feed us your gen 4 headcanons
Dawn is the protagonist of Plantinum. By the time he becomes the protagonist of Legends Arceus he's started his female to male transition and is going by Rei.
Rei's ace in Sinnoh is a bibarel, the first pokemon he ever caught. Barry told Rei that bidoof are kind of lame and Rei became dead set on proving them wrong. Rei's ace in Hisui is the alpha kricketune that was bothering Lord Wyrdeer, who Rei began training to prove that pokemon aren't so scary.
Barry is nonbinary and uses she/they/fae pronouns.
Rei has clinical depression but unlike some people he never tried to destroy the world over it.
Lord Avalugg was the original hero's companion and is still alive in modern Sinnoh, slumbering under Snowpoint City.
Rei died in 1942 at 85 years old of natural causes.
Cynthia is a direct descendant of Rei via an orphaned Celestic child he adopted.
Cynthia's spiritomb is Vessa, who has stayed close to the family since Rei helped her. The Azure Flute is also a family heirloom.
Cynthia lost her eye to an infection after her garchomp scratched it as a gible. She has a prosthetic eye under her bangs and likes to tell people her garchomp once clawed a person's eye out.
After Rei dissappeared, Cynthia was reinstated as Sinnoh champion and hasn't been beaten since.
Giratina thinks they can fix Cyrus let's see how that goes for them.
Giratina was Rei's pokemon (he called them Tina), and since his dissappearence has been a companion of Cynthia.
Cyrus is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
Cyrus had an interest in pokemon contests until a bad experience led them to dropping them.
Mars studied history once but it led to her to have a very pessimistic view of the world.
Lucas is dyslexic.
Professor Rowan has a pretty severe allergy to feline pokemon.
Professor Rowan wants to strangle Professor Oak with a coat hanger, a sentiment he is completely oblivious to.
Barry eventually starts working at the Battle Tower with his dad.
Maylene, Candice, and Cyrus are no contact with their families.
Candice and Maylene like to hike together.
Fantina's father is from Kalos but she has never actually been there herself.
Crasher Wake is Fantina's pokemon contest rival.
Some time after Rei disappears, Johanna goes back to doing pokemon contests full time. She's close with Fantina and Crasher Wake.
It's tradition for Roark and Byron to spend the day together in the Sinnoh underground on Roark's birthday.
Gardenia is a secret base master.
Roark and Gardenia have made a game of hunting down each others' secret bases and setting up traps for each other.
Bertha and Aaron are actually really good friends, which everybody is surprised to learn. They often walk along Victory Road together and talk.
Lucian is schizophrenic.
Of the elite four, Lucian was the closest with Rei.
Ingo is Flint's great-something grandmother.
Shortly post-Plantinum Volkner and Flint got engaged.
Barry and Rei were dating before he disappeared.
Barry and Nate are exes.
Cynthia and Cyrus are both aroace and completely uninterested in romantic or sexual relationships of any kind.
Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina all have at least some resentment over Arceus they've been stewing over for at least a couple thousand years. These eldritch dragons have daddy issues. Giratina especially has not forgiven Arceus for what it did to Rei, but has given up on revenge.
After Cogita was released from her curse and eventually died, Enamorus went to Galar with Professor Laventon where she cycles through human disguises. She's currently living as Opal.
Uxie periodically erases Darkrai's memories at their request, despite Cresselia's protests.
Yeah idk what to say Darkrai and Cresselia are kind of doomed yuri coded.... 🤔
Regigigas' true form is a lot bigger than their pokedex entry states, the body they appear in is something they crafted to better work on new creations.
When phione and manphy migrate by Sinnoh waters, they create a beautiful lightshow underwater that people travel from all over to watch.
Shaymin migration is also an incredible spectacle. Sinnoh is one of the only regions where so many mythical pokemon can be so freely observed.
The lake trio are carnivorous and love eating fish. Their fangs are razor sharp.
Heatran is there. I guess.
