Tag: asks

To politely ask- How much trouble would you get in for say, knocking a crime syndicate member unconscious with a right hook? Also how do you stop a furret from trying to imitate said punch…

To your first question: That depends. Which crime syndicate? If it’s Rocket, Plasma, Flare, Aqua, Magma, or Galactic, then simply make sure no police officer’s looking and then do it. If it’s the Goldenrod yakuza, I would highly advise against doing that, as they punch back—by which I mean they will immediately break your knees with steel pipes. And if it’s Team Skull, while I don’t know a lot about that syndicate, I’ve been told that this would be “mean” and that “they’re mostly harmless; how dare you.” (Or at least those were the words Molayne passed to me, courtesy of the Alolan champion, just now.)

To your second: In all seriousness, the only way to stop your furret from imitating you is to not do it in the first place; by doing it, you’re broadcasting to your pokémon that it’s okay to use excessive violence. Although really, if you’re punching a Rocket grunt in the first place, do you really want to stop your furret?

I never thought I’d say “please don’t encourage our readers to commit acts of violence” to anyone but Cassius… —LH

Bill are you sure you’re exclusively human in the first place? It shouldn’t be so easy to fuse with Pokémon like that, even by accident

Originally? Yes. Contrary to Sinnohan folklore, it was never possible for a human to mate with a pokémon, so I can say with the utmost certainty that I don’t have any sort of pokémon heritage deep down my family tree.

The problem lies in the fact that the teleporter isn’t actually designed to transport more than one living being per session. Putting it another way, think of the teleporter as having a Point A and a Point B. You can activate the pad on Point A as a sending pod to Point B, or you can activate the pad on Point B as a sending pod to Point A. Even if you’re sending objects nearly at the same time, so long as there’s even a percentile of a second of difference, the teleporter can safely transport objects from Point A to Point B and vice versa.

However, if both Point A and Point B are activated at the exact same time, within the same session, the computer gets confused. It thinks there’s only one subject when there really are two, and thus, in an effort to rectify this, it will merge both subjects together and call it a day. It’s a flaw, yes, and highly dangerous at that, which is why I keep experimenting on the teleporter—literally to fix the exact problem that keeps happening so that trans-regional teleportation can be made both perfectly safe and possible.

In other words, as I’ve been asked more than once, yes, what I’m working on is a new method of transportation that should hopefully be safer and quicker than even taking an airplane or ferry between regions. You may think this is outside of my area of expertise, but if it helps you better understand my motivations, rest assured I’m building this for trainers. And because I hate flying that much. The unfortunate downside is that this won’t be possible until I work out that nasty bug, and, well, it’s a work in progress, to put it lightly.

As for currently (or at least after the first incident of this occurring), though, that’s a bit of a complicated question. My cell separation system, as effective as it is, was a bit of a rush job, I’m afraid. It’s mostly accurate, of course, but it would be more accurate to call me something along the lines of, oh, about 98.99% human. It’s not enough to mean anything, really. I don’t have special powers or odd internal organs. Just about the only noticeable differences are that I recover slightly more quickly from pokémon attacks than the average human (of course I’ve tested this) and that pokémon are slightly more eager to befriend me than they had before (which I haven’t yet discovered the reason for).

do you know gym leader norman??? can you call him?? his kid just walked into my house, talked to all my pokemon and is rooting through my trash. i kno kids go kind of wild on their first pokemon adventure but

There’s at least one in every region, I’m afraid. Not too long ago, one of them walked into my family’s house, examined all of our bookshelves and radio, and somehow managed to get my phone number from my little sister. Just let him do what he needs to do and be on his way; eventually, he’ll save your region from a criminal organization or a legendary pokémon gone berserk or something of the sort.

So I caught a croagunk who is missing an eye due to an accident with some poachers, and was wondering if she would get it back after evolving

I’m afraid not, anonymous. Missing limbs or other body parts, as well as major scars, generally don’t repair themselves as a pokémon evolves. Scientists are admittedly not sure why this is so for scars, especially as an evolution quite literally transforms the body into something new and stronger, but for limbs and body parts, it’s a pretty simple explanation: you can’t transform a body part into something new and stronger if it doesn’t exist.

Don’t worry, though—nowadays, there is a lot more acceptance of pokémon with disabilities such as those, and there are plenty of resources to help you and your croagunk train without being hindered by her lack of an eye. The biggest piece of advice I can give you at the moment is always support your croagunk (or toxicroak) and reassure her that she’s just as strong and capable as fully able-bodied croagunk and toxicroak.

Best of luck!

What would be the… Repercussions… of making mead with my combee’s honey? And related question, can pokemon have mead.

To the first, nothing really. Combee honey is almost identical to actual honeybee honey; the only difference is that pokémon prefer the former due to its stronger scent. (Some people likewise prefer it, although honeybee honey is a little sweeter.) Thus, it’s perfectly safe to use combee honey for mead, provided the combee willingly gives it to you.

For your second question, no. Alcohol is actually poisonous to most species of pokémon. For the ones that can drink it without literally dying, it would still be unwise to give them alcohol. After all, would you really want something that’s capable of wielding the very elements of nature itself to do so drunk?

is it true theres a toy line based off of combining mechas that have designes inspired by the Alolan Tapus and their folklore?

It’s true that there are several toy lines based on this. The concept of pokémon commanding giant guardians is a very popular subject, especially within the sentai genre.

(Of course, not all of them are based on the tapus. There are also several based on fossil pokémon or aegislash, both of which tend to be a little more popular than the tapu imagery. Then there was that one series wherein the robots were actually based on pyroar—that seems really popular at the moment. And finally, there’s Neon Origins Arceuseon, whose robots were based on mr. mime.)

Hi! I found what appears to be a type of fossil I don’t recognise. It looks like a almost human like skull, but with a third eye socket in its forehead. I tried to search the web for it, but had no luck. Who or where can I take this to in order to have it identified?

Interesting. While I’m tempted to say me (as I’m a bit of an expert in extinct pokémon, among other things, and yes, I have an analyzer), it would likely be more professional for me to say take it to your regional fossil expert. You’ll likely need to do research to figure out who this would be and where you might find them. Usually, you’ll have the best luck if you look into who offers fossil restoration services, although in some regions, this might be difficult. Hoenn’s fossil expert is a scientist with Devon Co, for example, and thus, he’s not exactly at liberty to work outside of Devon’s labs for security reasons unless you happen to be Ruby or Sapphire. Alola’s fossil expert, meanwhile … literally lives in a trailer somewhere in the vicinity of Lush Jungle, and thus he’s a bit difficult to find in the first place.

Most of the others are associated with museums or laboratories that are a little more open to the public than Devon, so it should be easier to find someone who can help you.

Best of luck!

(As a final note, if you get this fossil restored, would you mind sending images? I’m quite interested in learning more about what this might be!)