Harrison is a pretty common fanon last name for Brock (I thiiiiiink it stems from an interview with the VA for anime!Brock?) and I just thought "hey, we'll run with it. Maybe his dad's Galarian. Or maybe he's related to George Harrison". And it sort of stuck in my headcanon head, even when I scrapped Misty's common fanon last name (Waterflower) to replace it with a Hinodego one.
Appearing briefly to drop a little bit of trivia about this — I hope you don't mind, lol. I actually share that very same headcanon name for him, so I got curious and did a bit of research as to where exactly it originated from.
You get a free "coming into my thread with trivia" pass because I appreciate it a lotAppearing briefly to drop a little bit of trivia about this — I hope you don't mind, lol. I actually share that very same headcanon name for him, so I got curious and did a bit of research as to where exactly it originated from.
From what I've gathered...
Supposedly, the interview with Eric Stuart (Brock's VA) in which he said "Brock's last name is Harrison" was from July 2006, when he was asked for a fact most people don't know.
But, the earliest mention I can find of Brock's full name being "Brock Harrison" is actually from as far back as 2003 — from volume 54 of an annual film book called Screen World, when listing the cast and roles of the fourth movie. That same cast list also features some other characters' names, such as "Misty Williams" and "James Morgan" (which I've also seen being used as fanon last names for them):
Interestingly, the name "Misty Williams" for Misty can be dated even further back; first appearing in 2000 on a similar cast list for the first movie. So, my best guess is that these were the internal names that were used on the English dub's scripts, or something of that nature.
As to why they chose those specific ones... who knows.
(Though, I do feel like it's worth noting that the name "Harrison" can have the meaning of "home-ruler", or "ruler of the household" — and anime!Brock has tons of little siblings that he was left to take care of on his own.)
Anyway, I love all these mini character profiles you're doing and I'm having a lot of fun reading through them all! They're very insightful, each one almost feels like a little snippet of all the worldbuilding you've done.
I’ve seen both bronchitis and asthma as the two most common interpretations of Wally’s condition. From my research, asthma isn’t a thing that people usually recover from, and Wally seems to get better as the plot of the games goes on. (Of course, this could just be his condition improving once he spends more time in areas with cleaner air/less triggers. Not to mention the fact that the game plot can theoretically last anywhere from a few hours to years. It’s complicated.
Okay, so this is a very interesting question, and I ended up thinking way more about it than I thought I would. So... late and long ramble incoming. (Also I'm mainly going to be focusing on Hoenn/possibly Hinode as a whole because... the world. The world is big.
