>>33528335>>33528785On the subject of theme, I didn't really have one when I started with her, but since her preferences largely line up with my own, she's ended up catching a lot of Rocks and Grounds in quests, as well as huge and monstrous Pokemon in general such as Tyrantrum, Tangrowth, Garchomp, and some still unevolved such as a Deino and a Whirlipede. The ground/rock trend (also Drilbur, Dwebble and Aron) kinda led me to have her swing more towards Underground stuff, since I loved Gen4 and the setting we're in has an "underdark" which is mostly unexplored and intensely brutal towards any who would attempt to. And I just personally love caves and spelunking and that sort of thing.
She started as a total tourneyfag also, born in the city where Pokemon Stadium 2 takes place, still is, but events in the setting have driven her to branch out more, and she'll probably continue drifting away till tourneys don't even interest her much. She's still an utter battle junkie, but that doesn't need to necessarily be league-format (which she still has fun with, specializing in doubles).
I may or may not have watched Made In Abyss recently and got really fucking inspired to speed along this planned development of hers. 