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crowberri · 2 years
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[Pokemon] Her name is Jello, be nice to Jello :)
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yanderes-galore · 3 months
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Yandere Houndoom(Pet-Like)
As someone who has a Houndoom as my fire and dark type in Brilliant Diamond right now (Her name is Hellena), I'll happily write for the hellhound :)
Overprotective! Houndoom Concept
Pairing: Platonic/Pet/Animal-like
Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Clingy behavior, Violence, Overprotective behavior, Attempted murder, Possessive behavior, Arson, Jealousy implied, Despite the source material this is dark, like really dark.
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Houndooms would be quite terrifying of they were overprotective of a trainer.
Sure, you may think they'd be just loyal dogs.
Yes, but recall their Pokedex entries?
Most entries say essentially the same thing.
Houndoom has a fire that when someone is burned by it, the burn lasts forever.
This Pokemon is also often considered the "Grim Reaper" due to the howls it produces according to other dex entries.
So, no, Houndoom is not just some dog Pokemon.
I imagine you took one in as a Houndour, which makes the Pokemon extra attached to you.
That or maybe you managed to tackle the feat of catching one in the wild.
I'd imagine a wild Houndoom would take more time to get used to their trainer.
At first they reluctantly follow beside you when you let them out of their ball.
They listen in battle but there's no connection quite yet.
It's not until you stroke their fur, walk alongside them, and train them that they get attached.
Your Houndoom all of a sudden starts getting used to all this praise and warms up to you.
You often take them on a walk through routes and battle with trainers.
You try to train them well as you don't want an accident happening.
You are aware of the danger a Houndoom can cause outside of their ball,
One wrong move and the second a fire breath ignites from their mouth?
Chaos.
For the most part your Pokemon seems well behaved.
They adore you petting them and often wrap around you when resting.
I imagine if a Houndoom became overprotective of a trainer or human they adore they'd get violent.
First it's things like growling, barking, and roaring.
During walks you end up having your Houndoom jump in front of you and show aggressive behaviors.
Wild Pokemon quickly skitter away, which is useful at times but annoying at others.
Then you grow concerned when your Houndoom decides humans are also a threat to their precious trainer.
As a result you keep them in the ball more often.
The most dangerous part of a Houndoom is indeed their fire.
Their claws and teeth are quite bad, yes, but at least the pain subsides then.
Their fire? The pain is forever.
Think about this.
Maybe while you go to sleep at night your Houndoom breaks out of their ball.
Sometimes it's innocent and they curl up around you, wanting the warmth of their trainer.
Other times they leave your home... looking for what, exactly?
They're looking for Pokemon and humans that could have hurt you.
Houndoom is obviously a Fire type, yet they are also a Dark type.
Your Houndoom may not care about the chaos it causes.
As long as they keep their trainer safe they could care less how they do it.
During the night your Houndoom targets random wild Pokemon to get stronger and vent frustration before returning to you.
However, if they're feeling extra ambitious, maybe they target people.
Maybe your Houndoom decides to target your rival... or someone else close to you.
Maybe your Pokemon doesn't like the humans around you.
By the time you wake up in the morning you see it on the news.
A house caught on fire, the survivors having burns that never seem to go away.
They're disfigured and in so much pain.
The report strikes fear in you.
Sure, wild Pokemon sometimes end up attacking humans, it happens.
Yet it seems oddly targeted....
You knew these people.
You try to tell yourself things will be fine.
It's nothing, it's just a wild Pokemon attack.
But as you pack your things to leave your home, your eyes drift towards the ball containing your Houndoom.
You don't want to believe it, in fact you shut the thought out...
Part of you still manages to think your own Pokemon was behind the fire...
But that couldn't be true... could it?
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onestepbackwards · 1 year
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(Chatting)
I know a lot of people love the Self-Aware Au.
But I can’t help imagining the Hisui residents being in another universe that playing PLA gives us access to. They are unable to see us but can feel us looking over the MC’s shoulder.
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Most of them brushed it off during the first few days. There were enough things to worry about before Ward (and wasn’t that just the oddest name for a young girl) fell from the Rift... Until they started noticing something following the sky-faller. It seemed to have some control over the girl if all the inhuman feats she pulled off were any indication. Not to mention everyone could feel it looking at them from behind her.
The first few signs were hard to miss. Ward was able to stay up for several days and nights going on surveys. Except she started sleeping through entire days, getting up at specific times, went out to catch, and repeat. Her throw accuracy topped even that of Captain Cyllene, though according to the Professor she would occasionally break a ball on a tree. Secondly—Ward never seemed to get dirty despite being in the wilds for so long. How ironic dirtiness would be more normal than her spotless ness.
Pokemon caught by the corps member would rarely if not ever misbehave. She tamed them in some unseen ways but even too-powerful ones who ignored her commands never grew hostile. They were too frightened to tell her off for sending out Pokemon inside Jubilife Village.
(Marie seemed to be affected when she didn’t mind how peculiar the Pokemon were. How did a wooden fence stop them from rampaging???)
It could also predict what their requests were going to be. Ward spent many weeks religiously catching Buizel before taking Dorian’s request. His new Buizel was the exact size he had been looking for to aid his original one. Beauregard got three new Wurmples with the being saying something about Beautifly being impossible to get with one. And wasn’t that a shock! The non-human thing would make rare comments on issues—it seemed to have selective hearing...
A rather startling surprise came when it left Ward standing in place. She didn’t talk but they heard her hum, saw her fidget, even stretch.
Never did the being get truly mad. Frustrated over losing the chance to catch a rare Pokemon was the closest. But a poor Agriculture corps man was left shaking after Ward listened to him talk about his Cherrim request. Kichi described the absolute hate directed at him for half hour from it. First, he felt its gaze focus on him more intently than a casual glance over. Then he could feel the thing glaring at him and its voice complained so much about how stupid Cherrim was! He just wanted to see the complete entry!
It got mad enough to leave Ward stuck for a few minutes in front of Kichi. So. The entity didn’t like all Pokemon as its dedication to the Pokedex project indicated...............
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Otherwise, us playing through Day and Night cycles. Sleeping at camp. Getting through requests as quickly as possible. And hearing about the dreaded Cherrim quest yet not knowing who exactly gave it to us.
I might write more of this. What do you think?
These ideas are very interesting, building off of that last ask 👀
Idk, just the idea of characters being wary of a ‘vessel’ is pretty neat.
To everyone, it’s just weird. No one really knows how to react to the hero, seeing as they are just… only somewhat there? Just a puppet to whoever is really in control. It makes conversations… tense.
And seeing everything they do… being able to sleep like a rock without moving a muscle, as much as needed, at any time. It has people on edge. Especially since despite how the hero may sleep in the weirdest places at the weirdest times, pokemon don’t attack the camp.
Sometimes the hero will just stare in the fields at nothing, standing there for hours. Sometimes even days.
If you watch them long enough, you start to notice how often they repeat thing. The same exact stretch, the same exact look around, the exact same hum.
It’s unnerving.
Sometimes the people think it’s better if they leave the hero alone…
Best not to poke the beast behind the hero. The one they cannot see.
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askkrenko · 1 year
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Krenko’s Guide to Pokemon: Hoothoot Line
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One of the few pokemon that makes sense saying its own name.
DESIGN: 
Hoothoot is a round owl-clock that stands on one foot like a flamingo. This lets one foot warm up in its cozy feathers while it stands on the other, and it switches when that foot gets too cold. The round shape, the single foot, and the huge hand-shaped brow give it a striking look. It was also made to show off that in Gen 2 time was a thing that existed, as it was very nocturnal and its pokedex entries make it clear that it has a perfect sense of timing.
So what the hell happened with Noctowl? Noctowl is… just an owl. I don’t see a single design element anywhere in Noctowl that suggests anything else. Further, I don’t see anything in its Pokedex entry that suggests anything else. This is an owl.
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You know what? I want to apologize to Furret for last time. Furret may have been just a weasel-thing, but it was still its own, unique weasel thing that has an interesting pattern and is particularly cute. Noctowl is JUST an owl. Even its name, in both Japanese and English, just call it a Nocturnal Owl which… is just an owl. Hoothoot was doing this interesting owl clock stuff and Noctowl just dropped it entirely.
You know what would’ve been cool? If Noctowl upgraded from being a round clock to looking like a grandfather clock. Give it a squarer figure, keep the clockhand eyebrows, and maybe give it a design that looked like a huge pendulum. This isn’t hard or complicated, but instead they dropped the clock idea entirely to give us a perfectly ordinary cartoon owl with no abilities or interesting features.
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ECOLOGY:
Hoothoot and Noctowl are extremely common throughout Kanto and Johto, with Noctowl often flying north to Sinnoh. Though they usually return to Kanto or Johto to nest, wild Hoothoot can be found there as well. Another sizable population exists in Galar, with Noctowl’s wide range sometimes sending them to Kalos for short periods. Hoothoot and Noctowl are nocturnal predators with a diverse diet, but they most commonly feed on small bugs and normal types, such as Caterpie, Weedle, Rattata, and Skwovet. Noctowl are far more diverse in their appetites and their nightvision combined with their stealth allow them to easily catch prey more dangerous than they’d want to engage in a direct battle.
Early Pokemon researchers failed to classify Hoothoot and Noctowl as native Kantonian Pokemon. This mistake was the direct result of Professor Oak and his young assistants all having a seven o’clock bedtime.
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TYPING:
Normal/Flying has two immunities and two resistances compared to only three weaknesses, but its big flaw is the that only three types are weak to Flying and everything that resists Normal also resists Flying. 
STATS: 
Overall, Noctowl’s stats aren’t great, with only a 452 total. It has solid HP and special defense, but low physical defense and even then isn’t quite big enough to be a tank. It’s a special attacker, but 86 special attack is still very mediocre, and its speed is slightly below average. It’s not a useless spread, but it’s not good enough at anything to stand out.
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ABILITIES: 
Keen Eye prevents accuracy loss and ignores evasion boosts, which isn’t nothing but doesn’t really come up enough to matter and can’t be leveraged.
Insomnia prevents sleep, which is actually a pretty big deal in competitive battles. Sleep is strong, and while you can’t assume it, it can be devastating when it lands.
Noctowl’s hidden ability, Tinted Lens, is usually its best and most important. Tinted Lens causes your “not very effective” attacks to deal double damage, effectively negating resistances other than the rare 4x resist. This means Noctowl doesn’t need separate attacks to hit Electric, Rock, and Steel types, which is important because its moveset is a bit narrow.
MOVES:
With Tinted Lens, Noctowl has no need for a Normal attack, so its Flying option is either the high-damage but low-accuracy Hurricane or the chance-to-flinch Air Slash. The problem with Air Slash, of course, is that Noctowl is not fast enough to reliably make flinch matter. 
While Tinted Lens means Noctowl doesn’t ‘need’ coverage, it can learn Psychic, Moonblast, and Shadow Ball, depending on what you feel the need to hit for double damage. While they’re not that much stronger than a STAB Hurricane even when super-effective, they don’t need Rain Dance for accuracy.
Noctowl also has a wide range of interesting support moves, like Defog, Roost, Hypnosis, Agility, Nasty Plot, Calm Mind, and Reflect (but not Light Screen.) Many of these are solid for use in battle. Unfortunately, Noctowl doesn’t have a way to really leverage anything or any particularly unique abilities. It’s possible for a Noctowl to set up and sweep with Agility and Nasty Plot, but it’s nothing special.
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OVERALL:
Noctowl is an owl. It’s just an owl. I cannot get over how just an owl this thing is. It has psychic attacks for some reason, which is cool, but none of this is shown in its design or mentioned in its Pokedex entries. It’s just an owl.
As far as its numbers, it works fine as a random enemy that appears early and often, but with Noctowl being its final form it never really goes anywhere or does anything from a gameplay mechanic. I’m also not sure why the clock-owl is psychic or what any of its abilities other than Hypnosis have to do with it being a clock. 
What I’d really like to see for Noctowl in a later gen is to quietly replace Keen Eye with No Guard. No Guard ensures all attacks automatically hit, both incoming and outgoing, and would combo great with Hypnosis and Hurricane, giving Noctowl a unique and powerful set of moves to help compensate for its low stats.
On a side note, I’d like to see a regional variant Noctowl that was Ice/Flying. We could use a snowy owl and the only Ice/Flying types right now are… not good.
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ventela1 · 5 months
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Oh geez, that was weather-boosted, but it wasn't even a crit.
Yeah, so I've been playing SUPER carefully with Gooey and Dusty. Dusty's defenses and speed will go up once he evolves, but for Gooey, it's mostly her good SpAtk and tons of HP that help. Her defenses are like wet tissue paper.
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I just really liked this quote.
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I can see clearly now the rain has gone~
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After spending a little more time on Route 120, we made it to 121! It takes a while to make it to Lilycove City.
It was time to look for our next encounter!
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And out popped a Shuppet, which I personally find super exciting. I've never really used one for long before.
Went for a Yawn, but Shuppet turned out to have Insomnia, so I opted to just use an Ultra Ball. And it worked first try!
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Welcome, Mallory! (Further screenshots to come later.) "Mal" fits her Pokedex entry, and I always liked the name Mallory.
If anyone's curious, this was my second encounter, and as much as I love Gloom, I'm glad I got Mallory.
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My Species Clause for this run doesn't apply to the entire evolutionary line, just Pokemon I have fully registered in my 'Dex. So even though I have an Oddish in my PC, that would have been my encounter for the route. And I already have, like, 3 other Grass types I haven't put in the party yet either.
A Wingull also appeared later, which also would have been unideal (for reasons explained in the post where I caught Gooey).
Speaking of Gooey. Something felt strange to me whenever I saw her name. I finally realized what. I didn't name her in all-caps like the rest of them! Should I edit it to be all-caps, or nah? I don't think I will, I think it's kinda cute as it is.
Shuppet turned out to be pretty common on this route. Their only damaging moves are Curse and Night Shade. What has a pair of jaws AND a pair of sunglasses? That's right, it's Dusty!
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And since they outspeed, they're basically doing the work FOR us.
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(Dusty did one-shot a Shuppet at max health with a crit Bite, though. I'm very proud!)
We spent a lot of time grinding around here.
Can I just say how much I freaking LOVE this character design! If it wasn't so close to Halloween already/I didn't already have a costume picked out, I'd try to make this!
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Fashion GOALS. Maybe sometime later I'll do a cosplay.
Discovered a new strat in letting Mim take the Poisoned status from a wild Oddish just long enough to enter a trainer battle, since he has the Guts ability. Hex Maniac Tammy's poor Ralts didn't stand a chance.
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Hey, we hadn't seen Team Aqua in a while. I sure hope they're just going to pay their respects.
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We'll check that out sometime soon.
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And finally, I just want to highlight Seviper's sprite in this gen. I love it! It's so saturated.
Finally, we made it to Lilycove and stopped for the Pokecenter. Then went right back to the route, rinse and repeat.
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AYYYY, there's a Pikachu! Kind of a goofy battle. The double paralysis happened again not long after with a Gentleman's Manectric.
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Dusty's close to evolving, but there's also something else interesting to me around here. Can anyone guess what it is? You'll see in the next post. Besides that, I'll need to go pull someone from the box and use Cut to grab some items. So we'll be seeing a lot more of Route 120.
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Was reading your Raichu post, which prompted this giant message.
There actually is some evidence that regular animals still exist in the Pokemon world, just not as prominently. There's actually promo material of Pikachu and Ash walking past a lady walking her dog, for example. This suggest that, originally, regular animals and Pokemon were supposed to coexist.
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One possible explanation for why we don't see them is that they're less popular than owning Pokemon, and since wild animals generally avoid humans, trainers wouldn't encounter them, much.
Takashi Shudo, on the other hand, claims all real-world animals went extinct and were replaced by Pokemon (presumably by evolving into them...hopefully) but this seems to contradict all the stories of "Ancient" Pokemon, unless the series is thousands of years in the future, making us the Ancient Ones.
I actually dislike this explanation, because he also claims all the real-world animals that appeared were simply "animation mistakes" which makes zero sense in the case of the Ghastly turning into a mongoose, which was very obviously deliberately done, not a "mistake" like he claims.
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There also was a Pokemon book called "Bulbasaur's Trouble" where Bulbasaur had to find a frog to settle a dispute between two children...the frog was a main part of the plot, and thus can't be written off as a "mistake."
Furthermore, the inclusion of Pokemon like Arceus, who supposedly created the world, would imply that Pokemon have been around since the beginning...unless he either wasn't originally a Pokemon, or recreated the world after it was destroyed.
Takashi Shudo's word should also be taken with a grain of salt since he didn't create the series, he was mainly the chief writer for the anime adaptation, so while he was very influential and created Lugia, his word isn't exactly final, it's just one opinion that many of the other writers for the series may disagree with for all we know. As a matter of fact, as far as I can find, he's the ONLY one who spoke on the matter, so we don't know the other writer's opinion on the matter. Raichu's entries continuing to reference Indian Elephants could be a sign that others working on the games disagree with his interpretation. We still don't have Satoshi Tajiri's word on the matter, either.
Furthermore, while it is more common in Gen 1, you can still see real-world aquatic animals in the Sun and Moon anime such as starfish and various shellfish, all the anime features coral, barnacles are sometimes seen, and in the Black and White manga they ask if someone was scared by a spider...a regular spider.
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If you want to look more into it, Bulbapedia has an entire article listing all the times normal animals appeared in the franchise.
You sent this a year ago, and I’m just now publishing it because I’m only now deciding to finally return to this blog! In the year since you sent this in, though, a fascinating thing happened: Raichu’s dex entry in Legends Arceus seemingly retconned the old Indian elephant into Copperajah. Or, alternatively, an Indian elephant is just as easily knocked out by Raichu as Copperajah is, and Copperajah is simply a more useful barometer for Professor Laventon to use :U I think my stance at this point is that it’s undeniable that, early in the franchise, real animals were 100% intended to exist in the pokemon world, even in modern times. This tracks with early promotional material you showed above, and also the supplementary Gen 1 Pokedex book translated by Dr. Lava just a couple years ago, which not only includes references to real-life animals, but also theorizes that stuff like Vulpix are related to real-life foxes. Most outlandishly, Kabuto is claimed to be a common ancestor of hermit crabs and *turtles*. It’s a fascinating read and I highly recommend it! Link here: https://lavacutcontent.com/1996-creatures-pokedex-translation-1/ As for nowadays, though, I think it’s kept purposefully vague. Stuff like starfish are still shown, as are coral and some small insects, but most things that people will readily identify as a traditional “animal” are very strongly avoided. I suspect there’s not really an internal statement whether real-life animals do or don’t exist -- there’s just general orders not to show them, regardless of if they do or not. And invertebrates are just the best at slipping through the cracks. For myself, though, I agree with you -- if non-pokemon plants and fungi and rocks can exist, why not non-pokemon animals too? Anyways, with SV having recently unveiled its official artwork for its new pokemon, now’s as good as time as any to resume the reviews c:
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taranodongirl · 1 year
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My Pokemon Headcanons part 1
Pokemon Headcanons
Livestock and normal animals exist in the Pokemon world, just not all the ones we have on earth and they are either in special farms for food, in the wild but not noticed because people care more about catching pokemon than mice, or are kept in protected areas for study. - For example, We have seen characters eat meat and regular chicken eggs, Carnivine’s Pokedex entry says it likes to eat small insects and animals, and in the early episodes of pokemon, regular fish have been seen a lot. - While in one episode Ash and Brock imagined eating a sushi dish that looked like it was made from a Magikarp, this could’ve been a dish that was made to look like a Magikarp. - Many cooking techniques in the real world can make a dish look like animals and in Pokemon Cafe Remix all the foods are based on pokemon and even look like them.
The Giant Kangaskaan that was in the early seasons of pokemon (Ep: The Kangaskaan Kid) was a variant of Kangaskaan that can grow bigger than the ones caught by trainers (like how the Indian and African elephants are different sizes).
I believe that Baby Pokemon sometimes look different than the adults. For example, Pokemon that are usually large in size are smaller as babies and don’t have the same features that the adults have (ex: Newborn Trophus are the size of a medium dog and don’t have their fruits yet but they get them as they grow up.). It’s like how deer are born with spots but lose them as they grow. I plan to use this in a fanfic I want to write.
The backpacks that pokemon trainers have function like Marry Poppins’s magic carpet bag. We always see characters with just one small backpack, handbag, or camping bag and yet they can pull out pokemon eggs, tents and sleeping bags, food, cooking equipment, tables, etc.
Time moves differently in the Pokemon world (Ash is still 10). My theory is that they have more weeks in a month, more months in a year, etc. As a result, people age at a different rate than we do, and the Planet Earth in Pokemon is a lot older than our Earth.
Much of the messed up or scary Pokedex entries are outdated theories or based on urban legends. (example: Greavard’s Pokedex says that it absorbs the life from humans, but I like to believe that is an ancient myth that was proven false and that instead, it absorbs energy or heat) I like to think that these were proven wrong, but kept in the Pokedex to encourage trainers to stay safe or investigate if they’re true.
Social issues are still a thing. We know that the Pokemon world isn’t perfect due to the criminal organizations it has, but from what episodes I’ve seen so far we haven’t seen any human slavery or racial discrimination (other than Johto being scared of other cultures but that is just a reference to Japan). I like to think that if there is extreme discrimination, it’s more directed to disabilities, rich or poor social standing, addiction, or if someone has/had a family member that did a crime.
Disney movies, Earth Holidays, and Fairy Tales exist in the Pokemon world, just in a different form or with different endings. - In one episode of pokemon, Misty was in a play about a Mermaid so we know that fantasy creatures are a thing, plus Fairy is a new Pokemon Type, so maybe there have been old stories about fae and cryptids, but some were discovered to be Pokemon. - Also there have been a few Christmas specials, one even with Santa and in Pokemon X and Y there are some references to 101 Dalmations and Saving Mr. Banks.
Charmander and its evolution's tail flame isn’t connected to its life like if you blow it out they die, but more like if they die their tail goes out. - Plus, I doubt their tail flame is so delicate that goes out as easily like if it gets wet in the rain or drags it on a snowy ground. But the Pokedex does mention that its flame gets weak if they are in poor health, so I do believe that it can be at risk if the Pokemon is sick, completely submerged in water, or is at risk of freezing to death. -Basically, the tail flame functions like a heart monitor and is a way to let it and others know if it’s in poor health and is as strong as the pokemon is.
Some forms of Pokemon science, such as vivisection, are illegal and that is why most of the villains are evil scientists that steal or hunt Pokemon from trainers rather than just catch them in the wild. Because they want to use the stronger pokemon for their experiments.
Pokemon can learn more than 4 moves, they clearly do in the anime. Maybe in the game universe, trainers are only allowed to use 4 of their Pokemon’s moves to prevent cheating or too much injury?
No one has seen a female Marrowack breed or a Cubone lose its mom. So no one knows how Cubone got its mom’s skull and it is illegal to breed them to see what happens because no one wants to intentionally make a baby an orphan.
Kids younger than 10 can start their Pokemon journey, it’s just not encouraged and some might need special permission. In the game, there are a lot of NPCs that are clearly younger than the protagonist and in the anime, we have seen a few kids younger than 10 that while not on their journey, have at least 1 Pokemon.
Mewtwo hasn’t completely forgotten Amber and could remember her one day.
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robinplayspokemon · 1 year
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pokemon anime 1x30 & 1x31
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look, i know it's not as famous as the "donut" incident, but COME ON.
so yeah again we're into the first few episodes i saw as a kid, so this was my first introduction to the fact that sometimes the show is kinda bad lmao.
neither of these episodes are particularly terrible or anything, they're just kinda extremely mediocre & uneventful? but like, it's the pokemon anime. there's always gonna be at least a base level of enjoyment regardless of how unremarkable an episode is. there's just some kind of magic in this show that makes even the boring episodes super watchable.
"dig those diglett!" was the first time i saw gary oak as a kid, so that's important i guess? it's also the episode where jessie's ekans & james' koffing evolve into arbok & wheezing, so that's pretty important!
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this kind of incredible thing happens in "the ninja poke-showdown" where ash's battle with a pokemon gym leader is interrupted by team rocket, but they just... resume the battle afterwards??? instead of being like "oh good job you thwarted team rocket, here's your badge that you didn't technically earn." wild! so, if you're keeping track at home, ash has now earned two (2) of his six (6) badges by actually winning a pokemon match against a gym leader. incredible.
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new pokedex entries:
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the-scythes-pen · 2 years
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Obey Me! x Pokemon- What Would They Be?
What Pokemon would they be/what would they have? (Extra notes/what they would have listed at the very bottom)
All information about the pokemon have been taken from Bulbapedia and Serebii. I have also taken what I remember from the anime and various games and applied them here.
Lucifer
Lucifer would be a braviary. Specifically, shiny hisuian braviary. Braviary are extremely aggressive towards those who threaten it's friends. In this case, it would be towards anyone who threatens his brothers and Diavolo. And the psychic powers that Hisuian Braviary have I think would nicely contrast Lucifer's own power.
Shiny Hisuian Braviary is also a BEAUTIFUL black, which would literally just be perfect for our favourite demon.
Mammon
Originally I thought that Raichu was the best choice for our greedy boy.
Raichu is fast, powerful (reminder that Mammon is the second most powerful in the family...), and is mischievous (iirc xd) and playful.
Then I thought, perhaps Arcanine would also be a good choice?
Arcanine is also extremely fast, powerful, and fiercely loyal. Yet also being a big pupper means that it still can be quite playful and a little mischievous, although Arcanine is usually seen as extremely well behaved, so perhaps not a perfect fit for our tsundere?
Levi
Vaporeon! Shiny Vaporeon is purple!!!!!
Vaporeon is rarely seen in the wild because of the way it evolves (water stone on eevee!), and if that isn't our boy I don't know what is.
Vaporeon's cell structure is so similar to water, it can easily just dissolve itself into water and use this ability to hide from predators or hunt it's prey. It also has the ability to freely control water (this is stated in pokedex entries).
Vaporeon can be timid, friendly, bold, powerful... you name it.
I felt that because Levi is so closely associated with water (and can literally summon a water monster on command anywhere), that Shiny Vaporeon would be the best fit. Also, he can use his water blending abilities to hide from the normies.
Satan
Luxray. Luxray. Luxray. No competition.
Shiny Luxray, of course.
Luxray is based off of a Lynx, possibly a Sphinx, and at least a little bit of a tiger. All I'm hearing here are cats.
Unfortunately, the Bulbapedia article for Luxray's biology is.... almost nonexistant. Luckily, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and the anime can tell us more about this pokemon!
In Explorers of Time and Darkness, it is revealed that Luxray can be extremely territorial and highly aggressive. This is also shown in Legends Arceus and the anime.
The Luxray in the Mystery Dungeon games can be reasoned with after you calm them down- they are smart, and you can see they are highly intelligent in the anime as well- but they seem to let their aggression get the better of them sometimes.
Luxray has been known to be loyal to it's trainer, and incredibly caring as well- it protected a lost child in a blizzard in one of the movies, and ending up sacrificing it's own life to keep the child warm and safe.
But, even just looking at a Luxray, you'd probably think it's mostly unfeeling (kuudere) or aggressive (which it is xd).
All of these qualities are just so much like Satan, I believe Luxray is the perfect pick for our Demon of Wrath.
Asmo
For Asmo, I felt like Roserade was a good pick.
With red and blue roses (or hydrangeas, as pointed out by Bulbapedia) on each hand, it prides itself on being graceful, beautiful, and powerful.
Flowers... specifically ones like roses and hydrangeas- suit our lustful demon, don't they?
Roserade also carries quite a brutal poison. In one hand, its fast acting, and in the other, it's slow acting. And the more toxic it's poison, the sweeter the aroma it produces.
This toxin, as well as it's sweet aroma, I feel also fit Asmo's power of charm. He can get people/creatures to do what he wants just by having them look at him, which is similar to how Roserade can lure it's prey in with it's sweet aroma, only to jab it with highly deadly toxins swiftly and brutally.
Shiny Roserade has black and purple roses instead of red and blue, which could fit a more demonic colour palette if you prefer that ;D
Beel
Beel is a tough one. The obvious would be Snorlax, but I'm not sure how much I like that due to how much Snorlax sleeps. Sleeping a lot is more a quality of Belphie's.
That being said! Munchlax is a LOT more active and has no problem traveling from place to place for food. It eats almost anything and everything, and keeps a hidden stash of food in it's fur.
My main problem with saying Beel is Munchlax however, is that Munchlax is just not... big enough. Not powerful enough like our teddy bear.
It's also said that Snorlax often goes to raid villages' food stocks, and it's seen as a disaster when that occurs. And knowing how much Beel can eat.... well, I'd say that fits him pretty well, hmm? 😏
So, my final answer is Beel could be Munchlax or Snorlax- whichever one you prefer.
Belphie
For Belphie, I thought about a few different pokemon, however I believe Gengar is the most accurate for him to be.
Gengar can be malicious, but it can also be loyal and kind(?). It often likes to pull pranks and scare people as well. However, with it's trainer, it can become quite loyal if treated well.
I also thought that the whole "dream eater" and being able to make it's victims fall asleep was a good quality for Belphie as a pokemon.
Iirc, Gengar can be quite lazy. It often just does whatever it wants. So if it wants to be lazy, it does.
Diavolo
This 👏 man 👏 is 👏 a 👏 Dragonite! 👏
Powerful, agile, loyal, reliable... yet extremely friendly and still adorable? Yes yes yes and yes!
Dragonite is big and bulky, but can literally fly faster then the speed of sound.
"It can circle the globe in sixteen hours, which would require traveling at a ground speed of roughly 1,556 mph (2,505 km/h) if done at the equator." (-Directly from Bulbapedia)
Dragonite is known to save drowning humans, guiding lost ships, and so much more: it helps whoever, whenever, wherever it can!
However, it can get very destructive and aggressive if it's home is threatened! And from what we saw during Chapter 16, Diavolo does not take kindly to any threats to the Devildom or his plans.
Dragonite also has quite a diverse movepool- being able to learn a ton of different typed moves via TM (prior to gen 8, when the pokedex and movedex was cut in half), and I believe this fits Diavolo quite well, due to him being the Crown Prince and most likely having quite a repertoire of abilities.
Barbatos
Shiny Mr.Mime. No I will not elaborate.
Simeon
I believe the pokemon that would fit our angel the most is Gardevoir.
Being a Psychic/Fairy type, Gardevoir is extremely loyal to it's trainer; willing to lay down it's life in a heartbeat to protect them. It's powers reach their peak when protecting their trainer.
Gardevoir is kind, gentle, and a protector. Almost like a guardian angel. Being a Pokemon however, it is not above being playful, of course! But it would obviously never do anything to harm anyone or make them uncomfortable.
I feel like Gardevoir is the most angelic out of all pokemon aside from mega Absol, and with how kind and peaceful it is, I figured it would be a good fit for Simeon. Also, it's colour palette matches. :)
Solomon
Solomon is a difficult one. I spent a while thinking about what pokemon would best fit him, and I came upon Delphox.
Shiny Delphox is a beautiful silver and purple, which obviously fit our sorcerer well!
Delphox is quite adept at sorcery, and is definitely the type of pokemon to be playful and teasing.
Unfortunately, Bulbapedia is quite lacking in more detailed information on it's behaviour, and I'm lacking in knowledge about this pokemon as well. However, after debating and thinking about it for a while, I still believe Delphox is best suited for Solomon.
Extra Notes (the boys as trainers instead of Pokemon)
Lucifer would probably have dark or fire types. Houndoom, Absol, Hydreigon, Tyranitar, Hisuian Typhlosion, Charizard, etc.
Mammon has a bunch of gold coloured pokemon! He most likely also has the most shiny pokemon out of the brothers.
Levi has a shiny Magikarp. That's Henry! He also knows a BIG shiny Gyrados named Lotan 😏
HC: Levi gifted Mammon a shiny Magikarp at one point, and Mammon got really excited because Yay! Another gold pokemon! Only to find out Magikarp... is literally useless. He sulked about it for a while, but eventually the little guy really grew on Mammon- and instead of forcing it to evolve into a Gyrados, he let it stay a Magikarp and now he treasures it!
Satan loves Eevee. A lot.
HC: Satan once gave an Eevee to Asmo because Asmo thought it looked so adorable. Asmo cherished it, and started pampering it and loving it and overall, the two were the best of friends. But one day, after Asmo got into a fight with Mammon, his Eevee evolved into a Sylveon, which left Asmo absolutely flabbergasted and awestruck by how BEAUTIFUL his little Eevee was now.
Asmo doesn't battle much, but he is a contest master- he's been undefeated in every contest he's entered since arriving in the Devildom.
Beel and Belphie share a Munchlax who eats with Beel, then runs to Belphie to take naps.
They also share a Gardevoir who's a little depressed.... the Gardevoir used to be Lillith's, and unfortunately Gardevoir blames itself for Lillith's death and is heartbroken it couldn't sacrifice itself for her. Beel and Belphie cherish it though, and it's slowly been feeling better.
Simeon also has a Gardevoir. He also has an Espeon he left in the Celestial Realm due to Espeon needing sunlight to reacharge it's powers- it wouldn't be very useful in the Devildom. Simeon is open to adopting an Umbreon in the Devildom though!
Luke has a little Ralts that helps him bake! Just imagine a tiny little Ralts walking around a kitchen with a small little bowl of ingredients and holding it up smol lil Luke to take and add to the bigger bowl of ingredients!
Luke and Ralts are the best of friends and he always takes Ralts with him no matter where he goes.
Solomon has an Umbreon, Espeon, Alakazam, Hisuian Braviary, and... Mew?!
Solomon... less owns Mew then just has befriended it. Mew is still out in the wild, but it often shows up around Solomon to play. He indulges it by showing it magic tricks, to which Mew then shows him it's own tricks.
Satan nearly cried when he once came across Solomon asleep on a desk with Mew curled up on his shoulders. It was so cute!
Diavolo has a bunch of cute pokemon! He cannonically loves cute things- and you bet your ass he's got a shitton of cute pokemon. Sinnoh Trophy Garden Man who?
Diavolo has a shiny Pachirisu, a Pikachu, a Clefairy, a Torchic, an Azumarill/Marill, a Togepi/Togekiss, a Wigglytuff, etc.
However, while these pokemon and so many more can be found all over the castle, you'd better hope you don't run into Diavolo's other pokemon.
Garchomp, Giratina, Haxorus, Hydreigon, Golurk, Tyranitar, Toxicroak, Scolipede, Gengar... all these pokemon are just among several that Diavolo has for when he needs to have a serious battle.
Diavolo has met Arceus, and has a special bond of mutual respect with it.
Belphie actually has a Darkrai, who is extremely loyal to him. He can summon it whenever he wants, and it had even agreed to help him do [Chapter 16 spoiler things] without question.
Barbatos actually has an army of shiny Mr.Mime, but nobody can prove this because nobody has ever seen more then one at a time. Diavolo is the only one who knows the truth.
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The Fire Burns Bright
A Personal Essay From an Alolan Marowak -Jasper (@irritatedandroid, @irritatedDroid)
Summary: Below the cut, this is a personal essay written by Jasper on his experiences with being an Alolan Marowak fictherian and fictionkind. Personal experience, discussion of awakening, shifts, instincts, animality, culture and spirituality are elaborated on alongside a critical view on community narratives and boundaries.
CWs: In-depth look on death, personal experiences with death
   I find there isn’t enough discussion on the fact that nonhumanity can be approached from multiple different angles and axis, instead treated like a hard binary of animality vs humanity - or if you’re lucky, a two-way spectrum. I’m someone who is nonhuman through and through, but the way in which I can experience being “other” from humanity can shift wildly. A strong sense of animality is brought on when shifted towards my Alolan Marowak fictotype - enough that I tend to strongly identify with the word fictherian. Though that sense of animality is its own thing, and is a wholly separate scale from the nonhumanity I experience when shifted towards my android kintype. But the experiences drawn from being an android could fill an essay of their own. We’re here to discuss the Marowak.
   Both very not human, both very “other”, but a wholly different view upon what it means to be human and not human respectively. And I suspect the scale my Marowak self experiences may be different as well from the scale any given earthen animal may experience. Similar enough to where therianthrope discussion rings loud mental bells of familiarity and understanding, but still something else worth acknowledging. After all, how many earthen animal therianthropes feel the raw instinct of fire breath? Were-dragons however may understand that one well. And yet that animality is not something to be ignored or to set aside entirely even if the axis runs at a slightly off angle in comparison.
   My name is Jasper, and some of you might know me, I’ve been around the community for a couple of years. Some folks even remember the internal grapple with identity and understanding that I had when I started being unable to deny I am an Alolan Marowak. The moment when the Alolan Marowak design was teased, and I had pointed out the familiarity as well as the typing before it was actually shown. There was a moment then when experiences and vague, blurry memories I’d held onto quietly for years without the priority of digging in deeper - as I was already busy with questioning and understanding my android kintype - became an absolute priority of mine to understand further.
   I often half-joke about how my “awakening” as discussed in nonhuman communities was completely rocky, as it was. It was less a solid awakening, and more multiple years of slowly accepting and embracing aspects of my life that had always been present, which I had denied either to ease my own responsibility to myself or to appease others. Folks in the community may recall seeing me step into denial, and to substitute in any possible reptilian, fire-based creature I could in order to try and understand the experiences. Because how could I be a Pokemon? I’d been critical of fictionkin while diving into the community, something which when looking back was likely a compensation for already having been something odd and to be met with criticism - the android. I ran through a number of species when questioning: everything from earthen lizards, to draconic entities, to the elemental spirits of salamanders.
   There were multiple aspects absolutely vital to communicating what I was experiencing, those being a) instinct-driven and wild, reptilian, and b) inherently connected to the elements of fire and spirit. My thoughts could be as unflattering as a scavenger’s instinct, growing frustrated at any leftover food or uncleaned-up animal remains (which sure made living in a populated city interesting, with abandoned scraps of food everywhere and the leftovers of unfortunate urban creatures who tried their luck at crossing Yonge Street), or curious to try and make a meal for myself out of the live insects I keep to feed to my own little old leopard gecko, Saleen. Yes, she was named after a car. No, that is not important. Having her around does however provide an up close frame of reference to draw out my own lizard drives. In terms of food instincts, raw eggs are absolutely another tempter of mine, as my carnivorous scavenger self would have been ecstatic to see a nest of unattended eggs to make a meal of. As I’ve learned due to that raw eggs absolutely suck, please cook them. It’s much better that way. But embarrassing nonhumanity stories will always be embarrassing.
   Some of us Marowak - especially the males like myself - could become quite territorial. And that territorial feeling is something I’ve had to settle in my mind over life. Nowadays it’s decently well integrated, but it does now and then try my patience especially when it comes to setting out what is for me and what belongs strictly to me. Renting a small apartment in a populated city, once again, does definitely force you to keep the “this land is mine and it belongs to me, so screw off before you chase off my dinner” thoughts in check. A bit of human humbling for an animal’s self thought. I’ve of course needed to remind myself a number of times that the tourists in the train station on my way to work, while annoying, won’t manage to chase off the Tim Hortons I’ll be eating on my break.
   But in the wild frontier of the Pokemon world, predator and prey dynamics were absolutely important to know and understand - and those dynamics reach beyond game mechanics such as elemental types and abilities. Even as a carnivore, scavenger and troublesome predator that I was when I reached the age of a full-grown Marowak, I still was in a dangerous spot on the food chain. The worst predators I’ve had to deal with while working to survive in my ecosystems were other Fire types, intriguingly. Even as a small Ground type Cubone. The fact that Cubones wear the skull of their lost mothers was something I am familiar with, my own having been taken down by a Charizard. This natural order of predation is both a major part of my animalistic experiences as a Marowak, but also did tie into my more sophisticated or spiritually-focused aspects that stemmed from my Pokemon identity and lifetime.
   All of this lead to an animality-focused time in figuring out what I was, to the point where when I was in denial of the possibility of being a Pokemon, I identified myself as a theriomythic, fire-oriented reptile. And the animality definitely tends to lead the discussion upon how I live and experience being an Alolan Marowak. I sometimes joke that you could strip that side of my life down to the bare essentials and I’d be a lizard hanging out by a campfire. Though it certainly isn’t every aspect of me, as the Marowak.
   At times I think on the term theriomythic, and how it could be extremely valuable in describing more than just “animal but from myth”, but to also communicate experiencing the self on a spectrum of animality and mythicality. In my case this spectrum is very much there, and the aspects of experience that make up me as the Marowak are scattered along it. All aspects are important to me and how I live as myself, as well as how I understand my own fictional animality and nonhumanity.
   The Marowak, despite being a wild animal in how I recall and experience my species, do have a displayed aspect of culture and even spirituality. Setting aside the fictional wildness of being able to summon up fire at will to defend one’s turf, we’re shown to be able to interact comfortably with each other when it comes time for rituals, such as fire dancing at the sun rise and to mourn the lost. Mourning the lost is a large part of how one can experience being the Marowak as well, as it’s a pretty integral part of the species’ canon lore, starting from when we’re little baby Cubones. For those unfamiliar with Pokemon lore, a Cubone wears the skull of its dead mother Marowak. Adorning bones in a sort of ritual to mourn is something that I can’t say I’ve seen an earthen animal do. If you have then please do let me know, because it interests me a lot. But all I can say about it in my own drives and thoughts is that it’s just what we do, it’s cultural. To cite the Pokedex, “MAROWAK is the evolved form of a CUBONE that has overcome its sadness at the loss of its mother and grown tough. This POKéMON’s tempered and hardened spirit is not easily broken” (Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, 2002).
   The donning and weaponizing of bones is both symbolic and an act of mourning, but also an example of tool using similar to some of our world’s apes. The Pokedex talks of this vaguely, stating “It has been seen pounding boulders with the bone it carries in order to tap out messages to others” (Pokemon Gold, 1999). The various Pokedex entries theorize on where the bone clubs come from, some entries mentioning a graveyard specifically for Marowak existing in the world, where Cubone and Marowak get their bones. Some entries state this like fact, such as Pokemon Crystal, meanwhile others bring up this as a rumour, such as Pokemon Silver. In my experience, it’s a rumour. I’ve not seen a Marowak graveyard, my bone club first came from my mother. But the main referenced use of the bone club is as a weapon, and also as a method of overcoming grief and turning to viciousness. “It is small and was originally very weak. Its temperament turned ferocious when it began using bones.” (Pokemon X, 2013). In my case, the symbolic use of them is as a tool of war, transforming grief into a vicious will to fight on and survive. Due to this, I hold bones and particularly skulls as a sacred object and have my small collection of skulls I keep as comfort objects. With time, having a large femur bone similar in shape is a life goal.
   Though it does then get taken a step further, when peering in through the eyes of an Alolan variant Marowak. A spirituality that incorporates the dead and lost is brought in and becomes an extra step of important, crediting the Ghost type aspect alongside the Fire. Newer Pokedex entries focused on specifically this variant states “The bones it possesses were once its mother’s. Its mother’s regrets have become like a vengeful spirit protecting this Pokémon” (Pokemon Sun, 2016) and “It has transformed the spirit of its dear departed mother into flames, and tonight it will once again dance in mourning of others of its kind” (Pokemon Let’s Go, 2018). Spiritual awareness is very much accepted to be something that the Alolan Marowak possess and engage with openly, even building monuments to the lost as stated in the Generation 7 Pokedex entry: “Its custom is to mourn its lost companions. Mounds of dirt by the side of the road mark the graves of the Marowak” (Pokemon Moon, 2016).
   Culturally there is a lot to the Marowak’s experience, comparing and including both Alolan and Kantonian variants of the species. The species as I remember are mostly solitary but I do recall clan dynamics and groups especially among the Alolan variant. These groups were less for survival and more for the purpose of those ritual gatherings, mentioned above. At times I was very foreign to these clans, being a Kanto-born Cubone evolved in Alola (a fact supported in canon and proven in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon via the ability to evolve a Kanto Marowak in Ultra Space). Behaviorally and culturally there are differences between Kanto and Alolan Marowak, brought on by how each looks at their situation differently. While an Alolan Marowak processes mourning in a more spiritual way, a Kanto Marowak becomes hardened by anger. “A MAROWAK is the evolved form of a CUBONE that has grown tough by overcoming the grief of losing its mother. Its tempered and hardened spirit is not easily broken,” (Pokemon Emerald, 2004). Because of this there was a separation between myself and the local Marowak that reinforced my solitary nature, and also influenced my introverted and almost outright nomadic nature in my current life and self. The fire dance under the sunrise was one known in canon. These rituals and dances are a custom humans in canon have taken notice to, and can even speculate the reasoning for. “This Pokémon sets the bone it holds on fire and dances through the night as a way to mourn its fallen allies” (Pokemon Sword, 2019). The fact that that cultural dynamic prevailed even through the difficulty of communicating is something that may be surprising, but a number of nonhumans know well that body language and tone of animal vocalizations can go a long way in communicating
   Ignoring these experiences would be a step towards cutting down and denying important experiences that affect me as a fictherian and as a Marowak. There’s important parts of how I experience being this Pokemon that are heavily grounded in a context of a mystical world where visibly potent acts of fantasy are possible unlike the world we are living in here. Some of these aspects can be emulated in more subtle ways through exploration of spirituality, religion and the occult. To dive deeper into that, I used to identify as Pagan, however now I practice what is called chaos magic. Chaos magic is a magical practice that developed in England in the 1960’s, working off of Austin Osman Spare’s occult practice and ideas. Chaos magic gave me an approach and freedom to incorporate what I know and remember as an Alolan Marowak into my every-day spirituality. Tailoring my spiritual beliefs and practices to focus on working with the element of fire, with spirits and the energy of death, bones, and to the very fabric of fiction crossing over into reality was extremely important as an avenue for me to explore the way my fictotype affects me in the modern day, and in the human body. This practice also gave me a bit of freedom to accept working with an entity from my source - Giratina - as a patron deity in pagan circles, which ultimately proved to be extremely valuable in exploring my own Pokemon identity. Practices like energy work, meditation, spirit work and visualization hit close to satisfying that need to be delved into the magical world we see in animation. And yet, even in these more sophisticated and fantastical experiences lie links back to the animality and to an inherent disconnect to humanity.
   One thing I always enjoy in therianthrope and non-humanoid otherkin discussions is an openness to discuss the instincts that are ugly, disturbing or outside of what one’s human morals would ever agree with in this life and time. And in a lot of cases these instincts and memories can become a lot more “ugly” than a scavenger’s drive to eat carcasses or the awareness and cynical eye needed to survive in a completely wild world. At times, a wild creature can have defense mechanisms or behaviors that to our human minds would seem outright malicious. And Pokemon, even in the whimsical canon, are no exception to that. Once again I’ll drag up a few Pokedex entries - as honestly the Pokedex is a wonderful thing for exploring the deeper aspects of a wild Pokemon - to illustrate my point. “When it beats opponents with its bone, the cursed flames spread to them. No amount of water will stop those flames from burning,” (Pokemon Ultra Moon, 2017) and “The cursed flames that light up the bone carried by this Pokémon are said to cause both mental and physical pain that will never fade” (Pokemon Shield, 2019).
   Yes, even the fun and magical world of Pokemon is no stranger to wild animals who inflict effects upon others that seem absolutely awful, and in some cases cruel. But, that’s survival in the animal kingdom, or in this case the Pokemon kingdom. It can be surprising to some that a person who’s fictotype hails from the fun and upbeat franchise that defined a number of childhoods may be hardened to the need to survive in a natural world. The things I know I had done to creatures who my childhood Pokemon fan self would have only wanted to hug, at least at a baseline mental state. In a shift, that’s a different story after all.
   But ultimately, this blend of experiences causes an interesting time in exploring myself within the general nonhuman community as it can be quite split up. Certain narratives of individual communities I can’t find myself fitting into, or find myself sitting in between. I settle into spaces focused on everything from therianthropy, to mythical otherkinity, and to fictionkinity, though there’s narratives and cultural aspects in every separated community that either are foreign to me or that I might confront as they expect clear-cut boxes between them which individuals can fit into. In therianthrope communities I’ve been one to criticize the expectation of a solid line between human and animal experiences, or in general animal vs non-animal with regards to forcing a further divide from the otherkin community. I’ve also been involved in discussion criticizing therian community narratives such as a shifting focus and the model of integration. The model of integration is interesting to me, as I experienced it in a way that I was unaware of at the time, particularly with my android kintype. My android kintype is almost fully integrated into me - I barely shift at all at least mentally. However my Marowak fictotype provides less integration, and my mental shifting will be a lot more noticeable against my baseline self. At times it can be as stark as appearing like a different person, or more accurately like a wild animal. But ultimately the differences in the closeness of each kintype draws up issues for me with the integration model, as well as having found it normalized a severe mental health issue I had with my traumagenic plurality at the time of “least integration”.
   The therianthrope community is far from the only community with narratives that put a barrier between me and relating, especially as members of each community push for further separation between individual branches of nonhuman experience and identity. I have trouble relating to humanoids when heavily shifted towards my Marowak self, and that puts a bit of a barrier between myself and the otherkin community’s more humanoid side - such as elven, fae, divine, angelic, etc. - as well as the fictionkin community’s focus on humanoid or completely story-driven fictionkind. I have no use for prioritized experiences within the fictionkin community such as finding canon-mates and creating aesthetics. Even in some Pokemon fictionkin specific communities I find I cannot relate often. My experience with my “Pokemanity” is heavily wild and animal-based as I was never caught, socialized with a human, or trained. In no way shape or form is my Pokemanity adjusted to interaction with humans, nor is it something that is settled down or subdued for human consumption unlike what my source was created for.
   In both otherkin, therian and even fictionkin communities there is a push towards prioritizing the narrative of a solid awakening. That’s one more focus in the communities that I struggle with, as like I said before, mine was a process of accepting bits of myself which spanned multiple years. Every part of me that is nonhuman has always been present within my life, though for almost two decades muted heavily.
   To draw back into my spiritual practice here, consider a practice known as shadow work. Shadow work is a practice that hybridizes spirituality and psychology, and describes the process of becoming aware of one’s shadow (the id, shadow archetype, or shadow aspect drawn from Carl Jung’s psychology) and working to integrate it into oneself by accepting the repressed parts of oneself that are pushed back and merged into the shadow. The shadow can be known as the unknown dark side of the personality, and I theorize that more nonhumans have undesirable aspects of their nonhumanity pushed onto their shadow than they might think they do, like I had done to my own Pokemanity for a number of years. In my case, I was slightly forced to tear into and meet my shadow aspects of my nonhumanity due to the fact that even upon immediately breaking into nonhuman communities, the specifics of what I was were already viewed with hostility and disbelief. In a way, it strengthened me. But with my shadow opened wide and not much held back, I can be a bit of a fire-starter in spaces where I speak my mind whether others want to hear it or not. And part of that is directly confronting the forced separation of animal vs non-animal, or the arbitrary ideas of what is a human experience and what is not.
   I can only best put forward my experience as a Pokemon through in-depth discussion, which I find tends to come across better in spaces where the experience of being by-and-large a feral animal is allowed without restraint. Ultimately a space I will thrive in most and be most open about my experiences and life as someone who is spiritually and psychologically an Alolan Marowak is one where I can discuss both my animality, my experience with fiction, my spiritual practice and the combination of these things that seem to be pushed into separate boxes. The Marowak serves a lot to my sense of self and to my life, and has psychological affects on me as well. It’s been a part of me that has fought through and survived when my life hit a rocky start early on, witnessing the death of my brother in childhood, and having loss and grief be present all around as I grew. The Marowak is both an inherent part and vital context in my life, as well as a symbol of my own endurance.
   Through it all, the fire burns bright.
Citations
Marowak POKÉDEX: Stats, MOVES, evolution & locations. (n.d.). Retrieved April 23, 2021, from https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/marowak
Chryssides, George D. (2012). Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-8108-6194-7.
Jung, C.G. 1938. "Psychology and Religion." In Psychology and Religion: West and East, Collected Works of C.G. Jung 11. p. 131
Roberts, Gwilym Wyn, and Andrew Machon. 2015. Appreciative Healthcare Practice: A guide to compassionate, person-centred care. M&K. ISBN 1907830936. p. 71.
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Hey all! It's been quite some time since i did a piece like this, but since i saw the Detective Pikachu movie and its concept art, I've wanted to finally get a piece done that really brings Pokemon into the real world again. And along with that, i'm incredibly excited for Sword and Shield, especially this gigantic emo birb! I had a hard time completing this as frankly, my job just doesn't allow for much painting time at all, and when it does, its usually more graphic design based, or just not in the area that allows me to practice. I've been on a real downer because of it so i'm very happy i finally got it done. Hopefully i can do a few more Galar Pokemon soon too.
Photobashing backgrounds was also an amazingly good way to help add an overall feel to the beastie and the world it may live in too, and it allows me a lot more freedom in time, along with guiding me on lighting too.
Plus, those god damn zigzagoons are so much fun to draw <3 I've got two versions of this piece, the clean one above and there's a pokedex-style one the below text integrated into the picture. I'll be offering both as prints if people like the picture enough, but for now, the link to the other one is here -
Corviknight - Pokedex Entry
For now, here is the text!
Corviknight (Corvus Eques)
A regal and powerful Pokémon, Corviknight are known throughout the Galar region for their large size, proud personalities and power in battle. Hailing primarily from ore-rich mountainous regions, the flying/steel type bird is a hardy and intimidating foe, capable of raking through defences and rebuffing all but the strongest physical attacks.
It’s armour (present on the head, chest, legs and talons) is actually a form or highly dense scale, that grow and regrow over time due in part to the creature’s diets. By ingesting small amounts of metal after they feed (common in their natural habitat), their highly potent digestive abilities are able to replenish damage done to their outer panels and plates. Large scars and battle wounds can be seen on older and more aggressive specimens and are seen as badges of honour within their social groups.
Despite the Pokémon’s daunting appearance, and being nearly 7ft tall when standing, it is a surprisingly sociable and gentle creature, capable of great attachment to human trainers and other Pokémon. In the Galar Region specifically, they are used as taxi services for those that cannot utilise flying Pokémon themselves, able to carry many times their own weight and being unfailingly dutiful.
It has been discovered recently that these Pokémon are one of the few to be able to survive the process known as ‘Gigantamaxing’ without any permanent damage. In sporting events such as gym battles and league matches, this transformation causes exponential growth when coupled with Trainer items (though sometimes, albeit rarely, occurring in the wild) along with physical changes not too dissimilar from Mega Evolution.
Corviknight are fast becoming well known outside of their home region, and their high level of intelligence and fearsome battling abilities make them perfect travelling partners for trainers. However, it should be noted that they are becoming increasingly uncommon in the wild, due to over-catching and export to other regions. Whilst they are not yet threatened, the Galarian government has taken steps to make sure these beautiful creatures do not disappear from their region altogether.
Zigzagoon (Procyon Obliquum)
The Galar Region is home to what is considered to be the ‘original’ branch of the Zigzagoon family.
The Galarian Variant of the species is a far more mischievous and destructive Pokémon, loving nothing more than gnawing and tearing at signs, displays, knocking over rubbish bins and harassing passers-by. It appears to love conflict, making a natural enemy to the more playful Yamper, who sees its attempts to goad it into a fight as attempts to play.
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Dragon’s Pokemon companions at last!
She does not battle with them, they are companions/protectors. She’s probably like a junior assistant at the local Pokemon research center. Also probably voluntarily helps with injured/abused Pokemon in her spare time.
Anyway, the group is:
Tropius [Grass/Flying] Dragon likes to read under the shade of its leaves. It shares its fruit with her whenever it’s in season.
Typhlosion [Fire] Dragon’s main protector pokemon. It has quite a temper and easily gets its hackles raised if someone is being rude/mean/threatening to Dragon. She has a hard time calming it down sometimes. (sound familiar? just read the pokedex entry XD)
Togetic [Fairy/Flying] This friendly one came to Dragon on its own while she was out observing pokemon. It seems to enjoy her company. Floats around her almost everywhere she goes, looking content.
Charmander [Fire] A pokemon that was a gift. Has a bad habit of dragging its tail in the grass and setting it on fire inadvertently. (Flygon usually does damage control with a ground-type move)
Flygon [Ground/Flying] Cool, calm, and collected. Gets tired of Typhlosion’s over-the-top shit. Flygon and Typhlosion are Dragon’s main protection while she’s out in wild spaces.
Dragon doesn’t participate in battles for money, BUT if she gets in danger and can help her pokemon by calling attacks, she will do her best. Largely they seem to know how to hold their own. (Dragon will usually call attacks to deter, not to harm if she can help it.)
I will try to draw her with them soon. I strangely have not drawn pokemon a lot so it’s be a challenge lmao.
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Top 3 Favorite PokeGods
For the unaware, PokeGods were schoolyard rumors back in the days of Gen 1, of powerful, secret pokemon hidden in the games. Many of these rumored pokegods were entirely fabricated, while others were apparently based off poor memories of seeing snippits of actual pokemon designs planned for the next gen of games.
I thought I’d make a list of my top 3 favorite pokegods, since I’ve been in a top 3 sort of mood.
#1 - Shadybug
Shadybug has an interesting detail to his tale; rumors of his reality persisted longer than other pokegods. Up until fairly recently, he had an entry in Bulbapedia, claiming that Shadybug was a pokegod based off glimpses of a real beta pokemon design.
This supposed design was called “Kage no Mushi” (‘Shadow insect’), and was a pokemon design supposedly uncovered in a Japanese web archive.
This is a sketch supposedly along similar lines to the fan sketches of Honōguma and other beta pokemon (or perhaps an attempt at concept artwork from the game creators themselves):
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However, this is in all likelihood not a real alpha/beta design– there are few sources for this supposed design leak. For further discussion on this, go here.
All this talk aside as to whether Shadybug is a real beta design (no evidence for this at all), it IS a real Pokegod. In other words, there really were rumors in the 90s and early 2000′s circulating about him along with the other pokegods.
Rumors of course differ, and some rumors said Tricket, another bug-type pokegod, was the evolution of Shadybug, while others said they were two unrelated bug-type pokemon.
In any case, the two always really intrigued me. I’m honestly thrilled and impressed that bug-type pokegods were even invented by kids, as bug type was traditionally viewed as the weakest. And yet, they exist. Bug types were also included among the pokegods that were evolutions of pre-exisiting pokemon (usually evolved via the mythical ‘Mist Stone’): Beedrill evolved into ‘Beepin,’ Butterfree into ‘Locustud’ or ‘Locustod,’ Parasect into ‘Brainsect,’ etc. Even Metapod had a pokegod evolution, oddly enough– Metazap, a presumably Bug/Electric type created when you gave it ‘the Lightning stone.’
Getting back to Shadybug, though, if we look at the original pokegod rumors, we don’t know much about it. Typically it’s only described simply as “a bug that protects itself with a leaf.” The Kage no Mushi design seems to take it in a design direction similar in ways to Paras or Nincada. My favorite fan interpretation of Shadybug can be found at this post here, which honestly is so adorable I want to scream.
#2 - Tricket
This pokegod had a very consistent rumored ‘code’ for how to obtain it, something copy and pasted among the many 90s websites of young pokemon fans:
This code is for TRICKET! a new Pokemon for Gold/Silver.
First, you must carry ALL 6 BUG POKEMON in your party in this order: Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree, Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill. Then, open an empty box in your PC without any Pokemon in it. Go into the Safari Zone and catch a wild Venonat and a wild Venomoth. You cannot catch Venomoth before Venonat.
Then, catch a wild Paras and a wild Parasect. Same rule applies for Parasect not before Paras. Keep them all in your PC box and do not change for any new ones. You do not need Scyther or Pinsir because they are rather rare to find. You’ll see them on the Victory Road, however, by catching all of the other bug Pokemon. That’s a pre-code.
Yes, along with Scyther in Red, Pinsir will be in Red too, and along with Pinsir in Blue, Scyther will be in blue! It’s the truth. Beat the Elite Four all the way through with the 6 Pokemon told. Do not allow Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle or Kakuna to continue to evolve, just press B to stop them from evolving.
Its best for them to be on high levels. Such as L50 Caterpie and Weedle, L60 Metapod and Kakuna and L75 for Butterfree and Beedrill. You can use Rare Candies and Gameshark to boost them up. After you win all five(Gary too) matches, Professor Oak notices you have all your Bug Pokemon. He asks if you’re a bug collector, YES or NO. If you answer NO, he says, “my mistake” and then the Hall of Fame comes up. If you answer YES, then, he takes you a cage where TRICKET the CRICKET lives! He lets you take it and use it for future battles.
Tricket is on Level 65, the same level as Gary’s final Pokemon. Tricket knows Spore, Twineedle, Mega Kick(crickets like to kick their legs) and Sing. I do not know if it learns any moves. It has no link with Shadybug. Shadybug is an entirely different Pokemon. They’re just bug pokemon.
There’s appeal to this code– unlike a lot of the wild ‘codes’ for obtaining pokegods that relied on doing something an exhausting number of times (and thus was hard to prove wrong), this was a single challenge run that sounded quite possible, albiet difficult. I also admit with my bug type bias and my love of pokemon bug runs of the game, I love the heck out of it for that reason too.
There’s a few other rarities about this code that I like; for one, Tricket is a very pokemon-sounding name. It seems to rely on a simple and appealing word-mash of ‘Trick’ and ‘Cricket’ and a rare moment of genuine quality for pokegod names. A lot of pokegod names are rather outlandish and sound very much like young kiddos made them up: Anthrax (this was during an anthrax scare in the US, keep in mind), Mysterio, Doomsday,  Zapmolcuno …
Additionally, the moves described for Tricket are all real in-game moves. Again, usually when moves are described for pokegods, they’re invented with outlandish names. But the moveset described adds to the realism here. Admittedly, ‘Spore’ and ‘Sing’ are needlessly redundant, though. I would suggest swapping Spore out with something else, such as Screech or Razor Wind or something.
Anyway, there are a number of charming fan interpretations of this pokegod. One popular design is this one here, which is a rather straightforward but cute cricket with surprisingly big fists, akin to Ledian. Seems to suggest some punching moves in addition to the kicking ones.
Another sketch posted to Tumblr that only has a few notes is actually a very unique and awesome Tricket design, in my opinion, right here. A wizard cricket sounds fantastic, and it’s well executed in this sketch. The original moveset suggested for Tricket seems to have a physical attacker emphasis, but this version would probably be Bug/Psychic and more of a special attacker. We have yet to even have a Bug/Psychic type in pokemon, so the idea is an exciting one.
#3 - Mysterio
The interaction between pokegods and glitch pokemon is a complex one. It would be inaccurate to say glitch pokemon inspired all pokegods, or that all glitch pokemon were granted pokegod status, because that’s definitely not always the case. It was sometimes, though.
In many cases, it appears that pokegod rumors came about first, and that later on, Gameshark codes were assigned with the different well-known and well-loved pokegod names, with the tantilizing promise of easily obtaining these mythical creatures. Some authors who made these assigments were very direct and upfront about their arbitrary selections: they heard the pokegod rumors, knew them to be false, but liked to dream about them, and so they decided to assign names to the glitch pokemon just for fun. Other authors seemed to pass along these code lists and earnestly insisted that they were the genuine pokegods. Occasionally these authors made short notes about how the pokegods would ‘appear like messed-up blocks/like Missingno.’ but that they were indeed real despite this fact. In these cases, it seemed most fans agreed that the glitchy appearance was a dissappointment or a downside; people probably preferred the visions in their minds of great, powerful pokemon, not glitches.
The influence of glitch pokemon on pokegod lore was more sublte in other cases. Sometimes, the names of glitch pokemon would bleed into pokegod names. For instance, Blastoise’s pokegod evolution, Rainer, was possibly influenced by glichmon hex C4. This pokemon’s name appears as ‘PokéWTrainer’ in full, but due to the spaces in its name, often only appears as RAINER. It can be accessed via the Mew trick/trainer escape glitch, although its front sprite crashes the game. “Pokemaniac” also appears on many, many pokegod name lists, and this is a glitch typing of glitch pokemon also available through the trainer escape glitch.
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Still, these are simply names. Something that seemed far less common were glitch pokemon inspiring any sort of detailed pokegod lore. Mysterio seems to represent at least a few attempts at this, though. It was a name given to ‘M, the sister species of Missingno. that also shares pokedex number 000. It could be encountered along with its sister Missingno. during the surfing along the Cinnabar coast/old man trick.
The relationship kids had with these two glitchmon was complicated. Missingno. and ‘M were typically treated with awe and fear. The false rumor that Missingno. could destroy your savefile or your entire game was incredibly common even back then, which probably explains why this rumor is still so staunchly believed even to this day. (See endnote.) Other kids valued Missingno. and its sister for its ability to duplicate items and used it for that but advised against daring to capture it, lest you put your game at risk.
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It’s hard to say what other glitchmon possibly influenced pokegod lore. However, considering that encountering glitch pokemon without a cheating device (via Old Man Trick or the Trainer Escape Trick) seemed fairly well-known and easy to execute, and that the Gameshark codes were well-circulated for those lucky enough to own such a device, kids definitely were exposed to these glitchmon– making for ideal circumstances for rumors and stories to grow and flourish. It’s also noteworthy that glitchmon often had extreme stats; some were incredibly weak but others were incredibly powerful, with stats far exceeding any real, natural pokemon. They also fulfilled two other major expectations of pokegods: they were hidden and could only be revealed with special in-game tricks or Gameshark codes, and their pokedex numbers often exceeded 150. It’s quite possible these factors seriously influenced the rise of pokegod rumors in general, especially the various “tricks” that promised to grant you access to the land of the pokegods. Since these tricks for acquring M’ were real, for example, surely that meant other tricks could do the same for others? What else was waiting out there for discovery?
That same adventuresome, wonderous curiosity is something I feel is still kept alive today with glitch hunters. People are still discovering amazing ways of exploiting glitches and exploring the inner ‘guts’ of the game. Some of the glitch exploits sound like they stole a page right out the pokegod lore books, especially for arbitrary code execution. That’s why I have Mysterio listed as my final favorite pokegod. I feel it bridges the gap between the pokegods and the glitchmon. Quite frankly, if you’re searching for the pokegods, I’d say they have already been found: powerful, mysterious, occasionally dangerous, and completely alien, surpassing even the most wild young kid’s imaginations.
End Note on Dangerous Missingno. Rumor:
While encountering or capturing Missingno. and ‘M does not dangerously damage the savefile, it does visually corrupt Hall of Fame data, which is part of the savefile. This possibly contributed to the rumor that they can harm the save file. There also is a chance of crashing the game if you capture a pokemon at an abnormal level (lvl 0, namely) while having a full party and transferring it automatically to the PC, and then attempting to withdraw it. (Go here for details.) Because pokemon encountered during the Old Man trick, including Missingno. and ‘M, can appear at abnormal levels, this also may have contributed to the rumor.
However, to be perfectly honest, another reason is probably a case of mistaken identity. Missingno. was the first glitch pokemon to be discovered, most likely– certainly the one that was popularized and easy to access. Kids probably applied the name to all glitch pokemon. There are plenty of glitch pokemon that can severely corrupt your game, via glitch moves with unterminated names (called ‘Superglitch moves’). Poor, innocent Missingno. and ‘M were possibly blamed for their cousin’s crimes instead.
Finally, it should be noted that Missingno. in pokemon Yellow is far more ornery then in Red and Blue. With the Trainer Escape glitch, its front sprite can often lock up the game upon encounter; additionally, if successfully captured, it can cause various graphical glitches upon returning to the overworld.
This is a repost on a new blog. The original post was on Jan 14, 2019.
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pokemon partner+team, trainer class & region for @burningiceplanet
original request & description under “keep reading”
Hi! Can I please request a partner/team? I’m a Taurus and a ISTP.
My fav colors are yellow-green, pastel yellow, pumpkin orange, cobalt blue, turquoise, scarlet, white, jet black, ash and charcoal grey. My favorite animals are foxes, wolves, rodents, otters, big cats, ravens, octopuses, orcas and sharks.
I’m sort of Cold & Hot person, because I either care too much or don’t care at all. I may come off as stoic, somewhat scary individual, but it’s actually just me being a shy, awkward bean. With friends I’m motherly, sometimes to the point of being annoying/possessive. I have dark sense of humor and can be very sarcastic. I’m bad at taking care of my moral health, tend to bottle up feelings and then blow up and go into berserk state and feel sorry for everything I’ve said afterwards.
My interests include art, music, biology and archeology. I want to learn to play bass guitar, dance swing and start to take a fencing class (I’m really into swords). I like cute and creepy things, and like to watch/read either something beautiful and philosophical or just a pure horror.
Ah, and my favorite types are Fire, Ice, Electric, Psychic and Ghost!
Also, if it’s not too bothering, could you do a trainer class and region? ☆w☆
And sorry for my grammar, English isn’t my first language…
Hi! This request was pretty fun to do! Let’s meet your new team~
♡ I think a fitting partner for you would be Quilava. Quilava is known as the “Volcano Pokemon”. It can be an explosive pokemon, both literally & personality wise. Although this line naturally gains more confidence & power as it evolves, they aren’t aggressive outside of battle. Quilava is a calm & somewhat shy pokemon most of the time, but it can burst into violent fits when in a heated battle or under severe stress. Upon evolving, this power is greatly increased & they serve as pretty good battlers. When well trained, it is an easy pokemon to raise, and as a starter pokemon they are generally loyal, well behaved & intelligent compared to some other pokemon species. The first in their line, Cyndaquil, is a timid pokemon that will appreciate a trainer with a parental nature who also understands their evolutionary lines slightly more introverted nature. While they have an aloof demeanor, this line will enjoy physical affection from their trainers & their fine fur is both soft & warm.  
♡Fennekin is another fire type starter. Fennekin has a little bit of a temperamental nature, but it always means well. They can be sensitive, but they also have feistiness to their personalities & work very hard to please their trainer. They have weak but present psychic abilities which they will grow into as they evolve, with these psychic powers being closely connected with their fire. Fenniken has soft & warm fur like Quilava, but they are a bit more fluffy. Their ears are especially fluffy & they can heat up to high temperatures when battling or defending itself, and some Fennekin might not like you touching them too much. Interestingly, this line has a diet mainly consisting of twigs & small tree branches. They will usually have a favorite twig they also keep in their fur, which might switch out as they grow.
♡ Froslass is a pokemon that seems very elusive, since it is rare in the wild & lives in pretty harsh environments. It is actually a pokemon that becomes easily lonely, and they work very well under the ownership of a trainer. There is old lore that states wild Froslass will target people lost in snowstorms to feeze & “collect” them etc... This is almost never happens, but when it does it is mainly because they want friends, with some rumors stating they also target men they deem handsome. Froslass does have some clinginess in regards to its loved ones, but captive Froslass will virtually never display this type of predatory behavior. While some ghost-type pokemon are very mysterious & potentially dangerous for the common trainer, most are just misunderstood. As ghost type pokemon are probably the most difficult pokemon to study with the science we use, many pokedex entries will consist of local legends & stories passed down from old times. Froslass is a loving & social pokemon when trained, even if it is a little shy and socially awkward. 
♡ Alolan Sandshrew is an icy variant of the regular Sandshrew, looking almost like a tiny igloo-mouse. It has an extremely strong shell & great defense, but this does come with the drawback of not being able to roll up into a full ball anymore. They aren’t dangerous to humans, but their evolved form is equipped with very large & powerful claws. Unlike some other ice type pokemon, they can’t alter the temperature around their body very well & might not do too great in particularly hot areas for extended amounts of time, like direct sunlight during the summer months. As long as they have a cool place to hang out in the summer, perhaps with a cooling pad, they will be fine. They’re also pretty entertaining to watch in the snow! 
♡ Meowstic (M/shiny) is another aloof pokemon, with their default external moodlet being almost emotionless at times. This is in part because they’re holding back great, explosive psychic powers that constantly emit from their ears. Now fully evolved, Meowstic does have a much easier time holding this power back than Espurr, utilizing incredible self control. Male Meowstic is considerably more mellow compared to their female counterpart ,even though they both hold the same potentially dangerous powers. They greatly enjoy attention & affection from their trainer & are non-aggressive by nature. They can be skilled in battling techniques that utilize their evasiveness & trickiness. 
♡ Zorua (shiny) is a mischievous, intelligent & playful pokemon. It can also be elusive, shy & hard to find. They have the ability to cast an illusion over themselves to appear as other pokemon & sometimes even human children. This power greatly increases upon evolving, which is why finding a Zoroark/Zorua family in the wild is very difficult. This line has a strong familial nature, especially in regards to parental bonds. Zorua might like to adventure around a bit, but they do not stray far from their parent/trainer. Once evolved, it grows out of being the baby into a more parental figure itself. It will be very attached & protective with its teammates, and might even show this parental attitude towards their trainer. Zorua/Zoroark will nevertheless view its trainer as the leader, however. They will go to extreme lengths to protect their family & home if they have to, and they are very capable battlers, defenders & escape artists.  
For trainer class, I give you the “Psychic”. Calm & intelligent, Psychics also have duality & many uses in their abilities. Their pokemon are often trained to be both offensive & strategic, using many creative or unusual ways to gain the upper hand in battle. A fitting region for you would be the Unova region. Unova has rich & diverse cultures. Music, the arts, nature & technology are all thriving in Unova, with both modern & traditional aspects depending on where you go & what you’re interested in. Even outside of the large cities, the environment is very diverse. There are notable archaeological sites & even archaeological towns, with a particularly high number of unique native pokemon species. Music & entertainment is especially popular here. This might be because Unova is culturally & historically tied to the mythical melody pokemon called Meloetta, being basically the embodiment of music in all its forms, including dance.
I hope you like your team decently! ^~^ 
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Shield’s Non-Galar Pokemon Spotlight: Chimchar, Monferno, and Infernape
Early peek into Shield’s journal to coincide with Chimchar day in GO:
Entry #1: Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Chimchar is an unusual Pokemon, being one that doesn’t survive in the wild under normal circumstances, instead being exclusive to breeders and the professors who study them. The Sinnoh region is where Chimchar bred more often than others, often in a set with Piplup and Turtwig.
Chimchar, like most domestic-exclusive Pokemon, has only one type. In this case, it’s Fire. You can really see that in its flaming tail, but its tail goes out and disappears when it sleeps. So cute!
Its natural fighting style mostly involves jumping around, taunting the opponent, shooting fire from a range, and occasionally moving in close to scratch at the opponent. This tricky Pokemon has balanced natural ability for Physical and Special attacks, and a slightly higher speed than either. Its defenses are equally lower than the rest of the stats. As a first-stage Pokemon, it’s stats are naturally very low, however.
When it evolves into Monferno, it gains the Fighting-type, which is a very helpful type combo for Fire-type Pokemon. It helps them withstand Rock-types, normally a huge weakness for Fire-type Pokemon.
With the new type, Monferno can naturally learn some Fighting-type attacks that Chimchar could not. These allow it to pack more of a punch than it’s pre-evolution, literally! It’s fighting style and stat distribution remain the same, however, just with higher stats.
While Chimchar are never found in the wild, the Johto National Dex implies that Monferno are sometimes found in packs. The entry is as follows: “A bigger fire on its tail and a brighter blue pattern on its face means its rank in its pack is higher. “ While the fire part makes sense, I do wonder how the face marking thing changes. If a Monferno evolves with a very bright blue face marking, is it automatically the leader? Maybe how confident it is as a Chimchar affects this?
Monferno actually has been seen in the wild in the Alola region! They aren’t numerous enough to be plentiful, but trainers with enhanced Pokedexes have noted that if you search hard enough, you can find one sometimes in the nature trail between the Johto-themed Malie City and a rocky route. Due to how rare they are, it’s pretty much guaranteed that it’s a small population from released or escaped Pokemon.
Monferno’s tail tip doesn’t seem to go out like Chimchar’s does.
Infernape is the final evolution. No major moveset changes, aside from trading the ability to sleep with Slack Off for the ability to meditate with Calm Mind.
Infernape’s fire is now on its head rather than its tail, and one of Sinnoh’s Pokedex entries mention that the fire never goes out. Most of the Pokedexes mention its unique fighting style, using its agility, all four limbs, and fire to beat down on opponents. While the move Close Combat has never been exclusive to Infernape, it’s clear that it’s Infernape’s signature move from that description. Especially because it uses Infernape’s attacking power and speed to its fullest, while weakening its defenses that were never all that high to begin with.
Infernape can learn a lot of different moves by TM, mostly involving physically punching, scratching, or running into opponents. It can also learn ranged Fire-type moves, Solar Beam, and moves involving making a lot of noise or being agile. From breeding, it can learn a similar grouping of moves, alongside Assist, making it so it can use any move another Pokemon on the team has!
Chimchar, Monferno, and Infernape seem like very fun Pokemon to be around. I imagine they’d love running free and challenging Pokemon in the Wild Area. So much open space for those guys! They might also get along with Grookey and its evolutions. It’s sad that they’re not allowed in, I wish I could meet one.
If I could, I think I would use a Chimchar on my team. They’re easy to raise and I love their energy, plus they grow into a very strong Pokemon. Perhaps I could use it alongside a Grookey, and have an energetic duo of monkeys!
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Pokemon eat people?!
Sweet summer child, GF have been talking about that from the beginning lmao. Yes, Pokemon eat people. Or feed off of them, not always entirely gobbled up. Some examples: 
Guzzlord:
I mean... it’s a pretty prominent post-game plot point in SUMO that Guzzlord eats anything, including people such as a previous Faller Looker and Nanu used as bait years ago. Every Pokedex entry aside from Ultra Sun talks about how it’s constantly eating and constantly hungry and will devour whole moutain ranges and cities: Sun: It has gobbled mountains and swallowed whole buildings, according to reports. It's one of the Ultra Beasts.Ultra Moon: An unknown life-form called a UB. It may be constantly hungry—it is certainly always devouring something.
Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure:
Not strictly physically eating but they do basically sap your soul/life energy until you die/ are an empty husk: (Litwick) Black: Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns.(Lampent) Black2/White2: The spirits it absorbs fuel its baleful fire. It hangs around hospitals waiting for people to pass on.(Chandelure) White: Being consumed in Chandelure's flame burns up the spirit, leaving the body behind.
Golbat and Crobat
Whilst it applies to the whole line, it’s only ever really played up with Golbat. It’s an absolutely gluttonous vampire bat that over-gorges itself on blood, Crobat has it mentioned in a lesser extent: (Golbat) Sapphire: Golbat bites down on prey with its four fangs and drinks the victim's blood. It becomes active on inky dark moonless nights, flying around to attack people and Pokémon.(Golbat) Moon: Sometimes they drink so much blood, they can't fly anymore. Then they fall to the ground and become food for other Pokémon.(Crobat) Ultra Sun: Its fangs are so sharp, if it bites you in the dark and sucks your blood, you won't notice any pain or realize you've been bitten.
Hydreigon: 
Whilst not explicitly said to eat people, it’s Pokedex entries heavily imply that it can and will when on a rampage: White: The heads on their arms do not have brains. They use all three heads to consume and destroy everything.Black2/White2: It responds to movement by attacking. This scary, three-headed Pokémon devours everything in its path!
Jellicent and Dragalge:
Whilst not related their Pokedex entries both imply pretty much the same sort of thing: they have been known to attack ships entering their territory and said ships aren’t seen again. With Jellicent it’s explicit they devour the life energy of those onboard, but it’s heavily implied to be the case with Draglage since it is a predator.  (Jellicent) Black: The fate of the ships and crew that wander into Jellicent's habitat: all sunken, all lost, all vanished.(Jellicent) Ultra Sun: Jellicent is always hanging around fancy cruise ships and tankers, hoping to drag away its prey.(Dragalge) Y: Tales are told of ships that wander into seas where Dragalge live, never to return.(Dragalge) Ultra Moon: It blends in with seaweed to ambush its prey and then takes them down with a poisonous liquid strong enough to melt metal.
Cacturne: 
Genuinely terrifying in that it just follows people and Pokemon lost in the deserts it inhabits and just waits for them to keel over. Imagine how horrifying a feeling that is, to have this Pokemon trailing behind waiting for you to die. Sapphire: If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, Cacturne will follow in a ragtag group. The Pokémon are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.FireRed/LeafGreen: It lives in deserts. It becomes active at night when it hunts for prey exhausted from the desert's heat.
Victreebel
Another case of people straying into their territory and never returning. Only more horrifying because it’s a giant pitcher plant. You are being slowly eaten/digested alive by their acid. Red/Blue: Said to live in huge colonies deep in jungles, although no one has ever returned from there.Yellow: Lures prey with the sweet aroma of honey. Swallowed whole, the prey is melted in a day, bones and all.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, there’s plenty of other Pokemon mentioned to consume people in some way or another, whether it’s physically eating them or draining their body fluids or lifeforce and there’s others that whilst it isn’t outright stated, you can make the assumption they do based on context clues. 
Other delightful ‘mons I didn’t go into detail on: Sandygast/Palossand, Shiinotic, Tyrantrum (fortunately extinct in the wild), Froslass and Glalie, Rampardos (extinct in the wild and also hilarious given it’s based on a herbivorous dinosaur), Drapion, Darkrai, Yveltal, Gyarados and Kyurem. Again, there’s more than that, but they’re some truly LOVELY ones to think about too. 
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