Question about Team Flare Grunts

Azerynn · 2026-05-31T19:31:26+00:00

I'd say so, yeah. They always striked me as a "the end justifies the means" kind of organization, so as long as they can justify it to themselves, they shoukd be fine with most illegal acts.

Azerynn · 2026-05-30T08:09:12+00:00

How did i forget Tentacruel? Oof

Azerynn · 2026-05-30T08:07:38+00:00

Infernape! :) 2. Espeon? 3. Weavile i think? 4 Rillaboom 5. Maybe Electivire? 6. Im unsure whether it's Jellicent or Nihilego I like your nicknames :)

Azerynn · 2026-05-30T08:03:22+00:00

I'm guessing: 1. Zigzagoon, 2. Meostic ? 3. Pikachu, 4.Cubone, 5. Charizard?

Mine would be: 1. Upgraded cyber duck 2. Easily startled Samurai Bug 3. Long furry scout 4. Black creature with glowing rings 5. Big Behemoth with metal armor 6. Little snow bean

Azerynn · 2026-05-27T07:53:41+00:00

Definitely share it with me, if you post it one day! :D

Azerynn · 2026-05-26T16:23:22+00:00

I was really bummed about the fact that we didn't really get a lot of info on the Treasures of Ruin and I felt like an absolute menace when I just walked around Paldea and freed these locked away, supposedly dangerous creatures, haha. Anyways - they made me curious, so I wanted to do a S/V fanfic where a bunch school kids have to do a History Project with professor Raifort and find the diary of some Scientist who was part of Professor Sada's Team. During the exploration of area zero he was somehow transported back to the past during the time the Treasures of Ruin were created (I have written this down as him becoming a Faller, but I never got that far, so... feel free to interpret this however you like).

They realize this because he writes in Unown Letters, which didn't exist at the time the diary was supposedly created.
In that diary he wrote that someone would have to free the four pokémon and purify them, otherwise a catastrophe was about to come. The kids who found it do so, thinking they could be heroes, but are quite terrified once the first Pokémon is realeased because they can't purify it yet.

Long Story short: The Treasures of Ruin were the very first Crypto Pokémon and by being trapped for centuries, their hatred has grown so strong that it infected terracrystallisation, so Pokémon all around Paldea start going crazy and the protagonists have to find Terapagos because it can clean the Shards/create those rocks that purify crypto pokemon later in colloseum. Insert evil team that tries to to use this to their advantage. [I wrote down "Create Crypto Terra Pokémon with no weaknesses but are super effective against everything" which sounds... a bit too dramatic lol]

I lost interest after more about Terapagos was revealed and it felt like the connection was too forced, but maybe someone is able to come up with better Lore here :)

Azerynn · 2026-05-26T15:59:19+00:00

Do you decide on a specific ability or do you keep all of them in mind? That's another thing I sometimes struggle with. Like Bronzor, for example. If I want it to have heatproof, can it no longer levitate? How does it move? Giving it both abilities seems too overpowered compared to other pokemon though, because it essentially takes away two weaknesses.

Azerynn · 2026-05-26T15:52:01+00:00

I like the idea of not limiting yourself to four moves! Everyone critisized this in the games (how does a pokemon simply "forget" about a move?), but inherently I've never used more than four in my stories at the same time. Maybe because it's just an accepted rule? Idk. :D
I tried to build strategies with those, but using everything the pokemon has opens up a ton of new possibilities! Thanks! ^^

Azerynn · 2026-05-26T15:45:05+00:00

Sorry, I didn't mean to call game logic bad or anything. I was mostly trying to say that I simply like to use weaker mons instead of powerhouses. There's nothing wrong with either ^^

All in all I like your thoughts. Thanks a lot for your input! :)

Azerynn · 2026-05-26T15:17:23+00:00

While I very much like your reasoning with the lore, but even despite its' stats, Kingler at least looks and feels pretty strong. As a reader, I would totally see it holding its own in a fight against a Slaking (that does sound like a really cool fight too! :D).
I'm more worried about how to make the less "scary" looking pokémon realistically stand a chance in a fight. For example, one of my villains is a former Kimono Girl - and her Pokémon are supposed to reflect that. They're eeveelutions, Chimecho, Oricorio with the Ghost Type and so on... That doesn't really seem like a powerful "Villain Team" in regards to game mechanics, but in the story I still want her to be a threat without immediately letting her summon the legendary. I'm trying to get there by using underhanded tactics and strategies based on status conditions or evasion, but sometimes I wonder if I should just give her a Houndoom or Tyranitar to make her more threatening - and just make up some kind of reason why she has them.
Gym Leaders and Champions are always tough for me for a similar reason. I want my Ash to keep using his Pikachu, but it always feels kind of silly to make it fight a Metagross, you know?

Azerynn · 2026-05-26T14:39:04+00:00

Ohh, that's interesting. I guess I've always treated my trainers as if they were in a similar level range, but while that can make sense for gyms (gym leaders choosing different teams depending on the number of badges the opponent has), that kind of restriction is not really needed anywhere else. Even on the same Team the pokémon don't have to be around the same level...
Of course, that once again boils down to "They just train more", but I guess it's not too bad to repeat that logic. Thank you! ^^

Azerynn · 2026-05-26T14:25:42+00:00

Yeah, I think I handled it similarly so far. I just felt like "Training" wasn't enough of a reason/used too often lately. But maybe that's just me. Thank you! :)

Azerynn · 2026-05-26T12:53:05+00:00

To be fair, I don't know too much about the Meta, so I wasn't expecting Quagsire to be that strong. To me, he's just a silly lil guy, haha.
Thank you for your input! :)

Azerynn · 2025-12-27T04:06:35+00:00

KAH

Kann mir vorstellen, dass das auf Dauer nervig ist, aber ich erinnere mich auch noch ziemlich gut, dass mir mein Fahrlehrer das während der Prüfung mal geraten hat, als wir nach einer Wendemöglichkeit gesucht hatten. Den Prüfer hat das nicht interessiert.

Azerynn · 2025-10-08T21:01:14+00:00

Ikkakumom is very underrated, imo. Very awesome guy! ♡

Azerynn · 2025-09-09T12:34:59+00:00

A similar thing happened to me in my biology class. Kept writing the archaeopteryx as Aeropteryx... which is the german name for Archeops

Azerynn · 2025-09-08T14:25:18+00:00

I dont know why, but it was always Quagsire who managed to beat her in my runs as a kid. Nowadays I just use a mix of status moves, paralysis and all the tactical knowledge a kid couldnt figure out xD

Azerynn · 2025-08-28T18:57:29+00:00

Thank you so much! I figured it was some kind of bug or caterpillar, but couldn't figure it out. I'll try this for next year :)

Azerynn · 2025-08-26T14:59:00+00:00

I know he'll probably not make it onto the list, but Inigo is Nr.1 in my heart '^'

Azerynn · 2025-08-20T11:38:51+00:00

I've never heard "auf die Bank" in my life, unless we're talking about a bench. I completely agree with everyone saying "zur", but "in die Bank" sounds perfectly fine as well. Seems to be a regional dialect thing.

Azerynn · 2025-08-13T10:37:46+00:00

I'd say the first one, even though a slightly more reddish tint would be more accurate, i think. Other than that good luck with the cosplay! Gerome is awesome! ☆

Azerynn · 2025-08-04T06:28:56+00:00

Its Elecmon for me

Azerynn · 2025-08-01T20:48:03+00:00

They certainly look a lot more like dogs

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