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Well, it's been forever since I visited this place, but here. Have a doodle (and a boatload of text)!

My nostalgic Pokémon fandom journey continues. I remembered recently a group of OCs I made back in 1998-9 shortly after seeing ‘Pokémon: The First Movie’ and decided to revisit them, so spent yesterday evening doodling them. The first being Aliana Fletcher. I remember her look (her hairstyle anyway) was inspired by the character Kara from the movie ‘Dragonheart’. I remember I made her a psychic (though not a powerful one), and a Pokémon researcher whose biggest dream would be to study the legendary Mew. I recall in the old fic I had planned, she and her friends (Lucinda and Rhys) run afoul of Team Rocket and end up teaming up with Mewtwo (because he’s always been my favourite, so of course he would feature in any Pokémon fic I would have written).

I also found the old character profile I’d made for her (and the other two characters as well) Yes, she’s probably a bit ‘Mary-Sue-ish’ but I don’t care, I am cringe but I am free! …

… I had edited it all a little in subsequent years to take into account different things that had happened in the canon anime series. Originally, the story was going to be set around the events of the first movie, an AU where Mewtwo actually succeeded in world domination and what became of humans and Pokémon after that, with Aliana and her friends as the central protagonists.

I then changed that idea to a ‘what if’ scenario of ‘What if, while Mewtwo was being trained by Giovanni (before he decided to go it alone) and the events of the first movie took place, he comes into contact with Aliana and her friends at Giovanni’s base and they help him realise that Giovanni is not to be trusted, but that not all humans are terrible.’

The final change to the story idea came after ‘Mewtwo Returns’ was released, and I had another ‘what if’ idea. What if Ash and the others hadn’t been around, or had made it to the bus on time and Mewtwo and his clones had ended up captured by Giovanni after all? This idea involved Aliana and her friends actually being (disillusioned) members of Team Rocket, and when they discover how badly Giovanni is treating the Pokémon, they decide to stage a heist to free Mewtwo and his cloned Pokémon friends. It’s never actually been written, but I loved the characters I’d made for it as a kid and teen, and still have a soft spot for them now.

Aliana’s profile:
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Aliana Fletcher

Nicknames: Ali, Ana, Li

Birthday: 22nd April (she was originally going to be about 16-18, but as time went on, I decided that she and her friends should probably be in their twenties).

Height: 5'8" (173cm)

Weight: 122 lbs. (55 kg)

Eyes: Lilac/blue

Hair: Copper in colour, to mid back in length, and naturally curly

Skin Tone: Pale

History:

Aliana was born in Greenfield. When she was just under a year old her parents and she moved to a small village located near the ocean in Kanto. The move was so that her father could commute more easily to his new job with a company based in Viridian City. Her mother continued her work as an artist and freelance Pokémon researcher, often sharing her findings with the likes of Professor Oak of Pallet Town, and occasionally with her husband’s employers in Viridian.

At a young age it became apparent that Aliana was good with Pokémon and could often guess their needs from an emotional standpoint. Pokémon that were injured or in trouble would instinctively seek her out and Aliana spent many an hour looking after waifs and strays as a youngster. As such, her father suggested she would someday make a good Pokémon trainer or an assistant in a Pokémon Centre.

Aliana had never liked the idea of becoming a Pokémon trainer however, preferring to observe and study Pokémon like her mother, rather than catch them and battle them.

The reason that Pokémon seemed drawn to Aliana became evident when she was found to have some psychic abilities at seven years old. This trait was passed down to her via her maternal grandfather. When she was aged ten her parents decided it would be a good idea for Aliana to visit her grandfather so that he could help hone and control her abilities. He was also an adept healer and knew several different arts that Aliana’s parents felt may be useful or enjoyable for their daughter to learn.

Having no goals in the way of Pokémon training, Aliana eagerly agreed and moved away to Ecruteak City to stay with her grandfather at his shrine.

Aliana enjoyed her time there. Learning archery, how to better harness her psychic powers, heal Pokémon more efficiently, and was also taught self-defence by a friend of her grandfather who ran the local dojo. In her spare time Aliana helped with shrine chores and read her mother’s old notes on Pokémon research. She became fascinated with several theories pertaining to Pokémon species, especially ghost and psychic types, and added to these notes herself after extensive observations of the native Pokémon.

At the age of eighteen she was approached by a company who wished for her to join their research team. Apparently they had heard of her promising theorems and enthusiastic attitude and offered her a comfortable job in scientific Pokémon research. Aliana was keen to follow in her mother’s footsteps and so readily joined them. However, this proved to be a big mistake on Aliana’s part. The company was a front for none other than Team Rocket. Once Aliana had joined there was no way of safely leaving the criminal organisation. And once management heard of her compassion toward test subjects and her unwillingness to harm them for science, they demoted her.

Aliana made friends in the nefarious organisation over the years, but would like nothing better than to leave. The opportunity for this arrives one morning when her friend Lucinda tells her of a recently re-captured experiment that Giovanni is having trouble getting to co-operate…

Special Skills: Aliana is a good healer and researcher of Pokémon. She also knows a good amount of self-defence and has begun learning some parkour from her friend Rhys. Aliana’s psychic abilities aren’t particularly powerful. She can read auras with some concentration, has some limited telekinetic ability, and can at times have precognitive dreams. The honing of her psychic skills were aided first by her grandfather, and now slightly reluctantly, by Mewtwo.

Weaponry/Special Items: Competent use of the longbow. Aliana owns a necklace with an amethyst gem. She was given it by her grandfather on her sixteenth birthday. She often fiddles with the gem when nervous or thinking. Mewtwo later imbues some of his own power into the necklace so Aliana can use it as an amplifier for her own limited powers. As the necklace contains a little of his own power, Mewtwo can use the necklace as a psychic link or even as a tracking device of sorts, as a means to find Aliana and her friends. Whether Aliana is aware of this or not is unclear.

Friends: Lucinda Roberts, Rhys Sanderson, Mewtwo, the cloned Pokémon Mewtwo created, Jessie, James, and Meowth.

Little known fact(s): Aliana is extremely scared of enclosed spaces.

Pokémon: None. Though Pokémon are often drawn to her and generally friendly with her.

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Well, it's been forever since I visited this place, but here. Have a doodle (and a boatload of text)!

My nostalgic Pokémon fandom journey continues. I remembered recently a group of OCs I made back in 1998-9 shortly after seeing ‘Pokémon: The First Movie’ and decided to revisit them, so spent yesterday evening doodling them. The first being Aliana Fletcher. I remember her look (her hairstyle anyway) was inspired by the character Kara from the movie ‘Dragonheart’. I remember I made her a psychic (though not a powerful one), and a Pokémon researcher whose biggest dream would be to study the legendary Mew. I recall in the old fic I had planned, she and her friends (Lucinda and Rhys) run afoul of Team Rocket and end up teaming up with Mewtwo (because he’s always been my favourite, so of course he would feature in any Pokémon fic I would have written).

I also found the old character profile I’d made for her (and the other two characters as well) Yes, she’s probably a bit ‘Mary-Sue-ish’ but I don’t care, I am cringe but I am free! …

… I had edited it all a little in subsequent years to take into account different things that had happened in the canon anime series. Originally, the story was going to be set around the events of the first movie, an AU where Mewtwo actually succeeded in world domination and what became of humans and Pokémon after that, with Aliana and her friends as the central protagonists.

I then changed that idea to a ‘what if’ scenario of ‘What if, while Mewtwo was being trained by Giovanni (before he decided to go it alone) and the events of the first movie took place, he comes into contact with Aliana and her friends at Giovanni’s base and they help him realise that Giovanni is not to be trusted, but that not all humans are terrible.’

The final change to the story idea came after ‘Mewtwo Returns’ was released, and I had another ‘what if’ idea. What if Ash and the others hadn’t been around, or had made it to the bus on time and Mewtwo and his clones had ended up captured by Giovanni after all? This idea involved Aliana and her friends actually being (disillusioned) members of Team Rocket, and when they discover how badly Giovanni is treating the Pokémon, they decide to stage a heist to free Mewtwo and his cloned Pokémon friends. It’s never actually been written, but I loved the characters I’d made for it as a kid and teen, and still have a soft spot for them now.

Aliana’s profile:
-
Aliana Fletcher

Nicknames: Ali, Ana, Li

Birthday: 22nd April (she was originally going to be about 16-18, but as time went on, I decided that she and her friends should probably be in their twenties).

Height: 5'8" (173cm)

Weight: 122 lbs. (55 kg)

Eyes: Lilac/blue

Hair: Copper in colour, to mid back in length, and naturally curly

Skin Tone: Pale

History:

Aliana was born in Greenfield. When she was just under a year old her parents and she moved to a small village located near the ocean in Kanto. The move was so that her father could commute more easily to his new job with a company based in Viridian City. Her mother continued her work as an artist and freelance Pokémon researcher, often sharing her findings with the likes of Professor Oak of Pallet Town, and occasionally with her husband’s employers in Viridian.

At a young age it became apparent that Aliana was good with Pokémon and could often guess their needs from an emotional standpoint. Pokémon that were injured or in trouble would instinctively seek her out and Aliana spent many an hour looking after waifs and strays as a youngster. As such, her father suggested she would someday make a good Pokémon trainer or an assistant in a Pokémon Centre.

Aliana had never liked the idea of becoming a Pokémon trainer however, preferring to observe and study Pokémon like her mother, rather than catch them and battle them.

The reason that Pokémon seemed drawn to Aliana became evident when she was found to have some psychic abilities at seven years old. This trait was passed down to her via her maternal grandfather. When she was aged ten her parents decided it would be a good idea for Aliana to visit her grandfather so that he could help hone and control her abilities. He was also an adept healer and knew several different arts that Aliana’s parents felt may be useful or enjoyable for their daughter to learn.

Having no goals in the way of Pokémon training, Aliana eagerly agreed and moved away to Ecruteak City to stay with her grandfather at his shrine.

Aliana enjoyed her time there. Learning archery, how to better harness her psychic powers, heal Pokémon more efficiently, and was also taught self-defence by a friend of her grandfather who ran the local dojo. In her spare time Aliana helped with shrine chores and read her mother’s old notes on Pokémon research. She became fascinated with several theories pertaining to Pokémon species, especially ghost and psychic types, and added to these notes herself after extensive observations of the native Pokémon.

At the age of eighteen she was approached by a company who wished for her to join their research team. Apparently they had heard of her promising theorems and enthusiastic attitude and offered her a comfortable job in scientific Pokémon research. Aliana was keen to follow in her mother’s footsteps and so readily joined them. However, this proved to be a big mistake on Aliana’s part. The company was a front for none other than Team Rocket. Once Aliana had joined there was no way of safely leaving the criminal organisation. And once management heard of her compassion toward test subjects and her unwillingness to harm them for science, they demoted her.

Aliana made friends in the nefarious organisation over the years, but would like nothing better than to leave. The opportunity for this arrives one morning when her friend Lucinda tells her of a recently re-captured experiment that Giovanni is having trouble getting to co-operate…

Special Skills: Aliana is a good healer and researcher of Pokémon. She also knows a good amount of self-defence and has begun learning some parkour from her friend Rhys. Aliana’s psychic abilities aren’t particularly powerful. She can read auras with some concentration, has some limited telekinetic ability, and can at times have precognitive dreams. The honing of her psychic skills were aided first by her grandfather, and now slightly reluctantly, by Mewtwo.

Weaponry/Special Items: Competent use of the longbow. Aliana owns a necklace with an amethyst gem. She was given it by her grandfather on her sixteenth birthday. She often fiddles with the gem when nervous or thinking. Mewtwo later imbues some of his own power into the necklace so Aliana can use it as an amplifier for her own limited powers. As the necklace contains a little of his own power, Mewtwo can use the necklace as a psychic link or even as a tracking device of sorts, as a means to find Aliana and her friends. Whether Aliana is aware of this or not is unclear.

Friends: Lucinda Roberts, Rhys Sanderson, Mewtwo, the cloned Pokémon Mewtwo created, Jessie, James, and Meowth.

Little known fact(s): Aliana is extremely scared of enclosed spaces.

Pokémon: None. Though Pokémon are often drawn to her and generally friendly with her.