SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT!

AND I DON'T PLAN TO LOSE! private. selective. independent. POST-GAME LEON written by erika. var sc_project=12169264; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="c9352b49";

[eternablade]

PINNED!

hi, hi, hi! my name is erika, i'm 27, and this is a blog for post-game leon. this blog is incredibly low-activity, as i am a full time employee and a full time student. this blog is currently going through a revamp, so please pardon the dust! you can find me on my other blogs lionfanged and dragmiire.

rules. | about.

[eternablade]

hi sorry for dying, school and work always have me by the throat <3

but i finished the dlc + the epilogue last week and... dlc was fun! epilogue was not what i expected bcuz i entirely fooled myself into thinking it would be majorly plot-related and pertain to the professor.

don't ask me how i got this conclusion, just know i was very disappointed, but still entertained.

[eternablade]

hi have an inbox call while i suffer at work <3 the weekend approaches my dudes........

[eternablade]

hi i don't have a fancy promo this is it. leon is being hauled out of the grave for his four-year anniversary of this blog's existence bcuz of my whims.

like/reblog if u want to see galar's best boy grapple with depression, an existential crisis regarding his life's purpose, and multiple trips as a battle ambassador to paldea and unova's academies to keep up with the times.

i'm erika. i'm 27. and i love cats.

[eternablade]

ABOUT. last updated: 12/31/2023

NAME. leon castillo NICKNAMES. lee, the unbeatable champ (formerly) TITLES. pokemon trainer, head of the battle tower (formerly known as rose tower), pokemon champion (formerly), galar league chairman. GENDER. cis male AGE. twenty-eight BIRTHDAY. february 14th  SEXUALITY. homosexual NATIONALITY. galarian PARENTS. gabriella castillo / mother. sterling castillo / father. (deceased) SIBLING(s). hop / brother. OTHER. iris / cousin. drayden / adoptive uncle. 

HEIGHT. 5'11" / 180.34 cm WEIGHT. 174 lbs BODY TYPE. muscular, toned, lean. herculean-leaning but not overtly so. broad in chest and shoulders with a tight, trim waist, he is diligent in maintaining this level of fitness. it isn’t uncommon for him to be found in one of the few, rare times he visits his childhood home working out in his old bedroom in between family time. HAIR. a deep, rich purple. it is natural (as per anime logic), and it is a thing of pride for him. he began to grow it out after his father’s passing when he was nine, and has maintained it ever since. he doesn’t, however, allow it to grow much longer than its current state, finding it manageable as it is. it is thick with natural waves and surprisingly soft despite its seemingly wild appearance. he is far from the type to use a one-size-fits-all shampoo treatment and has a thorough hair care routine. EYES. a brilliant gold. he and hop get their stunning eye color from their mother, which leon is always quick to bring up whenever he is complimented on it. SCAR(s). while blessed currently in his youth that his wounds typically heal quickly and without permanent mark, nevertheless does he still bear a few annoying scars that serve as reminders of his occasional… recklessness. on his chest flares out a broad burn scar, on his right bicep remain the imprints of fangs, and he still has wounds healing from his battle with eternatus.  MENTAL. suffers from ptsd after the eternatus and darkest day incident. he does arrange sessions with a therapist, but rarely appears due to an insistence of being busy with the battle tower and other projects involving the galar league. charizard serves as an incredible support when triggers flare up.

PERSONALITY. the ever-resilient former champion leon, to his beloved public and fanbase, he is renowned for his upbeat energy, his persistently positive attitude, and his insistence on everyone having a champion time! to those who know him on a far more personal level, leon is a man far more down to earth, someone you can easily confess your worries and fears to and not only get a listening ear, but solid advice from someone who seems to know you inside and out. he is a brother, a friend, a protector—but the pressures of becoming a champion of an entire region at the mere age of ten was something crushing.

it took him a long, long time to rediscover himself, to become the reliable leon that he had come to be known as. the world only ever knew him as champion leon, and soon enough, it was all he could remember too—until it was stripped from him.

after taking so many years to build up finally feeling at ease in the skin of this public persona, suddenly, he is having to learn what it is like without it when he had formed his whole person around the championship. a bit quieter, a bit more distant, perpetually lost in neverending thought, the bright, buoyant champion leon is just a memory drifting away as the leon of the present tries to carve out a path for himself that, for once, is not being dictated by someone else.

KEY POKEMON. his ace is currently cleo, a luxray gifted as a shinx cub by a sponsor. after a tragic accident mid-battle, one of charizard's wings was irreparably damaged, and to avoid further catastrophe, it was agreed upon by leon and the pokemon center nurses in charge of his care to retire him.

charizard (or 'zar' as he often refers to him as) has been his companion since childhood, and still serves as an emotional aid. he kept him safe during the eternatus incident, and leon is highly over-protective of him.

cleo, his ace, was a gift as aforementioned. he and her got on like a house on fire initially, until she evolved. 'terrible two's' are a real thing for pokemon trainers with a team member with a three stage evolution, and cleo as luxio was a fine example of that. after an incident during a 'bonding' trip out into the galar wilderness, she evolved into luxray, and she and leon have been tightly bonded ever since.

his other team members are seismitoad, mr. ryme, aegislash, and dragapult. former team members include rillaboom, cinderace, and inteleon, all of which were gifted to hop to aid in his professor pursuits. he tries to maintain a smaller team to avoid having to 'box'/bench any members, and when he feels it is time for a pokemon to move on, he will go out of his way to ensure they find a fulfilling new partner.

charizard is almost permanently out of his pokeball, when possible, as is cleo.

[eternablade]

RULES. last updated: 12/31/2023

i only write with 18+ admins. i am personally 27.

i don't use icons, but don't mind if you do!

this blog is low activity. i am a full-time student/employee and by god adulthood is coming for me fast.

i write whatever length. usually i'll match you, or do what i feel in the moment! usually this is a few paragraphs.

shipping is great. i don't do any 'autoshipping' or whatever it is called now where you ship right from the jump unless we're besties. let's build something! (obvs shouldn't have to say it but pls no incest, pedophilia, etc. i will beat you to death with my hooves).

in my lore, charizard had to suffer an early retirement due to a major injury from battle. leon's ace is a luxray gifted by my oc because leon screams luxray energy. charizard is still his bestie and acts more of an emotional support/emergency back-up.

idk just don't get weird.

[eternablade]

apparently this blog turned 4 on wednesday. happy 4th birthday leon ur baby.

[eternablade]

so, leon’s new outfit huh

[lionfanged]

              AND IT’S TURNING OUT EXACTLY AS I PLANNED!                           i’ve got you eating right out the palm of my hand!                               you can take it back, i’m taking what is mine–

                I’LL BE RIGHT HERE UNTIL THE END OF TIME.

[eternablade]

reminder that rn i’m experiencing peak oc brainrot over on @/lionfanged if u wanna still write with me! irl stuff is killing my writing brain brutally so i only have the energy to fixate on one chara at a time and atti is my most privileged brainchild, so leon will be on the backburner for... however long it takes to get back to the norm. thanks!!

[eternablade]

his smile............................

[battlevilla]

Leon - Pokémon Masters EX

[eternablade]

might have to log into masters again EXPLICITLY for leon 👀👀👀

[eternablade]

@darkpulse061 sent for borthday :

On Leon's desk, sat unceremoniously amongst the miscellaneous papers is a birthday card. How'd it get there? Who knows! It's clearly store-bought, maybe generic enough to be missed if Leon's birthday gift pile from fans is especially large this year. The inside is equally as unremarkable as the outside, no added note besides the pre-printed one aside from a barely-legible '-Piers'.

on this day, leon always felt significant guilt for the mail person who would come to his door. janet, as he had come to know of her first name, always delivered through this route, and usually would just pop in to deposit everyone’s mail at the apartment’s group slots down below, and then carry on her merry way. but on day’s like today, her mail sack was doubled, if not tripled, requiring multiple trips back to her parked vehicle outside (and some aid from kindly delivery pokemon), all because of one man.

that one man being him.

‘ i’m so sorry again, ‘ he gushed, chewing delicately on the pad of his thumb as he watched the cheery machokes deposit down the loads. two separate deliveries, organized by the holiday. one for valentine’s day, and the other, his birthday. leon watched a partly deflated balloon tumble out of the bag as they were gently shaken out and emptied.

‘ you know i don’t mind this, leon, especially now i know that it’s coming. ‘ janet shot him a teasing grin as he flushed and looked elsewhere, gnawed thumb replaced with a twirled strand of hair to partly conceal his face. ‘ first year was a real shock, but, sometimes i need the workout, y’know? ‘

her tablet was offered to him, and quickly did leon accept it, not wishing to take up any more of her time with just a signature. habit nearly had him leaving a little crown at the end, but he managed to catch himself, gently smiling as he returned it to the fold of her hands, and waved the pair of machokes goodbye as they marched on off to their next task.

‘ who knows, since i’m not champion anymore, maybe i won’t get so much of... this, ‘ he remarked, making a sweeping gesture to his now covered living room floor. cleo, emerged from where she was glowering in the kitchen doorframe, began to snuffle at one of the cards. ‘ doubt it, ‘ janet scoffed, ‘ but maybe once you stop being a cutie, we’ll talk. ‘

the door shut, and he felt his face practically scorched from how flushed it was.

‘ gods, cleo, i really don’t get how every year--huh? ‘

with a card held as delicately as she could manage, she poked it against his elbow. leon chuckled, accepting it.

‘ oh, is there something special about this one? did you somehow manage to get somebody to mail you a card for you? ‘

it didn’t look as fancy and special as a card paid-off by a luxray to be made. the envelope was a plain pale blue, with strangely no return address and a couple extra stamps, one of which featuring a beaming galarian zigzagoon. that alone was enough to make leon smile, but at cleo’s nudging behest, he pressed on, carefully peeling back the envelope’s fold and tugging out the card.

‘ cleo, look, it looks just like you! ‘ cleo seemed rather unimpressed as he showed her the roaring luxray on a clifftop, giant bubble letters spelling out HAPPY BIRTHDAY in the sunny sky. ‘ haha, oh, this is cute, cleo, hope you have a roaring good time of a birthday, signed-- ‘

he froze, expecting a smudged paw print or something denoting who it was from, but instead, scrawled barely legible in the corner was a name he distinctively knew was neither cleo, nor someone who would think of helping a pokemon send a card. in fact, he was very well sure he had never seen a card sent by this particular individual, peering in between the card, to cleo, the card, and then cleo again.

‘ did you... smell something on this, and that’s why you wanted me to open it? ‘

she gave a huff, a disinterested, cursory glance of the remaining piles, and walked off to go and find her oversized bed for a snooze, leaving leon with his head utterly spinning over the potential implications of a simple birthday card with literally nothing more added to it besides a name.

but for piers, that spoke thousands, millions even. during both of their time in the league, neither really were on friendly speaking terms beyond light, professional chats, and leon had never thought twice of it, merely assuming that their personalities were just too opposite to mesh. nevertheless did it mean piers was not a common face at times like this, on holidays and birthdays and these little intimate moments of sending silly little cards well-wishing someone you cared about a pleasant day.

leon glanced back down, back at the scribbled name. was this a gesture of friendship, an extended olive branch after years of not really caring to get to know one another? or was this merely courtesy, given how they’ve begun to chat more in recent time?

‘ ... i think i’m gonna give him a call, and thank him. this was very sweet. ‘

the remaining piles of luxurious gifts, letters, and sweets were all forgotten, replaced in his mind by the simplest card of all that still outshined each and every one of them.

[eternablade]

@eternasci best brother ever sent :

An arm flung around the neck of his love-lavished friend precedes a honeyed voice stringing together tales of both adoration and prowess. "A day such as this fits so snugly with you at the helm! I think myself a lover of all, but to this day, you've rivaled me in that!" A gentle headbutt brings that brilliant beam closer to his face. "Happy birthday, my dearest Dandelion! The day is rightfully yours to celebrate, and all of Galar is blessed to be able to do so with you!"

whether intentional or not, draped in sweet perfume or merely the natural fragrance of his own radiant personality, lucien always would be scented before he would be seen or felt. like a springtime breeze carrying the aroma of freshly bloomed roses, each and every time without fail would it settle like a soft blanket over him, soothing, comforting, and a sweet advance notice to the even sweeter voice that would accompany it, chiming out. the confirmation arrived in a gentle settling of an arm about his neck and shoulders, drawing him into a hug.

that, and a nickname only heard and treasured from that honey-sweet voice, so artfully coined in the early days of their budding friendship, now fully bloomed and flourishing.

‘ lucy--! ‘ his laughter is cut short into a tumbling fit of giggles as their heads bump together, lavender and cherry brown hair spilling together in a cascade. ‘ i didn’t think you’d visit! weren’t you supposed to be out on business in hoenn? ‘

the notion of lucien managing to squeeze in time in his schedule to arrange a trip back to galar for him left warm butterflies fluttering about his stomach, touched that his friend would go to such lengths to consider him. such surely reflected in the adoring sparkle to his eye and his wide smile that was on the verge of making his cheeks painfully sore, trying to both maintain the snugness of their hug while also angling to get a good look at the man he thought of as a second brother. last he had heard, he and atticus had arranged to meet, skipping over the formalities of prior screening thanks to leon putting in a good word of lucien being beyond fantastic of a person. while understandable in his caution, he knew atticus didn’t need to worry--lucien was, after all, an angel on planet earth.

‘ you’re so sweet to me, ‘ leon laughed, feeling hints of a blush creeping up his neck and ears at the notion of all of galar being blessed. such seemed a bit of a stretch, but, it was not as if his popularity was unknown. in fact, after his most recent slew of valentine’s photoshoots, and the endless dumping of gifts into his mailbox, he knew quite otherwise. nevertheless, while treats from adoring fans were sweet, nothing was comparable to the blessing of lucien, beautiful inside and out.

‘ i hope you know that you’ve just given me the best possible gift of all by being here. ‘

[eternablade]

A VERY MERRY DAY OF BIRTH TO A VERY SPECIAL BOY--LEON!!

no better day to be born for galar’s sweetheart than on the day of hearts itself, valentine’s day 😌 i guess TECHNICALLY he would be turning 23 but he gets to be trapped in a vague, perpetual state of early twenties due to established verses rn, but NEVERTHELESS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEON.

[eternablade]

vday is a sunday which means i will have the day off to scream about leon and his birthday and this is a Promise