@sydchan posted the clean version of this meme so how could I resist? I decided to not include any protagonists or rivals on here just to spice things up a a bit, and only included three characters for each rank, but this is all pretty … Continue reading
I’m not very good at killing off characters in general (there are some I originally tried to kill off who came back later like Noelle and Echter), but I do have a few adults/canon characters who are dead.
Off the top of my head, the most significant would be Janine, who passes away from illness in 3621. She’s really the only “proper” parent character who dies.
Aside from Janine, there are a couple of villain characters who are dead. Ghetsis died about a year after the events of the BW2 plotline ended and Ardos died shortly before the main plot of the AU commences.
Finally, there are some canon characters who would likely have passed away due to old age by the time of the fankid era, but I don’t have specifics for those characters yet.
As promised, Myrtle’s origin story, or: How Colress Bullied Faba Into Adopting a Faller Child.
The meta origin story for Myrtle came after I made my fankid Ginger, and my friend @pkmnomegaverse commented that now there was a Ghetsis/Chili fankid to go along with her Ghetsis/Cress one, so all we needed to complete the trio was a Ghetsis/Cilan kid. Being myself, I sort of jokingly made Myrtle in order to fulfill that, with the idea being she existed in an AU where Ghetsis won, but ended up getting attached to her enough I wanted to use her in the main L&L verse and story as well. Obviously she couldn’t exist naturally in that world, so I got the idea of her being a Faller. And then as I was playing through the Rainbow Rocket storyline in Ultra Moon… it all came together.
Myrtle comes from the same world as the Ghetsis from the RR story, though after he’s forcibly returned from whence he came by Colress. Ghetsis decides he wants a new generation of competent ninja bodyguards so… Myrtle, Ginger, and another new kid called Perilla serve that purpose. Perilla’s not super important though. Rather than be interested in the job she was meant to be raised for, Myrtle ends up being more inclined to the sciences instead, often following around her world’s Colress and watching his experiments. Due to Ghetsis’s little adventure in another world, he assigns Colress the task of studying ways to get to other universes to expand Plasma’s reign. Colress finds the topic interesting so goes along with it. Ultimately however, something goes wrong and young Myrtle, only a small child of 6-7 at this point, ends up falling through a wormhole, landing in the L&L world’s Alola as a Faller. The Colress of this world ends up finding her and is terribly intrigued by this chance to study a Faller firsthand, especially when he finds out where she came from and who she’s related to – it must be “fate” as much as he doesn’t believe in such things.
Colress takes in Myrtle since he finds her interesting, but does develop some fondness for the clever and rather caustic girl, enjoying her company. Perhaps adopting her would be a good route. Make things easier since she seems eager to help him with his work. The only thing standing in his little father-daughter scientist family team plan is his partner, Faba (they’re not married and don’t really label their relationship… but it is a thing.) Faba’s not a fan of kids and probably wouldn’t be too thrilled with Myrtle being around all the time, but Colress is going to prioritize her this time, so Faba really just ends up sucking it up and dealing, since he wants to keep things going with Colress. Over time, he might even start to see Myrtle somewhat fondly himself. Even if she is an annoying brat, she’s smart and has the makings of a good scientist, so not a total loss he guesses, just from a logical standpoint. No affection though. He still hates kids. Myrtle’s just… the exception.
The trio make a rather odd family, but they’re all unconventional people so it suits them just fine. Myrtle continues to work with Colress, and later on her own projects with Aether as she grows up, and while she continues to be rather antisocial and scathing, she’s respected for her skilled work in the field of interdimensional research and serves as an important secondary character in my (tenuous and in development as always) Alola plotline.
That’s a lot of ships Syd! But I’ll do it for you~
Giovanni/Archer (SubordinateShipping – These two probably had the best relationship out of all the boss/subordinate ships. They were just fwb even if Archer had romantic feelings, but they respected each other and remain on good terms.)
Giovanni/Ariana (SilverSpawnShipping – The only reason this is so high up is because they were married. It was not a healthy relationship though and it was a very bitter and spiteful marriage overall.)
Lysandre/Bryony (RiskShipping – They were not romantically involved and only hooked up a few times, but Lysandre never treated Bryony poorly and had he not died, he would have supported her and their son.)
Archie/Shelly (ShiverMeTimbersShipping – They probably could have dated under different circumstances, being close childhood friends.)
Guzma/Plumeria (SkullShipping – Same with Archie and Shelly, the could have easily dated under different circumstances.)
Archie/Matt (SailorShipping – Less likely than Archie/Shelly, but perhaps could have happened.)
Cyrus/Jupiter (TBHShipping – They do hook up but it’s just Cyrus indulging Jupiter hence why it’s not higher on the list.)
Cyrus/Saturn (GingaShipping – Perhaps if Saturn had been bolder, he too could have taken the same opportunity Jupiter did.)
Maxie/Courtney (AuthorityShipping – Courtney had some feelings for her boss, but never confessed them, nor did she ever expect Maxie to return them.)
Lysandre/Aliana (TriumphShipping – If Aliana had wanted to, they could have hooked up probably, but there weren’t any romantic feelings.)
Lysandre/Celosia (SuccessShipping – Same deal as with Aliana.)
Giovanni/Petrel (MusicalTheaterShipping – Same deal as with the above two.)
Giovanni/Mable (RedMapleShipping – Lysandre wasn’t really Mable’s type hence why she’s lower down on the list.)
Cyrus/Mars (BetelgeuseShipping – Mars only had a celebrity crush on Cyrus and never seriously considered her feelings to be real. She admires him, but that’s about it.)
Giovanni/Proton (DarkDesireShipping – Proton may have found his boss attractive, but he knew his brother Archer was the boss’ favorite so he wouldn’t interfere. He also would have been a teenager any time a relationship between him and Giovanni could have happened and Giovanni isn’t about that.)
Maxie/Tabitha (LeadershipShipping – I don’t headcanon Tabitha to have any romantic feelings for Maxie so…)
Lusamine/Wicke (HeavenlyShipping – Lusamine is too focused on finding her husband to bother with outside relationship.)
Lusamine/Faba (No Ship Name – Same as above.)
Lysandre/Xerosic (DoomsdayShipping – No attraction here, Xerosic has no interest in relationships while he’s focusing on getting back home.)
Cyrus/Charon (GlobalShipping – No attraction here either.)
Ghetsis/Literally Anyone (I headcanon him as ace/aro so he’s the least likely of anyone to end up in a relationship.)
You’re right, they are hard to ship, so apologies if this is a bit shorter than the other asks I’ve done.
Giovanni
– My NOTP for them
Not the hugest fan of Gio/Cyrus (AbsoluteControlShipping) but that’s more to do with me not shipping Cyrus with anyone.
– My BROTP for them
This one is weird but I like the idea of him and Nanu knowing each other/being friends?
– My OTP for them
Giovanni/Angelo aka my crack pairing of Gio and Lyra’s dad whoop. They’re childhood friends in the fankid AU and are each other’s one true love~
– My second choice pairing for them
No one.
– My fluffy pairing for them
Gio/Angelo.
– My angsty pairing for them
Giovanni/Ariana (SilverSpawnShipping) since they were an unhealthy relationship in mine. Otherwise, unrequited Archer/Giovanni (SubordinateShipping).
– My favorite poly ship for them
None.
– My weirdest pairing for them
Gio/Angelo, by virtue of it being an OC/canon pairing.
Maxie
– My NOTP for them
None.
– My BROTP for them
Maxie/Courtney.
– My OTP for them
Maxie/Archie (HardenShipping).
– My second choice pairing for them
None. If it’s not Archie it’s not anyone.
– My fluffy pairing for them
Maxie/Archie.
– My angsty pairing for them
Maxie/Archie, it’s my only ship for him so it gets all the fluff and all the angst and everything.
– My favorite poly ship for them
None.
– My weirdest pairing for them
None. Maxie/Archie is mainstream.
Archie
– My NOTP for them
None.
– My BROTP for them
Archie/Matt. BROS.
– My OTP for them
Archie/Maxie.
– My second choice pairing for them
Archie/Shelly (ShiverMeTimbersShipping)
– My fluffy pairing for them
Archie/Shelly is probably fluffier than HardenShipping tbh.
– My angsty pairing for them
Archie/Maxie, especially if it’s a love/hate type thing.
– My favorite poly ship for them
Maybe something like Archie/Shelly/Matt (AquadanShipping)?
– My weirdest pairing for them
None, really. I only ship him with Maxie or Shelly and both I think are fairly mainstream for him.
Cyrus (I hc him as aromatic so ….. this will be brief).
– My NOTP for them
None. (Excluding obligatory ‘they’re related in my headcanon’ squick ships Cyrus/Johanna and Cyrus/Dawn (AkatsukiShipping).)
– My BROTP for them
I think under different circumstances he and Cynthia could have become good friends.
– My OTP for them
None. I don’t ship Cyrus with anyone.
– My second choice pairing for them
None.
– My fluffy pairing for them
Cyrus/Happiness.
– My angsty pairing for them
Cyrus/the Void. (But more seriously, unrequited Cyrus and any of his admins, especially Saturn.)
– My favorite poly ship for them
None.
– My weirdest pairing for them
None. (wow this was easy round)
Ghetsis (I also hc him as ace/aro so this will be brief yet again.)
– My NOTP for them
Since he’s not interested in relationships in my hc….. kind of anyone?
– My BROTP for them
Does he even have friends. Maybe once upon a time he had a bro. Or some of the more fanatical sages.
– My OTP for them
None.
– My second choice pairing for them
None.
– My fluffy pairing for them
None.
– My angsty pairing for them
I guess any scenario where he’s forced to be in a relationship since he would hate that but don’t we want him to suffer.
– My favorite poly ship for them
None.
– My weirdest pairing for them
No ships for the nasty man.
Lysandre
– My NOTP for them
None, really.
– My BROTP for them
I hc him as having been a father figure to Alain and Calem, so them I guess, but hopefully in a happier world where he didn’t try and kill everyone.
– My OTP for them
Lysandre/Augustine (PerfectWorldShipping).
– My second choice pairing for them
Lysandre/Malva (BeautifulWorldShipping)
– My fluffy pairing for them
Lysandre/Augustine in a happy AU.
– My angsty pairing for them
Lysandre/Augustine and Lysandre/Malva in canon.
– My favorite poly ship for them
Augustine/Lysandre/Malva or something who knows.
– My weirdest pairing for them
He hooked up with Bryony (RiskShipping) in the fankid AU if that counts.
Guzma
– My NOTP for them
None.
– My BROTP for them
Guzma/Kukui or Guzma/Plumeria.
– My OTP for them
Guzma/Molayne. (SteelSkullShipping)
– My second choice pairing for them
Guzma/Plumeria. (SkullShipping)
– My fluffy pairing for them
Guzma/Molayne.
– My angsty pairing for them
Guzma/Lusamine. (SyntheticRuinationShipping).
– My favorite poly ship for them
Guzma/Kukui/Burnet. (OsteologyShipping.)
– My weirdest pairing for them
Guzma/Molayne.
Lusamine
– My NOTP for them
I’ve seen enough porn of her with her kids I feel like I should mention it here.
– My BROTP for them
Lusamine/Alola Mom
– My OTP for them
Lusamine/Mohn.(MeanBeanShipping)
– My second choice pairing for them
Lusamine/Healthy Life Choices
– My fluffy pairing for them
Lusamine/Mohn pre-bad things happening.
– My angsty pairing for them
Lusamine/Mohn with amnesiac Mohn or Lusamine/Guzma.
– My favorite poly ship for them
None.
– My weirdest pairing for them
None. I only ship her with her canon husband.
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