Like, on the subway someone needs help finding their bag that is literally under their seat but they had also called Akari a Zorua because she appeared suddenly with Ingo and is weird. But Akari doesn’t care and tries to help her get her bag when Emmet grabs her by the shoulder and is like: “No, my favorite niece, this is karma in the finest ways.”

...Does Lady Sneasler mimic him?

I think depending on which litter they're from, they either see him as their father/second mother or their older brother. Lady Sneasler has considered Ingo to be her weird skrunkly kit since she found him, so most of the older sneasels consider him their sibling.

The sneaslets absolutely attempt to imitate him. They will also climb him and try to steal his hat to complete the look. It is not rare to see him hiking through the Highlands with a gaggle of excitable sneasels all trying their best to say "All Aboard" in time with him. I imagine it sounds like when housecats try to mimic their owners.

Lady Sneasler prefers to mimic his train whistles more than his shouts, but on special occasions (when the sneaslets beg hard enough) she will yowl in a rough approximation of whatever Ingo is saying.

I know he's not a gym leader but doesn't prolonged contact with a specific type or species of pokemon cause side effects on the trainer? I know some fans put down that Ingo has glowing eyes from Chandelure's ghost typing and I don't know if many thought of his prolonged contact with the sneaslets and Lady Sneasler would also affect him. Maybe more fur like hair (better for nesting materials), purple tinted grey hair, sharper nails, or etc.

He probably knows how to rock climb too. Akari's probably struggling to find a foothold to start meanwhile Ingo is already halfway up the cliffside. Ingo is a semi feral mountain man, he can probably climb a brick wall.

Oh, likely he also has a mini version of Lady Sneasler's basket as well. While he can't stuff people in there he can use it to transport supplies like berries or even some sneaslets. It makes sense, he lives in the highlands so he needs his hands free to climb.

Just dunk him in light purple grey paint and he's a mini Lady Sneasler.

Ingo has been accidentally poisoned by baby sneasels so many times that he doesn't even feel the burn of the venom anymore 😭

I also subscribe to the headcanon that Ingo's eyes glow due to Chandelure, but I don't believe that he'd have developed anything from Lady Sneasler yet? I assume Chandelure is Ingo's starter and he's had her since she was a Litwick, presumably when he was also a child/tween? If glowing eyes is all he's gotten from Chandelure in the thirty plus years they've been partners, he's probably not gotten much in the way of obvious Typing ability from Lady Sneasler.

STILL. This man can absolutely scale cliffsides with his bare hands. Purely because the image of Ingo climbing a rock wall in dress shoes is one of the funniest things ever. People have offered him boots. He says no.

If anything, the Typing quality he absorbs from Lady Sneasler is probably physical strength or something related from her Fighting-Type side. Again. He is climbing mountains in dress shoes. Potentially also tougher palms and fingers, somewhat like Lady Sneasler's paw pads? Would help with climbing.

INGO CARRYING SNEASLETS IN TINY BASKET ON HIS BACK

Do you think that when his hair gets too long he cuts it off and gives the cut hair to Lady Sneaseler to use in her nest? Kind of like how birds will take the fur of shedding dogs to build their nests with? Or does he use it as stuffing for better warmth retention, like how some coats have fur/down in them?

Just... fuzzy mountain man.

Maybe Lady Sneaseler sneaks some feathers into his hair from time to time.

oh my god why is that so CUTE

Lady Sneasler is so honored to receive gift of nesting material from her Warden :D

must groom him in thanks

and YES SHE AND HER SNEASLETS BESTOW MOLTED FEATHERS UPON HIM

he wears them with pride

i like to imagine that every new litter of kits that Lady Sneasler has all think Ingo is just a really weird sneasler for a substantial amount of time. The kits are all either amazed or horrified the first time they see him take his coat off.

This primarily applies to Hisui magnet Ingo (the one where pokemon who evolve in proximity to him evolve into Hidui forms), but this could also work for Sneasler Ingo.

All the jokes associated to Ingo quickly become ruined when an evil researcher/organization kidnaps Ingo because, cmon, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring back/study extinct pokemon! Drastic measures will be taken in the name of science!

Ingo doesn't stay with them that long, maybe like a couple hours tops, so he doesn't really get hurt cause the researchers are either nice about the situation or just never got enough time to do anything. But that doesn't matter.

Because not only does Ingo have a Ghost chandelier who can pinpoint his location,

He also has Akari. And Emmet. Both of whom, *especially the latter*, are not pleased with the situation.

Emmet, with Akari, both go in and raid the place immediately.

Emmet leaves with Ingo in tow, and leaves his favorite niece to wreak havoc on anyone and everyone inside.

The police and fire department show up after they leave to a pile of unconscious researchers with a sticky note saying "they kidnapped my uncle, pls arrest them" and the building burning behind them.

Bonus points if Ingo was asleep the whole time (due to Spore or Sleep Powder), so when he wakes up in the hospital and is promptly discharged, all he sees is a burning building on the news, and immediately turns to Emmet and Akari who are both trying very hard to look innocent.

Ingo honestly can't even bring himself to scold them. Mainly cause both of them have a legitimately good reason for this.

After a couple months, he is promptly bullied about being kidnapped.

The end.

AKSDJFH EMMET SETTING AKARI LOOSE ON THE RESEARCHERS

"GO MY CHILD, DO A CRIME"

Akari: *sees Ingo in white with a mustache and is smiling**enraged daughter noises*

Emmet: why are you looking at me like that?

Akari: this btch going down :> *proceeds to throw hands*

Imagine Ingo trying to have a normal day off and imstead he gets followed around by 50 interns and 2 professors trying to evolve/hatch a hisuian pokemon.

OH MY GODDDDDDD

But do you think about the effects on Ingo's body from being Lady Sneasler's warden? Particularly his shoulders.

Mountain climbing gives people broader shoulders, meaning Ingo's shoulders might not fit his coat too good. Not only that but climbing requires manueverbility, something that's will likely be restricted by Ingo's coat. I mean, it looks like it will handle it at first yet Ingo's new shoulders and the thick Pearl Clan tunic/kimino will put stress on the seams. It doesn't seem so big at first until you remember that it is one of the few things that Ingo has from Before.

Also the climbing might have given Ingo hunchback shoulders. If the muscles of the shoulders get too large it gives the person a more hunchback appearance, not just from the size of the muscles but also because it forces the shoulder blades into a different position. There are excercises to help with their issue though I don't think they would be widely known. So Ingo's slouched posture might also be a result of climbing too much.

I just thought this was a little interesting. I know everyone goes "Ingo got buffer" but they don't go into a detail of how it affects him besides he's stronger. Imagine how his only way of survival destroys his memoirs of a different time while fucking up his posture and giving him back pain. He's no longer quite as identical to Emmet any more.

NO BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS TOO

Especially the aspect of him and Emmet no longer being as identical!

Granted, I do think their coats are slightly oversized for dramatic effect, so there's probably a bit of room before it starts getting too tight. I also imagine that Ingo's repaired it whenever it rips or tears too much? At least, if it's ever ripped so much that the repair is necessary.

I don't know if "the Subway twins are autistic" is the common fandom headcanon, but I can't see them as anything other than autistic, and the unwillingness to repair the coat fully/get a new coat that looks similar is something that reads to me as very autistic? It's both a physical reminder of the Before, but also I imagine that Ingo just finds the coat inherently comforting due to the weight/texture/routine of putting it and his hat on.

ON THE TOPIC OF HIS HAT.

Immensely impressive that he's not lost that hat. I fear what would happen if he lost that hat. (half-joking lol, i am also autistic and the idea of losing something that is both sentimental and also Part Of The Routine is incredibly stressful)

I imagine that the Pearl Clan probably tries to suggest he at least replace the coat with one that allows for better movement when climbing, but Ingo always refuses. His climbing could probably be more efficient with a new coat, but he doesn't want a new coat. So he just makes peace with the fact that he won't be as maneuverable as he could be.