I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned this yet but I NEEDED TO TELL SOMEONE.

I have listened to the Dwayne rush remix of superpower more than the original xikers song purely because of how much I loved the remix’s instrumental.

So when Ateez dropped the previews for gh5, my first thought of fallin was oh wow kq’s just produced another song with the exact same foundations. Which I love btw, I think they paired Ateez’s vocals really well with the instrumental in fallin too, and it is definitely my favourite off the album.

Just has anyone else noticed this? Listen to both of the songs, they share a LOT of the same samples(?) I’ve tried bringing it up with online friends before but I don’t have any that know or care about both ateez and xikers deeply. 😭

(Not hating btw, I’m over the moon that I now have two songs with one of my favourite instrumentals in kpop)

(I also don’t know what flair fits this so appreciation ig?)

So I got bored and decided trying to work out a xikers Pokémon AU was a good idea.

Naturally, this meant me scrolling the Pokédex site to build a full team of 6 for each of the 10 members. ...yes, I lack a life.

Rule #1: They're just normal guys in the Pokémon universe. No legendaries, mythicals, or other super-rare Pokémon that aren't obtainable through standard means.

When it came to how powerful I wanted their teams to be, I wanted it to be similar to the teams NPCs such as Gym Leaders run in the main-line games. Not designed for competitive, carrying a few powerful Pokémon but also a few "mid" Pokémon that are not objectively the strongest. Vibes/lore > competitive meta.

Similarly, I also decided to build type-specialized themes. Partially also just to narrow things down a little bit and make this slightly more do-able.

Rule #2: 5 Pokémon that share one type, 1 "counter" that doesn't. Monotype teams are known for being infamously predictable, but xikers' lore is all about them being tricksters, so there's one surprise Pokémon that doesn't fit the type specialist theme.

General lore for the AU, xikers run a haunted house battle gauntlet, kind of like the Battle Chateau, but it's spooky and challengers will get jumped Lumiose Battle Zone style. The house is full of secret passageways and stuff but it's still a building with narrow corridors and limited space, so they can't have too many giant Pokémon.

Now, everything from here on is my "first draft". I filled out all of the teams, but you guys give suggestions for how to make these better.

Minjae: ghost team. Mismagius, Sableye, Mimikyu, Banette, Falinks, Cerulege

something about Falinks' army/team motif fits him being the leader. And Cerulege is like the perfect Pokémon for xikers' concept as it's a Fire/Ghost type with a blue fire motif.

Junmin: fire team. Armarouge, Arcanine, Ninetails, Leafeon, Chandelure, Flareon

Armarouge being the opposite branch evolution to Cerulege, Chandelure fits the haunted house setting, 2 Eeveelutions because Junmin loves Eevee. Him being the fire specialist is kinda not negotiable since he's confirmed in an interview that Flareon is his favourite Eeveelution, so I made it his ace.

Sumin: dragon team. Kommo-o, Hydrapple, Dragapult, Haxorus, Grafaiai, Noivern

Kommo-o and Noivern are associated with sound, Hydrapple is food-themed and Sumin is one of xikers' team cooks, Grafaiai because he's the artist member.

Jinsik: psychic team. Chimecho, Espeon, Indeedee, Liepard, Gallade, Meowstic

Chimecho is associated with sound, Espeon, Indeedee, Liepard, and Meowstic are all varying degrees of "cat". Also Liepard is a cat that robs people, which is perfectly fitting to anyone who's watched Chase, Snatch, Steal.

Hyunwoo: dark team. Obstagoon, Zoroark, Umbreon, Absol, Drifblim, Thievul

Obstagoon is associated with rockstars, Zoroark and Thievul are foxes, Zoroark is also an illusions-based trickster.

Junghoon: steel team. Corviknight, Perrserker, Scizor, Aegislash, Vaporeon, Metagross

Perrserker is a cat, his ssaknimals mascot is a cat (for some reason). But also... it's really hard to build a steel team that's mostly humanoid-sized or smaller Pokémon capable of fitting in the haunted house's corridors.

Seeun: poison team. Gengar, Crobat, Roserade, Toxitricity, Alolan Raticate, Nidoking

Gengar has the troll/prankster vibes, Roserade fits the haunted house setting, Toxitricity is music-themed, Raticate and Nidoking are rats, and bats are flying rats if you stretch your imagination enough.

Yujun: fairy team. Alcremie, Sylveon, Mawile, Claydol, Tinkaton, Dachsbun

Dachsbun has to be the perfect ace Pokémon for him as it's a cute food-themed dog. Alcremie is also food-themed, and Yujun's known as the group's resident snack hoarder/foodie. Mawile and Tinkaton are classic "cute but also a menace" Pokémon. I also think him being the fairy type specialist is relatively not negotiable because he's the fake maknae whose constantly seen as the cutesy one despite also being a chaotic prankster/menace in his own right, and... come on he's like the IRL representation of Baby Doll Eyes.

Hunter: rock team. Barbaracle, Carbink, Sudowoodo, Scovillain, Tyranitar, Lycanroc

Just based on vibes I want his ace to be Dusk Form Lycanroc. It's also conveniently a wolf. Scovillain is food-themed and Hunter's the other team cook aside from Sumin. Tyranitar is inspired by Godzilla and one of Hunter's dogs is named Godzilla.

Yechan: electric team. Jolteon, Morpeko, Voltorb, Vikavolt, Weavile, Luxray

Luxray and Weavile are cats/cat-like. Morpeko is cute but also an energetic chaos-causer.

Why are there so many Eeveelutions? I think it's funny from a "lore" standpoint that the haunted house happens to be on top of a wild Eevee colony so Junmin's just adopted a slightly ridiculous amount of Eevees and now they have a lot of Eeveelutions out of convenience.

Putting this out into the void now, hope someone cares.

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