I’m Suzumun/Sophie, and I don’t know what the hell to expect! I haven’t been on Tumblr in many MANY years, so much has changed (it’s a bit scary), and really, I only returned because @distortsverity keeps begging me to pester her here. Wherever Hika is, Suzu must be I guess!
Very low activity, very low energy. Seriously. Keep that in mind if you decide to click follow. Like I said, I’m here primarily for Aya’s sake. However, I am more than open to writing with new people, though I’ll need to reacclimate after such a long time away.
Okay, rules!
Mutuals-only.
Don’t godmod. Only I can control Suzu.
Remember that I, Suzumun, do not always endorse Suzu’s beliefs and actions.
Single-ship with @distortsverity. Maybe in the future (and that’s a BIG maybe), I will consider shipping Suzu with other characters, but I’m currently not comfortable enough to do so.
My Discord is available only for regular writing partners.
Suzuna Morozova, not Candice Morozova. She will be extremely confused if you address her by the latter.
Other than her body turning over a few times a night, Suzu doesn’t move around much in her sleep. Nor is she a loud snorer! She drifts off quickly, too, like within 5-10 minutes of her head hitting the pillow, usually closer to 5… On the other hand, though, it is so very easy to wake her up. Sudden temperature change from losing her covers? Eyes open. A little sunlight coming in, or light from a device turning on? Eyes open. Couple chirps from a Starly on the balcony? Open. Sheets rustled? Door or floor creak? Wife’s arm suddenly leaving her waist? You guessed it, open. She needs complete silence and complete darkness… Fortunately, Suzu will have little trouble falling asleep again if the disruption isn’t ongoing, and as long as she has her 8-9 hours, getting disturbed twice or thrice won’t leave her worse for wear once she’s up in the morning!
All this to explain why she’s been using a Mamoswine-themed sleep mask since forever, one that extends over her ears. It’s an essential item. She can’t travel anywhere without it!
@kissakiced asked : “Hi Hika-chan! Uhhhhhh you have skibidi rizz. New Unovan expression I just learned!” THANKS JAMES
❝ Well you shouldn’t have. Sounds to me like they’re devolving. ❞ One quick Google search later . . . ❝ You just told me I have the charisma of a toilet occupied by a human head. ❞
"I think you need to teach 'Kari about Skibbidi rizz."
“Hmmmm…” Rizz she knows already, to tell the shameful truth, but Skibbidi? It sounds… Only slightly familiar. Like a few degrees above being a total unknown. Suzuna’s thinking she might have heard some kids toss it around during her latest trip to Unova. “Well, first, you’re gonna have to explain to me what that is, especially the Skibbidi part!”
“…Ooor I could just look it up later? If it’s something rather complicated!”
:| please stop making weird comments like “ looks so yummy ” and “ real swag ” and “ i wish i was that small sometimes ” on my inat observations. ( she’s grateful they’re both using pseudonyms, at least . . . )
“C’mon, Hika! It wouldn’t hurt you to have a little more whimsy in your life! Also, you gotta admit that fish you caught yesterday was real swag. I just told it as it is!”
“…Hey. If you say it out loud, I’ll put a lid on my cringe for… Hmmm… A week.”
:| please stop making weird comments like “ looks so yummy ” and “ real swag ” and “ i wish i was that small sometimes ” on my inat observations. ( she’s grateful they’re both using pseudonyms, at least . . . )
“C’mon, Hika! It wouldn’t hurt you to have a little more whimsy in your life! Also, you gotta admit that fish you caught yesterday was real swag. I just told it as it is!”
“…Hey. If you say it out loud, I’ll put a lid on my cringe for… Hmmm… A week.”
On her public social media, Suzu behaves with decorum and tries to keep things looking professional. Why, because she’s a Gym Leader, duh… And because of who her wife is. Minimal sharing about her personal life unless she made some kind of achievement, no chiming in on drama or celebrity gossip (no matter how badly she wants to!), no impulsive LOLworthy thoughts, no fandom memes, no dissing some stupid fashion trend that’s making its rounds on her feed… For the most part, she just shares whatever she thinks is relevant to Snowpoint, her colleagues in the League, her academic connections, or Sinnoh as a whole. If something remarkable is happening in another Region, like a tournament or a villain-caused disaster, she’ll post about that, too. Lastly, you can expect photos or videos involving her Pokémon at least 15 times a week. It can be of anything! A training exercise, a visit to a local school, their reactions to some new recipe she’s trying out, a cuddle pile while they’re sleeping together, frolicking in a snowstorm… Whatever, whenever she feels like sharing!
Her social media’s kinda mundane, though, in comparison to what other Leagues allow their members to post... Or even what her colleagues can get away with. Consider her jealous.
She does have private accounts just for friends and family, but… They slip off her mind waaay too easily. Having to maintain multiple public accounts already takes up so much of her mental bandwidth! She figures that if they REALLY need to share something with her, they’ll just do it through a text, call, or email. If they don’t, well… Sorry! It might take her a couple days, but she’ll get around to seeing it.
Remember how I said Suzuna tries to be mature when posting in a public space? Comment sections are the exception sometimes. She can’t help leaving silly brief comments for silly creatures and plants, on Twitter or on iNaturalist! Thankfully, those killjoys higher up haven’t put her on notice yet…
"temper temper, suzuna..." eris purrs, her soft voice still sweet like poisoned honey. "my my, you seem to have inherited hikari's nasty tongue. along with her annoying zealotry. how tragic."
"you're right, of course. galactic did fail. but, make no mistake, I gladly cooperated with authorities, served my time, and then left sinnoh of my own accord. your stifling region is of little interest to me, anymore." she narrows her eyes, glasses glinting. "funnily enough, devon corporation welcomed me with open arms soon after. let me truly spread my wings. and now? I'm more successful than I've ever been. because I've decided to fully seize my second chance."
her smile widens. she is loving this, still so poisonous after all these years. every word is meant to be a venomous sting.
"...you sense it too, don't you? while other regions have moved ahead with inter-dimensional portals, futuristic metropolises, and space exploration, sinnoh stubbornly clings to the past. an obsession with draconian standards and myth. galactic's revolution was so effective because sinnohans were ready for any change at all." eris laughs. "when hikari defeated us, I know the government was happy--they kicked cynthia to the background to crown their new savior, right away. now your wife is their perfect little puppet, isn't she? model citizen. paragon. you must be so proud."
"you can believe in your heroic dichotomy all you want, suzuna. but, if matters of good and evil are settled so simply...then why am I still on top?"
Well, so much for trying to provoke her… All Suzu managed to do was give Jupiter more ammunition to use to rile her up. More entertainment, too… The former Commander appears just as collected as ever, lashing back with more calculated retorts, that insufferable smirk only widening, and then ending with calling Hikari a puppet. The Savior of Sinnoh, Suzu’s darling wife, A PUPPET! (And she just had to bring up Cynthia, too!)
As for the Snowpoint Gym Leader, well… She’s about ready to blow a fuse. Failing to keep her cool… Funny, that. For every second that Jupiter’s arrogant, nauseating voice fouls the air around them, Suzuna feels herself moving that much closer to her boiling point, struggling to resist the temptation to just… Scream. To storm away in a huff. Or to challenge Jupiter to a Pokémon battle.
“You?! On top?!” Another laugh in disbelief. Someone ring her up if Mister Stone loses his mind and declares Eris Evans his successor. She’ll die laughing, then! “Yeah, working for some fancy suits who’ll only fund you and keep you onboard for as long as your brain’s useful to them… Totally on top! Now Hikari, on the other hand… She has a vital role in gearing Sinnoh up for the future. Irreplaceable! Which means, FYI, that the government needs her, and they treat her as an equal, chasing the same ambitions. But what the hell do you know, huh?! Since you apparently haven’t realized that space is one of our fortes, these days!”
Suddenly, Suzuna takes a few considerable steps back. She knows Jupiter will notice immediately, and she’ll have something nasty to say about it, but she doesn’t care anymore. Finally, she’s gotten fed up with this. Finally, she is making ready to end their pointless conversation, to turn around and get the hell away from here! Away from HER! Jupiter can go ahead and call this a win for the world’s most infuriating Karma Houdini, whatever… But Suzuna didn’t fly all this way to Hoenn just to goof off with an old enemy who loves using her wife for cheap potshots.
Still yapping, though! Making one last effort to get under Jupiter’s skin! It may be hard to catch through Suzuna’s still-glowering expression and staunchly livid tone, but what comes next brings her no small amount of pleasure to shout out… “Here’s another little newsflash: look in the mirror if you wanna see who’s a real tool at heart! Remember how your old master was only using you, using Galactic to make the reality that he envisioned? A universe allll for himself, how beautiful is that! Then you moved on to warm and sunny Hoenn, only to serve yet another rich master!”
“…You’re not actually calling the shots on anything, are you, Jupiter? You’re a Devon scientist! You still gotta answer to someone!” The corners of Suzu’s lips lift into a smirk as she turns on her heel and begins to walk, refusing to glance over her shoulder even once. “I bet you’re just another good middling subordinate, puffing up like you’re soooo strong and dangerous, when really, you’re helping more powerful people achieve their dreams! Kinda like before!”
“But hey… Maybe that, and making bank, are exactly what you wanted out of life, after all!”
"...mm. still so bitter after all these years, suzuna? and still so righteous...to an annoying, childish degree. sinnoh's 'savior' must be rubbing off on you."
"don't be upset with me because you couldn't protect your own surroundings. I merely saw a weakness, and I...exploited it." the former commander smiles, still reveling in the satisfaction of snaring uxie all those years ago. "lake acuity will always be the site of your failure as a gym leader...but at least you got what you wanted in the end. I suppose we all did, hm?"
"yes, hikari's coattails must be nice and warm. how cozy for you."
Struck with the urge to just cut her off, Suzuna can’t help letting out an incredulous laugh the second she hears “still so bitter” fall from Jupiter’s poisonous tongue… But instead, Suzu holds her own, feeling her nails dig into her palms as she clenches her hands. There’s really no need to be polite to someone so repugnant as an ex-Galactic Commander, an unrepentant one at that… And yet, she stews quietly in her rapidly-building anger, she forces herself to listen, and she chooses to gracefully let the other say her piece, spout her bullshit, while a thousand possible retorts cross through her mind.
“You think I won’t spend the rest of my life regretting that I wasn’t there?” the Gym Leader snaps once it’s her turn to speak… And boy does she have a lot to say! However, in consideration of Jupiter’s precious time, because Suzuna is such a thoughtful person, she will try to be selective with her words. Try to.
“I don’t need you to remind me that I let Barry and Uxie down.” After all this time, it still threatens to choke her up just thinking about it… Good thing she can’t actually dwell for the time being, since there’s plenty of thoughts waiting to be voiced! “And no, screw you, do not tell me not to be upset with you! Doesn’t matter how many years it’s been, I have every right to stay bitter and holier-than-thou with a bunch of lunatics who tried killing the universe! But you…!” She jabs a finger at Jupiter. “You’re acting like I’m irrational here, like all you did was steal a little candy!”
Well, it’s suddenly beginning to dawn on her that she is, in fact, being irrational… Because she should’ve known better than to engage in conversation with this lost cause of a human being. Suzuna knows, now, that she’s said enough, maybe too much. She knows she’s only managed to waste her breath on someone who does not deserve it, someone who will never change, someone who obviously gets a kick out of pushing other people’s buttons…
But Suzu’s mouth refuses to stop yapping just yet. One more retort. She’s too far in to leave without repaying the insults… Without at least trying to provoke Jupiter back!
“And y’know, I’m not sure that all of us got what we wanted in the end,” Suzuna scoffs. “Barry and Hikari whooped your butt on Spear Pillar, didn’t they? Along with your friend with the red hair?” A rhetorical question! Suzuna was there when it happened, catching glimpses of their two-on-two while she and her colleagues were subduing the Grunts… What she didn’t get to see, sad to say, was the goofy, satisfied grin that must have been plastered on Barry’s face after his well-deserved revenge. “I also heard Hika trounced you one last time on Stark Mountain, before you fled for good… So you failed out of Sinnoh. Unlike Barry, unlike me, there’s never gonna be a comeback for you. You’ll never be as successful as you were with Cyrus!”
