
Fankidtober Day 18: Bertie
He’s come so far from his initial concept… he has two and a half boyfriends now (Darcel only half counts what they have is much more weird than dating).
This is very silly but this is the point we’re at in the month ok.

Fankidtober Day 18: Bertie
He’s come so far from his initial concept… he has two and a half boyfriends now (Darcel only half counts what they have is much more weird than dating).
This is very silly but this is the point we’re at in the month ok.
Got inspired by the Six Fanarts meme but instead of other people giving me characters to draw I just chose them myself. These six are mostly Unova kids (Darcel is the only one who isn’t but he’s not mine so does that even count), and … Continue reading
5. What is a secret that they have?
Bertie is the type of person who keeps a lot of secrets about himself. He tends to be protective of his personal life and will hide things even from his family if he doesn’t think they should or need to know about them. After he’s kidnapped he is suddenly in an environment where he can no longer be as private as he wishes, so he cherishes the few “secrets” he can get away with. The biggest one, of course, being his relationship with Darcel (that continues even after he returns home.) It’s dangerous, he knows pretty much everyone he knows would disapprove, and that’s what makes it so much fun. With Darcel, he shows a side of himself he doesn’t show others (except for Lunen), and thus to keep the allure of the relationship, he has to keep it a secret from others.
7. Any family scandals? Does your character know about them?
Bertie comes from a large family, so there are plenty of scandals to go along with that. He knows about most of them, even the ones that aren’t as well known to the rest of family, just since he finds that sort of thing interesting. His parents’ relationship had some scandals at first considering his father is one of the Twin Heroes of Unovan history and he and Hilda got together pretty quickly after he returned to human form. Then there’s his uncle’s family and their involvement with Team Plasma… and his own grandfather was one of the Seven Sages of the team… Great-Uncle Grimsley’s situation with Hymnia and his later retirement (and all the scandals Hymnia creates on her own)… his great-grandparents’ unconventional start to their relationship and mysterious deaths… the surprise secret Galar cousins everyone only found out about a decade or so ago… his father’s estranged sister that he’s only met once or twice… and of course everything that happens to him. So yes! Plenty of family scandals to go around!
17. Who is their favorite person(s) to spend time with?
Bertie enjoys spending time with people that let him relax or let loose a bit. People who he can show a side to that he doesn’t show anyone else. The list includes his twin sister Maela, his boyfriend Lunen, his cousins Euphie, Glenn & Hymnia, his best friend Blake, his companions Cyril, Poppy, and Laurel… and whatever his relationship with Darcel is meant to be. When it comes to his parents, it depends on the situation how comfortable he is around them. He trusts them and loves them, but he doesn’t really hang out with them much or anything. He’ll respect their boundaries if they’ll do the same for him, which takes some time for them to get used to, but they all do their best. He definitely gets along better with Albin than Hilda, just as Maela prefers their mother, but there are no real hard feelings about it. Also, while they’re still just toddlers, Bertie always loves to spend time with his young sons, Aurel & Elouan, especially in tandem with one of the people listed above.
pkmnomegaverse: Villain Couple~ Darcel and @pokemon-legends-and-legacies‘s Hymnia
General:
- Rate the Ship –
Awful | Ew | No pics pls | I’m not comfortable | Alright | I like it! | Got Pics? | Let’s do it! | Why is this not getting more attention?! | The OTP to rule all other OTPs- How long will they last? – Endgame
- How quickly did/will they fall in love? – I don’t know if fall in love is the right word for it, but they’re certainly very intrigued by each other from their first meeting. The infatuation develops quickly
- How was their first kiss? – Had a bite to it. Very likely lead to a quick hookup
Wedding:
- Who proposed? – They mutually agreed to get married after one offhandedly mentioned how it might be fun. But Darcel later proposed somewhere very public around Hymnia’s friends and families so they could see their reactions
- Who is the best man/men? – Darcel has no friends who’d even want to be in his wedding. So Hymnia’s male friends and family members are likely to fill this role. Bertie for best man and Lotte as his #2? She’s his only family member who would agree to be in his wedding
- Who is the bride’s maid(s)? – Penelope. Nika as well if they go with two for each side.
- Who did the most planning? – It was mutual. Both go all out on making everything as extravagant as possible
- Who stressed the most? – Maybe Hymnia’s parents, but likely just Shauntal. Since they’re paying for this. Grimsley is a pro-disaster manager and does event planning, so a big crazy wedding is up his alley.
- How fancy was the ceremony? –
Back of a pickup truck | 2 | 3 | 4 | Normal Church Wedding | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Kate and William wish they were this big.- Who was specifically not invited to the wedding? – Everyone is invited, even people they don’t like or who don’t like them. If drama happens at the wedding, even better
Sex:
- Who is on top? – It’s a tossup. It’s part of their “game” with each other, so will often fight for who’s on top
- Who is the one to instigate things? – Both will
- How healthy is their sex life? –
Barely touch themselves let alone each other | 2 | 3 | 4 | Once a couple weeks, nothing overboard | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They are humping each other on the couch right now- How kinky are they? –
Straight missionary with the lights off | 2 | 3 | 4 | Might try some butt stuff and toys | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Don’t go into the sex dungeon without a horse’s head- How long do they normally last? – Quite a while. While Hymnia can outlast Darcel, both have a lot of stamina and recover quickly for round whatever
- Do they make sure each person gets an equal amount of orgasms? – It’s a competition. Whoever gets the other off more wins
- How rough are they in bed? –
Softer than a butterfly on the back of a bunny | 2 | 3 | 4 | The bed’s shaking and squeaking every time | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Their dirty talk is so vulgar it’d make Dwayne Johnson blush. Also, the wall’s so weak it could collapse the next time they do it.- How much cuddling/snuggling do they do? –
No touching after sex | 2 | 3 | 4 | A little spooning at night, or on the couch, but not in public | 6 | [7] | 8 | 9 | They snuggle and kiss more often than a teen couple on their fifth date to a pillow factory.Children:
- How many children will they have naturally? – 1, a son named Eleuther
- How many children will they adopt? – 0
- Who gets stuck with the most diapers? – Darcel, since he’s sort of a stay-at-home dad
- Who is the stricter parent? – Hymnia maybe just slightly. Both are too lenient and have warped ideas about what is okay, but she’s the one who lives what appears to be a crime free life while Darcel doesn’t bother as much. So she’d push more for their son to have more ground rules. Have a chance to turn out okay
- Who stops the kid(s) from doing dangerous stunts after school? – The important thing is not to avoid dangerous stunts, but to not get caught and make sure he himself isn’t the one in danger
- Who remembers to pack the lunch(es)? – Darcel
- Who is the more loved parent? – Their son isn’t as warped as his parents, so he does genuinely love them both. While younger, he maybe has a slight preference for Darcel, just since he’s around more
- Who is more likely to attend the PTA meetings? – Darcel, much to the PTA member’s despair
- Who cried the most at graduation? – Neither
- Who is more likely to bail the child(ren) out of trouble with the law? – If he’s going to break the law, he needs to be able to bail himself out/not get caught, but they both will, if it comes to that
Cooking:
- Who does the most cooking? – They have a personal cheif
- Who is the most picky in their food choice? – Neither are that picky. Hymnia maybe slightly but more in the sense that she wants good food that both delicious and aesthetically pleasing
- Who does the grocery shopping? – They order online and have someone else deliver the groceries
- How often do they bake desserts? – They’ll buy desserts if they want them, but it’s not that common
- Are they more of a meat lover or a salad eater? – Neither have a preference, the food just needs to be good
- Who is more likely to surprise the other(s) with an anniversary dinner? – Darcel, although there’s going to be much more than dinner involved. If it’s a really special occasion, might even have a little puzzle/crime for Hymnia to solve
- Who is more likely to suggest going out? – Both will
- Who is more likely to burn the house down accidentally while cooking? – Darcel since he’ll occasionally experiment in the kitchen, even if he doesn’t know what he’s doing
Chores:
- Who cleans the room? – They hire people to clean
- Who is really against chores? – Darcel
- Who cleans up after the pets? – Darcel dislikes Pokemon, so they’re either hiring people to clean up after them as well or Hymnia can take care of her own Pokemon
- Who is more likely to sweep everything under the rug? – Darcel
- Who stresses the most when guests are coming over? – Neither stress when people come over
- Who found a dollar between the couch cushions while cleaning? – Hymnia. She deduced it was there
Misc:
- Who takes the longer showers/baths? – They take about equal amounts of time. Maybe Darcel a bit longer than Hymnia
- Who takes the dog out for a walk? – Not Darcel. It’s Hymnia or bust
- How often do they decorate the room/house for the holidays? – It’s hit or miss, but they don’t decorate more often than they will. They only decorate if people are going to be coming over a lot or just have the whim to try it out that year
- What are their goals for the relationship? – Have an exciting, thrill-filled time with one of the only people both have met who really “get” how they feel.
- Who is most likely to sleep till noon? – Darcel
- Who plays the most pranks? – Both do, but Darcel more
There’s a lot of layers going on with the Human Trafficking plotline. Something I wasn’t able to go into in this post relates to why Harrod ends up buying Laurel from Gret.
As established in Made A Slave, Darcel attends the kinds of shady parties people are bringing their “pets.” to. He’s interested in Marcel, since they’ve known each other since childhood, but he’s equally interested in Laurel. Remember, Laurel is Sage’s brother. Sage is the girl Darcel has decided he’s going to marry one day. Maybe one of the people he’s most fixated on for a time. So while he doesn’t like Laurel as much as he likes Sage, he still pays attention to what’s going on with him. Especially once he goes missing shortly after Marcel does.
Darcel keeps tabs on what ends up happening to Laurel, looks into who ends up buying him. He sees the kind of person Gret is. While he doesn’t care that this man abuses and breaks his toys, Darcel doesn’t want to see Laurel end up in a snuff film. While there’s the tiniest part of him that’s interested in seeing how Laurel’s family would react to seeing that film, overall, it’s just not worth it to let Laurel die. The fun ends when a person is dead.
He doesn’t want to directly intervene, but like with Marcel, he’s fine doing things that get other people to intervene. Related to Marcel, he has a connection with the Harrod trio. Lorenzo (Marcel’s owner) and Harrod are business partners and sort of friends. They get together sometimes and bring their pets along. They let them all hand out in a side room while the two discuss whatever.
These meetings are something Marcel treasures, since they’re some of the few times he’s allowed to talk with people other than Lorenzo and his house staff. He grows closest with Bertie, who’s pregnant with Harrod’s children at the time. Bertie is a couple months further in his pregnancy than Marcel is in his own, but they bond over their similar circumstances. Someone else who can understand the horror of being pregnant with their captor’s child, but still trying to keep it together for their unborn child’s sake.
While Lorenzo doesn’t typically make Marcel preform at parties, he does have sort of a foursome with him, Bertie, and Harrod at one. Mostly it’s just Harrod and Lorenzo fucking their boys side by side. They’re both pregnant, so something something that’s the appeal in showing them off together. Darcel sees this though. This scene is actually what happens right after where I ended Made A Slave. Seeing Marcel reaching for this other boy, holding hands with him for support while they’re being used, tips Darcel off that they must know each other. Which gets him interested in Bertie and if it’s possible to use that link for anything.
Harrod hosts a lot of big parties. Darcel does what he can to get in good with that group. Works his way into Harrod’s favor (even if it’s mostly Harrod being amused by this clearly out of place teen who thinks he’s hot shit, so he’s willing to see what he wants). Fast forward a bit, and Darcel ends up getting Harrod’s permission to spend some quality alone time with Bertie, since Harrod will lend his pets out for sex to people he likes.
It’s after his evening spent with Bertie that Darcel reveals his trump card, he knows Marcel and is willing to exchange messages between the two of them. Marcel had escaped from Lorenzo a couple months before this point, but that was the most Bertie knew about what happened to him. So hearing that his friend is okay and that he can possibly talk to him again, even if only through this guy, is tempting. Bertie figures he has nothing to lose and goes along with it. Plus, he finds Darcel entertaining in that he’s at least a change from the type of guy he’s usually lent out to. All Darcel wants in return from Bertie is any information he can gather on a pet named Laurel. Any information he can get is fine, but the more, the better. Especially related to what his master puts him through.
Bertie gets to work on uncovering what he can and gets his companions, Cyril and Poppy, to assist him. Mostly they subtly talk with other pets at parties. The more they learn, the worse things look for this pet they’re investigating. They start thinking of ways they can get Harrod to interact with Laurel’s owner, first for info, but then the idea of getting Laurel out of the situation takes hold. Clearly things are looking dire for him, they need to get him out of there before it’s too late. They drop hints to Harrod on how nice it would be to have another companion around. Cyril is instrumental in this, since after Harrod meets up with Gret and they play “pet exchange” with Laurel and Cyril (as is mentioned in The Third Night) Cyril really lays on how good he thought Laurel seemed. How he’d fit in so nicely with them and even add a nice blue/red color aesthetic with himself. A perfect addition to the group.
Harrod is perhaps a little suspicious why they’re so interested him buying this boy, but doesn’t really care what the interest is about (and down the line as it becomes obvious Cyril is becoming romantically interested in Laurel, probably chalks part of the interest up to that). On his part, he’s kind of interested in Laurel. The boy was sweet and clearly is being wasted on Gret. Harrod actually dislikes Gret a fair amount due to how he treats his pets. So this, combined with the fact he’s curious what having an omega boy might be like (since his own boys aren’t omegas, as while L&L has some omegaverse aspects, no one is alpha/beta/omega). Thus he buys him from Gret and Darcel’s goal of getting Laurel away from Gret is complete.
Some fankid couples made in this Picrew.
pkmnomegaverse: Fankid Week Day 5: Relationships/Romances: Darcel & Hymnia The crime duo couple that started as a fun crossover ship between me and @pokemon-legends-and-legacies (as Hymnia is her RolandShipping fankid) that turned deadly serious.
pkmnomegaverse: Selfie With the Bae by necropyromancer Only the most romantic date spots for these two.
27. If your character was going to get arrested, what would be the most likely reason for it?
Hymnia has done many things worthy of arrest, so ultimately the most likely reason for her being actually arrested would be getting caught. She’s very good at covering her tracks, so the most likely scenario is someone selling her out. She has plenty of enemies and while she tries to ensure none of them ever rat her out, ultimately she can’t predict everything someone might do, no matter how confident she may be in her ability to read people. She’s committed many crimes, from just associating with criminals to being an accessory to murder, so if she’s caught she’s probably not going to get off easily. Luckily, she has friends/contacts in high places in Unovan organized crime, so she’s fairly confident that she’ll never get arrested, or even if she is she’ll be able to get off easier through bribes and help from her allies.
31. Would your character be the kind capable of killing? Would they enjoy killing or only use it when necessary or, perhaps, refuse to kill no matter what?
Hymnia has never actually killed anyone herself, but she’s been involved in organizing and assisting murders a few times, mostly of other criminals. If it comes down to it, she would have no issue killing someone, but in her own special Hymnia way, she sees murder as a ‘last resort’ to solving a problem. It’s the easy way out for her, so to speak. As such, she wouldn’t enjoy killing since having to resort to that means that some other aspect of her plans fell through. She wouldn’t really feel remorse, but she’d be annoyed that things came to down to murder. She doesn’t care if other people murder though. In fact, when she and Darcel first ‘elope’ they form a criminal duo where Darcel will set up a difficult crime and frame a suspect, then Hymnia would offer her detective services to the victim (or their family/friends) and/or police to help solve it. As she loves solving mysteries, her boyfriend would keep the specifics of the crime secret from her and act as her ‘partner’ in the investigations. Obviously, some of these crimes included murder, but as long as there was an interesting and challenging mystery to solve, Hymnia couldn’t care less that her partner was the one responsible. Not the most typical bonding activity for a couple but… what else can we expect from these two?
32. If your character’s lover offered to take them out on a dream date, what would they want to do?
When they aren’t flirting at crime scenes they’re responsible for, Hymnia and Darcel like going on more ‘normal dates’, or at least what they perceive to be a ‘normal date.’ For Hymnia, a favorite date night would be dressing up and going to see a play (tragedies are a favorite). Beforehand, they’d go to a fancy restaurant and enjoy a romantic dinner for two (and people watch a bit). Hymnia loves playing the role of glamorous socialite so this would all be terribly fun for her. For the play, they’d get a box so they could whisper to each other and make snide comments about the performance and the other people there the whole time. It’s all very indulgent and luxurious, but Hymnia likes being a ‘normal couple out on a date night’ once and a while, the idea of having a double life thrilling and exciting. Of course, once they get home… there’s plenty of more fun to be had. (They’re a very active and experimental couple. They both hate boredom and that extends to bedroom … or anywhere else they can sneak away to when the mood strikes.)
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