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How do Lisia/May, Tory/Max, and their families interact?

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(This has also been sitting in my ask box for way too long but yesterday’s ep gave me the dosage of Lisia I needed to motivate me)

May and Max remain fairly close as adults! They both still live in Hoenn, though in different cities. May lives in Sootopolis, but travels a lot for her work as a Frontier Brain, spending a lot of time at the Battle Frontier while Lisia remains closer to home as the Sootopolis Gym Leader. Max took over the Petalburg Gym from Norman and was the Leader there for a while, but later moves to Mauville with Tory, giving the Petalburg Gym to one of his top assistants and becoming Tory’s right hand at the Mauville Gym. He and Tory are also (part-time) Researchers! They mainly use the high-tech available to them in Mauville (and thanks to Tory’s expertise) to collaborate with Brendan and the other scientists in Mossdeep.

As for the various relationships, they also all get along pretty well!
Lisia – Max: Lisia easily comes to consider Max as her little brother as well, but Max finds her (and her fanbase) a bit overwhelming, especially back when they first met during his and May’s initial journey through Hoenn with Ash and Brock. While he prefers to spend time with her in smaller doses, Max respects Lisia as a trainer and Gym Leader, and enjoys discussing that with her as it’s their main common point (apart from May). Lisia on the other hand would rather take her baby brother shopping or out to a cute cafe then talk about work! She has definitely invited him over for training only to turn it into a trip into town instead. Max will complain, but he does enjoy spending time with her! They’re a lot closer than he lets on.

Lisia – Tory: Similarly to Max, Lisia easily thinks of Tory as a younger sibling and the two actually get along a lot more “obviously” than she and Max do. When he first started his journey, Tory tried out quite a few different paths, including coordinating. Lisia was someone he admired for her confidence and ability to bring a smile to others, so they had a lot to bond over from the start! He does enjoy going out to cafes with her and they regularly meet up, both to catch up as friends and as Gym Leaders.

May – Tory: They’re very close! Having known him, essentially, for as long as Max has, May was very pleased when she found out he and her brother were a couple (which is why Max tried to keep her from finding out for as long as possible). When Tory first started trying out contests, he was hesitant to reach out to May for advice, but the moment she found out he was interested in them she took him under her wing. It was actually thanks to May becoming his mentor that Tory reunited with Max and grew close with him. They remain very good friends and Tory still views May as a mentor, often visiting the Battle Stage to train with her. In turn, May also considers Tory an inspiration as he’s grown and come into his own as a trainer, adopting his own unique style she can learn from.

The Cousins: Levi’s quite a bit older than Trixie and Nils, so he’s not as close with them growing up. Later on, however, Nils ends up coming to him for advice quite a bit once he begins exploring different paths for his future. Nils becomes interested in fashion, eventually becoming a PokeStylist. While Ione is also in coordinating/performing world, being the same age as Nils she doesn’t have quite the same experience as her older brother. Nils goes on to design quite a few outfits for Ione (and Henry) once they’re teenagers and rising stars in the performing/coordinating/fashion world.

Trixie and Evan realllly don’t get along that well, both being very stubborn, aggressive, and direct/blunt. While she’s only a couple years younger, Evan sees Trixie as just a little kid who’s just trying to ride his coattails, while Trixie sees Evan as a pompous, rude [expletive] who thinks he’s hot stuff just since he got lucky and did well as a rookie. They’re not each other’s primary rivals, but they definitely are rivals.

Trixie has a mixed relationship with Ione. On the one hand, she doesn’t like how Ione used to tease her baby brother, but on the other hand she’s also (totally not that much!!!) afraid of Ione’s affinity for ghosts and ghost-types. They’re one of her weak spots, so while Ione doesn’t go out of her way to bother Trixie or anything, nonetheless Trixie is wary of her. The fact that Nils is nonplussed by the ghosts and teasing and even grows to love designing spooky themed outfits for Ione, Henry and their pokemon… she doesn’t get it. He’s stronger than her.

So, how did Tory end up with the twins?

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[This content is out of date and no longer canon (Rafe no longer has any children aside from Sibyl)]

The short answer is that I love drama-filled plotlines and liked the idea of giving Pierce a bunch of lovechildren after chats with @pkmnomegaverse regarding fun drama ideas and this just escalated from that.

The long answer will be under a cut because things might get a tad spicy since it’s relationship drama after all. I’ll also talk about Rafe and his family since it all ties in.

Essentially, here’s how things went. Tory and Bianca (the one from the movie) are happily married and living in LaRousse with their son, Giotto. Rafe is also living in LaRousse, but he’s less happy. Rafe met Tobias by chance at a small-scale tournament while he was travelling in Sinnoh and the two ended up bonding while discussing battling strategies and their encounters with Legendary pokemon. One thing led to another and they end up hooking up and exchanging numbers – Tobias is always travelling around so they could easily meet again if they happened to be near each other. Rafe returns home to Hoenn and eventually decides to settle down in his hometown, beginning work at the Battle Tower helping to referee matches and make sure things run smoothly. He’s also still been occasionally meeting with and hooking up with Tobias over this time period, though he’s also been considering just breaking that off and finding someone to settle down with, since all his friends seem to be doing that. 

Unfortunately, things go awry when Rafe unexpectedly ends up pregnant with Tobias’s child, something neither of them were planning for. Rafe does want the kid, but he also doesn’t want to be a single father, so he tries to convince Tobias to settle down with him for their baby’s sake. Tobias, on his part, does try, but ultimately he’s a wanderer at heart, so the situation really just ends up being Rafe as a single father and Tobias being the disappeared dad who shows up occasionally with a souvenir from another region for their son, Azariah, and to “catch up” with Rafe. Since things as they are obviously aren’t exactly satisfying in the love-life department for Rafe, he decides to branch out a bit. He’s pretty sure Tobias isn’t being exclusive when he’s out travelling, so why should Rafe stay exclusive himself? He ends up arranging a sort of friends-with-benefits setup with Tory and Bianca, occasionally joining them for threesomes, which they agree to since they like how it spices up their own love life. Things continue like this for a while, with Tory and Bianca as the happy couple and Rafe making due raising his son and with a not-great but still workable deadbeat boyfriend.

Then Pierce shows up. Pierce, in this AU, has a habit of going a bit wild, both when at the recreated Team Rocket HQ in Johto and when out on missions. He likes having sex with multiple partners, but doesn’t like being committed to anyone, preferring the hookup lifestyle. He also happens to be Tobias’s brother in this AU, though the two are barely in touch with each other. Nonetheless, Pierce is aware that Tobias has a sort-of boyfriend and a kid living in Hoenn, so when he ends up near LaRousse on a mission, he decides to check the situation out. Rafe is definitely surprised to meet Pierce, since he didn’t even know Tobias had a brother, but all the same… Pierce looks an awful lot like Tobias, Rafe is always low-key pining after Tobias, Pierce likes to have fun with hookups on missions, Rafe has regular threesomes with two friends. One thing leads to another, and the end result is Tory and Bianca deciding to have a foursome with Rafe and Pierce. This is definitely a rare chance for something extra different and wild after all. And they all have a good time, Pierce leaves once his mission’s complete and they all go back to their usual lives.

That is until both Rafe and Tory find out they’re expecting. Rafe is… mostly ok with this. He knows the kid is obviously not Tobias’s, but maybe this is a good chance to finally break up with Tobias since things were obviously not working out between them. Having another kid might be nice, let Azariah be a big brother and all. Tory, on the other hand, takes it really badly. He hates the thought that the child might not be Bianca’s. Well, he’d feel better if they were Rafe’s, since at least he’s a friend, but what if the kid is the random criminal’s? This was the worst idea and he can’t believe he thought it would be harmless fun. Bianca is trying to comfort her husband and say she doesn’t mind whatever happens, that the child will be hers no matter what since Tory’s her husband, but it doesn’t do much, especially when Tory finds out he’s having twins. Eventually, once all three babies are born, they’re able to confirm that Rafe’s son is Pierce’s and Tory has one twin that’s Rafe’s and the other is Pierce’s (if Beatrice’s dark blue hair hadn’t made it obvious). Of course, this is a lot to take in for all three parents, but they’re determined to make this work and not let one crazy night mess up their entire futures. Eventually, after he formally breaks up with Tobias, Rafe decides to move himself and his sons in with Tory and Bianca – though just as roommates since even if they’re fwb, he’s not about to come between a married couple in the romantic department. Tory’s from a wealthy family, so his and Bianca’s house is definitely big enough for all seven of them and the kids all grow up together and consider each other siblings. It’s a bit chaotic and a bit of an odd situation, but they all made the best of it and are quite happy by the main fankid era.