I wanted to type a long comment on how you nailed my headcanon of Green/Red relationship (that they are not gay but in a maligned version of codependency), but now all I want to ask is "what about Silver?" Green is like a surrogate son to Giovanni now. He's spoiling the kid by his own definition. What about his own son? And is Silver his real son anyway? You see, if I'm not remembering anything wrong, in PokeSpe, Giovanni's bloodtype is O and Silver's bloodtype is AB. Biologically speaking, that's impossible and Silver cannot be his biological son. That means either Giovanni didn't know Silver was his son, that Silver was an important-ish adopted son or Silver was genetically assembled or something (or why else he had the special power of reading life force when he wasn't a Viridian Child as he wasn't born in the right time or the right place?) And you know what? Red's bloodtype is O. And they had a scene where they acted like father and son (Vs. Magmar) and later when they confronted Giovanni expressed that he liked Red and wanted to have him as his. That means maybe Red was Giovanni's real biological son and Silver was not and Giovanni was liking Red out of instinct (note how Green, Leaf and Yellow were also powerful but he didn't want them). And Giovanni probably didn't know. Did his wife/child's mother switched the children to spite him? Is Silver a child that came with the marriage? Is Red a bastard son? There's no such information in gameverse, but people assume that most data can be carried over. And maybe they have different genetics than us, who knows. Maybe Giovanni wasn't into making children but wanted an heir, so he married a woman who already had a child to get the child, hence why we never see his wife: she's not useful anymore.
I don't think Red can be Giovanni's son in this fic's universe, I'm just guessing on possible development of Silver here. If Silver was really an adopted heir, heck, even if he is Giovanni's son, Green's situation will challenge Silver's position as heir like how Red threatened Green's in the original timeline, but minus the best friend part. Since they never are friends, I guess they won't have to hold back when they fight...
But if Silver was really not Giovanni's son while made to believe that he was, it would be a great shock when he learned this. What he thought should be unconditionally his is not longer his right...
I think that's why I'm so drawn to Green and Red. That codependence fascinates me, and I guess I continuously attempt to work out my own experiences with dependencies by writing the two of them. It doesn't always shine through in my fics, but I always write them with the idea of their relationship being caused by an unhealthy codependence in mind.
As for Silver...
All I can say in answer to that is:
I don't know yet.
I have two possible scenarios planned for Silver, and I haven't decided which of them I'm actually going to implement yet.
The first mention of Silver is made next chapter (Act II), which is currently being beta'd. It's just a mention, because I'm sort of breaking the canon continuity to preserve it later on, but it's in the chapter after that one (the one I'm writing now) that Silver actually makes his first appearance. Quite a few characters are going to be introduced (or re-introduced) over the next few chapters - Ariana, Domino, Leaf, Professor Oak - but Silver is one of the foremost among them.
He is going to play a big role in the fic, that much I can say. Anything else, though, are things that I can't divulge as of yet. I wish I could say more, because your comments/ideas are quite fascinating.
I don't think Red can be Giovanni's son in this fic's universe, I'm just guessing on possible development of Silver here. If Silver was really an adopted heir, heck, even if he is Giovanni's son, Green's situation will challenge Silver's position as heir like how Red threatened Green's in the original timeline, but minus the best friend part. Since they never are friends, I guess they won't have to hold back when they fight...
But if Silver was really not Giovanni's son while made to believe that he was, it would be a great shock when he learned this. What he thought should be unconditionally his is not longer his right...
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As for Silver...
All I can say in answer to that is:
I don't know yet.
I have two possible scenarios planned for Silver, and I haven't decided which of them I'm actually going to implement yet.
The first mention of Silver is made next chapter (Act II), which is currently being beta'd. It's just a mention, because I'm sort of breaking the canon continuity to preserve it later on, but it's in the chapter after that one (the one I'm writing now) that Silver actually makes his first appearance. Quite a few characters are going to be introduced (or re-introduced) over the next few chapters - Ariana, Domino, Leaf, Professor Oak - but Silver is one of the foremost among them.
He is going to play a big role in the fic, that much I can say. Anything else, though, are things that I can't divulge as of yet. I wish I could say more, because your comments/ideas are quite fascinating.
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