#darkuncleshipping

Comes back from the dead just to post my Grimsley mii, leaves

lyra & silver- baby yuri, I think they deserve to be happy and live a good life together

green & red- the original t4t yaoi, they live happily ever after after their 1774737373 year old situationship

grimsley, will & Karen (bonus nanu)- evil polycule

leaf & kris/misty/hilda/may- leaf gas 1 million baby mama's, I can't pick a favorite leaf ship they're all good

may & dawn- my recovery yuri

hilbert & cheren;

Round 2 for my favorite character of the entire Pokemon franchise !

How I feel about this character

I have two main origin stories for him :

Born in Alola, with only a very aloof father as family, he was kinda raised by the rest of the community but got into a lot of trouble, especially with his affinity for Dark Types. The former Kahuna of Ula-Ula took an interest in him, praising his "out of the box thinking", claiming Alola could use more people who didn't see everything with rose-tinted glasses...and generally grooming Nanu into giving into his darkest urges. But then Tapu Bulu manifested his wrath, destroyed part of the island and the Kahuna, which shook Nanu to his core, to the point he left Alola and joined Interpol afterwards. He met Giovanni during an undercover mission and it was loathing at first sight.

Born in Kanto from two Team Rockets grunts. He grew up among Team Rocket, climbing the ranks faster than his own parents and thriving...or so he seemed, as deep inside, something was missing and he couldn't say what. I'm ambiguous on how he joined Interpol in this verse, but it certainly didn't go well with Team Rocket.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

I forgot to mention it in the first round, but I also ship him with Grimsley. As in, they have a weird sort of friends with benefits where they've known each other for a long time due to Grimsley's gambling habits, and when he crashed hard, he ended up on Nanu's couch for some weeks before getting back on his feet. Nowadays they live their own lives but once in a while one will show up at the other's for a shag and a fag.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Okay so I have a whole plotbunny about Nanu needing to go to Kalos because Looker is missing there and Interpol is mysteriously not doing anything (and Giovanni is the one who told him about it and said "if someone asks I don't know anything buuuuuut you might want to check that out"), leading to him meeting Emma and after an initial rough start, taking a liking to this street rat girl.

I even actually commissioned @aisforinterval to draw a scene of that plotbunny

My unpopular opinion about this character

He has mellowed in his old years but make no mistakes, that guy here is a BASTARD. He needs to be RUDE. Nasty. Vicious. He's a Dark Type, he shouldn't fight fair nor be nice or cuddly. If you're his friend, it comes with the established fact that he will be a pain in the ass but also would cut a throat for you without any questions.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

He should have his own outfit in Pokemon Masters and a specific event involving his story with Giovanni