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There’s a poke park next to my home that my Riolu just loves going to, but there’s a woman who will not get off her phone to pay attention to her granbull and it keeps picking on my riolu! What do I do?

bills-pokedex:

Teach your riolu Force Palm. Granbull’s main weak point is the underside of its jaw. Strike upwards from there, and you’ll throw off its balance entirely.

Good luck!

You do realize that violence is not a good answer, right?—LH

Ah, so you agree that violence is an answer when it comes to neglectful trainers! Excellent! —Bill

I … you’re not going to edit this, are you? —LH
Sigh. —LH

socialjusticeperidot:

granbulls have decent defenses and resist fighting type attacks anyway

socialjusticeperidot:

granbulls have decent defenses and resist fighting type attacks anyway

But of course! That way, when granbull falls over and struggles frantically to get back up due to the weight of its own lower jaw, you can pretend as if you had nothing to do with such an unfortunate happenstance because, clearly, the granbull isn’t hurt, and you have absolutely no idea how it could have fallen over!

Now I’m starting to wonder if you’ve actually done this before… —LH

trainzelda
replied to your post “So Toxicroak sounds dangerous to even be around, how is it that people…”

I thought they meant, like, how are you supposed to care for toxicroak if you can’t even touch it?

With extreme caution.

In all seriousness, though, as toxicroak are among the more humanoid pokémon in existence (even if it otherwise appears to be a giant frog), it will do much of the work that would require physical contact itself—namely grooming. Beyond that, many of the tasks involved with taking care of a toxicroak don’t require physical contact at all, and toxicroak are not particularly fond of physical forms of affection, either. At most, you may be at risk for toxin exposure whenever you clean its habitat, but this is why toxicroak handlers recommend installing filters (and wearing gloves when changing these filters) to help regulate toxic buildup in their ponds or pools.

More volatile pokémon such as muk may be a bit more of a challenge, but there’s some evidence out there that muk can actually control its toxicity and how much bacteria it harbors. No one’s quite sure how, exactly, but seeing as Professor Oak has yet to succumb to muk poisoning (or any other sort of injury resulting from periodic Body Slamming via muk), we’re reasonably sure that it’s fully capable of regulating its biochemistry.

Either that or Professor Oak is far, far more resilient than the average human being. You know, the scientific community isn’t actually sure which, so this may perhaps be a bad example.

thank you for the help with my pelipper! in this era of electronics i haven’t been using much physical mail, but now i can make time for it because i don’t even have to be near the post office. i even got him a cute little satchel and he LOVES it. and now my family and friends will be happy to receive their (totally dry) holiday cards too.

You’re very welcome, @basilbones. It’s my pleasure to help, and it’s certainly good to hear you’ve found a compromise! May your pelipper enjoy delivering those holiday cards just as much as your family and friends enjoy receiving them.

“I want to thank you for your advice, Bill. My weavile has been training more than she usually does, especially sparring with both her mate and my first mawile, and I’ve noticed a decrease in her bouts with PTSD. She and my daughter have been registered in the Ferrum League battles, and she’s been enjoying her battles, as well as bonding with my daughter. Thank you very much” – Jett

You’re very welcome. It’s certainly great to hear that your weavile is doing much better. May her condition continue to improve, and may her bond with your daughter continue to grow. —Bill

Thank you so much for your help with my Grumpig and Feebas I took everything you said into consideration and I found out the river where I was hunting down a prism scale (which are really rare in alola) was actually an alola form Muk! My Grumpig knew the waters were a site of one of the trash storing places and a muk had escaped so we up and left to find the scale my Pokemon now get along very well! Thank you so much!!

Glad to hear that the issue has been resolved, @deliriousfan606, and it’s great to hear that your grumpig and feebas are doing well together now! Not to mention, of course, that it’s quite wonderful to hear that your grumpig actually cares for his teammate so much that he would go to such lengths to protect her from a literally toxic environment.

(Of course, it’s also worrying that the environment in Alola can be so volatile that a rainbow-colored muk can be mistaken for a river, but I suppose that’s neither here nor there.)

In any case, it is quite fascinating to know that pokémon are so much more aware of our shared environment than we are. Your grumpig seems incredibly loyal and wise, so may he continue to give you trustworthy advice from here onwards.

pinkhairedgardie replied to your post “(hi, LH? I believe that’s the mod. I know the queue must be loaded,…”

(Greeeat… Yeah you’re right in the fact that Tumblr’s pretty lousy at times. Alright, I’ll try once more. It’ll be via submission, as it’s a bit of a long inquiry. Is that alright?)

Certainly! I’ll see to it that Bill handles your submission as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding, @pinkhairedgardie. —LH