Tag: asks

I think I attract cutiefly! Whenever i go out cutiefly swarm to me and sometimes nestle in my hair, shoulders, and lap, especially when i sit or stand in one place for more than a few seconds. Why is this? they’re not attacking me or anything, just being friendly.

Are you sure you aren’t a fomantis, anonymous?

Bill. —LH

Edit: In all seriousness, it’s very likely that you smell appealing to them. Sometimes, even subtle, floral soaps can draw attention from cutiefly.

Or alternatively, you’re secretly an animated princess.

Bill. —LH

I have two brother rockruffs and after discussing evolution with them I found out that one wants to become the midday form and the other midnight. I have done research and discovered that the midday likes to be alone, and the midnight form tends to provoke others into fights. They are well trained, but like typical brothers they tend to get into mild fights, I was just wondering how big of a problem I’m going to have when they evolve.

When it comes to two wild rockruff, the answer to this question would be rather complicated, but luckily, what we have here instead are a pair of tame rockruff. This means that your rockruff grew up feeling safe and secure, under the guidance of a trainer who very clearly cares about them. Thus, even though you may have heard things about either lycanroc’s aggressive nature, those facts are a bit more applicable to wild lycanroc, especially with regards to the midnight form. If you, as a trainer, manage to raise a midnight form lycanroc from its final, more rebellious days as a rockruff, that lycanroc will remember that you did this, so he’ll be more inclined to listen to you when you tell him to stop fighting his brother. (Midday lycanroc are very given to obeying orders from the outset, regardless of who trained them or how they were trained.)

At the same time, I also feel it’s highly important to note the nature of siblings. Speaking from personal experience, when you have two siblings who evolve (or, well, in the case of the example I’m thinking of, grow up) to be two completely different beings with polar opposite personalities, you may think that they would never get along. It’s true that fights are inevitable, as you’re correct in saying these are simply part of the experience of being a sibling. However, if the fights are never truly bitter or violent, then it’s very likely that a sort of undercurrent of familial love exists between them. That is to say, while it’s in the nature of two siblings to fight, it’s also in the nature of two siblings give their left arms for each other. Or in other words, siblings may bicker, but they will very rarely actually want to hurt each other, no matter how tense their relationship with one another may be.

Or to answer your question simply, I doubt those two will be a problem, anonymous. As always, keep close watch on them shortly after evolution and perhaps encourage them to take their fighting outside (just in case), but if I’m correct about their relationship, then the most trouble you may see would be some mild sparring with each other.

Is everything alright Bill? Your answers have been very short recently and I’m getting worried :( if you’re overwhelmed with all the asks or don’t feel like doing this some days please take a break. I love this blog so much but the person behind the blog is more important than the content. Please take care of yourself

Thank you, anonymous. You’re very observant to notice, and we deeply appreciate the sentiment. At the moment, I must admit that now is one of my busier times of the year, so I haven’t quite had as much time as usual. That, compounded with the fact that we have quite a backlog of asks, means that some of the answers in the queue right now are shorter than others. I apologize for that. It’s my hope that once things clear up offline, I’ll be able to get back to work on your questions as usual. In the meantime, rest assured that there will still be content, as the queue has been stocked in such a way to produce one ask a day until mid-March. That should give me plenty of time to sort things out in the meantime.

Thank you again for your concern and patience, anonymous!

{But as a side note, the mun is in the process of moving and apologizes for the shorter content for the time being. Thanks again!}

Hi this question is about the Pokemon carry limit. I understand that a single trainer is only aloud six Pokemon on them at a time since more then that it gets difficult to care for them. Was wondering what the rule was for family’s and such, like as long as it’s not breaking another law would each member be allowed six Pokemon? And are there exceptions to the rule?

Yes, the carry limit applies per person, so you could, in theory, have an entire family wherein every single member has six pokémon each. It’s just not ideal for practical reasons, which is why a lot of families will only keep one to three pokémon on hand per family member. After all, if you’re a family of five, it gets rather difficult to feed, clean, and accommodate yourselves and thirty pokémon unless you happen to own a lot of land.

There are, of course, exceptions to the six-pokémon limit. Some buildings or communities (particularly those in urban areas) may prevent trainers from carrying a full six if they’re living with other trainers. Alternatively, they may force trainers to keep their pokémon in their poké balls at all times. And of course, if you have a service pokémon, it never counts towards the carry limit, so you could even theoretically have more pokémon in a household than just a multiple of six.

It depends on a number of factors, in other words.

How much of mimikyu is costume? I mean does it’s body extend to the head or is it just in the body of its costume and the head is fluff?

The head is fluff, yes, and the mimikyu is located entirely in the body. Researchers know this because mimikyu allow us to squeeze and touch the head and even scan it with x-ray and ultrasound scanners. We just can’t actually take the costume off entirely and look at mimikyu’s true face for ourselves.

Any opinions on the Alolan pokemon storage system? It’s rather more streamlined than the other regions. Who administers it?

Ah, this is a rather complicated story. You see, originally, I had been working with Sophocles on setting up a storage system in Alola because he was interested in running one. Meanwhile, the current administrator, Sophocles’s cousin, Molayne, had been a trial captain at the time with dreams of becoming Ula’Ula’s kahuna. Unfortunately, due to some rather odd circumstances (I’m told, anyway), Molayne never was able to achieve that position and instead neared the age when he would be forced to retire, as per the terms of being a captain. I admit I don’t entirely know the circumstances behind the decision, but suffice to say, Molayne and Sophocles decided that it would be important to keep the position of captain within their family, which in turn meant that Molayne had to name Sophocles as his successor. In return, Sophocles allowed Molayne to take over some of his duties at the Hokulani Observatory, including that of the regional administrator.

This, incidentally, is why the Alolan storage system doesn’t have the usual startup screen. Normally, when the storage system is booted up, you’re presented with a login screen that identifies your regional administrator. (Mine is “Bill’s PC,” for example, whereas my colleagues’ are Lanette’s PC, Bebe’s PC, and so forth.) However, out of respect for Sophocles, Molayne elected to leave his name off of the storage system, thereby streamlining the login process (in a way I may wish to consider implementing for future updates). Nonetheless, even if Molayne feels he hadn’t done much to develop the Alolan storage system, it’s my firm belief that he’s done wonders to manage it after launch. Alola is such a remote region, and he’s essentially in charge of four mini regions. This means his job is a bit more complex than usual, and he’s doing it largely on his own. It’s no easy task, and I’m proud of him for having handled it without a problem thus far, especially in light of the fact that he’s also assisting Sophocles with other research projects at the same time.

About the only point of criticism I have towards either of them is their penchant for playing games instead of working, yet frustratingly enough, they manage to get everything done, despite spending literal hours on one MMORPG or another. I honestly don’t understand it. He and Sophocles have created a beautiful extension of the storage system, and they did it in half the time most other administrators take to set their systems up because the other half was spent gaming…

You seem to have an ongoing issue with people who play games but still manage to somehow do their work regardless. —LH

It has nothing to do with my personal life, if that’s what you’re implying … even if Molayne looks a little like my father. —Bill

Do you think there might be a possible connection between Mimikkyu and Banette?

Aside from sharing a ghost typing, no, sorry. Mimikyu are imp-like creatures that hide beneath a pikachu costume; banette are distilled vengeance animating a discarded toy until the combined spirit and physical object gain sentience of its own. To say that mimikyu and banette are connected would be like saying a lion and a tiger are ultimately the same animal.