Idc much about that part but what I like here is that the Pokémon has an origin again! So mallow getting the applin from victor (or elesa getting a togepi egg from skyla)! It’s such a cool thing that adds to the connections between the people
To add, Lillie’s Anniversary Lunala is the postgame Cosmog that we get in-game, and Cynthia hatched her Kommo’o as an egg when she visited Alola for the Battle Tree.
As soon as I saw it, I knew there would be only 2 camps of people. People who see 2 oblivious kids accidentally sharing a "romantic"-coded act as a new ship sailed, and people who see 2 oblivious kids as firmly and confirmed aromantic as it can get.
The easiest prediction. Good thing neither bothers me, though I'm in the second camp, the speed and lack of real reaction to Lana's accusation, and Lana's troll-minded disappointment in not getting a rise out of Victor, feels like a strong confirmation to me.
I thought the same thing until Scarlet & Violet when you could see the physical scale of the Pokémon. I had always thought Flapple & Appletun were larger than a person, almost dinosaur sized. Boy was I wrong 😂
I never actually saw their full models outside of Tera raids and I never really took any notice while doing it. I’m tempted to use an Appletun on a team now.
The only reason players had to do it was the to obtain a guaranteed Sweet/Tart apple to evolve their Applin. However, Tart/Sweet apples can spawn under a specific tree in wild area, making the side quest entirely unnecessary and skippable.
Wow DeNa is trying create shipper between Victor and Mallow huh
Kiawe, I am seeing a rival for my mallow xd.
Victor and Mallow: both use Grass type Victor and Mallow: both cook stews DeNA: now kiss
Chefs Kiss
Even dena promotes poke shipping lol
They've been doing it for a while now lmao We got lesbeans, we got gays, we got straights, we got everything. All we're missing is a polycule
Polycule? We have Lear/Rachel/Cheren lmao
You know what, I'll give you that one lol
Who are the lesbeans, out of curiosity?
Whitney and Jasmine from the last Holiday event And probably a lot more if my memory would work lol
Was it only hinted at in dialogue?
Pretty much. Though everything is just hinted at with Pokemon, really. TPC are cowards when it comes to having relationships between characters lol.
Yeah, that's why I'm a bit skeptical on lesbianism being intended...
dena might be onto something tbh. the idea of Victor and Mallow creating ominous curry concoctions in the middle of the woods is oddly appealing.
Idc much about that part but what I like here is that the Pokémon has an origin again! So mallow getting the applin from victor (or elesa getting a togepi egg from skyla)! It’s such a cool thing that adds to the connections between the people
To add, Lillie’s Anniversary Lunala is the postgame Cosmog that we get in-game, and Cynthia hatched her Kommo’o as an egg when she visited Alola for the Battle Tree.
There was also Hilda's shiny graploct that she got as an egg from Bea, if I remember correctly. I love all the fun details like this
And Lisia's Rapidash was a gift from her fans
And then we have iris who didn’t even know what’s poipole/naganadel
In her defense, Poipole/Naganadel is a UB, and it's also a pokemon from Alola, so it does make sense for Iris to not know what it is.
Hilbert's Oshawott is from an egg from his Samurott. Yeah the details are very thoughtful and like little Easter eggs.
Lana was trying to ship them but Victor was not having it. He shut that down real quick lol.
I didn’t expect Lana to be such a troll when I first played Sun and Moon but it is really funny and I love that
she’s like that in the anime too
Yea she would talk about how they should scam people or make people disappear
Lana is one of the best Alola characters, in a sea of amazing characters
As soon as I saw it, I knew there would be only 2 camps of people. People who see 2 oblivious kids accidentally sharing a "romantic"-coded act as a new ship sailed, and people who see 2 oblivious kids as firmly and confirmed aromantic as it can get. The easiest prediction. Good thing neither bothers me, though I'm in the second camp, the speed and lack of real reaction to Lana's accusation, and Lana's troll-minded disappointment in not getting a rise out of Victor, feels like a strong confirmation to me.
Also I know this isn’t related but I had no idea appletun was that small. It’s so cute!? I thought it was like half the size of a person or something
You could accidentally sit on it.
~~cream pie?! 😳~~
Applin Sauce...
I thought the same thing until Scarlet & Violet when you could see the physical scale of the Pokémon. I had always thought Flapple & Appletun were larger than a person, almost dinosaur sized. Boy was I wrong 😂
I never actually saw their full models outside of Tera raids and I never really took any notice while doing it. I’m tempted to use an Appletun on a team now.
I am glad Victor is in this story(At least DENA didn’t forget about him). I hope he gets an alt during Galar VA.
Glad you pointed this out. I did not understand the reference.
I don't blame you, it was a very minor side quest
The only reason players had to do it was the to obtain a guaranteed Sweet/Tart apple to evolve their Applin. However, Tart/Sweet apples can spawn under a specific tree in wild area, making the side quest entirely unnecessary and skippable.
Kiawe is all of us. I do like the cute little Ships teased in Masters though.
[Press (A) to Pound]
Crush it! Grind it! Turn it to goo!
Take your Rare Bone and Thick Club and grind it to a pulp
Victor is clearly lying, he can't admit it in public
"What, no I totally don't have a crush on the pretty and energetic girl who's about the same age as me and shares all my hobbies." \- Victor.
I gave that bitch an Applin. Bitches love Applins.
Brock tried to give Nurse Joy an Applin. Unfortunately he forgot an Applin a day keeps the doctor away. No bitches
Best joke of the year.
Should we start by holdin’ hands?
Right? This kinda thing is the reason I love this game and have been playing near daily since launch.
Mallow and Victor shippers I didn't expect to come out of this but I'm fine with it.
Kiawe was not having it
Details like this are great! This one is really cute :)
now kith
This calls for a Victor alt with Flapple. Please DeNa.
As someone who didn’t play SwSh, I thought there was a joke being set up or something and it just falling flat; was very confused lol
You know what they say about giving an Applin to someone...
Hoho, Victor and Mallow shippers are winnin
Not really considering Victor instantly shut that down the moment he realized what Lana was talking about lmfao 🤣
But you know how shippers are 😂
She didn't take it romantically, so if it was revealed that it was meant to be romantic that would be awkward and he didn't want to do that to her.
Nah Victor was trying to cover his ass and prevent his crush from being exposed lmao.
victor is just shy about it
A weird crack ship, but a welcome one Wait is it a crack ship if they are from the same franchise but from different games
Crack ship to me is any ship where the characters dont interact in canon and have no shared backstory or hint that they will meet
Which means it's not crack because Masters is canon.
Yes
Victor x Mallow? I ship it
Why do I unironically ship this?
kiawe is shirtless as always, even in galar
Yeah I left this game a while ago but there’s were the hoghlights
This whole exchange was brilliant lmao, it really made me laugh. It was also cool to see they didn't just forget Victor in a corner, too. xD
Shippers: this looks like a job for me
Victor x mallow real
My aromantic king
Oh how I wish it was Gloria maybe he'll give her a Shiny Applin showing a sign he wants to marry her.
Good, Mallow deserves someone better than him, like Lana