Dear LH, My uncle recently got seriously injured and asked me to help on his ranch where he mainly raises Beef Tauros, or so he says. His ranch hands are Machoke, and i’m worried that me being so lanky and thin, that they wont respect me enough to listen to me supervise. any Tips, and is my uncle joking about the Tauros being raised for their beef? Also, my Aunt makes this ice cream out of Custap Berries because of their sweetnes. Do i need to fear health problems from eating such a sweet berry?

I wouldn’t worry too much about it, actually. So long as your uncle makes it clear to his machoke that they’re supposed to listen to you because you’re his relative, you should be fine. If they do show any attitude, be firm and speak with an authoritative voice. Don’t let yourself lose control of your temper, especially thanks to the fact that you’re dealing with fighting-types. With all pokémon, if you’re firm and in control without shouting or showing aggression in any way, they’ll instinctually follow your orders.

When it comes to tauros meat, I have to say that I’m … not actually sure. Tauros meat is a delicacy in many regions, so it’s possible that he’s not joking. Otherwise, the only other reason to keep tauros is to breed them for work or training. You’d be able to tell the difference through whether or not they’re branded. If they’re branded, they’re meat tauros because they won’t be trading owners; if they only have a tag fixed to their horns or ears, then they’re work or training tauros.

As for custap berries, actually, no! Although custap berries are very sweet, they’re still not as high in fructose as added sugars. You still shouldn’t eat a lot of custap ice cream, but that’s true with every food. Keep your diet healthy otherwise and stay active, and you’ll be fine!

it’s practically a fact of life , almost everyone in hoenn is thirsty for steven stone

Exactly.

This is true for some of the neighboring regions as well.

what’s the h for? you have a super secret last name?

No secret, actually! My last name is Hamilton. I just use my initials because it’s a lot easier to type two letters than it is my given name, which is handy if I’m in a rush to get back to work. (I know. It’s a mundane reason, but that’s why.)

((unrelated but I’ve been following you for a while and I really love your writing I feel a lot of this is real it’s great, plus the pokemon versions of various shows and other world building make it definitely feel more solid and less “game where you fight people”))

{Aww, thank you! 😀 I might’ve mentioned this before (which means I’m sorry if this comes off as a cookie-cutter response when, no, it is just really true), but I adore worldbuilding and adding little details to characters and settings. It’s a lot of fun to share all of this, so it’s awesome to see other people enjoy it. Mostly because it’s more of an excuse to go all-out on more worldbuilding. 8D}

Pretty sure Bill has a crush on Steven

On the one hand, I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case; my partner is more emotional and more sentimental than he admits. On the other, to be fair, most people have a crush on Steven Stone.

join us lanette… you don’t need a solid fursona or to be super into it, you can just mash some pokemon together and give it a cute outfit and hairstyle and say it’s you, and as an added benefit no one has to know it’s you and not an oc!! stealthily assign your crush a pokemon and draw your sonas together… the possibilities are endless

It’s hard to say no when you’re that welcoming!

Also, it’d be fun to experiment with azumarill girls in cute dresses and things like that.

Do you have any pokemon at the moment, Lanette?

Oh! Yes!

I still have my starter, who’s by now a swampert. He’s probably my foremost partner, in that he’s not only handy around the house (sometimes anyway), but he also helps with lifting heavy equipment for me. Then there’s my medicham, whom I sometimes confide in whenever Brigette’s not around. Then you have the two pokémon I’d kept from my time as a coordinator, a manectric and a glalie. I used to have a clefairy for the contest circuit too, but I gave him to Bill, as a sort of gift exchange because Bill was giving me an eevee (who is now a flareon and, strangely enough, my glalie’s best friend). You’ve … probably heard of that clefairy, actually. I feel a little guilty about that, but I thought those two would be a perfect match when I made the trade. So that was more correct than I’d thought.

That’s about it, actually. Coordinators focus a lot on the development of a pokémon’s style, so even when I was traveling, I tried to keep my team small. I’m glad I did now, if I’m honest. The lab barely fits me, let alone more than a handful of pokémon, and even then, most of them spend their time outside unless I really need their help. Yes, even my glalie. I’m not sure why, but she adores warm weather.

gasp! You… You aren’t real?!

If Bill were here, I’m sure he’d have something aggravatingly witty to say about how this is one of the biggest questions plaguing all scientists.

But seeing as he’s not here, I can preemptively cut him off by saying I’m as real as you are, as far as I know.

Edit: Oh. Another text.

It reads, “wwww aggravatingly witty.”

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furries absolutely do that!! especially trans furries who relate to being a gender different than expected! though a lot of us use sylveon for comics, just for recognizability

Oh, that explains the popularity of sylveon in the furry community. I always assumed that it was because it’s cute…!

I’m sorry if I sound a little bit … uneducated about these things, readers. I’ve never thought to look into the furry community beyond the snippets I know about through Bill. It seems like the furry subculture is a lot more creative and thoughtful than I’d initially assumed, though, so clearly, I need to dig a bit deeper.

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replied to your post “Oh my guess was salazzle”

Gender=/=sex so ofc there’s people with trans pokesonas, plus people just don’t care about canon stuff

{Just so we’re clear, people know LH is a character/that this is an ask blog, right? Asking because of the “canon” part here. It’s not the first time it’s happened, and it’s always a little confusing when it does because I’m never sure if people expect the actual mun/yours truly to respond to/apologize for things the characters are saying. D:}