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• Living Dex Diary - Gen 1
• Living Dex Diary - Gen 2
• Living Dex Diary - Gen 3
• Living Dex Diary - Gen 4

The Story and Hoopa's involvement

• Born in Wyndon on 25th October 2004, he and his parents lived there for two years before moving to a nearby town after getting into a more stable financial situation.
• He had younger twin siblings, one brother and one sister, on the 5th of July 2007.
• He passed the trainer's license exam once he turned 10. He caught Gear (Sneasel) while travelling down to Wyndon with his family shortly after getting his license. Shortly after, he created his PWC account to use Gears energy for more constructive activities and not destroy furniture.
• Gear (Sneasel) evolved into a Weavile on his 13th birthday after Gear stole the razor claw (it cost like £150) in the middle of the night that he had purchased to evolve Gear eventually.
• He was 15 when Eternatus was released, bringing about the second darkest day. He wasn't personally affected by it much outside of the emergency alert going off on his phone in school (it got taken away, he wasn't allowed it on him during school, stupid secondary school rules and all that) and needing to take cover under a desk. He found it interesting that a strong enough trainer could defeat a legendary Pokemon like Eternatus, so he decided to try to ‘defeat a legendary Pokemon’ at some point in his life.
• When he was 16, he did a Pokemon journey training course at school, where he had to walk for a week straight with a heavy bag full of equipment on his back. He hated the experience and decided not to go on a journey.
• He moved into university dorms when he was 18; he had an uneventful first semester, during which he talked to basically no one.
• He learnt about his Uni’s Pokemon trainer society at the start of the second semester and started attending the weekly tournaments.
• His siblings got a Pokemon of their own while Evan was at uni.
• During the second half of the second semester, he caught Flash (Pidgey) and Wire (Sobble) during a wild area trip after he realised Gear would be better behaved with more Pokemon around. Catching Wire was accidental; he wanted to catch Flash.

• Evan is supposed to represent the average civilian life, with pokemon, in the Pokemon world. His life probably isn't as average anymore considering the barely above average number of pokemon he owns and Gears overall power level, but there are still plenty of normal people living like he does. His daily life isn't like a pokemon professor or trainers, he lives normally with pokemon, which is what I want to portray.
• I want his story to stay grounded, his experiences should be similar to most normal people owning Pokemon, if a bit exaggerated to make it more interesting. Things are going to be difficult, the highs will be high and the lows will be low, but the stakes shouldn't be very high. It's his life after all, everything is related to each other, which is also why I use the casual tag for everything, it's not like I can just make a storyline for ‘Life in General’. He's a normal person with Pokemon, his life isn't ever going to have the thrill of a trainer on a journey, it's only going to be grounded struggles and grounded experiences… well, as grounded that you can get with supernatural animals.
• I tried to make him a slightly interesting character with some depth. He’s a normal person who’s lived a normal life so his background isn’t interesting at all and he doesn’t have any weird gimmicks either to make him distinct. So I tried just making him feel like a real person you could meet.
• Three Pokemon is the absolute limit I can realistically give him before just turning him from an average person in the Pokemon world into a full-on trainer who has a ‘didn't go on a journey’ gimmick. He isn't the kind of person who can manage six Pokemon in the first place; he was barely managing one and three, and he is now pushing his abilities to their limit. It will test Evan even more if they start evolving to their following stages. Three is a good number, plenty of cat owners have three cats, just think of Pokemon as cats… difficult cats, but still cats.
• I gave Evan a Weavile as his partner pokemon due to it being an ideal pokemon to show how difficult it is to actually look after a Pokemon for a normal person. It's small enough to be similar to a housepet, it's a dark type so it would have difficult quirks to manage, they're intelligent enough to be more of a nuisance than an average animal, and they're similar to a cat so I can base quite a lot of his irritating behaviours off of them, as well as cats being a common pet to own. I also just like Weavile… which is the main reason… lol.
• I considered quite a lot of pokemon for his second and third catches. I decided on Sobble as I feel that it would be easier to write scenarios for them compared to other pokemon, even it's evolution line is its own story in itself. Other pokemon I thought about giving him was a Treecko, Applin, Rowlet, and Mudkip. While Pidgey is one of my favourite flying types, I have also considered a few other Pokemon for this slot but eventually decided on Pidgey due to my perception of their personality fitting the dynamics of the team the best. I considered giving him a fletchling, hoothoot, tailow, torchic and rookidee for this slot as well. I wanted, if possible, the pokemon to be a mammal, bird, and reptile/amphibian, I didn't want there to be an overlap, so I’m satisfied with what I chose. I needed to add them, i was running out of ideas for what Gear can actually do at this point that's actually unique, i need more ideas. Plus, it helps move Evans character along by making him suffer some consequences for not planning out stuff well.
• The pokemon he catches are rather rare, which I believe may be an issue to him representing an ‘average’ person, but at this point he isn't really very average. He's definitely toeing the line of what I would consider an average civilian in the pokemon world due to him actually training the ‘housepet’ pokemon he caught to a high standard. Giving him a starter pokemon would be weird for an average person, but it isn't too outlandish considering it's based off of a chameleon, they're exotic enough animals, but they aren't exactly strange.
• He trains as a hobby, and even as he gets more serious about it (training 3 Pokemon), it will remain a hobby and nothing more.
• He's a decent student, mostly getting 2:1s in assignments and tests, but he will get 1st if it's a straightforward subject.
• He wants to go to Pokemon tournaments, not for the money; he won't win it anyway, to get better at battling. He wants to improve his skill as a battler while also understanding that it simply isn't feasible to make a living as a pro because he's not that good at battling; he'd also probably lose all passion for it as a hobby if he made being a trainer a career.
• Evan is a good trainer, what makes him good is his consistency. He will not miss a single day of training, because if he did then Gear would probably kill him. Gear and Evan had been together for nine years, and every single day they trained. Gear had passed his growth period a while ago and the training nowadays is mostly just keeping up his condition. His empathetic and observational skills developed to an impressive degree because of Gear, he has to figure out when Gears about to do something naughty, because otherwise Evan would get in trouble. Gears training routine has stayed consistent for a few years, they’ve pretty much got one nailed down at this point… but Gear doesn’t like that Evan gets to do nothing while he does his routine so he makes Evan exercise with him. On the plus side, Evan‘s in shape. Evan is also very good at learning from his mistakes and then adapting to improve his training, Gear was a very annoying Pokemon to train from the ground up so they naturally developed. He shows off all of these skills when training Wire and Flash, who are both also frustrating Pokemon to train (not to the same degree of a freshly caught Gear), as Evan is handling it surprisingly well by utilising these skills.
• A flaw he in his training style has is being too impatient, he likes immediate solutions to solve issues. He also got complacent with Gear after he house-trained him, so now he's somewhat unused to training Pokemon from the ground up.
• However, his battling skills are sub-par. While he is a good trainer, he's not a good battler. He's grown complacent with his skills as Gear can take out most Pokemon that aren't on his level, leading to him just mindlessly commanding using his gut, which means he has no adaptational, observational or critical thinking skills in battles. Think of him as a boxer who's only done conditioning, he could take out any normal person with ease, but the instant he's against someone at his level, he crumbles. Fortunately, most casual trainers are fairly similar situation as him, and Evan doesn’t crumble that badly under pressure, but it's still not a great situation. Fortunately, he has been working on improving his actual battling skills since he started participating in his universities local tournaments.
• He doesn't like losing and will usually blame the matchup/seeding for his loss rather than his actual skill. He has too big of an ego for someone who is not good at battling. He learns from his mistakes in training and will strive to do better since it's entirely his fault if he messes up and hurts his Pokemon, but battles have more factors that he can blame. He has since gotten less of an ego after being told that he isn't even a top 1000 battler so there's no point in being so prideful.
• The main reason he isn't an amazing battler is because he is really good at ‘telepathically’ communicating intent, but it's a two way street, Gear also communicates his intent to Evan, leading him to making rash commands. from a ‘gut feeling’. If he stops just following what Gear wants, he'd be a very solid battler, but right now he's just controlled by it.
• Evan is a shitposter, so he will post random stuff, and he will argue with people in Twitter comments; he doesn't do it on this subreddit due to the post needing to relate to Pokemon. So, instead, he complains about his life with Pokemon and random stuff related to the Pokemon world. He's a prime example of an average Twitter user.
• His online persona isn't how he acts offline. Offline, he's quiet and only really becomes talkative around people he trusts/those who share similar interests; whenever his Pokemon cause trouble, he is annoyed that he now has to talk awkwardly with a stranger. He doesn't care online and will get into petty arguments because he has nothing better to do with his time.
• If someone doesn't have hobbies similar to him, he won't be interested in getting to know them; he doesn't talk to them at all. He'd probably be more interested in interacting with them if they have similar hobbies. If someone doesn't share the same amount of enthusiasm that he has over something, like a favourite game or getting better at battles, he'd likely lose interest in them and will respect them slightly less.
• Evan and Gear never tried that hard when training; if Gear got bored or tired, they'd stop. They put in a bit of effort until it stopped being fun. They aren't that strong; their lack of ability to work hard proves that. However, a consistent small effort over nine years builds up strength regardless. Evan's lack of ability as a commander holds them back from being truly strong, but they have a very good base for the foundation that needs one more piece to be perfect. Either Flash and Wire will be that piece that stops Evan from relying on a flowchart and starts truly using his head meaningfully, or he’ll remain an incompetent commander and make and rely on two new flowcharts for them until he gets bored of battling.
• He made his username when he was 11; he's had it so long that he doesn't want to change it despite it being cringe.
• He‘s impulsive; he doesn't always look that far into the future to see the consequences of his actions. He caught Flash and Wire because he wanted more Pokemon to train, but he didn't consider how big they could get. If he thinks something, he’ll probably end up doing it.
• He holds grudges; his memory is quite good, so he will remember if someone slights him or does something petty because he will then do petty stuff back.
• He doesn't like keeping Pokemon in their Pokeballs, not for ethical reasons; he likes them being around and interacting with him, even if they infuriate him. At this point, he's too invested in keeping them outside and saying that he keeps them outside of their Pokeball and that when they get bigger, he’ll leave them outside of their balls because he's stubborn and dislikes being hypocritical. He also thinks it's cheating, it's too easy to just put a misbehaving Pokemon into their ball and only let them out when needed, training a wild Pokemon to not act like it's a wild pokemon is also important, it's not like they're fighting machines, they need to live their life.
• He would like to beat a legendary Pokemon in a battle, not a sub-legendary, but a big one like Rayquaza or Eternatus. He says he wants to do this to prove his agency, but he may also be insecure of his place in the world and just wants to prove that he deserves and can fight for his right to exist. Keep in mind that while this feat is not a very realistic thing to do, in this universe, it is doable by someone with a strong enough bond and plenty of strength, considering that Leon fought Eternatus alone, relatively evenly at that, for a pretty decent amount of time. It'll probably be doable when he's older, wiser, and has more than one strong Pokemon. If he fights one as he is, he'd probably just get swatted away and then be depressed for a week or two.
• Evan isn't a good singer; he can mostly get the notes right, but they're usually out of tune, just enough that it's painful to listen to. His voice isn't up to par.
• He feels a need to be liked by people. Usually people don't hate him, he's an overall likeable person. If they don't like him, he’ll probably try to make them like him. And if they still don't like him, then he interprets that as them hating him, and then he’ll do the same, he will despise them despite them likely not feeling the same way
• He has high-functioning autism. He felt different, he didn't know why, for the first few parts of his childhood before really catching onto being different and then using his above-average memory to remember what to do in social situations to not act so alien. It's an insecurity, he doesn't really like saying he has it, and he isn't really proud of it either, but he acknowledges that he wouldn't be himself if he didn't have it, if he had the choice to get rid of it, he wouldn't do it. He just feels like it is a burden. He has a pretty high amount of empathy, but he struggles to act on it when around people, but he doesn't struggle with acting on it when with Pokemon, which is a strength when it comes to being a trainer. He hated his practice journey because it was just so different to his normal routine that it overwhelmed him and made him give up on doing a gym challenge on the spot. He is stubborn about his beliefs and refuses to change them. He’s not great at masking it in person either. Though, people don’t really dislike him… he’s got that acoustic rizz when it comes to talking about Pokémon, lol.
• He finds his family annoying, but he does love them… he'd never say it because it's embarrassing. If anyone else calls his family annoying, he will get annoyed at them; only then can he make fun of his siblings: older sibling privilege and all that.
• He liked watching Pokemon anime, and it's one of the main reasons he caught a Pokemon. It's bland and formulaic now, so he's stopped watching it, but he did grow up with it.
• Evan will often tweet wherever his state of mind is; whether it's thoughtful or not, he’ll tweet whatever.
• Evan is quite empathetic; he often thinks about the Pokemon and trainer as separate entities and will usually consider the Pokemon's thoughts and beliefs and the trainer's.
• Evan is a vegetarian, not being at least vegetarian is illegal in Galar, but morally he also finds the idea of eating Pokemon disgusting, believing that people who would even consider it are sociopathic. Just the idea of eating them makes him mad.
• He is very punctual, he usually times his meetings perfectly to show up exactly on time, maybe one of two minutes early. He dislikes being late, and dislikes it even more when others are late.
• Evans an atheist, he doesn't belief in any God, and to him legendaries are still just Pokemon. He doesn't want to worship them because then he'd be treating them like they're omnipotent and untouchable when he very clearly wants to beat one of them in a battle, he needs to view them as beatable for it to even be possible for him to ever have the possibility of victory.
• Evan can't just travel to other regions, it's expensive and he's busy doing University. He’ll be unlikely to do events outside of Galar.

• Was young when caught
• He took one year to house-train
• Evan mostly thinks of him as an annoying younger sibling, but at points sees him as a good friend. They both see each other as important figures in each other's lives.
• He loves battling and causing trouble, torments the new catches (mainly Wire), and mostly acts like a big brother... just not a very responsible one.
• He finds ghost types annoying because they try cursing/stealing people's souls and always scare them off by chasing them. He finds it fun to scare them off or just let out some of his energy.
• He will scratch furniture if he hasn't battled for a while. He will steal stuff if he feels like it. He's very annoying. He's been doing it less since Evan caught more Pokemon for him to ‘play’ with.
• Think of him as a more intelligent cat with more tools to be annoying.
• He needs both stimulation and social interaction to be satisfied. Before, he didn’t have much social interaction so the stimulation he needed was turned up to 11 and he was being annoying to get that stimulation. Now he has teammates, the social interaction has been quenched and he isn’t acting out as much. This doesn’t mean he won’t stop being difficult, like he will annoy the other members of the team, but it will stop him targeting random people to get some entertainment.
• He stays out of his Pokeball because Evan doesn't like it.
• Sleeps in Evan's bed.
• He is very into training and will make Flash and Wire train with him. He gets annoyed if Evan doesn't also exercise while he's training.
• He's the main reason why Evan got into training and battles... Obviously...
• Moveset: Night Slash, Icicle Spear, Low Kick, Agility

• Prideful, somewhat vain, attention seeking and loud.
• She will keep people up at night by being loud; it infuriates Gear.
• She's quite lazy, she likes sleeping a lot and initially just used training time as a nap time since she saw no personal benefit to training. This issue went away after learning the fact that piegeot look way more attractive, but she needs to get stronger to evolve to that form.
• She will peck at Sobble when he sleeps because it's funny and always scares him.
• She enjoys flying around outside, will peck at his window and be very loud in general if she wants to be let out. However, sometimes, she wants to go back inside almost immediately after being let out, and she continues to be noisy.
• If she isn't well groomed, she will be loud and annoying. Evans usually quite good about it, but every now and then he’ll forget and then it'll start another chain reaction of Wire crying due to the noise and then Flash gets louder because his tears irritate her eyes.
• Despite being annoying, Evan keeps her out of her Pokeball. He doesn't like playing favourites, and Gear has done worse and not been put into his ball.
• Gear doesn't find tormenting her very fun because she will be more annoying if he does.
• She sleeps on a bird stand.
• Think of her like an ordinary bird, doing everyday things like being loud. But this bird is now intelligent, so you know they're intentionally being loud.
• Moveset: Gust, Tackle, Uproar, Sand Attack

• Incredibly timid when around new people, lacks confidence, curious
• He was accidentally caught while chilling in a lake when Evan missed his Pokeball throw at Flash, and it went into the lake, capturing him after he accidentally hit it. Evan didn't realise he was caught until he was already taken home.
• He initially didn't really want anything to do with anyone due to the stress of being in a new environment, he eventually became comfortable enough to become visible for short periods of time, as well as allowing others to slightly interact with him. He is most comfortable with Evan, who's the least loud and energetic out of the three choices he could interact with, he likes climbing on him like a tree.
• He is far more timid than the average Sobble. An average Sobble would stay invisible for 3-4 days before trying to interact with its trainer, it took Wire nearly two weeks. This trait will likely stay with him throughout his evolution line, just to varying intensities.
• Gear enjoys tormenting him because he is too timid and weak to stand up for himself properly. Although it's not bullying, it's more how an older brother would push around their younger sibling.
• He likes climbing on stuff, like Evan's clothes, when walking around.
• He sleeps on Flash's bird stand.
• He mainly relies on Evan to protect him from Gear and Flash's tormenting, but if stuff gets more serious, Gear and Flash will stand up for him.
• Flash and Wire have a very irritating feedback look where Flash starts being loud at night, causing Wire to cry, which causes Flash to be louder, etc.… the first night they slept together was one of the worst experiences Evan has ever had.
• He stays outside his Pokeball, usually hanging around on a counter and blending in.
• He’s probably the least annoying one of Evan's Pokemon, which isn't difficult. However, he can be challenging to deal with while training due to his timidness, leading him to not put his all into training like the other two of Evan's Pokemon because he's embarrased. His tears are also an issue.
• What you see is what you get with him; he's timid and quiet, so he’ll probably stay hidden around new people and still be quiet when around people he's comfortable with. But he is curious about the world, so he’ll usually try sneaking off to look at stuff.
• Moveset: Water gun, growl, pound

• The world is similar to the games one rather than the anime/manga. Look at Pokemon Masters Ex to know precisely what the characters were like and what they did. Though that's a mashup of different periods and universes, it's not exactly accurate, but the characters' roles and personalities are.
• Universities are like our world; people attend lectures, labs, seminars, societies, parties, etc. These universities have trainer societies; most people have gone on journeys, but some haven't. Evans University hosts a 1v1 double elimination tournament every Thursday, depending on if it's a holiday or not, in a large battle court. There is a healing machine so Pokemon can regain their energy after battles. A smaller area was made for the people who wanted to battle more; friendly battles were held there on Tuesdays.
• Schools usually have a whole mock journey expedition to train the kids who want to go on journeys, you know, to read maps, make their food, get water, and set up tents. That kind of stuff is beneficial. I have got to not have parents seem irresponsible in this world, plus, UK schools usually have practice expeditions for DofE, which I'm basing a lot of this journey walking stuff on (they're both physically challenging and usually end with people sitting in bed for a week because their feet hurt and they don’t want to do anything)
• Trainers who have been on their journey but don't want to make a career out of it usually don’t keep all of their Pokemon with them. It's expensive to house them; after all, they typically take one, two or three Pokemon they're closest with and leave the rest of them with their parents/local pastures, or they release them if the Pokemon wants to continue battling consistently and the trainer can't provide that.
• Pokemon training and battling outside of badge challenge league stuff is similar to VGC or Smogon in how they're running tournaments. There are rankings online (Pokemon World Coronation Series), and then there are also regionals which you can attend for Championship points; the big Worlds tournament is invitational, which you can only participate in after getting a certain number of champion points or having a high enough rank on the PWC series. There are official and unofficial tournaments, there are more unofficial tournaments, but official ones have higher prize pools and are generally larger.
• It's easy to see people's rankings on the PWC series leaderboard; Leon was number 1 for his entire reign as champion but is now overtaken by Gloria, current Red isn't even in the top 50 (he's like 38 and has retired by now, face the truth, he’s washed).
• The Pokemon League has very little political authority. Gym leaders, the Elite 4 and the Champion, closely resemble knights where they have the public's respect, plenty of personal strength, and a bit of autonomy to solve crises if they ever appear. However, they still have to do their jobs, so they can't leave their city for an extended time without getting in trouble.
• Each Pokemon has its own unique personality, and they're usually very strong. It's unlikely for any one of them to just get used to you and behave on their first day. They're individuals and just because you give them food doesn't mean they'll like you immediately. I mean, some probably might, but considering you just caught them and took them to an unfamiliar environment, they aren't just going to do everything you expect from them.
• A Pokemon intelligence is the same as their anime counterparts, basically they're smart enough to get around as the devs said. If I had to say, the average Pokemon has the same level of intelligence as a young child, some are above, some are below. However, none are as dumb as the smartest non-human animal, and all of them think in a pretty human way as well (language recognition, empathy, problem solving skills, etc.), though the way they think isnt exactly like humans due to being different species and having different needs and such.
• Outside of the highly intelligent species, Pokemon cannot read or write, and even then, they must be taught how to do it fairly young, otherwise they wont be able to. The number of non-legendary Pokemon that can communicate telepathically can be counted on one hand. (I prefer a communication gap between Trainer and Pokemon; it makes the bond between species feel a bit more special). People don't turn into Pokemon here, and vice versa for Pokemon into people.
• High and top-level trainers can use a weak form of the bond phenomenon where they can communicate their intent to their Pokemon mid-battle. Super in-depth commands and move commands are almost impossible, but if a command to use a move is given, you can convey your intent on how you want that move to be performed. It cannot be used to force your Pokemon to do something; it's more of a vague feeling that you're passing onto your Pokemon, and it can only be used if your bond with your Pokemon is powerful and there's a very high level of trust. It's a very weak form of telepathy connected purely through their bond. This phenomenon is also linked to mega-evolution, as mega-evolution requires you to have this with your Pokemon. The intent communication is made slightly more evident when the Pokemon involved is mega-evolved, going from a vague feeling to do something to a faint suggestion in their head. In his prime, Red had the most advanced form of it (words were literally unnecessary), but most top trainers don’t rely on it due to the unreliable nature of making Pokemon rely on ‘having a feeling’. It's kind of like how you could anticipate what someone's you're really close to is going to say, just dialed up to 11.
• People and Pokemon don’t eat meat. Any meats seen are either incredibly similar artificial meats made from berries or have been naturally dropped by Pokemon. Eating Pokemon meats is illegal and morally despised in the majority of regions. Pokemon in the wild only eat berries that they gather or steal from other Pokemon, or they can get different foods from people if they live in towns or cities. Berries are magic; ignore contradictions (Pokedex entries, weird early Pokemon anime stuff) in lore; everything is sunshine and rainbows here. Keep in mind that Pokemon are sapient and have the intellect level of a high-functioning toddler, as well as most people having more than half a brain so they can see that Pokemon are very much capable of deep thought, complex emotions, empathy and a whole bunch of stuff.
• Most people aren't superhuman here; some do have psychic or aura abilities if they have the natural ability to do it, and some fighting gym leaders and elite four train enough that they're basically peak human strength, but almost everyone doesn't have any of that and would instead not take any Pokemon attacks for fear of their life.
• Pokemon have a similar lifespan to their trainer, too sad otherwise.
• Legendary Pokemon are powerful, but a well-trained team and their trainer can defeat them because they're together while a legendary Pokemon is alone; this is also why no wild Pokemon can even take on well-trained Pokemon.
• A Pokemon and a trainer's bond is a form of in-universe plot armour that can only be cancelled by another trainer and their Pokemon. The bond between trainer and Pokemon is the strongest force in the universe basically.
• Fighting a trainer is a test of the mind; fighting a legendary Pokemon is a test of the bond between a trainer and a Pokemon.
• Evolution items can be easy to find online, if a bit expensive.
• The timeline post-dpp (RBG and RSE happen at the same time, and GSC and DPP happen at the same time three years after) is similar to the real world, where all the events in their respective games happen around the same time they were released.
• All of the game protagonists exist, both male and female; Ash doesn't exist but is still an anime character (I will not let any of the weird anime stuff into this world; that timeline is way too much of a mess. Just ignore the likeness of the anime characters to real people; they look different enough because it's an anime art style). The specific roles and personalities of the protagonists depend on what they're like in Pokemon Master Ex, like whether they did the story/became champion (or if they only did e4 depends on whether their being champion is vital to their story, Gloria becoming champion is crucial because it finished Leon's character arc, Dawn becoming champion was not necessary so she only did e4)/were the rival or anything else, e.g. Serena did e4, Calem was the rival. Dawn did e4, and Lucas was prof Rowan's assistant. Hilbert beat Team Plasma and befriended N, Hilda battled e4, Etc…
• There are new champions in other regions as the old ones have been knocked down/retired; time has passed, but I won't say who the new champions are because I’d somewhat not deviate too far from canon.
• Pidgeys should be in Galar. The bird they're based on is common in the UK, so it makes sense. Thus, they're in Galar in this world.
• Galar and Hoenn starters are somewhat ‘rare’, as in they’re hard to find, but they are native to Galar and can be found.
• Most video games probably exist in this world, excluding Pokemon games; there are things resembling Pokemon games, but they are primarily just teaching tools for trainers. Pokemon Showdown also exists… or at least a different, official version of it. What if a game has a real animal in it? Uh… ignore it; it's a glitch in the matrix.
• Pokedex entries are generally accurate, but keep in mind that Pokemon are usually capable of controlling their own body functions with enough care, e.g. That trubbish in BW that stopped smelling like trash after feeling loved. A magcargo can control their outward body temperature, a gardevour can localise their black hole, etc…
• Arceus did create the world, but no one outside of Sinnoh really worships or treats him as God. They know he's an immensely powerful Pokemon, but that doesn't mean that they'll pray to him every Sunday. Like, some people in Unova treat Reshiram and Zekrom as deities as Ghetsis stated. I don't want to say that most people are atheist, but a lot of people probably don't want to worship a Pokemon. It'd make sense to have there be normal religions in the Pokemon World as well, it's not like the existence of a creator Pokemon would stop people from saying that an even stronger deity created the egg he came from. But I'm not entirely sure if I want actual religion in the Pokemon world, just treat it like Shrodinger’s cat and act like it both exists and doesn't depending on your religious beliefs. There's likely Shintō and Buddism since a lot of ways things work in the Pokemon world come from those beliefs, but since it's not actually stated in the games, treat it like how I said.