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Do you have any headcanons for Archie/Maxie, Steven/Wallace, and Lysandre/Sycamore?

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Oh hell yeah I do. These are three of my fave ships after all. So it is going to get a bit long whoops.

HardenShipping HCS

  • I like the hc that the two are exes by the time ORAS happens and it fuels their rivalry. I definitely also like the hc that the team they used to be on together was Team Rocket, but like back in its old days when Gio was this cocky young aspiring criminal mastermind and Delia and Miyamoto were also there… good times. Archie was a grunt and Maxie was a scientist! Lots of fun spicy times back then, until they both left the team to pursue their own ambitions and grew estranged…
  • After ORAS they merge their teams after getting funding/support from the Aether Foundation to establish a Hoenn branch, thus becoming “Team Aether” in a sense. Since Rayquaza represents the sky and aether is the element that exists above the terrestrial sphere (like where Rayquaza lives…) it’s a fitting route for them! Like their parent foundation, Hoenn Aether focuses on conservation and pokémon rehabilitation, essentially the goals of Team Aqua and Magma but without all the extremism. Archie & Maxie are the co-leaders now and while they’re an unconventional duo they make it work and get a lot done.
  • Kiran was a total accident and the two weren’t even fully reconciled/back to their old relationship when Maxie found out he was expecting. Legit she was conceived only a few months post ORAS whoops. Maxie claims he’ll never forgive Archie for it, but they both love their daughter and she was in many ways what fully brought both teams together (in both the reconciliation sense and the romantic sense as I ship the admins together as well haha.) 
  • Archie actually picked the name Kiran out (as conciliation for accidentally knocking Maxie up haha), as it can have multiple meanings in different languages. It can be from Sanskrit and means “dust” or “sunbeam”, tying into Archie’s heritage but also the Team Magma theme. As a Japanese name, the kanji used are 磯藍, meaning “seashore” and “indigo”, tying into Maxie’s heritage but also the Team Aqua theme. Archie is very proud of himself for coming up with it.

OriginShipping HCS

  • Steven and Wallace have been friends since childhood, having met through Steven’s father Joseph being old friends with Wallace’s grandfather Drake. They set out on their pokémon journey together, with Steven challenging the Hoenn League and Wallace aiming for that year’s Grand Festival. However, after Steven’s other father, Célestin, passes away that year Steven decides to go to Sinnoh rather than remain in Hoenn and be stuck at home with Joseph, who he had a strained relationship with at that point. Wallace of course goes with him, sympathizing with his friend as he’d lost his own parents unexpectedly in a storm some years previously.
  • While in Sinnoh the two end up befriending Cynthia, though she and Steven are initially rather antagonistic rivals. They’ll deny this as adults and claim they’ve always gotten along (Wallace is quick to correct them every time.)
  • The two were dating and had been for quite a long time by ORAS, though they hadn’t tied the knot yet. I do like the idea of them getting engaged during the events of the game, then getting married the summer after, either not long before the Delta Episode happens or right after. Steven would have been happy with a small event but Wallace of course wanted a huge wedding. I’m sure there was plenty of fun drama thanks to all the coordinators who attended (coughHarleycough).
  • When it came to choosing names for their children, Steven wanted rock names of course, while Wallace was more reluctant about those, wanting nice elegant names. In the end, they came up with two rock names and two non-rock names (one of each for both masculine and feminine names). Wallace did quality control the rock names though since he didn’t want Steven choosing any “weird” ones like Bort or something. Since their first children were twins, they used one of each – Maia for the girl (after May) and Jasper for the boy. Wallace ends up using the other name he picked out for their next child, a son named Alphonse. Steven was gunning for another child so he could use Larimar, but since that didn’t happen (Wallace was firm that three was enough) he’s set his sights on their first grandchild getting that name.

PerfectWorldShippingHCS

  • I hc Lysandre as being a bit younger than Augustine, so they first met in a more mentor/student capacity back in Lysandre’s research days. He admired Augustine’s research and was excited for the chance to work with him. They quickly became friends and that eventually led to romance. However, they became a bit more distant after Lysandre left to start his own company, mainly due to both being busier than ever and no longer working together. They remained a couple, but there was a bit of a rift there that led to Augustine not noticing Lysandre slip further and further into extreme views.
  • Their son was conceived shortly before Lysandre enacted his plan to use the ancient weapon, intended to be a final intimate moment before the world changed forever. Instead of that happening though, of course, Augustine was left finding out he was expecting after the final battle, when Lysandre was presumed dead. He had assumed his symptoms were due to grief and shock at everything that happened, but finding out the true cause was another rollercoaster of emotions. He keeps it a secret for as long as he can, but eventually others noticed and while he never does outright say who the other parent is… it’s pretty obvious to anyone since he had always happily broadcasted his relationship with Lysandre. When their son is born, Augustine chooses to name him Florian as a way to honor his (presumed) late partner.
  • Of course, in this verse, Lysandre wasn’t actually dead but had rather been spending time rethinking his life choices in “so you tried to destroy the world, what now?” bootcamp with AZ. He does eventually decide to come back like five years later and is certainly surprised when he finds out he has a kid. There are a lot of road bumps but things eventually work out and he and Augustine get back together. (There’s more on this in Florian’s profile.)
  • Augustine’s red socks were a gift from Lysandre for his birthday that Lys was very apologetic about since he thought they weren’t enough, so to prove that any gift from Lys was perfect, Augustine has regularly worn them ever since.
  • Alain and Calem are Augustine’s nephews in this verse and while their grandparents became their primary guardians after their mother passed away, Augustine was always more of a father figure to them, as was Lysandre after he and Augustine started dating. So, in some sense they had a bit of practice parenting before Florian came along, though due to everything their relationship with their nephews is complicated.
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Tfw Gurlz

Also introducing another Hoenn Beach Babe! I know I made Kiran in PiCrew before and she looked completely different but this is her True Form. I just decided she’s Archie and Maxie’s bio rather than adopted daughter in between then and now, is all.

She likes, in no particular order: Swimming/the ocean, hot girls, picking up hot girls at the beach, impressing hot girls with her marine geology knowledge, kicking ass in pokemon battles, keeping fit.

Thanks for the ask @tyranitardude!

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 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′.

And how about Hardenshipping too, please? :3

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How they first met: The two of them first met as new hires to a now-defunct Hoenn villainous team called Team Ventus, who wanted to try and summon Rayquaza in a plan to take over Hoenn. Maxie was hired as a scientist and Archie was more of a general grunt. The two became quite good friends while working for Team Ventus and both agreed to leave the team when their plans started to go under. It was only afterwards that the two began disagreeing on their next course of action and became rivals.
Where their first date was: While they didn’t consider it a date at the time, Maxie invited Archie to accompany him and Kiran to an open-air market in Lilycove in the hopes of continuing to repair their friendship. There was definite romantic tension to the whole thing though, and looking back the two consider it their first date.
When they had their first kiss: The two were just hanging out by themselves in the old Aqua base in Lilycove (where the two teams had moved in together) when Archie leaned in to kiss Maxie. Maxie was initially surprised, but he certainly didn’t protest. Neither of them had outright admitted romantic feelings up to that point, so this kiss (which soon turned into quite a makeout session) marked the beginning of their ‘official’ romance. The rest of the two teams (go by Team Aether now) thought it was about time their bosses just got together already.
Who cooks: Maxie usually cooks! Archie is good at the basics, but most of his recipes require pre-prepared components. Maxie is quite good at cooking and picks up new recipes well. Kiran likes both their cooking though and would always insist Archie cook when she wanted something a bit unhealthier for dinner.
Who proposed: It was actually Maxie who ‘proposed’ but it was incredibly informal. He and Archie had been living together and dating for a while, and one afternoon while Maxie was going over expenses for Team Aether, he made an off handed comment about how things would be easier if he and Archie got married – in terms of tax benefits and guardianship of Kiran and the like. Archie just casually responded back, “Well, why don’t we?” and that was that. 
The dominate one: Archie for certain, though when Maxie gets a new idea in his head, he’ll be the one to take control to try it out.
Their favorite pastime together: While Archie loves big group activities with all of Team Aether, Maxie prefers quieter pastimes. As such, their favorite thing to do together is usually going hiking or to some secluded nature spot since, despite their differences, they both love spending time outdoors.
Who kissed who first: Archie kissed Maxie!
Who is the flirt: Archie for certain. Maxie is a terrible flirt.
Who is the romantic: Also Archie. He knows Maxie loves him, but Maxie’s idea of romance is unconventional at best. Archie is more of the ‘candles and rose petals’ type of romantic, though he can go a bit overboard at times.
Who wakes up first: Maxie usually, though Archie somehow never fails to wake up soon after Maxie does. He likes to joke that Maxie is his alarm clock.
Who comforts who the most: They both comfort each other about equally, each with their own methods to cheer the other up.
The cuddler: Archie! He’s pretty big on physical affection, though Maxie will cuddle up to him if they’re near by. Not quite cuddling, but more like just sitting very close so they’re pressed up together.
The big spoon: Archie, usually.