i've always wondered about cubones-- is it true they all wear the skull of their mothers? are they really their own species or are they an evolutionary branch of a different kind of pokemon?
it is indeed untrue that they all wear the skull of their mothers! after all, a species which could only ever have one offspring, in which the mother was fated to die in childbirth could only ever decline in population. you may have also heard of the idea that cubone are 'born' when a mother kangaskhan dies, leaving behind an orphaned baby which wears the skull of the dead kangaskhan. neither of these are true... but neither of them are entirely untrue, either.
the short answer is that cubone and marowak are their own species, and cubone's skull helmet does not necessarily come from its dead mother. this species is a marsupial- pouch-bearing mammals (as opposed to placental mammals, like us)- and only has one baby at a time. the way marsupials are born is really neat- the baby, called a joey, is born at an absolutely tiny size and in an underdeveloped state. like, SERIOUSLY undeveloped- it's little more than an eraserhead baby with arms, less than an inch long.
(photo by geoff shaw)
look at that. look at that fucking thing. this little meat gummy bear uses its tiny little arms to grapple all the way up to the teats in the pouch, and basically latches on like a lamprey for over half a year. the baby drinks and grows and drinks and grows til it's large enough to leave the pouch. it'll return to the pouch regularly for maybe a month after it first leaves, but eventually grows up enough to leave for good. after this, the mother marowak will often almost immediately begin to grow another joey.
it's at this point, just after leaving the pouch, that the cubone joey will don its iconic helmet. the skull it selects can indeed be from a marowak, even its deceased mother as has been reported in some infrequent cases, but it isn't always- any appropriately-sized skull will do, with species depending on what pokemon live nearby. the skull is sometimes from a prey item of the parent, but is also often simply scavenged. the cubone will swap out its helmet a few times as it grows before it evolves. the skull becomes part of the individual's body when it evolves into marowak, changing shape and fitting perfectly to the head, unable to be removed ever again.
now, what does this have to do with kanghaskhan? kangaskhan and cubone/marowak aren't the same species, but they are closely related. additionally, their ranges often overlap- this is true in kanto, unova, kalos, and alola. in these areas, cubone will often don kangaskhan skulls if given the opportunity. furthermore, kangaskhan are sometimes known to care for orphaned or lost young of other pokemon species (or perhaps more legendarily, lost human children), and it seems that due to their close relation it isn't extremely uncommon to see a kangaskhan mother care for a baby cubone, perhaps adding more fire to the rumor.
⚠ This contains manipulation and physical abuse! ⚠
Home is already fed up with the constant abuse that Wally receives from "the person who loves him the most"
He has tried to definitively end these attacks from the roots... but his love for his partner prevents him from doing so
You can't do anything else... just observe...
Yeah I made a AU😘😘. I'll post the art separately with a description (au is applebite/wallaby). I've never tweened my art before so this is new, but I hope you guys like it :3, it took a crap ton of time and it was tedious. The crashing was insane and my poor storage does NOT deserve this hell. But besides that I hope you like my little boy. And fyi, don't hate on me. I haven't been able to draw bodies or any sort of anatomy in FOREVER, so it took me awhile to try and work it out. **‼️‼️ALSO PLEASE PLEASE LMK IF SOMEONE BIGGER MADE A SIMILAR AU, I WANNA GIVE CREDITS TO ANYONE BIGGER IN FAME THAT MADE A BETTER ALIEN AU!‼️‼️**
OH GOD!! I had forgotten to post this drawing!! My biggest apologies <33
A long time ago I made some headcanons of which sanrio character would be the favorite of each WH character so... I made a little drawing 🍎 🐾 because I love those two!!
Here are my headcanons!! Maybe and if I have time I will make more drawings of the rest, you know ヾ(^-^)ノ