here’s a little headcanon I had about the Lake Trio’s powers, based on the myths we can read in the that tell us a bit about the trio (specifically “A Horrific Myth”)
The Lake Trio’s powers to take will/emotions/memory from people vary in severity by how much contact/time the victim spends under their control.
For example, a person who only spends a few seconds under a spell caused by Uxie would forget maybe a few things about their day, but wouldn’t be particularly affected. A person who is afflicted by Mesprit for a little while would feel varying degrees of “disconnection” from their emotions, or a hollow feeling for a few weeks to come. If someone is controlled by Azelf for a considerable amount of time (say, 15 minutes, a half hour, Heaven forbid longer) runs the risk of losing their will to move or live completely, and basically become a human shell who cannot function at all (no speaking, movement, reactions, but still breathing; alive, but not really there).
After coming in contact with the trio in any form, the victim blanks out, faints, or fall into a sleep-like trance. The time spent doing this also varying on how long they interact. If for a few seconds, the person/Pokemon may experience a quick loss of movement and seize up before coming to again, or fainting.
This also can worsen the affects for people with mental health problems. Azelf is particularly bad with people that have suicidal thoughts.
thetotallybadplaid-deactivated2 asked: In your opinion, if California had 4 beginning Pokemon (they don't necessarily have to be starters) what would they be? Thanks!
1) Helioptile. When I lived in California, I lived near the Mojave desert so a lizard pokémon was the first thing that came to my mind. Plus, California is so big on the environmental preservation, a solar-panel pokémon makes sense.
2) Swablu! Notorious for it’s year round lovely weather, I can see happy cloud pokémon like swablu hanging around California.
3) Exeggutor! California has lots of palm trees.
4) Lapras. Of course I had to include a water type for such a big coastal state. I would say Oshowatt, but that’s what Professor Spruce picked. I would love to ride a Lapras along the California coast, and perhaps they could ferry people out to Catalina island.
You know what I want? Culture clashes between the pokemon regions.
Someone from Unova travels to Kanto/Johto wearing a t-shirt with a big R on the chest. They get dirty looks for it and have no idea what’s going on.
A Kalosian meets someone from Sinnoh and keeps standing too close to them. The Sinnoh native keeps stepping back uncomfortably, but the Kalosian keeps stepping closer.
Someone from Johto goes to Unova and ????EVERYTHING IS SO BIG=????
A Hoennian meets up with a Kalosian and the Kalosian goes for cheek kisses while the Hoennian goes for a gentle head butt.
people from johto visiting sinnoh get pulled aside by police because they don’t know that keeping your pokemon outside its pokeball outside of amity square is illegal
trainers from kanto and johto wondering why the game corner doesn’t give out pokemon as prizes
kanto trainers expecting to be given a bunch of rocks for playing in the sinnoh safari zone and instead finding out that you’re supposed to throw mud at pokemon
“what the fuck are you doing” “i’m slathering honey all over this tree to attract wild pokemon to it” “why don’t you just fucking headbutt it you dumb shit” “e-excuse me what”
a lot of discourse on the proper way to plant berries (“just plant them in the ground it’s not difficult” “yes okay but have you heard of berry pots” “do you just plant them wherever? why would you do that just get your own berry orchard” “I CAN ONLY PLANT BERRIES IN MY DREAMS”)
kalos trainers getting really confused when they take their clefairy to kanto and it’s getting its ass handed to it by fighting-types
unova/kalos trainers getting really fucking sick of foreigners trying to eat their vanillite
Hoennites going to Sinnoh and not realizing how COLD it is and they’re freezing the whole time but everyone else is just sorta used to it
Conversely, Sinnohians going to Hoenn and not realizing how hot it is and they don’t have any warm-weather gear so they’re sweltering the whole time
Cyclists from Kanto Johto Hoenn and Sinnoh wondering where the hell Cycling Road is. Where is it.
A Hoennite bragging that someone from Rustboro city found out how to resurrect Pokemon, only to be shot down by a Kantoian who says that some guy on Cinnabar Island figured out how to do it YEARS ago
People from Unova and Hoenn coming to Kanto and Johto and getting really really frustrated because HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MOVE THIS SNORLAX and thinking the locals are pulling their leg when they tell them to play the Pokeflute for it.
Johtoians having to patiently explain to foreigners that slowpoketails aren’t a delicacy, but are, in fact, VERY illegal.
People from most regions getting really intimidated by Goldenrod City and how weird and dirty some of the city is, but Unovans feel right at home.
