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Sorry if this is a dumb question and I’m probably missing a detail but in your au is n the mother of any kids? I’m just curious and also wondering if I’m missing a detail or something. Sorry if I’m being stupid

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It’s not a dumb question! In my AU, pretty much anyone can both become pregnant and impregnate others, which was mainly something I implemented for the sake of fankids. Unlike in some versions of omegaverse, I chose to base parental titles on gender rather than who bore the child since I realized it would get a bit confusing otherwise (one child calling a parent ‘dad’ while their sibling calls the same parent ‘mom’ for example). So with that in mind, N is the father to all his children! Just like Hilbert is also the father of their kids. Both are the dads.

However, if you’re referring to actual pregnancy here, then yes, N was the one pregnant with Oliver, while Hilbert had the twins. Hope this clears things up!

Why was Giovanni and Ariana’s marriage so toxic? Was it an arranged marriage or something? Were they ever happy together?

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(Update this is like 850 words long putting most of it under a cut I’m so sorry I do not know restraint.)

Long story short, it’s complicated, but basically the only time they were truly happy together was before they married, and were simply best friends. The marriage is what ruined their relationship.

Ariana was childhood friends with Giovanni and his twin brother Giorgio, thanks to their parents all being the leaders of allied crime syndicates. While there was never a formal arrangement, there was always a loose understanding that it was likely Ariana would marry one of the brothers when they were older, to solidify the ties between their families. Ariana knew this and was perfectly fine with it, since she had quite the crush on Giovanni. Giovanni in turn had no real romantic feelings for his childhood friend, while Giorgio did, but Ariana had no interest in the younger twin. When Giovanni announced that, with his mother’s blessing, he was traveling to Kanto to form a new branch of Team Rocket, Ariana asked him to marry her. He accepted, figuring it would happen to him or Giorgio either way, and even if he had no real feelings for her, they say you should marry your best friend, so it should be fine.

It was not fine.

The newlyweds found themselves quickly spiraling into endless arguments, disagreeing on small matters of how to run Team Rocket to what their relationship was – Giovanni assumed that they were just married for the sake of appearances and alliance and it’d be fine to pursue other attachments outside each other, while Ariana was furious at the idea of her new husband already planning to find other lovers so soon after marriage. She loved him, why couldn’t he see that and love her back exclusively with his whole heart? Ariana becoming pregnant about a year later didn’t help matters, as they disagreed on the topic of children as well. Ariana hoped raising their child together would finally make Giovanni fall for her, already planning ways to use the baby to win him over, while Giovanni was dreading the prospect of becoming a father, having little interest in children but knowing it was expected of him. It was during this time that he began his affair with one of his underlings, Delia, dating her in secret even after the birth of his daughter, Marcella.

Despite Ariana’s best efforts, Giovanni never bonded much with Marcella. He spent time with her and did his part to take care of her, but she could tell his heart wasn’t truly in it. When Delia announced her resignation from the team unexpectedly and Giovanni grew upset and moody afterwards, Ariana grew suspicious and after a little digging, was able to uncover evidence of the affair. She was furious at her husband, but not particularly surprised, so decided to get revenge. She knew that Giorgio had held a torch for her for ages, so it wasn’t too difficult for her to seduce him, giving Giovanni a taste of his own medicine (and Giorgio a surprise son to raise on his own once she was done with him). It worked, Giovanni baffled why his own twin brother would go behind his back with his wife. Even if he wasn’t in love with Ariana, it still rubbed him the wrong way, and he’s never been able to quite look at his red-eyed nephew without a trace of annoyance.

After this incidence, the two realized things were quickly heading into irreparable territory, and if they wanted to be able to run Team Rocket together, let alone raise Marcella, they needed to come to some kind of agreement. For the next couple years, they had a tenuous peace, both making concessions for the other and trying to focus on productivity over arguing. This lasted, not without plenty of smaller fights, until around when they were expecting their second child. While Giovanni still hadn’t really warmed up to the concept of fatherhood, he had grown more comfortable spending time with a now 4 year old Marcella, and both he and Ariana were hoping a second child would help continue to smooth things over. Spoiler alert it didn’t.

When Silvio was born, Giovanni felt instantly attached to him in a way he hadn’t with his daughter. Perhaps it was due to being in a better mindset about parenting, or just something unknowable, but his fondness for his son was obvious. Ariana was delighted seeing her husband showing more interest in parenting since this could be the first step to him showing more interest in her too, but this instead seemed to come at the cost of their relationship. A second child added more stress to the already on-a-thread peace they had and more arguments and petty fights broke out than ever. Before long, they could barely be in the same room and things never really recovered from that point.

The two never formally divorce, but they essentially are and while Ariana still holds feelings for her husband, they’re mostly overshadowed by bitterness. Giovanni continued to ignore his crumbling marriage with a string of affairs, and their children grew up fully aware of their parents’ broken relationship, both leaving home and mostly cutting contact as soon as they were old enough to. And that’s the current state of things when the events of the game plots kick off!

12, 33, 42, 44 for Layla!

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12. Is there some particular talent, skill, or attribute that they simply could not give up?

Layla prides herself on her cool, rational, logical mind which she considers to be key for her work in Interpol. While investigating UBs and disappearances she has to be able to keep a level head to ensure everything goes smoothly. As a result, she can come across as very stern and stuffy and doesn’t do well when working with people who are more impulsive and outwardly emotional – not that that stopped her superiors from pairing her up with Noelle in the hopes they’d balance each other out.

33. If your character wanted to be alone, where would they go?

Layla prefers to be alone rather than socialize. She’s not particularly awkward with others, but simply doesn’t see the point in fraternizing too much with her peers when she could be getting work done. As a result, she has a lot of places she considers her quiet places, such as her office and her apartment where she lives alone. (Noelle still keeps dragging her out to bars and after work get-togethers though much to her chagrin.)

42. Is there anything in your character’s past that they regret, haunts them, or they wish they could change?

She often wonders what her life would be like if her mother hadn’t gone missing, but whenever she does she can never decide if she’d prefer it that way or not. She feels guilty about these thoughts, comparing them to directly being glad Anabel fell through a wormhole, but had that not happened then her parents probably wouldn’t have gotten together, her little brothers and sister wouldn’t have been born, and she wouldn’t have joined Interpol and met her alternate mother and all the other people she admires at the organization. (And she wouldn’t have met Noelle but she tells herself that’s the one silver lining.)

44. Is there a particular event that would emotionally devastate your character?

Anything going catastrophically wrong on a mission. Being close with so many Fallers means that Layla is painfully aware of the consequences of slipping up while on a case and she would never forgive herself if her mistake led to someone else suffering such a fate, or worse. She tends to place all the burden of responsibility on herself, so even if something wasn’t directly her fault she’d still blame herself, hence why she’s so serious about protocol and safety while on the job.

How do Lisia/May, Tory/Max, and their families interact?

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(This has also been sitting in my ask box for way too long but yesterday’s ep gave me the dosage of Lisia I needed to motivate me)

May and Max remain fairly close as adults! They both still live in Hoenn, though in different cities. May lives in Sootopolis, but travels a lot for her work as a Frontier Brain, spending a lot of time at the Battle Frontier while Lisia remains closer to home as the Sootopolis Gym Leader. Max took over the Petalburg Gym from Norman and was the Leader there for a while, but later moves to Mauville with Tory, giving the Petalburg Gym to one of his top assistants and becoming Tory’s right hand at the Mauville Gym. He and Tory are also (part-time) Researchers! They mainly use the high-tech available to them in Mauville (and thanks to Tory’s expertise) to collaborate with Brendan and the other scientists in Mossdeep.

As for the various relationships, they also all get along pretty well!
Lisia – Max: Lisia easily comes to consider Max as her little brother as well, but Max finds her (and her fanbase) a bit overwhelming, especially back when they first met during his and May’s initial journey through Hoenn with Ash and Brock. While he prefers to spend time with her in smaller doses, Max respects Lisia as a trainer and Gym Leader, and enjoys discussing that with her as it’s their main common point (apart from May). Lisia on the other hand would rather take her baby brother shopping or out to a cute cafe then talk about work! She has definitely invited him over for training only to turn it into a trip into town instead. Max will complain, but he does enjoy spending time with her! They’re a lot closer than he lets on.

Lisia – Tory: Similarly to Max, Lisia easily thinks of Tory as a younger sibling and the two actually get along a lot more “obviously” than she and Max do. When he first started his journey, Tory tried out quite a few different paths, including coordinating. Lisia was someone he admired for her confidence and ability to bring a smile to others, so they had a lot to bond over from the start! He does enjoy going out to cafes with her and they regularly meet up, both to catch up as friends and as Gym Leaders.

May – Tory: They’re very close! Having known him, essentially, for as long as Max has, May was very pleased when she found out he and her brother were a couple (which is why Max tried to keep her from finding out for as long as possible). When Tory first started trying out contests, he was hesitant to reach out to May for advice, but the moment she found out he was interested in them she took him under her wing. It was actually thanks to May becoming his mentor that Tory reunited with Max and grew close with him. They remain very good friends and Tory still views May as a mentor, often visiting the Battle Stage to train with her. In turn, May also considers Tory an inspiration as he’s grown and come into his own as a trainer, adopting his own unique style she can learn from.

The Cousins: Levi’s quite a bit older than Trixie and Nils, so he’s not as close with them growing up. Later on, however, Nils ends up coming to him for advice quite a bit once he begins exploring different paths for his future. Nils becomes interested in fashion, eventually becoming a PokeStylist. While Ione is also in coordinating/performing world, being the same age as Nils she doesn’t have quite the same experience as her older brother. Nils goes on to design quite a few outfits for Ione (and Henry) once they’re teenagers and rising stars in the performing/coordinating/fashion world.

Trixie and Evan realllly don’t get along that well, both being very stubborn, aggressive, and direct/blunt. While she’s only a couple years younger, Evan sees Trixie as just a little kid who’s just trying to ride his coattails, while Trixie sees Evan as a pompous, rude [expletive] who thinks he’s hot stuff just since he got lucky and did well as a rookie. They’re not each other’s primary rivals, but they definitely are rivals.

Trixie has a mixed relationship with Ione. On the one hand, she doesn’t like how Ione used to tease her baby brother, but on the other hand she’s also (totally not that much!!!) afraid of Ione’s affinity for ghosts and ghost-types. They’re one of her weak spots, so while Ione doesn’t go out of her way to bother Trixie or anything, nonetheless Trixie is wary of her. The fact that Nils is nonplussed by the ghosts and teasing and even grows to love designing spooky themed outfits for Ione, Henry and their pokemon… she doesn’t get it. He’s stronger than her.

If you’re still taking these, maybe 1, 21 & 37 for Eglantine?

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01. What does your character’s name mean? Did you pick it for the symbolism, or did you just like the way it sounded?

Eglantines are a type of flower also known as the eglantine rose or sweetbriar! The name comes from a Latin word meaning “prickly”, since being roses the plants are thorny. Eglantines are known to have a sweet, apple-like smell and their rosehips can be used to make jams and teas rich with Vitamin C. In Victorian floriography, eglantines represent “a wound to heal”.

Eggie’s name was chosen main since it was an elegant, if slightly old fashioned, flower name that I thought fit something Diantha would pick (as Cressida’s name was chosen by Cynthia). However, the various meanings and symbolism of the plant also relate to her somewhat abrasive and aggressive character and her role in helping bring closure to Cynthia’s family after many years of unknowns and questions (thus ‘healing the wound’.)

21. What is one of your character’s biggest fears? How would they react when dealing with this fear?

One of Églantine’s biggest fears is losing control. While she often comes across as spontaneous and unpredictable, in reality she carefully plans all her actions. When the unexpected happens, she panics easily and isn’t very good at making impulsive or quick decisions. As a result, she tends to freeze up in tense situations that she hasn’t accounted for, so dreads such moments. She often ends up overanalyzing and overplanning in order to avoid being caught off guard, which can lead to her getting quite stressed out. When things don’t go to plan, Églantine can get aggressive, trying to hide how scared she is by the unknown.

Related to this, she also fears being “out of the loop” and not knowing an important piece of information she really should have known to get the full picture, which leads to her intensive studies of Sinnoh’s myths and legends, trying to ensure she doesn’t miss a single detail. She’s somewhat aware of these fears and views them as weaknesses to overcome. She already feels a bit like the odd one out of her family, energetic and easily irritated compared to her composed and elegant mothers and siblings, so takes every opportunity to face her fears head on in the hopes of becoming more like them.

37. What are some of your character’s pet peeves? What are some things that annoy them or disgust them?

Églantine is quite impatient and is the type of person who needs to be doing something she feels is productive as much as possible, so people who are leisurely, often late, or easily distracted get on her nerves to no end. She’s prone to snapping at people if she feels they’re wasting her time, and is hyper-vigilant about tardiness of any sort. People who talk slowly also fall into this list and she cannot stand them.

Eggie is also easily irritated by distracting or annoying repetitive noises, like leaky faucets, rusty hinges, or snoring (if she’s camping or rooming with another person). Being stuck in an environment with such noises will slowly drive her to the breaking point until she ends up either leaving in a storm (“I can’t hear myself THINK!”) or dealing with the annoyance herself (often with prejudice). People loudly chewing also bothers her a lot and she considers it disgusting. Her ideal working environment for maximum productivity is either silent or full of pleasing ambience like birdsong (but NOT windchimes she hates those too).

07, 15 and/or 42 with Janus for the ask meme >:3

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07. Is there a catchphrase or sound that they tend to make a lot (likely without being aware of it)?

In terms of catchphrases, Janus tends to use a lot of train terminology in his speech the same way his dads do. This was something he simply picked up due to growing up in and around the Battle Subway and while he’ll sometimes play up the puns for fun, a lot of it is subconscious. Otherwise, when he doesn’t really know what to say (or doesn’t want to respond) he usually just goes “Ah” with a big :> smile. Janus’s “Ah” can mean anything from “That’s nice but I don’t really care” to “Oops, haha I just messed up this will be fun” to “Do you realize what you just said honey you’ve got a big storm coming.”

15. Is there a certain person in this world that they cannot stand? The very mention of this person’s name makes them tremble with anger or fear.

Janus simply isn’t really the type to hate someone that much, a trait he gets more from Ingo than Emmet or Cordy (who can both hold a mean grudge). He certainly has people he doesn’t like, but he’d simply rather not waste the energy getting angry about them. There are much better things he can be doing with his time. That’s not to say he’s above retaliation if someone hurts him or those he cares about though. He takes threats deadly serious and will step up to defend himself/others if he feels the need, but he just won’t go out of his way to track someone down for revenge or get upset about them after the fact. Once he deals with a situation/person, he’s done with them, even if it’s just pretending they don’t exist. He has a pretty high tolerance for annoying people though as long as they’re ultimately harmless – in fact he loves those types of people since they’re fun to mess with!

42. Is there anything in your character’s past that they regret, haunts them, or they wish they could change?

Well…. this really hinges on when in his story we’re talking about. During the earlier days of his journey – not really! Janus is the type who’d rather move on quick than linger with regrets. And at that point, he’s had a pretty straightforwardly happy childhood. Nothing that upsetting has happened to him. Later on, he begins to accumulate some regrets, however. He wishes he was there more for Bertie, then maybe… If only he had spent more time at home, then maybe his dad… He doesn’t like to dwell on these thoughts, preferring to take action, especially since that has worked in the past to resolve things (Bertie came home safe and they’re still on good terms!), so he keeps that attitude when looking for Ingo.

Of course… none of that really ends up mattering when he loses his memory on his way to Falling into Hisui. Amnesiac Janus is still Janus though, so he doesn’t really let his missing memories bother him. Sure, there are half-remembered things he’d sure love to recall – like why he came here in the first place, but the way he sees it, trying to force things isn’t going to make the memories return sooner and moping over them isn’t productive, so he’s just doing his best to live his life in this strange new place. Finding out who he is and what (who) he’s forgotten is a goal, but it’s not the only thing he’s focusing on. Once everything is said and done, Janus doesn’t regret coming to Hisui one bit. He made new friends and a new found family, found his dad, and helped save the world – how could he regret that?

Can I know more about the Hop/Gloria family and how they interact with the Victor/Bede family?

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(Yes this ask is very very old but I’m doing my best to clear my ask box out!)

Hop and Gloria’s story follows pretty closely to the game’s plot, with the two being rivals and Hop often feeling unable to catch up to Gloria as a trainer. The two had a deeper rivalry than Hop had with Victor, which I think mainly stemmed from Gloria having a more obviously competitive personality, which then got Hop fired up too when he battled her, while Vic was (on the surface) more laid back and chill with battles so his and Hop’s rivalry was a bit less intense.

Of course, then the Champion Cup happened and Gloria defeated Hop only to be soundly demolished by Victor, who then went on to defeat Leon and become the new Galar Champion. This kind of blindsided the both of them, as Victor had kept just how seriously he was taking the League Challenge fairly secret. Prior to this however, Hop and Gloria were the ones who teamed up with the two Legendary Wolves to defeat Eternatus, and this experience changed things for Gloria, she felt something when fighting side-by-side with Zacian and wanted to explore that more, so when Hop announces he’s going to be working for Sonia as a researcher, Gloria decides to follow him. She had been ahead of him as a trainer, now she’ll be the one following him – they can leave the professional battling to Victor.

Romance followed pretty quickly for them afterwards and both were quite active in helping Bede when Ambrose was born (though not as much as Victor haha). All that babysitting led them to want to start a family of their own, so around when Victor and Bede announced they were going to be having a baby, Hop and Gloria started trying for one as well, wanting the cousins to be the same age. Things panned out nicely, with Robin born in November and Neil the following March. While Robin and Neil often played together growing up, their personalities never really meshed – Robin being quite shy while Neil was very outgoing. Neil was such a handful that he kept his parents busy from wanting any more kids for quite a bit, but seeing how large Victor and Bede’s family was becoming, they decided when Neil was five to have a second child, which ended up being Caelia. Tania followed quickly about a year and three months later, then finally they had their fourth and final child, Annie, three years after Tania.

Despite Victor and Gloria’s best efforts and dreams of their kids being best friends, none of the cousins are exceptionally close. Ambrose is quite a bit older than his cousins, so mostly sees them as (additional) younger siblings more than anything. Neil is close in age to Robin and Isidore but doesn’t really get along well with either of them, being a bit too pushy with Robin sometimes and then getting on Isidore’s bad side, the two often fighting. He does enjoy being a cool older cousin to the twins though, and will enable their pranks and stunts gleefully and even give them pointers (thus their parents don’t particularly like how close they are…). Caelia and Theo have a bit of a rivalry going on, where Theo often bossed Caelia around when they were little and now Caelia is determined to get back at her for it. Tania’s quite introverted, but unlike her older sister does get along pretty well with Theo (even if she does find her exhausting). Against all odds, Annie and Reynard are fairly good friends, and a lot of it is based on shared experiences of having so many older siblings with big personalities and feeling overshadowed by them sometimes. They like to go exploring together and other activities where it’s just the two of them being themselves. (Merlin is The Baby and too little to play with any of his cousins yet.)

Also since this is very long a quick breakdown of the Hopria fam under the cut!

Robert “Hop” Arjuna & Gloria Arjuna (née Ellington)
– The parents! Both are senior research assistants to Professor Sonia Magnolia, focusing on Pokémon Mythology like her. Hop focuses more on research in the lab, while Gloria prefers fieldwork. They live in Postwick (possibly in Hop’s family home?) and commute to the lab in Wedgehurst for work. They also regularly check in on Zacian and Zamazenta – the wolves also sometimes wandering to the village to visit their humans as well!

Neil Arjuna (Born March 20, 3024)
– The eldest and only son. He’s very outgoing and energetic and loves racing around the Wild Area on his Rotom Bike. He can often be reckless and has had plenty of accidents, though he always bounces back. He decides to take the Gym Challenge, traveling alongside his (paternal) cousin Charlie, but doesn’t really have any solid goals in mind about becoming Champion or anything. He just wants to have fun! His starter is a Bulbasaur who rides in his bike basket (and hasn’t evolved in order to remain able to fit in said bike basket).

Caelia Arjuna (Born June 21, 3030)
– The second child and oldest daughter. An extrovert like her brother, Caelia wants everyone to know who she is and what she’s about. Loudly. She adored tagging along with her parents on their fieldwork excursions, deciding to follow in their footsteps as a researcher. She’s a very animated fan of any kind of ruin and gushes about them to anyone who happens to be within earshot (and then yells at people who she doesn’t think appreciate them enough). Cae also has latched onto Edmond as a mentor during the time he spends studying abroad in Galar, finding his study of ancient Pokémon Art fascinating. Her starter is a Scorbunny (same as her father’s!).

Tania Arjuna (Born September 23, 3031)
– The third child and second daughter. Very introverted, unlike her siblings, preferring the company of books to people. Strategy books about pokémon battling specifically. Tania travels with her older sister, and people often assume that not only is the quiet and mature Tania the older sister (her being taller doesn’t help), they also presume she’s the researcher and Cae is the trainer, when in fact it’s the opposite. Tania has her eyes set on the prize – becoming Champion! Her starter is a Sobble (same as her mother’s!)

Anemone “Annie” Arjuna (Born December 21, 3034)
– The fourth child and youngest daughter. Quiet like Tania, she’s happy to play by herself and finds her older siblings often quite tiring. She’s very close with her father’s Dubwool and often goes on walks with him around the rolling Postwick fields. Annie enjoys drawing, especially nature scenes she sees on her walks, and also sometimes writes little poems about her favorite moments in nature. She doesn’t think of it as more than a hobby though, despite her parents encouraging her to sigh up for art and poetry programs and/or classes. Annie is still too young to go on a journey, so isn’t thinking too hard yet about what she wants to do with her life. Her (eventual) starter is a Snom.

What was Saturn’s reaction when he found out he had a son?

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Well, by the time Cyrus and Aeon are recovered from the Distortion World, it’s been almost 6 years since the events on Spear Pillar. All the admins have moved on (or begun to move on) from their Galactic days and gone their separate ways. Jupiter and Mars got harsher sentences due to being at Spear Pillar, so mostly have dropped out of the public eye, while Saturn moved up to Snowpoint and became the Gym Leader there (as mentioned in this post). Prior to becoming the Gym Leader, when he was still new to the city (well, it was his hometown, but he hadn’t lived there in years), Saturn ran into Archer, who had also come there because it was so remote. The two ended up talking and discovered how much they had in common, which led to them becoming roommates, which led to a romantic relationship starting. A few years later, they’re married with a daughter, Ceres, and are generally happy with where their lives are – until the reappearance of Cyrus shakes everything up.

When they first are brought back from the Distortion World, Cyrus and Aeon move in with Cyrus’s sister, Johanna, in Twinleaf and live there for a while as they acclimate to being back in the normal world (especially since Aeon had never lived anywhere but the Distortion World). All of this was intentionally kept under wraps since Dawn knew any kind of attention was the last thing Cyrus and Aeon needed, so Saturn wouldn’t have found out via the news or anything. So the reunion between them only happens at Cyrus’s own pace, which takes a while. Eventually, and with some encouragement, Cyrus decides that he really should reach out to Saturn and tell him about Aeon, since his former right-hand deserves that much at least.

This is Cyrus though, so he basically just… shows up at Saturn & Archer’s home in Snowpoint with little Aeon in tow, so needless to say it’s A Lot for Saturn to process. He’d accepted that Cyrus was gone for good and moved on with his life and now all of it had come crashing back without warning, so it takes him a while to work through his reactions and feelings about it. With Aeon, however, it’s easier than dealing with Cyrus. Saturn is already a father, he knows how to handle that, so he does his best to bond with Aeon and invites him over quite frequently. He wants to be part of Aeon’s life, especially since he does worry a bit about how he’ll turn out if Cyrus is the only major adult influence in his life (which leads him to bond with Johanna unexpectedly since she’s also very involved in her nephew’s upbringing for the same reason). Since Cyrus usually comes with Aeon on his visits, the two eventually have to confront everything and end up having a lot more heartfelt conversations than they’d ever had, being more honest with each other about things. Saturn can see that these past years have changed Cyrus, and Cyrus has a lot to ruminate on seeing this side of Saturn where he’s not just devoted to him and Galactic. (And Archer just keeps taking Aeon and Ceres on day trips since the tension at home between his husband and his husband’s sort-of-ex is so thick.)

But over time, now that there’s no Galactic backdrop and both of them have had time away from that and each other, Saturn and Cyrus are able to develop a better and healthier relationship. While Archer doesn’t have any kind of past with Cyrus, he knows how much Saturn still feels for him (he was/is the same with Giovanni after all), so he supports the reconciliation and makes the effort to bond with Cyrus as well. Eventually, Cyrus doesn’t really want to keep living with his sister anymore and spends enough time up in Snowpoint anyways that he (and Aeon) just move in with Archer and Saturn. So yeah, basically Saturn meeting Aeon and Aeon existing at all is what leads to him and Cyrus reconciling ultimately since if there hadn’t been a kid he might not have been able to bring himself to confront Cyrus or at least it would have been a lot slower and probably wouldn’t have ended in the throuple ending.

I’m late but 02, 27 and 29 with Draco for the ask meme? 👀

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You’re not late at all! I’m still taking these (as this is only my second one) – keep em coming!

02. What is one of your character’s biggest insecurities? Are they able to hide it easily or can others easily exploit this weakness?

Draco has many insecurities that he tries to hide, mostly by projecting his less deep-seated insecurities up to the top so people don’t try to look too deeply into any other weaknesses he may have. For example, he puts his temper and short fuse front and center, to distract from his low self-esteem. Of course, this habit is an insecurity itself so if people catch on to it it’d be pretty easy to seriously throw Draco off-balance. He’s doing his best even if his best is not that great.

27. If your character was going to get arrested, what would be the most likely reason for it?

Getting into a fight, probably. Definitely he’s done other things that could get him trouble with authorities, but starting fights in public is a bit of a recurring habit that draws attention unlike some of his other self-destructive/destructive in general tendencies that manifest less obviously (or just not in public spaces where he’s making a scene).

29. What is one of the most courageous things your character has ever done for a loved one?

For Draco, throwing himself into dangerous situations barely warrants a second thought. He is fully willing to put himself in danger for the sake of someone else, especially someone he cares about, and that’s a whole rabbit hole into his self-worth issues you can jump down, but the important thing is that for him, courage in the face of an outside threat is not something that comes difficultly to him.

Rather, the most courageous thing Draco has done, in the metrics of what types of things are most difficult and hard to face for him personally, is when he first allows himself to be vulnerable in front of Cypress, to talk about his deepest worries and insecurities, and admit that he isn’t in control and desperately wants to be. Draco struggled for a long time with letting people grow close to him, so taking the initiative to be open with Cypress was a huge risk to him. He’s deeply fearful of others rejecting him if they find out his “true self”, especially people he considers friends (even people he trusts like Renato, Roy and Ulyssa he’s often reluctant to bring up his own issues with).

Cypress is someone Draco has come to deeply cherish, who isn’t someone he’s known since childhood or a relative and thus is “stuck with him”, so he seriously feared driving him away by opening up to him and losing someone who’d become so important. To Cypress, this was the moment that proved to him just how much Draco thought of their relationship, that he was willing to do something so courageous, and is what convinces him that he needs to put in the effort to make their relationship serious as well, because what they have is something both want to last. This step also serves as the foundation for Draco opening up more to his family as well and taking initiative in self-improvement and getting help, so overall one of the big important moments of his character arc.

((redo bc im dumb pls ignore the first one)) 01 for any kid of your choice! or 30 for Tanith!

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01. What does your character’s name mean? Did you pick it for the symbolism, or did you just like the way it sounded?

I had trouble choosing for this number, so I asked my discord friends for suggestions and got the SoulSilver and Achromic kids!

Renato’s name information can be found in his profile, so I’ll just do Celeste here. I chose her name since it’s a type of musical instrument, matching Lyra’s name! The instrument is more commonly known as a celesta or a bell-piano and is sort of like a small piano. One of the most well-known pieces of music played on a celesta is “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker! When going through musical names, Celeste stood out to me as being cute and suiting what I had in mind for her character, plus it has the added bonus of being a sky-themed name as well (like celestial), which suits Lyra’s Flying-type specialization as a gym leader during the next gen.

As for her family’s surname, I picked Campanella to match Lyra’s maiden name, Suzuki! Suzuki is written as “bell tree” and Campanella means, literally, “little bell”, but is also a type of flower, so both names relate to the two towers in Ecruteak as well as plants.

Now for Hilda and Aubin’s twins. These two have gone through quite a few variations, but their current names reflect something I think each parent would pick. Bertie’s full name, Bertram, means “bright raven”, which in a roundabout way fits the region’s “black & white” theme. It’s also close to Hilbert’s name (both “bert"s meaning "bright”) so I like the idea of Hilda naming her son after her brother, especially due to some stuff that happens to Hilbert after BW that I’ll get into more in a later post (at some point). Maela is the feminine form of Mael, a traditional Breton name that means “prince, lord”. My version of Unova has some Breton influence, so while for the modern era that usually only manifests in surnames (Morvan, Marec, Herve, etc) rather than given names (same as regions like Kanto having a lot of English given names and Japanese surnames, for example), Aubin is originally from medieval times so a more traditional name made more sense as something he’d pick. Mael(a) might even have been the name of a relative he admired.

Speaking of surnames, the protag family’s has also gone through a few changes, but the current one, Morvan, derives from the historical figure (also spelled Morman or Morwan) who was a king of Brittany, alluding to how this family is descended from the Harmonia royal line. I’ve found a few different etymologies listed for the name, though the most agreed upon one seems to be “great power/might” (other possibilities relate the “Mor-” part to mean “sea” and the “-man/van” part to mean “to think” or “mind, reasoning”, so the name could also mean “sea power” or “great mind”.)

30. When it comes to the arts (music, film, theater, etc), what does your character like?

Tanith really likes upbeat pop and rock music! Especially 80s/90s stuff – think workout music. Anything that gets her energized. As for film, she enjoys a fairly wide range of genres, though her favorites are cheesy mindless romcoms and cheesy over-the-top slasher (or other horror) films. Basically, stuff that you can enjoy with a big tub of popcorn at a sleepover. She doesn’t really like watching movies by herself and enjoys having friends to react with. She also loves musicals! Otherwise, as a coordinator, she often watches recordings of famous past coordinators to get an idea of what made them stand out.