#I'm getting very good at making dunsparces now i think

[bittybatarts]

made some more little charms, (yet another) Dunsparce and an Applin

[littletealseal]

Hey everyone, I kinda dropped off again didn't I? Yeah I'm really sorry about that.. I'm realizing I tend to go through different phases of doing certain things and forget to let others know >>;;

Well I'm hopefully gonna try getting back into things or at least get through my huge backlog of reblog going things for my queue. I've been talking a lot with family and my gf on my regression and I think we're making a good breakthrough on me being more comfortable on using my gear around them all <:3 since before... stuff that I won't get into happened awhile back that made me not use my stuff as much as I wanted too. But! That's in the past and I want to try getting back into using my gear again ^^

I'm going to update now where I've been, mental stuff ofc always is an issue but not everything has been bad! My gf and I have been playing through every single mainline Pokémon game! So far we're now playing through PKMN colosseum and we're both having a blast playing through it c: I diiiiid try to shiny hunt the Dunsparce but learned to try to do it later ^^; plus my old GameCube started acting up.. so that was scary. I took it apart and gave it new thermal pads and cleaned it, that was very easy! Turns out it was my old controller causing the problems <XD well at least I refreshed my old GC c:

We completed the remake of Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door and LOVED IT SO MUCH 💙 I seriously forgot how much I love Paper Mario as a whole and DOOPLISS OMG DOOPLISS 💙💙💙 I used to love him a lot as a young teen and maaaaan he was wonderful in this remake!! His lil voice was perfect for how precious he is 🥹 He is literally so baby... ofc I say this without referring to anything agere related buuuuut then my baby brain got to working and I'm regressing with him now lmao. I always saw him being young mentally, like around 15 while his bio age is a mystery ( idk how Dooplighosts age ) and since he partners up with Flurrie in the end I see after a few years of being acting partners and them bonding, I see Flurrie being a mother like figure for Doopliss, and being a semi cg to him when regressed c: I'll talk more about this in another post

I'm going to try drawing again and get back into that small series I started where I draw all the cookies I see as regressors, as well as get to alot of other ideas I have. Other than that I'm mostly doing alright? Just trying to get by each day but thankfully my wonderful girlfriend and mom have been helping me a lot <:3

Hopefully soon things can change here and become active again.. but until then I'll hope to see you guys again later c:

Thank you for reading

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

About Me: Favorite Pokemon

Pokemon is a series very near and dear to my heart. From my early experiences watching the anime and playing the card game to staying up all night in the hospital playing Pokemon Crystal to getting my first-ever game of my own (Sapphire) and picking my first starter (Torchic), I just have an endless stream of positive memories of this franchise.

Of course, most of the positive memories wouldn’t be half as good without all the Pokémon I befriended along the way. There’s over a thousand of these creatures now and while I don’t think any Pokémon is bad, I’ve obviously come to like some more than other. That’s what this list is for.

Unfortunately, due to the image limit on posts I had to cut this list down from 50 to 30 so that there wouldn’t be twenty boring blank spaces like I had to do with my video game list. A lack of pictures there is whatever, but when I can’t showcase the designs of the critters I’m talking about, there’s a big issue. This means there’s a lot of honorable mentions: Klefki, Jynx, Slither Wing, Lapras, Garbodor, Lunala, every single Eeveelution, Armaldo, Farfetch'd, Sirfetch'd, Ditto, Pheromosa, Buzzwole, Mew, Xurkitree, Lucario, Gimmighoul, Zoroark, Claydol, Walking Wake, Rotom, Porygon2, Chien-Pao, Iron Thorns, Sceptile, Gallade, Togekiss, Spiritomb, Grimmsnarl, Mimikyu, Scrafty, Sigilyph, Zacian, Florges, Eternal Flower Floette, Lilligant, Bisharp, Kingambit, Wishiwashi, Tatsugiri, Bronzong, Rayquaza, Dracovish, Hydreigon, Blacephalon, and Dracozolt. Yeah, there's a thousand of these, so narrowing down my favorites is no easy task.

30. Unown

Unown is probably one of the most worthless Pokemon when it comes to battling seeing as they only know Hidden Power and have pitiful stats (partly because their attacking stats are still spread as if the physical/special split never happened), but I lfind their overall suckiness kind of endearing. I like the weird concept behind them being living hieroglyphs, and the mysteries surrounding them really make me wish they were utilized more in the stories of the games. I'm not asking for them to be as badass as they were in the Entei movie, but come on, throw these guys a bone!

29. Qwilfish

One of the absurdly rare joke Pokemon of Gen II, Qwilfish wasn't one I thought of very often... that is until I got one over the GTS back in the DS days. She was a shiny, her name was Butt Bomb, and her OT was Bakura. Ever since I got her, I have always loved this stupid mine/blowfish hybrid, and I was absolutely elated to find out it got a badass evolution in Overqwil when Pokemon Legends Arceus came out.

28. Sneasler

Speaking of Arceus, I have to say that Sneasler is my favorite Hisuian evolution. I've always loved Sneasel, especially since one in LeafGreen ended up becoming one of my first ever level 100 Pokemon in that game. I kind of didn't like that it lost so much Sneasel-ness upon evolving into Weavile, but Sneasler certainly fixes that problem. It's all right there in the name, where the original is Sneasel, this one is even Sneasler. More Sneasel, less problems.

27. Meowstic

These weird little Psychic cats are just a lot of fun, and I honestly like them more than their more iconic pre-evolutions. Gen VI gets a lot of flak, especially considering how few Pokemon it introduced, but considering it brought this sexually dimorphic extrasensory feline into existence I'm fine with it. Quality over quantity.

26. Kecleon

It has one of the most clunky gimmicks out there, but I'm still fond of this little chameleon. It's such a fun Pokemon to track down be it in Gen III, their remakes, or even Go, and it is one of the single most terrifying foes you can battle in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. I even love its stupid shiny that only changes its stripe.

25. Dudunsparce

After years of fans begging for Dunsparce to finally receive an evolution, one that would be some badass dragon that completely misses the point of Dunsparce's whole joke, Gen IX delivered with... a Dunsparce that has an extra segment in its body. It is genuinely one of the greatest trolls in existence, and the fact there's a special form that's even longer really goes to show that Dunsparce was always perfect and the only thing they could even imagine doing as improvement is giving us more Dunsparce.

24. Alcremie

I love Pokémon with bafflingly cryptic evolution methods, and while Runerigus probably takes the cake in terms of Gen VIII Pokemon, Alcremie quits literally is the cake. The fact you have to decorate it’s pre-evolution, then spin around in a circle with the direction, number of spins, and even time of day affecting the ultimate outcome of what color Alcremie you’ll get. No matter what, the end result is the cutest food-themed Pokémon yet.

23. Shedinja

Finding this Pokémon on my own as a kid was such a fun surprise. The Nincada I’d lovingly raised evolved, but I got not just one evolution but some weird shedded husk? Fucking awesome. Ghost types really have some of the most inventive designs in the whole series, and this one hit point wonder is a shining example of that.

22. Archeops

If there wasn’t an image limit on posts, I could fill up a list with fossil Pokemon as I love almost all of them. But my favorite of them all is definitely this awkward, struggling proto-bird that hits like a truck until it gets too many boo-boos and just gives up. It’s kind of relatable.

21. Iron Valiant

As much as I prefer the Paradox Pokemon in Scarlet to the ones in Violet due to their more wild designs, my favorite Paradox of all is one of the robots. It’s a very unique design among its cybernetic brethren, incorporating elements of both Gardevoir and Gallade into one awesome ‘mon. It’s quite literally the best of both worlds, and the colorless shiny version looks even better.

20. Salazzle

For a series with such a massive furry fandom, it’s honestly pretty impressive they managed to have the restraint to avoid creating a deliberately sexy design for six generations. And when they finally caved in the seventh, they made that design a venomous, fire-breathing succubus salamander. I love this stupid sexy lizard, especially that stunning shiny.

19. Chandelure

Some people hate the Pokémon based on inanimate objects, which I’ve always found stupid; a good chunk of Pokémon are based off of Yokai, and guess what a lot of Yokai are? My favorite of this brand of Pokémon is definitely the killer chandelier ons, another example of how Ghost types get all the coolest designs.

18. Meloetta

Such a simple yet elegant design for this mythical ‘mon. I really wish its gimmick was a bit more useful in combat, but when you look as good as it does it’s forgivable.

17. Milotic

The elegant, defensive counterpart to the rough, offensive Gyarados, Milotic was almost always a bitch and a half to acquire in the older games, but damn if they weren’t worth the effort of fishing up a Feebas!

16. Scizor

How do you make a mantis-velociraptor hybrid monster even cooler? Make it turn into a red steel mantis monster that can dish out and tank hits better than ever. Easily my favorite Pokémon introduced in the

15. Gardevoir

Look, Gardevoir has a bit of a reputation on the internet, but that's not the reason I love it. I've adored it since I was a little kid, playing Sapphire for the first time and adding this pretty Psychic being to my team to help me crush my foes. It's such a beautiful, elegant creature, and contributes a great deal to my overwhelming adoration of the Fairy type after retroactively being given it.

14. Hatterene

Gen VIII got its very own Gardevoir in this beautiful witchy Fairy, but there's a bit of a twist here; where Gardevoir loves and guards its trainer with its life, Hatterene will beat the ever-living shit out of anyone it senses is experiencing strong emotions. It's much more in line with mythical fairies than a lot of its kin, and the fact it's a pretty tough fighter only makes it more appealing to me. Love a girl that's both beautiful and deadly.

13. Roserade

I was always a big fan of Roselia even back as a kid, but I was a bit sad at how it wasn't really a viable fighter. Thankfully, I only needed to wait a single generation for that problem to be solved with a gorgeous evolution. Gen IV really knocked it out of the park with improving old 'mons with great new evolutions, but Roselia got the best of the bunch in my eyes.

12. Tinkaton

This is a Pokemon that just about everyone loves, but how can you not love it? It's a violent little gremlin with a hammer three times as big as its body that loves to antagonize birds by knocking rocks into the sky. The best Fairy Pokemon combine cute designs with those mischievous folkloric fairy antics, and Tinkaton is the best mix of those around.

11. Deoxys

As a kid, I saw a rumor back on the internet saying that if you watched the rockets in Mossdeep City enough times, eventually you'd get to ride one to the moon and battle Deoxys. I laughed this off, thinking this was a fake rumor for a fake Pokemon... and then the movie Destiny Deoxys, one of my favorites of the series, dropped, and I was in that space station every day hoping to go to the moon. I'd have to wait til Gen VI for that dream to be realized, but this bizarre alien virus has always remained one of my favorite Pokemon regardless of how hard to acquire it tends to be.

10. Lurantis

I love how clever it is conceptually; it's a reverse orchid mantis, a plant pretending to be a bug. And it's a very cute plant at that! I don't care if its slow as molasses like nearly every other Alola Pokemon, Lurantis is an absolute cutie and I'm happy it has consistently made the cut even with the Pokedex being trimmed in the newer games.

9. Blaziken

My first ever starter, and one that will always hold a special place in my heart. It's hard not to love an actual fighting cock in a series accused of being superpowered cockfighting.

8. Zeraora

Probably one of the least popular mythical Pokemon out there, but if Zeraora has only one fan, I am that fan. There's just something about its design that really appeals to me, and no, it's not just because I'm a furry.

7. Ceruledge

Ghosts just really have the best designs. A living suit of armor that's also on fire and has flaming ghost swords for hands? Literal perfection.

6. Pyukumuku

Yet another bizarre gimmick Pokemon, in the vein of Shuckle or Wobbuffet as it learns no attacking moves and has pitiful offensive stats in return for sky-high defenses. This little gimmick creature is absurdly adorable compared to those two though, and it fights by barfing up its insides in the form of a giant fist. Plus, it has the best green shiny ever, going from a mere sea cucumber to a sea pickle.

5. Volcarona

Tyranitar and Hydreigon are the Godzilla and Ghidorah of Pokemon, but the trifecta is not complete for that all-out attack without Mothra. Enter Volcarona, the best and most beautiful Bug in the series. It's got absurdly high stats, an incredibly fluffy design, and an absurdly high level requirement to evolve, but boy is it ever worth it.

4. Obstagoon

The only good Gene Simmons ever did for the world is inspire this upgrade for the oft-forgotten Linoone. Of course, much better than its KISS-inspired base color is its shiny alt, which is a garish glam rock/Bowie-esque bright red and blue goon.

3. Meowscarada

I'm usually the type who starts off with a Fire starter, or on rare occasions the Water one. I almost never start with a Grass one... but Scarlet was the exception, because this gorgeous trickster stage magician cat is just too fucking cool to pass up on.

2. Cinderace

God, I love Cinderace. It has such a sleek, cool design that makes it my favorite Fire/Fighting starter despite not even having the Fighting type. It's nimble, acrobatic, and can kick your ass into next Sunday, but it doesn't have that bitch of a type combo despite all signs pointing to it. What a funny bunny.

1. Absol

Absol, and especially its Mega Evolution, are the very best Pokemon to me. I love their design, I love their tragic backstory that over the years has come to acknowledge how the Pokemon has become widely beloved by the fanbase... I trained one up to level 100 back before the Phsyical/Special split, and in those days this thing was next to useless in a fight. That's how deep my love for this Pokemon goes.

[tobiasdrake]

Gym #5: Larry the Exceptional Everyman

Here we are at the Normal gym.

Here's the team I've rolled up.

Gabite (Sand Veil) w/Smooth Rock: Dragon Breath, Earthquake, Sand Attack, Sandstorm

Hariyama (Guts) w/Punching Glove: Drain Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Rest

Hypno (Forewarn) w/Twisted Spoon: Zen Headbutt, Hex, Hypnosis, Disable

Mabosstiff (Intimidate) w/Black Glasses: Crunch, Comeuppance, Play Rough, Charm

Coalossal (Flame Body) w/Rocky Helmet: Power Gem, Flamethrower, Will-O-Wisp, Tar Shot

Gyarados (Intimidate) w/Shell Bell: Waterfall, Ice Fang, Crunch, Dragon Dance

Being unevolved, Gabite is our weak link, but I think his Sand Veil might just make him scrappier than his stats would otherwise imply. I would have given him Eviolite, but the Smooth Rock seemed more important.

I'm trying something with Hariyama. He's going to be our strongest contender against a Normal gym. His ludicrously high HP is his strongest attribute, though his Physical Attack is a close second. I think if I can keep him healing with Drain Punch and Rest, plus getting Guts boosts every time he triggers Rest, he could go a long time in that ring.

He might even be able to sweep the whole fight.

Hypno's really more of a saboteur. He hasn't been able to learn Dream Eater yet, so he can't fire off in the specific way that Hypno was designed to do as a Pokemon. But I'm hoping Disable, Hex, and Zen Headbutt can help compensate.

Coalossal is a brick wall who can paint a Fire weakness onto any opponent she goes up against. I predict her being the #2 strongest in this upcoming fight.

Anyone who read the fight against the Water Gym remembers Intimidate shenanigans ultimately winning a match that I had no right to win. Well, this time we've got Mabosstiff and Gyarados as a pair of Intimidaters. XD Hopefully won't have to resort to that again, though. I'm feeling really good here.

Ordinarily, I would save my strongest Pokemon as an emergency fallback. But honestly, I think Hariyama's strong enough to sweep this whole thing so let's go with him in front.

Larry's Pokemon #1: Komala

Starting off decent. Komala's got high Special Defense to compensate for low HP, but her Physical Defense is lacking. She's also not very fast. Her main gimmick is always being asleep but being able to act normally despite it.

So, basically, her main gimmick is being immune to status ailments. I respect that. But her low HP and lack of PHY DEF is going to crush her.

Komala gets the first move: Yawn. Ha! Hariyama's built to lose consciousness anyway. Hariyama, meanwhile, oneshots Komala with the first Drain Punch.

Larry's Pokemon #2: Dudunsparce

Hahaha, what? I forgot they gave Dunspace the silliest possible evolution.

Dunsparce is fairly well-balanced, with high HP and low Speed. It also has Serene Grace, so secondary effects are easy to trigger. Not sure that's going to be relevant. I assume Dudunsparce is the same but more.

Hariyama's got one turn before he passes out. I'm going to use it on a Drain Punch. Dudunsparce actually manages to tank the hit. She responds with Glare, paralyzing Hariyama and ironically cancelling out the Yawn.

Now free to move again since Paralysis nerfed Hariyama's speed, Dudunsparce uses Hyper Drill. This hits for about 40% damage, while Hariyama's next move gets blocked by the paralysis.

Alright, this is why we brought Rest. Hariyama takes another Hyper Drill, going down to 14 HP, and Rests. Now cured of paralysis and no longer Speed-debuffed, Hariyama gets the next move: Sleep Talk to Thunder Punch. So long Dudunsparce.

Larry's Pokemon #3: Staraptor

Larry's on his last Pokemon and Hariyama's going full-steam. Staraptor's Intimidate cancels out the buff from Hariyama's Guts, sadly. It's going to do more than that when Hariyama wakes up.

Of course, Larry Terastalizes Staraptor. He actually might have been better off not doing that. Staraptor just lost the STAB bonus to his Flying attacks, which would be good against Hariyama, as well as his Flying resistance to Fighting that cancels out Normal's weakness to Drain Punch.

That being said, Staraptor's still blindingly fast compared to Hariyama, and Flying attacks are still really strong against him nonetheless. One Aerial Ace knocks off 2/3 of Hariyama's HP. This is no longer sustainable.

Hariyama Sleep Talks to Rest, which fails because he's already Asleep. That Sleep Talk will be ineffectual 1/3 of the time is an unfortunate consequence of the Rest/Sleep Talk tactic, and it just hit in the worst possible way. A Drain Punch definitely would have ended this.

Well, too late now. You done good, Hariyama, but it's time to change things up.

It's Coalossal's turn. She hits the field and takes chink damage from Aerial Ace. Staraptor takes as much damage from Rocky Helmet!

Larry doesn't seem to have an answer for this. Staraptor goes for Facade, smashing his face into the Rocky Helmet again. I could literally just do nothing, let this play out, and wait for Staraptor to KO himself. Instead, I use Tar Shot to manufacture a Fire weakness.

One Facade later, Staraptor's successfully dropped himself to 50% HP. The follow-up Flamethrower brings him down to about 10%.

Well, I guess that's that. It doesn't even matter what I do next. I do Flamethrower, but it doesn't matter. Staraptor slams his face into Coalossal's Rocky Helmet so hard he knocks himself out and hits the floor. I wonder what Larry's boss is going to think of that.

Following this Gym Challenge, Senpai wants to fight! Bonus battle!

Nemona's Pokemon #1: Lycanroc (Midday Form)

Bad news for Nemona: I've still got Hariyama at the head of my party, and he's back in full form. He drops Lycanroc with a single Drain Punch. He takes a Quick Attack before he can, but the Drain Punch fully restores what paltry damage he takes.

Nemona's Pokemon #2: Goomy

Nemona. What? You had that whole Gym Battle to select an appropriately-leveled team and you picked something that doesn't left its baby stage yet by this level?

The only stat Goomy has that's even halfway decent is Special Defense. This is embarrassing. Hariyama nukes Goomy with a Drain Punch. We can move on and pretend this never happened.

Nemona's Pokemon #3: Pawmo

Well, now I just feel patronized. Pawmo's final evolution isn't even decided by level. There was literally nothing stopping you from coming here with a Pawmot. What the hell, Nemona?

Again, Hariyama nukes this embarrassing insult with a Drain Punch. He takes a Spark beforehand, but that little cherry-tap from this half-evolved Pokemon gets immediately healed up again.

Nemona's Pokemon #4: Meowscarada

There we go. At least this one is properly evolved and powerful enough to fight. Unfortunately, he's also acquired the Dark type from his final evolution. So. Uh. Drain Punch.

Oh, right. I was honestly so offended by the previous rounds that I forgot Terastalizing is a thing. Meowscarada immediately sheds his weakness to Fighting before the first exchange can be thrown, then hits Hariyama with Flower Trick.

I've evolved a Meowscarada, so I'm familiar with this shenanigan. Flower Trick has 70 base power and auto-crits, and right now it's getting boosted by Meowscarada's Grass Terastalization. It cuts down about 2/3 of Hariyama's HP before he can land his Drain Punch - which only brings him back up to about 50% thanks to Meowscarada losing the Dark type.

Okay, this one isn't going to be an easy win. I don't think Hariyama can survive another exchange. We've got a Flower Trick incoming and we need to switch.

Not only that, but Meowscarada's got us between a rock and a hard place. Gabite, Coalossal, and Gyarados have all somehow managed to, despite very different Type pairs, have one Weakness and one Resistance to Grass, cancelling each other out. That's honestly kind of amazing.

Not only that, but because Flower Trick auto-crits, it will ignore any debuffs from Gyarados and Mabosstiff's Intimidates. This is ugly.

Coalossal has the strongest natural Physical Defense in the group, as well as Flamethrower. If anyone can bully through two Flower Tricks to put Meowscada down, it's going to be her. Let's go.

Coalossal hits the field and immediately proves me wrong, taking over half of her HP in damage. And Flower Trick isn't a Contact move, so the Rocky Helmet fails to trigger.

Alright, I hate to lose a Pokemon but Meowscarada is just too fast and Flower Trick hits too hard. I have to let Coalossal get knocked out, then beat Meowscarada on the next round.

Next round, I bring out Gyarados. Intimidate triggers, not that it matters. Gyarados trades Flower Trick for Ice Fang, taking over 100 HP in damage but landing the final blow.

Well, that was a hell of a thing. On reflection, I realize there are two things I could have done:

Mabosstiff tanking Flower Trick and retaliating with Comeuppance may have been able to oneshot Meowscarada.

Since Meowscarada was so predictable, Hypno could have Disabled her Flower Trick. That would have dialed down the overwhelming power.

I gave in to panic and didn't check my notes thoroughly enough. Takeaway for next time. Well, at least I finally got the challenge that I was so pissy about being denied in rounds 2 and 3.

[silvermuffins]

Pokemon Scarlet Liveblog!!! Part 3

Listen. I had a very good reason to delay this. The best reason even (you know who you are <3)

where were we? oh right, we were lost.

i have no memory of this place

aaaaaa there's a crab following me

battles an artist who can't finish a sentence

!!! GIMMIGHOUL hello my new pal Boxly. It's up on top of this tower, which seems to just be a lookout tower.... I can see Artzon from here, and also Light Pollution. And also a really giant butte? can't wait to go up there! Oh, neat, you can fly to the watchtowers once you've been to them.

oooh i see where the titan klawf is now, hello down there

small blue...that's not a rookidee. What are you? What are you??? Get back here! Nymble? bug i think...cricket but it almost looks like a like. fidget spinner. oh goddammit poison point, killed it.

Found another, finally, while wandering. If they wanted me to accomplish anything they shouldn't have given me an open worl. Anyway I still think Nymble looks like a fidget spinner folded up so her name is Fidget. !!! Look, a Growlithe! get over here Fai Do!

i wonder what's with these ruined buildings? don't like how they seem to be where i find Drowzee.

AAAA WHAT'S THAT PINK THING Tinkatink? You're gonna be Pebbles.

I think the signs pointing to Artazon are starting to get desperate about my adamant exploration. They keep yelling at me like I'm not deliberately going the opposite direction of what they say.

New Headcanon: enough kids got hopelessly lost in these cliffs that they just put signs goddamn everywhere.

lmao the signs like "okay if you're down here you MUST be lost"

AAAAA CRAB LANDED ON ME

sorta hate that i can only jump while riding koraidon

"Caught 63 battled 81" damn, my dex is at a phenomenal start

well now. I have 45 minutes until i need to get ready for work, and I'm right about at the crabby paddy. jfc these fuckin Klawf have this like....creepyass moan of an activation noise, they're at the intersection of no thoughts head empty and nightmare fuel.

now wait i tick i SAW the big klawf on this wall earlier, where is ti? ....oooh, i found him. exploring, tho--

well, that was easy. I could go down the long way....but it's more IC for Fani to just leap off the cliff after it. Whee!

Awww Arven uses a Shellder! And I am massively overleveled.

Heyyyy, Teach is evolving! Clodsire??? Oh, it's fully evolved now, I can grab something else from my box.

Also, looking for more Herba Mistica! In a caaave. Oh, it's just more cutscene. This one's sweet. That's the flavor associated with speed...

ARVEN IS GONNA FEED ME. He makes kung fu movie noises while he cooks, what the fuck. Aaaaa this is so cute.

Arven why do you hate koraidon

oh....i don't get to eat sandwich. gotta feed it to Koraidon... just goes hungry ig

aww Arven sharing OH I GET TO DASH NOW NEAT

what is your deal my guy

Sada how do you know that

Swap Teach out for Sotero...we'll be doing a grass gym next I think? But we have Scoots for that.....i just. it's ten more levels until Scoots evolves, do I want a half-bird team that long? Not really. Ah well, sort it out later.

oh more places to explore Oh dunsparce with Tera Poison. Might as well try and catch thaaaaaat was a critical capture, okay then

how does headbutt work with a nacli just it just yeet its wholeass self. anyway the new Dunsparce is now Dunviped.

damn wild pokemon just keep running into me LEAVE ME ALONE FOR TWO SECONDS SO I CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE I AM

uhhhh how'd i even get to this part of the map.....

okay i am going to get ready for and go to work we will figure this out Later

and now it is later! I am still lost! I think i jumped off one too many cliffs,,,,,,

let's just. fly back to the watchtower.

okay where the fuck am i NOW

for those wondering: no, my sense of where i am is also this bad in reality i just almost never leave the neighborhood i've lived in my entire life

ohhh this cliff looks out on a team star base....damn they're big

back on track! keep forgetting to heal up,,,

finished an accidental battle and immediately slid down a cliff.... Fani is battered and bruised.

Finally on the Artazon outskirts! And I found...twin mice? Tandemaus. How....do you name a Pokemon that is two Pokemon??? fuck it. You're Beep & Boop now.

Okay I think I'm done dicking around, time to actually enter town. NOPE there's more Pokemon to catch here! Tish the Shuppet, Nimbus the Drifloon, and FINALLY found a Squawkabilly to name Elvis.

Okay NOW i'm in town, oh look the same food shops I found in Mesagoza.

Man I get nothing for reaching the center of the maze??? you'd think there'd be a little prize, like a person saying congrats and giving me a pokeball or something.

"what a nice breeze" this little girl says, in the middle of a thunderstorm....

wait does Koraidon already have surfing capabilities, just in case i fall in some water?

love this giantass playground, would be better with interactible elements!

man i miss unique gym designs why do they all need to look the same on the outside...anyway, time to beat up Hubert von Vestra. Can't believe they made his shiny colors green. Well. After I rip up his garden or whatever.

....no time limit or anything, this will be a cakewalk. oh, this one flees- oh, it wants to FIGHT. bitch I have a Shroodle. damn the maze one isn't even at the center and three more were right at start, what a wimpy test.

just noticed there's a Surrendering Sunflora on top of the Pokemon Center....

OH MY GOD WHAT A FUCKING EDGELORD oh jesus fuck that smile is terrifying don't do that. especially while soggy.

What is that at his hip anyway is that a garden hoseoh Nebula you right this music is incredible

WAIT I MISCALCULATED Chomper's tera type is normal not Poison! Augh! I still win, but damn.

Brassius is so fucking intense. Fani is a little....scared.

I see another excalibur thingy....up on a cliff where i can't reach...

Anyway, Falmenco is another Oricorio.

I am approaching the fire Star Base, and Cassiopeia calls in-- who in the FUCK is this?!

wai

wait a second

oh no is that who i think it is

it....it has to be.....

oh NO im gonna die this is hilarious

hELP

Clive and Cassiopeia both like "fuck i can't press you while also concealing my own bullshit"

BAHAHAHAHAHA

ah crap got rammed from behind by a Tauros- JUST STAY IN THE BALL. Finally. Your name is Noctober. OH, CYCLIZAR. Definitely need a you. Ah fuck accidentally killed it. there's another one! Fuck, killed that one too. But at least Sirea is evolving! Time to swap her out for Jupe.

cutscene took me down the cliff so now i gotta catch up on some explorin'

trying to find another Cyclizar, or a Toedcool since the map says they're here, but I'll take this Venonat. Sana. Ooh! Teddiursa! Crit captured, even, you'll be Renange. I have no Flabebe yet but this grass tera Floette will do... Banchata. ! Sotero evolving into....Naclstack. I was going to say that's pretty cool but honestly it's pretty minecraft. Komala! I'm calling you Ponchi. Pineco, you're Gonzo. Finally found a Toedcool! dammit I killed it. Found an Applin! You're Froot. CYCLIZAR. You'll be Zips.

i am Tired and Slightly Ill, so I do believe I will be calling it here for the moment!!!!

[professor-vanad]

Hello, my names Alex. I run a sanctuary for undersized for their species pokemon, and I've been looking into finding specialists for certain pokemon with medical issues who live here, since the sanctuaries pc system got connected to allow for inter-regional transfer of pokemon.

I've got a certain porygon you might be interested in studying. We all call them "Old Man Porygon" and I wouldn't mind them getting a "physical" so to speak from an expert instead of the usual trip to a pokemon center.

See, they were donated to the sanctuary because of their small size, but recently I decided to track down their history and why they behaved like an elderly pokemon (when porygon weren't supposed to age like that?) In case there was something medically wrong with them.

And it turned out they were one of the original beta porygon, (presumably one of the first of their kind compatible with pokeballs from what I was told from some history buff internet nerds?) which technically makes them one of the oldest known porygon, and explained why they were so small and paler than most porygon, since the design for porygon probably hadn't been fully finalized yet when they were made.

They appear to have some other weird traits to them as well, (which I'm embarrassed to say I hadn't looked into until recently despite them having lived here for years since I didn't know enough about porygon to notice anything weird).

Primarily being, I dont thing he's actually capable of going into machines like regular porygon?

They've never once made an attempt to do, so. And this is despite a lot of attempted bribery on my part.

And further, I'm not sure if they're capable of evolving either? I mean, you'd think a porygon that's almost as old as a porygon is capable of being and ended up being traded from person to person at least 9 times based on my whole tedious detective adventure; at least one of them would have tried to evolve them by now.

But like I said, they very much act like an elderly person (and according to pokemon centers who've looked them over, show a lot of other signs of being elderly as well?) so it's hard to get them to communicate clearly.

You can see them napping there on Gordon's bicep in this group portrait of the sanctuaries pokemon. And yes, the z's do physically appear floating in the air beside them when they sleep. That wasn't artistic license.

If you want, we can schedule a weekend or something where they can stay at your place. It would probably be good for them too have a little change of scenery and let them hang out with another porygon for a bit. Although I would ask that dunsparse accompany them to keep an eye on things and reassure the old guy in case they get confused. Crawmorant and Drifblim are also options if you'd want to request an alternate tag-along, but i'll warn that Drifblim is a very picky eater and Cramorant has a fondness for screaming.

Alex, thank you so much for reaching out because I am so interested in all of this! For one, your sanctuary sounds like a fascinating one and all of your residents look really happy. It’s great to see. It sounds like you’re looking for a general check-up but are there any more explicit issues your worried about (outside of what you’ve mentioned already)?

Those traits you mentioned certainly seemed out of the ordinary, though I will say, Perl - our resident porygon - isn’t especially fond of entering machines either. The possible lack of evolution could be explained by an incompatibility with Upgrade software. Upgrades were created to work with the finalised version of porygon so that could be where your pal is having trouble. Not that I think it seems to be bothering them much.

Regardless, I’d be absolutely delighted to have them over. My time is a little at a premium this week with the lab inspection coming up. I’d say any time after this weekend should work well, though if anything urgent develops we can certainly organise a sooner date. Dunsparce should do just fine as a tag-along. The courtyard should be all cleared up by then so they’ll both have plenty of space to play in. The extra time will also give me a chance to source food for any requirements they my have.

Let me know what suits and send me any extra care notes you have. I can start get ready as soon as possible.

Looking forward to hearing from you.