the pokemon au meme

[holographica]

we all live in a pokemon world
(i wanna be the greatest master of them all!)





POKEMON AU TIME GUYS GET OUT YOUR POKEBALLS

The meme explains itself: AU your character into the Pokemon world! Post a toplevel with their team, backstory, profession, etc., then roll for relationship/scenario or come up with your own.

Not everyone has to be a young trainer on a journey - the Pokemon world is home to tradesmen and professors, gym leaders and professional breeders, and people from every walk of life you can think of. But no matter where you're from or what you do, Pokemon are and always have been a part of your life, and Pokemon battles and other competitions are a popular way of bonding with your partners, expressing yourself, and engaging with other trainers.


Some prompts to inspire threads:

1) Battle on the road! Or in your backyard, or on a boat, or wherever. When two trainers meet, the polite and friendly thing to do is to offer a quick battle, right?

2) Tournament! This is the real deal - a full-team battle to the knockout, for profit or glory. Maybe it's a little local gig, or maybe it's a Really Big Deal, but you're here and staking it all on this next battle.

3) Spectator! One character is giving it their all in a gym battle, tournament, contest, or other Pokemon-related activity, and the other's here to watch. Are they a rival sizing up their competition, or a friend tagging along for moral support? Meaningful offstage conversations, ahoy!

4) Traveling! Two journeying trainers? One journeying trainer and the non-trainer they're escorting to a site of interest? The roads in the Pokemon world are meant to be walked, and the sky is wide and welcoming...

5) Villain team! One hero and one villain facing off, two villains up to no good, or two heroes kicking some ass. Team Rocket, always in it for the money and power, is based in Kanto and Johto - but sometimes they send agents in search of foreign opportunities...

6) Legends! OH god what did you get yourselves into

7) Peril! Being a Pokemon trainer comes with its hazards - angry wild Pokemon, bad weather, accidentally burning your house down...

8) Profession! Chefs and construction workers and athletes and teachers all have Pokemon, too. The two of you met in what would be an everyday capacity in any world - in this world, though, "everyday" involves very large magic animals.

9) Pokemon Center! Sometimes the lines get really long and you end up waiting a long time to get your Pokemon back. Why not strike up a conversation?

10) Mentoring! One character is more experienced with Pokemon and has been coaching another character on how to be a better trainer. They could be siblings, gym leader/League member/expert and regular trainer, or just friends.

11) Research! Professors or trainers working for a professor are on a mission to gather information on a rare Pokemon - or Mega Evolution, or evolution stones, or any topic of your choice.

12) DRAMU. Sometimes Pokemon does that vaguely martial arts/sports anime thing where people get really invested in Pokemon battling or use it to deal with some big problem in their life and get really torn up over losing or not winning the right way and end up living alone on a mountain for three years to figure shit out? Maybe that's a little far, but yeah, battles are serious business that people put a lot of personal significance into. Time for dramu.


Some resources to help with teambuilding:
Pokemon XY "sprites" from PkParaiso
Lists of Pokemon by Pokedex number and by various attributes