#us lance

Moon🔗 - Sun🔗

There is a surprising amount of triangulation required to be exact, and it would be possible for me to pick but it would also limit other developments in certain verses more than others. So I'll say we're roughly 20 years from the inciting incident which split all of the verses- which happened 5 weeks before his 18th birthday. So we'll say on the blog he is roughly 40 years old.

Moon Lance: I'd want to challenge them right away, of course!

Moon Lance is the strongest battler with his dragons, so naturally he's quite excited to reunite with any rival. Being married to two Champions, even after all of them find their retirement niche, battling is just a way of life. It's both healing and a bond to share. Besides, even retired as Champions, they still participate in many global battle events such as the World Tournament. Lance and Leon still have a pretty strong rivalry separate of everyone else too.

Sun Lance: I'm not really a 'catching up on old times' type...

Sun Lance wouldn't take a challenge lying down, but he did become a Pokemon Professor after retiring, and before he became cursed, so he doesn't go out of his way to seek the strongest. Most of his Pokemon battles now he prefers as 1v1 since it's always been his Buddy Dragonite who drove him to battle with everything he's got. While a little more recluse socially, as in he wouldn't initiate, Sun Lance probably is the best option if you wanted to go have a night coffee with and talk about where things have gone after retirement.

UM Lance: It depends on our past together.

UltraMoon Lance carries a bit of a grudge against anyone who turned on him after Interpol burned his identity and made a media campaign calling for his demise. While he sort of forgives those who showed remorse after feeling anxious or duped by the sheer size of the scandal, he absolutely keeps a constant list in his mind about trustworthiness. Were this rival to have been someone who questioned his character or perpetuated the dialog, Lance would avoid having anything to do with them. Otherwise, Lance remains very competitive especially as his freedom hinged upon his battle prowess for so long. He's very much a Dad friend, if he's your friend.

US Lance: There's nothing better than reuniting with a rival! I mean, besides Moon Lance and Akinori and anyone from the police and Team Rocket and... you know, I might as well throw in Shin'ya, and-

Moon Lance: Am I really still in your list of 'enemies?'

US Lance: Are you really still a cop?