Oh how I miss him.
>>59024377in theory the sm appearance was cool and in practice it RUINED EVERYTHING
>>59024377How do you want him to reappear? As the male protagonist in a game, as a final boss, as an opponent in a tournament, or what?
>>59024377>>59025639As the protagonist in a Legends game, my idea: he got separated from his original Team from HGSS, and now they are like Alpha Pokemon bosses that are bringing havoc, so he has to caught them again: Gmax PikachuMega Charizard XGmax SnorlaxMega VenusaurGmax LaprasMega Blastoiseall as bosses, it would feel like a more personal goal
>>59024377Fanart Red has never left us
>>59025731I'd say edgelord pixiv Red is pretty much dead.
>>59025818>edgelord pixiv Redwhat this mean?
>>59026858Pixiv Red is a fan interpretation that was popular to draw before XY was released.
>>59027407Pixiv Red is actually similar to SM Red in terms of personality but is differentiated from the other versions of Red because of his somber aura and crimson eyes.
>>59027418And his hair is never drawn spiky for some reason unlike every other version of Red
>>59027472Because he's based on popular male character trends of the time. Pokemon was always mainstream but in the period from gen 3 to gen 5 the fan base had a more otaku vibe than it does now.
>>59024377>>59027472>>59028004if GF really wanted Red to look different to Ash for some reason, i would have rather him to look similar to pixiv Red instead of just give him brown hair
>>59027407Anyone know what prompted this artistic take? Was it just one artist that started drawing Red this way, and it caught on? Or was it just because of this? >>59028004
>>59029425Probably Red on Mt Silver in gen 2.
>>59029425>popular trend like that anon said>his stoic face on his GSC sprite>"...">he takes Pokemon seriously unlike that loser Ashmost likely a combination of all of these
>>59024377Redgy was always just a funny thing but I miss OG/96 Red. His redesign for FRLG missed all the nuances of what little character he had.
>>59030425>>59030524So why did artists stop drawing him this way. Was it because of his updated appearance in Gen 7?
>>59031339That and Pokemon Origins giving Red a defined personality that was more expressive while still being distinct from Ash
>>59031339The trend had started dying down by then, and yea his gen 7 appearance gave people more to work with.
>>59031339>>59031370Pixiv is way less popular than it was in the past and SM Red also took his place and has the same type of fanart.
>>59024377Pixiv Red reminds me a lot to Toshiyuki Karasawa from Danshi koukousei no nichijou aaand the prince of tenis
>>59024407Why? I thought it was neat.
>>59035544
I think I kinda prefer him without the cap ngl
>>59024377I'm currently playing a semi-canonical Red in FireRed. Since it's difficult to get all three starters, I'm basing it primarily on his team in Let's Go! Pikachu/Eevee, starting with Bulbasaur.I may have fudged it early on while I caught other Pokemon, but now I've finally built up the proper team.>Venusaur>Pikachu>Machamp>Arcanine>Lapras>SnorlaxGrowlithe and Machoke haven't yet evolved, I need someone to trade with and I'm waiting to learn Flamethrower naturally, but that's the plan for the League.
>>59041899>Canonical teamTo which canon?
I hate pixiv Red. He looks like some demonic emo edgelord and I'll take fucking Ash over him any day.
>>59025694Why wouldn't they recognize him though and just rejoin him?
>>59045746Just lets say they got brainwashed or mind controlled
>>59027500It's a small thing, but I dislike that FRLG Red has brown hair.
man fuck it, society began to crumble once we started dropping edgy for wholesome chungus
liko better
>>59047036At sucking his dick
There's nothing wrong with emos or edge
>>59045502DADDY KYAAAAAAAA~ *faints*
I had so much art of edgy Red on my old pc.
>>59042657nice
>>59052865He's so cool!
MissingNo is pretty damn creepy. I'd probably do the same.
Wasn't the red from LGPE design wise more like pixiv red instead of FRLG/Sun & Moon red?Also I barely knew that the edgy pics of the 2000s and early 2010s that I've seen of red were based on a Pixiv take. He moggs. Timeless design desu
Mastersex and its unceasing dicksucking of Red at the expensive of everyone else made me despise Red. The modern interpretation of him anyway. And autists like you know who have not helped with it.It's truly regretful. I wish we could go back to when his treatment was much more lowkey rather than this shoving down our throats.
He's the OG though. It's to be expected that he'd be put on a pedestal. Blue gets elevated above all other rivals, too, because like Red, he came before everyone else. Not saying I necessarily agree with it, but I understand it.
>>59054334Everyone knows the "why". Doesn't magically not make it not be shit.And again, it was cool when it was lowkey. There's degrees to things.>Blue gets elevated above all other rivals, tooBarely. Which is why no one has an issue with Blue. And considering how Blue's fated and doomed to always play second fiddle to Red and always forever be a failure to keep propping him up the other rivals are the lucky ones rather than him.
>>59052865Aww...
>>59054362Poor Blue will forever be known as the guy who was Champion for like half an hour.
Pixiv Red is just a fun interpretation, desu. The idea that the plucky young kid you played as in gen 1 grew into a cool and handsome (in the Japanese sense, not a western one) teen boy in the intervening years between gens 1 and 2, or maybe some indefinite fanfiction timeskip after that, is naturally attractive. It's not surprising that official media eventually went in a slightly different direction with depicting Red in his inevitable further canon appearances, but the image of finding him atop a remote mountain in GSC and him wordlessly initiating a battle with the new player kid is a powerful image that understandably fueled fanart for years.
>>59056989Now that you post it plainly like this, isn't he basically Demi Fiend in Pokemon cosplay?
>>59056998There could be a number of different things you mean by that. Demifiend is another kinda cool-looking urban teen boy that becomes increasingly empowered both during his game of origin and in the mythos built by the fans and the official canon of his franchise over the years, but the inspirations that the characters are building off of are different and Demifiend is definitely built to look like coolest motherfucker from the get-go with the ridiculous abilities he gets access to during the game and the general concept of him being a fusion of man and demonic power. Compare and contrast other older MegaTen protagonists who remain wholly human with human abilities (technological and martial equipment + human intelligence) during their games, while Demifiend spends his game running around a Tokyo blasted by a premature apocalypse, shirtless and tattooed with demonic sigils, trying to figure things out and getting tempted by every dumbass still out there into being their errand boy and supporting their vision for the world (or its destruction if you want to be Lucifer's bitch boy).
>>59031530barafags have RUINED my faps FOREVER
>>59045746High amounts of energy from source he found while exploring could cause his Pokemon to enter berserked Gmax and rogue mega evolution states where they lose all control
>>59057081Writing another post because I have further thoughts about this, but I think it's also worth considering the contexts these characters inhabit. SMT stories often deal with fears of the apocalypse (the real world kind of fear of the 20th century being nuclear war, obviously, which gets very literal representation in SMT alongside the more fanciful supernatural kind). The vibe of the games is the heroes dealing with massive life-derailing events outside of their own control and finding some sort of resolution at the end of it all through their choices. I feel SMT3 really is kind of pulling in two directions with how the protagonist is unwillingly converted into a half-demon who is further disqualified from doing anything that matters in the eyes of the divine unlike actual humans, but also presenting him as a badass power fantasy who everyone wants on their side (which is why it makes sense that the extra ending added in the rerelease where you help Lucifer rebel against the Great Will is often seen as the canon one, saying "fuck you" to the representative of God is pretty cool even if you're still working for one of the agents of the current order of law vs. chaos).Pokemon stories are built on the appeal of the call of adventure, of seeing the world and learning about it, both through studying it (the Pokemon) and meeting other people who tell you about things you did not know, who challenge you and your views or support you, of mastering your environment. Becoming the literal Pokemon Master. Post-RGBY Red is cool for embodying that mastery. IRL, people have differing ideas of how said mastery would manifest in their habitus, which leads to different interpretations of Red as a character, working off the semi-blank slate of the gen 1 PC.
>>59057123There is indeed quite of few lewds out there that give Red and Blue muscles on top of muscles, haha.
>>59041074same
>>59059777Nice!
>>59054120>Wasn't the red from LGPE design wise more like pixiv red instead of FRLG/Sun & Moon redBecause both pixiv Red and LGPE Red are based closer on the original gen 1 design than FRLG is. >>59054193At least they let Red lose occasionally without any excuses. Cynthia also gets unceasing dicksucking but unlike all the other strong trainers she always gets written a convenient excuse as to why she lost. Though Cynthia actually adds something to the stories she gets put in because she has a character and dialogue. Red just comes off as a huge autist with his constant "..." and 1 sentence per story.
imagine Red communicating through floriography
>>59027407hot...
>>59063816cute
>>59027407One on the left needs his cock sucked
>>59041899You could have done the Pomeg glitching recently cracked for gen 3 to be able to catch the three startersAlternatively, go with his team from Adventures, though Espeon is unobtainable unless you do glitching like mentioned above
>Minato RedP3 was a mistake.
>>59065629Soul.
Fuck Liko and Roy, we should have a reboot with a more spicy and shonen like tone that starts with Red as the protagonist again and then the other male heroes as the MCs in the next seasons
>>59068522I wish. I'd watch the hell out of that.
>>59066408aww cute
>>59068522>Fuck LikoI would.>and Roy,Gay.>we should have a reboot with a more spicy and shonen like tone that starts with Red as the protagonist again and then the other male heroes as the MCs in the next seasonsMore gay.
>>59024377Why do autists love red so much?
Red was always taller than Green.
>>59071105Green always seemed taller to me
I remember when I first got into the Pokemon games around 2014, I would just scroll google images on my school chromebook or 3DS browser looking at fanart, and (Pixiv) Red was this legendary elusive character. So these pics all hold a lot of nostalgia for me.
>>59072220Look at Red's posture, he's slouching a little.
>>59024407Red is as immortal as any Pokemon so he was subjected to the NEED TO ADD FRAW shit they do to Pokemon but not to humans.
>>59024377they put game boy red in Pokemon Masters. it's kino.
some pats in the back for his best bro and rival who got banned from a sloppa thread after spamming epix trolling
>>59068522Pokemon adventures adaptation?
>>59075931Cute!
>>59076933holy fucking peak
>>59081297he's mostly based off of this piece of art, but I think he's also based off of a different piece of art too? He doesn't talk either unlike the main Red in Masters.
>>59057123>Anon discovers aging
>>59081135cool art
Do (you) like to pair Red with anyone?
>>59024377OG Red > Pixiv Red > Adventures Red > LGPE Red > FRLG Red > Masters Red > USM RedThanks for the edgy Red dump brothers
>>59041074He's got that Initial D Takumi Fujiwara vibe without the hat
>>59057123no one even draws red as a bara (good, because bara is shit)at worst they just make him slightly toned
>>59089411https://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=red_%28pokemon%29+abs&pid=0Some of this art does make him look quite buff. Word of warning though, some of the art is NSFW.
Why did I think Red was the coolest guy ever when I was 13?
>>59070080He's literally me
Canon pairing btw
I didn't think this thread would last so long when I made it.
>>59024377You can still meet him in the Saborcord, just say anything about Leaf and you will summon him
>>59024377I thought Pixiv Red was all but dead at this point.
I shall breathe life into this thread
>>59093639beautiful and nostalgic
>>59076933His legs look a little too stretched out to me
>>59093639>...and then they fucked.
>>59096066Yeah I think this is the other piece that >>59076933 was based off of.
>>59024377>t. Leaf/Green
>>59096066cozy...
>>59081554Oh, he talks, though only for one line: "I better go, too!"
>>59024377>>59045667>>59046552>>59049757>>59030524Was Red ever meant to be an edgy stoic guy during the franchise's debut. On one hand>Guy on SS Anne calls him the strong silent type>How sprite has a stoic expression.On the other hand>Most of his non game depictions (Adventures Red, Origins Red, Ash to an extent) depict him as a stock shonen protag
>>59104052Probably not. A lot of Sugimori's Red art depicts him being happy or having fun as the whole reason Red becomes champion is that he loves his Pokemon and has fun being a trainer. I personally think the SS Anne line was purely poking fun that he doesn't have dialogue and not that he literally doesn't speak, which that kind of jab at silent protagonists isn't unusual in RPGs.
>>59103986He says that in red/blue too
>>59024377I miss his superior counterpart
>>59109701He was around for a quarter of a century anon, how could you not have had your fill by then...
This thread is still up?
>>59087018I need more Rocket Red in my life.
Next time we meet Red, what do you think he' and his faithful partner Blue Pikachu be up to?
>>59031530Not the guy you're replying to but it was less Red's inclusion in SM and more Mina's inclusion in LGPE where things get confusing. As we know from Gen 7's lore, you can be a Trial Captain up until age 20. After that point you lose eligibility, meaning that Mina is at maximum 19 in SM/USUM. Her appearance in LGPE is that of a younger kid, but according to Bulbapedia, she's anywhere from 13 to 15 in that game, meaning at most 6 years passed and at least 4 years. That's assuming she's as old as a Trial Captain can be in her SM/USUM appearances. Red on the other hand looks exactly like he does in RBY, as does Blue. In those games they were both 11 years old, so at maximum, using Mina's age difference between games as the metric here, Red should only be 17 in Sun and Moon assuming Mina is the oldest a trial captain can be in SM and the youngest of her possible age range in LGPE, Mina could realistically be 16 in SM and 15 in LGPE making Red 12 at the youngest in SM just by looking at Mina's age which would make him younger than he is in GSC (14). Red and Blue though are very clearly grown adults in those games though, likely being in their early 30s if you just add 20 to their ages from RBY since SM was the 20th anniversary game. LGPE was just a super poorly thought out slop game that kinda ruined the timeline
>>59109701He's got enough paraphernalia on him.
>>59119501Idk I'm still seeing some bare skin, anon... so maybe it's not?
Eh, let's not die yet
>>59124228>huh, cool image, wonder who made it>immediately remember Google made reverse image searching gay ("Google Lens" instead of "search using image")>results are a bunch of facebook and instagram reposts, no useful way to sort anythingI'm sad now.
>>59124592Yeah I hate how google shit the bed with image searches.
>>59125301That's some watercolor kino right there.
I like Red's team, both in GSC and HGSS (mainly his GSC team), but I've always wondered how would his team look like in the other regions, he would probably have all three starters but I could never settle on what other pokémon he would use
>>59125734True that. I wish GF would revisit that style for an anniversary, or something. Even better, craft a game around this visual style. It would a helluva lot more distinctive and pretty than what we've been getting over and over again.
>>59126086That would be so cool.
