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bird-nerd-the-third:

@bills-pokedex

Hey Bill, how do you feel about people who hate common Pokemon such as Pidgey and Zubat? I’m mostly concerned about the Pidgey haters here, because it makes me so angry when anyone insults Flying-type Pokemon. I believe Pidgey are wonderful little birds that evolve into something amazing. It’s not their fault that they’re very common around Kanto and Johto, and I think that just because a Pokemon is common doesn’t mean that it’s any less interesting. What do you think? I’d like to hear an expert’s take on common Pokemon. Especially Pidgey.

Ah, hello, Falkner! I hope all is well at your gym!

To answer your question, short of phobias and trauma-induced fear, I’ve never understood how anyone could hate a pokémon, to be honest. Although, yes, some pokémon are a bit more intimidating than others, all of them are wondrous, fascinating creatures, and it’s important to acknowledge both this and the fact that we share our world with them.

It’s also important to put things in perspective. While humans are the dominant species of this planet, it’s true that pokémon are far more powerful and far older (generally speaking) than we are. Even magikarp possess the capability of overpowering a grown man, so it’s only by our own cleverness and our usefulness to pokémon that we may continue to exist in their world, rather than the other way around. This isn’t to say that we actually live in a dystopia centered around a delicate balance between humans and pokémon. It’s more to say that we humans have a duty to respect and care for all nature, including the pokémon that inhabit it. The world and all the pokémon in it can survive without us; we can’t survive without them.

Of course, this is just a word on pokémon in general, but pidgey and other common birds are most certainly included in this statement. Pidgey, pidove, hoothoot, and all the others are just as important to this world as ho-oh, charizard, and all the other rare pokémon one can think of.

how does dodrio fly

bills-pokedex:

By twisting their three necks around like the blades of a helicopter.

That’s … that’s not how they fly, Bill. —LH

By jumping really, really high.

Keep trying. —LH

Magic!

Okay, seriously, no. —LH

benjaminxbadguy:

Originally, they couldn’t. Then some asshat from game freak decided somewhere along they could.

Game Freak? Are you referring to the gaming company headquartered in Celadon City? I can’t imagine what they would have to do with the dodrio’s physiology or physical capabilities. Usually, it’s either Silph Co. or the Pokémon Laboratory who’s responsible for the creation and modification of pokémon for no apparent reason other than to see if they could.

Re, the last post:

I wish I knew for certain, dear follower.

Upon inspection the next day, I was unable to find any traces of blood or tissue, and the pokémon was able to escape into the fog nimbly enough to indicate that it did not sustain serious injuries. I just have to reassure myself that a pokémon of that size tends to be highly resilient, and if it is indeed a dragonite (and not, for example, a rather large ditto masquerading as one—or, for another example, a lesser legendary pokémon doing the same), then I have no doubt it would be powerful enough to withstand a blast of that caliber.

Should anyone be at all surprised that I am not alarmed by the fact that there is footage of this incident, it’s largely because I am fully aware that there are … people who spend quite a bit of time loitering on the neighboring beach and sea for rather specific reasons. What I’m more concerned about is the fact that many of these people film my lighthouse, yet none of them have been able to figure out what caused the blast.

[Editorial Notes]

anonabsolxwolf:

bills-pokedex:

I leave you two alone with my blog for five minutes, and this is what happens. Why did I give you my password anyway? —Bill

Because if you didn’t, all of your posts would be incomprehensible labyrinths of run-on sentences and typos. —LH

Fine, but I do not have a furret face! —Bill

That’s what you take offense to in all of this? —LH

So does this mean you admit you’d make a good maid?

— Bebe

Speaking from experience, yes, he does. —LH

What?! How on Earth would you know, Lanette?! —Bill

How much trouble would I get into if I just so happened to have illegally downloaded a Porygon? Hypothetically of course. *nervous laughter*

teamporygon:

bills-pokedex:

That depends. If you have somehow bypassed the anti-piracy measures on a porygon to download one illegally, you could face hefty fines or jail time (depending on your country and its interpretation of pokémon theft), never mind a lawsuit from Silph Co. itself if you attempted to distribute an illegally downloaded porygon. In short, with the government and Silph Co. itself, I would say a lot of trouble.

However, should it be of any comfort to you, when it comes to the storage system and its involvement with all of this, you would likely receive a high five and a job offer, given my partner’s recruitment history. —LH

So would this piracy have any effect on the Porygon itself?

This depends on the porygon. As with all pokémon involved with thefts, some porygon may experience stress, panic, and all the other psychological damage associated with being forcibly removed from its trainer or home. Other porygon see no difference between one home and another and may not mind as much. And still others actually prefer to be removed from its former trainer for one reason or another.

If this is more of a matter of whether or not illegally downloading a porygon would affect its code, fortunately no unless we’re talking about porygon-z. But to be fair, porygon-z is unstable as it is and has been known to suffer ill effects from entering sleep mode.