I decided to add yet another new fankid. She’s the daughter of Nanu and the Alola mom, called Clarissa in this AU. Her name is Nanala, which means ‘sunflower.’ She’s part of the older group of Alola fankids and is a dark-type trainer like her father. She wants to be kahuna like him one day. Nanala also has some involvement in Interpol, though I’m not sure how yet. She’s currently travelling the world.
Tag: pkmn fankids
My bias is too strong, so Draco with 4, 9, 15, 16, 20?
4.
Best places to kiss on their body
Draco prefers to be the dominant one in relationships, so perhaps as a result he can be quite sensitive to others kissing him. His weak spot is the entire region from his jaw to his collarbone, so any kisses there tend to make him a bit weak in the knees. Addie likes to joke he must have secret fantasies about sleeping with a vampire considering how much he likes being kissed/bitten on the neck. Draco finds this ridiculous and actually starts wearing high-collared jackets and shirts once he realizes his weak spot, both to ‘protect’ it and cover up the inevitable marks he gets there. Aside from his neck, his second most sensitive kissing spot is his thighs, but he rarely lets anyone take advantage of that.
9. Humiliating memories
Though he likes to appear confident and put together, Draco is actually quite self-conscious, so he has a number of embarrassing (even if only to him) memories. One of them is when, during his first hookup with Florian, the other man completely turned the tables on him and ended up being the top. Draco was so flustered by the entire situation that he lost all composure and (in his opinion) made a fool of himself. He was embarrassed enough that he just left Florian with no word for a few weeks after that until Flor contacted him again. Then the fact that Draco agreed to hookup again was another embarrassment since he had been determined not to give in and do something humiliating again.
Another embarrassing memory is when he was in Hoenn and got into a fight with Maia about his treatment of her younger brother, Apollon. Draco was confident he could beat the older woman in a pokémon battle and made a big show of how he was going to crush her without breaking a sweat, but in the end he got utterly trounced by her, only managing to take down two of her pokémon before being defeated. The loss was so hard on him and so humiliating that he locked himself in his hotel room for a few days until Maia came by to give him some stern life advice, though that was embarrassing for Draco as well, since not only did he lose horribly to her, he also ended up getting lectured like a little kid.
15. What it takes to make them cry
Draco cries surprisingly easily, mostly when he’s frustrated or angry. He hates this trait and suppresses it whenever he can, often going off by himself if he feels the tears starting up. He hates anything that contradicts the ‘suave, aggressive, confident, bad boy’ persona he’s built up around himself, and that includes crying when he’s upset. When he’s around people he trusts though, like family, he’s a bit freer with his emotions, and Addie has found him in tears because he couldn’t open a jar before. She finds it rather endearing, that there’s a somewhat sensitive guy under all the rough exterior.
16. Dark secrets/’skeletons in the closet’
Draco has two big secrets, so to speak. The first is that he found out Ethan was his father when he was fairly young, but never told anyone he knew. Lance and Ethan wanted to keep Draco’s parentage a secret to avoid conflict, but Draco was able to figure out that his dad’s close friend who was always around and also looked a bit like him was his father pretty quickly. Draco immediately assumed the worst case and most dramatic scenarios he could think of as to why his parents kept his parentage a secret, so he grew to be somewhat resentful of Ethan as a result, refusing to talk with him and the like. This does eventually get cleared up when Draco’s older, however, though he never has a super close relationship with Ethan, despite the latter’s efforts.
The other big secret is that Noel’s other father is Cypress. Now, the majority of Draco’s family and friends back in Johto know vaguely who Noel’s other parent is, but Draco never tells Cypress. He doesn’t seem to realize the irony of the situation, that it’s similar to what happened between him and Ethan. Cypress will eventually find out he has a son, however, and when he does there will a be lot of drama for everyone involved.
20. What-ifs/Alternate Timelines
The original incarnation of Draco had a completely different personality and backstory to the current one. He was the son of Lance and his random oc wife and was meant to be a foil to Adelinda. Adelinda was the serious, no-nonsense cousin and Draco was meant to be more laid back and mischievous, sort of a ‘prankster bro’ type of character. Adelinda would be annoyed that her easygoing cousin was the clan heir instead of her and the two would have a conflict over that, though Draco would eventually prove he was a competent leader despite his unorthodox methods.
As Lance’s story changed, however, so did Draco’s. The rough order of when I added things went something like 1) What if Lance’s wife was dead, 2) What if Lance had another kid before Draco who was also dead, 3) What if Lance had a tragic childhood and was the kid of a dragon-god, 4) What if Lance’s dead wife was Liza, 5) What if there was a Faller Noelle? The former Draco just didn’t make sense after all these changes, so the moody disaster man we have today came to be.
Branwen & Cormag
Chibi sketches of my HonorShipping twins, Branwen and Cormag. The two were the result of a one night stand Falkner and Morty had not long after Falkner’s wife, Janine died (he was grief-stricken and a bit irrational). They initially grew up in Ecruteak with Morty, but later on when Morty and Falkner start officially dating, they travel between Ecruteak and Fuschia, where Falkner lives with his and Janine’s daughters, Kestrel and Mavis. These two are the travelling partners of Celeste through both Johto and Kanto.
Branwen is the older twin and is obsessed with the paranormal. She considers herself a ‘ghost-hunter’ and likes to go out of her way to find spirits and get them to show themselves – usually by making them angry. She’s oblivious to how dangerous her actions might be and can be a bit dense due to her one-track mind.
Cormag is the younger twin, though he acts like an older brother to Branwen most of the time. He’s her impulse control and, when he can’t prevent her from doing something dangerous (which is most of the time), he’ll go along with her to make sure she doesn’t get herself killed and/or possessed. He’s a bit apathetic in nature and rarely smiles, though he claims that he’s just as emotive as anyone else (this is not true).
Branwen is a fan of the Kimono Girls and traditional aesthetics, so she makes Cormag dress in traditional clothes like her, with a matching color scheme. He doesn’t care either way. She bought them matching scarves so they could look like Morty.
Full Profile -> Tanith Moireach
Tanith’s full profile is now up! You can read about Dawn and Jeshir’s only daughter here, or use the link on the Fankids page.
Lihua
In my development of Team Mythic, I have found myself adding another fankid. As mentioned previously, Team Mythic is interested in studying magical beings and finding ways for ordinary humans to use magical powers. Their experiments are underground and illegal and they are known to kidnap people to perform testing on. In particular, three of their captive test subjects are former legendaries – Evgeny (Darkrai), Noriko (Raikou), and Fei (Latios). We are interested in Fei for today’s discussion of Lihua, as he is her father. Fei, prior to being captured, was the boyfriend of Lily, Misty’s sister, and the two had a son together named Narcissus. What neither of them were aware of at the time of Fei’s kidnapping was that he was pregnant with their second child. While Fei didn’t want his child to be born in such conditions as an illegal testing facility, he didn’t have much choice, and his daughter, who he named Lihua (’pear blossom’, following the flower theme Misty’s sisters all decided on for their children) was born 8 months later.
Lihua was raised exclusively in the Mythic labs, being observed and tested upon daily and never allowed to see the outdoors. As cooperative test subjects are allowed a degree of freedom and privileges within the lab, Lihua was able to befriend other child test subjects, get somewhat of an education, and spend time with her father when permitted. I chose to create her so that I could share a different perspective of Team Mythic’s victims that wasn’t that of an adult they captured for testing. Lihua’s story arc revolves around how, when she is 15 years old, Team Mythic is taken down and she finds herself in the ‘outside world’ for the first time – experiencing new things and meeting the family she only knew about from her father’s stories.
While she won’t be a major fankid, Lihua’s story is a big plot point in regards to the main ‘evil team’ of this AU, so I hope you all enjoy getting to know her and her family and friends.
Renato with 5, 6, 13, 17, 20?
5. Guilty pleasures
Renato is a hopeless romantic. He adores romance novels, romcoms, dating sims, the works. He’ll never admit this though. He thinks liking the romance genre makes him too ‘soft’ so he keeps this passion a complete secret from all but his closest friends and family. Even then, they usually find out by accident and Renato makes them swear to keep the secret. He has many Harlequin novels downloaded on his PokéGear that he reads during idle time as well as a number of mobile dating sims to occupy his time. He’s even spent money on those apps to get the events faster. He hates when he’s travelling and can’t keep up with his shows. He also hates spoilers and will get really angry at people who talk about his favorite romance tv shows in his hearing, which usually confuses them considering Renato keeps his like for those things on the down low.
Renato also loves bikes. Now, usually this wouldn’t fall under the guilty pleasure category for him, but he considers his level of love for motorcycles to be a bit ‘childish’. He wants to look cool by showing of his own bike and riding it around, but he wouldn’t be caught dead admiring bikes in a store or a magazine or making sound effects while fantasizing about being out on the road. While it’s to a lesser degree, Renato also likes all kinds of transportation – fancy cars, trains, etc. He considers this hobby to be even more childish than liking just motorcycles, so he refuses to tell anyone about it. He isn’t quite as passionate about cars and the like as he is about romances though, so it’s a bit easier for him to keep secret.
One of the only people Renato feels completely at ease around regarding his guilty pleasures is his boyfriend, Euphie. In fact, Renato and Euphie often watch romantic movies together and make a date of it. He knows Euphie won’t judge him for his passions and so feels totally at ease letting loose. Euphie is fine with Renato’s love of romance and finds it quite cute. He’s less enthusiastic about Renato making motorcycle noises in the bedroom, however.
6. Their vices (physical or emotional)
Renato has a tendency to act out against authority, or more accurately, to do what he wants regardless of it’s legality. While this is somewhat expected since he’s from a criminal family, it’s more of an issue in that his disregard for the rules can be dangerous to himself and others. Even as a child, if Renato wanted something or had a problem, he would try to solve things himself first before even considering going to an adult for help. This often led to him getting into trouble he couldn’t get out of, like the time he tried to walk to Ecruteak by himself to visit his friend Yuusuke and ended up getting lost. Renato tends to hate getting help, especially when it means getting the job done by himself, so his disregard for authority can lead to plenty of issues. Renato doesn’t have any serious physical vices, but he does smoke occasionally. However, Euphie hates this, so Renato manages to quit once they start dating.
13. What gets them flustered
Renato might project the persona of the calm, collected, bad-boy, but the truth is he’s very easily flustered. It only takes a bit of flirting to get him to turn bright red, especially if the flirting is a bit dirtier in nature. Anything remotely suggestive will fluster Renato immensely, which Euphie loves to take advantage of to tease him in public. Even out of public, Renato’s reactions are just the same. He’s quite sensitive to touch, so one of the ways Euphie likes to tease him is whisper flirtily to him to fluster him, then gently touch his back or face and watch him jump at the contact and grow even more undone. While I won’t get to nsfw here, I’ll just say that Euphie takes that little game a lot further when the two get intimate. Renato is so embarrassed by his sensitivity and blames it on his romance obsession, not that it stops him from consuming the genre. Euphie just thinks it’s one of the many things that makes his boyfriend so adorable.
17. Regrets
While he usually is very confident in his decision to leave home, Renato does sometimes regret it. He left on a bad note with his family – after an argument with his father that he didn’t follow up on for a long while. He often feels like he ran away from his responsibilities and that he let down his family. He especially regrets not saying goodbye to Lyra and Celeste, since he always got along pretty well with them even when his relationship with Silvio was a bit strained. Renato enjoys his life with his grandfathers in Unova, especially since he got to meet Euphie there, but he misses Johto quite a bit – the food, the nature, and just the general vibes of the region. Once he gets in touch with his family and begins to reconcile with them, however, most of his regrets fade and he becomes more confident and at ease with his current situation.
20. What-ifs/Alternate Timelines
There was an alternate timeline (that might still be a thing) where Team Mythic makes themselves known much earlier than they do in the ‘canon’ AU. In this scenario, most of the parents die and the fankids have to live on the run as outcasts or criminals. It’s all very dark and rather based on Fire Emblem: Awakening (especially since there’s a timetravel subplot as well). In this timeline, Renato stays in Johto and takes over the Campanula family when his parents are killed. He starts wearing a mask all the time and is much more withdrawn and cold than his ‘canon’ self. This impacts his relationship with Celeste as well. In the ‘canon’ timeline, the two are a bit distant but get along well, but in this one, Renato alienates his sister just as much as he does everyone else. Eventually, the plan was for Celeste to die (protecting him or something) and for Renato to realize how much she meant to him and how he should have been there for her only after she’s gone. Like I said, the whole thing is very angsty and I’m glad it’s not canon – but this was a direction the AU could have gone when I was first conceptualizing it.
Tbh, I just want to know more about his tragic backstory, so Lance with 2, 8, 12, 16, 19, 20?
2. Their emotional/moral weak spots
Lance has a heavy reliance on having others to back him up while he’s performing his Champion duties or making decisions. He grew up being isolated by his peers and manipulated by the one person who didn’t treat him like he was unwanted, so he tends to have a bit of a weird relationship with people as an adult. His major ‘weak spot’ so to speak is that he desperately craves validation, even if he’s very good at hiding this. He needs to know that people support him for his decisions and that he isn’t taking any actions that might drive others away from him. As such, he’s actually quite easy to manipulate if you get him alone. Without his backup (Elite Four, family members, etc) he’s especially vulnerable since he has trouble making decisions without knowing he has support. Someone could pretty easily get him to do what they want by setting up validation as a reward.
Lance is fully aware of this weakness, and takes all the steps he can to ensure he’s never in such a situation. Another weakness of his is his temper. Lance can react strongly to certain situations, especially any that involve injustice or giving anyone a similar treatment that he suffered as a child. In these situations, his temper can get out of control and he can react extremely (Hyper Beaming a Rocket Grunt, anyone?). Making sure he doesn’t react too strongly to a situation is also something that Lance relies on his peers for. He knows he can become irrational, so he counts on them to keep him from doing anything too destructive. As it’s pretty obvious at this point, Lance heavily relies on others to cover his own weak spots, so really, that’s another weak spot itself. He tries to be aware of and cover his weaknesses, but there’s only so much he can do.
8. Bad memories/experiences
Lance has quite a lot of these, sadly. His childhood was just rough in general, so it can be hard for him to pick just one bad memory out of the whole bunch. One that does stand out, however, was from when he was around 6 or 7. This was before he had first met Kouka who, despite their manipulations, does care for Lance as their son and were a bright spot in his otherwise dismal childhood. However, for this memory, Draco had never met Kouka. For background, Lance was technically an illegitimate child who was left on the Fusube Clan compound’s doorstep after his father had had an affair with the dragon god Kouka. Being very traditional, the Fusube Clan is very wary of supernatural beings/youkai, not to mention the stigma of being an illegitimate child, so Lance was pretty much the epitome of ‘scary possibly demon child who might bring ruin to us.’ Kouka didn’t want the clan to know that Lance was their son, since for their plan to work Lance needed to be isolated and easy to manipulate. As such, for most of his childhood, Lance was treated like an outcast by his family – kept hidden away, not allowed to participate in events, or play with other children. His pokemon, and later Kouka, were his only friends (with Clair being an ‘almost friend’, though they didn’t grow closer until later).
With the background established, this memory is just one of many similar circumstances, but it stands out in Lance’s memory for one reason or another. The Fusube clan was having a large feast and party to celebrate a seasonal festival, and the compound was full of merriment and cheer. Lance was confined to his room for this, since his family didn’t want the ‘demon child’ to ruin things and bring bad luck. Lance was still young enough he didn’t fully understand why he wasn’t allowed to do things with everyone else, so he decided to sneak out and try and catch a bit of the fun. However, he got caught, and rather than put him back in his room where he could just get out again, his uncle threw him into a shed and locked the door, saying that it was his punishment for disobeying his elders. Lance was terrified of being in the dark, unable to get out, and without even his pokemon for company. It wasn’t the last time he was locked away as punishment either, which is the root of his fears of isolation and claustrophobia.
While this is a bad childhood memory, the worst experience/memory for Lance is undoubtedly when Noelle died, however. I’ve discussed it a little bit previously, but the whole situation was a nightmare and still weighs heavily on Lance to this day, both in the physical scars (Noelle’s death, his and Adelinda’s injuries) and the mental ones.
12. Grudges and vendettas
Lance has a serious grudge against pretty much anyone older than him in the Fusube-Mikami clans. They treated him horribly when he was young, but as soon as his true heritage was revealed and he became Champion, they changed their tune and claimed he was their ‘prodigy son’ who couldn’t have made it without them. He hates the way they just changed their tune depending on what made them look good and doesn’t trust them as far as he can throw them. Lance tries to avoid interacting with the clan elders when at all possible and, when he does have to, he needs a mediator, usually Clair, to ensure that things don’t get violent. He also strongly encourages Draco not to interact with them either.
This is pretty significant because, in other circumstances, Lance is very forgiving. He can see the good and bad sides in people and wants to help them even when others have given up. He even reconciles with Kouka, who is partially responsible for his childhood and wanted him to wipe out humanity for their own grudge. However, the one group that Lance will never forgive, or even attempt to reconcile with, is the elders who were directly responsible for his mistreatment.
16. Dark secrets/’skeletons in the closet’
Lance tends to be pretty transparent with is flaws, issues, and backstory, since he knows that keeping stuff hidden can be disastrous. However, he does have a few ‘dark secrets’ so to speak. One that is a bit less ‘dark’ is his decision to keep Draco’s parentage from him. This was a decision he made with Ethan, however, so it’s not all on him, even if it is one of the factors that leads to Draco growing estranged later on. A larger one, and a more vague one, so-to-speak, is that he still hates humanity a little bit, even though he claims he no longer shares Kouka’s opinions. He has moments where he sees the worst in people, or feels like he has no one left who cares about him (his wife and daughter are dead and his son is estranged for a while) and that maybe, just maybe, he would be happier if he had gone along with Kouka’s plan and created a world where just pokemon and supernatural beings could leave, free from the prejudices of humans. Whenever these thoughts come up, Lance is always immediately ashamed he would even think that, and reassures himself that because he had a negative reaction to the thoughts, they must not be his true feelings. He never tells anyone about this, however, since he doesn’t want people to think he’s still a ‘possible threat’ to the League.
19. People they’ve hurt or indirectly killed, and how it affected them
While working with Kouka, Lance did seriously injure/possibly kill some Team Rocket grunts during the era of Red’s journey. He never got the point in Kouka’s plan where they were actually killing people, but he saw no qualms in killing ‘evil’ people like Team Rocket. He didn’t think about it much at the time, but after he realizes how terrible Kouka’s plan is and sort of has the veil lifted from his eyes, so-to-speak, he’s horrified at what he’s done. He never thought about the consequences of killing people before that and when it does hit him, it hits him hard. After this, he makes a vow to never kill again, even in self defense. As such, even when taking down TR for a second time, he roughs up a few grunts, but is careful to never seriously injure them. He’d rather try and scare them straight than never give them the chance to find a better life.
20. What-ifs/Alternate Timelines
In case it isn’t obvious, my Lance draws some fairly heavy inspiration from his Pokemon Adventures counterpart, so for a version of him who never changed his ways and continued with Kouka’s plan, look no further than that manga. Lance could very easily have gone full villain if it weren’t for Kohaku helping him see the good in people, which he is fully aware of.
Another alternate version of Lance is the one from Faller Noelle’s universe. This Lance is definitely a lot happier, considering that his wife and daughter are still alive and, as much as it’s mean to say, his problem child Draco doesn’t exist. All the same, this Lance might not be so quick to react in a situation as his more tragic counterpart, especially when Team Mystic starts acting up. I don’t think in this case there’s a ‘better’ version, even if one is happier.
Maddie for B5, if that’s okay?
Madrigal Sophia Aretha Harmonia Montfort, or Maddie as she’s more commonly known, is the daughter and oldest child of Rosa and Curtis Montfort. She has a younger brother named Aster (who is a little troll) and is also the cousin of Euphie, Tipha, Oliver, and Elliot (second cousin to Eban and Avoria). Maddie is a determined and ambitious young woman, who can sometimes be seen as a bit too serious or uncompromising, focusing on her goals above all else and occasionally unintentionally hurting others on her way to the top. Maddie’s dream is to one day be Unova Champion and she can suffer a bit of tunnel vision in pursuit of that goal. She can also be prone to anger and control issues, losing her temper when her plans go awry and trying to get people to behave the way she wants. Despite this, her intentions are good and she honestly doesn’t want to come across as too controlling – she just has trouble expressing her desires. She has been unfavorably compared to her grandfather, Ghetsis, before, which is the absolute last thing she wants, so she tries to distance herself from that image at all costs. While she is adamant about avoiding ‘distractions’ like hobbies, her best friend Mindy always drags her into things, especially idol related things, which Maddie claims to hate with a passion. All the same, she doesn’t complain too much when Mindy convinces her to perform in a duet with her. She certainly has a playful side as well, being prone to snarky comments and deadpan humor, which can come as a surprise to those who only know the serious, no-nonsense side of her. That being said, Maddie is also very protective and close with her family, even if she’s a bit awkward about expressing it.
Pokémon Legends & Legacies 