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Hello Bill, my name is Blossom the Alakazam and my trainer has been feeling down lately. I was wondering if there is anything I could do to help her. We’re all worried and want to help, but I had decided it was best to seek advice first. Thank you for your time.

Speaking from experience, sometimes, the best thing a pokémon can do is simply show their trainers that they’re there and that they acknowledge their trainer’s existence. Even simply being in the same room as your trainer can go quite a long way (although physical signs of affection certainly don’t hurt). If you’d like to be more active, sometimes, small things can go a long way too. For example, if you or your teammates are capable of doing small tasks around your home (cleaning or cooking are the foremost things), this may cheer your trainer up a bit—or at least help her relax and let her know that there are others who quite literally care for her.

Another important thing to know is that humans aren’t often as open about what’s on their minds as pokémon are. It may take time before your trainer is ready to talk about what’s troubling her or even to express the exact emotion she’s feeling. Be patient with her and let her express herself in her own way. If she shares with you, all you have to do is listen.

Best of luck, Blossom! May your trainer feel better soon!

Yeah uh, my Slowpoke kind of got buried alive a few times. he got better though and now he’s too big for my Espeon to bury him quickly. I am still very, very confused. Bill, bill pls,

I would attach an image of the timestamp for this message, but I think we all know by now that this was sent in June. —LH

Thanks, Lanette. —Bill

When it comes to why your espeon has been doing this, it could have been for any number of reasons, actually. It may have been because your espeon was jealous of another psychic-type (which is a bit more likely, considering the fact that an espeon’s evolution is reliant on the strength of your bond with an eevee). It could have been from a dispute over food, toys, or any number of other things. It could even have been for your slowpoke’s benefit, as the misguided equivalent of “throwing a blanket over your sleeping friend,” as it were.

Or your espeon was simply bored.

Either way, it’s important to pay attention to potential triggers and your pokémon’s mood whenever they do something you can’t quite explain. There’s a reason for everything; you simply need to observe them to understand what that could be.

But in any case, it’s excellent to hear that your espeon has stopped this behavior on its own! Presumably, anyway.

I have a Purugly and a Delcatty that have been living with me for years. recently i adopted a young lillipup from a rescue agency, and the mon’s don’t get along with him at all. he likes to chase Delcatty into hiding, and Purugly likes to stalk and and smack him whenever she can. i’m starting to believe that these kinds of pokemon really CAN’T get along after all

Oh no, it’s possible that they all can get along, but they have to have a particular chemistry, just like humans do with each other. Sometimes, cat pokémon and dog pokémon adore one another, and sometimes, they go at it like, well, cats and dogs. And sometimes, the latter occurs for no good reason at all.

Of course, other times, there may be a particular reason, so it would be worth it to observe your pokémon and see if there is a behavior that causes them to interact this way. It’s likely that your lillipup simply needs to be trained to not chase your delcatty, while your purugly needs to be trained to use better problem resolution skills.

Hey, Bill. Recently, I was rescued from a Seviper by a wild Altaria who even went as far as to escort me home, and I want to know how to thank it properly. Any advice?

Altaria (when outside their territories, anyway) tend to be very benevolent, actually. If you see it again, it will likely not expect anything at all, and it might not fully comprehend gestures of gratitude.

On the other hand, if you look out for any swablu hatchlings or fledglings you come across, that may be enough. For example, if you see an injured or sick swablu, consider giving it a hand. If you see a predator attacking a swablu and you have the pokémon to defend it, consider doing so. Or simply construct a feeder or shelter fit for swablu in your hard if you have enough space. Even the little things can go a long way, but the important thing is to repay kindness with kindness.

But resist the urge to feed or give toys to the altaria who saved you. This might cause it to expect you to feed it regularly, and unless you want an altaria on your team, that may be a bit of a problem.

Best of luck!

Hi Bill, my slowbro keeps insiting to go mega when it wants to get comfy or go to sleep, the shellder looks somewhat fustrated with this, any advice if this is surpose to happen/ normal behaviour?

bills-pokedex:

To be perfectly honest, anonymous, it actually isn’t normal behavior, but it’s also not particularly worrying. You see, your slowbro is in want of the security of being wrapped up in a cocoon of sorts. So one way you can form a compromise between its shellder’s relative freedom and its need for security would be to wrap it up tightly at night with its tail left out. Give it extra bedding or create a sand pit it can partially bury itself in. Anything that covers its body firmly should do.

Best of luck!

[[Ask reads: “Re: the anon whose Slowbro insists on mega evolving to sleep: I recommend looking into pressure vests (also called anxiety vests)! You can get them for pokemon of all different shapes and sizes, and if you’re able and willing to shell out a bit more money, you can even get one that’s custom-made to fit your Slowbro. Also, weighted blankets!”]]

Also an excellent point! Thank you!

I have a friend who collects Unowns just so that they can spell out memes. His favourite trick at the moment is arranging them into LOSS. He regularly teaches his Unowns memes just so they can do this on the fly. And honestly it’s the funniest thing to see them try to MAN DOOR HAND HOOK CAR DOOR

When you say “LOSS,” do you mean the actual word or no? Because if it’s the latter, I might need to see pics, else it didn’t happen (as the vintage memes go).

Why … why are you encouraging them? —LH

I went to a wrestling show with my boyfriend as a birthday gift to him and like, they had some actual pokemon fighting humans for some of the matches and using Pokemon moves on them??? Like there was this one Pikachu in a cute wrestling costume using ELECTRICITY on this buff dude and he somehow didn’t die! I assume they trained the Pokes for the show to be not as lethal, right? Curious how that process works.

Absolutely. For any sport that involves humans and pokémon literally fighting each other, pokémon are either instructed to use only their strength, sans augmentation from their abilities, or they’re simply told to, well, make it look as real as possible. The latter is especially true for pokémon wrestling. It looks like a Thunderbolt, but it’s more light than actual, damaging electricity.

Lanette, remind me not to show Amanita this post. It would break her heart to know pokémon wrestling is fake. —Bill

On it. —LH