Tag: asks

I am considering evolving my rockruff. What are the difference in upkeep of each lycanroc’s formes and do you have any recommendations for which forme to evolve?

In terms of basic care, all three are essentially identical. The difference between them (other than conditions of evolution) lie in personality and habits. You see, midday lycanroc are largely diurnal (meaning, active during the day), whereas midnights are nocturnal. Thus, if you train a midday lycanroc, be prepared to wake up early to begin training at dawn (or to simply feed it and let it out). On the other hand, training a midnight lycanroc tends to be difficult for any trainer short of habitual night owls.

Furthermore, midday lycanroc are often calmer in nature. This makes them great pets, but they don’t particularly excel at battling and often prefer running away. By contrast, the more aggressive midnight lycanroc possesses more power and defensive capabilities than its diurnal counterpart, but its disposition often means it doesn’t play well with its teammates and may need constructive outlets for excess energy.

Then there’s the dusk lycanroc, which is the most adaptable and balanced forme. That is, they have largely calm dispositions like their midday counterpart, combined with the power and willingness to battle of their midnight cousins. The downside is that dusk lycanroc can sometimes display bouts of aggression, and on top of that, they’re the hardest evolution to attain, with only a handful of rockruff being capable of it in the first place.

In short, choose midday if you want a pet, midnight if you want to battle, and dusk if you want both (or a challenge).

Best of luck, anonymous!

Hi Bill! I have a Kangaskhan friend who’s child has grown into an adult kangaskhan and left her mother’s pouch to live her own life. She’s not had any new children since, and I’ve noticed that she’s feeling sadder and less motivated as of late. I’ve tried to be supportive, but what else can I do to help her? What other effects could there be on my friend’s health? Finally (out of medical curiosity), are there any differences in health if the baby is removed for an long time before it grows up?

To answer the first two questions at once, this is a common problem among kangaskhan, and could lead to a wide variety of health issues because it could progress into full-blown depression. Wild kangaskhan live in herds and thus circumvent this problem by taking care of younger mothers, so some trainers mimic this by adding younger kangaskhan or other young mother pokémon to their teams. Alternatively, kangaskhan can be given dolls to help alleviate the symptoms of empty pouch syndrome, but the herding technique is often a healthier option.

As for your last question, joeys can’t actually survive outside of their mother’s pouch for extended periods of time unless they’re close enough to independence anyway, so you could say so, yes. In less facetious terms, though, if a joey is close to old enough to live on its own but not yet old enough, it may be stunted in terms of growth and a little more aggressive (as it will have learned to fend for itself earlier), but other than that, there isn’t much of a difference between them and joeys that wait until complete maturity.

Hi! I recently received my first ever Pokémon, Ralts. I have been reading your posts already, but do you have any other tips or anything I should bear in mind when working with Ralts (and their evolutionary line) in particular? I don’t do anything extreme – I’m a research assistant at a local lab and I make soap as a hobby. Also if you have any recommendations for other Pokémon that my Ralts could live with I’d love to hear them! Sorry if this is a whole lot… Thank you for reading! ~Tiffany

Besides the basics (which are listed here, for those curious: http://bills-pokedex.tumblr.com/post/152002181001/how-to-take-care-of-a-ralts-please ), perhaps the most important advice I can offer is, strange as this might seem, always be aggressive about self-care. As in, care for yourself, rather than your ralts. Psychic-types can be quite difficult to work with, especially for those with negligible or latent psychic abilities (or perhaps none at all, if you don’t subscribe to the idea that we all have some baseline psychic ability). At first, a psychic pokémon may inadvertently use their abilities on their own trainers, which may be traumatic for a human with little experience in telepathic blocking. Moreover, as you grow closer to your pokémon and your pokémon grows more powerful, your psychic link will grow stronger as well. Not only does this mean psychic blocking will be imperative at that point, but also, if you don’t train yourself, your pokémon’s use of its powers may take a negative toll on your physical health. At best, that means you’ll feel exhausted after battles due to your partner literally drawing strength from your bond with it. At worst, it will mean chronic debilitating migraines or (rarely but possible) brain aneurisms. Or, well, battles become more dangerous because your emotional state may disrupt your pokémon’s concentration, thus increasing the risk that it will lose control of its abilities and seriously injure you or those around you. Either or, really.

Thus, it’s important that you build up psychic tolerance early. Train with your ralts frequently so you can get a sense of its telepathic signature (or the spiritual aura it emits when using its abilities). Meditate at least once a day to teach yourself how to ground your mind and clear your thoughts at a moment’s notice. Pick an idea or memory that makes you happy and learn to focus on it when you feel your pokémon entering your mind. Learn to build a psychic maze (that is, a series of thoughts designed to distract and confuse psychics) as further defense.

And above all else, take care of yourself. Always get a full night’s rest before a major battle, eat right, and keep your energy up by exercising daily. And of course, also be sure to train your ralts to control its powers and know when it is and isn’t appropriate to use its abilities on you. This all is particularly important for the ralts line, as its powers are more based on the reading and manipulation of others’ thoughts than most psychic pokémon, so I wish you the best of luck in training yourself.

As for other companion pokémon, strangely, dark-types are perhaps the best choices. These are immune to a lot of ralts’s abilities, which means ralts can associate with them without the stress of holding itself back. They also make for excellent sparring partners later on in a ralts’s life, especially if yours eventually becomes a gallade. Alternatively, other psychics can work together with your ralts (meaning training becomes far easier), and therapeutic pokémon (such as those that can use Sweet Scent, Aromatherapy, or Sing) can keep your ralts calm and in control, even in high-stress situations (such as urban environments).

Good luck, and congratulations on the new addition to your family!

(Non Character fortree eon asks. I have thought of Fanfic work, but mainly my experience comes from Roleplay and the times i’ve done Pokemon, I try to go for Realism, so i poke at your canon to see what answers i can get to Improve my own work.)

{Gotcha, but … would you prefer tips? ._. Bill’s responses aren’t always canon there, so.

(If yes to tips, feel free to ask away! Just please note I can’t give feedback on specific ideas—just on basic writing techniques and so forth. I’m a writer, not a beta. ^^;)}

Hey Bil, Eon CHick ask again. i’m at the Fortree Center. Officer Jenny thanked me for letting them know and has contacted the Rangers to watch for poachers until either the chicks parents return, or the chicks move on. As to the gardevoir, Nurse Joy said that she’s lucky i found her so fast. Poor girl’s resting now after some minor surgery. I want to know: Do gardevoir often hold life debts if saved? If So, is it alright if i send the gardevoir’s measurements to a kalos boutique to make a skirt?

{Not to offend, but since you ask very specific questions that kinda nudge at the canon of this blog and form your own story outside of it, have you thought about writing fanfic? Not of the blog but, like, general Pokémon fic. You may have more creative freedom that way.}

Good to hear the chicks have been taken care of. Excellent work, anonymous!

That said, no, they don’t hold life debts, but sometimes, a pokémon may wish to befriend you if you show it kindness (which saving its life would count as). If that’s the case with this gardevoir, then I encourage you to pursue a friendship and congratulate you on a new partner!

However, because her skirt is actually a set of skin flaps, you can’t really make a new skirt to sew to the remnants of her old one. She might appreciate one to wear like a human would, though. Ask her to see what she thinks first, of course.

Best of luck!

Hello! I was wondering which feline/cat Pokémon would be ideal for a pet? I also have a Ralts (female) and a female Rowlet if it factors in any. I work from home and have a pretty sizeable back garden. Oh! And I live in Kanto.

Pretty much all of them, short of perhaps Mew and Mewtwo (not that you would be able to keep one of either to begin with). However, if you want a local pokémon, meowth are easy to find in Kanto. I would warn you against evolving it considering your ralts, though. Persian can be rather fickle and rough, and ralts tend to be delicate.

If you can import pokémon, or if your local shelter hosts a wider variety of pokémon than usual, the best you can possibly get are members of the skitty and espurr lines, as these have more easy-going personalities, generally speaking. Furthermore, espurr and meowstic would make excellent training partners for both your psychic ralts and your (eventually) ghost rowlet. However, avoid litten and Alolan meowth, partly because they either evolve into or already are dark-types (meaning they won’t mesh well with your pokémon) and partly because Alolan meowth in particular tends to be higher maintenance than other felines.

You may also wish to avoid litleo in general, as you will likely not have a back yard if you keep one. Not because its evolved form would set it on fire but instead because it would be your pyroar’s garden, not yours.

Best of luck!

The note on Chatot’s head doesn’t seem very stable, since it’s a thin part holding a much larger part on the top of the note. Should care be taken to bolster it or is it stronger than it looks? And why is it called a parrot if it doesn’t have zygodactyl feet? And are you happy to get a question that isn’t about one learning rude words?

In reverse order:

1. Gods, yes. Where are the rest of you finding your chatot/what are the rest of you teaching yours?!

2. To be fair, the pokédex classification system calls practically anything mice, including rats, pangolins, shrews, and most famously, vague rodent-lagomorph hybrids. The dex classification system relies more on what a pokémon vaguely looks like (or its most important traits), rather than accuracy … for science reasons.

3. It’s actually true that it’s stronger than it looks—and flexible at that. So really, the note can survive anything short of actually cutting it off, which means it’s one thing about a chatot you don’t have to worry about (besides occasional grooming to keep it free of debris). Your chatot’s vocabulary, meanwhile, is an entirely different matter.

Hi, now this isn’t meant to bug you guys but recently I’ve been experiencing problems with my asks dissappearing. And i mean alot. So I’m just wondering if my ask did make it through, it’s a 2 parter about my luxray sunlight. Again, this isn’t meant to stress you at all, I just want to make sure it came through. Have a wonderful day/night!

{We’ve got both parts! It’ll be some time before we can get to it, but rest assured it’s in. 🙂 Thank you!

(And here’s hoping that weird ask black hole resolves for you eventually! D:}