Rei/Volo
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| Pairing: | Japanese: ウォロ×テル (Volo x Teru) English: Volo/Rei |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: ウォロテル (Voloteru), ウォロ主♂ (Volo/Pokémon Male Protagonist) or テルウォロ (Teruvolo), 主♂ウォロ (Pokémon Male Protagonist/Volo) English: ChosenMerchantShipping, Volorei |
| Gender category: | Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Popular for Rei, Common for Volo Common overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Rei/Volo, known mostly as ChosenMerchantShipping, Volorei, and/or ウォロテル (Voloteru), ウォロ主♂ (Volo/Pokémon Male Protagonist), テルウォロ (Teruvolo), and/or 主♂ウォロ (Pokémon Male Protagonist/Volo), is a common ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Rei (Teru) and Volo (Volo), the male protagonist character of Hisui and his morally-ambiguous ally respectively, both introduced in 2022's Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Canon Background
Popular Tropes & Fanon
- Height Difference: Volo is taller, Rei is shorter
- Age Difference: Volo is older, Rei is younger. By how much (canonically) is unclear.
- Aged-Up: Some fanworks have Rei aged-up to be over 18. Canonically, he is around 15.
- Some works have Rei be the same person as Lucas, the protagonist of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.
- Some works do not have the postgame twist, where Volo turns on Rei, be considered canon.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
"ChosenMerchantShipping" was coined and popularized sometime prior to 09 August 2022.[Notes 1]
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fan Communities/Fan Events
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
Teru | Rei/Volo search query on Archive of Our Own
- Listless by Burnished, Archived version (2022), He'd trusted this man, only to be pulled into a game of life and death.. again.. Betrayal is funny that way....
- on film or between the sheets by dvolution, Archived version (2022), rated Explicit. Silver-eyed, silver-tongued merchant, a bounty of secrets over his head. Adaman was quick to learn that he's a lot more than just talk.
Fan Art
General Fanworks
Wikis
- ウォロテル on PixivEncyclopedia
- テルウォロ on PixivEncyclopedia
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
PL:A Pairings with Akari and/or Rei
Notes
- ^ as seen here, Archived version