FEARLEADER, the Goth-Cheerleader Pokégirl

FEARLEADER, the Goth-Cheerleader Pokégirl

Type: Very Near Human
Element: Dark
Frequency: Uncommon
Diet: Human Norm
Role: Professional Killjoy, Support, Human Resources
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Dark, Ghost, Psychic
Weak Vs: Bug, Fighting
Attacks: Snarl, Smirk, Air Recovery, Cry Wolf, False Praise, Slash, Anti-Cheer, Power Drive, Taunt, Dance (Varies), Aura of Menace
Enhancements: Enhanced Agility (x3), Enhanced Speed (x2), Enhanced Flexibility, Natural Weapons (Claws), Nightvision
Weaknesses: Social Aggressors, Drama Queens, Fear/despair fetish
Evolves: Scareleader (Normal)
Evolves From: Goth (Sarcastic Sub-type; mechanism unknown)

It was originally assumed that the only connection between the Fearleader and Goth lines was the two breeds similar appearances. This was later disproven when a Goth evolved into a Fearleader without any obvious triggers. Fearleaders are more human-looking Pokégirls, despite their numerous distinctive traits. They have extremely pale skin, often crossing over into a pale white that is close to Ice Pokégirls. Their hair is typically black, though some individuals have streaks, highlights, or other sections of their hair that is another color, typically red, blue, or purple. These streaks are natural, and often individual Fearleaders will accessorize their clothes along with their hair, their choice of clothing is nearly always a cheerleading outfit. Since the only hair that grows on their bodies is on their head, they have no need to shave, which is a disappointment for the tamers who enjoy fuzzy types. They have black lips, and long, sharp black fingernails which are easily hidden by their pom-poms –another item the breed is nearly never without. Their leggy, lithe builds, make even their modest B cups stand out perfectly.

Fearleaders are often described as mean-spirited, sarcastic, and possessing a dark sense of humor. They rarely smile, and then only when witnessing someone else being humiliated or injured. Indeed, most of the breed has a fear or despair fetish, with humiliation being a close second. Some Fearleaders and their evolved forms enjoy being around any of the Domina line, and as a duo the two breeds can indulge themselves in various forms of sexual role play. For the Domina line, this is a trade off, as their partners enjoy switching off between submissive and dominant fairly often. However, most Fearleaders do not care so much for dominating and humiliating their victims as they do for inspiring fear and despair in them. The other half of the breed are opposed to domination, and will do their very best at every opportunity to thwart a Domina’s ‘fun’ and often turn the tables on the plant type.

There are the rare types of Fearleaders, who all who have known to have blonde hair, that are rather perky and cheerful instead of the breed norm. These ‘Buffy’ Fearleaders have similar accents to Bimbos, and are not as socially vicious as their normal tempered counterparts. They tend to be no less witty with their insults and jibes, but treat their tamer and harem mates with more respect. Oddly, these types tend to work out more, and on average are stronger than the normal Fearleader. Other differences come to light when faced with Vampire and Vampira Pokégirls, as these perky Fearleaders have none of the normal Goth-like acceptance and kinship with them as other Fearleaders. They use their wit and dry sarcasm to drive the vampire types into a rage, and will attempt to fight them. It is a very bad idea indeed to have both of these types in a harem.

Despite the social viciousness of Fearleaders, they make surprisingly excellent leaders, because it is the same quick wit that they use to demoralize their opponents that makes them able to exploit both the weaknesses of their opponents and the strengths of their Master’s Harem. Many tamers find that those Fearleaders who are Alphas of their Harem can often inspire their Harem-Sisters to victories they didn't think themselves capable of. However, their primary motivating tools are insults and threats, goading even their ‘friends’ to strive ever harder to prove themselves to be strong, worthy of their Tamer's affection, and especially to prove the Fearleader wrong. The only time a Fearleader is ever known to be gentle is when those threats and insults prove to be too much for a harem-sister –so much that she breaks under the pressure. As socially aggressive as Fearleaders are, they are equally socially intelligent, and can easily tell if their victim in question is truly broken or has just hit a slump. But to broken spirits, these Pokégirls can actually be downright nice, encouraging them and helping them heal. This trait is shown to the extreme on the rare occasion that Fearleaders come into contact with a Penance.

While not especially strong combatants themselves, Fearleaders are masters at demoralizing their opponents. They taunt their foes mercilessly, combining that with distraction causing attacks like Smirk and Cry Wolf before moving in for high-speed scratch and dance attacks. When in a support role, they use Anti-Cheer, which has exactly the same effect as the Cheer technique, but functions by shouting insults and jibes at the supported Pokégirl, spurring her aggression in battle or by demoralizing their opponents by picking out just the right insult to get them down. Fearleaders particularly enjoy Taunting opponents until they charge at her, allowing her teammate to come at them from behind. In sex battles, Fearleaders are all but useless, but they are a very good counter for a Domina as they can dish out whatever a Domina can give.

Threshold into a Fearleader is relatively common, especially among girls with strong Dark-type ancestry, and those girls who are already socially vicious. Many Thresholders are able to hide this fact by makeup, but always fall prey to Pokédex scanners. Once found out, many of the Fearleaders are brazen enough to back talk those who’ve discovered them with their usual insults and jibes directed at their discoverer’s intelligence.

Feral Fearleaders are rare, as their feral state renders them around Bimbo intelligence. Many of these Pokégirls are found near high school and college football games, mimicking the cheers of one side or the other until they are noticed and caught. Quite often, a threshold Fearleader attempting to hide her change into a Pokégirl goes feral, which surprisingly makes her much more popular –though now at the bottom of the social pecking order.