{"id":95158,"date":"2022-10-12T20:35:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T20:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lets-predict-how-pokemons-new-vtuber-gym-leader-gets-canceled\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T20:35:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T20:35:11","slug":"lets-predict-how-pokemons-new-vtuber-gym-leader-gets-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lets-predict-how-pokemons-new-vtuber-gym-leader-gets-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Predict How Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s New VTuber Gym Leader Gets Canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"2842\" data-height=\"1552\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Gym leader Iono grins while wearing an oversized yellow jacket.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:2842px\" data-alt=\"Gym leader Iono grins while wearing an oversized yellow jacket.\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:54.6%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img alt=\"Gym leader Iono grins while wearing an oversized yellow jacket.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;800px&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Gym leader Iono grins while wearing an oversized yellow jacket.\"  data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM no-caption\">screenshot<!-- -->: <!-- -->The Pok\u00e9mon Company \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/3055c09cf52f98c84e5acbf46ee4d213\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"2842\" data-height=\"1552\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Gym leader Iono grins while wearing an oversized yellow jacket.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\"><em>Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet <\/em>and<em> violet<\/em> introduced <span>a new gym leader<\/span> today.  Her name is Iono, she&#8217;s the electric-specializing leader of Levincia.  But even more central to her identity, according to a translation of her dialogue in a trailer released this morning, is being a \u201cstreamer and influencer bringin &#8216;dreams to the masses!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-U9HAaHc3wnc&amp;start=0\" data-chomp-id=\"U9HAaHc3wnc\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/U9HAaHc3wnc\" id=\"youtube-U9HAaHc3wnc\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"U9HAaHc3wnc\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/U9HAaHc3wnc\" id=\"youtube-U9HAaHc3wnc\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Woohoo!  Though many <em>Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>trainers exist in different degrees of celebrity\u2014Elesa <span>is a model<\/span>Opal acts as <span>a sage mentor<\/span>Brock could be a <span><em>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/em><\/span>  guest star if he needed the per diem\u2014there hasn&#8217;t been, to my knowledge, a trainer whose influencing outshone their Pok\u00e9mon-related activity.  Iono, with <span>every Ariana Grande sweater <\/span>and remarkably raccoon-like teeth, is breaking fresh ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">She&#8217;s also\u2014as her <em>Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>debut trailer revealed\u2014willing to employ unpleasant tactics for audience-stoking, like clickbait titles and requests to \u201csmash that subscribe button.\u201d  In the trailer, she never reveals every partner Pok\u00e9mon, despite forcing her audience to spend an excruciating three minutes and thirty seconds guessing what the Pok\u00e9mon is.  I could have done something useful with those three minutes and thirty seconds, like microwave a hot dog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">But it doesn&#8217;t seem like Paldea region influencers are any more empathetic to their fans than your regular <span>Logan Paul<\/span>.  We need to prepare for the worst.  Out of kindness, I&#8217;ve predicted a few ways Iono could get canceled soon after making her <em>scarlet<\/em> and <em>violet<\/em> debut.  Every recent devotees should keep their expectations in line, and every PR agent should know the risks of being a girl on the internet.<\/p>\n<ul data-type=\"List\" data-style=\"Bullet\" class=\"sc-1lmbno3-0 dpuHif\">\n<li><strong>She retweeted something damning 10 years ago: <\/strong>it&#8217;s a rookie mistake, but many people forget to scrub their internet history even after their social media presence takes off.  As a resident of the Pok\u00e9mon EU, I&#8217;d guess that Iono has at some point retweeted something that called Kalos&#8217; nationhood into question.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Allegations&#8221;: <\/strong>she&#8217;ll run a joint Twitch stream with 10-year-old Ash Ketchum knowing that a thumbnail alone will get her a bunch of views, but her plan will backfire when people on Reddit accuse her of harassing a minor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not crying hard enough: <\/strong>in response to the \u201callegations,\u201d Iono will need to create a tearful YouTube response video with the correct amount of tasteful ring light.  The lighting in the video will be expertly done due to The Pok\u00e9mon Company&#8217;s many funds.  Unfortunately, that will lead the entire Paldea region to see, as clear as day, that the tears produced during each \u201cI have learned from this experience\u201d segment are recycled drops of water from Kyogre&#8217;s <span>Drizzle ability<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pok\u00e9mon prank gone wrong: <\/strong>to bounce back from the lead, Iono will need to pivot.  She&#8217;ll experiment with lighter mouse, like prank videos.  All will be well until she posts her \u201c<span>Eating Lechonk<\/span> PRANK!!!  GONE WRONG!  (The Cops Came?!)\u201d video to YouTube.  Vegetarians and vegans won&#8217;t buy that she \u201caccidentally\u201d turned the oven on while Lechonk was inside, and PETA will begin a vaguely sexist ad campaign against her and also get canceled. <\/li>\n<li><strong>She is a girl on the internet: <\/strong>self-explanatory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selling her used socks for $50 a pair: <\/strong>her subreddit will claim she&#8217;s a wily woman preying on poor, Bambi-eyed men and the&#8230; finally blown over, will resurface.  She&#8217;ll announce in a livestream that she&#8217;s taking an indefinite break to focus on being a gym leader, but, happily for her, she&#8217;ll still collect at least $100,000 in sock sale passive income.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>screenshot: The Pok\u00e9mon Company \/ Kotaku Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and violet introduced a new gym leader today. Her name is Iono, she&#8217;s the electric-specializing leader of Levincia. But even more central to her identity, according to a translation of her dialogue in a trailer released this morning, is being a \u201cstreamer and influencer bringin &#8216;dreams to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lets-predict-how-pokemons-new-vtuber-gym-leader-gets-canceled\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Let&#8217;s Predict How Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s New VTuber Gym Leader Gets Canceled<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[20005,30883,30882,30881,30880,1697,683,19085,286,633,30879,4002,12146,437,1572,681,1292],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33349,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pokemon-tournaments-allow-mythical-pokemon-for-ranked-matches\/","url_meta":{"origin":95158,"position":0},"title":"Pok\u00e9mon Tournaments Allow Mythical Pok\u00e9mon For Ranked Matches","date":"August 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Image: Nintendocompetitive Pok\u00e9mon trainers are both excited and terrified at the recent rule changes in the video game championships (VGC), where players compete against one another via Pok\u00e9mon Sword and shield in an array of leagues. 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