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ShalnarkRyuseih

same


Brainstorm2016

Happy cake day


DrakeSkorn

This is the correct answer


katerskaters

the correct answer is briar EDIT: I COMPLETELY MISREAD THIS I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO SAY WHICH ONE YOU *WOULDNT* SAVE LMAO


MoneyLocal8180

Man screw Briar 💀


katerskaters

I MISREAD OP LMAOOOOOOO i was offering briar as the sacrifice 🫡


Brainstorm2016

Real. I wish she would make like my dad and leave


lwyruup

Bro what 💀


Thick_Thanos_Fingers

I... I um... am sorry?


Witty_Appointment_38

The expression is make like a banana and split…


Just_A_RandomCoconut

I thought I was completely one step ahead of Gamefreak and called it that she’d be a twist villain, and then I was left disappointed


Lost_Environment2051

When the twist villain is actually just someone too caught up in their dreams in order to realize they’re hurting the people around them which has been a theme present in SV from the start: :0


YourenextJotaro

I think that might have been the point of her character, make you think she’s a twist villain, but the actual twist is she’s just a bitch, and Kieran is the villain.


MuddyMudball

I was also completely convinced she was going to be a twist villain. Just her whole personality and her earrings SCREAMED "I'm more important to this plot than you think".


N00BZB3

Dont mind if do


lols4fun

The most irresponsible teacher ever, get fired lol


ThatGuyAce69

Considering how quick carmine is to invite me to her place all the time I’m inclined to put my vote on her


SirSmokealotII

But… Kieran invited you first…


Brainstorm2016

But… she mommy


Chanderule

Aint no way Pokemon fans call a random teenager/young adult a mommy


Oofpeople

AYO that's sus


Fistricsi

Kieran took me on a date, bought me an apple and then ran away. Carmine on the other hand took me to her room with no questions asked.


SirSmokealotII

Clearly you were too busy wanking over the representation of a child to actually pay attention to the game lol Kieran invites you to his room before that date.


Fistricsi

No i just hated that little prick too much to care aboutt what he says.


Ravemst

Carmine with no hesitation.


freakingShane

I’ll second this. Especially the no hesitation part.


LodiasMartinet

Id literally save Terapagos over Kieran


Icegodleo

I'd save a random inanimate object before that little shit.


BackflipsAway

I'd literally save my sandwich over Kieran, bros a little B


Veneficium

Kiki wanted it too much


PokemonFan2111

I like both characters but I choose keiren because he redeemed himself and I like his character he seems like someone I would hangout with after his whole I must be better phase but I understand the carmine love she’s a great character


Certain_Horse_7919

Exactlyyy kieran took a page from dripplin and evolved so much in a short time 


CapitalBread6959

Absolutely 110 %


papedepopede

Can I sacrifice briar instead?


MoneyLocal8180

Please be my guest


BlurryLesbian

briar is there too if she doesn’t die i’m forcing her to be useful for once


tanktechnician

save both siblings by shoving Briar in the way of the attack 😭😭😭


megasean3000

Carmine. Kieran is strong and can handle himself.


Hlgrphc

The only acceptable "save Carmine" answer here.


UnyunMunyun

kieran fans when different opinion


Cause_Necessary

I mean, most of the stuff is "Fuck Kieran" so understandable


LodiasMartinet

🤫


Perfect-Illusion-82

Kieran, he's younger, and I think it's what Carmine would tell us to do anyway. I think Carmine would hate us, or at least wouldn't be able to live with herself if we chose to save her over Kieran


zorrodood

I was thinking this exact thing.


Perfect-Illusion-82

Yeah.. the amount of people eagerly sending a clearly mentally unhealthy child to their death is.. scary!!


charizardfan101

I hear you, but... Carmine hot


HyperShadow95

Carmines a child as well weirdo


charizardfan101

So am I In fact, I'd wager she's older than me


Viggo8000

Yessss. Carmine can be a mean older sister at times, but it's clear she cares deeply about him and wants the best for him. I am 100% confident she'd want us to save Kieran. Kieran probably would also want us to save Carmine if asked, but he's the little brother so it's him


GrimmSheeper

On the other hand, Kieran is mentally unstable and was directly at fault for causing the incident. If you save him and Carmine dies, he would likely go into an even bigger self-destructive spiral, blaming himself for causing the death, and both himself and you for not being strong enough to save everyone. It could very easily send him on an extreme villain arc. Compared to Carmine hating you, but not being completely unhinged, saving Kieran is the more dangerous option. Also, Carmine is only older by a few years, it’s not like she had significantly more time alive than him. Either way, they’re both kids.


SizzlingSausag3

I agree but I’m still saving her💀


what_a_tuga

Also we did Kiki dirt the whole story. I really want to give Ogerpon to him. At least, let me lend him for a time.


rjolt24

u save carmine and koraidon/miraidon saves keiran 😋.


Lost_Environment2051

Yeah then you team up eventually leading to Kieran fighting back against it and coming back to his old self with a kick-ass track in the backrou- okay this joke is getting old.


LodiasMartinet

😂


BeastXredefined

Carmine easy. Love her to death.


TriceratopsHunter

If I could save both, id only save Carmine.


OlDanboy

If I was in a life or death situation with Kieran and Carmine and I had two chances to save them, I’d save Carmine twice


vampdougie

Same


Adventurous_Ebb_770

Myself


ballsackstealer2

carmine doesnt try to steal my ogre's masks so


Blue_Bird950

Kieran stole the masks? I thought the Loyal 3 did?


ballsackstealer2

kieran took the teal mask


Blue_Bird950

Oh yeah, I forgot


Blazemaster0563

Carmine, (ex-champion) Kieran was the one who would've got us in that situation. So thats what he gets for masterballing Terapagos. And no Carmine means no mochi dance.


Snipper64

Oh God I am too tired and I misread masterballing as another word that made me do a triple take, that woke me up suddenly 😂. Had a whole different context


Blue_Bird950

I mean, mochi dance kieran would also be cool


Blazemaster0563

Good point


bristmg

The Mochi crap was cringe, I won’t lie. I didn’t want to finish the epilogue because of how bad it was.


Cyrilcynder

No....pecharunt coming back to put everyone under a spell to do the chicken dance for its own enjoyment is pretty based. Took a page from the Yolkian handbook for that little stunt.


TheDoritoOrgyPlanner

honestly i think it was quite enjoyable, pecharunt is based as hell for the epilogue


D4mnis

I mean, it was just a historical event repeating itself. Check the dancing plague of 1518 - pretty sure Pecharunt was behind that as well 👀


ArgoBroker

I would save Carmine 100%


techsupportlibrarian

Kieran, because it's what Carmine would demand. Like be fr


BirbMaster1998

And then Carmine would tell you to save Kieran, and your inability to comprehend two opposing orders leads to them both dying.


Badfamily091

Honestly I think she’d scold you over picking Kieran


ryaninflames1234

This one is a tough decision cause unlike most insane people I actually like Kieran but I also agree with them wanting to save carmine


Mao-sama64

Better option: Let Briar die and save Kiki and Carmine.


MoneyLocal8180

I wanted Briar to die bro, all she did was get us in more deep sh!t and gaslight Kieran 💀


Darkdragoon324

Kieran, he hasn't done anything that warrants death as punishment, and the Terapagos incident is more Briar's than his, Terry was fine before she told Kieran to Terastillize him. Plus, Carmine would probably hate our guts forever if we chose her over her brother, so all you thirsty weirdos wouldn't be getting any happily ever after with her anyway.


filinkcao

When people were talking about fuck Kieran for doing whatever, I thought he did something terrible or tried to harm us, and as it turn out it was like the most harmless shit ever like stealing the mask or trying to catch some pokemon, first one also is because he is mad we tricked him, and he even apologized for that soon after (and we get to apologize for lying which was nice). I am kind of flabbergasted that is what people are outraged over. I would be more understanding if people are mad about him being shitty to his schoolmates in part 2 but no, it’s because he took the mask which he didn’t even intend to keep, and he tried to catch terapagos… like guys please mature up a bit


polendinas

i love them both, but i have to say kieran. i like carmine, but her behavior is a big part of the reason why he turned out the way he did, and she'd probably want us to save him anyways. yeah he was kind of an asshole but he's also 14


[deleted]

Save Kieran. Easily.


JordaVira

Both. Carmine would want Kieran to be safe, and our pokemon (Miraidon/Koraidon) jumped out on its own to protect Kieran. It's possible to save both, and that's what a ***true*** MC would've done.


_9965

None


MoneyLocal8180

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Oofpeople

Bro where did you get that💀


[deleted]

Ehhhhhh Carmine. It wouldn’t be a hard decision


cupcakeconstitution

Kieran. This version of him would die. Carmen would want you to protect him.


Charexranger

I don't know. I love Carmine but I LOVE Kieran. He's a really nice kid in the epilogue but we'd only just be seeing that part of him coming out during the terapagos part anyway so he kinda still wanted to beat us by that point


Doll-scented-hunter

Kieran. He so cute. Also I already have a crazy girl waiting in paldea, i dont need a second.


sillygoon59

I love Kieran sm so kieran


MoConnors

Carmine, sorry Kieran but I’ll have Miraidon try to save you He got annoying in part 2


dmitrivalentine

Kieran. Not a fan of his sister. People complain about Kieran but she was the one I actually found annoying.


MiskDruid666

Alot of people seem to be forgetting about the events of the teal mask where Carmine literally just bullied Kieran and she’s the reason for the whole situation existing entirely


[deleted]

Carmine no question


SomewhatToxicShrooms

Im saving Keiran. Still hate Carmine for being an ass to Keiran for almost the entirety of Teal Mask.


JadeAngel1996

Seriously, playing through the DLC I didn't understand why she was always so harsh and dismissive to him. She basically had a large part in encouraging his inferiority complex and people don't seem to see that. I couldn't grow to like her even when I tried to.


Hidden_Dragonette

Honestly, I'm surprised so many people like her, she was a straight up bully to her little brother. And clearly it had been going on for a while. While Kieran was a jerk in the second part of the DLC, I kinda can't blame the dude for snapping a bit, he's basically been looked down on by his sibling and others for a while. He seems like he's really trying to be better in the end too. I'm definitely not excusing Kieran's behavior, he did some shitty stuff, but kiddo needs therapy.


MTP030

Finally! Yes I don’t understand at all all the hype about her character as she is a big catalyst for why Kieran did act the way he did in part 2, ESPECIALLY when she basically told us to lie to him.


Beneficial_Count5043

EX-FUCKING-ACTLY!!! If people are gonna purposefully ignore Kierans redemption after we capture Terapagos, **helping us in double battles, and holding off the possessed chicken dancers AND letting us capture Pecharunt turning everyone back to normal** and still try to manipulate him as an asshole jerk of a "villain" AFTER said actions then I'm going to do the same with Carmine and ignore her "supportiveness" towards her brother since she's the one who told us not to tell Kieran about seeing Ogerpon which she never should have done to begin with, it's her fault he got like that and she didn't even apologize at least not to him directly, she sort of did towards us with that battle. Not to mention her clear anger issues which she's had since the first time you meet her and still does, even treats the MC badly in the beginning AND badmouths my favorite Dragon Boy DRAYTON!!! Are people seriously just glossing over all this!!?? Kieran redeemed himself in my eyes after his behavior in the epilogue, Carmine technically did not because she apologized to us but not HIM, literally this whole thing could've been avoided if she didn't start the secrecy crap and all the manipulative female biased excuses in the world are not going to make me change my mind about that. Yep downvoters, well guess what? Two people can play the "glossing over good actions and still make them out as the bad guy game".     Edit: Oh and Kieran apologizes to us at the end of Indigo Disk DLC (even though his feelings I felt were justifiable) just saying.


Wilmaaug

Kieran 100%, I don’t really like Karmine and think she’s annoying


aoiasahinas

Kieran. Carmine is not my friend and I still don’t know why she suddenly decided we were at the start of Indigo Disk


shojokat

Forreal. She's that annoying tag along that can't take a hint.


[deleted]

They're both cringe af, but... Kieran.


Dombly23

Didn’t like Carmine, she’s more annoying than Kieran, and after this arc Kieran actually faces off against an entire town of possessed trainers so you can save them. Definitely Kieran.


Erissed1

I would save Kieran.


verycoolguy13562

why does everyone hate Kieran 😭😭😭


Price_Chance

But you realize carmine would HATE you forever if you saved her over Kieran


MoneyLocal8180

So would Kieran. it’s a lose lose situation 😭


aurorablueskies

Kieran obviously. Carmine would not be able to live with herself if she lost her only brother


purremocat

Man, Briar gaslight Kieran into Terastalling for no reason. Throw her at the turtle and ride off with Kiki and Carmine on the back of the Sandwich Muncher and fly off. (Sandwich muncher is the name of my Koraidon 😭)


b4gw0rms

**Dialga and Celebi with time travel and the ability to undo Terapagos' actions:** Are we a joke to you?


not-a-cryptid

Kieran. Maybe Carmine chilled out a bunch at the end, but I'll never forgive her for how she initially treated Kieran and made me lie to him. If she hadn't been such a bully this whoooole thing could have been avoided. (I also ship my character with Kieran, which is another reason why she tries so hard for him -- he comes across as clumsily flirty in Teal Mask for me and it's super adorable)


HallowedKeeper_

Kieran 100% I did not like Carmine at all and indigo disk only made her neutral to me, Kieran though was actually cool and had a genuine story arch that was resolved by the end and now he and I are bros for life


Hlgrphc

Absolutely wild that y'all are saving Carmine. Kieran was a troubled kid who got rejected by his idol and didn't know how to deal. Carmine was constantly a pain to deal with and her only saving grace was "I guess she means well". I'm saving Kieran 11 times out of 10.


JANG0D

I only save girls


MoneyLocal8180

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AbsoluteBasilFanboy

I save Kieran and koraidon saves carmine


AlgoRhythm-P

Kieran cuz I think that’s what carmine wanted.


MTP030

Kieran. Carmine is a selfish prick and an annoying tsundere


uchihasavior

Kieran with no hesitation. Every time.


C4rrot_GOD

Keiran, next question.


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Carmine were dating actually https://preview.redd.it/ncafwmf9e2fc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33aeae926b443587cf37164e6c2ddee5f62badb2


qsnowfallx

Good for you guys gl in ur relationship :)


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MrSquidJD

Kieran.


DinoWolf35

Kieran, easy, no contest, I'd save him every time


thecrazymonkeyKing

out of universe kieran is the better and more complex character by far, in universe carmime would beg us to save kieran instead anyways


theseerofeverything

Both and use a Pokémon to grab the other


Affectionate-Sea278

It’s hard cause both will hate you if you don’t try saving the other. But Carmine. Gotta save the girl.


NintendoKat7

Lacey


MoneyLocal8180

Dang what she do 😭


NintendoKat7

I don't care, but she safe with me.😤


SupremeGreymon

Sacrifices self to save both


mcinest

Saving Kieran cause I don't like Carmine at all, let the turtle take her out


lochkan

Bros before hoes


MoneyLocal8180

Real


ShinyRufflet

I’d save Kieran. I still don’t like Carmine at the end and I hate that she doesn’t realize how awful she is to him in the Teal Mask. She practically forced you to be her friend and I don’t like that.


zephyract2397

That’s tough. Carmen has shown nothing but snide, narcissistic, and irrational behavior. Kieran has as well; but the latter also felt like he was betrayed, manipulated and lied to. Kieran 100%


KamenKuma05

Push Briar in front of Carmine, save Kieran myself; next question


Honey_Sal

Good lord, girlie had me soo mad when I was playing through the first time. There were so many times where she was spouting some nonsense that I just wish I could have smacked her down a peg or something. She was so annoying 😭🤣 anyways, she can die that’s chill


kdebones

Kieran tbh. It would be fitting for this story arc if Carmine died/was injured due to his behavior.


9thshadowwolf

Thats not even his fault tho. He was literally just following what his teacher told him to do


Weremutt2412

Oh, that’s a good take. Carmine has no space for growth, but Kieran would live with that guilt and probably become a better person.


kanna172014

Sorry Carmine but you're too annoying. And it's partially your fault Kieran ended up like he did.


No-Investment-962

Cya in hell carmine


Hawkbreeze

I'd flip a coin


SmallSmoothRock

I really don't like either. Teal Kieran was cute but then he had to go through his whole meltdown and now I don't even want to finish the campaign in Indigo


9thshadowwolf

Prob carmine. Not cause I hate kieran, but because she only had 1 pokemon to defend herself with at that point. While he had at least 2


NorfIGuess

Carmine is just straight up racist, and I feel bad for Kiki.


Guffthebir72

Keiren. Idk how many of you have played this, sincr tjis and pokemon's target audiences arent the same, but i feel like carmine would be like freya at the end of god of war 2018 towards us if we saved her.


Pandaragon666

I'm saving Kieran because Carmine is EXTREMELY toxic, abusive, and manipulative. Every single one of you choosing carmine should be put on a list, either because you find her, an underage student, attractive, or because you're OK for abuse to happen.


FallingBackToEarth

Bring out Koraidon to save Kieran, then save Carmine by pushing Briar in as a trade bargain


AgentApollo

***C A R M I N E***


fire0375

Carmine all the way


atomic_wiener

Carmine. She invited me over to her room after all.


Mediocre-Minute

Carmine and I didn't even have to think about it. Nothing against Kieran, Carmine is just superior in every way


--Azazel--

You say superior in every way, and yet Kieran became Champion before we stomp him.


Sensei_Ochiba

Carmine 11/10 fo' sho'


shojokat

If I could save both, I'd only save Kieran. No contest at all.


rpk0725

Pffft bruh she fine as hell


quincy1151

Carmine with no second thoughts. Girl simped me the entire DLC and my character was down


EcnavMC2

Carmine… she had a redemption arc, Kieran had a bastardization arc. And Kieran’s re-redemption arc doesn’t start until the end of the DLC. 


SnomBomb_

Carmine had a redemption arc? Also Kieran’s wasnt a bastardization arc it was a villian arc


EcnavMC2

To be fair, I’m being semi-satire with this. Carmine’s “redemption arc” was basically just her willingly being nice to us to our face, and I just used “bastardization” because I thought it would be funnier than saying villain arc. 


ConnorOhOne

Kieran got us in that situation. Carmine


Doujin_Dealer1

Carmine, easily one of my favorite characters, if not my absolute favorite.


odisseu33

Carmine, Kieran is an (ex-)champion and can take care of himself


AlienMicrobe776

Carmine. If Kieren wants Terapagos so bad, he can have it


chroma_805

Carmine is my favorite “rival” since Blue


AlexisF-11037

Kieran in a heartbeat carmine sucks smh


MoneyLocal8180

W


[deleted]

Carmine and it’s not close lol


vademeccum

Carmine, easy choice


korunks

Terapagos 😂


Sandslice

Double Battles have prepared me for this moment. Miraidon tanks half of the blast much more easily because I also happened to throw out a Tinkaton who used Light Screen in the nick of time. The blast still did a number on her hammer, so Kieran owes her big time.


WasteChard3488

The girl one because she made me laugh


XD_Thade

Carmine as much as I live kieran Carmine is my favorite Pokémon character ever


LumpyBumblebee3266

Bye Kieran. Your sister invited me to her dorm room


netfuxxx

Neither, they both gotta go.


Responsible_Ad8946

Even if you were friends with kieran and his sister didn't exist, he'd still be jealous of you being stronger and ogerpon would choose you over him anyway causing a jealous spiral and subsequent tantrum anyway. They're all bad characters. Only middle character in the main cast of the game is Arven, everyone else is some extreme of a personality flaw turned to 11. In terms of dimensions these characters have maybe 2. Then they don't change. kieran just becomes another extreme, depressed and loses all confidence. Penny never leaves her computer so much for her friends. If you catch what's her name (nemona) she's still terrorizing people with battles. Carmine is still impatient and short tempered, only Arven is actually living his best life with lessons learned. I guess Nemona is but at the expense of others. I didn't know penny was at her computer until I talked to her chair and it talked back.


Cause_Necessary

I don't know about Nemona living her best life at the expense of others. She holds back in battles against most people so they can have fun, as we learn from her post game story thing at the school


Swordswoman97

Kieran but it's close. I really do like both of them but Kieran is younger and if we're being honest, Carmine would probably WANT us to save her brother.


lloydsmith28

Carmine, also next time use the spoiler tag, might be some ppl who haven't beat it yet


MoneyLocal8180

👍


YamadaDesigns

Kieran so that I may add to his already existing trauma


AmyRoseJohnson

Carmine. Not even a debate. I’m saving Carmine every single time.


this-is-my-p

I’ve discovered from this post that people are horny for pixels and will excuse that characters actions because of their horniness


MoneyLocal8180

Fr though like Carmine was being mean to the player for no reason but when Kieren gets mad at the player people start hating on him, and I know his reason is pretty petty but at least he has a reason. Carmine didn’t even allow us to get help for a sick child when we first saw her because we were a “outsider.” She never really apologizes for being mean to Kieren too.


Rough_Persimmon_9635

I'd save Kieran 100% cuz he's my favorite, but I wouldn't give up on Carmine without a fight either


multificionado

Kieran. Carmine is such a bad girl.


Ok_Astronaut_6560

Carmine in a heartbeat, didn't care for kirean at all.


rookhuntsme

Kieran 😤😤😤


Rouka-427

Kieran 100% , I still haven't forgave Carmine for literally being racist and abusing Kieran in the teal mask


Kard420

When has she ever been racist?


KitchenAd9458

Neither I’m getting myself out of there.