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What is the safety way to ride a Drifblim? My friend thinks its on top of them like you would any large bird, I think them carrying you would be the safest bet. They arent native to our area so there’s no local trainers we can observe.

Either way could work, actually. Some trainers prefer riding on top, as there’s more surface area, and not many of them trust the strength of drifblim’s ribbon arms (or their own arms, for that matter). Others prefer holding onto the ribbons and dangling from beneath. Still others construct swings or baskets that the drifblim carries, but if you do this, be sure to connect it to a harness strapped around the drifblim’s body. Forcing a drifblim to carry the weight of a basket and a trainer can be dangerous for both you and your pokémon. Additionally, never have a drifblim carry more than one occupant in your basket or swing at a time unless they’re particularly small (like children or small pokémon).

{Side announcement, but whoever sent in multiple asks about Cynthia not being gay, please note we don’t normally publish asks that inform the canon of our blog, as the mun has her own headcanon that doesn’t always agree with fanon. As such, we discourage asks that push us to change our canon completely to avoid destabilizing the world created through Bill’s posts and interfering with his ability to answer asks confidently. In other words, please don’t submit asks that push us to retract posts or information unless they’re actually harmful, as anything else is godmoding. It also can potentially lead to awkward and offensive arguments and drama, depending on the subject matter.

Finally, Cynthia is now super gay, and her coming out was absolutely on her terms and inspiring.}

Hi, uh… so I had a really bad experience with fairy-type pokemon when I was a kid, and I’ve been scared of them ever since. Never told anyone about it, either. Any advice on conquering this fear? Please reply soon; I’ve got a date coming up and she wants to introduce me to her clefable after the movie!

Well … if you had more time, I would suggest exposure therapy using either a less aggressive or less obvious fairy-type such as flabébé or marill. However, seeing as time is of the essence, allow me to suggest this instead:

1. If at all possible, don’t see a horror movie. In fact, try to avoid any movie that would put you on edge. The calmer you’ll be after the movie, the easier the introduction will be.

2. Be honest with your date. Remember, a relationship is about trust and communication. If you share with your partner that you’re afraid of fairy-types but would still be open to meeting her clefable (not to speak for you, but the clefable is still part of your relationship), she may be understanding of your needs and either give you time or talk things through with you to come up with a strategy.

3. If she’s open to having you meet her clefable, remain calm during the encounter. You may wish to bring along your most trusted pokémon to have by your side. Additionally, consider using breathing exercises to ground yourself and keep your thoughts under control. Take the introduction slowly and communicate with your partner when you feel too uncomfortable to continue.

4. If at all possible, inform her of this fear before your date. This may seem awkward, but the sooner she knows about your condition, the sooner she’ll be able to help you—or the easier the introduction will be. She will, at the very least, have time to prepare on her side too.

Best of luck!

Wait, there’s a film about you?

There’s a funny story about that, actually, mostly involving the moral of “never consent to anything until you have time to fully think about what you consented to.”

They sent him a copy of the screenplay, even. He still consented to it without even reading it. —LH

Hey now! I read it! —Bill

Skimmed. I skimmed it. —Bill

Okay, in my defense, Steven had already consented to the half about Devon Co. —Bill

Wait, do people make biopics of Champions? Don’t they tend to change over every few years?

Oh, they make biopics of everyone they consider interesting these days. It doesn’t cover everything, mind you. Just interesting parts of their lives. Sometimes even only single events. Cynthia just happens to be a particularly interesting figure, being one of the first female champions of the Sinnoh League, and when I say that little tidbit of hers was a regional headline, I mean it was a regional headline.

So it was only natural that filmmakers jumped at the chance of making a movie about it because, well, that’s how the film industry is, from what I understand. It just so happened that a sensitive screenwriter got behind it and actually worked with Cynthia to produce it, and Cynthia herself apparently didn’t mind.

As for changing, champions actually change more frequently than a few years. You’d be lucky to hold onto the title for more than a month. Still, Cynthia’s managed to hold onto it for quite some time, and even then, how long you’re champion is irrelevant compared to whether or not you did anything remarkable before/during/after that point. If how long you’ve been in office were the only criteria for getting a movie made about you, we certainly wouldn’t have many films about American politics, would we? 

But yes, if you’re an interesting enough figure in the public sphere, there’s a good chance that someone will try to make a movie about you, even if you’re: A) still alive and B) not nearly old enough for it. And on that note, may I just say Pirates of Saffron City is wildly inaccurate? You should still see it because it’s hilarious, but don’t go into it thinking you’re watching something educational.

Bill, you’re literally the only person I know who would describe a film about his own life as a “must see because it’s hilarious.” —LH

Well, the only person who’s actually had one made, anyway. —Bill

Hi Professor, I was in the local pokecenter waiting for my pokemon to get a clean bill of health when there was a power outage, But Joy assured us there was nothing to be worried about as the Center’s power came back up. I was curious sense im minoring as a electrical engineer and Joy was ok showing me the generator room, six voltorb “Chattering” away sending electricity into a device! I was curious if you had any rough numbers on how much power pokemon put out, Pikachu, voltorb, ect, thank you!

This is an excellent question, and the answer might be a little alarming. You see, pokémon are capable of generating not just electricity but full-on artificial lightning bolts that are practically identical to those seen during a thunderstorm (despite the obvious lack of equal distance), which means that at maximum power, under ideal conditions (even without enhancements), a particularly strong electric-type can generate a literally billion-watt strike. Some pikachu are known to exceed even this, especially with the assistance of certain types of Z-crystal, and there is one on record capable of exceeding this naturally. Because of these documented cases, however, researchers don’t entirely know these pikachu are anomalies or actually indicators that pokémon that are traditionally thought to be stronger than that species (fully evolved electric-types and legendaries, to name a few) can wield something even more powerful.

Of course, for human-friendly purposes such as in battle, as generators, and so forth, pokémon are fully capable of holding back. For example, a single voltorb instructed to put out electricity to power a pokémon center might restrain itself to a 80-volt/50 kW state. I still wouldn’t recommend angering one or touching one when it’s working, but it’s enough to power a building if need be.

And to reassure everyone, younger electric-types such as pichu don’t have fully developed electrical sacs and therefore can’t actually wield electricity quite as intense as the above-mentioned pokémon. At most, a pichu might discharge around 1200 volts of electricity into a target. That might sound like a lot, but keep in mind that that’s more or less the voltage you would experience at the wrong end of a Taser.

…or, okay, that’s still a lot.

The point is it’s difficult to say as it depends on the circumstance, the species, and the individual in question, but either way, it’s enough to power a building and to drive researchers to emphasize the usual amount of caution when handling the magical, element-wielding creatures with whom we coexist.