Call me QC! // 18+ // she/he // probably agender but still thinking about it // aroace
This is a place for me to yap and post things that are more experimental than what I want people who know me irl to see.
Hi! Welcome to my blog! To save you some time here's a list of some of the things you may see on this blog:
oc art
experimental art/art studies
fandom art (I'm mainly into Pokemon BW/B2W2 and Dr. Stone at the moment)
fan and oc animations
electronics projects (I bought an Arduino recently and I've been trying to learn how to use it)
game dev logs (I make games kinda sorta!)
my thoughts on random music (I mostly listen to vocaloid music but I sometimes go back to songs that got popular in animation communities such as stuff by Glass Animals and Tally Hall)
yaps about college (I'm an undergrad majoring in computer science and physics!)
in the realm of college yaps I might yap about stuff I'm learning about that I think is cool, I'm always trying to push my "science is awesome and whimsical" agenda (I'm never beating the nerd allegations)
also also in regards to college you may see me crashing out, I don’t typically like to vent but I do go insane sometimes so don’t mind that
reflections on stuff I read/play/watch (I haven't been reading much recently but I've been trying to change that, currently have a collection of Dostoevsky books I'm trying to get through /// some games I've been into are Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything in it, Minecraft, Little Nightmares, Inside, OFF, The Stanley Parable, and Portal /// I only really watch anime, some of which I've been watching recently are Nippon Sangoku, jjk, Dr. Stone, Dorohedoro, Golden Kamuy, the Vigilantes spinoff of mha, Chainsaw Man, and Apothecary Diaries)
stuff about my other casual interests such as trains, cool architecture, internet aesthetics, history from a technology perspective, among other things I'm probably forgetting
I've been wanting to make a blog for some time, as I always find that posting about the things I'm doing is a strong motivator for me to actually work on those things, and as you can see from how this post just keeps getting longer I am a huge yapper and best reflect on my thoughts when I write them down. This is also my first social media account that's entirely cut off from people I know irl for now, though I don't mind people I know irl to find this account if they are genuinely curious about the things I'm making
This list will (hopefully) be updated frequently! I'm not used to interacting with people online, I usually just like to throw stuff I've made into the void and let the void listen to me yap about it, but feel free to talk to me if any of the above interest you!
May or may not finish this? I have so many other work in progress animations that I should be working on but I wanted to animate blood seeping out of a wound and also wanted to make Colress look a little insane (and joyous)
The fixation is real so here's an assortment of my particular flavor of brain rotting
In no particular order, here's my interpretation (of game Colress specifically, though some of these carry over to his other iterations)
+ He's ambidextrous, but favors his right hand since it's more convenient. Typically he uses whichever hand is closest to what he's trying to interact with, but this doesn't apply to when he's handing over items simply because he keeps things like that in his right side pocket.
+ He's nearsighted. His original glasses in BW2 were normal vision correcting lenses, but his new pair in SuMo/USUM were modified by him to help with data tracking and feeding information directly from his consoles, negating the need to look at them. He squints quite a bit if they aren't on.
+ There are so many things in his coat pockets at any given time it's a miracle neither of his coats have ripped yet. He's very jangly as a result.
+ Sleeping is his least favorite activity. He will put it off for as long as physically possible until he either collapses or has to be dragged out of his lab by someone else. Even when he does sleep, it's for very short bursts of time. He's fully aware of the health issues that can come from this, he just doesn't care.
+ Generally, he isn't worried about what others think of him as a person. You could probably call him an immoral bastard who's going to die alone and he might actually "yes, and?" you.
He will sulk if you insult his inventions though. Particularly his prototypes.
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+ Inventing is more of a side hobby that just so happens to occasionally aid in his main study. With the shift to more humane ways of treating pokemon, he no longer has a reason to invent things that force out potential, so most of his new devices assist with miscellaneous research--such as monitoring how often pokemon cry for help, or warping the very fabric of reality as we know it.
+ His curiosity is what drives him. He'll want to experiment on anything if it catches his attention. Humans are no exception, whether they agree to it or not. (He was forbidden from feeding grunts to Kyurem, much to his disappointment, but he proposed the idea several times over the course of two weeks; he only wanted to know if a person begging for their life might deter the dragon from eating them, even if only for a moment.)
+ It's not hard for him to come across as unattached and emotionless-- he really only smiles blankly in most interactions people have with him, but that's not to say he actually feels nothing. He's fairly enthusiastic and easy to distract with things that interest him, it's just his astoundingly low levels of empathy that give others this impression.
Being kind and friendly isn't in his nature, but he knows what it looks like and how to mimic it.
+ He subscribes to the Aperture Science mentality of: In Case of Implosion, Look Directly at Implosion, which as you can imagine, puts him in quite a bit of danger when things go wrong in the lab (or in general). His self preservation instinct is actually remarkably low, despite what you might expect from a self-centered scientist.
It's for this reason that Ghetsis had at least one of the Shadow Triad tagged to Colress at all times, just in case. The phenomenon of needing to physically pick up and move Colress actually became so common, it was jokingly dubbed the "Colress Carry" by the grunts.
Colress doesn't react to being picked up so long as he can keep observing whatever disaster of the day is currently unfolding.
+ The idea of being able to float is fascinating to him. He spent many years of his childhood simply exploring Chargestone Cave, as it was near his family's home nestled somewhere along Route 6, and he was enthralled by the giant gemstones that hovered about the place, pushed along by magnetism. It's part of what got him into science--he really wanted to know how it all worked.
Even into his adult years, he still has a fondness for the idea of escaping gravity, though he doesn't indulge it too often. It still manifests in small ways, such as the air balloons he ties to his pokemon (redundant in some cases, though useful in battle), or his insistence on granting the frigate flight capabilities. He'd stand atop some of his pokemon if they allowed him to, but he knows there isn't much practicality to that.
+ Klink was his first pokemon, caught the moment he was able to get his hands on a pokeball. He'd decided it would be his first partner pokemon pretty much as soon as he'd started seeing them around Chargestone Cave. There was just something so appealing about the gear shape and blue accents that called to him; it reminded him of the cave, but also a little of himself. Probably the only pokemon he's ever caught purely for sentimental purposes.
Elgyem was his second pokemon, caught much later in life when Colress was in university. He'd been traveling around the region with Ghetsis, his roommate and occasional friend at the time, while looking into their respective fields of study. This had brought them out to some old ruins, where Ghetsis was easily distracted by the ancient history, and Colress was locked into a stalemate with a mischievous Elgyem that wouldn't return the tablet it had stolen from him, not until it was caught.
Magnemite was his third pokemon, obtained many more years later while Colress was in Kalos, right around the time BW1's events would be occurring. There isn't much to the story of how he got it, just that it had started to follow him around while he explored the Lost Hotel. He assumes it was newly hatched, though likely abandoned. He decided to bring it along for practicality's sake, having an electric type around to help power some of his projects could really only be a positive. Plus, it floats (he finds that endearing, not that he'd admit it).
During the events of BW2, he ended up actually training his pokemon for research purposes, so these three all end up evolving over time. His first Magnemite is the one to eventually become a Magnezone.
Rotom was a gift from Ghetsis, offered as a suggestion (and slight jab) that he needs better type coverage. He didn't use it until after Neo Team Plasma had fallen, mostly out of stubbornness. Giving it a life orb to hold didn't mean anything in particular, so don't look too far into it...
Metang and his second Magneton were acquired some time in between the PWT and his battle aboard the frigate. While the rest of Neo Team Plasma was busy trying to catch Kyurem, Colress was instead looking for a Metang nearby, as they're very powerful and intelligent creatures. They remind him a little of Ghetsis's brutal style of battling, and he's always been curious how ingrained this behavior is for them.
He caught Magneton while going through files at the P2 Labs sometime afterwards. Similarly to how his first Magneton/Magnezone acted, this Magneton seemed content to just follow him around as he explored the lab. It seemed especially drawn to his Magnezone once it appeared, which played a small part in why he brought it along; he'd like to study more into why they connect so well--is it because they're magnetic, or...? He's still unsure to this day why they're so friendly to each other. It's a mystery.
+ His mild fascination with the poke beans in Alola spawned partly from their friendship boosting properties, but also from something he observed while in university. As previously mentioned, he and Ghetsis were roommates during their younger years, and while they weren't exactly close at first, they weren't exactly distant either.
On occasion, Ghetsis's family would send him various confections from around the region, most of which were overly sweet and not something he was a fan of, so he'd give them to Colress instead, who had a more noticeable sweet tooth. A transactional friendship was the interesting byproduct of this habit, though neither of them seemed particularly bothered by that outcome.
Gifts, usually sweets, were given whenever Ghetsis wanted something from Colress, and Colress would acquiesce assuming he liked whatever was given (some trial and error was needed before Ghetsis noticed any specific preferences). The requests started off fairly normal, such as help with classwork or for Colress to stop working on projects at 4am, but eventually, they turned towards assisting Ghetsis with the groundwork for what would later become Team Plasma years down the line.
Colress was perfectly content to set up the building blocks for Unova's unfortunate future all for a shalour sable, if that tells you anything. The usefulness of bribing potential assets was also noted and utilized by him later down the line as well.
+ He's in his mid to late thirties during BW2, not too far off from Ghetsis.
+ (Outside of specific shipping instances) Colress has no interest in romance, or even friendships in general. The desire to form these bonds pops up very rarely, and he usually ignores it either way. Any attempts from others to try and befriend him are met with annoyance, and he might respond by blatantly avoiding that person.
If you were to chart what his relationships look like, it'd be something like this:
His Parents: ...who are they again?
Ghetsis: An old friend of whom Colress claims to hate.
Rosa: An interesting test subject; quickly became annoying after several attempts on her part to befriend him.
Shadow Triad: Can't tell them apart, but he thinks their abilities are fascinating.
Zinzolin: Work acquaintance of whom he shoved all his leadership responsibilities onto.
Dulse and Zossie: Curious individuals who trust him far too easily.
Lusamine: No relation despite a few similar traits; her penchant for freezing pokemon is quite humorous to him, all things considered.
Faba: Someone Colress would like to dissect, as a compliment(??)
Wicke: A pleasant person Colress would like to stop talking to (he's pretty sure she sees right through him).
Lillie: A potential test subject; good enough to keep alive.
Moon/Selene: Someone worth keeping an eye on; she's annoyed by his battle style, something he finds funny.
Gladion: A potential test subject; the bond with his pokemon is fascinating.
Professor Kukui: A brilliant researcher, one Colress can tolerate if necessary.
Professor Burnet: Someone Colress tactfully avoids--he's unsure if she'd recognize him from her brief time in Unova.
Molayne: A strong individual that's shown interest in being friends, Colress is outwardly not very interested.
Grimsley: Another person Colress tactfully avoids, to minimal success; not quite a hostile dynamic, but definitely a confusing one.
+ He doesn't do well with being in one place for very long, which prompts a habit of wandering around. During his time as leader of Neo Team Plasma, he was frequently kicked off the frigate to disperse restless energy, mostly as a precautionary measure. It became apparent early on that spending too long on the ship resulted in bouts of hypomania, or mild existential spirals.
Workaholic tendencies were picked up instead of therapy. So long as his hands stay busy, he won't get lost in his own head. Tends to bounce between "I'm a genius, no one else can do what I do" to "nothing is working out, if I can't make progress what's the point of me" over long stretches of time.
+ He doesn't drink alcohol very often, mostly because he doesn't see a point, but also because he's a lightweight as well as a tired drunk. Any social gatherings where drinking was involved tended to result in him passing out, assuming he could be goaded into partaking. His polite facade tends to slip more while drowsy, so this is actually the best time to get straightforward opinions from him.
(The funniest revelation so far being a very annoyed sounding, "Zinzolin could get it," which led to a week of debate between the grunts over if Colress was using slang or being literal, seeing as both have very different implications, and the story had been twisted so many times no one knew what the context of the statement was anymore.)
((Colress claims to not remember this conversation at all, on account of being drunk.))
+ He's agender, though he doesn't care what he gets identified as so long as it doesn't get in the way of his research gathering. It's proven to be more beneficial presenting masculine than feminine, so that's what he tends to do. People are unfortunately more likely to listen to a man speak than a women in the scientific field, though there have definitely been strives towards a change in that--not that Colress is really paying it much attention.
He's worn dresses on a few occasions, but they aren't practical for lab environments, especially since he prefers somewhat flowy fabric.
(Whatever his biological sex is changes depending on the AU, and usually it's not even relevant in most of my works)
+ It's commonly assumed that he has an issue showing skin for one reason or another, but that's not entirely true. He likes to cover up simply to avoid spilling harmful chemicals on his skin, or otherwise hiding stains that might have appeared were it not for his black attire (excluding his lab coat).
While he doesn't like physical contact very much, avoiding it isn't his primary reason for how he dresses.
+ His blue hair swoop is naturally occurring, albeit very confusing. The blue coloring is natural, even if the rest of his hair is blond. He doesn't have to do anything to get it into that shape, though any attempts to get it out of that shape only last for so long.
Sometimes, he tugs on it when feeling stressed. It's an easy indicator.
+ A completely useless skill he has is the ability to balance things on his head even while moving. If his pokemon are bored, they might make a game out of stacking things on him until he notices. The record was four books and a container of pencils.
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That's all I can think of for now, so it might be a good place to stop. This has been worked on for like, a month and a half now and has just been getting steadily longer as time goes by hhhh-
My hc's for him don't tend to change too much once they're in place, so I don't think there are many that contradict themselves just yet, but that's not accounting for the other iterations of him, which I do think of slightly differently
Like, I think Pokespe Colress is more flexible then his other counterparts just because of all the shit he gets up to where he's twisting around constantly. He also flirts more, though he still doesn't really feel attraction
Pokeani Colress is still being pondered, but I think he might be more genuine with his emotions, even if he doesn't really react to the wacky shenanigans going on around him like a sane person
I’m glad you like them!! :D I've been slowly fleshing them out over time so I'm happy to hear they at least make sense
When it comes to the friendship one, I did actually go back and forth for a while on whether or not he'd be the type to make friends! But ultimately, I settled on the idea that he might view friendship as too much effort to maintain. I do think there's people out there he'd consider being actual friends with, such as Molayne, Faba, mostly other scientists, etc, but because he moves around so much and gets lost in his studies so easily, he's aware long term friendship might be difficult for him
I like to think he doesn't understand it all too well, outside being a powerful factor in bringing out the potential in pokemon. On a surface level, he gets it, but doesn't know how to mimic it very well. Probably because it involves letting people know more about you, and he's very much not a fan of that
If someone seems useful, he'll keep in contact, though if they continue to bring up things he isn't interested in, this is where the annoyance part comes in. It's very much like manipulation, as you said. But on the bright side, he's somewhat self-aware?
This doesn't stop other people from considering him a friend, of course, even if he doesn't agree. There's probably several people out there who do view him as like, a friend who just doesn't reach out much, and they're okay with that. Because everyone is different, and there's no real expiration date on a friendship (that's part of what he doesn't get)
Having said that, I'd love to hear more about your ideas/hc's too if you'd like to share them! Yapping is a lotta fun, I can relate lmao
This goes for anyone btw! I love hearing Colress hc's
I have thought so much about this dude my brain is starting to rot a little in one of the corners. It's the designated Colress Corner
I'm not even gonna lie, the floating hc's came to me at like, 2am when listening to his battle theme and connecting the rocket launch countdown to a greater desire to leave earth's gravity. That, and he keeps putting air balloons on his pokemon to negate the ground weakness, which is a really funny image considering his whole (BW2) team already float by default, now they just have balloons tied to them. He's doing his best
Omg thanks for elaborating! I have pretty much the same thought as you when it comes to Colress’s understanding of friendships in general— I think a big part about why he fixates on the bonds between a trainer and their Pokemon in his research post bw2 is precisely because he doesn’t intuitively understand it like most people do, and he wants to rationalize it to be able to harness it better himself. Like you said, I think he logically gets it, but his ability to actually form genuine friendships is limited to his blank vaguely pleasant expressions and polite demeanor.
I’m a very new Pokemon fan I’ll admit (I only got into it because of the subway masters in like 2023 and slowly expanded my knowledge of the franchise through anything associated with them in canon and fandom before I found Colress and did the same thing) (something about the character designs in Pokemon I just completely eat up for some reason and I know I would’ve been a huge fan earlier if I watched the anime as a kid) and I’ve only just started playing BW, so I’ve been struggling to form that many headcanons about him because I don’t know many characters that he really interacts with that I can bounce off of for ideas 😭
However, I do have a few:
- Growing up I think his family was the type to have a very strong focus on grades and academic achievement, which worked out fine for him because he liked to study, especially about Pokemon. I think he probably knew all the stats about all the Pokemon in the region before he even got a chance to actually have one, so he knew exactly what Pokemon he wanted when he finally was allowed to catch them
- Before he owned any Pokemon, his hobby was to take apart machines and electronics to figure out how they worked, and then eventually that became making machines himself. The first Pokemon he caught was a Klink, because of the familiarity of its gear shape with the machines he was used to looking inside. (I find it funny we both thought of a reason he chose Klink lol)
- I think his research focus gradually changed over time, and that he had been doing research on his own since like, high school? It started with him identifying a level of “uncertainty” he felt when doing Pokemon battles, like “how could I be sure my Pokemon will understand my commands correctly?” Or “how could I know if it will perform its best?” Or “how could I know how well it executed a move?” And this “uncertainty” made Pokemon battling somewhat dissatisfying for him since he had no real control of what the Pokemon will do at the end of the day. His research then evolved as his ability to make machines improved, starting by making custom sensors to measure a Pokémon’s output, then machines that attach to the Pokemon and amplify its power, and then to more specifically drawing out a Pokémon’s specific potential, you know the rest. Not really sure if I can say it’s his research focus that is changing but like, his approach to the same question is? He first wants to bridge the “uncertainty” he sees between a trainer and their Pokemon, then to controlling a Pokémon’s power, then to drawing out its potential. It all goes back to the bond between a trainer and their Pokemon, but he at first sees it as an “uncertainty” (I might be talking in circles here I hope you get the point 😅)
That’s about it, I think. I always go to imagining what a character’s childhood might’ve been like for some reason. I’m also extremely befuddled about whatever Colress and Ghetsis have got going on, but I view Ghetsis as older than Colress so in my mind they met much later in life than in your hcs, though maybe they knew of each other earlier, I haven’t really figured that out yet
I love that connection you made with Colress’s battle song lmao, also when does he put balloons on his Pokemon? That’s so silly and I need to see it!
The fixation is real so here's an assortment of my particular flavor of brain rotting
In no particular order, here's my interpretation (of game Colress specifically, though some of these carry over to his other iterations)
+ He's ambidextrous, but favors his right hand since it's more convenient. Typically he uses whichever hand is closest to what he's trying to interact with, but this doesn't apply to when he's handing over items simply because he keeps things like that in his right side pocket.
+ He's nearsighted. His original glasses in BW2 were normal vision correcting lenses, but his new pair in SuMo/USUM were modified by him to help with data tracking and feeding information directly from his consoles, negating the need to look at them. He squints quite a bit if they aren't on.
+ There are so many things in his coat pockets at any given time it's a miracle neither of his coats have ripped yet. He's very jangly as a result.
+ Sleeping is his least favorite activity. He will put it off for as long as physically possible until he either collapses or has to be dragged out of his lab by someone else. Even when he does sleep, it's for very short bursts of time. He's fully aware of the health issues that can come from this, he just doesn't care.
+ Generally, he isn't worried about what others think of him as a person. You could probably call him an immoral bastard who's going to die alone and he might actually "yes, and?" you.
He will sulk if you insult his inventions though. Particularly his prototypes.
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+ Inventing is more of a side hobby that just so happens to occasionally aid in his main study. With the shift to more humane ways of treating pokemon, he no longer has a reason to invent things that force out potential, so most of his new devices assist with miscellaneous research--such as monitoring how often pokemon cry for help, or warping the very fabric of reality as we know it.
+ His curiosity is what drives him. He'll want to experiment on anything if it catches his attention. Humans are no exception, whether they agree to it or not. (He was forbidden from feeding grunts to Kyurem, much to his disappointment, but he proposed the idea several times over the course of two weeks; he only wanted to know if a person begging for their life might deter the dragon from eating them, even if only for a moment.)
+ It's not hard for him to come across as unattached and emotionless-- he really only smiles blankly in most interactions people have with him, but that's not to say he actually feels nothing. He's fairly enthusiastic and easy to distract with things that interest him, it's just his astoundingly low levels of empathy that give others this impression.
Being kind and friendly isn't in his nature, but he knows what it looks like and how to mimic it.
+ He subscribes to the Aperture Science mentality of: In Case of Implosion, Look Directly at Implosion, which as you can imagine, puts him in quite a bit of danger when things go wrong in the lab (or in general). His self preservation instinct is actually remarkably low, despite what you might expect from a self-centered scientist.
It's for this reason that Ghetsis had at least one of the Shadow Triad tagged to Colress at all times, just in case. The phenomenon of needing to physically pick up and move Colress actually became so common, it was jokingly dubbed the "Colress Carry" by the grunts.
Colress doesn't react to being picked up so long as he can keep observing whatever disaster of the day is currently unfolding.
+ The idea of being able to float is fascinating to him. He spent many years of his childhood simply exploring Chargestone Cave, as it was near his family's home nestled somewhere along Route 6, and he was enthralled by the giant gemstones that hovered about the place, pushed along by magnetism. It's part of what got him into science--he really wanted to know how it all worked.
Even into his adult years, he still has a fondness for the idea of escaping gravity, though he doesn't indulge it too often. It still manifests in small ways, such as the air balloons he ties to his pokemon (redundant in some cases, though useful in battle), or his insistence on granting the frigate flight capabilities. He'd stand atop some of his pokemon if they allowed him to, but he knows there isn't much practicality to that.
+ Klink was his first pokemon, caught the moment he was able to get his hands on a pokeball. He'd decided it would be his first partner pokemon pretty much as soon as he'd started seeing them around Chargestone Cave. There was just something so appealing about the gear shape and blue accents that called to him; it reminded him of the cave, but also a little of himself. Probably the only pokemon he's ever caught purely for sentimental purposes.
Elgyem was his second pokemon, caught much later in life when Colress was in university. He'd been traveling around the region with Ghetsis, his roommate and occasional friend at the time, while looking into their respective fields of study. This had brought them out to some old ruins, where Ghetsis was easily distracted by the ancient history, and Colress was locked into a stalemate with a mischievous Elgyem that wouldn't return the tablet it had stolen from him, not until it was caught.
Magnemite was his third pokemon, obtained many more years later while Colress was in Kalos, right around the time BW1's events would be occurring. There isn't much to the story of how he got it, just that it had started to follow him around while he explored the Lost Hotel. He assumes it was newly hatched, though likely abandoned. He decided to bring it along for practicality's sake, having an electric type around to help power some of his projects could really only be a positive. Plus, it floats (he finds that endearing, not that he'd admit it).
During the events of BW2, he ended up actually training his pokemon for research purposes, so these three all end up evolving over time. His first Magnemite is the one to eventually become a Magnezone.
Rotom was a gift from Ghetsis, offered as a suggestion (and slight jab) that he needs better type coverage. He didn't use it until after Neo Team Plasma had fallen, mostly out of stubbornness. Giving it a life orb to hold didn't mean anything in particular, so don't look too far into it...
Metang and his second Magneton were acquired some time in between the PWT and his battle aboard the frigate. While the rest of Neo Team Plasma was busy trying to catch Kyurem, Colress was instead looking for a Metang nearby, as they're very powerful and intelligent creatures. They remind him a little of Ghetsis's brutal style of battling, and he's always been curious how ingrained this behavior is for them.
He caught Magneton while going through files at the P2 Labs sometime afterwards. Similarly to how his first Magneton/Magnezone acted, this Magneton seemed content to just follow him around as he explored the lab. It seemed especially drawn to his Magnezone once it appeared, which played a small part in why he brought it along; he'd like to study more into why they connect so well--is it because they're magnetic, or...? He's still unsure to this day why they're so friendly to each other. It's a mystery.
+ His mild fascination with the poke beans in Alola spawned partly from their friendship boosting properties, but also from something he observed while in university. As previously mentioned, he and Ghetsis were roommates during their younger years, and while they weren't exactly close at first, they weren't exactly distant either.
On occasion, Ghetsis's family would send him various confections from around the region, most of which were overly sweet and not something he was a fan of, so he'd give them to Colress instead, who had a more noticeable sweet tooth. A transactional friendship was the interesting byproduct of this habit, though neither of them seemed particularly bothered by that outcome.
Gifts, usually sweets, were given whenever Ghetsis wanted something from Colress, and Colress would acquiesce assuming he liked whatever was given (some trial and error was needed before Ghetsis noticed any specific preferences). The requests started off fairly normal, such as help with classwork or for Colress to stop working on projects at 4am, but eventually, they turned towards assisting Ghetsis with the groundwork for what would later become Team Plasma years down the line.
Colress was perfectly content to set up the building blocks for Unova's unfortunate future all for a shalour sable, if that tells you anything. The usefulness of bribing potential assets was also noted and utilized by him later down the line as well.
+ He's in his mid to late thirties during BW2, not too far off from Ghetsis.
+ (Outside of specific shipping instances) Colress has no interest in romance, or even friendships in general. The desire to form these bonds pops up very rarely, and he usually ignores it either way. Any attempts from others to try and befriend him are met with annoyance, and he might respond by blatantly avoiding that person.
If you were to chart what his relationships look like, it'd be something like this:
His Parents: ...who are they again?
Ghetsis: An old friend of whom Colress claims to hate.
Rosa: An interesting test subject; quickly became annoying after several attempts on her part to befriend him.
Shadow Triad: Can't tell them apart, but he thinks their abilities are fascinating.
Zinzolin: Work acquaintance of whom he shoved all his leadership responsibilities onto.
Dulse and Zossie: Curious individuals who trust him far too easily.
Lusamine: No relation despite a few similar traits; her penchant for freezing pokemon is quite humorous to him, all things considered.
Faba: Someone Colress would like to dissect, as a compliment(??)
Wicke: A pleasant person Colress would like to stop talking to (he's pretty sure she sees right through him).
Lillie: A potential test subject; good enough to keep alive.
Moon/Selene: Someone worth keeping an eye on; she's annoyed by his battle style, something he finds funny.
Gladion: A potential test subject; the bond with his pokemon is fascinating.
Professor Kukui: A brilliant researcher, one Colress can tolerate if necessary.
Professor Burnet: Someone Colress tactfully avoids--he's unsure if she'd recognize him from her brief time in Unova.
Molayne: A strong individual that's shown interest in being friends, Colress is outwardly not very interested.
Grimsley: Another person Colress tactfully avoids, to minimal success; not quite a hostile dynamic, but definitely a confusing one.
+ He doesn't do well with being in one place for very long, which prompts a habit of wandering around. During his time as leader of Neo Team Plasma, he was frequently kicked off the frigate to disperse restless energy, mostly as a precautionary measure. It became apparent early on that spending too long on the ship resulted in bouts of hypomania, or mild existential spirals.
Workaholic tendencies were picked up instead of therapy. So long as his hands stay busy, he won't get lost in his own head. Tends to bounce between "I'm a genius, no one else can do what I do" to "nothing is working out, if I can't make progress what's the point of me" over long stretches of time.
+ He doesn't drink alcohol very often, mostly because he doesn't see a point, but also because he's a lightweight as well as a tired drunk. Any social gatherings where drinking was involved tended to result in him passing out, assuming he could be goaded into partaking. His polite facade tends to slip more while drowsy, so this is actually the best time to get straightforward opinions from him.
(The funniest revelation so far being a very annoyed sounding, "Zinzolin could get it," which led to a week of debate between the grunts over if Colress was using slang or being literal, seeing as both have very different implications, and the story had been twisted so many times no one knew what the context of the statement was anymore.)
((Colress claims to not remember this conversation at all, on account of being drunk.))
+ He's agender, though he doesn't care what he gets identified as so long as it doesn't get in the way of his research gathering. It's proven to be more beneficial presenting masculine than feminine, so that's what he tends to do. People are unfortunately more likely to listen to a man speak than a women in the scientific field, though there have definitely been strives towards a change in that--not that Colress is really paying it much attention.
He's worn dresses on a few occasions, but they aren't practical for lab environments, especially since he prefers somewhat flowy fabric.
(Whatever his biological sex is changes depending on the AU, and usually it's not even relevant in most of my works)
+ It's commonly assumed that he has an issue showing skin for one reason or another, but that's not entirely true. He likes to cover up simply to avoid spilling harmful chemicals on his skin, or otherwise hiding stains that might have appeared were it not for his black attire (excluding his lab coat).
While he doesn't like physical contact very much, avoiding it isn't his primary reason for how he dresses.
+ His blue hair swoop is naturally occurring, albeit very confusing. The blue coloring is natural, even if the rest of his hair is blond. He doesn't have to do anything to get it into that shape, though any attempts to get it out of that shape only last for so long.
Sometimes, he tugs on it when feeling stressed. It's an easy indicator.
+ A completely useless skill he has is the ability to balance things on his head even while moving. If his pokemon are bored, they might make a game out of stacking things on him until he notices. The record was four books and a container of pencils.
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That's all I can think of for now, so it might be a good place to stop. This has been worked on for like, a month and a half now and has just been getting steadily longer as time goes by hhhh-
My hc's for him don't tend to change too much once they're in place, so I don't think there are many that contradict themselves just yet, but that's not accounting for the other iterations of him, which I do think of slightly differently
Like, I think Pokespe Colress is more flexible then his other counterparts just because of all the shit he gets up to where he's twisting around constantly. He also flirts more, though he still doesn't really feel attraction
Pokeani Colress is still being pondered, but I think he might be more genuine with his emotions, even if he doesn't really react to the wacky shenanigans going on around him like a sane person
First sketch of Colress I made back in like November but I could not for the life of me figure out how to draw the legs in that crossed pose so I just fixed it now
Hey, care to share some easy topics to study? I get bored easily and want to learn something new
Heh. Easy topics? Well, if you kindergarten science, I’ll give you kindergarten science. If you're gonna burn brain glucose, it should at least be entertaining, right?
Why octopus blood is blue?
The chemistry behind why onions make you cry?
How do microwave work?
Why Roman concrete gets stronger when seawater hits it?
The absurd engineering behind retractable ballpoint pens.
How geckos stick to walls without glue (spoiler: it's quantum-adjacent surface physics, not suction.)
Why bananas are technically slightly radioactive, and why nobody cares.
The surprisingly complicated fluid dynamics of why cats lap water instead of drinking like dogs.
Why do cicadas spend over a decade underground just to scream for a few weeks and die.
Pick any one of those, and you've got anywhere from thirty minutes to three hours of genuinely interesting reading. It’ll be billion percent satisfying and easy to stay focused—Oh! And make sure to report some of your findings to me. Kukuku…
tumblr is (rightfully!) horny for trains but i need you to understand buses can be just as sexy as train transport. sexier even! if this sounds fake it's because the bus systems you've interacted with have been purposefully hobbled by bad funding/management. i promise well-run bus transit is SO fucking hot actually start panting
Oh I’m so normal about Senku. He’s a rational logical scientist but he loves his friends and he loves humanity and those things don’t contradict each other. He’s so obnoxious and manipulative but he cannot lie to save his life. People gather to him because he shows them the light and beauty the world has to offer. He does this while making poison and cackling maniacally. He’s doing everything he can to save everyone but the person he loves most in the world died making his future possible. He wants to see everything the world has to offer, and share it with others. He fights a war without killing a single person. His enemies never stay his enemies for long. He is an absolute little shit.
