marcel + dominic

hey kay! i'm super overdue posting here, but i've always admired marcel and your posts from afar but couldn't justify getting in touch bc i've been slacking so hard. HOWEVER, i'm here now. let's plot / thread <3

in summary, dominic is old-school, kanto rocket. he was underboss when rocket needed someone to really enforce orders and he helped them expand into hoenn (and then promptly stabbed the previous boss in the back). in short... honestly? i'm not trying to be cute when i say that he really is not a great guy. think of a wild dog that you can temporarily throw food at but probably shouldn't pet.

i personally prefer established relationships because i think they're much more interesting to thread out, and i think it can be quite organic to do so with these two!

so my proposals are basically... maybe old coworkers? idk how involved marcel was in kanto bc dominic hadn't left the region until hoenn, but perhaps they've collaborated before there! alternatively, dominic generally side-eyes people who don't complete their objectives properly (yes, it's hypocritical) so any displays of... mercy or anything like that that he becomes aware of will bring some scorn. having said that! dominic also played a role in the change of leadership, so if marcel is aware of that, that may flavour their interactions too?!

i'm just "thinking aloud", but please feel free to suggest something else entirely!! my dms are open if you prefer that method too!!

marcel + dominic sinclair

super down for all this!! though i never decided on much on the details marcel did play some part in the kanto takeover. this would have been quite soon after the death of marcel's wife (maybe the mission he messed up was to do with kanto?) so their first meeting would have certainly been...interesting lol. when his grief was fresh i feel marcel was a lot more openly resentful of his bosses, a part of him not caring about what would happen to him. still, his standard of work was near impeccable so idk he probably pissed some people off but his hatred only came out in his words and i feel like his bosses couldn't give a shit about his emotional outbursts so long as he was performing asjdnkak.

ofc dominic might have reacted differently, maybe he threw all that hate back at him and fed 'me vs them' mentality marcel was starting to latch onto. either way he was def the villain in marcel's eyes, and his ruthlessness 100% backed up that moral superiority he was working to justify. eventually though marcel lost the will to fight (if he could have really called it that) and learned to just keep his head down and work. maybe after working together in kanto there was some stretch of time before they ran into each other again--i think it'd be neat for dominic to see that evolution from an angry, grieving man to a pretty much perfect (if somewhat weary and hella cynical) employee. i feel like any work they might have done together in that period would have had marcel coming off as a kinda dull, soft-hearted man. his empathy may have gotten in the way of some missions but not to the point of compromising them--if there's a kinder alternative that would be preferable. idk how willing he would have been to voice those thoughts around dominic but nonetheless it would have been something he probably would have picked up on through his body language or whatever. tbh marcel normally toughens up on the field but i feel like dominic's presence would have done smth to counteract that since he def generated some underlying fear from marcel cause...well it's dominic man.

fast forward to new rocket and marcel's position as admin def seems ironic. for someone who despised the organisation so much, though not openly (save that brief period in kanto) and took the opportunity to desert ship when it came for him to come back seems v hypocritical tho idk what dominic would have made of that. marcel, once again, has undergone some changes but ultimately he's still the same deep down. i'm not too sure on what their current dynamic would look like so i'd love to see what u think! replied in my plotter since my initial thoughts always end up being a big ol' wall of text (god this came out so much longer than intended...) but if u wanna carry on thru dms that works for me!

marcel maeda

Howdy. Oscar's on the prowl for jolly cooperation, 'cause you can never have enough friends in this line of work. I feel like he'd get along well with a fellow Kanto original, especially since they're both the mellow type. I bet they can get up to all sorts of casual (or criminal) high-jinks. It's a loose concept but if you're interested in giving this burglar a friend let me know!

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Katherine Fairburne & marcel maeda

omg yes yes yes pls. this sounds so fun.
i could also really use a good explanation as to why she keeps netting all those new jobs despite being so annoying and rude towards co-workers. totally just marcel promising that he has someone who can help with work and then she ends up leaving a week later. askjfks. i love it. she could also always more mentors to help her mellow out how dumb & reckless she can be. (e.g: her just smashing stuff and attacking everything in littleroot as long as she thinks it helps).

it sounds super fun and she def has a lot of room to grow & learn from others so i'm excited for where it can go!