#rivalbede

[Barry, technically, still lives with his mom. 

Since he’s still very much traveling, like, all of the time, most of his nights are spent camping, in a Pokemon center, or, if he’s feeling fancy or he has work in that city, he’ll get a hotel room. 

His room at home is still decorated like it was growing up with very few adjustments- the ceiling now has glow in the dark stars on it like he always wanted growing up but Mary wouldn’t let him, he’s since upgraded his video game system to a switch and there’s like four different pet beds in there because the Pokemon at home use it as their room.....though they usually just sleep on his bed. There’s a lot of Bidoof and Skitty hair on it. 

right so i had to draw a diagram for this

as you can see here, these boys are both in roughly the same pose, with one or more hand(s) in their hoodies. at a glance, you could judge that raihan is taller than guzma. however there are two key points we must examine for each boy before we can determine who is taller: presence of neck, and severity of slouch. 

guzma’s neck is basically shaped like an isosceles triangle, he has what is known as a “false neck” at the front (to fool predators) that makes it appear as if he may have more than just a throat, but it tapers off so that the back of his head is directly connected to his shoulders and spine 

raihan has a normal human neck

guzma has a very severe slouch, and obtained it because he’s a little rebelboy who don’t give NO cares about good posture

raihan is capable of having good posture, but chooses not to because it’s uncomfortable and makes him look too formal

taking these two points into consideration, it is clear that if guzma had been born with a neck, he would appear to be taller. alternatively, if raihan was not born with a neck, he would appear to be shorter. 

in conclusion:

DOODLE DUMP! request edition ! ! 

@rivalbede​

"Gooood morning, Galar! It’s a pleasure to see your smiling faces today as we get started on our much-anticipated first annual Ballympics! And here’s our first contestant in the event! The lovely Dee, herself! Let's give her a round of applause! Good luck, honey!" Rose cheered.

Oleana tutted quietly. “Yes. Good luck, Miss Bede. And please remember that, no matter how the Chairman might feel, you will be judged as fairly as anyone else. Try not to let him down.”

     Piers is still jet-lagged but he’s here anyway because he promised Dee that he’d provide some answers. Ones that he’s sure that Leon’s not going to provide himself. He’d even brought some things just in case he missed something. Admittedly he’d just printed out some articles from the time and called it a day there, but he figured they’d be able to give information even if they were told with the cold, detached tone that most celebrity death articles did.

     They’d settled on a cafe to meet at, Piers figured it would be easier to soften the harder information if sweets were readily accessible, and he’d even gone through the trouble of ordering a variety of sweets that were already on the table. He hadn’t touched them because he hadn’t felt hungry. Knew he wouldn’t. Either way it was an uncharacteristically splurge-y purchase for Piers, and it was really just because he didn’t want to leave Dee without anything there for comfort.