pokespe header... ok lets do this
i think it's a bit funny but also definitely depressing that (despite him being an ENFP) red must be the dexholder who succumbs the most to the feeling of loneliness.
in RGB his flashbacks always involve him and poli, which is far different from other dexholder's backstories that show a life outside of their pokemon. and if i'm remembering right, he even mentions (or heavily implies) in this chapter that he lives alone and has never had anyone except poli.
prior to the events of the yellow chapter, he straight up goes searching for the challenger who sent him the letter by himself instead of asking someone to come with him.
and let's not get started on the fact that he had a mini-crisis in FRLG over the fact that he doesn't even know what he's fighting for compared to his friends—they're fighting for their family, but he doesn't exactly have that. so what exactly is he doing here?
i wish FRLG explored how he feels about himself in comparison to green and blue. that moment felt like a good setup for us to dive into his thought process, how green and blue have pasts they can look back on and families they can come home to while he just. presumably still lives alone with his pokemon at his house in pallet town.
despite how happy-go-lucky he presents himself those things greatly affect people. it's fun to explore his character in regards to this since. Okay he has a best friend now but sometimes that isn't enough to fully unburden a person from loneliness. wish they did something about it but alas twas not meant to be
i think of pokespe red and his numerous injuries yet the kindest smile I think of pokkespe red being bandaged and wrapped up quietly by green and blue and yellow, who are all tired from saving the world (again and again) and i think that pokespe red should know that he has his friends with him and is surrounded by love anyways. he has something to fight for, not just for the world but for his world does anyone hear me .
red and vee :)
High Resolution of Memorial Artboard
projecting my wrist pain onto this guy my bad