I continue to have zero self control and those ship asks were actually evil because they made me think about pairings and dynamics I hadn’t developed previously and then that somehow turned into Giovanni and Archer having a kid? What?
Lordy. So here’s the story. I started thinking about SubordinateShipping more and more and while I never though Giovanni would reciprocate Archer’s feelings since his heart belongs to Angelo, it’s not like he’s happy with Ariana and any chance to irritate her is one he wants to take, so what I can see is Giovanni and Archer being friends-with-benefits. Then of course because I have an addiction, my acknowledging a ship is canon immediately evolved into me thinking about how I could get a fankid out of this (sigh). Long story short, towards the end of the Gen 1 timeline the fwb relationship bears fruit and Gio realizes he’s going to have a kid. Now, on the one hand, he already has two that are both over ten years old at this point and he’s not in any place to have another kid now, but on the other hand, it would really piss off his wife. He decides he was looking for an excuse to ditch TR for a while now and track down Angelo anyways so this is as good as any. He can’t really bring his 11 year old son with him for this (and his 14 year old daughter ran away from home a year ago), so he does his usual ‘sort of means well but ultimately not very helpful’ parenting technique to try and get Silvio to have interest in reforming or at least fully disbanding Team Rocket. This results in his son deciding he hates both his parents now since his dad is leaving him but hey, it all works out in the end. Gabriele Campanula is born not long after Giovanni and Angelo settle down into their new home of Castelia in Unova. Over time, the rest of the family does find out and he does tell Archer about his son (he’s not Draco lol). Still working out fully what Marcella and Silvio’s relationship with their little half-brother is, but Gabe is officially part of the Café Crew and it’s most senior member, acting as a mentor to his nephew Renato in the future (and also being Cicely’s wingman lol).
TLDR: Does this fankid need to exist? No. Do I love him after knowing him for less than an hour anyways? Yes. He’s also another ‘annoying relative’ for his cousin Atlas to interact with and will probably be the person who mainly helps Renato through his own issues so he does have a purpose, even if a minor one. Not to mention… I always liked those fanfics where Silver had half-siblings (though in those it was usually Ash or Red.)
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