Red and Blue have invited Green over for dinner, so that they could tell him the wonderful news. And Green couldn’t be any happier for them. :)
This beautiful commission was drawn by @vichan91312.
In case you didn’t get the reference, Red and Green are wearing their counterpart’s jackets from the Pokémon Origins miniseries. And yes, I did have all three characters wear their namesakes. :D
People always tell me that there wasn’t any Luckyshipping in the FRLG arc.
So here’s basically what I picked up from the first volume in FRLG alone.
(I’ll be using English names so that it matches the scans I show)
1. Silver says that she nicknamed her Jigglypuff and it was thanks to the Pokédex Holders. Jiggly’s level is pre-GSC. The only person who nicknames their Pokémon is Red. Yellow does not get her’s until the very end of FRLG.
2. Red carries her after she faints. A lot of people forget this actually happened.
3. As previously shown in the Yellow arc and even the GSC arc, Green(f) views Red as her friend. Likewise, he also views her as his friend and respects her privacy.
4. His resolve to fight is still here, even in the VIZ version. We’ve never seen Red this angry, not even with Giovanni in the RGB days and not even in ORAS.
5. Again, back to respect. He wants to leave her out of this, but he knows her well enough that she’ll join the fight. Plus Red is the one who recommended that Green(f) is worthy of learning the ultimate move.
FRLG as an arc is very complex. It’s my most controversial arc as there are things that I loved and things that I hated. But if you actually haven’t made an effort to read this arc in its entirety, you miss the point of the arc.
Originally commissioned a sketch of them last year and this time commission was about finishing it! (more like coloring it but I redrew it properly too, little extra for recurrent commissioner and supporter!).
People say that Blue hasn’t changed and she stays relatively the same even in GSC, but that’s the misconception, everyone is growing up in Pokespe, even Blue who still showed that congirl persona, but even Silver knows that she’s changing.
Blue never nicknamed her Jigglypuff because it was scar in her heart that stayed with her, a reminder of the past she never truly let go of. It was only until she met the Pokedex Holders that she named Jigglypuff, finally.
Out of the original Pokedex Holders, there’s Red and Green. Yellow doesn’t count at this time because she isn’t a Dexholder until the end of this arc where she inherits the last one. So out of those two, who is the one who actually nicknames their Pokemon? It’s actually Red who is known for nicknaming his Pokemon.
By the end of GSC, her Jiggly is actually Level 57, the picture depicted is 53, so this is before GSC because she rarely was in it until the final battle.
I just find it neat that the most likely candidate who influenced her is Red because he’s the one who nicknames all of his Pokemon.
FRLG may be my most hated arc, but geez there’s some small neat details that will make any Luckyshipping fan happy.
This is part of my ongoing series to analyze what I appreciate in the relationship between the Spe characters. Starting off with Luckyshipping!
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It’s no secret that I’m a huge Luckyshipping fan and one of the oldest fans next to Coronis on the series, I have a huge different take on the bonds of these characters that newer fans seem to skimp on for whatever reason. So let’s go back to Red and Blue’s first interactions.
Their friendship was a peculiar one from Red’s interaction with any other girl. Red was attracted to Blue, like those love at first sight and Blue took advantage of that. She stole his badges (and his money).
At first glance, being friends with this deceiving beauty seems impossible, and the next time they met again, Red was under deep cover, infiltrating Team Rocket to learn what they were up to.
Though as mad as he was, he couldn’t risk the thought of this girl who had met for like up to two times, to be hurt by Team Rocket. Red cares for everyone and even went out of his way to break his cover for this mysterious con-girl who has been giving him nothing but problems.
Even after breaking his cover for her, Red still blushes around Blue, and really it’s cute because prior to this, he was rarely shown publicly and actively blushing.
It’s by no means that their friendship is a perfect friendship. Almost like Batman and Catwoman. They were at odds, but companions, friends, if you would. Blue wanted to trade Mew off as a pet to Breeders to have financial stability and Team Rocket wanted to create a living weapon (Mewtwo). With Mew in jeopardy, Red, despite not knowing Blue on a personal or intimate level, entrusted her with hopes that she will do the right thing and keep Mew safe.
In the end, despite the fact that it was Mew who saved Red and Blue from Team Rocket than the other way around, it’s just the beginning of a deeper friendship between these two.
More Red blushing and that she got away again. Red really shows his age as a kid by being in awe and constantly feeling all blushy around Blue. This is something that stays with him well into when he’s 19 in ORAS.
Red is known for being brave, reckless, and strong. He’s the guy who has gone toe to toe with the head of Team Rocket and came out victorious, twice. Yet, it’s really only Blue that has him losing his composure, and really that’s kind of cute as it shows and proves that he isn’t the typical shonen case of being “dense”. He’s capable of liking girls and he isn’t dense like what most fanart and fanfictions try to claim he is.
So with that out of the way, let’s see what Red and Blue is.
Unique friendship? Yep. Long lasting friends? Seems like it! Love at first sight? I don’t know, they’re 11 and 12 in this arc, haha.
The dynamics in this continued interaction is great and I really do encourage readers to go back and re-read the RGB arcs to appreciate Red’s relationship with Blue. It’s really unique and one of a kind. Plus, as they grow up, you see them mature together and how they can confide in each other with their own personal problems. This is something you don’t see with Red doing to any other girl.
Yeah, people just like to write Red off as just another Ash Ketchum; only thinks of Pokemon and is oblivious to women. *facepalm*
“Do you like my new outfit, Red? ” That’s what I imagine Blue is saying.
I know you can’t tell by the black and white, but Red is wearing Ash’s clothes. And Blue’s “new” outfit is that of her original game counterpart.
My head canon is that if the Yellow arc of the Pokemon Special manga actually followed the plot of it’s game counterpart, Red and Blue would be wearing these outfits.
But yes, this was a commission I purchased from Bano Akira.
[ it’s like i love the trouble, a luckyshipping fanmix. ] listen.art cred .
troublemaker - olly murs //juliet - lawson //lay me down easy - 2am club// perfect - mariana’s trench //feisty ( blue satellite remix ) - jhameel // forever until tomorrow - mkto //scarlet - cleopold// breathe electric - electronic lover.
I totally agree! ♡ You don’t see this kind of dynamic with any other pair of characters of the series.
Whenever Blue is scheming, Red gets caught up in her plots. But he never holds it against her. In fact, he always seems happy that she’s alright at the end of the day.
![compitae:[ it’s like i love the trouble, a luckyshipping fanmix. ] listen . art cred . troublemake](https://64.media.tumblr.com/147b7d24bcbb8d59cb85be6588787f46/tumblr_nzbwcns2Y91v0tcw1o1_500.png "compitae:[ it’s like i love the trouble, a luckyshipping fanmix. ] listen . art cred . troublemake")
