#ranger rambles

[ringtownrangerlark]

Spinarak are friends that's why Friend Balls look like them

[rangingfarandwide]

Hey, come here a minute. I promise I won't ask you to take on more than you can carry right now, okay? All I'd like you to do is

take a deep breathe in.

Breathe out.

Relax your shoulders.

Unclench your jaw.

Good job. See you around.

[foldingfittedsheets]

Out of Context DnD Quotes: I don’t care what’s in your pants, as long as it does radiant damage.

[lazylittledragon]

I feel your pain (or the opposite I guess). The flap of my esophagus is too relaxed, which is a whole health problem of it’s own, and it makes me sound like a frog. Wanna split the difference? XD

with our powers combined we can create one functioning esophagus

[snowy-yoshi]

🧡🤍💚 dad appreciation post (⟡ᗜ⟡) !! 🧡🤍💚

[ringtownrangerlark]

Competitve battlers are often very attuned to the health and well-being of their pokemon. But do they apply the same level of concern for wild pokemon, or pokemon they aren't training? By that I mean do they care about:

-The wild pokemon they regularly battle/cause to faint while training their competitive team (e.g. "grinding")

-The pokemon they don't use competitively and release, sometimes into inappropriate habitats

-The wild pokemon whose habitats they disturb in the process of a training journey (e.g. cutting down trees, moving boulders, using environmental moves such as surf or avalanche).

Of course, some trainers are better about this sort of thing than others. But caring for pokemon in general and caring for your precious favorite pookey ace battler are two different things that don't always correlate

it’s always ‘competitive battlers don’t care about Pokemon’ but like every competitive battler I know is like . This is my garchomp. She has sad wet eyes and so sometimes I have to put her in sweaters to calm her down. Also she has won several championships.

[ringtownrangerlark]

Pokeballs vs. Capture Stylers

As a ranger, it is my deeply held belief, based on observation and experience, that Pokeballs are an under-estimated danger to pokemon and the environment. They can cause harm even when used properly and with good intentions. When used by someone with criminal or otherwise nefarious intent, they make causing harm ludicrously easy. Let's do a little comparison, shall we?

How do you get it? Pokeballs can be bought for money in Pokemarts, and are often handed out for free at promotional events. Capture stylers are given only to certified rangers.

What about more advanced versions? Some types of Pokeball require a certain number of League badges to purchase. Others are gated only by cost alone. Capture stylers have built-in limits that can be gradually removed by senior rangers once a ranger has proven experience and risen in rank.

Who regulates it? Pokeballs are produced by the Silph and Devon corporations. While they have some cooperation with the Pokemon League, and are regulated by government, their fundamental motivation is profit. Capture Stylers are regulared by the Ranger Union. Even if one could mass-capture using a styler, it would not benefit the Union to do so.

How many pokemon can you catch? While league battles allow only a fighting team of six, a person can buy and own as many pokeballs as they can carry. Even for the highest-ranked rangers, the maximum number of friend Pokemon is 7.

Can you take pokemon somewhere unsafe for them/the environment? Capture stylers prevent taking a pokemon out of it's native habitat, a limitation removed only for Top Rangers. A brand-new trainer could catch a magikarp and then immediately release it into the desert if they wanted.

What happens if you capture a wild pokemon? With a pokeball, the pokemon is now permanently registered as captured by the trainer. It can be released. Depending on the training experience, it may or may not be safe/appropriate to release back into the wild, even in its native habitat. With a capture styler, the pokemon remains wild. It can temporarily assist a ranger, and then return immediately to its natural environment and behaviors.

What if you try to catch someone else's pokemon? A pokeball prevents re-capture of an already registered pokemon. A capture styler can be used to capture an owned pokemon (this is often done to return lost pokemon, or soothe agitated or injured ones) but it does not change the ownership of the Pokemon.

Is there skill involved? There is strategy in Pokeball capturing, especially via battle. But theoretically, one could still bombard even a legendary pokemon with enough pokeballs and capture it by sheer statistical chance. Proper use of a capture styler requires education and training. Even if someone stole a capture styler, they would not automatically be able to use it.

What if someone "bad" tries to catch a pokemon? Anyone can buy and use a pokeball regardless of intentions. A capture styler conveys the intentions of the ranger. No matter how skilled/experienced, a person could not capture a pokemon they wished to harm in an unmodified/unhacked styler.

What about evil teams? Criminal organizations where pokeballs are readily available (Johto, Kanto, Hoenn, etc.) have simply used regular pokeballs for purposes of robbery, poaching, etc. Evil teams in regions where capture stylers are popular (Fiore, Almia, and Oblivia) have either heavily modified an experimental styler (Super Stylers) or needed to invent and produce an entirely new capture system (Gigaremo, Capture Gauntlet). This vastly limited available supply to team members, and speed of plans. I'm going to repeat that bit. Without access to pokeballs, evil teams found it easier to make, manufacture and distribute their own inventions than to use capture stylers for crime.

What happens if you defeat a criminal using a pokemon? Defeating a criminal (such as an evil team member) in a trainer battle may lead to an arrest, but they may also run away and keep the pokemon they own. When using a styler to capture pokemon controlled by other means (e.g. gigaremo units) the pokemon return to the wild.

You see why I think it's insane that of these two methods, one is meticulously regulated, and the other can be bought for pocket change at a corner store? In case anyone lacks reading comprehension, I'm not saying pokeballs make people evil. But it is a hell of a lot easier to commit crimes like mass trafficking with pokeballs than with stylers. And even well meaning, perfectly nice people can do things like drastically alter local pokemon populations by catching many in a short time span, or releasing them inappropriately. Pokeballs are insane and I'm so tired of people thinking I'm the weird one for saying so.

[rangingfarandwide]

Side Quests

~ Outdoor Edition

The changeable weather conditions are upon us and that means making the most of favourable weather conditions to get outdoors.

Grab a D10 or simply choose any activity that takes your fancy and get out there!

Happy Questing!

[ringtownrangerlark]

A very high coefficient of friction

wtf even is a Mewtwo? wrong answers only

[incorrect-rangers-quotes]

i think one of the best life lessons ra taught me at the tender age of like. seven? wasn't like. being brave!! or always giving it your all!! it was that some crimes are fine really. not all of them! but some crimes are fine. cool, even. epic. one might say

[iwanttobepersephone]

Pauline My Love

[bruciemilf]

Jason gets Bruce hooked on watching Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte with him. Bruce totally sees himself as Lady Bridgerton with all the children. And cries over Queen Charlotte and King George's love story because it reminds him of him and Harvey pre Two Fast.

I love the idea of Jason and Bruce binging shows together! I think Bruce would be apathetic at best towards monarchy and doesn’t really care for rich people peril, — it just kinda reminds him way too much of the people who he has to deal with everyday to find it enjoyable.

But I do think he’d love Anne with an E!! He’d point to that sunbeam, talking machine, bright eyes and furious child and say “that’s you” to Jason.

More so, — Bruce as the mom who can’t stop asking questions during movies. “Why did they do that? Did you see that? I don’t like what she did, why would she do that.”

“I don’t know, dad. Maybe you can find out by WATCHING.” > Jason loves explaining things to him.

[ringtownrangerlark]

Hmm, this is a hard one! I'm tempted to say Oddish or Bellsprout, which are the poison type even if they aren't in the poison group (different thing). And I'm often a defender of zubat! But today I'm going to say grimer! They are actually *really* important for keeping water systems clean, and their poison assist comes in handy in ranger work!

Who's everyone's favorite poison type? I'll go first: Galarian slowking!!

(I'll rate your faves out of ten hehe)

[i-may-be-an-emu]

a sfth video a day keeps the voices at bay 😌

[lazylittledragon]

hey! I'm always curious how artist's tav's look in game😅 could you show how dorian looks like?🥹

i don't have any screenshots of the first version of him because i play with mods now and loading the old save might explode my computer, BUT i just started a tactician run to do everything i missed the first time (and just bc i wanted to play him again)

i just wish i could make him squishier y'know

[ringtownrangerlark]

I'm very fond of spinarak! They're just friendly little smile spiders.

What is everyone's favorite bug types ? Maybe we will share some stories about them if you mention one we have at the sactuary !

Sincerely : Keisuke Semizuka .