Seneca both grew up fine with this arrangement. They got along well with their sisters and enjoyed growing up in two different places. Petrus ends up befriending Kestrel, Janine’s eldest daughter, and eventually falls in love with her, so after he moves out he mainly spends his time in Fuschia trying to woo her. Seneca greatly enjoyed helping out on his father’s farm growing up, so he spends most of his time there, where he’s also studying pokémon medicine from Brock and how to take care of farm pokémon from Autumn. Alton, on the other hand, hates his family situation. Perhaps it’s because he was too young to remember anything else. He doesn’t like how he has to always travel between his mother and father’s house, how he has both a stepfather and a stepmother as well as his birth parents. He doesn’t like how Brock left his family to go off to Sinnoh, enough that Alton changes his surname to Misty’s once he’s old enough. He doesn’t like his mom much either, but he respects her for her work so she’s higher up than Brock. Misty is probably the family member he gets along best with, aside from his siblings, since they have a lot of interests in common. Alton wants to work with oceanic conservation just like her one day. Alton in general is just prone to holding grudges and he just wishes he could have had a ‘normal family’ so his annoyance at his family situation grew into resentment over time. He ends up spending a lot of time with the Oaks in Pallet rather than with his own parents, since Sage is his best friend and ‘the only one who gets him.’ He also eventually runs away to Almia to become a pokémon ranger without even telling his parents. Alton is still a teenager, however, so as he grows older, I think he’ll be able to put some of his grudge behind him and try and bond with his family more.  

So, what’s the romance between Nanu and Clarissa?

I will admit, this ship is a bit out there, but it was on my mind for a while before I officially made it canon to the AU. The reason I had been considering it was due to a few factors. From the start, Clarissa was single and had just split from an emotionally abusive husband and moved to Alola to have a fresh start for her and her kids. I always toyed with the idea of having her find a new love in Alola, I just wasn’t sure with who. I also already have one ‘Protagonist’s Mother/Interpol Member’ ship in Johanna/Looker so….. I liked the parallels between the Alola mom/Nanu ship and SabotenShipping. Nanu seems like the kind of guy who would benefit from being in a relationship, plus the ship name is super cute – ‘MeowthShipping.’ Just imagine Clarissa’s Kantonian Meowth and Nanu’s hordes of Alolan Meowth becoming friends…. it’s adorable. The other things that swayed me were the ideas of Selene and Elio bonding with Acerola and trying to set up Clarissa and Nanu on dates as well as just the entire concept of Nanu being the protagonist’s stepfather, since I feel like he gives out some pretty strong dad vibes in the games already.

As for how the actual romance plays out….. I’m not entirely sure yet! I do know that the two first met at the end of the game timeline when Nanu visited Melemele Island and keep in touch afterwards, slowly cultivating their relationship. Clarissa’s kids and Acerola all try and help the two grow closer as well, and eventually they start dating. After dating for about two years, they get engaged and this is also around when Clarissa finds out she’s pregnant. Nanala is born after the wedding. Clarissa moves to Ula’ula Island since her husband and kids both already live there and settles initially in Malie City next door to Selene, but later moves to Po Town once its renovations are sufficiently underway, so Nanala grows up mainly around there. Nanu continues to be kahuna and police officer, but is hoping that Tapu Bulu will choose his daughter to succeed him. Clarissa is mainly a homemaker, but she also joins a number of citizen councils and the like to help start committees for a variety of good causes. She and Nanu remain happily married. 

I realize this is an odd question since if you truly didn’t like a ship, it wouldn’t be endgame, but which parent ships do you like the least? Or if you like them all, are there any that use to be endgame, but you changed since you grew to like them less?

There are plenty of ships for very minor characters that I simply haven’t developed yet for this AU that I am neutral on. I have a lot of ships and fankids for this AU because I wanted to create a fully fleshed out ‘next generation’, but that means that there are many adult ships and fankids who I know nothing about. So, in that sense, those ships that I have not thought about much yet would probably be the ones I ‘like least’, just because I don’t really have much of an opinion on them yet aside from that it is canon in L&L.

As for ships that used to be endgame and changed, there are a few, but the reasons behind the changes varies. In most cases, I simply found a ship I liked better, rather than growing to like a ship less, if that makes sense. For example, originally, Brendan was married to an OC former Team Aqua Grunt named Louise and Eve was their daughter, while Wally and Anabel had Layla, Rhys, and Edward. However, over time I grew to really like LoveRivalShipping, but also was still fond of MirrorWorldShipping, so I decided that Brendan/Wally/Anabel would be an OT3 so I could still have both ships be canon. I cut Louise from the story and merged Eve with the rest of the children, then changed the parents a bit and it all worked out. A similar instance occurred when I realized I really liked HonorShipping, but Falkner was already married, even if Morty was single. So…. I killed off Janine (not my greatest moment, sorry Janine). In that case, I guess you could say I grew to like FatherlyShipping less, but it was still mostly a situation of me growing to like HonorShipping more.

Another instance is mainly just caused by the restraints of the AU. My actual favorite Ash ship is PearlShipping, but there are many reasons that ship wouldn’t work in the L&L universe. The Dawn in this AU is very different from her anime counterpart and so the dynamic between her and Ash would be very different. I also have endgamed Dawn and Jeshir for a long time, and I wasn’t going to change that ship just since I had decided that Ash existed in L&L. As such, Ash ended up in what is probably my second or third preferred ship for him, ComaShipping, since that’s what fit best in the universe. The same could be said for many anime pairings though. In the anime, I like ContestShipping, BoutiqueShipping, and JellowShipping, for example, but since the world of L&L isn’t the anime, those ships didn’t make sense for one reason or another. It’s not that I like the canon L&L ships any more or less than those ones, it’s just that in the context of the mainly game-versed base AU, I prioritized my preferred game-verse ships, like ContestQueenShipping, KalosShipping, and SnowLilyShipping.

I’ve just noticed that one of Cynthea’s sister’s children is named Verity. Is she, by any chance, the same Verity from the 20th Pokemon Movie? ( Either way, I want to know more about her and her siblings, please? I love triplets! x)

She is not the same Verity, but her and her siblings’ names were inspired by the character from the movie! I thought it would be cool to have a set of triplets named after Sinnoh’s lakes and be sort of homages to the Lake Trio. It was just an idea until Verity from the movie set in stone that I wanted them to be related to Cynthia, as the mythical connection would fit her family well. At that point, Cynthia’s family and children were already established, but I remembered that Cynthia has a sister in the games, so she seemed like a good choice. As for their father, I chose Fei mainly so that I could have the triplets share their hair color with the color scheme of the Lake Guardian they are meant to be inspired by, and also to have a legitimate mythical/supernatural connection as Fei is one of the former legendary pokémon. Amarynthia has blonde hair and Fei has blue hair and a red haired sister, so it seemed reasonable they could have blonde, blue haired, and pink haired children. Other than the premise however, I don’t really know much about Amarynthia or the triplet’s yet, sorry! I’ll share what little I do know about Verity though.

Verity is the triplet meant to be inspired by Mesprit, so she has pink hair and is probably the most emotional out of her siblings. It’s entirely possible she is somewhat similar to Verity from the movie, if not in looks, but truth be told, I haven’t seen the 20th movie so I can’t really say for certain.

What is your #1 favorite fankid ship out of all of your fankids?

This one is harder to answer than the parent ships ask, since I basically created pairings that I liked for the fankids, what with them being my own ocs and all. So, what fankid ship is my favorite really depends on which ship I am developing or which fankid I am developing. That said, I think one that will always be near and dear to my heart is ContestPrinceShipping (Levi/Rhys). It’s just such a fun ship, comprises one of my favorite fankids (Levi) and is pretty much drama-free and cute compared to some of my other fankid ships.

What is your #1 favorite parent ship in this au?

This is a loaded question, since I love so many of the ships for this AU. There are some that I was neutral on until I started developing them, some that have changed as I discovered a ship I liked better, and some that were OTPs from the start. With that in mind…. I guess I would say it’s a tie between SoulSilverShipping and FerrisWheelShipping, if only because those two were basically my first pokémon ships and the only ones of my ‘first ships’ to remain even as other preferred pairings changed. That being said, there are other ships in this AU I am equally fond of (like ContestQueen), it’s just that those two will always be special in my heart since I’ve shipped them for so long.

What’s the story behind Robert and Solidad’s child? How did he/she/they end up under Harley (of all people)’s guardianship?

Oh boy it’s Brooke time. 

Right, the story behind this situation. Essentially, Robert and Solidad had a ‘publicity marriage’. They were sort of casually dating, but then news of that got leaked to the press, so everybody thought they were a legit couple since gossip about top coordinators is always hot. The two felt pressured to enter a serious relationship and eventually got married, though by this point they definitely didn’t really have any feelings for each other aside from being friends. They have their daughter Brooke mainly just since it was ‘expected’ but both her parents do genuinely love her!

Of course, a marriage based on something as flimsy as ‘the media pressured us into it’ is definitely not built to last, so eventually Robert and Solidad decide to divorce, since trying to stay together is just making both of them unhappy, and more importantly, it’s not a good environment for a young girl like Brooke to grow up in. As nothing is ever simple in the world of celebrities, the divorce ends up being very messy. Robert and Solidad are fighting over details, there’s a ton of unwanted media coverage and it’s just awful all around. At this point, Brooke is mainly living in Kanto with Solidad, who moved out around when the divorce started (they had previously lived in Johto, in Robert’s hometown.) Seeing how stressed out and unhappy Brooke is becoming from the divorce and seeing her parents fight all the time, and also to get her away from the mess, Solidad decides to see if any of her friends in other regions are willing to take care of her 11 year old daughter until things calm down. 

Between some of her friends being too busy with work and/or their own families to take in a troubled preteen, or just not being suited to taking care of a kid in the first place, somehow the most qualified person to take care of Brooke ends up being Harley. He’s eccentric, but Solidad trusts him and he has the space and resources to be able to support Brooke. So, Solidad and her daughter head to Hoenn to stay with her old friend, and hopefully see how well he and Brooke get along. Brooke ends up loving her ‘Uncle Harley’ and even if he denies it, he clearly is pretty charmed by her as well, so a few weeks later the arrangements for Brooke to move in are all set. She still video chats and calls her parents regularly, but Brooke ends up growing to love living with her ‘uncle’ and life in Hoenn, deciding to be a coordinator (but a ‘cool’ one like Harley and not a ‘boring’ one like her parents!). Even after the divorce is over, Brooke decides that she doesn’t want to go back to live with either of her parents, saying that she already got used to going to school in Hoenn and doesn’t want to leave all her new friends or the warm climate. Her parents agree to let her stay with Harley (since nothing seemed to be going terribly wrong) as long as she spends school breaks with either of them back in Johto or Kanto. 

So, Brooke spends the rest of her teen years in Hoenn, becoming a popular and successful coordinator in her own right. She ends up cutting her hair short and styling herself as a ‘prince’ archetype, attracting many smitten fans who she always playfully flirts with. In actually, she’s quite a nerd and adores magical girl and idol shows and games, even well into her late teens. Brooke also ends up the main rival of Levi (May and Lisia’s son) competing with him for the title of ‘Prince of Hoenn’. Harley is very proud of her and will boast about her success as a coordinator and ‘flawless charm’ to everyone, even her own parents.