#Methinks there is more worldbuilding to do >:3c

[worldbuilding-tomfoolery]

eevee ecos

I wanted to think about "realistic" eevees and their respective ecosystems as a little thought experiment. Adaptation logic led me to some unexpected places!

I think most striking is that Flareon would probably like to live in cooler climates, so their primary habitat would probly be mountains & taigas. They would probably play a big role in fire ecology, which is so cool. (It's Firefox!)

Jolteon also surprised me. Electricity is most useful in water, so they'd probably be semiaquatic -- a freshwater dweller, like the noble electric eel! Who woulda thunk someone so opposite-looking to Vaporeon would have the closest habitat type? (obv vapon is oceans)

Some others are fairly intuitive. Leafeon gets temperate forests, can expand into subtropical & boreal if they want. Umbreon prefers caves, and can fill nocturnal niches for other habitats. Glaceon likes -- shocker -- glaciers. Tundra & polar deserts.

Espeon was the trickiest to place. There isn't really a real-world analog for Psychic type, so I focused on their physical traits instead. Espeon seems to have short fur, if any, and big ol' eyes and ears. These are good high-heat low-water adaptations, so I went with Desert & Shrubland for esp. Pokemuad-dib

Sylveon is so bright & striking I have to put them in tropical rainforests. They're like a bird of paradise. I like to think there could be lots of microvariations in color & ornaments for wild sylfs! And just imagine the potential of domesticated colors....

Interesting implication of this is that this morph would probably have the highest population among eeveelutions by far. Between the trait diversity and the sheer cover area of tropics, Sylveon may make up fully half of adult eevees!

Since tropical rainforests are considered a cradle for biodiversity, I thought it would be fitting for them to be eevees' primary birthplace. A baby can probably handle most non-extreme environments, but tropical rainforests are their main. I like to think there's an ancient supercave which hosts its own unique mini-ecosystem, where lots of eevees congregate from all over during the migration season. Here, they breed & raise their young. Once juvenile eevees are hardy enough, the adults disperse back to their home habs.

Older, un-metamorphosed eevees prefer temperate grasslands. Like rabbits :>