WH characters as Pokémon trainers - Season 2: Spring of Unicorns boys
Here's the second installment! FYI, all pictures of the Pokémon I post have come from the official Pokémon website https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokedex. Now let's get on with it!
Noctowl / Sceptile / Polteageist
Alright, some of you are not going to like this, but I’m giving Klaus two separate teams, one for his first main route (aka his team as a student in the Academy), and for his second main route (aka his team working for the Ministry). I HC all members of the Ministry are assigned a partner Pokémon specifically bred for the Ministry’s workers (sort of like Detective Pikachu), so that’s why his team changes up and why he is being mentioned twice. It is not out of bias. Now, with that mention aside, Klaus is exactly what you’d expect as a Pokémon trainer; calculating, sure to win, but soooo soft with his team. I had to give him my favorite original owl Pokémon (sorry, Rowlet!!) as a nod to his familiar. His Noctowl (which he raised from a Hoothoot) was given to him by his grandfather, and Treecko was given to him by his father. Being raised by a gym leader, Klaus has pretty grand ambitions for himself to surpass his father, and it shows in his team. All of them are pretty good on their own, but can only work well with each other because of Klaus’ knowledge of battling and his opponents and their Pokémon. Given how serious he is as a trainer, catching The Emperor smile at the sight of his sleeping Hoothoot and Treecko fast asleep on his shoulder with its tail wrapped around his neck is a melt-your-heart kind of sight – just don’t let him catch you looking at him looking like that 😅
Ursaring / Drampa / Togedemaru
Okay so I used some of canon WH Serge’s past into his Pokémon trainer story (get ready to cry Serge fans), and for those that don’t know it’s a bit of a spoiler but nothing super major (compared to his entire main route lol) Serge grew up with his grandmother and her partner Pokémon at her candy shop. Her partner Pokémon had a successor (Teddiursa) and was raised with Serge with the hopes that they’d both eventually take over for them. But Serge’s grandmother became very ill and passed suddenly, her partner Pokémon was not able to handle her loss and passed away shortly after she did, leaving Serge and his Teddiursa homeless and orphaned. They both became each other’s rock as they lived out in the streets for a while before being able to join the Pokémon Academy. One day he decided to join a competition, with the winner being able to join the Elite Four and he somehow won with his little ragtag team of Ursaring (evolved form of Teddiursa) Drampa and Togedemaru. He became the 2nd trainer of the Elite Four, and earned a slew of contracts to be in certain advertisements for Pokémon products, thus having a happy ending for this Cinderella story. I should also mention that he obviously named his Ursaring ‘Taffy,’ who looooves to give bear hugs to Klausy. 🥺😅
Froslass / Weavile / Frosmoth
When I think of Azusa, I think of him as an Ice-type gym leader. Ice-type Pokémon are known for their beauty, and their really sad Pokédex entries, so that kind of fits my impression of Azusa (I haven’t played his route yet, so forgive me I’m trying my best). Froslass I believe is based on the Japanese snow woman of legend that is said to lead men to get lost in the mountains and freeze them to death. While he may seem cold-hearted, he actually loves his Pokémon a lot, especially the Snom his little brother Tsukasa found for him. 🥰
How did I do with season 2? Looking forward to season 3? Let me know what you think! Feel free to send a comment, a PM, reblog with your thoughts in the tag or whatever, send me an ask (anon/public)! Just trying to put something out here that other people would like 😊
