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I know I literally just a few days ago posted a nice long detailed outline of my Alola protag families and said “Now finally I have them figured out” well THAT WAS A LIE. Thanks to the evil, evil influence of some friends I couldn’t get the idea of protag/ultra recon squad out of my brain and just doing more with the URS anyways, so UH now I guess Dulse and Zossie are also there. Sometimes.

I kind of liked the idea that for Ultra Megalopolan culture, when someone’s life/work involves a lot of travel like theirs does, it’s very common to, rather than settle down with a steady partner, be the “part-time” third (or fourth!) to a relationship involving people who live less transitory lives. It settles the desire for romantic and/or physical partnership, without leading into some of the difficulties that can arise from long distance relationships or one person constantly coming to and fro while the other feels like they’re always waiting for them. Obviously everyone has their own preferences and situation that works for them, but this scenario happens enough in UM that it’s considered typical! Very normal for kids to grow up with two/three full-time parents and another parent who comes and goes but is still an important part of the relationship.

With that in mind, Dulse for a long time had that kind of relationship with Anabel & Thorton, spending half his time in UM and always being sure to visit them in Sinnoh when his work took him to Earth. (Less typically, his daughter with the two of them, Carola, travels with him most of the time rather than staying in Sinnoh with her other parents, so she has Dulse’s surname and considers herself more in-touch with her UM side rather than her Earthling side.) Back in Alola, Zossie had grown close with Acerola & Selene and while she too wasn’t “full-time” in a relationship with them, they had a well established dynamic together as well as a daughter (raised by Acerola & Selene). Dulse began spending more time in Alola once Gladion established a program focused on rehoming and safely capturing UBs, working closely with the URS, and during this time found himself growing closer with the Aether president and his husband. It had been over a decade since he’d spent any meaningful interaction with Elio or Gladion, and he found he got along very well with the both of them. Zossie teased him endlessly about how he’d found some Alolans he liked since he wasn’t satisfied with just his partners up in Sinnoh, and he brushed her off until some Moment of Realization that he actually had grown fond of them as well (as had Carola). One thing leads to another, and now Dulse has two families he spends his time with, and Zossie is very smug. It’s definitely the type of relationship that’s unconventional on Earth but quite typical in Ultra Megalopolis, but everyone involved is happy and satisfied!

TLDR: now Dulse is a part-time third to Elio/Gladion and Zossie is the same to Selene/Acerola and I shuffled/added to their kids to accommodate this. Primrose & Enzian now have a baby brother named Osmund (after the scientific name of pepper dulse algae), and Eugenia’s now the name of the baby of the family, while the middle daughter has been renamed to Vallisia “Valli” (after the name for freshwater eelgrass, as opposed to Zossie’s name coming from the marine kind). FINALLY I decided that with this it made more sense for Weiss’s URS parent to be someone else, so he’s now Kahili’s son via a one-night-stand with Soliera, not Dulse! His “real name” has been changed to Thörun (from the Icelandic word for algae) from Söl (meaning dulse), to reflect this.

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Fankidtober Day 22 – The half-alien himself!  Weiss Kalama (real name Söl though he doesn’t find that out until at least in his early teens) is the son of a regular Alola human and someone from Ultra Space/Ultra Megalopolis, thus he’s a bit… unusual looking. … Continue reading

Who’s your favorite family from each region?

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This is a pretty difficult question since for generally my “favorite” family is the one I’m working the most on at any given time, so the answer would change. I can answer for who I’m enjoying working on the most at this point in time though.

Kanto: I haven’t really worked in depth on any Kanto families recently, but I’d say right now I’m feeling very fond of the NamelessShipping fam. I’ve been having a lot of fun with Roy and Sage’s dynamic in particular, as antagonistic siblings is always fun. I also like how they both have some of Green’s arrogance, since cocky characters are fun to work with.

Johto: Hands down the HonorShipping family just since they have so much drama. A very close second is Whitney, Ethan, and Lance’s family, since there’s a lot of fun dynamics going on there as well. I think the sheer outrageous soap-opera levels of drama in the former family are what make me like it more though, as well as how quirky all the kids are.

Hoenn: Probably a tie between TensionShipping and ContestQueenShipping at the moment. ContestQueen will always be my forever Hoenn OTP, so they’re going to be a favorite no matter what, but I’ve been having so much fun with Drew and Harley’s family (and their dynamics with Lisia and May’s family) that I feel like they deserve a shoutout as well.

Sinnoh: The BrokenShipping family is a forever favorite just since it’s one of my weirdest ships. It was basically an in-universe crackship to start out and then the more I thought about it the more I thought it would be great. They’re an unconventional family but one I love working on. Shout-out/runner up goes to the ComaShipping family though since how could I not love Paul and Ash and their goth babies.

Unova: I know this is kind of cheating since it’s like five families but… the Montfort family. All of them. I don’t know how it got so big but all of them are so much fun to work with and I’ve just put some of my most effort into worldbuilding Unova that they’re kind of my babies. Even if some are trash babies like Grimsley and Hymnia and Mindy. And while this isn’t set in stone yet… there’s a good chance the family’s going to be expanding once I incorporate Galar 😉

Kalos: PerfectWorldShipping. Hands down. I have… trouble with Kalos, mainly due to lack of inspiration, so I think it’s probably no wonder that the couple/family with a convoluted story and angst and drama is the one I like best. Florian’s one of my older fankids as well and while he’s changed a bit over the years he’s still one I’m very fond of. I really like thinking of him and his dads being soft together.

Alola: Another region I find myself having a bit more trouble with, but I’d say maybe SnowLilyShipping? Mainly just since they start out very typical but end up being very unconventional with their half-alien meme son, sort-of a zombie son, and then adorable baby daughter. Another fun one is the NineIronShipping fam (Guzma/Molayne/Kahili) just since it’s full of shenanigans and all three kids are gremlins.

And then I have some other regions, but those only have one-two families each so I’ll exclude them. Honestly I think it’s just become obvious that the families I tend to enjoy working with are the ones with more drama/unconventional elements. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy the more typical families – I do immensely! It’s just that when it comes down to picking favorites, I tend to go with the ones like that. Really, this AU is more of a personal/self-indulgent project than anything, which is why things get over the top or dark sometimes. I simply want to explore lots of different ideas I find interesting and use this world as a way to do so.

What’s the story behind Hua and Lillie’s revived(?) child, and the other adopted one?

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Hau and Lillie have a pretty complicated storyline in mine regarding their children, so I’ll explain it as best and simply as I can. 

After they get married, Lillie’s dream is to have a child with Hau. Specifically, she wants to be the one to get pregnant with said child. However, the two end up having many difficulties with this. Lillie struggles to carry a child to term, suffering multiple miscarriages. Despite going to multiple doctors, they can’t seem to find anything that might be the underlying cause behind Lillie’s fertility issues, so she keeps trying in the hopes of being able to have the child she’s dreamed of. It’s difficult for both her and Hau, but her husband is nothing but supportive during this rough time period. Eventually, Lillie is able to carry a child past 6 months and she and Hau are tentatively hoping that this will be the one. Sadly, their son, who Lillie names Echter, is born very prematurely and only survives for 5 days after his birth. After losing Echter, Lillie comes to the conclusion that, for whatever reason, she just can’t have a healthy child and she and Hau decide to take a break before deciding how they want to move forward (be it adoption or Hau being the one to get pregnant, as they do still want children.)

About four months following Echter’s death, Selene, Gladion, Hau, and Lillie, along with some other members of the new Alola League, hear about an underground lab run by rogue former Aether scientists and make it their mission to apprehend them. When they raid the lab, they discover that these scientists had been conducting experiments on Ultra Wormholes using a young boy they had as a test subject. This boy has the amazing ability to open and close Ultra Wormholes with just his mind, hence why the scientists had adopted him when they heard rumors of his abilities from his foster family. In lieu of his real name, and in order to not simply call him by a subject number, many of the scientists in charge of raising him and studying his abilities started calling him Weiss, due to his pale coloring. With nowhere to go now that his only home had been dismantled, Hau and Lillie realized this might be a sign. Here was a child in need of a good home and loving parents, and here they were wanting a child so desperately. Thus, Hau and Lillie end up adopting their half-alien psychic son, Weiss.

About five years after they adopt Weiss, Hau and Lillie decide to have another child, but knowing Lillie’s previous fertility issues, this time Hau is the one trying to get pregnant. They are able to have a daughter, Hina, together and they adore her dearly (as does her big brother Weiss.) Then, another five years after Hina’s birth, and unbeknownst to Hau and Lillie, a malevolent dark wizard who has plans to use magic to control Ultra Beasts to take over Alola decides to conjure himself an assistant/familiar. As a necromancer, this evil mage decides to find a useful soul to revive. It just so happens he decides that the lingering spirit of a baby mage (note that Lillie is a light mage) he discovers is the best option for him. Using his magic, the evil wizard (who… doesn’t have a name yet), creates a sort of homunculus that resembles what the spirit would have looked like had he grown up. As Echter would have been 10, he is first revived with the appearance of a ten year old, though his artificial body does age. Using magic, the evil wizard implants his new servant with the knowledge he needs and sets him to work as his assistant. Revived!Echter has no memories from before his revival, of course, and though the evil wizard is often cruel and neglectful towards him, he knows no other life…. that is until three years later when he meets Primrose and her friends. Thus begins the little ‘side-plot’ that many of my Alola fankids are involved in.

🌟Layla ?

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10 Facts About Layla Birch-Fang

  1. She has a very strong sense of responsibility. As the eldest of her siblings, she sees herself as the protector of her younger brothers and sister and tends to want to keep an eye on them, whether they want it or not. She also feels responsible for preventing any bad thing she sees happen due to her precognition abilities, even though she can’t always change things. Part of her character arc is learning to both let her siblings have some breathing room and to understand that just because she knows something is going to happen, it doesn’t mean it’s her fault if she just can’t do anything to prevent it. She’s not omnipotent.
  2. She’s very neat and well organized and grows anxious when things are disordered in her space. She has a habit of cleaning or organizing when she’s stressed out, be it her own home or other people’s. 
  3. She has a very professional dress sense, fitting right into the Interpol dress code before she even was recruited. She typically wears blazers and skirts and always carefully coordinates her outfits (out of the various dark colors allowed by the Interpol dress code.)
  4. After years of practice, she was able to hone her precognition abilities to the point she can choose what kind of vision she’s going to have. This is most useful for her work in the Ultra Beast department of Interpol as she’s able to accurately predict when and where wormholes will open up, allowing her team to be able to minimize damage caused by rampaging and lost UBs.
  5. She works mainly with the Faller version of her mother, who she refers to as her Aunt off-duty. Faller Anabel has come to see Layla as a sort of surrogate daughter herself over time as well. Layla also ends up working a lot with Ohia, who himself is a Faller and a sort of on-call employee for Interpol, assisting their studies of UBs and the nature of wormholes in Alola along with Weiss, who has psychic powers that allow him to manipulate Ultra Wormholes. She strongly dislikes working with the two younger men however, due to their laid back attitude towards the work, since if there’s one thing Layla hates, it’s not taking serious matters like UBs with the gravitas they deserve. 
  6. She first met her boyfriend, Caleb, through their mutual friend Opal. At first she hated his flirtatious and habit of joking around, but over time as she got to know the ‘true’ Caleb under the front he puts up she came to like him, eventually falling for the crafty and well-read, but still fun and cheerful man. He often jokes that he’s the only one who can get Layla to laugh (which is not true, but she does find herself more at ease around him, able to relax and not worry as much about her responsibilities.) 
  7. She’s also childhood friends with Rudy and Safir, Roxanne and Brawly’s twins. However, she’s not as close with them when she’s older due to an incident when they were children. The three were exploring near Granite Cave when Layla had a vision of them being attacked by scary looking wild pokémon. She immediately ran back down the beach to where Brendan (who was babysitting them) was, but while she was fetching him to help, her friends accidentally disturbed an injured wild Salamence that was hidden in the foliage. Brendan was able to subdue the dragon with the help of his pokémon, but Rudy still ended up getting a fairly serious injury that left a prominent scar. Since that event, Layla has blamed herself for Rudy’s injury and been somewhat distant from her old friends, especially since while Rudy holds no grudge towards her, knowing she was only trying to help, Safir feels a bit bitter that Layla left them to tell an adult rather than just warning them that there was danger so they could have avoided the entire situation.
  8. She used to love watching her father (Wally)’s gym battles as a child, wanting to be like him when she grew up. Originally, she would be brought to watch by Anabel or Brendan, but later on she goes by herself, visiting after school and taking notes on her father’s techniques. As a result, her battle style is strongly influenced by his. Despite working for Interpol currently, she still dreams of one day inheriting the Petalburg Gym from Wally.
  9. Prior to joining Interpol, she didn’t know that she would be working with a Faller version of her mother, but Faller Anabel ended up being assigned as Layla’s mentor (definitely done on purpose by the upper management.) Layla ends up introducing her ‘aunt’ to her mother which ends up being a very weird meeting for everyone involved.
  10. Layla drinks a lot of tea, of all kinds. She drinks herbal tea to relax, green tea to help her focus, and black tea when she needs an energy boost. Her parents gifted her a fancy box to keep her collection in which is now proudly displayed on her desk at work. She’s very protective of her tea as well, not wanting to share it with anyone and going on a crusade to find the culprit if she finds any missing.