#Laverre City

[billfrancois]

Smeargal used Sketch!

[vanvoxy]

[8-bit] Laverre City (Pokémon X&Y)

[sid-is-a-gym-leader]

Dude why are the unovan translated names of Kalos cities so different. Like how do you go from "Romant-sous-Bois" to "Laverre City". I read that it came from "lavender" but i dont think we have lavender here ???? Thats some south Kalos shit. Unless it's meant to resemble Lavender Town and yeah ok i can see the similarities

[v1ct0r1an]

Butterfly Spiral avatar x Bug Blogger yuri

[azuremist]

mō me me meromero natchatte mō

suki de suki de (I LOVE)

Pokemon ft. Hatsune Miku - Project VOLTAGE

[articskele]

Valerie X and Y save me……. Valerie X and Y……… Save me Valerie X and Y………

[warrior-wandering]

gotta leave fairy town today. meowstic man said something really cryptic, like ‘maybe it will be a kinder time when you return’ and i have NO idea what that means but i’ll probably come back to visit him at some point

probably gonna head east? the forest in that direction is pretty, and i’m sure i can find another town if i walk far enough!

[pealeii]

it’s fall, time to go on route 14 in pokemon x again

[vaugarde]

realizing that most people probably associate “an eternal prison” with the melodramatic serena episodes is killing me rn. it cant be

[puppianqueen]

did i ever mention here ive been playing X. ive been playing X. this ponytail is awesome why didnt i grind for this earlier

[ornithic]

should tori continue her journey through kalos...............?

[quillpokebiology]

Any facts abt Pumpkaboo and/or Gourgeist?

Pumpkaboo Facts

(Art by @emiliefoxart )

-The scientific name for Pumpkaboo is "Ligna Candela" which roughly translates to "Candle Wood"

-Pumpkaboo are pretty out there on the evolutionary tree, but their closest relative is Phantump due to both originating from spirits that hid in plant-based objects

-Like most ghost types, early Pumpkaboo could've easily been trapped spirits. But, most modern Pumpkaboo aren't trapped spirits due to breeding

-Surpisingly, unlike many other ghost types, Pumpkaboo don't steal the life force of anything and instead will eat bugs or rodents

-They're crepescular, waking up in the evening and stating active throughout the night

-Pumpkaboo mate and lay their eggs in autumn. They carry their eggs for about 2 weeks before laying them in Pumpkin patches, where the eggs will take about 3 weeks until they hatch

-Pumpkaboo eggs are small and resemble pumpkin seeds. This is to help disguise the eggs from predators

-Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist communicate with each other by using their headlights. They use their headlights for almost all form of language when with each other, making them very silent around one-another

-Their headlights are also used to attracts bugs. Many bug type pokemon are attracted to the light they give

-Pumpkaboo sleep by digging a hole and leaving their lower half under and keeping their top half out. These are called pumpkin beds. Pumpkin beds can be recreated by giving them a lot of blankets to burrow in

-Pumpkaboo actually shed a lot. It's important to brush them and keep their fur from getting tangled

-Pumpkaboo are hibernators. While they sleep with half their body in the ground normally, when hibernating, they submerge their entire body into the ground

-The tradition of carving pumpkins from Halloween originated in Laverre city, and was because of Pumpkaboo! They believed that carving pumpkins that resembled Pumpkaboo would ward off evil spirts and bad luck

-This one is a bit dark, but in Medevial Hammerlocke, Pumpkaboo wrre seen as "spirits of death and misfortune," and many people geared them. In order to ease the fear around them, people started hunting Pumpkaboo and displaying their corpses around. This evolved into turning the corpses into Halloween decorations. Luckily, it went out of practice. But, the displaying od Pumpkaboo corpses did introduce Galarians to Jack-ó-lanterns that weren't made from turnips (Galar has some horrifying history sometimes...).

-There's a Galarian fairytale saying that Pumpkaboo was originally a stingy human who died and was turned into a Pumpkaboo as his punishment

-While Pumpkaboo prefer to live in forests or in pumpkin patches, some Pumpkaboo have been known to live in caves (the Lental region has a lot of those Pumpkaboo). This breed of Pumpkaboo often have darker colors and sharper edges

[csolarstorm]

Xerneas and Yveltal are Fungi: Let Me Explain...

Source: Bulbapedia, Wikipedia, Bulbapedia, Enchanted Nature

Xerneas and Yveltal are my favorite legendary designs. There's something weirdly alien about these bio-luminescent approximations of fauna, like they're trying to look like animals and failing. I've always thought they looked a little bit...fungal.

Xerneas and Yveltal are like batteries. They're life energy brokers; Xerneas distributes life, while Yveltal drains it. Supporting and draining life is one of the main characteristics of fungi. In fact, it's like their whole thing.

Some fungi have a mutualistic relationship with their hosts, where they actually benefit their health. And in general, fungi are essential to supporting the ecosystem. Then there's fungi that are simply parasitic.

Fungi can also go dormant, as well as their spores. Staying still is their thing, just chilling in dark places. Xerneas and Yveltal's dormant forms are especially weird, showing just how anomalous these creatures are.

Now allow me to lichen fauna to fungi.

Sources: Bulbapedia, New Forest Pics, Wikipedia, Mushroom Diary Blog

This is xylaria hypoxylon, also known as Stag's Horn fungus. (Not to be confused with Yellow Staghorn.) It reminds me a lot of the dormant form of Xerneas, or the "deactivated" form it takes in the PC.

Stag's Horn is also bio-luminscent, which means the tips of the fungus faintly glow - much like the tips of Xerneas's antlers.

Speaking of the first legendary Fairy Pokemon, mushrooms are often associated with fairies. Fairy Rings are circles of mushrooms that are connected by mycelium underneath. (I'll get into mycelium in just a second.) There are too many myths about Fairy Rings to get into here, so for now I'll just point out the Fairy Ring around Valerie's Gym in Laverre City.

Sources: Bulbapedia, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Enchanted Nature, UK Wildlife

I'm not sure whether Bulbapedia or Dr. King on Pokemon Amino first likened Yveltal to Devil's Fingers, but the similarities are uncanny. Like Yveltal emerges from its cocoon, Devil's Fingers emerge from what is called their "egg stage". I tried to find the least unsettling picture of this that I could. Enjoy...?

I mean, what kind of bird turns into a cocoon, anyway? Honestly though, fungus isn't supposed to hatch from an egg either, so this is all mixed up.

Okay, so Xerneas and Yveltal are based on different aspects of Yggdrasil. But if you were going to design Pokemon based on Yggdrasil, the World Tree that connects the universe, wouldn't you base it on fungi rather than an actual tree? Mycelium can actually partner with the roots of plants and other fungus to create a widespread beneficial mycorrhizal network, a truly interconnected ecosystem of organisms.

Source: BBC News - How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other

And that's why Xerneas and Yveltal are fungi. Or it could be part of their inspiration, at least. They're not necessarily inspired by these specific fungi, but I think the concept may be part of their design. Either way, Gen VI is especially fun to research!

Reviewed by @fluffybunnybadass.

Check out my posts about Pokemon Legends: Z-A:

Poll: What Does the Λ in Legends Z-A Symbolize?

Pokemon Legends Z-A: What Is the Λ?

Is Z-A Just Zygarde-A? (%1000 Zygarde and the Fragments of the Tree of Life)

Aaah, it's an A! Is the A in Z-A the Tree of Life?

How much longer am I going to have to wait for a freakin' Unova remake?!

[harteofthehart-ayyy]

GREETINGS~!

Are you a fan of pumpkaboo? Ghost types? Spooky scares and malicious fares? >:3

Simply asking, that’s all~

~ Viktor Stoker, Laverre City

(@hail-to-the-pumpkaboo-king)

Pumpkaboo? Yes. Ghost types? Hell yeah. Scary scares? Not really. Malicious fares? Hmmmm. No 💖

Hope that answers your questions! :-]

[beezonia]

Okay your all getting my xyz future headcannons now because I’m super excited

So Serena and Calem are like siblings

Serena is champion and Calem has continued Augustine’s research on mega evolution seeing if there are more pokèmon who can actually mega evolve

Calem challenges Serena on a monthly basis when he gets bored

She continues to beat his ass (although it’s neck and neck every time though)

Shauna and Serena are engaged

They’ve been together for about 4 years now

Trevor and Tierno are married - been together for 7 years

Calem is still single (he will eventually find the one dw his bi ass will fall in love)

Shauna is the reigning Kalos Queen and know to most as a top coordinator

She also does furfrou trimming in her spare time

Trevor is a science teacher in santalune city whilst Tierno teaches dance at the same school

Viola and Grant are married (one of the first in the league to get married)

Alexa actually took over her sister as the gym leader when she retired early

Viola now just freelances her way through life and enjoy every second of being a bug momma

Grant is still a gym leader and has won plenty of competitions for his climbing

Ramos has fully retired and is living his best life on a farm somewhere in Kalos I like to think

Korrina eventually becomes one of the elite four

She’s won plenty of medals for her rollerblading as well

She’s also starting up her own little tournaments for trainers who want to get stronger

Valerie continues to design, becoming well known across the poke world which means she ends up travelling loads

Bonnie takes over Clemont’s gym when he ends up moving to Kanto for university

Drasna and Olympia are happily married and are living together in Anistar citywith their adopted daughter Marie (she’s in her 20s!)

Wulfric retired and his family live with him in snowbelle his eldest Lucille took up his mantle as gym leader

Siebold retired to travel the world for inspiration (hence why Korrina stepped up to fill his shoes)

Wikstrom now lives in Laverre city with his husband and son (who’ll take on his role when wikstrom believes he’s ready!)

Malva now resides in Santalune city, she’s vibing really no one knows what’s the fuck it is she does but she causes chaos still

Her neice Magda has been staying with her though

Diantha has become a very popular writer, her fantasy series is one of the best selling books

She also directs films from time to time

Augustine is chilling in alola for a while no one in the league knows if he’ll come back

He sends postcards to everyone though, they love him for it