Headcanon Thread

Nate dresses like a girl and gets railed by Cheren.

>>27946966
Every legendary has a gender, people imply don't know it because they've never caught them.

>>27946966
Wasn't this basically confirmed between GSC/HGSS? Or am I confabulating?

>>27946966
Look at her Gym. No trainers, no puzzles, not even anything like flashy aesthetics. She let's her battling speak for itself.

I'd say that's confirmation

I like to think that the language(s) of the Pokemon World all adopted their alphabet from the Unown and it's forms and that they are the roots for their languages.

>>27948741
Ocassionally, some script is shown (like Pokemon centers or news ticker in ORAS) that isn't unown/latin based at all. But that doesn't mean the corresponding unown forms don't exist.

All Frontier Brains are actually champions of their region who decided not to take the position as Champion, then later, they instead decided to take Scott's offer up when he was scouting.

Ditto are failed clones of Mew.

>>27946966
Ready for some serious autism?

There some types of pokemon I believe to be very difficult to catch, train and befriend and would probably kill you on the spot. They are: Dragon, Psychic, Ghost, and Poison.

Medium: Fire, Steel, Electric, Ice and Dark.

Easy: Normal, Fairy, Grass, Water, Flying, Rock and Ground.

Because of this I won't train "hard" or many "medium" categorized pokemon because I don't think I would realistically be able to handle it in the pokeverse.

>>27946966
>Jasmine thinks of a ton of ways to sound and act tough, but she's ultimately too nice to put any of them into practice.

So basically, anime Jasmine is canon Jasmine.

>>27949556
Oops made some mistakes.
Hard: Dragon, Psychic, Ghost and Poison
Medium: Fire, Steel, Electric, Ice, Dark and Fighting.
Easy: Normal, Grass, Fairy, Water, Bug, Flying, Rock and Ground.

>>27948700
>>27948439
In hindsight, perhaps that was obvious. I haven't touched any of the Johto games in a while, but I've always believed it to be the case. Glad I have some confirmation.

>>27949595
I think I'll peruse her scenes in the anime whenever I'm bored. Thanks for the tip!

>>27949556
I don't think I'd call that autistic. I more or less agree with your assessment, though I just catch and play with my favorites for regular game runs anyway. I have a thought about this earlier.

All Pokemon are potentially hazardous (admittedly, some more than others,) with many having an inclination toward coexistence, but Psychic Pokemon, Dragons, etc. they stand out as the most devastating.

I think this is part of why so many Trainers specialize in Types and similarities. Simply put, it's much easier to understand them if you're studied them, trained specifically for them, etc. Easier to bond. We tend to laugh at the easiness of these specialists, but I think it makes sense. I also think they'd be incredibly devastating since a specialist, while perhaps having glaring faults, would have so many strong Pokemon of the same or similar typing in their arsenal that someone with a collection of Pikachu and Hoppip (that is, no specialty, but capturing easier breeds) might be able to feasibly control while on the go.

I think that's fascinating stuff.

>>27948850
I thought this as a kid as well. It'd be nice to see something of that nature explored in future titles.

>>27948741
>>27948802
I've always thought the Unown were fascinating. It'd be nice to see them explored some more, though I can see why Game Freak and company might have abandoned that at this juncture.

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I probably have a couple stored away in my brain from over the years but 2 that come to mind are,

A) Mewtwo is more visually similar to ancient mews than the pink mew we know because of it being made from old DNA
B) All fossil pokemon are not originally rock type but the fossil restoration makes them have a new type and be visually different that the original pokemon.

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Sabrina doesn't like that she's just considered a weirdo by most people. On her own time, she's just about as normal as everyone else. Whimsical, even. Some days she'll dress up. Some days she'll dress down. Her personality is never "fixed," and she uses acting as a means of self-expression.

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>>27946966
>Headcanon Thread

Shit, sure- I've got a fucking ton.

-Pokemon Trainer Culture

>Mono-type teams are the NORM in the Pokemon world: it is significantly easier to feed, take care of and understand the needs of your Pokemon when they're all the same type or egg group.
>Most People don't even catch Pokemon that are outside of their home or work environment, I.E: Gardeners have grass Pokemon, Fishermen have fish, urban people have urban Pokemon, Psychic people have psychic pokemon and Gym nuts find themselves bonding with fighting-types.
>The obvious exception are the expert level "pro" trainers who invest their entire lives into Pokemon training, but these people are rare exceptions.
>The odd "obsessive" ones though are the Hex/Bug/Poke-Manics who are the "Otakus" of their respective types and obsessive over Ghost, Bugs and the Monster-Egg-group respectfully.

-Getting your first Pokemon

>The vast majority of people don't get a stereotypical "starter" pokemon, most people: buy them from vendors, are given/inherit a Pokemon from a family member, befriend a wild Pokemon or simply catch one weaker than themselves to train and grow(think most youth/child trainers).
>Even then there are people who literally just sell or give away eggs/young pokemon that they don't have room for at home or can't otherwise take care of.

-Pokemon "literacy".
>Most people aren't very aware of the Pokemon outside of their own region in the same way real people aren't familiar with foreign animals n' so forth.
>Someone from Kanto would be familiar with Pokemon from Kanto and a few from Johto, but if you asked them if they knew what a Spinda or Mudkip was they'd only give you the vaguest information.

>>27951257
I'd be fine if most of this was canon

>>27951257
I like this. Especially your take on Pokemon literacy. It makes total sense.

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>>27951257

-The Pokedex

>The Pokedex has been around for fucking DECADES and has been mass-produced, redesigned and both given out and purchased by millions of people.
>The Pokedex is a mandatory piece of equipment for any Pokemon trainer going pro as it acts as: I.D, Passport, GPS, License, Phone, Camera, Record/Journal, etc.. Almost every professional has one.
>It's measurements and entries are almost always horse shit estimations.
>The Pokedex's REAL value is it's data-logs on the habitats and locations of Pokemon which may actually be the only credible/factual information it contains besides a Trainers personal Info.

>Your Professor DOESN'T send you to catch all the Pokemon in your region to "discover" or even to record their existences; they send you out there in hopes of establishing what we call a "living dex"- which is something few or anyone canonically has ever done.
>You're also sent out to confirm/cross reference the information and so forth on the Pokedex, I.E: to keep it up to date in a manner similar to how google earth operates only with Pokemon.

-The Professors.

>The Pokemon Professors are who they say they are, but they have a tendency to simplify their work so -you- a child can understand their importance.
>Unlike the Gyms, Elite Four and Pokemon Centers being restricted and provided by their regions government: Professors do not know borders and can freely go wherever they want; this is allowed due to the importance of their work.
>There are MANY Professors, but the ones we meet specifically are their regions respective "greatest minds" and lead the region in their scientific development: All Regions do this, but regions often "share notes and work".

>Professor Rowan and Professor Oak are a good example of sharing notes as even though Rowan specializes in Pokemon Evolution his region is of EXTREME significance to Oak as the Sinnoh Myths contain the OLDEST recorded information of Pre-Historic Pokemon & Human Interactions.

>>27951759
Keep going anon

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>>27951435
>>27951489

Stick around; there's a lot more to come.

>>27951759

-Pokemon Society
>The Pokemon world is a relatively recent post-scarcity world taking place after they collectively participated in one of the LARGEST and most PYRRHIC wars they've ever seen.
>Almost all means of production are automated and the only jobs that still exist are within the government, service or tourist industry.
>The vast majority of people do not actually work, but work because they "want" to and besides Pokemon Battles regions economies are almost exclusively fueled by the cottage, creative and tourist industry as they de-militarize themselves.
>Most crime takes place in the form of: domestic violence/abuse, copyright/thought crimes, bootlegging, anti-social behavior and domestic terrorism caused by OLD people inspiring young-adults who are spoiled and disparaged by such a lax quality of life.

-Pokemon Society: Shopping and Expenses!

>Single Companies are exclusively commissioned by the Government to provided Health-care, Necessities, Commodities and other such things at fixed affordable prices
>For example: Kanto and Johto have the Silph Co, Hoenn has the Devon Corperation and Sinnoh has the Pokétch Company.
>These services also include all your various Pokemon needs such as: manufacturing pokeballs, medicine, pokedexs/pokewatches and reviving fossil Pokemon.
>They're however not "always" in charge of Television and Radio -which is one of the few private industries still remaining- but they usually find and oversee programming, etc..

>Food is also mass-produced via similar methods: frozen foods, processed foods, fresh fruits, vegetables, artificial meat.
>POKEMON PRODUCTS and private "artisan goods" are the HARD EXCEPTION as people DEMAND quality and humane treatment from their milk and eggs and what very, very, little "real" meat they eat.
>(People still however do eat Pokemon, but this is considered a very.. "traditional" practice.)

>>27951257
>urban Pokemon
So just jynx and scraggy/scrafty?

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>>27952186

-Berries.

>Berries are literally just battle-specific fruits; Normal fruits, berries, nuts, vegetables all still exist, but Poke-Berries are specifically bred, domesticated and groomed plant species because of how useful they were for battling.
>Pokemon in the wild do not entirely live off of "berries", but they carry berries because why wouldn't they?
>Humans can eat berries as well: taste is not guaranteed, but none of them are poisonous and all of them provide the same benefits.

-Feeding Pokemon.

>Pokemon eat nuts, fruit, berries, vegetables, grass, bark, silicate minerals, psychic energy, other pokemon and even photosynthesize. Pokemon diets can be ALARMINGLY varied.
>Trainer kept Pokemon are usually fed that anime kibble: It's delicious, nutritious and specifically designed and engineered to meet the dietary needs of Pokemon based on either or both their Egg-Group AND their typing.
>Pokemon "anime kibble" can be bought almost anywhere or can be made by the pokemon trainers themselves if they know what they're doing- They can also just feed their pokemon actual food, but many, MANY Pokemon trainers are unequipped to provide for their Pokemons esoteric and specific diets.
>Most are inedible or taste terrible to Humans with the few exceptions being Fighting and Psychic Pokemon "Kibble."

-Humans as Pokemons

>Most Humans don't, but they CAN become just as powerful (if not more so) as a Pokemon.
>Humans are capable of the following typing: Normal, Dark, Fighting and Psychic, but they 'can' learn moves outside these types with proper training and discipline.
>Fighters and Psychic Trainers however still famously demonstrate such power and abilities- Usually because they almost always train along side their Pokemon.

>Humans and Pokemon have after all fought along side and against one another in times of war throughout history.
>Pokemon War is Horrifying.

>>27951257
>>27951759
>>27952186
>>27952694

Aaahhhlrighty, that's all I got for now.
Thanks for the (you)'s and I hoped you enjoyed them- though all the same: feel free to ignore, steal or whatever you wish.

>>27952694
I don't see how berries don't have a guaranteed taste since they each have their own flavor profile

>>27950331
My headcanon for fossil pokemon is that the reason they are so well preserved is because they're part rock

>>27952917
that's a pretty good theory

>>27948850
Actually Catlin disproves this by jointing the Unova elite 4, and coming from Sinnoh Frontier.

>>27952841
>I don't see how berries don't have a guaranteed taste since they each have their own flavor profile

Sorry- What I meant by that was you weren't exactly guaranteed to find them "delicious".

"Taste isn't guaranteed" is just a common phrase I heard and still use in my part of the world; apologies it didn't translate 100%.

>>27952917
>>27953010
>My headcanon for fossil pokemon is that the reason they are so well preserved is because they're part rock

I actually believe in this too now that you mention it.
It isn't that the process gives them the Rock-Typing it's the fact that Rock-Type-Pokemon have the physically most durable and persistant DNA or genetic material when compared to other Pokemon.
Maybe it's a chemical bonding thing- to do with Silicates or something, but the thought still stands.

>>27946966
Except she originally used rock types.

Instead of making my own thread I decided I should just ask here because you guys seem to have a deep understanding of the lore of pokemon and this is a super odd and specific question.

Basically I want to pick a type or types of pokemon that is related to my career. I'm currently in school to be a library tech (I basically work with books and other materials you find in the library), but will be doing a degree in Cultural Anthropology in the future (this is the study of culture and subcultures in groups of people).

I'm kinda at a cross-roads for what types of pokemon would best suit these types of careers. I'm thinking a kind of play on types of stories and mythology so I'm currently looking at Fairy/Ghost/Dragon types. However, I'm not exactly sure how much mythology is in the ghost and dragon pokemon types. The fairy type to me seems the most likey what I'm aiming at because I can easily identify what pokemon are based of what myth or classic fairytale.

Bonus: What pokemon type resembles the "light" (holy) type to you? Think along the lines of an rpg cleric, healer or white mage.

Sorry for being so autistic

>>27953483
Oh great, now i have to think about this too

>>27953052
Caitlin wasn't a Frontier Brain though, Darach really ran the show.

>>27948916
I always thought this one seemed pretty plausible

>>27953425
Actually this, she discovered the first Steel-type in Johto.

All Charmanders become Cubones when their tail flame goes out.

All Gastly are the souls of dead Zubat

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>>27953483

I'd peg you for having some sort of domestic pokemon that would alleviate stress and keep you calm in a stuffy, academic working environment that wouldn't shed and would be able to take care of itself quite effectively while at the same time meeting your complex social requirements.

You get either an Audino or a Snubble.

Both are exceptionally intelligent, emotionally sensitive low-maintenance pokemon that won't wither when you're busy with your books and will flourish in the time you spend with them.
Audino are especially very sensitive and considerate to other beings emotional health and make excellent therapy Pokemon, but for you I think it'll do wonders on your happiness and work tolerance. Audino are also very CLEAN.

Snubbles are a little more maintenance if only in comparison terms since they're more dog like and most likely need to be groomed, fed and let out to poop by YOU as opposed to taking care of themselves.
Snubbles however are exceptionally affectionate, funny, playful and bond well with individuals- it's basically a bipedial no-shedding dog.
Also they're fairy type!

>>27953811
>Oh great, now i have to think about this too

Post your job.
I'd love to do another one of these.

>>27953483
You need an Aipom/Ambipom to help grab books from up high
a psychic type for their intelligence
maybe a couple pokemon that have regional differences in forms

>>27953483
>anthropology
hmmm... id say ice type. it works both as historic and as myth...
...is what id say if you had a time machine. but you are not making history and laganads but only studying it. so psychic.
i do wonder, how are you going to apply your education? are you going for really ancient archeological sites to learn about stone-age cultures, gonna travel middleeast for biblical cultures, gonna trip in urupe for medival cultures, etc? those could change the type. or are you gonna be a variaty of all and not be an expert of any?

holy type? dragon, probably

Elesa and Courtney are cyborgs.

>>27953971
>>27954082
Thank you for the kind and informative reponses, anons. I appreciate it!

>>27953811
If you would like, I could try and help you find a pokemon type or pokemon that can be applied to your job.

>>27954180
I'm actually going to be applying it to modern society. So basically I can work anywhere in the world depending on the culture or subculture I choose to study. Modern Anthropologists study all sorts of nifty things. Like how technology impacts social relationships to totally obscure things like the groups of drug addicts in Africa who take HIV medication as a high and believe the trips it gives them is a way of talking with their ancestors (in general dreams are seen as a way of communication between the deceased and the living in African culture).

I'm actually no entirely sure what my focus will be yet. I'm thinking of possibly doing something with food scarcity in urban settings or doing some research in the LGBT communities in countries where it's not widely accepted or understood. Basically trying to make the world a better place.

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Courtney has autism.
Literally anybody can come up and catch a legendary like the Protagonist.

Anybody has any speculation on the protagonist's father?

>>27953971
Military intelligence - I'm thinking steel, but I love sylveon, so idk

>>27954369
I think Androids would be a better fit imo

>>27954466
For Courtney maybe.

>>27948238
Legendaries are both said and implied to have gender in the anime and manga, I'm pretty sure the only reason they don't in the games is so you can't breed them or something

>>27954556
Can't they just pull a Nidoqueen on them?

>>27948741
That seems literally true though.

>>27950331
And the Rock Type thing too. Pretty sure that's the implication.

>>27951257
I'd also argue that this isn't canon per say, but logical enough to be expected as true. Even that last part logically explains why Mega Evolution exists but Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh and Unova don't talk about it.

>>27954575
Yeah, I've always wondered why they didn't just do that, would've made things much easier

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>>27954452
>Military intelligence - I'm thinking steel, but I love sylveon, so idk

It might sound a little "cliche" but if you intend on including your Pokemon WITH your Job than Magnemite or even an Electabuzz might be an excellent choice for you.
Since they're both electric-type they'll generate a constant and reliable source of energy provided wherever you take them so long as they're fed, happy and kept in good health- like wise they're also both sensitive to electrical devices and Magnemite (I'm pretty sure at least) can sense varying electrical frequencies.

Magnemite would be the more convenient one though: lower feeding requirements, almost no grooming needs besides maybe a little rub down and bath time and Magnemite fucking floats so it technically "weighs nothing".
Electabuzz is the bigger investment, but he'd pay off in his own way: more food, constantly having to brush his fur and they require more discipline BUT they're more emotionally responsive, they can be cuddled, they can go through the same physical training as you and they have dexterous hands to help you with whatever you need... Now I'm not saying you should do this, but theoretically an Electabuzz COULD be taught to use a hand gun.

Work aside though if it's just something to come home to there's absolutely nothing wrong with having a Syvleon- they probably have the disposition and energy of a large, intelligent, poodle; though keep in mind those ribbons are SENSORY ORGANS and are made of FLESH not FUR.

>>27952917
Huh, my headcanon was always that they were originally a different type (than rock) but became part rock due to being revived from fossils.

>>27954682
>theoretically an Electabuzz COULD be taught to use a hand gun.
kek

> 'Human' is a Pokemon species thAt gradually evolve from kid to adult to elder, that is the reasons why Ash is still a 10 years old although all the time that was implied to pass during the anime.

>Although some pokemons have been presented in a generation they aren't necessary from the region of that generation (The Jynx that you received from the trade in R/B/Y is just a evolved Smoochum caught in Jotho for example).

The Houndoom and Mighteyana lines are the Pokemon-world equivalent of pitbulls in our world. They are a status symbol for the lower criminals and gangs (who cant afford fancy matching uniforms), and have a notorious tendency to injure humans if mistreated.

Feral Purrloin are a massive ecological issue in Unova. They kill scores of wild Pidove each year, decimating populations near the towns of Nuvema, Accumula, and Flocessy.

>>27950331

The fossil one bothers me because I imagine Pokemon coming back as part rock and being really stiff and finding it hard to manuver properly in this new living hell they've been awoken to exist in,

>>27953097

There are also "ancient" Pokemon like Yanmega and Mamoswine that cannnot be found in fossil form and don't have the rock type which would support the "only rock pokemon get preserved idea".

having sex with pokemon is pretty common.

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>>27952694

Here's a few more miscellaneous pokemon head canons:

-The Safari Zone
>The Safari Zone is not "entirely" a nature reserve but something more akin to a very large public pokemon-'game' ranch.
>The Safari Zone exists so that the people of Kanto can more easily breed and catch rare, foreign or exotic pokemon not native or no longer available in the heavily urbanized Kanto.*
>Tauros, Rhyhorn, Dratini, Tauros and even Lickitung are not even native to the Kanto region, but brought from the outside.
>Tangela and Exeggcute were introduced via the Sevii Islands and Alola respectfully.

-Kanto: The Armpit of the Pokemon World.
>Kanto is the most polluted, dirtiest, most developed and urbanized region so far.
>The Urban development in Kanto has lead to the local extirpation of many native pokemon species and the spread of many urban-loving pokemon.

-Pokemon Migration & Movement
>Swarms are Pokemon Migrations; to breed & lay eggs, to evolve in privacy to arrive when certain foods rippen or to avoid a certain season.
>Snorlax and Sudowoodo are all non-native Pokemon to the "first" regions we encountered them in: with both Snorlax and Sudowood being native to the mountainous sinnoh region. Snorlax specifically wanders far and wide across the entire continent in search of food, but always return to Sinnoh to mate and lay their eggs.

-Variants
>Variants have ALWAYS been around: both Arbok, Butterfree & Vivillion being the most explicit example as their patterning varies depending on the region their native to.
>The Sevii Islands (much like Alola) are filled with all sorts of Pokemon that have more distinct or visually unique variations.

>>27956499
Kanto is....shit. I think you're in to something.


I always penned Kanto as second most Urban to Unova, but Unova has loads if rural locations.

>>27946966
Sound legit.
And you're an autist.

>>27953483
The gollurk line yo, iirc it's apparently ancient tech from lost civilizations in the pokemon world like a long, long time ago

>>27954682
>Now I'm not saying you should do this, but theoretically an Electabuzz COULD be taught to use a hand gun.


This whole thread has been pretty great, but this is the best part in it.

I have a few headcanons

Human on human violence is incredibly rare in the pokemon girl. Its a deep seated social and psychological thing, to the extent where not only do hardened criminals hardly ever resort to personally hurting someone, the though wouldn't even occur to them. It'd be like a new york mugger engaging in cannibalism.

Its been mentioned a few times already, but the starters available to you in games aren't the starters everyone gets to choose from, they're just the ones available when YOU choose. Either thanks to connections or luck you get some particularly good choices on the day you go in for your first pokemon.

And finally and perhaps on a slightly meta note, levels are an abstraction. They're only there to mark the growth of your pokemon and the comparative challenge that your opponents pose. Now this may seem obvious, but there is a few ramifications.

Things like evolutionary breakpoints by level and moves learned reflect how long it takes YOU to get your pokemon to that stage. Most people aren't as good as you and some, in their niches, are better. That is why you run across youngsters and grunts with over leveled mons that haven't evolved; it'll take longer for them to get there because they're simply not as proficient trainers as you are.

This is also why you get things like Lance having underevolved Dragonites with illegal move sets. He's a dragon master, he's able to get more out of dragons than you are. When you run into things like this its not the computer cheating, its a trainer who has an edge on you in this respective field.

>>27958944
So does that one trainer with a Lanturn that has Earthquake just REALLY have an affinity with that species?

>>27946966
>Popplio3 can't sing for shit a'd do the same sound sea lion do
>Team Skull aren't villains but just a gang of rejected who want to be accepted

>>27959030
He is the greatest Lanturn trainer of his time. The thousands spent on a submersible device that let him study Lanturn in its natural environment on the sea floor, the long hours of deprivation from light and warmth just to understand how they think, the broken promises he's made to family and friends because he's been too busy trying to replicate bioluminescence. His mother still won't talk to him. But its all worth it, because now his Lanturn knows Earthquake. If you cared about Lanturn as much as he did, maybe yours could to, but you never will.

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Banette is created from discarded toys and hunts for the human that created it due to the lingering feelings of betrayal/rage from being abandoned. That's canon.

What's not canon is what happens AFTER they get what they were looking for.

A banette has literally forever to grow stronger, plot and destroy the human that created it. They don't age. Sometimes time gets away from them and the human is dead or destroyed by their own doings before they can get around to it. Sometimes they have their revenge. Either way, the struggle always ends with the Banette winning. A Banette who has reached their goal becomes a "settled" banette as the wrong done to them has been settled at last.

No longer having a purpose to strive towards leaves the newly-settled banette confused and disoriented. They wander the mortal realm seeking new meaning for their lives.

Some of them join up with human trainers. Others seek out lower level, often unevolved, ghost types. Either way Banette typically becomes a mentor as their long years of self-training and perseverance has left them wise and patient. Settled bannetes are the second wisest of all ghosts next to Dusknoir (the psychopomp of the Pokemon world). They also are very loving because they know what pain feels like and don't want to inflict it on those who don't deserve it. They make wonderful starting pokemon. This is why many Hex Maniacs favor them.

I ignore the "all pokemon eat fruit and seeds" retcon as it makes no freaking sense. Pokemon prey on each other to keep their numbers down. The "rare" types are either..

A: Predators (ex: Lucario, Gengar, Zoroark)
B: Humans are eating them to death (ex: Farfetch, Stantler, Tauros)

Safari zones and farms prevent the delicious pokemon from going totally extinct.

Most of my headcanons are degeneracy. Sorry.

>>27959531
>Most of my headcanons are degeneracy. Sorry.

Post um' anyway anon- lets hear um.

>>27958944
i was think maybe the whole starter thing was kind of a beginner trainer aid program. Like if the kids family is poor (maybe why your house is often really small) so they cant buy a pokemon or pokeballs, or their parents are too busy to help their kid find a pokemon, or they dont have one to hand down, or maybe theyre new to a region and dont feel comfortable letting their kids out exploring without an already tame pokemon.
All of this in exchange for the kid helping with the professors research

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>>27959271
>Dusknoir (the psychopomp of the Pokemon world).

I like it

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Headcanon that Guzma has a real soft spot for "rejected" Pokemon, such as Mimikyu and "uglier" mons.

I like to imagine that he has a real soft spot for Pyukumuku in particular, because their dex entry states that they're pretty much helpless and no one really wants them around. I like to imagine that one chose Guzma as its special spot, and after numerous times trying to throw it back, Guzma started to like the little guy and kept it as his own. I like to believe that he loves and cares deeply for not just his Pokemon, but all Pokemon. A tough exterior with a heart of gold.

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>>27959683
>I used "I like to imagine" and "I like to believe" more than a few times
I'm fucking autistic

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>>27959704
I didnt notice but now you pointed it out at least I got a laugh out of it

>>27951257
>>27951759
>>27952186
>>27952694
>>27956499


Good stuff

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Celebrity status is a thing in the Pokemon World too. This doesn't just extend to Diantha and I mean the downsides that come with this.

There exists sites like Gymleaderfeet.com and trainerarmpits.net. Not to mention there have been countdowns for when a famous trainer's about to turn 18. If one's found to be dating, they can get a fuckload of death threats, which is why Maylene is afraid of coming out.

>>27956499
>-Kanto: The Armpit of the Pokemon World.
>>Kanto is the most polluted, dirtiest, most developed and urbanized region so far.
>>The Urban development in Kanto has lead to the local extirpation of many native pokemon species and the spread of many urban-loving pokemon.


Makes sense

>>27954575
Well, they did with Heatan

>>27958944
The first one is also confirmed. Pokemon world is specifically one with less violence and worries

Blue is a masochist and loves being dominated. He only acted like a cocky bitch to Red so he would beat him harder. He's like some kind of kinky tsundere.

Being a pokemon trainer used to be a rich man's sport. Pokeballs were expensive, and the poor couldn't afford to go on long journeys.
I've wanted to write a story about when it changed for a while.

>>27953971
>Post your job.
>I'd love to do another one of these.

If you're still doing these, could you do me? I'm an evolutionary biologist/geneticist. Besides Reuniclus, there's not many obvious choices I can think of.

>>27958944
>Things like evolutionary breakpoints by level and moves learned reflect how long it takes YOU to get your pokemon to that stage. Most people aren't as good as you and some, in their niches, are better. That is why you run across youngsters and grunts with over leveled mons that haven't evolved; it'll take longer for them to get there because they're simply not as proficient trainers as you are.
>This is also why you get things like Lance having underevolved Dragonites with illegal move sets. He's a dragon master, he's able to get more out of dragons than you are. When you run into things like this its not the computer cheating, its a trainer who has an edge on you in this respective field.

I genuinely love this. It's the first time I've ever seen anyone explain Lance's hackery so perfectly.

>>27962405
Deoxys

>>27962432
I am glad you liked it!

Blue was/is a member of Team Rocket.

When you fight him in Cerulean city he comes in the north of Nugget Bridge, meaning he must have passed the Team Rocket recruiter, but he didn't say anything about Team Rocket when he battles you.

Then in Vermillion he fights you after he gets cut from the ship captain. Except the captain is too sick to do anything, meaning to get the HM Gary must have stolen it.

You fight him again in Lavender town. He's waiting in the pokemon tower, on a level with no trainers and no wild pokemon. A few floors above is Team Rocket. He's on lookout duty.

Then there's the Silph.Co raid. Gary is there in the middle of the Rocket invasion just hanging out. He even calls Giovanni "Boss Rocket" in this encounter.

In Gen 2 you find out that Blue has taken over the Viridian city Gym from Giovanni. A few generations later in the PWT Giovanni fights you as a gym leader, meaning Blue must have given the gym back to Giovanni after he returned.

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>>27963349
i always liked the Rocket Blue theory

N's parents were killed by a particularly savage tribe of Darmanitan. They were researchers, like Jane Goodall of our world. He was saved in the nick of time by a rival tribe. They mistook him for their own when he curled up into a ball.

He has a little bit of a resistance to heat because of the Darmanitan that raised him.

>>27959683
I like to believe that he has a cutiefly following him around because of his deep aura of sadness and loneliness.

Also that Team Skull is supposed to represent young kids in street gangs that are looking for a sense of family and love that they don't get in their own households.

>>27963349
Oh damn, I love this. It makes a lot of sense too.

>>27964655
Team Skull represent the Polynesian gangs, especially in the Polynesian diaspora in the West.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZbf4WfJiko

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This one is more of wishful thinking, but:

After the 3rd movie Molly's connection to the unown wasn't completely severed. As a result, there is a potential to reform it effectively turning her (back) into a "Normal/Psychic" person. Further headcanon that as she grows up she misses the fun she had with them and actively seeks out ancient ruins a la her father, allowing her to come across Cynthia, etc.