WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR GORDIE IN THE PKMN TRANS SWAG BRACKET!

hi, gordie was one of the characters i submitted to the bracket so i’m here to explain why you should support him in the @pkmntransswagbracket!

not only is he one of the few examples of fat rep in the bracket (and the pokémon franchise in general,) he’s canonically one of the strongest trainers in galar — so much so that many believe that he has the potential to become the region’s champion. (he even typically beats raihan when facing him in the champion cup rematches.) very swagful.
he’s also has a massive fanbase in-universe and is super dedicated to making them happy by doing fan events and giving out autographs, showing how much their support means to him.
a major element of his character is his history with his mother, melony. despite being raised with the expectation of him becoming an ice-type trainer like his mother, he rejects this in favor of training rock types in the hopes of finding his own path to greatness outside of her influence. a heated battle between the two results in their relationship becoming strained and them rarely speaking to each other, which melony herself admits is due to her making assumptions as to what is right for gordie and forcing those assumptions onto him. this could be seen as an allegory for the trans experience and the struggles of dealing with well-meaning, yet nonunderstanding parents.
it’s a very common headcanon amongst gordie lovers that he is trans.
have you seen how he dresses? would a cis guy mod their shirt so that it has a deep v-neck? no, my man has had top surgery and wants to show that off. as he should.
he does back flips before every battle he participates in, do you know freaking cool that it? only a trans man can be that cool, let’s be real.
besides all the other examples i’ve given… he just has those trans masc vibes, ya know?

and those are the major reasons why i think you should support gordie in the bracket! honestly, i really love gordie and having him a comfort character has actually helped me in my own gender journey so i hope ya’ll can appreciate his trans swag as much as i do. even if you don’t vote for him, i hope that this post might encourage people to look into him more. he’s a super underappreciated character and i’d love to see more people come to like him.

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WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME OLEANA IS GETTING INTO MASTERS SOON OH MY GOD??????

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OFFICIALLY GOING BATSHIT MY LOVE!!!!i'm actually really excited for the galar villain arc i hope they handle it well and make it interesting...the kalos arc kinda sucked so that's why i'm a lil worried also kinda worried about what it'll reveal about rose's character but hmm we'll get that when we get to it whatever this arc reveals about oleana's character won't change anything she's forever my ''i support woman's wrongs moment''pokemas spoilers mj.txt tw caps lock

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Zinnia, Wally, Red Spider Lilys and Paldea. A ScarVio DLC theory:

Finally putting down my thoughts I've had since ScarVio came out and I finished the game! Anyways.

Soooo. Upon getting to the fight against the A.I. Professors at the end of the game, their final pokemon are Roaring Moon and Iron Valiant, right? These two pokemon are also separated from the other paradox pokemon in the pokedex as well, signifying their difference. They're the only ones based off Mega's as well, confirming ScarVio takes place within the Mega Timeline in Roaring Moon's pokedex entry in Violet.

And that these two pokemon are based off Mega Salamence and Mega Gallade & Gardevoir respectively?

Well.... There are two characters that this fits as their aces perfectly! For one; Zinnia, when fought at Sky Pillar, will use mega salamence as her ace

And Wally? Wally is unique compared to all other Rivals in remakes. Wally's ace, in fact, Changes between RSE and ORAS . Gardevoir in RSE, and Gallade in ORAS.

Wally and Zinnia, as we are all probably aware, also fairly represent the themes of Past and Future. Tradition in Zinnia's case. Progress in Wally's case. Zinnia, is introduced within ORAS. And Wally is given more character development within ORAS compared to his RSE self. Zinnia's connection to her people and her culture. Wally's growth towards the future and his change as a person.

It seems that the DLC as well go off the themes of Past and Future, with Kitakami in DLC part 1 and Blueberry Academy in DLC part 2.

But there's one other thing that is very important to note.

Their connection to the red spider lily.

Now, normally, pokemon characters having connections to flowers doesn't mean much else then the colour of said flower. Like. I highly doubt there was any deep meaning behind Anabel being named after Lilacs else then hehe purble for example.

But red spider lilys have a very specific meaning in JPN media. Death and rebirth. Zinnia, well, is named after them in the JPN version of pokemon ORAS.

And Wally? In ORAS when you face him before you reach the pokemon league, he's fought on a field of nothing but red spider lilys.

So. TLDR; Wally and Zinnia are opposites within ORAS hoenn, and out of all possible pokemon to be the significant paradox pokemon, gamefreak chose to use their aces. And I think they might have a connection to the dlcs.

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did i forget to reblog this???this has been on my mind today...extremely good points june aaaa this also makes me wanna talk about what the red spider imagery/connections signifies in relation to wally & zinnia bc even though the same flower is connected to them it represents completely different things about them & their stories i have too many thoughts to keep it contained in tags so i'd have to make a separate post for that tho zinnia & wally make me feel unhinged they mean so much to me pokemon pkmn oras pkmn scarvio lorekeeper zinnia rival wally moot posts!fan theory txt cw long post

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i'm not sure if i'm happy w/ his design just yet but i do wanna develop him more at least btw his name comes from gin (which is made from juniper berries which piers's name come from) and gene simmons from kiss also their mom's name is sylvia (inspired by genus for rosemary which marnie is named after)she walked out on them so she's not exactly relevant ig he doesn't play music himself but he does have a deep love of it which rubbed off on piers okay i can't ramble in the tags like always going to bed now aaaa wips.png mj.txt tw parental death <- only mentioned don't worry

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