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In a Disney movie AU, what fankids would be which couples? (Like, who would be Aladdin and Jasmine, Ariel and Eric, Rapunzel and Eugene, etc.)

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Oh gosh this might be a bit tough, but I’ll do my best!

Well… to start out, while not fankids, the OC/Legendary parent ships of Yves/Alexandrine and Yulia/Evgeny both draw intentional influence from Tangled. Yves has some Rapunzel elements in that he’s a long-lost prince on a quest to return to his kingdom without knowing his true identity. Evgeny was intentionally designed to be a bit of a Eugene expy, from his (former) occupation as a thief, to his romance with a princess, and just his name.

As for fankids though:
Sage & Celeste would make a fine Robin Hood & Maid Marian.
Luna & Nerissa would be cute as Snow White & Prince Ferdinand, or as Princess Aurora & Prince Philip.
Cypress & Apollon could work as Tarzan & Jane (in an AU where Cypress was raised by dragons until adulthood and not just until he was 8.)
Ceres & Callisto would make a pretty darn adorable Rapunzel & Eugene for the fankids (they could also work in some…. Russian version of the Aladdin story with Callisto as the titular hero and Ceres as the princess.)
Levi & Rhys are Ariel and Eric. They’ve probably dressed up as these characters before. They know what they’re about. Levi is the handsome merman and Rhys is his charming musical prince.
Draco & Addie could be an interesting Beast/Prince Adam and Belle, since Draco’s character arc involves him confronting his anger issues and part of the reason he ends up dating and marrying Addie is the support she gave him during that difficult period of his life.
Yvon & Aurélie could be cute as Kristoff & Anna.
Mindy would make an excellent Meg, but Maddie doesn’t really fit Hercules that much.

Honestly, I think for a lot of these I just can’t quite pick a Disney couple that matches well in terms of dynamics and story elements with the various fankid ships, while I do actually have plenty of fankid ships that sound like they ought to be Disney couples (like Elias and Margot…. a shy prince and an outgoing, dragon-obsessed girl.) I’m also not familiar with too many Disney couples, having only seen most Disney movies once, and probably a long time ago to boot. I’m happy to hear others’ opinions on this matter though, or if you have a fankid ship you’d like to know more about.

Cause I’m hella bias and it’s like half-official in your verse anyway, Johtochampionshipping?

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What are you talking about half-official it’s full official – Ethan and Lance are dating, at least by the ‘main era’ L&L takes place in.

  • who’s the werewolf and who’s the hunter – werewolf Lance and hunter Ethan (mainly since Lance kind of has a ‘bestial’ side with his dragon form and stuff)
  • who’s the mermaid and who’s the fisherman – merman Lance and fisherman Ethan (both because Lance would be a hella hot merman and also isn’t Gold in Adventures a fisher?? or something) 
  • who’s the witch and who’s the familiar – witch Lance and familiar Ethan (Lance is very …. magical in L&L and has ghosty connections and stuff and Ethan as a snarky black cat familiar or something amuses me)
  • who’s the barista and who’s the coffee addict – barista Ethan and coffee addict Lance (Ethan is one of those annoying people who is always all perky and doesn’t need caffeine while Lance probably requires it to function)
  • who’s the professor and who’s the TA – professor Lance and TA Ethan (didn’t @evilpenguinrika write a fanfic about this? lol)
  • who’s the knight and who’s the prince(ss) – knight Ethan and prince Lance (this would be one of those excellent twists on fairy tale tropes where the prince is also the dragon)
  • who’s the teacher and who’s the single parent – teacher Ethan and single dad Lance (a wholesome AU that in theory would be all happy but also I’d probably still find a way to kill off Noelle since I’m Like That)
  • who’s the writer and who’s the editor – writer Ethan and editor Lance (let’s be real. with these two it would be ‘fanfic author Ethan and fed up beta Lance’)

Ferriswheelshipping?

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  • who’s the werewolf and who’s the hunter – werewolf N and hunter Hilda (this is giving me flashbacks to those ‘N is a Zoroark’ theories…. never was a fan of those)
  • who’s the mermaid and who’s the fisherman – merman N and fisherwoman Hilda (this…. this is cute…. they would also make a good ‘Little Mermaid (à la Disney)’ AU)
  • who’s the witch and who’s the familiar – witch N and familiar Hilda (this is mainly since N really is magical in L&L and Hilda is a dragon person so…… witch N and his dragon familiar Hilda~)
  • who’s the barista and who’s the coffee addict – barista N and coffee addict Hilda (N would get so concerned over Hilda’s caffeine intake though.)
  • who’s the professor and who’s the TA – professor Hilda and TA N (Hilda is a history professor and N is the TA all the students have a crush on)
  • who’s the knight and who’s the prince(ss) – knight Hilda and prince N (going by their actual heritage it probably ought to be the other way round since Hilda’s the more direct descendant of Unovan royalty……. but in modern times it’s definitely this configuration!)
  • who’s the teacher and who’s the single parent – teacher N and single mom Hilda (another that could have gone either way, but Hilda was the one to mainly take care of the twins when they were little so there we go)
  • who’s the writer and who’s the editor – writer N and editor Hilda (what is N writing? who knows, maybe a memoir or something)

Archie and Maxie for the prompt!! :D

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  • who’s the werewolf and who’s the hunter – werewolf Archie and hunter Maxie (Archie would make such a good buff werewolf like damn….)
  • who’s the mermaid and who’s the fisherman – merman Archie (duh) and fisherman Maxie (this one has very good potential for these two tbh)
  • who’s the witch and who’s the familiar – witch Maxie and familiar Archie (Maxie would be an earth witch yet somehow ended up with water spirit Archie as his familiar but the two are stuck together now anyway)
  • who’s the barista and who’s the coffee addict – barista Archie and coffee addict Maxie (Archie would totally flirt by writing notes and drawing hearts on Maxie’s coffee cups)
  • who’s the professor and who’s the TA – professor Maxie and TA Archie (stuck up environmental science professor who teaches by the book is annoyed that his TA is friends with all the students since he makes the subject matter more approachable)
  • who’s the knight and who’s the prince(ss) – knight Archie and prince Maxie (though I also quite like the idea of mercenary bodyguard Archie and prince in hiding Maxie)
  • who’s the teacher and who’s the single parent – teacher Archie and single dad Maxie (this is already like half canon in L&L since Maxie was the single dad of Kiran for a while lol)
  • who’s the writer and who’s the editor – writer Archie and editor Maxie (Maxie keeps trying to tone down all of Archie’s purple prose and Archie isn’t having any of it)

What’s the story behind Saturn/Archer (both how they met/go together and your reason for shipping them)? I’ve never considered the pair before so I’m curious! :3

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My reason for shipping them isn’t terribly exciting. I wanted to think about what the evil team executives/commanders/etc were up to and wanted to portray at least one of them as having essentially ‘run away’ from their past and started over a crime-free lifestyle (without having faced the law for their previous crimes.) Archer and Saturn both seemed like good choices for the role. Both were ‘interim’ leaders of their teams (hence the ship name). Archer is the one to choose to disband Team Rocket at the end of HGSS and Saturn claims to have learned that extremism is never the answer at the end of DPPt. As such, it only seemed natural to pair them together since they shared so many similarities. 

As for how it happened in universe, after disbanding Team Rocket, Archer decides that, rather than face justice, he would rather just start his life over in a new region where he was less well known and not deal with all that pesky ‘going to prison’ stuff. He ends up deciding to head to Sinnoh, where Team Galactic had also recently faced defeat (as HGSS and DPPt take place at the same time, roughly). Saturn (who was now going by his civilian name of ‘Sasha’ now that he no longer worked for Cyrus) had had a similar idea to flee into the more remote reaches of his home region and start over. The two happened to meet up in Snowpoint while searching for a place to live and figured they might as well be roommates to save on costs (Archer had brought considerable funds from TR but was wary of spending it all so as not to attract attention). They buy a small house in Snowpoint together and split the costs for bills and the like, both also finding local jobs (Archer puts his leadership and number skills to work as an analyst for a shipping company and Sasha returns to his old passion for folklore as a guide at the National Park surrounding Lake Acuity and the Snowpoint Temple.) Neither of them knew the other’s backstory and both were trying to keep their own backstory a secret from the other. It was essentially a sitcom plot, haha. Over time, they begin to develop feelings for each other, but never mentioned it since they didn’t want the other to reject them after finding out their criminal past. Of course, they both eventually do find out (both the backstory and the feelings) and it was probably very melodramatic and ended in a makeout session. Amusingly, when they make their relationship public to their neighbors and coworkers, it turns out everyone had already assumed they were a couple. After a while they have a small, low-key wedding that is mainly just a few friends from Snowpoint (Archer has no desire to contact his brother and Marcella wasn’t interested in catching up with her old coworker at this point, even if he was getting married.) Not too long after they end up having a daughter together, Ceres, who grows up having no idea of her fathers’ pasts until she finds out accidentally while on her pokémon journey as a teenager. Luckily, Ceres didn’t mind much and actually thought her fathers’ stories were kind of cool and a bit like a dramatic novel plotline. As for what happens to Ceres, I already talked about her in the post I made about Callisto! 

What’s the story behind Jupiter/Cyrus (are there feeling involved?) and what ends up happening to their kid?

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Jupiter (real name Giulia Firsov) held feelings for her boss for quite some time, though she was fairly certain that Cyrus didn’t, and would never reciprocate. All the same, towards the end of the DPPt plotline, when it looked like Team Galactic’s plans would be a success, Jupiter decided that it was now or never and she might as well see if Cyrus was interested. Surprisingly, he accepted and agreed to engage in a one-night-stand, no strings attached. In Cyrus’ perspective, because he was about to remake the world into his perceived ideal image, that would require sacrifices from his commanders, so he would indulge in their ‘last wishes’ even if he did not understand the appeal. As such, the feelings were one sided on Jupiter’s part, but she was never under the illusion that they would be anything but one-sided. What she didn’t account for was not only to have her boss disappear into the distortion world, not only for Team Galactic to fall apart and for her to be arrested, but on top of it all, find out that she was pregnant with Cyrus’ child after being arrested.

Callisto Firsov was born in the Sinnoh Regional Penitentiary and his mother wanted very little to do with him. To Giulia (no longer Jupiter now that Galactic was done for), Callisto was just a reminder of her failures and mistakes that led to her incarceration. When he was around 18 months old, Callisto was placed into the foster system, where he would spend the remainder of his childhood being bounced from foster home to foster home, never staying at the same place for more than a few months. While some of Callisto’s foster families were genuinely invested in giving him a good home, plenty were far from ideal, and he learned from a young age that trusting others, especially adults, was dangerous and that he was better off taking care of himself. This also led to Callisto become involved with illegal and dangerous activities, including joining a gang when he was in his mid teens. Callisto skipped school frequently and had little interest in considering future careers aside from keeping himself afloat. He befriended a few pokémon, most significantly his starter and partner, Maestro the Skuntank, but many of the pokémon battles he engaged in were the kind that weren’t just for fun or sport, but posed a serious danger to both the trainer and pokémon. Callisto never saw himself having any other life than his half-on half-off the streets lifestyle living day to day, but following a run in with the law and a betrayal by a former ally that left him almost dead, he decided to turn his life around.

Callisto may not have regularly attended school growing up, but he was still quite a smart kid, so by buckling down and studying, as well as getting help from a local organization that supports people like him looking to help themselves, he was able to get in with a scholarship to the local Hearthome Community College, where he began to study social work, in the hopes of helping those with difficult backgrounds, who were let down by the system, like himself. One of his preferred study spots as a student (when he wasn’t sneaking in flashcards to one of his part-time jobs) was in the library at Hearthome Institute of Technology, one of Sinnoh’s top universities. He found that the environment there tended to be quieter and better for his own studying needs, even if he wasn’t a student. It was while studying there one afternoon that he first met Ceres, who was a student at HIT majoring in mathematics. The two struck up a conversation and hit it off, exchanging numbers and starting a ‘study buddy’ relationship that didn’t take too long to turn romantic. When Ceres found out that Callisto had no idea who his birth parents were, she encouraged him to track them down, so he could at least know and the two were pretty surprised to find out that his mother had been a top member of Team Galactic, especially since of Ceres’ fathers also used to be a member (Sasha Severny aka Saturn), though she encouraged her boyfriend to keep that a secret. 

Callisto decided to send a letter to his mother, who was out of prison at this point and living in Solaceon, just to reach out and let her know what was going on his life, but also since he was curious about his father, as he wasn’t mentioned in any of the records he and Ceres managed to access. Giulia still wasn’t very interested in meeting her son, but she did tell him that his father was former Galactic leader Cyrus. This lead to a whole other round of searching as Callisto and Ceres tried to figure out what had happened to the man, eventually tracking him down (through dubiously legal methods) to Twinleaf, where he was living with his sister and brother-in-law. Callisto reached out to Johanna about who he was and if she and her brother were at all interested in keeping in touch, whereupon Johanna paid for tickets to get her newfound nephew (and his girlfriend) out to meet her. Cyrus was surprised but fairly accepting that he had a son, and though Callisto never grows extremely close with his father, he does form a strong relationship with his aunt, uncle, and cousin.

Callisto completes his degree and gets a job working for an organization that helps support children in foster care (keeping siblings together, trying not to move them around as much, finding good foster parents, etc). Ceres graduates with excellent grades and starts out as an information scientist for a local research group, though later decides she’d rather pursue her childhood dream of becoming a professional pokémon trainer, which she excels, eventually becoming the Hearthome Gym Leader with a specialty in poison-types, though she still keeps up with her passion for numbers as a part-time job (and by incorporating math puzzles into her Gym design). Callisto and Ceres are eventually married and have a daughter together in 3637 named Proserpina (or Pina for short) and are both very happy! 

What are all the Evil Team leaders doing in your next gen au?

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Giovanni: Eloped with his childhood friend Angelo (aka Lyra’s dad) to Unova after being defeated by Red. The two own a restaurant together there and also use the space as a neutral meeting ground for the Castelia Mob. Jessie and James (and their son Jules and daughters Jill and Josie) work there, later joined by Renato when he runs away from home. Giovanni is on good terms with both his kids (on better terms with Silver though) and spoils his grandkids rotten.

Maxie & Archie: While helping to clean up after Archie’s mess of summoning Kyogre, Maxie ends up the guardian of a girl, named Kiran who was orphaned when her parents drowned in the raging storms. While he might not seem like a fatherly figure, he ends up stepping up to the occasion quite well. Eventually, after receiving funding from Aether Foundation, the former Team Aqua and Magma merge into one group, which is also around the time their leaders start to acknowledge their feelings for each other. On paper, they got married for tax benefits and to make things easier for Kiran. In practice, they are totally in love. The two are retired now, but oversee their old teams nonetheless (and dote on their two grandchildren.)

Cyrus: He remains in the distortion world until his niece Dawn comes to find and convince him to give humanity another shot. He ends up moving in with his older sister Johanna and her family in Twinleaf and now lives a quiet and relatively happy life. He was somewhat surprised to find that the (in his mind) very irrational one-night-stand he indulged in with Jupiter towards the end of their plans resulted in a son. He has some regrets that Callisto grew up with a rough life, but is pleased that he seems to have become a well adjusted adult, even marrying the daughter of one of Cyrus’ other former commanders. Cyrus also is quite fond of their daughter – his granddaughter – Pina.

Ghetsis: When he threatens Rosa’s life at the end of the BW2 plotline, Rosa’s Hydreigon partner, Cassandra, mauls him to death. Nobody particularly mourns his passing, though Rosa ends up very shaken by being indirectly responsible for someone’s death, no matter how horrible a person they were. 

Lysandre: He dies when his secret base collapses, leaving behind two unborn sons from different mothers.

Lusamine (Note, this AU follows the USUM plotline): Realizing that she was far from an ideal mother, Lusamine decides to let her children go their own way and no longer interfere in their lives. She dedicates her life to research, currently trying to find ways for Fallers to regain their memories, or to prevent the memory loss in the first place.  

Guzma: With Team Skull no longer really being a thing and having helped save the world, Guzma finds both himself and those around him more willing to reach out and try to form bonds. A number of his old friends and rivals from his days as a trial goer get back in touch with him, including Kukui and Molayne. After hours spent hanging around the observatory, Guzma and Molayne eventually develop feelings for each other, especially after Molayne suddenly ends up the guardian of his niece and Guzma helps out immensely with taking care of Vriesea Currently, Guzma is ‘technically unemployed’ but really he just helps out people with any odd jobs they need, and of course he always supports his Best Niece Vriesea in her endeavors to form ‘Team Skull 2′.

Rhys, what’s your relationship with your fathers, mother and siblings looks like?

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I’d like to say I get along pretty well with my family members. I consider myself an easygoing guy, so that probably helps. Out of my parents, I think I get along with Dad (Brendan) the best, but that’s mainly since we share the most hobbies. We both love spending time outdoors and learning about pokémon. The other reason is that Father, being a Gym Leader, and Mom, being a Frontier Brain, are both professional trainers, while I’m a coordinator, so sometimes it’s a bit harder to connect with them that way. Dad’s a professor, so we can just bond over loving pokémon. That’s not to say I don’t get along with Father and Mom though! Father had a brief stint as a coordinator back when he was around my age and was pretty good at it, so he often gives me advice on my upcoming contests. His perspective is pretty different from mine, so it’s always helpful to hear his opinion on things. Plus, I feel like it’s kind of impossible not to get along with Father. He’s just such a nice guy in general, haha. As for Mom, I guess sometimes she can feel a bit distant since we don’t have a lot in common, but I know she really cares about me and my siblings. Mom is definitely the one I go to when I need someone to help me through a difficult decision. She’s really good at laying out all the facts and helping me look at all possible approaches to a problem. Plus she’s really smart which is great for when I get stuck on homework!

As for my siblings, well, I wish I could say I got along with them all as well as I do my parents. Layla and I get along fine, but sometimes I feel like she tries too hard to be a perfect big sister, especially with our younger siblings. She was never too smothering with me, but she can be crazy overprotective of Eve and Edward. I keep trying to tell her that they can handle themselves, but as usual she doesn’t really listen to me. I think she thinks I’m a bit of an airhead or something. I wish she would come to my contests more, even though I get she’s busy with her Interpol work. Eve is a sweetheart and I would fight anyone who tries to hurt her, well, if I didn’t know she can handle anything herself just fine. I think people tend to see her as a delicate flower – pun intended – but she’s really pretty badass in her own right. Just ‘cause she doesn’t like conflict doesn’t mean she isn’t strong! I wish more people could figure that out. Also, compared to Mom’s empathy meaning she can always tell when something’s bothering me and be all fussy, Layla’s precognition meaning she’s always paranoid that something that may not even happen is going to kill us all, and Ed’s telekinesis meaning he breaks things with his mind every time he gets teenage hormonal (which is all the time), Eve’s plant-control powers are so much less of a bother, even though I know she could kill me with vines if she wanted to. But that’s the beautiful thing about Eve, she wouldn’t hurt a fly and makes pretty flowers to give me with her powers instead. I love you Eve. And as for Edward, well, I already gave my opinion on his powers (I don’t care that telekinesis is like, the most common esper power I will never forgive him for breaking my stereo when I didn’t let him watch an R-rated movie that one time). But really, I just want to be there for him. I know he’s going through his angsty teen phase or whatever, but he’s just so angry all the time it makes me kind of sad. I don’t know how to help him though, since he always gets mad at me when I try and talk to him. I hope he has someone else in the family, or a friend at least, who he can talk to…. I try my best to be a good big brother, but I’m not even living at home anymore so it’s kind of hard to be there for my little sister and brother. Well, as long as I’m trying my best, right! 

Anise, which of your many stunts do you 100% love and constantly do all the time?

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Not sure if you mean my pranks or my rollerblading tricks, so I’ll be generous and answer both for free! While it’s not really a prank, I love fireworks of all kinds and setting them off is super fun! Of course, if I get caught I’ll get in trouble, so part of the fun is finding somewhere secret to try out the sparklers and firecrackers I get my hands on. They’re also good for scaring the lil’ punk kids who hang around the Gym and Tower sometimes looking for trouble. I’m kinda a keeper of the peace by scaring them off, huh? 
As for my rollerblading skills, which are great, by the way, while easy tricks like skating backwards, grinds, and slalom are fun, currently I’m working on perfecting my hockey turn. Of course, since I’m a great skater I’m can totally do them just fine, I just need to perfect it, okay? Everyone falls sometimes, okay? 

Levi, if you could meet any famous artist anywhere, who would you wanna meet?

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Hmmm, this is a tough one! I’ve been lucky to get the chance to meet a lot of famous coordinators thanks to my own work, and my connections, of course – being from a family with a number of famous coordinators and contest idols has its perks! But for those I haven’t met….. someone that comes to mind is Mrs. Aria Labelle, the former Kalos Queen and famous performer! She’s retired from performing now, but watching her and her pokémon’s performances when I was younger was a huge inspiration to me. I found her passion for performing and dream of making people smile to be super motivating. Honestly, if I could have even a fraction of her spirit and success I would consider my goals as a contest idol to be fulfilled. Getting to meet her in person one day is definitely a dream of mine!