this is what happens when you switch to japanese (my fucking game is 5 gigas now) but anyways. any gold/ethan thoughts to share? 🐗🫴
me when the school has no internet 🤓☝️
I SHOULD TALK ABOUT ETHAN MORE i think gold has enough spotlight and context that keen listeners should've been caught up with by now (i.e: you 🫵)
and since i went a little haywire with color pallet trio recently we should totally explore ethan's side
so in my lore, jaide's family was initially in kanto so that meant that ethan would also be there too (if jaide's 11, then he's 8 in the gen 1 timeline) however he's kinda like a background character just to give the trio more spotlight but he would be mentioned by jaide in passing conversations like "oh my lil bro" "my baby brother" and so on. ethan doesn't always play with red and blue (i think it would be funny if they were considered "bad influences" or "too aggressive (look at blue. and then imagine him enabling red's anger)" so the parents would just let him be away from them) but i think he personally likes them. red and blue doesn't really have much of a big opinion on him (until the gen 2 timeline).
so skip to when ethan actually becomes a trainer but they move to johto now. ethan's memories of red and blue are unfortunately very blurry since he hasn't seen them in awhile but the least he knows was that jaide had her own friend circle in kanto
ethan's battle with red in mt silver happened but the funny thing is that he fought red as a stranger. he didn't know who red was, and red was reluctant to talk to introduce himself anyways so they just went on to battle. red however, knew it was ethan (at first, through the clouded snow he swore he thought he saw jaide. to red, this felt like a calling that maybe he should go back to kanto).
so that's that. when ethan meets blue in cinnabar island, blue was immediately recognized by ethan as "the trainer that became champion for only 5 minutes" or whatever AKLFKFKFKAKDK blue goes on to talk about his friends and even asked how was jaide doing. they're connected to each other through pokedexes to contact but he hasn't really seen her personally. he would vaguely mention red, saying something like "he's been away for awhile, wonder how he's doing" and stuff. ofc ethan has no idea who the hell hes talking about (though he met him without knowing LMAOOO)
so time skip to gen 7 when jaide somehow breaks the news to ethan like
"ethan im dating someone you might remember him 🥺🥺👉👈"
"who"
"you might not remember him because he disappeared and went to mt silver and-- (infodumps)"
"JAIDE YOU DATED THAT GUY IN MT SILVER???????
"oh so you met him?????????? why didn't you tell me??????"
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so in my version, I see Ethan to be a very soft and gentle kid thanks to Jaide's care for him but he's probably a lot more rational and wiser than Jaide. That's not to say Jaide's dimwitted, but between the two - you can tell Ethan would be strategically smarter in a battle than Jaide would be. They balance each other out. If she's the Catcher, he's the Trainer. That's why Ethan was able to win against Red years ago.
Now this got me wondering how a much older Ethan would do, aka in the time where Appleshipping is happening and all the HGSS events has already transpired. But I first do wanna share a HC team that I think he'd be using:
not gender specific, I don't really mind
a lot of these 'mons are based on canon material
Typhlosion - obvious reasons, Cyndaquil always assigned to Ethan like how Lyra is to Chikorita and Silver to Totodile. (also accurate to manga!)
Togekiss - also another obvious reason, since Professor Elm gives Ethan a Togepi egg early in the game and it would eventually evolve into a Togekiss if Ethan were to maximize his 'mon's full potential
Gyrados - ANOTHER obvious reason, the whole Shiny Gyrados event happened and who in the world would not catch a free Shiny? (Jaide would be so proud!)
Umbreon - Personal choice of mine, if Red (in my canon) has an Espeon, then I think it would be a cool contrast that Ethan gets an Umbreon. Plus, they both have yellow and black as dominant colors in their design.
Ampharos - It's a popular Pokemon that everyone catches, and it's a neat contrast to Red's Pikachu as well. Also another yellow + black combo. One of the first pokemon that Jaide learned to be comfortable with, due to her fear with electric types.
Scizor - Also another popular Pokemon at the time, but for personal HC; Lyra and Ethan went on a Bug-Catching Contest together, only for her to get a Scyther that he would like to trade for - so she did, and also dropped a Metal Coat while trading so that it would turn into a Scizor. She's just that nice.
yes, I'm super aware that would mean Jaide and Ethan has a Togepi line together and YES Ethan's Togekiss is fond of Jaide's Togepi,,,
In the present time (Gen 7), I like to think that Ethan's holding his title as Champion in Johto but he also bounces around doing other things as a Trainer. He's friends with Lyra and Silver, and hangs around with them a lot. He would perhaps be 20-23 at this point in time. He never really has gone out to other regions apart from Kanto, which he occasionally visits from time to time + it's much more easier to go there thanks to Goldenrod City's train quick travel. He still stays with his mom, just to keep her company but he's very active to outside whenever he can.
Ethan and Jaide don't really see each other as much anymore due to their preferred professions being very different, along with Jaide's relationship with Red - but they still keep in touch through long distance communication and Jaide would be sure to visit New Bark Town once in awhile and that's where they would catch up with each other and just enjoy each other's company. He also borrows her Pokemon collection sometimes, she doesn't mind it.
Speaking of which, Red and Ethan may not be TOO close, since Ethan was still young and he couldn't really hang out with them much when they were all in Kanto. But Red still recognizes that he's a good person - and strong as a matter of fact. He'd love to battle him again. There's a sense of mutual respect between the two. Blue being the social butterfly would definitely give him connections to other people and Ethan is no exception. There's nothing too special, but they're good friends.
One day I'll get to designing how older Ethan would look, but this is what I have in mind for him so far~
