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Eliza -  Wartortle: You already know *insert sunglass emoji*  Phanpy: Because someone obviously abandoned this little Phanpy egg at Eliza’s daycare and she had to adopt it.  Cubone: The Cubone decided that Eliza was going to be it’s new mom. Clefairy: Its ORAS pokedex entry, that’s all i’m saying.  Milotic: I mean...just look at it. It just reminds me of Eliza, especially as a shiny.   Altaria: Again, honestly it’s just SUCH an Eliza aesethic, plus she needed something that flied to round out her team more. 

Alternates - Pachirsu: I went back and forth on putting Altaria or Pachirsu on the team because both of them matched so well. Plus can’t you just see Eliza trying to wrangle a tiny rambunctious squirrel? bc I can. Still unnamed new rock puppy kinda known as Iwanko: need I explain? 

Hannah - Braixen: Okay Hannah’s starter was kinda tricky, but I knew I 100% needed her to be from Kalos because France. It was between Chespin and Fennekin but I realized Fennekin was clearly the superior choice. It’s a fire fox that eventually turns into a fire witch....so hello basically Hannah’s platonic soulmate.  Meowstic: Meowstic is genuinely Hannah in Pokemon form. It is The Most Hannah Ever. Fight me. A tiny french cat wearing a barret and scarf, like come on. 

Pikachu: You already know why.  Aurorus: Honestly this was mostly picked for its looks, but it just felt like a pokemon Hannah would like to me. It’s a french icy dinosaur that’s majestic looking as hell. Espeon: Again, you already know why Espeon is on Hannah’s team. Also according to this Hannah has a thing for psychic types? interesting. 

Misdreavus: This may seem like a weird choice bc wtf is this tiny adorable ghost doing on Hannah’s team? but like its name is misdreavus....mischievous....aka v Hannah 

Alternates - Jumpluff: Basically this pokemon is like a really big traveller that’ll just float where the wind takes it. Aka very Hannah.  Delcatty: Obviously bc cat, but also because it’s a very free spirit cat that according to the dex entries is super chill and loves to travel. 

Ivy -  Serperior: So you might be like why would Ivy want this snooty little snake on her team. But like just imagine Ivy first starting out her journey all excited and she picks this cute little Snivy but then the Snivy is lowkey rude and won’t listen to her. And Ivy is all sad face but eventually they have a Moment~ and bond and Snivy starts to respect Ivy and I honestly though this entire scene out in my head and it was just really cute okay? Plus Ivy’s familiar is a snake and its Snivy literally has Ivy in it.  Beauitfly: Ivy, being the flower loving hoe that she is, obviously needs something to pollenate her flowers and I wasn’t putting a fucking bee on her team but fuck bees so she got a pretty little Beauitfly that’s perf for Contests.  Gardevoir: Okay but Ralts (Gardevoirs pre-evolution) is this shy adorable little grass type. Who does that sound like? Ivy herself that’s who! so like Ivy’s personal growth is reflected in this pokemon. As Ivy finds herself and evolves, so does Ralts first into Kirlia and finally into majestic ass Gardevoir.  Corsola: So Ivy has a Beauitfly to help pollenate her plants, which means she also needs a water type to keep them watered. Plus Corsola is just so cute and pink that I feel Ivy would be heart eyes.  Liligant & Bellossom: These two were pretty much picked for the same reason aka because they’re flower dancers. I can just see Ivy practicing her moves with them and teaching them and putting on little routines.