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2023-10-23
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THE GALAR TRIO IS A GALAR TRIAD?

Summary:

We at Burning Jealousy were able to ask questions to the three shining jewels of the Galarian region!

Please enjoy this exclusive, never before seen interview going over all that's transpired between these three since the great Chairman Rose debacle.

Notes:

Hello! I couldn't resist an in-universe Pokémon prompt... Hope you'll enjoy the result!

Chapter 1 is the magazine pages, chapter 2 is a transcript for ease of reading, and chapter 3 has the full-sized art I drew to illustrate it. You can open all the pictures in new tabs to see them at full size. (Please be aware that the magazine pages ARE VERY BIG.)

(Fun fact: I realized that the initials of the magazine name I had picked (based on the move of the same name, I thought it had a nice ring for an in-universe celeb magazine) were "BJ" so late into working on this I didn't have the heart to change it. Please imagine that half of the reason why Raihan agreed to the interview is because he thought it was hilarious.)

Chapter 1: magazine pages

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Chapter 2: transcript

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THE GALAR TRIO IS A GALAR TRIAD?

We at Burning Jealousy were able to ask questions to the three shining jewels of the Galarian region!

Please enjoy this exclusive, never before seen interview going over all that's transpired between these three since the great Chairman Rose debacle.

Burning Jalousy: Hello boys! It's always good to see you so relaxed. Tell us, how's it going these days?

Raihan: I got my ass handed to me by my boyfriend for the fiftieth time or so since we've known each other. You tell me.

Leon: He's salty because I've been getting even more practice since I've opened the Battle Tower.

Raihan: Look, he's admitting to slacking on his chairman duties to make sure he can still beat me in a pokémon battle! Jot that down!

Leon: Anyway. It's going. I've been really busy. We've all been, I think.

Piers: My lil sis is havin' a blast taking care of the family gym and I'm havin' a blast using my brand new free time to sing and hang out with these two.

Raihan: Sometimes he does both at the same time.

Leon: "Sometimes"?

BuJa: Right, right. Let's get into the meat of what everybody in Galar wants to know. What drove you to come clean about your relationship?

Leon: Well... (He laughs, his face turned toward Raihan.) Raihan wanted us to do a throuple photoshoot.

BuJa: Really?

Raihan: Who wouldn't want to get their picture taken with two hot guys?

Leon: For real, though, it just happened organically. People were starting to ask questions about why we were always showing up together. So we just decided to say, you know, surprise! It's because we're all dating each other!

Piers: We got some side-eyes whenever one of us was with the other in public.

Raihan: Yeah. Guess people thought we were cheating or something. Sorry, the truth is a lot more boring and drama-free!

Piers: I don't think anythin' involvin' you can ever be "drama-free."

Raihan: You got me there!

BuJa: It's refreshing to see you getting along so well. What's it like, dating two people at the same time?

Piers: Intense.

Raihan: That's a Piers euphemism for "exhausting."

Leon: Well, I can't exactly deny that. But... I think it's one of those things where there's a balance to it, you know? Like having multiple pokémons on your team. The more the merrier.

Raihan: I don't know if going with Dragon and Dark was the right move. For starters, you've got a double weakness to Fairy types, and the type coverage isn't that great...

Leon: (He sighs.) Of course you'd only diss your favourite type to torment me while we're being interviewed about our love life.

Piers: What these two are trynna say is that we've got more hands on deck to deal with things, but we've also got more things to deal with.

Leon: Yeah, so it balances out. That's what I said.

Raihan: You've ever slept sandwiched between two people? That's the stuff, man.

BuJa: We'll make sure to give it a try. Leon, Piers, it's clear you've got a close relationship with your siblings. What do they think of your relationship?

Leon: I think my brother was the least surprised person I told.

Raihan: I mean, yeah. Of course his overachiever of a big brother is dating two people. Why stop there, even? We should aim for a ménage à cuatro next year.

Leon: Quatre.

Raihan: Bless you.

Leon: It's "quatre" in Kalosian, idiot. "Cuatro" is Paldean.

Piers: My lil sis is happy as long as I'm happy, same as I am. She's glad I've got more people to take care of me.

Raihan: And to keep you busy now that she's in charge of Spikesmuth.

Piers: Been plenty busy.

BuJa: Yes, you've all mentioned how busy you are, which is a nice segue into our next topic: your careers. How's your work life been treating you?

Raihan: You'd think dating the new League chairman would give me special privileges, but instead I've had to work at it twice as hard. How unfair is that?

Leon: Don't listen to him. He needs me to get the most out of his training.

Raihan: I'd never give up on being a Gym Leader for anything in the world. Nothing beats kicking ass in a stadium.

Piers: Disagree.

Raihan: Kicking ass on a stage is close enough.

Piers: Switchin' focus on makin' music full time was exactly what I needed to get my inspiration back. I'm hopin' to get to tourin' sometime this year.

Raihan: Look forward to my contribution on his next album!

Piers: Tch. (He rolls his eyes, but he's smiling.)

Leon: Me, well, you know the story. It's taken some getting used to, but I'm happy to be in charge of the League.

Raihan: And the Battle Tower.

Leon: (He nods.) And the Battle Tower. You'd think battling all day would be less tiring than being at the head of a huge organisation, and you'd be wrong. Between this and that and having two boyfriends, I've got to get up early to stay on top of things!

BuJa: Speaking of your newly appointed role as the new chairman... We've all been shocked by the recent events surrounding your predecessor. I won't lie, a lot of the questions we've received had to do with what exactly went down. Do you have anything to say to that?

Leon: I'll tell you what I've told every other journalist who's asked: no comment.

BuJa: Not even one word?

Raihan: Technically, you've got two words out of him already. Buy one get one free.

Piers: You heard the guy. He doesn't wanna talk about it.

BuJa: Right, right. I won't insist. Okay, then, to wrap this up, do you have advice for our readers who might be entertaining the possibility of a polyamorous relationship?

Leon: Communicate. Know what you need and be clear and open about it.

Raihan: Yeah, don't spend two months agonising over telling your boyfriend you might have a crush on someone else.

Leon: You're making it sound like I was the one going through a crisis and not you confessing to me at 4am that you wanted to try dating Piers.

Raihan: It was 5am actually. And I thought you were going to kick me to the curb.

Piers: Come to term with the fact that you will no longer know what silence is like.

Raihan: (He laughs.) You're one to talk!

Leon: His singing in the shower gets so loud it wakes me up every time.

Piers: I'm practicin'.

Raihan: Don't sing in the shower. There's my advice.

BuJa: Good enough for me!

For more information and news about our three heartthrobs, see our full-length article about polyamory starting on page 34.

Chapter 3: art

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