I see your "Kieran gave the player an Applin because it can be seen as a confession of love" and raise you "Arven gave the player a Skwovet because he remembered the giant Skwovet plushie in their bedroom"
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I see your "Kieran gave the player an Applin because it can be seen as a confession of love" and raise you "Arven gave the player a Skwovet because he remembered the giant Skwovet plushie in their bedroom"
Amarys character sheet (translation by PokeSuutamie on Twitter/X)
I think the most interesting thing here is the clarification that the "screws" in Amarys' hair are in fact her hair and not ornaments. I've seen several people suggest that Amarys can be considered to have stylized bantu knots, and I think I agree with them.
NGL, it feels a little uncomfortable seeing the fandom's lack of love for Amarys compared to the other DLC characters.
I know that a part of it is that Game Freak had some extremely clear favouritism for certain characters (Drayton, Kieran, lol)... but it's not like fandom has never jumped in for characters who lacked screentime and characterization. That's what happened for a lot of Pokemon characters before Game Freak started going in more character/story heavy with the games... so why isn't fandom doing that for a character that does have notable characterization but a lack of screentime? As I pointed out in her conversation with Carmine, Amarys paints. In my experience fandoms love characters with creative hobbies like painting and drawing, so why is it that I've seen almost no one in the English PKMN fandom point this out?
Why does it seem like no one else knew that?
What makes Amarys different?
Examples of Arven saying he wants to be on the same level as you
Lacey introduces herself as a second-year student, and Crispin is confirmed by a line of (extremely easy-to-miss, thank you Game Freak, lol) NPC dialogue to be a first-year.
Uva/Naranja's classrooms follow a number-letter naming scheme, 1-A, 1-D, 2-G, while Blueberry's are number-number, 1-4 and 3-2, showing the schools to use a different organizing system. Uva/Naranja's homerooms are also explictly organized by each student's track, hence why Nemona is in the same homeroom as Juliana/Florian despite having attended the academy longer.
Because of these facts, I believe it is meant to be implied that Blueberry Academy's students are traditionally grouped by school year the way most Japanese schools are (while Unova is based on the United States of America, Game Freak is, of course, a Japanese company, so I don't think it's too much of a leap to suggest that they're following a system that would be most familiar to their writers and main audience, especially considering Blueberry's uniforms seem to be based on Japanese high school uniforms). The year of each class is signified by the first number in their designation: 1-4 would presumably be a first year class, 3-2 would presumably be a third year class.
In Carmine and Crispin's League Club Room conversation, it's revealed that Crispin and Kieran are in the same class. Kieran's classroom is, sure enough, 1-4- therefore, I believe he is meant to be a first-year student.
Likewise, NPC dialogue in Class 3-2 reveals Carmine and Amarys are both in that class- therefore, I believe the two of them are meant to be third-year students.
MY PROPOSAL
First Years: Crispin (confirmed) and Kieran (presumed)
Second Years: Lacey (confirmed)
Third Years: Carmine and Amarys (both presumed)
I literally am not sure because the information is spread between NPC dialogue that uses confusing wording (ThAnKs Game Freak) and a League Club Room conversation and I already spent way too much time trying to figure out where the hell it was confirmed that Crispin was a first-year and if I'm being honest I kind of don't care enough about him to confirm this (which is not to speak to his writing or character! Really! I just am focused more on other characters) so I'm just going to say "on his third attempt at Second-Year": Drayton (lol)
Did you know it's possible to lose your battle against Arven at the very beginning of the game? Of course, it doesn't affect the story, but the dialogue you get is interesting...
Nemona being tactless isn't a surprise, but the way Arven just instantly agrees with her... the poor boy has more than a few self-esteem issues...
Crispin character sheet (again, translation courtesy of PokeSuutamie on Twitter/X)
I think the most interesting thing here is the detail that he tries to show off when he gets an order from Lacey and always ends up burning it (implying that this has happened more than once)
In Amarys and Carmine's League Room Conversation
Carmine gives Amarys some Syrupy Apples from Kitakami
Carmine reveals that Amarys asks for Syrupy Apples every time she goes back home
Amarys states that she likes the taste of the apples, but that she also uses them for still life compostions when she paints
Amarys paints! And Carmines knows about this
Carmine invites Amarys to go to Kitakami, and expresses the desire to personally show her around
Amarys reacts approvingly to this proposal