all my homies hate team plasma

he / it | arcanine enthusiast

[arcan-9]

hey !! i’m jay, #1 arcanine enthusiast on this side of the skyarrow bridge! he/him and it/its pronouns :P

team:

blitz (arcanine, level 45, male)

fleur (lurantis, level 37, female)

cirque (archeops, level 39, male)

bugbo (scolipede, level 42, male)

arpa (porygon2, level 35, my agender monarch 🔥)

ooc ~

my main is @give-liife, this is just my pokesona LMAO

he lives in unova, but was previously a kalos resident

pellipper mail and sentient pokemon are a-okay! this is all just for fun, hehe :-]

[pokemonshelterstories]

working on my steel type cert today which has largely meant trying to convince this thing to do anything other than stare at me

[pokemonshelterstories]

So my uncle recently got a gulpin he named Sweet Cheeks, cause the little guy really likes to try and steal my uncle’s homemade mago berry bread.

But it got me thinking, can poison types be immune to general toxins found elsewhere? Like, for example, you can’t feed Pokémon chocolate cause it’s toxic to them, but can a poison type consume chocolate? Or if it varies from Pokémon to Pokémon, can the gulpin line consume it since their stomachs are really strong?

it depends entirely on the pokemon. being poison type, much like being steel type, prevents being poisoned by type energy, not by other means. there are tons of different types of toxins, and it's pretty much impossible for a pokemon's body to be immune to all of them.

in gulpin's case, the acidity in their stomach is powerful enough to handle many things that would be toxic to other pokemon. bacteria that can survive their digestive tract and few and far between, and many organic toxins (such as those produced by certain bug types) simply break down before they can have any effect. however, it is entirely possible to poison them with things that reduce the production of stomach acid. reducing their quantity of stomach acid disrupts their digestion in a way that can quickly become fatal, as most of their body consists of their stomach, and they typically eat very large portions at a time. i read a veterinary case study not too long ago about a gulpin that ate its trainer's freshly-refilled prescription omeprazole and ended up hospitalized with gastric stasis.

it's unfortunately very common for poison types to be brought in too late after being poisoned because of the assumption that nothing is toxic to them. quick response is vital when dealing with a potential toxicity case, so never assume that your pokemon can handle something because of its typing, and make sure you know a list of common items that are toxic to your pokemon!

[green-arana-research-center]

"OH MY ARC, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LESBIAN WORMADAM!"

-My coworker to my other coworker, who kept showing her pictures of our lesbian wormadam

[arcan-9]

finally finished putting my nightstand together and cirque constantly trying to sit in my lap during it did not help. grown ass fossil

[arcan-9]

kind of considering adopting an applin,, so many get abandoned and also i’m Very Fond of appletun

[pokemonshelterstories]

Hi, Charlie! I wanted to ask— are there any kinds of keys that aren't good for Klefki? Sligoogle just says to let them pick whatever, but I thought asking someone with a Steel type specialty would be better. Thing is, my klefki, Valentine, has always liked less usual keys, like this tiny one from my old diary- I spot-welded a little ring to it, and that's worked fine. Recently, though, she's taken a liking to this set of plastic toy keys we found at the thrift store. I worry they might be too heavy, or the plastic might be an issue, but I also worry maybe she's bored with the plain ones? Should I try showing her a stone key? One of those car key fobs? I keep seeing these decorative fake keys at the craft store, would those be good enrichment? Or should I be encouraging her more towards metal? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

this is a super common behavior in captive klefki! klefki's key-collecting began as a way of finding food and then developed into a defensive behavior as the pokemon learned shaking the keys could scare off other pokemon. but because captive klefki are provided with plenty of metal to absorb ions from, they don't need to have metal keys! and just like us, pokemon can have preferences.

she may like the shape of certain keys, or the sound they make (that's usually the case with those plastic toy keys). giving her a variety to choose from is great enrichment for her! and as long as she has a food source outside of her keys, this us nothing to worry about.

[pokemonshelterstories]

People on chattok are saying that wearing everstones makes you age slower. It’s a new hack now. Chat are we cooked?

people in many regions have been using everstones erroneously to prevent aging for thousands of years. it comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of how everstones work by blocking specific types of energy that humans simply don't have, but it's not a new concept. i recently purchased a book on pokemon in high society during the kalos regency era which showed off everstone accessories worn by the elite; i've also read anti-aging remedies in pliny the elder that involve consuming the blood of young pokemon with an everstone boiled in it.

people will always come up with ways to attempt to prevent the inevitable. these bogus techniques can reach a wider audience now, but people also have wider access to information. it's better to put our efforts towards countering misinformation than to simply assume we're all doomed to succumb to it.

[arcan-9]

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[pokemonshelterstories]

met a raichu today and practically got down on my knees and begged her trainer to let me share a pic of her because look at her

[bellasauruss]

I get a special kick of joy when I see people using my art as pfps so I’ll humor you all, if any of you would like a profile picture drawn and would actually use it I will draw it for u. For fun. If I feel like it. Reblog with who you would want

[arcan-9]

i’d love to get an arcanine !! :3c

[jullssaa]

My favorite fire type pokemon

[pokemonshelterstories]

arceus keeps deciding to send us the worlds yuckiest pokemon. case in point: bald maschiff

[ruderubicante]

Welp. Can't go this way.

[realpokemon]

turned 37 today 👍 i was going to take some pictures outside to celebrate it but i literally haven't seen a single wild pokémon like all of today. even in the wild grass. is there like a meeting they scheduled that i don't know about

[realpokemon]

huh

[realpokemon]

MOTHER OF ARCEUS

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

Bugs should have a type advantage against Fairy-types. They deserve to

[arcan-9]

oh by arceus blitz is shedding SO much right now. he’s growing in his winter coat (WHY does he need one he’s a fire type!!!) and i swear i could make a growlithe out of all this fur

[arcan-9]

yall my porygon2 brought home a weird disc and it’s trying to get me to like. put it in my computer???? is this a bad idea