QuentinQuonce
formerly green_typhlosion
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I have the humor of a 10 year old. ORAS changed the Dewford trendy sayings so you can't have "ADULT ANIME, MANGA, or GAMES", but you can have "Brightpowder Parties" instead.
This reminds me of a similar thing I did in Emerald; I was trying to think of a rude phrase for my trainer card introduction, but the best I could do was "I enjoy adult toys". Yes, it's feeble but I feel like I did well with the options available.
Old Couple John and Jay in Meteor Falls have a similar vibe: the wife says that whenever they have a dispute, they resolve it with a battle; the husband rather sadly says that he's never yet managed to defeat her. Fittingly, she has a Medicham and he has a Hariyama.In GSC, there's a pair of Trainers on Route 35 who are boyfriend and girlfriend.
The boyfriend before battle: "I'm gonna show my girlfriend I'm hot stuff!"
The boyfriend after battle: "I was humiliated in front of my girlfriend..."
The girlfriend before battle: "My boyfriend is weak, so I can't rely on him."
The girlfriend after battle: "I can count on my Pokémon more than my boyfriend."
In BW1 there's an old couple living in Striaton City. Here's what they say:
The husband: "The beginning of my relationship with my wife was our Pokémon battles. I could not defeat her, even though I tried many times!"
The wife: "My husband and I are compatible... because he cannot beat me in battle!"
Also in SM in Melemele Meadow, there's one young couple:
The boyfriend: "My girlfriend always disappears somewhere. Maybe she's the type who can't help wandering off when she spots something interesting?"
The girlfriend: "Hee hee! He's looking for me! It makes me so happy to see him search for me. It's proof of how much he loves me! Keep looking for me, baby!"
These are all different variants of couples in the Pokémon world, but the prevailing theme? It seems the norm for couples in the Pokémon world is that women have the upper hand in the dynamic compared to men. You have a couple where the girl is the stronger trainer, so much so that she claims she cannot rely on her boyfriend (and her boyfriend has to rely on her), you have an old couple whose relationship is that the wife is absolutely the better Trainer and always prevails against her husband in battle, and a young couple where the girlfriend is actively toying with her boyfriend's feelings.
Malewife and girlboss couples are pretty much the actual norm in the world of Pokémon, in many ways, and I like that a lot. It's pretty funny and likable to me.