A lot of you may remember me once as a pillar of the Orre community. I preserved the memory of the Orre Region within this blog. And now that time has finally passed the point where I realized I've been running on empty for years (but I still love Orre, make no mistake) I have to come clean and say that I am thoroughly burnt on Pokemon as a whole. I've moved on to something that rekindled my passion and imagination and altered my online presence.
I did not plan an Orretober this year. I'm sorry. But that doesn't mean you can't make up your own prompts or look to the prompts of the past and pick a few that you might like.
Here's a link to a twitter post with four images holding prompts of Orretober's past.
But if I were to make a single new prompt this year, I would personally add "a crossover with your favorite indie game" for no reason in particular. Have fun with that if you'd like. I know I might.
I’ve been thinking about how I’ve taken to posting a random screen cap from my “Orrean Tour” at least once a day on my twitter.
And I wonder, how would you guys feel if I did something like that here as well? Just queue up as many random pictures as I can? Maybe post one a day just to give you guys some of what I’m giving on my twitter account?
Because I’ve been trying to think of what else I can do here besides the occasional Master’s Proof of Concept, Photoshop antic, or reblogging Orre fan art both of the past and the new.
I think I’ll try to queue up as many random screens of Orre as I can that I have in my folders. It’s the least I can do to appreciate all these new followers I have now. I just want to see if I can be active on tumblr just as much as I am on twitter now even if it’s something passive like random out-of-context screens of my favorite Pokemon games ^^’
I am a total nerd of Team Miror B. and have been attempting to return to a Miror centric blog with tons of headcanon tacked on to the fabulous display. Seeing this blog and all its love for Orre makes me desire to come forward and ask: What are some of your major headcanons regarding Team Miror B? Their dynamics? Their motives? Their true goals? Their personalities? Tell me all! I want to know!
Hmmm well usually I like to make headcanons that stem off of what could be seen in the game. In Colosseum, Trudly and Folly are only half of Miror B’s original posse. Ferma and Reath was the other half, but they are absent in Pokemon XD for some reason. Needless to say, Team Miror B was far more powerful in Colosseum than in XD, but that was because they were still serving under Cipher.
In Colosseum, Miror B. is an enthusiastic overseer who’s hubris was always his weakness. Trudly and Folly are loyal members of his posse who have stuck with him for years after Colosseum, but at the cost of becoming a nomadic tribe of three for an unknown period of time. The two were last seen hiding out in the Mayor’s office in Phenac City after escaping Pyrite Town’s jail, while Miror B. is last seen in the Deep Colosseum, hiding behind knockout challenges with the rest of the Cipher Admins. Even more obscure than them however, Reath and Ferma were left hiding out in Miror B’s old hideout in Pyrite Cave, driving out the optional boss fight with Mirakle B too.
At some point Miror B. must have reunited himself with Trudly and Folly after escaping to the surface, or Trudly and Folly must have searched and found Miror B. themselves. Given Miror B.’s style of dancing alone, it’s a likely possibility that they found him first before or after the Under was sealed. We don’t know where Reath or Ferma could have gone, but neither do we know about the rest of the admins. We only know that Evice and Nascour were likely sent to a prison as stated by an NPC in XD.
In XD it can be seen that Miror B. tends to do his own thing like a loose cannon. More often than not, Trudly and Folly struggle to keep up with him and his antics, so much so that they even made the Miror B. Radar to track his whereabouts and be warned when he surfaces again. But when they immediately lost the radar, they had to work double time to keep up with the agile boss.
Despite their loyalty though, it would seem Folly was starting to see the folly of their boss’s dream at some point during their escapades in XD.
Trudley stays loyal to Miror B.’s dream, but Folly seems to make sense of the futility of actually attempting to own all the Pokemon in the world and worries about his own future if he continues following Miror B.
Despite this, he continues to remain loyal to Miror B. down to the end and beyond once the last Shadow Pokemon has been snagged. Folly is obviously the more reasonable of the group while Trudly isn’t as easily phased by such logic.
With every Pokemon they managed to get, they seem to be only capable of nabbing the Shadow Pokemon Michael failed to snag initially. Though it could be attributed that Miror B’s Jumpluff, Shiftry, and Non-Shadow Sudowoodo were caught Orre’s improved Wild environments in XD, the Pokespots.
One hilarious detail around Miror B, he geniunely believes his dance will bring around all the Pokemon
I don’t have a screen, but if you encounter Miror B. at the Oasis Pokespot, Trudley or Folly will tell you not to disturb Miror B. as he dances to summon Wild Pokemon to his presence. You will also get to know that they occasionally have to eat some of the Poke Snacks people leave at the spots because they get so hungry and are usually low on money.
Listen, if you have ever watched the Pokemon Anime as I have back when I used to like it (long time ago), you can easily compare the Team Rocket trio to Team Miror B. here. Whatever menace they were when they premiered is long gone, and they are seen more as those dastardly Kid’s TV show villains you can’t help but love and relate to on some level. They travel together, one of them is the mascot and brains of the group most of the time, they struggle together and clumsily lose most of their progress in whatever mission they have but they are still close as the three musketeers. Even in failure they remain together in each other’s support. You can definitely compare Team Miror B to the anime’s Team Rocket.
Miror B. may have only wanted to dance to an audience all this time. He is ironically the most useful character in XD for catching what Michael fails to Snag the first time. Odd that he would be able to get these Shadow Pokemon so easily, but given how the Purify Chamber works with upbeat tempos and a rhythm with Pokemon in their own “party” of sorts surrounding a Shadow Pokemon affecting them with pleasant feelings to open their heart, it could be theorized that Miror B’s own music and dancing was what attracted these feral Shadow Pokemon to him in the first place. Miror B’s dancing and music might have emulated what the Purify Chamber provided on some level, But how could they know that the Pokemon they were catching were Shadow Pokemon in the first place? Neither Miror B, nor his posse, have an Aura Reader or some girl with clairvoyant sight. To them, Miror B’s dancing really did bring Wild Pokemon to their fold unbeknownst to what they were actually catching.
Though they probably did realize at some point that they were catching runaway Shadow Pokemon. Miror B and Folly raided the Cipher Key Lair to obtain the last authentic Shadow Pokemon, Dragonite, knowing full well what it was. And took the time to celebrate on Gateon Port’s lighthouse for their powerful catch from the remnants of the syndicate they used to work for. They celebrate their small victories together even though their losses greatly outnumbered their gains.
That is what I think of these three. Miror B. is ambitious and his dreams are as big as his afro. Trudley is loyal, so is Folly but he can’t not think about the repercussions of the future. Though as of where he last saw them, they seem content staying at the Krabby Club.
Howdy. I am the friend of the lady who asked about Team Miror B. headcanons. I wanted to say that I think you're very detailed and articulate, I loved them. I wanted to ask kind of the same thing, how you view their relationship with Michael, since there really wasn't much interaction with Wes. You can ignore if you'd like, but I just wanted to say hello and it's good to know that Orre hasn't died out.
Ah all in a day’s work ^^
Usually I take 7 hours more-or-less to formulate a good response for a good topic, so this may take a moment and a lot of text. I may take a day of pondering and reviewing everything I know and reanalyzing if I must.
Let us begin.
In the beginning at their first encounter with each other, Team Miror B. thought little of Michael as nothing more than a wandering child who happened to be a trainer. Miror B. offered Michael to join his posse, but of course the illusion of choice is used here in that no matter what you choose you’ll still end up being enemies because Miror B. can apparently sense Michael’s insincerity upon saying “Yes”.
Hence forth, Miror B. and his team have tried to continue their endeavors but are always met with Michael interfering because of Trudly and Folly’s mistake of dropping the Miror B. Radar on that first encounter in the Cave Pokespot, prompting Miror B. to wonder how Michael keeps following him.
At one point in-game, Miror B. guessed that the kid was actually a big fan trying to get his autograph. Beyond that, I can’t remember if he offered a Yes/No prompt or outright said that he wouldn’t give it unless Michael beat him in battle. Regardless, Michael never did get that autograph unfortunately. I don’t have a screenshot of this event either I’m afraid... but that is why you shouldn’t be afraid to fail a Shadow Pokemon snag in the story against non-rematchable trainers. Save some for Miror B. in your next playthrough if you want to see him more than four times.
It is clear that Miror B. and his posse’s relationship with Michael was that whatever they did, he was the pest who’d ruin their fun by taking away any Shadow Pokemon they’d manage to keep for a given amount of time. If they were lucky, Michael would fail to snag a Shadow Pokemon or win in whatever Colosseum challenge Miror B. was taking, granting them more time with their small victory of obtaining the Shadow Pokemon. The possibility of things going their way is not impossible, but in the end it was inevitable for Team Miror B. to see Michael as the one kid ruining their fun. They must have had some ill-will toward him down to the end of their rivalry at Gateon Port.
But Trudly and Folly are not the ones that bore the majority of the ill-will toward Michael the most. Miror B. was very annoyed with the kid and remembers him throughout their future encounters, but when the last Shadow Pokemon he knew was snagged from him, they retreated to the Krabby Club with a new mission that Trudly and Folly could still follow, which was nothing.
I suspect Shadow Dragonite’s snag was more of a wake-up-call for Miror B., who was living in his maniacal delusions over his dream. Owning all the Pokemon in the world is an impossible dream. His confidence even in failure remained true however. As he realized the last Shadow Pokemon was snagged from him, he found he had been working towards nothing this entire time. Yet he does his little victory dance and pose before announcing the immediate plan to escape.
When he did however, he took the elevator down, leaving Trudly, Folly, and four Ludicolo’s behind to their shock. They had to take the stairs down to continue following their leader. But even in failure they continued to support Miror B. as a new performer at the Krabby Club
Now I cannot say what really happened to Miror B. and his posse, since in-game their story ends at the Krabby Club.
But I like to think that Michael’s involvement snapped Miror B. out of a life-long mania in the same way he snapped Greevil out too.
If what it took to bring down these bosses was a child who’s pure heart destroyed everything they’ve achieved, even repeatedly, to see the error in their maniacal dreams of ruling the world one way or another, then I see them and their followers, including Eldes for Greevil, potentially grateful toward Michael and his efforts of stopping a runaway train from running any further.
Thinking back to Trudly and Folly’s in-game details on how they occasionally rely on eating Poke Snacks off of Pokespots and how Folly has been concerned over their nomadic life-style of following Miror B. all over the Orre Region for his unobtainable dream, I think they would be glad to have the Krabby Club harbor them, provide them with jobs and feed them actually decent food. Miror B. would also be thankful for the new domain to live in and possibly a new dream to get into. A dream to become a star instead.
Miror B. on stage in-game is too busy singing to acknowledge Michael verbally anymore, even if he turns to him upon examination. But at least he seems passionate about dancing on stage to music. But in time, if his popularity with the club has grown so much that he’s become a star, maybe he’d notice him again one day as someone to remember as a rival, an old friend, or maybe not remember him at all if his new overconfidence and ego buries his past memories. Memories of when he was nothing more than a tall, walking, poke-ball patterned tumbleweed in the desert chasing the glory that left him long ago.
But all in all it’s just speculation on my part. Team Miror B. is last seen in a state of denial in response to Shadow Dragonite’s Snag and the bosses’s defeat, but that could just be a short-term problem before realizing the Krabby Club is the place where everybody will know their name.
But as we know, Miror B. seems content now. So who knows? Maybe some day, Michael will get that autograph Miror B. owed him.
That is my answer to how I view Team Miror B’s relationship with Michael. Begrudging at first, but surrendering in the end of a journey that’s sprawled out of control when they clung to Miror B’s deluded dream for too long. And now they are at a neutral stance with each other; with Trudly and Folly potentially having better lives now at the Krabby Club with their boss. Maybe they won’t see Michael as the pest he was anymore but as another customer for the diner to entertain with music and dance. Likewise, Michael would see them as friends just as he does the rest of the former Cipher Admins and Gonzap.
Thanks for the hello! I will always strive to keep Orre’s memory alive. ^^
In relation to the Razell and Dazell ask below, you think you could give writing dialogue for them a try? Like what they would say when challenging you to a battle, being defeated, and what they say afterwards.
If I had my way, I’d hire former GS employees to mod Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness to make this a reality along with many other things.
Scenario Written in Script Format from the perspective of a player playing XD:GoD:
This will take a lot of text so please forgive me. To make sense of why they’d want to battle and what would prompt them to leave their place in the Krabby Club to battle, I have made a tiny fanfiction that’s more like a description of an in-game event that doesn’t exist in XD. It is also my ability to make fan fiction like a normal person so please don’t judge the gross format here that’s meant to display text as if it were said in-game.
This is my take on what sort of situation would let the player battle these two hypothetical trainers in XD’s late post-game.
At some point after Dragonite was Snagged, leaving Miror B and his posse at the Krabby Club, Razell and Dazell will be found outside of the diner. Miror B’s backup will be replaced with a pair of dancing Ludicolos rather than the magicians. The sisters will only be outside once Michael has entered the diner and noticed Razell and Dazell have been replaced entirely.
The magician sisters are then discovered standing just outside the patio, facing each other with their respective colored pins in hand. You walk up to them and inspect Razell first. No matter who who inspect, what follows remains the same.
SCENARIO BEGINS WITH “A” PRESSED
Razell: Unbelievable!
Dazell: Razell please...
Razell: How can it be? That big afro guy upstaged us so much people came in to the Club wanting more of him! The nerve!
(Razell then turns to Michael)
Razell: The Krabby Club was our home turf! What are we going to do now?
Dazell: Wait a second Razell, do you remember him?
(A surprised ping appears over her head briefly)
Razell: Oh that’s right! You’re the famous kid! And I remember you from Pyrite Town.
Dazell: Despite how you look, you must be a real good battler huh?
Razell: Wait Dazell, do you think we can try Pokemon battling too?
Dazell: What?! But we’ve always been magicians!
Razell: I’m not saying we should change careers! Let me try this!
(Razell turns back to Michael)
Razell before battle: Fight me and my Pokemon! The both of us together!
(Yes/No Prompt)
Yes: (Battle Starts)
No: (Razell: Come back when you’re ready! We’ve got time!)
Razell Defeated: Was I any good at this?
(Upon defeat, Dazell approaches. Pokemon aren’t healed in-between battles to keep true to the difficulty of the game.)
Dazell before battle: Don’t let up! Let me and my Pokemon try battling too!
Dazell Defeated: I guess this Double Battle act is too different from our act...
(Now out of battle afterwards)
Razell: If we’re not wanted here and we’re no good at battling, then what do we do? ... sniff
Dazell: Don’t cry Razell, maybe they can broadcast us again over at ONBS?
Razell: But what if they-
Suddenly, a Navigator NPC runs out of the Krabby Club.
Navigator NPC: Hey!! Razell! Dazell! What are you two doing out here?
Razell: We’re going away!
Dazell: Razell please...
Navigator NPC: What? You’re leaving? Why?”
Dazell: We’re all washed up...
Navigator NPC: No no no! We love you! We still love you two!
(Suddenly the Navigator NPC disappears back into the Krabby Club with a text box appearing promptly afterward.)
NPC: Hey you guys! The magicians are leaving for good!
NPCS: What?! Stop the music!
(The text box disappears. Out of the club’s front doorway enters the Navigator NPC, a Sailor NPC, a Hunter NPC, and Perr. What follows are text shown quickly in succession.)
“Don’t leave!”
“We love you!”
“We’ll miss you!”
(The audience has spoken. Razell and Dazell turn to each other once more before facing Michael)
Razell: I guess they still want us?
(Yes/No Prompt)
Yes: Dazell: Of course they still love us!
No: Dazell: Don’t be dumb kid, look at them!
Razell: I guess they want more of us! But now I’ve gotten inspiration from our battle for our act!
Dazell: Thank you for helping us kid! Come visit us if your parents let you!
(The magicians run back into the building, leaving Michael behind outside.)
I finally saw it and can I just say that I have never thought that I’d enjoy a Pokemon movie so much. Not for the longest time.
This movie left me completely satisfied. I’ve never played the Detective Pikachu game so I don’t know if both their stories follow the exact same premise and ending, but on its own this movie was absolutely stunning to me. No movie in the franchise has ever had this much impact on me.
A animated Pokemon Movie is one thing to me, a live action Pokemon movie with cgi that doesn’t completely suck is a whole new dimension that I hope is the start of something beautiful.
This may be pushing it, but I want to see them reap the potential for featuring other Spin-Off titles in more live action movies. There are worlds and dimensions beyond the Core series that deserve their attention and hold so much story telling potential. The Ranger series, the Mystery Dungeon Series, the Orre Series. (Of Course) I dream that they’ll go ahead with making a cinematic live action Pokemon universe and potentially make my life long dream come true.
Here’s to the first good live-action video game movie. And here’s to many more to come! ^^
