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▼ C O M R A D E S So you say you want to be friends with Cheren? Well, that's a bit easier said than done. Though he is not outright friendly, neither is he antisocial; he's just a bit introverted. It usually takes either time or a decent Pokemon battle to get him to warm up to you, otherwise you'll just get his aloof and professional detachment. But when he does warm up to someone, he is normally a loyal, honest, and helpful friend. The closer he gets to someone, the more protective he grows over them as well. However, he most likely could not become friends with someone who was overly silly or foolish and he has difficulty connecting with those hyperactive types.
▼ O P P O N E N T S Over his years as one of the dex holders and now as a gym leader, Cheren is sure to have acquired some grudges. He can be a bit apathetic and condescending; if someone doesn't like him, it's probably for a pretty good reason. Maybe you're from Plasma? Someone who wanted a gym leading job? Someone who Cheren's insulted over the years? Someone who's insulted Cheren's friends? It's bound to happen (though most likely he doesn't know/won't care). If you mess with Aspertia or even Nuvema, you are guarenteed a spot on his hit list. And that is not a place you want to be. Though he doesn't actively seek out all of those whom he doesn't get along with, those really special people will face his wrath. Meaning a leaf blade to the face. Because of the situation in Aspertia, he is not exactly tolerant of the Knights at the moment. Not at all. If they value their lives, they should stay away.
▼ L O V E R S This is a tricky spot for Cheren and always has been. All that intellect he supposedly has? Gone the instant someone tries to flirt with him. He's heterosexual, though has never actually had any sort of relationship. Like, ever. So I guess you could try to get his attention or break past his shell (and deal with his awkwardness). If he were in a relationship, he'd be pretty protective and... I guess not too condescending. I should mention here that he has a crush on Bianca, but he doesn't really know what to do with that.
▼ O T H E R S If you can think of anything else for Cheren, don't be afraid to let me know! I'm really terrible at coming up with ideas, but I'm pretty much open to any plot. I'd love to see Cheren plot with the original Black and White protags, but also the BW2 protags as well. Maybe someone he knows from his travels would be fun. Rival/friendly fellow gym leaders are cool too, though I think they would know him more from his trainer days. Also, Cheren has a bit of a moral dilemma about the Aspertia City situation. He's unsure if he should ally himself and the city with the people controlling the natural disasters and save the city from further destruction or if he should band the citizens together to fight against them. So yeah, someone to swing him either way would be appreciated (he's really unsure and could go in any direction now).
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anyway, I'm Kane and I play Hugh here c: These two met yeaaaaaaars ago when Kyouhei, Hugh, and Mei all challenged the Gym in Aspertia as their first Gym Challenge. Hugh as well all know got underwhelmed by Cheren's rather relaxed confirmation of him being the Gym Leader and immediately charged in to take him on. Their battle probably would have been an intense and, for that time in Hugh's life, grueling one, but he overcame it in the end and got the badge.
Though he won't admit it I imagine Hugh looks up to Cheren because he, along with Black, and White all helped to stop Team Plasma years back so Hugh sort of looked at their second coming as "these guys took them down at this age so we can too" and I guess sort of played the role Cheren did. Lol. He's also grateful to Cheren for helping them out this second time, and I'm assuming has battled alongside Cheren in their dealings with Plasma?
Either way, I think these two should have a good relationship. They're kind of similar in that they arent exactly outright friendly but they're both loyal and helpful. They might butt heads a bit because of their personalities at first (or did, maybe they got better as they each got older idk) but I think they'd make a dynamic duo once they warmed up to each other more. Hugh's been gone training in Sinnoh for a few years and he only just got back to Aspertia two weeks ago. Plenty of room for plotting there, even though Hugh mostly has to stay indoors to recover since he's currently injured.
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Post by MEI MORIMOTO on Nov 10, 2012 18:02:14 GMT 9.5
Considering that Cheren is the new gym leader in Aspertia city I'm going to go ahead and say that he's someone Mei really admires. He was the first gym leader she faced and won against, and she probably has a great deal of respect for him. xD I bet she probably tries to hook he and Bianca up all the time because she'd find it adorable and it takes all of my energy not to want to make her omg and probably ships them like crazy. Because they've fought side by side I'd be leaning towards friends for the two, Mei doesn't do anything half-assed and friendship with Cheren would fit under that.
Mei really wants to be a gym trainer someday and she probably goes to Cheren for advice about that. She's also lost three of her pokemon to the new team (but she doesn't know that yet) so she's working to get them back and I'm sure his advice on that front would also be appreciated from him. She probably also enjoys making him flustered if he's not good with girls. She's known to just randomly jump about in her bikini. >> So yeah. xD This should be fun?
I love your ideas for Hugh and Cheren's relationship, they'd definitely be friends now, but perhaps Cheren's know-it-all-ness/obnoxious attitude and Hugh's anger/intensity caused a bit of friction between the two at first. Maybe their shared dislike of Plasma or respect for each other's skills made them warm up to each other back in the day and they've been allies and friends since? Idk, but by now I believe that they'd be close-ish friends, close enough that Cheren would have probably ask Hugh's opinion on issues regarding Aspertia's management/dealings if he were not in Sinnoh.
I also think that Hugh reminds Cheren a bit of Black (and himself), especially when Hugh first rushed into the gym. Cheren was probably like "Oh dear Arceus, it's Black reincarnated into a Qwilfish." Long story short, Cheren would be pretty supportive of him and respect him a lot because he's a great trainer and all.
But with the disaster in Aspertia, Cheren is pretty overwhelmed. He feels all responsible for the damage because he couldn't stop it and is most certainly helping to rebuild. Knowing him, he probably isn't really sleeping and he's getting on everyone's nerves with his hyper-organization and tea-fueled ocd. Also, he's considering allying Aspertia with the Knights to avoid further damage to it, and I doubt that Hugh would be down with that...
▼ CHEREN&&MEI Meiiiiiii. I found an icon for this occasion~
Anyways, I think that Cheren and Mei would be good friends, after her Gym battle, he would have recognized her talent (as well as Kyohei and Hugh's) and kept in touch with/helped her out throughout her journey, like with Team Plasma and all.
It would be so adorable if she tried to get him and Bianca together x3 he'd be so embarrassed and blush and all. even if we don't have a bianca yet /sigh. Just a warning, I will try to tempt you to make her xD But he'd also be really uncomfortable around Mei if she was running around in a bikini, lol. He'd probably be like "Please put some clothes on... please? This is not proper attire to be walking around in... /looks uncomfortable" xD
Anywho, I could see Cheren letting Mei work in his gym like a kind of internship-thingy if she wanted to be a gym leader/trainer, and constantly helping her train and all. And he would probably give her lots of boring Pokemon books to read too, lol. He'd also try to help her find her team, if she asked, but he would probably blame Team Plasma and point Mei in that direction. But after he figured out it was the new team, he'd be all "Oh hell no. You do not attack my city and take my friend's Pokemon. //sets Stoutland on them" Mei would probably have to restrain him or something xD
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Last Edit: Nov 12, 2012 11:02:03 GMT 9.5 by mirage
I like the idea of them being close-ish friends. I think the sort of relationship they have is a pretty solid one, like you said built on respect for each other's skill and a mutual dislike for Plasma as well as battling alongside each other rather than through just a Gym Challenge.
Not going to lie I snort-laughed at "Black reincarnated into a Qwilfish". That sounds pretty spot-on.
As far as the rebuilding Aspertia, perhaps their first thread could be one where they bump into each other shortly after Hugh gets back from Sinnoh? I've written that Hugh tried to help out despite the fact he's injured and wound up ripping some of the scabs from the healing acid-burn on his chest by moving outside of his designated range of motion and nearly passed out from the pain. Perhaps that could be the thread, but just with more Cheren yay in it? If you'd rather have a different sort of thread I'm all for that.
Poor Cheren though omg, I'd just want to hug him. Running yourself ragged is very bad, Cheren.
and yeah no Hugh would probably punch Cheren for wanting to do that since they're the ones that did that to Aspertia ...unless ICly people don't yet know the Knights are responsible for it? I completely forget @_@ Either way Hugh's totally against allying with any sort of Team because Team plasma >>[/style] [STYLE=font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: -1; font-family: orator std;]made by jaykah of gs[/style]
Anyway, I love your idea for a thread. Poor Hugh! Arboks are poisonous silly, you need your rest >:I I can see Hugh finding Cheren asleep on a pile of wood in the middle of the city or something ridiculous like that because he's so tired xD Maybe Cheren fills him in on all of the details of the storm/attack? not that I really know them now myself but w/e. I don't mind starting it, unless you want to~
But lol, the image of Hugh punching Cheren is hilarious, Cheren should say something to Hugh about his idea just so that happens, maybe in a different thread though xD But I do believe that some of the dex holders know about the Knights? At least to a certain extent, I think most above-average citizens would probably be able to tell/suspect that the storms were something sinister. But idk.
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I like that idea, definitely C: Finding Cheren asleep on a pile of wood. Hugh gets half-dragged home by his Samurott but stops because he sees Cheren sleeping and they both bum out on a pile of wood together and play catch-up like the coolest bros in the whole city. Filling Hugh in would be good considering all he knows is that stuff’s been happening and he doubts that many natural disasters is a kind little coincidence.
They totally need to have this punch thread, yes XD First we need the wake up youre sleeping/go home you’re hurt/lets just sit and talk thread between the two of them, then at a later point once they’re both out and about again (or if Cheren asks Hugh to meet with him idk) Cheren can brief his idea on Hugh and most definitely get a strong reaction XD. Like stated above Hugh knows something’s up but he has no idea what and he’s determined to find out.
So yes, at least two threads there. We best get started aye? I can/should probably start the first, if you’re down ^^ [/style] [STYLE=font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: -1; font-family: orator std;]made by jaykah of gs[/style]
Post by MEI MORIMOTO on Nov 11, 2012 18:13:15 GMT 9.5
Ohmygod don't tempt me I'll do it xD I still can't believe no one has taken her.. Maybe someone will in a few days. That'd be nice. >> Or maybe I'll cave and make her anyways. I probably will. xD I'll make a few posts and you'll come back tomorrow and there will be posts everywhere and then like an application filled with guilt. xD But anyways.
I'm totally stalking the Hugh/Cheren threads so hard I think the whole internship thing would be hilarious. Mei would be all "do I have to reeeead" but if he told her it'd help she'd do it regardless and just complain internally a lot. I imagine her visiting him at the gym. I'd like her to do that. >> I'm going to start you a thread while I'm posting tonight because that might stop me making bianca might keep me occupied. xD SO yeah. Good friends with him training her to be a leader, yay!
@kane/HUGH: if you don't mind posting first, go right ahead~ so excited for this thread
@fate/MEI: yay! cheren will so assign mei homework and all, lol he thinks it's fun xD anyway, you can start the thread whenever, let me know if you want me to start it instead so you can make bianca/shot, I don't mind!
Post by kalulatreasach on Nov 12, 2012 9:52:16 GMT 9.5
Kalula&Cheren
Okay so Kalu here is Hugh's little sister, so she lives in Asperita like the rest of them. I was trying to think of what to have her do because I wanted her to know Cheren too, so I think I thought of it. She started her Journey not to long ago but...it isn't really a journey yet because of the fact that she can't even manage to defeat Cheren in a gym battle with her low class skills.
I'm thinking maybe she hangs around the gym a lot to try and learn everything she can...occasionally messing things up or breaking things on accident. All and all, she'll look up to Cheren as one of her mentors in a way but she can also see him as one of the things keeping her from moving on with her challenge since she can't seem to win his badge. I dunno, I'm bad at plots, just lemme know~
▼ CHEREN&&KALULA Hi there~ So I love your idea of Cheren playing the big bad gym leader for once. He'd honestly feel so bad for beating her (she's so little, and if I hurt her feelings, Hugh will beat me up!). But then he'd be like, "I can't let her go out in the world until she's ready!" He'd totally love to teach her to get stronger and take on the rest of the league, he'd encourage her to sit in on his class (his gym is part trainer school too). Maybe he would personally mentor her as well, as a favor to Hugh. But if she kept breaking stuff, he'd be all flustered and have a sort of mental ocd break down, lol.
Anyway, it would be funny for her to get to the point where, when she rebattles Cheren, she totally pummels him xD I'm probably the worst plotter around (hence why I haven't posted for White or Black yet) so yeah, if you can think of something better, I'm all for it~
Post by kalulatreasach on Nov 12, 2012 13:52:22 GMT 9.5
Kalula&Cheren
Nope, I love that plan xD She would probably attend the classes and stuff but with her attention span being somewhat short it'd probably be harder for him to teach her when they're actually in a full class of other students, but she'll probably be more attentive if she's the only one he's teaching. Also, that fangirl thing I mentioned in the C-box xD Anyway, do you want me to start the thread or do you want to? I'm thinking he could be having a class and she could oversleep or something and show up late -shrug-
▼ CHEREN&&KALULA Awww, poor Kalula showing up late for Cheren's class, Cheren will be so disappointed xD If she fangirled over him, he'd be sooooo clueless, haha. I can start the thread (I think that would make the most sense) but I'll have to do it tomorrow or Wednesday because I'm not going to be here today, sorry! But I'm so excited, yay!
Study buddies! *shot* OK, seriously, I think Cynthia and Cheren have quite good chemistry. They're both the type of person who prefers to keep a professional distance by default and, whilst Cynthia probably doesn't have Cheren's off-the-charts-IQ, she does know more about mythology than most, since it's her greatest passion. The two could find some intellectual common ground and build it up from there, perhaps?
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Cheren & Flannery
I'm just going to toss this out here, because I think it'd be absolutely hilarious to have these two interact. Flannery would do her utmost to break through that calm exterior and make him smile; she's his complete opposite in personality, and also the opposite gender and, given his having no clue around the opposite sex...she will pounce on that awkwardness the second she picks up on it. But then, Cheren's obvious intelligence, and Flannery's naivete, means that he could lead her around in circles as well: if he tells her anything, the chances are she'll believe it. The two are fundamentally incompatible, but I think they have soooo much potential to get under one another's skin. It'd be the most amusing kind of love-hate relationship. xD
Last Edit: Nov 14, 2012 18:37:00 GMT 9.5 by mirage
Okay so obviously we have to plot Bianca and Cheren because of their history. I imagine though they separated a lot through their original journey, Cheren and Bianca spent a lot of time together the same way Black and White did. And Bianca has had a crush on him for eight years. I have this image of her being pushed at trainer school and Cheren helping pick her up. Then they went on their journey to be better and she became a professor's aide. And although she's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed she got a lot smarter because Cheren helped her through the times when her father was overprotective.
I see these two needing a lot of help actually ending up together. Gentle pushes from friends perhaps, or they'll be stuck blushing at one another forever. She has spent a lot of time working on getting her family to break their traditional ways so she's definitely on the right track, but actually bringing it up would hurt.
I had this image of her having to stay the night in Aspertia and ending up at Cheren's gym where she has one of her nightmares and he finds her awake. Or something. Idk. I just love these two.
▼ CHEREN&&CYNTHIA Yay, study buddies! Cheren needs more people who appreciate books and higher learning in his life >.> Anyways, I could see Cheren really looking up to Cynthia because she's such an amazing battler and has maintained her title for quite a long time, while still being a learned person and stuff. Also, they're pretty similar except for the fact that Cheren is extremely more anti-social =P but since he'd view Cynthia as a respected possible colleague, he wouldn't be quite so awkward around her I think xD
Recently, Cheren has revived his interest in mythology after the attack on Aspertia City. Perhaps he attempts to contact Cynthia some time after to learn more about the legendaries? Also, he would really love to have her as a guest speaker in his trainer school some time to talk about mythology and all. I think a casual discussion over tea about philosophy and all would be fun as well~ Thoughts?
▼ CHEREN&&FLANNERY Oh, I love this! Cheren totally needs someone to be all extrovert around his introverted, nerdy self. He would be incredibly awkward around her bubbliness and get to the point where he tries to build himself a high-ground on his condescending comments or her naivety, only to have it backfire on him xD I can see them constantly bickering and trying to get back at one another, but all in good fun I'd think. Unless either of them did something reallyyyy bad to one another that would earn hatred.
If there's ever a cross-region gym leader meeting for some reason (it sounds fun to me =P) or if Cheren decides to visit Hoenn or something, they should definitely interact and get on each other's (and everyone else around them's) nerves. Love-hate relationships are the best kind of relationships, lol.
▼ CHEREN&&BIANCA Bianca <3 anyways, these two are super awesome just in general. They've known each other for probably their whole lives, and I love the idea of them journeying together kind of like Black and White did in the manga. He probably started developing feelings for her then, but, Cheren being Cheren, would never realize that. However, now that they're a bit older I think he starts to get it at least a little bit. But yeah. I think Bianca probably helped him from being a total social recluse when he was younger and he would trust her immensely, and also be supportive and fairly protective of her, though nowhere near the level of her father. this can cause tension later, lol.
But yeah, Cheren is not the kinda guy to be outright with his feelings. Awkward situations and dedicated friends will have to push them together, otl.
Oh, I love the idea of Bianca coming to Aspertia, Cheren is so proud of his gym, she would just have to see it xD I think Cheren's probably invented problems with his pokedex or something equally as trivial for an excuse to go to Professor Juniper's lab about every month in order to run into Bianca there. But then, she'd never be at the lab and he'd go back disappointed after having annoyed Juniper sufficiently. But yes. Cheren would be so worried about her with her nightmares. Ack, these two are so cute~
Cheren & Cynthia I don't think Cynthia would mind Cheren's reticence too much: after all, a scholar's life is one of solitude, punctured by occasional gatherings. She's not antisocial, but she is solitary, so it's a relatable situation. xD I can see this working; Cynthia would probably leap on an opportunity to discuss mythology with someone who would be able to process what she was saying and give proper feedback. I can see the two putting their heads together over some tea to identify a likely cause for all the craziness that's been going on in the world recently and formulating a possible plan of action, as well. Sounds fun >:3
Cheren & Flannery Using small words about Flannery is best, but he's unaccustomed to using small words? xD The best he'd get from her in that situation would probably be something along the lines of "What? You have a weird way of speaking, Cherry." or something similar. Maybe followed by a laugh and a quick hug. A Gym Leader gathering would be quite entertaining, I think. The problem with Flannery is that she's not much of a traveller; the skies are horrid, boats are worse, and most places outside Hoenn are too cold for her. Would need to conspire to get her out of Hoenn somehow...
Aww, inventing problems with his pokedex to see her, that's so cute. xD I think Bianca would laugh and think he must have broken it so many times when Juniper tells her he visited. She'll definitely go and see him though. Did you want me to start a thread of hold off till you've finished some of your current ones?
▼ CHEREN&&CYNTHIA Yes, mythology buddies! Cheren would value Cynthia's opinion immensely as he views her as an expert on the subject and an intelligent person in general. Would Cynthia be open to a meeting over tea? Maybe they could try to organize the Sinnoh/Unova Leagues into action, separately or together, once more bad stuff starts happening?
▼ CHEREN&&FLANNERY I could see Cheren making a trip to Hoenn to do research on weather-related disasters, as they've had to deal with the Kyogre/Groudon incident anyway, so Flannery wouldn't have to leave Hoenn if she didn't want to xD But we should totally organize a gathering of the Gym Leaders sometime, perhaps as a site-wide plot when the whole Knights of Arceus stuff gets worse. As for his vocabulary, I see Cheren as using Sheldon's (from the Big Bang Theory) vocabulary sometimes, with the same sort of condescension when no one understands him xD He would not be amused by the nickname Cherry either, haha, but please call him that anyway, I love it~
▼ CHEREN&&BIANCA Blah, I really want to thread with them, but I'm afraid I won't be able to post so as often as I'd like (I can only get about one and a half posts done a weekday, either much more or much less during the weekends). If that's okay with you (I don't want to cause an inconvenience), then let's do it! If you would rather not deal with my slowness, we could always IC a bit first. I wouldn't mind taking on another thread, especially with these two~
Cheren & Cynthia But of course! Whereabouts would said meeting take place: within the boundaries of Cheren's Gym, or perhaps somewhere else, like Undella Town? Cynthia is one of the few who has free run of Caitlin's villa, after all, that could be a good meeting place. She'd be quite willing to travel to meet him, though; after all, he's a fellow intellectual, and it's a reasonable request. Plus, tea. Nuff said. xD
Organization of the Gym Leaders would be the logical conclusion they'd come to, I expect...and perhaps the Pokedex holders as well; I think Cynthia would be inclined to seek out some of them (although she might already have Pearl with her, which would be interesting, given Pearl's current state of mind and present affiliation) as well...it could also lead to a Cheren/Flannery thread if he seeks her out; at the moment, we have very few active Sinnoh Gym Leaders...although I may take Candice after Sabrina. xD
