Do Mawile’s antenna serve a purpose? I recently got a mawilite and she wants to match me and my keystone earring, so is it possible/ethical to pierce my Mawile antenna?

Those antennae serve as balance, actually—counterweights to their bulky horns. Don’t let this alarm you, though; you can still absolutely adorn them with jewelry and not harm your mawile.

The problem lies in the fact that they’re difficult to pierce. After all, they’re actually reinforced with organic metal (the same sort that causes mawile to be classified as a steel-type). It may be a good idea to create a clip-on earring for your mawile or a clip that otherwise resembles your earring instead.

Best of luck!

Mawile

bills-pokedex:

Mawile
The Deceiver Pokémon
Type: Steel/Fairy
Official Registration #: 303
Entry: A small, childlike pokémon first discovered in the cave systems of Hoenn. This pokémon is famous for its giant and fantastically strong set of false jaws growing from its head. Trainers should take caution: the front of this pokémon looks adorable, a fact that this pokémon uses to its advantage in order to lure in prey. When prey is close enough, it turns abruptly and chomps down on the unsuspecting victim with its false jaws. As for its strength, mawile is capable of biting through steel beams. Its false jaws, meanwhile, can do much worse.

Mega Mawile
The Deceiver Pokémon
Type: Steel/Fairy
Official Registration #: 303+
Entry: The advanced form of mawile, via mawilite. Should anyone wish to know why mawile grows a second false jaw upon mega evolution, the answer is simple: one is for gripping a victim with a bite force so strong escape becomes impossible, while the other is for viciously tearing said victim apart. Although, really, if you’ve attempted to physically assault a creature whose modus operandi in its base form is to lull a victim into a false sense of security with its cute face and then whip its single set of jaws at them, then at the risk of being thoroughly unprofessional, what it does with two sets of jaws should hardly be a surprise.