Listen IF it comes down to Kukui v Laventon then ofc Kukui(joking or not) is gonna be like "I must avenge my wife's honor" and Laventon, who is a sweetheart, will just go "haha oh no" and then CYLLENE shows up with her SWORD and Lav, trying and failing to control the situation, focuses on the wrong thing and is like "I believe he's actually a wrestler, dear" and Cyllene immediately hands him her sword like "Dont worry, I am also a master of hand to hand combat"
And Kukui isn't going to turn that down, so the finals are just an all out brawl between one actual contestant and one Angry Wife, both of which are trying to defend and/or avenge their respective partner's honor, which ofc, is the coolest shit anyone there has seen, including Laventon, who loves his wife more than he loves not supporting needless violence, and thus starts cheering her on
And the audience is rowdy as hell like Akari and Rei are going wild, Lillie is cheering louder than anyone thought she could, Burnet us cheering even louder than that, Ingo and Emmet are reffing the match(if only to stop them from challenging anyone to a battle bcs lets be real there are like at LEAST fifteen champion trainers here they WANT to battle), Nemona managed to meet Ash(oops) and both of them have been banished outside bcs they are absolutely battling and no one can stop them, most of the other Professors are placing bets including the ones who claimed they are "far too old for this sort of nonsense", Jessie, James, and Meowth are selling snacks, at least five people are holding Kamado back bcs he totally wants in on the wrestling thing, Sycamore absolutely DID take his shirt off in the semi-final match and is arguing with Oak about fairy types while shirtless which is going about as well as you'd expect
and whoever owns the building is never renting it out to any of these clowns ever again
Welcome to the first (Unofficial) Pokemon Professor Showdown!!
Hello pokemon fans of tumblr. You've likely seen several other polls of this kind going around ever since the fabled Tumblr Sexyman Poll and it's epic rematch, as did I, at which point I, like many others, thought, "hey, there's nothing stopping me from doing that" and so, here we are.
After a few preliminary polls, we have thirty-two Professor and Professor-adjacent characters ready to duke it out until one reigns supreme, all they need is your vote to help them get there.
Each poll will last for one day, with the winner moving on to the next round. We're also doing both sides at the same time bcs why not.
Below the readmore will be a list of all the polls with links that I will update as the competition continues!
That's all! Good luck, and may the best Professor win o7
Round One:
Gary Oak vs. Professor Willow
Professor Hastings vs. Professor Burnet
Samson Oak vs. Professor Yanase
Professor Phorus vs. Professor Rowan
Professor Cozmo vs. Professor Juniper
Jaqc vs. Professor Oak
Professor Laventon vs. Professor Turo
Professor Magnolia vs. Professor Elm
Professor Sada vs. Professor Sonia
Professor Bellis vs. Professor Krane
Professor Sycamore vs. Professor Amaranth
Professor Mirror vs. Professor Birch
Professor Kukui vs. Professor Cerise
Hop vs. Fennel
Professor Ivy vs. Professor Carolina
Bill vs. Raifort
Round Two:
Gary Oak vs. Professor Burnet
Samson Oak vs. Professor Rowan
Professor Juniper vs. Professor Oak
Professor Laventon vs. Professor Elm
Professor Sonia vs. Professor Bellis
Professor Sycamore vs. Professor Birch
Professor Kukui vs. Hop
Professor Ivy vs. Raifort
Round Three:
Professor Burnet vs. Professor Rowan
Professor Juniper vs. Professor Laventon
Professor Sonia vs. Professor Sycamore
Professor Kukui vs. Raifort
AND THAT'S A WRAP!! It was INCREDIBLY close, but the people have spoken, and Kukui has come out on top!!
Now, not to get too too sappy, but I do want to thank everyone who participated! this was a silly idea I followed on a whim and I didn't expect anywhere near this level of engagement. Seeing you all cheer on your faves, agonize over the choices, and trash talk your unfaves has been amazing, and I ADORE the fanart I've seen <3 Really, this has reminded me of how much I love pokemon. I've been a fan ever since I first played FireRed at the ripe old age of 10 and it has never stopped bringing me joy and happy tears and actual tears and every emotion in between(it's even how I met my fiance nearly six years ago!) so this has just rekindled that love.
Part of the reason I wanted to do this was that I can't help but adore how pokemon fans are the best at finding any character, even the small, obscure ones, and loving them so strongly for SO LONG. It's true that there's no pokemon someone doesn't love, but it's also true that there's no pokemon character someone doesn't love. I hope I was able to remind you of why you love your faves, or at the very least offer something fun to keep track of for a week.
Anyway!! Congrats again to Kukui(and to Laventon for second place), but don't bail just yet, I have one more fun thing planned that should be going up shortly! And like I said back at the beginning, there's new pokemon stuff coming out all the time, and our love for our faves never fades, so if anyone wants to do this again next year, you know where to find me :D
