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.
who is more likely to get injured doing small tasks – Draco, while trying to show off. “I can do this with my eyes closed, see? Easy!”
who worries more about the other – Cypress worries about Draco a lot since he knows Draco doesn’t worry enough about himself. Or rather, he knows that Draco will put himself down and beat himself up and not take care of himself, so he wants to be the person who can help him focus on his own wellbeing. Years of being the eldest brother showing.
who is more afraid about the other leaving them – Draco. He’s afraid of pretty much all his loved ones leaving him and Cypress is no exception. It’s the reason he tries to keep their relationship purely physical at first, not wanting to admit he’s catching feelings since he knows it will make any future rejection all the more painful.
who is more likely to leave (for any reason) – Both of them. Draco because he’s afraid of commitment and isn’t sure he can handle a relationship, Cypress because he struggles to picture himself settling down, not when there’s still so much of the world to see and when he’s still trying to find his parents. Better not to get too attached to spare himself those bonds fraying with time and distance.
who is more likely to drunkenly confess – DRACO
who is more likely to push the other away (for any reason) – Draco. He constantly pushes Cypress’s attempts to be more emotionally intimate away for fear of growing too attached.
who picks fights more often – Both of them. They’re both hotheaded and easily get into arguments. They bicker almost constantly, but most of the time it’s just banter and is how they flirt.
who usually apologizes first – Cypress. Draco will apologize for smaller things, but getting him to apologize for bigger incidents is like pulling teeth.
who is more likely to withhold their feelings for the other – BOTH OF THEM. Denial denial denial is where their relationship is at for a long time.
who is more likely to lash out at the other – Draco. Cypress tends to bicker more and is overall grumpier, but Draco has the worse temper.
who gets more jealous – Draco. He has a nasty possessive streak that he does his best to ignore, but it’s there. He doesn’t like to talk about it, but seeing other people making Cypress happy makes him feel like a failure. He should be the one making him happy, Cypress should have eyes only for him, since he’s so important to Draco.
who is more likely to support the other in a relationship with someone else “as long as they’re happy” – Cypress. It’d be very bittersweet for him. Draco was someone he could imagine having a future with, sometimes, but above all he was someone he wanted to be happy, so he’ll support him and try not to think about what-ifs. Maybe one day someone else will come along, but Cypress can’t imagine that happening anytime soon. Draco really is someone he’ll never forget meeting.
Tristan and @pokemon-legends-and-legacies’ fankid Draco! We were discussing how there are a bunch of spooky coincidental parallels between them, so I couldn’t resist drawing them… just two chaotic guys doing their best.
9. What is something that would break them emotionally? Morgan is very empathetic and sensitive person, under his withdrawn and sarcastic exterior, and he cares about his friends and family deeply. Anything happening to them, especially if he feels like it was his fault, or he didn’t do enough to help them, would be devastating. He’s already had a taste of this fear after accidentally hurting Ash (not too badly thankfully) while his father was trying to help him train his aura powers. After that incident, Morgan has become terrified of his powers accidentally going out of control again, and tries not to use them (which causes its own problems as that’s not healthy for him.) If he hurt someone he loved again, or they were in a situation where he could have saved them with his powers and didn’t out of fear, it would break him. He’s trying desperately to avoid such a situation… but who knows how long his luck will last when he’s stretching himself so thin by not using his aura or training it.
17. Who is their favorite person(s) to spend time with? Personal relationships are definitely not Draco’s strong suit (and that’s an understatement). He has far more enemies than friends, and even people he wants to get along with he often ends up pushing away. That said, he does have some people he’s very close with and would do anything for. The primary one being his father, Lance. In Draco’s eyes, Lance is perfect and an ideal role model. He’s someone that Draco tries to emulate and someone that he’s always happy to spend time with. Lance is a very comforting presence for him, a constant in his life. That said, due to idealizing Lance so much, Draco also can be very anxious about their relationship, especially if he’s gotten into trouble or fears that Lance might be disappointed in him or be too busy to spend time with him. In those cases, Draco often prefers to spend time with Roy, his traveling companion and friend. Roy is very non-judgmental and is a good listener, making sure Draco knows he’s not being annoying or a burden when he needs to vent. They’ve known each other since childhood and “get” each other. Draco is also close with Renato, though that relationship is kinda strained for a while after Renato’s own insecurities lead to him ghosting Draco a bit, which Draco does not take well.
27. Do they have any cool scar stories? One winter when Tipha was around 11 or so, it snowed heavily in the White Forest, at least a few feet of snow building up, and she got an idea. Tipha convinced Euphie to help her pile up the snow next to their house to build a slide leading from their roof down into their backyard that they could then sled down. While Euphie thought it would be dangerous, the challenge of constructing the slide was enticing so he agreed to help her and they got to work.
Then Hilbert looked out the kitchen window to check on them and got Very Upset that they were doing something so likely to result in injury and gave them a light scolding. At dinner, after N had been told, he also warned them against such stunts, his worried voice successfully making the twins feel a bit guilty. Worrying their dad was never something they wanted to do. All the same… that night, Euphie just could not stop thinking about the idea. How glorious it would be when completed. He couldn’t sleep, and it turned out that his sister had been having similar thoughts, as she showed up at his bedroom door with her snowsuit already on and bearing a flashlight and diabolical grin.
Their construction from that afternoon was still intact, so the twins began working again, finishing the slide soon enough. Tipha then climbed onto the roof, using a trellis on the side of the house and window ledges for help Assassin’s Creed style making it to the top of the slide. Euphie handed a sled up to her then stood back to watch her in action. She placed the sled at the top of the incline, where the snow ramp met the snow-covered roof and sat down… only to be startled by a loud “WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!?!” coming from one of the windows below. Hilbert had woken up, hearing her climbing past his and N’s bedroom, and looked outside just in time to see her preparing her epic descent. The shock of the unexpected shout meant that Tipha started down the slide without preparing, and she lost control of the sled halfway through. It almost fell off of the ramp, so she rolled off the sled and onto her belly, continuing to slide at high speeds… down the ramp… and right into a tree in the yard, cutting open the top of her head, right on the hairline. As her parents rushed outside and blood ran down her forehead all Tipha could do was look to her brother running over to her, wide-eyed, and grin. “That. Was. AWESOME!”
Euphie agreed wholeheartedly and wished he’d gotten the whole thing on film. N and Hilbert did not agree and took her to the hospital where she had to get seven stiches. They left a scar that’s still there, though hard to see, on her forhead and she loves to tell the story.
(Oliver managed to sleep through the entire incident and was quite annoyed he missed all the fun, even if he was upset that his sister got hurt.)
I don’t actually play SSBU and don’t know anything about the playstyle of each character, so this will just be based on the Aesthetics of each character instead. To prevent the list getting long and again, since I don’t know the game that well, I’ll limit it to a few major fankids.
Emery: Meta Knight (always plays with Gavin) Gavin: Kirby (always plays with Emery) Renato: Cloud Tipha: Samus Roy: Incineroar Draco: Corrin Ulyssa: Snake Sage: Pokémon Trainer Celeste: Inkling Levi: Bayonetta Tanith: Isabelle Maddie: Palutena Aurélie: Little Mac Primrose: Zelda
Being from another world where the demo pokemon are canon, Noelle is familiar with a different pokedex than everyone else. For the most part, the pokemon she knows are the same as what’s found in her current world, but there are a few that are different. In her homeworld, as the demo starters were canon, trainers who wanted to pick a Water-type starter from Professor Elm would receive a Cruz instead of a Totodile. For Noelle however, her Cruz was actually her fourth pokemon. She already had a Dratini from Lance and two Charmander siblings from Liza, but she also wanted to “do things properly” when she set out on her journey and pick one of the traditional Johto starters as well.
Arriving at the Newbark Lab, Noelle knew that she wanted either Chikorita or Cruz. She already had two Fire-types on her team and was planning on following in her father’s footsteps to train Dragon-types and similar pokemon. Meganium and Aquaria both resemble reptiles or dragons of a sort, so either one would be a good addition to the three pokemon she already had. In fact, she found that she was having quite a bit of trouble deciding which one she actually wanted. Both were so cute, and would grow up to be so strong… she couldn’t choose! Luckily, she didn’t have to. Cruz, getting impatient at how long this prospective trainer was deliberating, decided to show off her strength by leaping off the table and picking a fight with Noelle’s Dratini, who had been minding his one business at his trainer’s side. Once the fight was broken up, Noelle couldn’t help but be impressed at Cruz’s boldness, so she was confident in choosing the Water-type to bring with her.
Years later, when Noelle Falls, Cruz, now fully evolved into Aquaria, comes with her along with the rest of Noelle’s pokemon. Once Noelle is taken in by Interpol, there’s a bit of fuss over Aquaria since, while they have encountered various strange pokemon that came from other worlds, Aquaria is the first of her kind recorded. Noelle is a bit nervous to let these guys study her partner, but once she’s assured she can be there the whole time – and probably should be since she knows Aquaria better than any of the scientists at this point – she agrees to let them take some observations and tell them what she knows about Aquaria’s biology and the like. Interpol has a list of other-world pokemon that is sent out to the various Leagues so Noelle doesn’t have to worry about getting questioned for having such an unusual pokemon, but they still get plenty of stares in public. Aquaria on her part, loves the attention, preening at the fact she’s considered rare and special, the only one of her kind to exist here. Noelle finds her pokemon’s attitude pretty amusing and will answer any questions people may have about her, always happy to show off her beloved pokemon.
Draco and Kingdra
While Noelle having a pokemon from another world makes perfect sense, somehow all of Ethan’s other children end up with them as well. Whether this is merely coincidence or some kind of cosmic conspiracy is a well-debated subject in the family. In Draco’s case, it’s his Kingdra that turns out to be from another world, though he has no idea of this until he evolves and grows arms and small wings. Draco initially panics, wondering if somehow he interfered while Seadra was evolving and that messed things up, but once he calms down a bit and tries to think through what could have happened, he remembers that Ethan has a strange Tangrowth-like pokemon that supposedly evolved from a normal Tangela. At this point, Draco is a sullen teenager who currently despises his father for a variety of mostly petty reasons, so he immediately blames Ethan and Gela for what happened to Kingdra. Somehow, Gela must have corrupted Seadra or something since they did always like playing with each other.
Draco storms home to confront his father, but before he can do so, he runs into Noelle, who’s visiting home during a break from work. When she sees her little brother’s Kingdra, she exclaims that it looks just like the Kingdra did back in her original world and is shocked when Draco explains that this is what his Seadra evolved to look like. Later on, after dinner, the whole family sits down to try and figure out just how exactly this whole ordeal came to pass. After some debate, it’s Ethan who supplies the most likely answer, recalling how Draco first met his Horsea. When Draco was just a wee child of 7, he was quite jealous of how his cousin Arethusa had a Horsea and he did not. He wanted one of his own and begged and begged his parents to take him to Kanto so he could catch one. After all, Arethusa had gotten her Horsea from Clair, so if Draco could catch his own, he’d prove that he was better than her. Eventually, they relent, and Ethan and Draco head out to Route 12 for a day trip that weekend, ready to do some fishing.
It turns out that Horsea are fairly rare, however, so the trip ends up entailing quite a bit of sitting and waiting around. For Draco, it’s incredibly frustrating and boring. They’ve tried fishing, placing food in the water to lure pokemon, they even borrowed a nearby fisher’s Starmie that knew Surf to head out onto the water to search, but to no avail. The only pokemon they’ve found are the usual Magikarp and Tentacool. Just as Draco is beginning to give up hope, he notices a nearby commotion. Gela, who had been sitting on the edge of the dock splashing water with her tentacles seems to be interacting with another pokemon. Draco looks for his father, but Ethan is busy talking to a fisherman, so he heads over by himself. Lo and behold, Gela is playing with a Horsea! Draco can scarcely believe his luck as he fumbles for one of the pokeballs Ethan gave him and tries to carefully approach the pair. Horsea notices the incoming boy and beings to dart away, scared off from his new playmate by the approaching human, but pauses when he hears Draco’s desperate cries for him to come back, “Please! Please don’t go! I really want to be your friend!” Moved by this human’s sincerity, Horsea turns around and slowly approaches the docks again, as Draco himself is doing his best puppy-dog eyes in the hopes that Horsea will know just how much he wants to befriend him. Horsea glances at Gela, who nods encouragingly, then slowly approaches Draco’s outstretched hand and bumps against the pokeball, successfully being caught. Draco runs back to Ethan with his new pokemon, babbling excitedly about how he succeeded, and the two return home triumphant, Draco getting to ride on his father’s shoulders, pokeball in one hand and the ice cream cone Ethan bought him as a special treat in the other.
After recounting those fond memories of simpler, pre-sullen teen times, Ethan concludes that Horsea must have recognized Gela as being a pokemon from his own homeworld and approached her as a result. Draco has to admit that that explanation makes the most sense, but… on the one hand, he doesn’t want to acknowledge that Ethan was right about something so is grumpy, while on the other hand, this does prove that Seadra evolving into an odd Kingdra was Ethan’s fault after all so he wants to be smug… in the end he just mumbles something incoherent and sulks out of the room, though deep down he’s quite pleased to have such a rare and unique pokemon. Down the line, once the grumpy teen years are over and Draco is admitting he loves his father again, he does thank Ethan for being the reason he and Kingdra ultimately got to meet, and apologizes for blaming him for “breaking” Kingdra and thinking that Ethan’s Gelanla was weird, as his pokemon is perfect the way he is, just like Gela.
And… some more Flash Game content since it’s a fun way to procrastinate doing asks…. yet again, did one for each hair color and tried to do kids I haven’t done before for the most part.
Fankids Are…
Gal Fusube (Lance/Ethan’s child)
Shiki Morikawa (Hun’s daughter, Attila’s step-daughter… finally… she has her proper ears… yes this family are yokai in this AU)
Draco Fusube (Lance/Ethan’s son – angry delinquent teen version – got into a bad enough fight his hair spikes wilted smh)
Malachi Arcelus (Rafe/Pierce’s son, though raised by just Rafe) [REDACTED]
Bertie Montfort (Hilda/Gijinka!Reshiram aka Hero of Truth’s son)
Suzette Sheng-Hermé (Sawyer/Miette’s middle daughter, who is not happy about the maid outfit despite it being similar to her usual getup)
Eugenia Kalani (Acerola/Elio’s daughter)
Joan Vidales (Skyla/Elesa’s younger twin daughter)
Sibyl Lund (Tory/Rafe’s daughter, but raised by Tory/Bianca – her hair should be a lighter blue like Tory’s is but I made her twin sister Bea in the earlier post so I wanted to do Sibbie as well)
Pokémon Legends & Legacies 