hiphoppip replied to your post “My Gallade, Lancer, had evolved several weeks ago. Ever since my he…”
Im pretty sure Gallades have very good balance! Teach him to spin and dance, getting in tune with a new body needs balance! The elegance of ballet would do just the trick for ease, comfort, and confidence! If he feels confident with his body, then youll be able to tell if his anxiety is truely about battling or not!
Excellent point! This is also a good option for a recently evolved gallade.
Well, your first step is to avoid forcing him to battle. Sometimes, pokémon simply don’t want to, and that’s perfectly fine. If you’d still like to leave it open as an option, you may, but always allow your pokémon to choose to battle, especially if they seem nervous.
In the meantime, work on his self-confidence by focusing on talents that don’t necessarily have to do with battling. It’s possible that he is self-conscious about his new form, as you say, and if so, then it’s up to you to teach him that being a gallade is a good thing (and that he hasn’t made a mistake in choosing to be one). Think about his interests and draw out one that might highlight the benefits of his new form. For example, if he enjoyed gardening, show him how to trim plants and pick fruits with his blades. If he liked to paint, show him that his improved strength as a fighting-type can help him carry an entire easel to wherever he would like to set up. Linking positive experiences (from encouraging him to pursue his interests) with his form as a gallade can, at the very least, help him see his evolution as a good thing; at the very most, should his self-image not be the problem, it should help lift his spirits enough that he may be able to communicate to you what his reservations actually are so you can work with those.
Above all, be patient. There is always an adjustment period after evolution, and this period lasts longer for some pokémon than others.
Best of luck!
I must admit that Lanette is more of the expert in romance than I am, which I bring up only because I would suspect I’d be decked in the face as well. Honestly, that seems like a rather interesting way to spend a romantic evening to me.
And here, I inhale deeply and pinch the bridge of my nose. Just answer the question, Bill. —LH
Right! So! Yes, absolutely, this would be the best if they wish to raise hatchlings. Otherwise … well. As you know, it would be ill-advised to allow them to try for a hatchling by themselves. (Even if both parties were instructed to be careful.)
Because they don’t lie.
Also, the width adds stability to gallade’s stance, which allow them to execute their slashing attacks with better speed and efficiency (on those who comment on their hips).
If you mean that the gardevoir and gallade have each taken a lucario each and if this ask is in response to my earlier one today, allow me to clarify.
By “risks,” I don’t mean that an egg will be produced. I actually mean “mating styles and mechanics between egg groups differs so drastically that not only is a fertilized egg out of such a union thoroughly impossible but also it’s likely that someone is going to get injured for even trying.”
Or to put it a little more colorfully, do you know of those stories of humans or pokémon dying because a human got a bit too close to their favorite team members? In certain circumstances, that will happen if incompatible pokémon attempt to mate. Because lucario, gardevoir, and gallade are roughly the same height and mass, you probably won’t have to worry, although lucario are supposedly … energetic when they mate. (So, well. You may need to worry about your gardevoir. Your gallade should be fine.)
If you mean that the twins are attempting to mate within twin pairings, in an incestuous relationship, then my advice would be to introduce more, unrelated pokémon to those pairs. Happy or not, that’s … about as much of a good thing as human twins pairing off.
Best of luck!
I do indeed, anonymous. Thank you!
There are many possible reasons why a gardevoir might dislike being around gallade. Some find gallade intimidating because of the level of aggression they naturally display. Some find gallade’s protectiveness off-putting. Some actually feel repulsed by them due to type differences.
And some gardevoir are basically lesbians and don’t care for romantic advances from an all-male species.
In any of these cases, rest assured that a dislike of gallade is perfectly normal and just as common as a love for them among gardevoir. This should really only be a cause for concern if your gardevoir is exhibiting a significant amount of distress about the subject or if her feelings are disruptive to her day-to-day life. If that’s the case, start with communicating with her to understand the root cause and work with her from there.
Best of luck!
Well, Gallade and Froslass’s evolutions are determined by genetics, as noted here: http://bills-pokedex.tumblr.com/post/149893951891/a-recent-ask-about-gallade-got-me-wondering-why
Salazzle is a bit more complicated, and it’s actually far more interesting. You see, one of the hallmarks of a salazzle is her ability to attract and enrapture male salandit. She does this through the release of powerful pheromones, which are emitted through scent glands located under her tail and on the red markings in her chest.
The reason why I bring this up is not because these scent glands are directly responsible for a female salandit’s ability to evolve. Rather, they’re directly responsible for the males’ inability to do so. To put it in short, these scent glands are present in female salandit as well, and although they are far from as powerful as a salazzle’s collection of glands, they still do the job just as effectively. Between salazzle and female salandit, male salandit often find themselves at the beck and call of half their species for the majority of their waking lives. They’re compelled to expend much of their energy building nests for and protecting females (as well as their eggs), and much of the food gathered by a reverse harem of male salandit (that is, incidentally, the actual, scientific term for it) is given to nesting females. Consequently, male salandit often lack the energy to evolve, if they’re not simply too underdeveloped from malnutrition to do it.
Of course, one might ask if it’s remotely possible for a rebellious male salandit to achieve evolution, but I’m afraid there are two issues with that. First, while it’s true that there might still be outliers, it’s widely believed that the salandit species has gone on this way for so long that male salandit actually lack the ability to evolve on a genetic level—as in, they lost their ability to evolve via adaptation. Second, even if they hadn’t, a female salandit’s pheromones are much too powerful for a male to resist. And to those of you who question how one can be virtually incapable of dodging a request from someone with whom you’re thoroughly in love … try rebelling against your significant other when they ask you to put the wet laundry in the dryer. See how well that goes for you.
Bill, can you really make that kind of claim when you haven’t dated anyone in years? —LH
Of course I can. By the way, your shirts have about ten minutes to go, and you’re welcome. —Bill
…this is one of those times when I try to be clever and realize all too late that it went horribly wrong, isn’t it? —Bill
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