The fact that I'm going to be in @elbdot 's special anniversary comic dub of El's Alolan Adventures (psst, find the details over on @kitblackthornva ) has had me head over heels with Alola all over again, even as I've been working on fleshing out the story for my Sword protagonist, and a Professor OC. So as a little Halloween treat for myself instead of drawing something spooky I decided to draw my Ultra Sun MC Flare, in her brand shiny new updated color palette, with Gladion when they're in their late teens.
I headcanon Gladion at roughly 14 in the games, where as Flare is 15 at that time. Here they're 18 and 19 respectively. Flare is still reigning champ of the Alola League and Gladion is running the Aether Foundation as President. They're both very busy so any time they get a chance to hang out is precious to them.
(If you're wondering, I stick with Hau being 11 during the game's timeline and headcanon Lillie as 12, making them roughly 15 and 16 respectively at the time this picture would take place)
I'd also like to take a moment and just give @shima-draws a shout out because when I think of pokemon her art instantly springs to mind, it's honestly goals and everyone should definitely check it out. (And maybe her RG Project hack too if you like RedxGreen 👀)
