Pokémon World Fair (Kalos, 1889)
"Ladies, Gentlemen, and Pokémon of all ages, I'm pleased to announce that our city's bright and shining future is here to-day, thanks to the Power of Science!"
And with that, Clemont pressed the button.
From their perch above the crowd, Ash and Pikachu saw the whole tower light up, casting its electric light over the city and illuminating the smiling face of its young creator.
Ash gasped in delight and wonder. He had never seen anything like it!
"The Power of Science is truly amazing," he exclaimed.
Hey-hey, it's Diodeshipping Day! Turns out I was going to explode if I didn't post something for these boys today, so I dusted off one of the many, MANY Pokémon XY AUs that never made it past some rough concept sketches and turned it into a little comic-thing. This is a pseudo-Victorian/1889 Paris World's Fair AU, which I'm still really attached to as a concept! Since the Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair, I thought it would be fun to imagine if Lumiose Tower had been built in the same time frame (it being completely electric is probably a bit of an anachronism, but shh... electrical engineering is going to be more developed in this world compared to ours because people have electric-type Pokémon to help them out!).
Anyway! 1889 Ash decided to visit Lumiose City for the spectacle of the fair, but ended up staying for the amazing and wonderful person he met there (who just happens to wear spectacles). I didn't have a reference available when I drew the bottom sketch, but I picture Ash wearing the same steampunky outfit he wore in M19, Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
The other XY characters are part of this AU too, but I never got around to drawing them, so it’s just Diode-related for now! Team Rocket would have an airship, that's all I know :D
