Reborn Headcanons

[Stealth]

So before I open this pandora's box I should probably explain what a headcanon is

Head Canon: Used by followers of various media of entertainment, such as television shows, movies, books, etc. to note a particular belief which has not been used in the universe of whatever program or story they follow, but seems to make sense to that particular individual, and as such is adopted as a sort of "personal canon" - Urban Dictionary

I don't know if this has been done before but I'm interested in people's personal head canons as they play through the game here are a few of my own as an example:

-My MC is dark skinned was born in Kanto, and is currently 17-18.

-Was kicked out of his parents house as he was a trouble maker and layabout. He ended up in reborn on a whim, and is rather familiar with pokemon battling.

- MC has a giant crush on Saphira and may or may not have swiped the scandalous magazine of her in Laura's home. ( if sinking a lake full of meteor ships doesn't make your heart go doki doki I don't know what does tbh.)

- MC is kinda disappointed Victoria didn't continue her journey because she was a decent a rival and holds half a grudge because of that.

-MC at first kind of disregarded Kain and just side eyed the shit out of him until they made out of Reborn City, now they're super close friends.

-(This one is shared among me and some friends who I introduced the game to) MC constantly refers to Reborn City as 'The Hood' and anytime something happens in the city he just muses to himself. "I fucking hate the hood."

- MC has definitely tried 'leveling up' and honestly wandered into El's Religious ceremony while tripping.

- MC now has a serious fear of Garchomp after Solaris tried to behead him with one. He also blames himself heavily for Amaria taking the hit for him and hasn't entirely let that go.

- MC never asked for this shit. He was expecting some minor soul searching pokemon journey he never asked to be put in the middle of this regional crisis and complained constantly at the start. Now he just accepts the things that happen he really came into this state of being when he met Radomus.

- MC punched the shit out of fern when he talked bad about Corey commiting suicide. Like that true shonen anime punch that knocks someone into the ground.

- MC loves science on the low, but never talks about it because he doesn't wanna look like a huge nerd in front of his powerful gym leader friends.

- MC and hardy get along fantastically and he ships Hardy and Aya so hard and tried to play wingman for him on the way to Calcenon.

- MC and Charlotte are homies for life and they smoke together pretty often.

I have some more that I can't really remember but I'm definitely interested in hearing some of your own headcanons, and watching this thread spiral into madness.

Edited February 25, 2015 by Stealth

[zimvader42]

Lol quite the interesting thread you got. I don't really have that many head canons now that I think about it, but I've got some minor ones:

-Main character (Zim, or just [insert player's name here]), came to the Reborn region because he never had anyone around to look after him (kinda the same deal as Aster, but smarter) and desesperately needed to make money. He had heard about the city's terrible state and that it was easy to purchase and sell illegal merchandise. His original goal was to make some quick cash in illegal battles and maybe become some kind of heisenberg of "rare candy", making a "good boy" cover for himself by joining the league and hiding his true business from the authorities, namely Ame, plus getting a pokemon since he had to trade the one he had to some guy in exchange for a train ticket. But after the train station incident, knowing all that people and watching so many of them die, all that slowly turns him into some kind of anti-hero. He doesn't really want to save the world and shit at first, but the story forces him to develope some morals and become a hero, or at least do the right thing, by the time he meets the orphanage kids.

-He found Cain infuriatingly annoying at first, but after all the shit both have been through, he considers Cain his first and also best friend.

-He absolutely hates Fern. He could never stand guys like him before, and now that he's met the ultimate asshole, it just pisses him off whenever the green haired douche comes in sight.

-After the Luna incidents, he developed a feel of admiration for Radomus, almost as a father figure.

-He kinda likes Taka and wish he wasn't a bad guy, doesn't even get what ZEL is and the first time he saw a PULSE he feared for his life. While that has changed, he still fears Solaris' Garchomp, El's Ditto and Lin.

-He sees Shelly as some kind of little sister and gets the urge to protect her in fights. Additionally, he has a crush on Charlotte (I think it suits the character).

I have some for other characters but they're not too solid anyways.

[AuthorReborn]

This seems cool so I'll throw some of mine down here:

My MC (either Victor or Author):

-came to Reborn because he lost everything and decided that he would be "reborn" in the crucible of the damned city.

-finds characters like Cain, Julia and Radomus thoroughly amusing.

-doesn't actually entirely abhor Fern. He can see the good in Fern and inderstands some of where he's coming from.

-is the most stuborn guy you'll encounter. Don't try to force him into anything, otherwise he'll just straight up leave.

-wants to get to know Cal, Hardy, and Samson better. He hopes that after all the insanity ends, they'll be able to hang out more since they seem like cool guys.

-is entirely devoted to his Pokemon before all others.

-feels responsible for saving people, which causes him to still bear the immense guilt over Kiki, Corey, and Eclipse's deaths.

-wants to somehow convince Taka to rebel against Meteor.

[Meruem]

-before arriving in reborn, mc witnessed his brother/sister/non-binary sibling (depending on which character you chose, example: pick vero, alice dies) get murdered in an event previous to arriving in reborn city, and is challenging the reborn league to become stronger and avenge him/her/xyr. the train explosion was also a mc murder attempt, because he survived something he shouldnt have.

-we know that at one point florinia and titania were big friends, and i think what happened that "traumatized" florinia for the rest of her life was this: she began to develop a huge passion for titania, and, after a while, she decided to open up to her. titania, due to being careless and direct, ended up rejecting her in an extremely cold and rough way. she was also severely bullied by everyone at their school, that she decided to become personality-less forever, to avoid getting hurt this hard ever again.

-(completely bullshit speculation right ahead, will be most likely wrong) zina vanhanen (you can find her grave in the beryl cemetery), presumably radomus (vanhanen)'s wife, cheated on him with el and got pregnant of luna: i think it's more than clear that el is luna's true father. sure he's a massive liar and asshole, but i really dont think he was lying about this. secondly, we know radomus and el hate each other a lot, though, we don't know the reason for this intense hatred. luna also hates him, specifically, she rejects him as a father - the way she reacts to his "parental love" is another thing that makes their father/daughter relationship so clear, as if something happened between them in the past (i say this because i actually relate). finally, we dont know who luna's mother even is. it cant be serra, for obvious reasons, and i dont think any other character could apply, simply because i just cant see them in bed with el lol. all of this points towards the solution i initially gave: el and radomus hate each other because el betrayed him (in fact, they might've even been friends at one point) and luna rejects him as a father because, the reason why her mother died is most likely related to him - she might've killed herself out of sorrow and emptiness, due to losing radomus' love for her or she was murdered by el, for some selfish reason. this selfish reason might also be related to luna and/or the fact that she portrays the emerald gem. also, this last part is optional, but radomus could've also cheated on his own wife afterwards, specifically with serra. benette looks somewhat similar to radomus (obviously not in terms of personality, that comes mainly from his mother) and we havent been introduced to any other potential father. also, i dont remember much about how benette and radomus interacted, but from what i can remember, it sort of seemed like radomus knows he's his father, and tries to act distant and not get very attached to him (either because serra requested that he did so or benette reminds him of the sad moment of his life, when his wife died). also, el shows a mysterious interest on benette that has yet to be explained - it's possible that he knows about this father/son relationship and thinks that radomus feels something for his son, and imo, getting your enemy's son on your side can be a massive advantage, especially since benette is a bug-type trainer and has, therefore, a significant advantage to radomus.

-also, massive headcanon, even bigger than all of the previous ones combined together: there was actually a sex scene between mc and cain in the azurine island :]

[Stealth]

Some more of my own

-Gym Leader he wants to fight most is Arc

-MC goes by his nickname from back home and refuses to give his actual name

-Serra reminds him greatly of his own mother and holds a grudge against Benett her son for leaving so suddenly

- He really fucking hates Benett and constantly refers to him as ' you dirty rat bastard' and wants the man to square up.

-TIRED OF BEING PUT IN FUCKING CAGES/PRISON CELLS

-He's hates toxic waste and vomited at least 5 times wandering through the waste land

- DONT EVER MENTION BIGGLESWORTH AROUND HIM. HE WILL BARF.

Edited February 27, 2015 by Stealth