Hi there. Can you do some parent headcanons for the PokƩmon game rivals, please?
I canāt believe I somehow didnāt see this, stuff like this is my JAM
I know Wally was given a Gallade for the remakes but I still associate him with Gardevoir so he gets Both
Blue has always had his eye on the future; although his main goal was to become Champion, he figured heād settle down and have a family one day. Heās actually way more excited for it than youād ever thought he would be, and while the two of you are waiting [im]patiently for your first child, he puts himself to work building the nursery from the ground up.
You know Blue well enough to see the undercurrents of anxiety running through him the first time he holds each of your children; his shoulders may be tensed, and his jaw is set, but his eyes are gleaming with the kind of light youāve never seen before. The births of your children are the only times youāll see Blue openly cry.
Blue is well aware of the fact that he has trouble expressing himself and his more vulnerable emotions; because of that, heās very pointed about setting aside quality time with the children whenever possible. Helping with homework, traveling to find a specific PokĆ©mon they want, listening when they write stories or songsā he wants there to be no doubt in their minds that he loves them more than anything, even if he has trouble saying it.
Definitely never thought heād be a father. Heās clearly had a rough childhood and canāt stand his own father, and then his journey got off to a morally-questionable start; he just assumed heād be alone forever, and although it didnāt quite sit right with him, he accepted it. So when you bring up the idea of kids, heās terrified, but eventually willing to give it a try. That being saidā heās spent so long hiding behind his attitude, once the two of you do have children, heās able to read them like open books. Heās seen all those tricks before.
In the back of his mind, Silver is always comparing himself to his own father. Youāre constantly telling him not to dwell on that anymore, but heās using it as motivation, honestly. He doesnāt remember his father even holding him, so Silver makes a point to carry the kids when he can; Giovanni was always enigmatic and vague, so Silver is direct in communicating whenever the kids speak with him; the night Giovanni disappeared tore Silver to shreds, and heās utterly determined that his children will never experience the same.
One thing he thinks about a lotā he had to steal his starter PokĆ©mon in order to go on his journey. Whether his kids want to travel or not, they are getting their starters legally. Heād never admit it to you, but heād honestly be thrilled if the kids took one of his own PokĆ©mon as a giftā that way theyāve each got partners who are already loyal and strong enough to protect.
Brendan is very shy to admit it, but heās wanted kids of his own for awhile. Itās just something thatās been at the back of his mind for a large part of his lifeā he wants to be able to take care of them and utterly drown them in all the love he can muster.
A total take-the-kids-to-work type, because his own father did the same thing with him; youāll just hear a shout of āweāre leaving!ā from somewhere in the distance, and then the front door slams and your husbandās taken off with the kids on his Tropiusā back, and youāre having to shout after him that he forgot the lunches youād packed for them all.
Heās going to be one of the more supportive parents; it took him a few years and an entire journey to figure out what he wanted to do with his life, so he understands perfectly as the kids go through each phase. Whether they follow in his footsteps and become professors, or follow in your footsteps and take the gym challenge, or if they decide to forge their own paths entirely, heāll be happy as long as theyāre happy too.
May gets along well with children; although having her own was never the biggest priority, when it happens, sheās perfectly happy with it. Sheās a sweetheart through and through, so the kids immediately take high priority in her lifeā she has no intention of setting her own dreams aside, but thankfully sheās got you around to help with fieldwork.
Given that she gets along so well with PokĆ©mon, and hers tend to be incredibly mellow anyways, May involves them in raising the kids too. It certainly helps that, as a professor now, she can get her hands on PokĆ©mon from all over the world; if your kids are so rowdy that you need a hoard of Blissey, sheāll do it. On the contrary, if the kids are so quiet that they can disappear with ease, sheās got some psychic PokĆ©mon ready to hunt them down each time they vanish.
May is a bit less likely to involve the kids in her work; even though sheās not as rambunctious as her father was, she still runs into trouble while out researching, and she doesnāt want to risk the kidsā safety at all. Theyāre not allowed to help her with fieldwork until theyāve each become trainers themselves, and thatās a milestone they wait impatiently for.
Wally was always nervous at the idea of having kids eventuallyā his weak health has always loomed in the back of his mind, and he worries that heāll pass it along to any children he ends up having. Still, family is something he values; heād rather start slow, one kid at a time with a few years in-between them, just to make sure itās something you can handle.
Gardevoir and Gallade end up acting like a second pair of parents. Theyāve looked after Wally since he was a frail child, and theyāre both so compassionate by nature that it was only a matter of time before they considered his children their own as well. Gallade spends a lot of time playing with them so he can keep an eye on their safety; Gardevoir and his stronger psychic abilities ends up in more of a caretaker role, keeping track of if theyāre wearing their raincoats when the weather changes, or picking safe-to-eat berries when theyāre all off adventuring.
Family of all kinds is something really important to Wally, so heās going to want to let his parents or Wanda watch the kids every once in a while, just to foster the beginnings of good relationships between them all. That also gives the two of you some consistent quality time togetherā he married you for a reason, and he wants to keep showing you how much he loves you at every possible chance.
Barry never really thought about being a dad, not because he doesnāt want it, but just because his mind is always all over the place. Heās set such a breakneck pace through his life that it hits him all at onceā youāre adults and youāre married and thereās a kid on the way.
When the children are infants, Barry is always shaky and nervousā heās terrified of accidentally hurting them somehow, because heās well aware of the fact that heās not the most careful man. His PokĆ©mon really come in handy, though; theyāre all a lot more calm than he is, and Snorlax in particular is a valuable asset when youāve got babies around. The two of you can set the kids on Snorlaxās stomach and theyāll just doze off right there; Snorlax loves the kids too, so heās super careful about keeping them from rolling away.
Heās very much a fun father; youāre constantly coming home to find him in the middle of hide-and-seek with the kids, and then he admits that, uh. Heās lost one of āem. Maybe two. Please join the game and help him find them. Relatedā Barry has very strong dad reflexes. He was constantly tumbling around and getting hurt as a child, so heās got a sixth sense for when the kids need him to catch them before they scrape themselves up too.
Cherenās a nervous parent. Even now heās the kind of person who prefers to rationalize his way through everythingā thatās not something you can do with young children, so heās initially at a loss. Youāve gotta guide him through the youngest years.
He reads a lot of parenting books and tries to follow their advice to the letter; Cheren has never been much of an adaptable person, so when that advice inevitably doesnāt work for his own kids, heās at a loss. It isnāt until the kids are old enough to communicate that he finally hits his strideā he does work at the Trainerās School, after all, so heās used to working with children in that age range. The contrast in his fumbling behavior almost shocks you.
Cheren makes a strong point about being as fair as possible and letting the children have room to grow into their own people. He is a bit of a firm person, so if heās not careful, he can come off as strictā but heās aware of that, and counts on you to keep him from being overbearing. If the kids want to travel, heāll let them; if they want to stay home and start some other career, heāll support that too.
Biancaās a pretty hopeless romantic, and starting a family has always been on her very long list of dreams. Sheās inevitably going to spoil the children practically rottenā and she wants as many of them as you both can afford, so I hope youāre ready.
Youāve got a 50/50 split between the children; some of them take after Bianca, and are flighty and energetic but still oh-so-genuine. Others are calmer and a bit on the snarkier side, reining their siblingsā and occasionally their motherā in as best as possible. Itās a fun dynamic on the best of days, and itās also nice to have help, because youāre not sure you could wrangle everyone on your own at this point.
Bianca's an endlessly supportive motherā she was stifled by her father in her teenage years, and that led to her taking a few extra years to figure out what sheād like to do with her life. She doesnāt want her kids struggling in the same way that she did, so if they show the slightest interest in anything, she insists they get the chance to try it once. Itās important to have as many experiences as possible in order to grow!
To the surprise of nobody, N never thought about starting his own family; it takes him a very long time to heal from his young years, but once heās had time to think it over, and youāve proven that youāll love him no matter what, heād be willing to have a child. At first he only wanted the oneā but even he in his twisted childhood had siblings, and he feels like an only child would get incredibly lonely.
Of all the men, N is probably the most involved when his children each get their first PokĆ©mon; he doesnāt want to interfere with the kids building those bonds on their own, but given his innate ability to communicate with PokĆ©mon, he feels like itās his responsibility to help somehow. If his children were to inherit that same power, though, heād be overwhelmedā itās something that played a part in his being so isolated, so his kids being the same makes him feel less alone.
Nās instinct is going to be to shelter the children. His experiences with the world had been terrifying at first, and he wants to protect the kids as long as possibleā but at the same time, heās permanently aware of the effects that his childhood isolation had on him, and heās determined to never do that to anyone else, much less these tiny precious lives. When he gets trapped in his own head, N leans very heavily on you to talk him through his fears and worries.
For the longest time, a family of his own was nowhere in Hughās mindā heās a one-track kinda guy, and he devoted his younger years to his sister and his friends. It isnāt until the two of you begin dating more seriously that he realizes he absolutely wants children. Also definitely more than one kidā the more the better, but he wants at least two.
Hugh is a surprisingly adorable dad; heās very attentive to both you and the kids, and it surprises you how easily heās able to understand them or calm them down when theyāre upset. It makes sense, though, given how close he was to his sister growing up. His PokĆ©mon arenāt the best for babysitting; he ended up with a team of powerhouses, and youāre always a bit nervous when he forgets to put caps on Bouffalantās horns before letting it play with the kids. Flygon is really the only one you let watch the kids, because itās the most calm of his teamā itās probably better to use your own PokĆ©mon, in all honesty.
Itās very important to Hugh that the children get along well. Whenever he thinks of his sisterās tragedy, it chills him to think that he was the only person who did anythingā on the off chance that anything happens to his kids, he wants them to be able to lean on each other. Because of that, whenever thereās an argumentā no matter how small or trivialā he sits everyone down to talk everything through. Moments like that are when it really hits you how much heās matured too.
Calem makes a point of being a very fair father. He was an only child, and his journey across Kalos when he was youngerā and okay, his constant losses to youā taught him that heās got some jealousy issues. He wants to avoid any of that between his own kids, and while he knows he doesnāt have total control over it, he really wants them to be good friends with each other as they grow.
Heās also the type to rely on his PokĆ©mon for help with the kids; Meowstic and Altaria in particular are very good at babysitting and keeping them preoccupied, while Absolās danger senses are just fine-tuned enough that he can head off any small tumbles or broken objects. Occasionally youāll launch into a panic because you havenāt seen the kids in an hour or two, only for Altaria to lift its fluffy wings and show you that the kids have dozed off in its feathers.
Calem can, on occasion, be a bit overbearingā he doesnāt intend to be stern, but heās always been on the more serious side, so itās just natural. During the turbulent teenage years youāll have to do a lot more middlemanning than usual, because the kids are hardheaded and heās used to only doing things his own wayā but after every argument, heās determined to sit down and talk things through, so thereās no bad blood in the end.
Serenaās very career-focused, so sheās another one who didnāt really think about having children; itās not that she never wanted them, it just never really crossed her mind. But then again, sheād never pictured herself married one day either, and here you both stand with matching rings, so. . .
Sheās always been on the calm side, so when the children are young and rambunctious, she can get overwhelmed pretty easily; that being said, she has no problem with being firm or strict when necessary. It always makes her feel a bit bad, because she doesnāt want the children to dislike her for it as they grow, but cāmon. . . you canāt just let them climb on a wild Rhyhorn, no matter how tame it seems.
Despite being the child of prominent Kalosian trainers herself, Serenaās pretty sure that she wants to keep the children out of the regional spotlight, unless thatās the path they choose for themselves; growing up, she was under a lot of pressure from people who expected her to be like her parents, and thatās why she took her constant losses to you so hard. She wants to avoid that kind of struggle for her own children, and wants them to know theyāre always good enough, no matter if they win or lose.
Shauna is sweet and excitable and takes things as they come; she hadnāt really planned for children, but when they inevitably happen, sheās still excited to the ends of the earth. Sheāll talk your ear off forever about what to name each child, how to decorate the nursery this time around, oh man what kind of PokĆ©mon do you think theyāll all befriendā
Sheās going to be a pretty relaxed parent; her journey with you and the others as teens was probably the most vital experience of her life, and she wants her children to be able to do the same, or find something equivalent if traveling doesnāt speak to them. Occasionally sheās almost too relaxed, and youāve gotta be the one to tell the kids that Arceus above we do not grab Honedge by the hiltā
Shauna is huge on photos and preserving memories. Even if itās not your speed, sheās insistent on taking tons of pictures at every major event, and snatching up a few trinkets here and there; as the kids grow, she assembles photo albums and scrapbooks for each of them, and they become the family treasures. She loves looking back to remember how each child has grown, and one day when they each move out, sheās going to gift them their books before they leave.
Tierno is another relaxed and fun parent; his original goals in life were pretty out there in comparison to the standard goals that trainers share, so heās happy and supportive with whatever the kids want to do. He does drag them into dancing with him, thoughā he loves the way the kids laugh and shriek happily when he picks them up and twirls to the beat of his Crawdauntās clacking pincers.
Honestly, Tiernoās a pretty open book, and thatās something youāve grown to appreciate when most of the friend group is shy and keeps problems secret. Heās an openly affectionate man who isnāt afraid to tell you that he loves you, and the kids never have to wonder if he approves of their dreams and desires, because heās there supporting them wholeheartedly no matter what.
That being saidā heās also an embarrassing dad. The kind who can always be heard shouting from the stands during sports games, or who follows all the kids on social media profiles to jokingly post boomer comments on their photos. He has a lot of fun with it, because heās determined to get a laugh out of everyone in the family.
Trevorās own parents were absent for more than a few years of his life; his older sister effectively raised him, and while he does love his parents, he wishes theyād been there for the family more often. Even as an adult heās still a bit timid, but heās adamant that heāll always be around for his own family, and thatās a promise he keeps all the way.
While heās not super energetic in his own right, Trevor spent a lot of his childhood wrangling the excitable Tiernoā a lot of that experience resurfances when dealing with his own children now, and it amazes you how Trevor is able to immediately connect with the kids and calms them down and decipher their meanings through their babbling. Heās never been a very intimidating person, and thatās finally useful, because the kids are never afraid to approach him with their problems as they grow.
Trevorās honestly really cute with kidsā he loves holding them while theyāre tiny squishy babies, explaining quietly to each of them that itās a miracle theyāre alive and heās going to take care of them forever. Youāre constantly finding him asleep at his desk, having passed out in the middle of research, but with a secure grip on whichever child had climbed into his lap and fallen asleep against his chest.
Hau is energetic and happy and loves his family more than anythingā of course that extends to his own children too. Itās not difficult for him to connect with the kids, given that heās still pretty childlike well into his adulthood; thereās more than one occasion when you tell everyone itās bedtime, only to find your husband begging with the kids for just five more minutes.
While he does his best to be supportive, Hau does get nervous if the kids want to travel; yeah okay sure, the island challenge is a massive part of Alolan culture, and he helped save the world when he was a kid. . . but these are his children, and he wants them to be safe. Heās not used to being separated from family, because even on his own travels, Hala was a constant presenceā in the end, heāll let the kids go, but youāre gonna have to listen to his worries every night that theyāre gone.
Alola is big on tradition, and Hau is no different, wanting to establish small traditions for your growing family. Unsurprisingly he focuses on foodā he develops various recipes to make on celebratory nights, and it makes him really happy that the kids fall all over themselves for his cooking. Everyoneās favorite is the malasadas that he brings out when each kid starts and finishes a journey.
On one hand, Gladion watched his family fall to pieces, and he doesnāt want to risk the same happening if he started a family of his own. But on the other hand, despite everything, he still loves that very family, and treasures every moment they had togetherā eventually, after talking it over with you for a very long time, he decides that familial love outweighs everything else he experienced. He does want children of his own, and heās determined to be better than his mother.
Thatās a long journey, though; when the kids wonāt stop crying, or when they can talk but still not communicate, you can see him getting frustrated. Still, heās learned to hand the situation over to you when neededā and in turn, if youāre having trouble with the children, he wants you to do the same. The two of you are a team. His Silvally is a surprisingly valuable asset; yeah itās got a few sharp edges, but itās incredibly gentle, and since its trainer loves the kids then it does too.
Okay, Gladion never quite grew out of his edgy behaviorsā heās still a bit gruff, and constantly striking his weird poses out of habit. The children are both going to mimic this and mock him relentlessly for it. Youāre going to come home and theyāre all standing around brooding in the exact same way he used to before bursting into laughter.
Hop is naturally good with children, which doesnāt come as a surprise, given that heās still pretty childlike himself; heās another one who definitely wants more than one kid, because the bigger the family, the happier everyone will be. Heās also very insistent that you both take equal roles as parentsā neither one of you is going to be doing all the work.
Even if the kids never intend to travel, Hop wants them to get PokĆ©mon at a young age; he grew up with Leonās Charizard watching over them both, and heād just be reassured if his own children had something similar. Thereās a lot of PokĆ©mon around Postwick that are good for beginners, but heās also tempted to use his position as professor to get them each something really cool and unique, or something from out of Galar entirely.
Unsurprisingly, Hop wants his entire family to be involved in his childrenās lives; Leon loves babysitting, and itās incredibly fun watching both brothers interact with your children. If youāre lucky, your kids inherited your husbandās sense of directionā they love grabbing Leon by the cape and leading him around when he gets lost in the yard again.
Bede doesnāt exactly have a good association with the idea of family. He privately grieves his birth family, who cut all ties; he still mourns what could have been with Rose, who clearly never loved him. The idea of having his own children scares him because he doesnāt want them to end up like he did. No matter how much you assure him that the same thing wonāt ever happen, he just canāt really believe it until heās holding his first child for the very first timeā and then it hits him that heāll do absolutely anything for this tiny little human.
As the children grow, Bede does his best to rein his temper inā the idea that these kids rely wholly on you and him is a driving force in his desire to be a better person. Given that heās had to piece his family together from the ground up, he had trouble releasing his older PokĆ©mon when he became a Gym Leader; this ends up being perfect, because his now-fully-evolved Gothitelle and Reuniclus are both powerful and protective in their own right. The kids will be perfectly safe.
Bede has very few mementos of his birth family, and while heād never admit it, that does sting. Because of that, heās another rival whoās big on collecting things for the kidsā no matter what kind of things he can find, heās determined that theyāll each have tons of things they can hold in their hands, tangible evidence that he loves them now and always will.
Marnie styles a lot of her parenting after how her brother raised her; she thinks Piers did a pretty good job, and she hopes her kids turn out happy with themselves no matter who they are. She knows sheās not the most emotionally expressive, so thatās really her biggest worryā she wants there to be no doubts that she loves her children.
She doesnāt have her brotherās exact passion for music, but she does have a little talent; sheās constantly humming to keep the kids entertained, or making up little songs to help teach them things like colors or the names of foods. And then Piers, the unstoppable uncle he is, goes on and makes CDs out of those tunes, and this is kinda getting out of handā
Listen. If you think Team Yell isnāt going to be involved, youāre wrong. They might be hooligans, but theyāre sweethearts tooā they insist that you and Marnie go have a date night, theyāll watch the kids, and by the time youāre home theyāve gotten the kids in tiny lil leather jackets and matching accessories and you are absolutely not leaving them unsupervised again.
Keith is a bit flusteredā in his school years heād made a huge fuss about hating anything romantic, and that nobody could ever be as important in his life as he is. And then heād grown up and fallen in love with you, but still gets embarrassed about how he used to act. Donāt tease him too much.
Heās not the best with babies, purely because he doesnāt have much experience with them; the fact that they canāt communicate makes everything way too difficult, and some nights when he canāt get them to quit crying, it gets really overwhelming. As soon as the kids can talk, though, things become much easierā children do have their struggles while learning to interact and communicate, but heās able to be much more patient when theyāre able to make an effort.
Listen. Keith is a proud man, and heās gonna be a proud dad. Almia has been pretty slow since the Dim Sun incidentā meaning itās perfectly safe for him to strap his kids into the baby carriers and bring them to work with him! And as they get older, heāll borrow some training Capture Stylers for them to play with too, in case they decide they wanna follow in dear dadās footstepsā listen, heās totally being careful okay, donāt worryā
