i was thinkin abt all of my kids’ pokemon verses and i’m here to detail some rambly thoughts in excruciating detail
an image that gives me a feeling of raw joy is jacob being objectively the best trainer in the trio and aspiring to be a dragon master bc he just thinks they’re neat pokemon ! olivia thinks he should be trying to become champion like her because he’s so skilled and his team are so tough but he kind of ... brushes it off ? i think maybe he’s a little too anxious to attempt something so huge at such a young age ; he lacks olivia’s confidence in his own ability . anyway by his seventh badge he has a charizard , kingdra , dragonite , and salamence ------ but his goomy is ... still a goomy . it seems anxious ? about evolving and jacob totally gets that !! he has an anxiety disorder too ... so he’s very patient and careful not to put too much pressure on his lil slimy bud .
jacob is also the only kid going out of his way to seek out all the pokemon in each reason and fill the pokedex
olivia has random run ins with mystical legendary pokemon ALL THE TIME to the point meeting jirachi when lost in a cave is what she calls “ tuesday ” JASAJDASKFL . she has a particular soft spot for celebi who she’s only met once at the shrine in ilex forest
skye is absolutely going to be a coordinator and that’s that .
olivia lives in johto , jacob lives in kanto and skye lives in sinnoh , but they eventually all meet up at sinnoh and become the ultimate best friends travelling together trope . jacob and olivia knew each other beforehand , they’d been close when they were younger and both lived in kanto . they kept in touch when olivia moved . but they bumped into skye while at jubilife city and clicked with her very well !
they’re all ready to kick team rocket / team galactic ass at any given moment
olivia’s team definitely fight in a more brutal , headstrong way , while jacob’s team are more tactical in approach and skye’s move with grace and kind of hit you out of left field with how powerful they are because they’re such “cutesy” pokemon
