I tried getting my Tsareena to use a tablet. It ended seeing a documentary of bird pokemon which happen to show a Bounsweet getting swooped up. She ended up breaking the tablet screen and glared at me the entire time.

I use my gardevoir, roserade, and tsareena in Pokémon contests. While usually they get along fantastically, my tsareena and roserade and been getting in a lot of swabbles recently over routines. I keep telling them it doesn’t Matter who goes where but they keep arguing over it and we can’t get any work on our routine done. What should I do?

It may be prudent to draft a new routine if you can, one that takes into consideration both of your pokémon’s concerns or avoids putting them in such situations altogether. This may be the best option, as it seems that your pokémon get along except for this, meaning a compromise and creating a routine they both can agree on may be easier to accomplish than you might think.

Alternatively, if the squabbling is actually grave and affecting their relationship—or if it’s too late to draft a new routine—consider working on your pokémon’s cooperation via team building exercises. Require them to perform tasks together off the contest stage, and try using them in non-contest double battles. The more you can drive them to work together outside of the contest hall, the more they’ll be forced to put aside their differences or otherwise reconcile enough to complete each task.

Also, work with them off the battlefield as a mediator. Guide them into learning how to reach compromises and settle their arguments without spending considerable amounts of time squabbling.

It will most definitely take a lot of patience on your end, anonymous, but with a gentle but firm hand guiding them, you should be able to help them work something out.

Best of luck!

The Bounsweet Line

Bounsweet
The Fruit Pokémon
Type: Grass
Official Registration #: 761
Entry: The sweetness of this coconut-like pokémon is readily apparent just from its aroma alone. Gifted with a nutty but vaguely citrusy aroma, bounsweet attracts bird- and insect-like pokémon to its nests and allows them to feed off its sugary sweat. This same sweat can also be harvested and consumed by humans, but only after being processed and watered down, as the high sugar content makes the sap nearly inedible raw. Or at least most Alolan natives call this sap “nearly inedible raw.” The author calls this “a challenge.”

Steenee
The Fruit Pokémon
Type: Grass
Official Registration #: 762
Entry: The evolved form of bounsweet, by battle experience. Upon evolution, steenee’s formerly edible sweat becomes virtually inedible to anyone, pokémon or otherwise. This is not because it becomes unappetizingly tasteless and bitter (although, yes, it does that too) and more because the average steenee has a tendency to smash its hard, armor-like shell into anyone who tries to harvest her sap, usually before delivering a hard kick to the offender’s face.

Tsareena
The Fruit Pokémon
Type: Grass
Official Registration #: 763
Entry: The evolved form of steenee, by battle experience, if the subject knows Stomp. A royal pokémon in nature, tsareena can often be seen deep in the jungles of Alola, defending large groups of bounsweet and steenee. Tsareena is a formidable fighter in her own right, capable of delivering powerful kicks to predatory pokémon and anyone else who may be distracted by her enticing scent. However, it is said that touching her crown may render her immobile. Given that final note and the way the internet works, one would assume this entry is going into inappropriate territory, but the truth of the matter is that while it’s true that touching a tsareena’s crown renders her defenseless, the actual period of time she spends in this state is only a few seconds and is often followed up by a kick to the ribs with the force of a sledgehammer.

My tsareena has become a body guard for me when people and Pokémon get too close and doesn’t stand down until I let her know they’re friends. Why is this?

Because neither tsareena nor steenee are found in the wild, I’m going to assume that you caught yours as a bounsweet and raised her from there. If so, then the first thing to note is that the longer you’ve spent with a pokémon, the more it bonds with you. Additionally, for most pokémon, evolution is a rather big deal. For tamed pokémon, it represents the attainment of the highest amount of power they can possibly have, and because many pokémon strengthen their bonds with their human partners by fulfilling their evolutionary requirements (read: by battling), an evolution into a final stage—such as the evolution of a steenee to a tsareena—can sometimes be a symbol of the strongest possible bond between trainer and pokémon. In other words, your tsareena feels an especially strong bond with you, and as such, she wishes to express her loyalty.

The other thing to note is, of course, the fact that tsareena are regal by nature. As such, they take their duties extremely seriously and will fight to defend themselves and anyone under their care. This means that it’s actually perfectly natural for your tsareena to refuse to stand down when confronted by anything she doesn’t think is a friend right away and that it would actually mean something rather negative if she didn’t. That is to say, so long as your tsareena assumes the role of a bodyguard, this behavior means that she highly respects and values you and deems you worthy of protecting. If she chose to ignore you instead or didn’t take her relationship with you as seriously as she does, this would mean she considers you to be beneath her.

In short, this is a perfectly natural occurrence for tamed tsareena, in part because they tend to be with a trainer throughout their evolutionary process (and thus for a rather long time) and in part because it’s in their nature to defend their trainers with honor. I wouldn’t worry about your tsareena’s behavior until it gets in the way of your ability to perform day-to-day activities, such as interacting with people in your daily life (the postman, a barista, people at a grocery store, and so forth). If this happens, it would be prudent to train her to act only when there’s a clear and present threat to your well-being.

My mimikyu is a wonderful Pokémon but she’s very shy. My primarina and tsareena keeps trying to be friends but mimikyu keeps getting scared and running behind me

Mimikyu are unfortunately very shy by nature, anonymous; each one simply expresses it a different way. In the case of yours, that means obvious, extreme shyness—hence her tendency to hide when faced with her own teammates.

One way you can help the rest of your team bond with her is by initiating and overseeing group activities. The more your mimikyu sees you interact with your other pokémon, the more likely she’ll relax when in the presence of her. Encourage her (by speaking to her) to interact with your primarina or tsareena alongside you. Note also that this doesn’t necessarily have to be in battle, either. Virtually any activity you can think of can be used to help bridge the gap between your mimikyu and the others. Play with your team, have them do housework together, or simply go on a leisurely walk—whatever is easiest for you.

Additionally, ensure that everything your primarina and tsareena do around her (even when you’re not present) are non-threatening, even on an unintentional level. Have them keep their distance at first as they communicate with her, and make sure they invite her to join them, rather than let them approach her and try to coax her into participating with them. Teach them non-threatening methods of communicating, including open gestures and softer voices, and be sure they understand the difference between asking your mimikyu to join them and pushing their friendship onto her.

Finally, it may help to have mimikyu interact with only one of them at a time. Two may be intimidating to her, especially given the fact that both tsareena and primarina are generally much larger than the average mimikyu. Dim the lights as well in order to make your mimikyu feel comfortable.

Keep in mind that no matter what you do, it will take time for your mimikyu to open up to the rest of your team, even if she has already been a member of your family for a while now. Just be gentle as you approach her and do all that you can to ensure she doesn’t feel threatened, and let her open up in her own time.

Best of luck, anonymous!