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Ranting & Raving!
Sorry for double posting, but I just came up with a theory that maybe would explain a bit more Plumeria. In the post game we find Plumeria hanging out in Route 13's caravan. She's specifically in a trailer where a female Skull grunt reveals some interesting history:So I was looking up Team Skull to see if I could learn anything about them and realized something: Someone actually does use Z-Moves in Team Skull: Plumeria.
And because of that, I just realized something that's a pretty big question that wasn't ever really answered:
Who the heck is Plumeria?
She has, uses, and gives out Poisonium Z for seemingly no reason, is with Team Skull, but has little to no back story I'm aware of. She's the only member of Team Skull with a Z Ring and is allowed to actually contend for the Championship title; because of that, she might be one of the very few to beat the entirety of the Trials. She doesn't seem to harass people like other members of Team Skull and only really makes appearances to stick up for Grunts, and doesn't even seem to help them cause trouble. Her character is really interesting.
Is she actually a rogue captain? Why is she even with Team Skull?
In the same trailer there's also an old woman who tells you this:"Team Skull was born outta this old group that once formed around one of the old Kahunas. But the whole thing fell apart after they got smacked down by the wrath of the tapu!"
This makes me wonder if maybe these two bits of information has anything to do with Plumeria. Maybe Plumeria was part of the group that formed around the old kahuna before the Tapu brought its wrath against them. But, why would the Tapu do that? Thinking about it, I always thought it was odd Nanu was a Kahuna, the way he acts feels like he was only made one in recent times. Could it be Nanu replaced the old kahuna who did something to anger Tapu Bulu and make it revoke the title of and rage against the old kahuna and the ones who follow him/her?"You can't know who will get named a kahuna or not, young'un, till they are chosen. Even humans sometimes have to live at the whim of some capricious Pokemon."
So how does this relate back to Plumeria? Well if you were a follower of someone who was overthrown by a Pokemon, wouldn't you use Pokemon that would be strong against that type? All the Tapu are part Fairy-type, and what's strong against Fairy? Poison, Plumeria's specialty. In addition to that, her signature Pokemon is Salazzle, a Poison/Fire-type which would be double-y effective against the Fairy/Grass Tapu Bulu.
Going on step further, and leaping off Carrier's suggestion, since Plumeria knows how to use Z-Moves (don't know if she did when she was with Skull, but she did give the player a Poisonium Z when she was), maybe she wasn't only a follower but a Captain of that kahuna.
Eitherway, I'm beginning to think that Plumeria's story may run deeper that we thought, also involving the precursor to Team Skull and the traditions of the kahuna.