Soir!

Salut! I hope you’re having a wonderful day! (Pokémon IRL Sideblog for @jackienyxskye) (Icon: https://at.tumblr.com/pokemon-icon-edits/circle-spooky-hex-maniac-icons-requested-by/kzro4khr2r52)

[cursed-evie]

Salut! I am Soir, a Hex Maniac who is new to Rotomblr! My Pokémon are my Haunter, Sprite, my Skitty, Chère, and my Gourgeist, Citrouille! I hope you all have a wonderful day!

(ooc: welp we’ve been considering this for a while now so why don’t we just hop in and see where this goes. mod is an adult, feel free to send asks, all the basic stuff. love u <3)

(visual reference for soir, picrew)

[faller-of-kharbranth]

//Okay, I have just been feeling kinda iffy about things lately so I just want to ask y’all something.

//If you’re fine with interacting with me as a writer—not this blog necessarily, but rather my blogs as a whole, could you reblog this post?

[benchspkmnirlhub]

Please, please, please, make a warning post before you participate in Muse Mixup Madness. People follow you for the stuff you were posting previously, and are going to be badly jumpscared if you suddenly post extremely triggering stuff on what was previously safe for them to view.

[simpwhoneedsalotoftherapy]

My ass when somebody calls the Ghostbusters on me:

[reaper-clothier]

casually mention i can speak to ghosts in a convo. person asks me what theyre gastly is saying. tell them their gastly needs more treats, specifically the expensive kind. they believe me

i dont speak to ghost types just human ghosts

[cursed-evie]

I can speak to Sprite! I give him treats anyway!

[benchspkmnirlhub]

A Guide to Pokemon IRL

Hello! Pokemon IRL has been getting more and more popular over the year and a half I've been in the community, and I'm seeing lots of people being confused by it.

So I'm making this guide, to hopefully help people understand it better, and perhaps join us in this wacky community.

Part 1: The Basics

Essentially, Pokemon IRL is a RP community centered on one single premise: Blogging as if you were in the Pokemon world. It's a hybrid of askblogs, RP blogs, and general tumblr blogs.

There's very few rules to it, other than just "don't be a jerk". There's all kinds of Pokemon IRL blogs, from regular OC trainers, to canon characters, to characters who are Pokemon themselves, to even Fallers from non-Pokemon media, and more!

The main thing is that 98% of Pokemon IRL operates on the multiverse. Blogs can have conflicting canons, since the multiverse exists, and the blogs can be from different universes. This also means that multiple people can RP the same character. I've lost count of the amount of Kieran and Silver blogs.

Why is Pokemon-world tumblr multiversal? Who knows! But that's the one generally accepted canon thing across almost all Pokemon IRL blogs.

Part 2: Glossary

I know glossaries are usually at the ends of books, but I figure it's important that I define some important terms before I get to the rest of this guide.

Rotomblr - The generally accepted name for Pokemon-world tumblr. I personally prefer to use the name Tacklr instead, but that's just my opinion.

Sapient Pokemon - Pokemon that are sapient. Typically refers to Pokemon that run blogs. Some blogs don't allow interactions with them. Some blogs love interacting with them, though, such as all my blogs!

Eebydeeby - A human that has been turned into a Pokemon. "Eeby" is short for it. "Sleeby" means "slow eeby", or a human that has been or is in the process of slowly turning into a Pokemon.

Hybrid - This has two meanings. The first is someone who's part human and part Pokemon. The second is a Pokemon that's part one species, part another species.

Pelipper Mail - This is a multiversal system of mail, powered via Pelipper! You can have Pelippers send items to other blogs with this. Can be enabled or disabled per blog. Same goes with the next five terms.

Pelipper Unmail - Instead of giving, this is taking. This steals something from another blog via Pelipper.

Pelipper Malice - Essentially, this is sending something to another blog that you know will hurt them.

Musharna Mail - It's like Pelipper Mail, but with dreams! This can be used to send dreams to other blogs.

Musharna Malice - Just like Musharna Mail, but it's nightmares instead of dreams.

Magic Anons - Essentially, this allows anons to do whatever they'd like to the characters on your blog. Use caution when enabling this, though, as it's suspected that some people fetish mine with these.

High Stakes - Basically, this refers to anything that can majorly injure many characters, or otherwise have lots of bad stuff happen. Many blogs don't like interacting with this stuff, so it's best to tag it.

Drama Stakes - Like High Stakes, but less. This is when stuff is happening that could lead to in-universe ruined relationships. Best to tag this too.

Ultra Stakes - Like High Stakes, but more. This is when things lead to potential death of many characters. Definitely best to tag this as well.

Chosen - Sometimes someone is a legendary's favorite special little person, and they get powers from it! That's essentially what a Chosen is.

Branded - Like a Chosen, but the legendary tends to rewrite major parts of the person's self. Best to tag this as well.

Faller - Someone, usually from a non-Pokemon media, who falls into the Pokemon world. Essentialyl a way of writing a non-Pokemon character in Pokemon IRL.

Self-Insert Faller - An OOC blogrunner falls into the Pokemon world. Can get very meta.

Muse Mixup Madness - At the start of every month, there's an event where some blogs temporarily change their core concept for a day or a few. It's best to tag these, and to give warnings beforehand.

Part 3: Setting up your Blog

Setting up a Pokemon IRL blog is a lot like setting up a regular tumblr blog, just in-character.

The main thing you'll need is a pinned post explaining the premise of the blog. These are usually in-character, with an OOC section at the bottom.

It's best to warn for possible triggers that might pop up on the blog, as well as explaining your boundaries (i.e. if you don't want Pelipper Mail).

Feel free to theme your blog too, changing the header and icon, adjusting the theme colors, maybe even have a custom theme!

Once you have that all set, you're ready to interact!

Part 4: Interacting

I made a full guide on how to interact here, if you want to check it out!

The main thing is, don't be afraid to interact. Even with big blogs. Everyone's happy to receive interactions! Worst that can happen is that your interaction is ignored.

So don't be scared! Jump in, and start interacting!

Part 5: General Advice from my Friends

I asked around for any additional advice people wanted to add, and here's what some people had to say:

"uhhh ooc communication is super important, especially if youre trying to do a plot with someone or smth along those lines" - @espers-n-espurrs

"Uhhh "Do it scared" Like. If you're nervous about doing something but you wanna do it, do it even though you're scared!!!!! Also like. Have fun. People can tell when you're having fun. Be silly. Do what you want forever. Also that big blogs 9/10 don't mind interactions with smaller ones. I think I count as one and like. I am just as scared as interacting with new people as the smaller blogs who wanna interact with me" @chaos-cousins

"interact with people" - @justalileepguy

"The absolute worst thing that can happen if you send someone an ask is that they delete it. People like getting interaction, even if it's from a blog you don't follow. If you're having trouble interacting, find something your two characters have in common and point it out" - @fated-furret

Part 6: Miscellaneous Stuff

If there's anything I'm missing, feel free to let me know, or add it in a reblog! I've been in this community for a long time, but even I don't know absolutely everything.

If you've read this far, thank you! I hope this guide helps in some way. Reblogging it is appreciated, but not necessary.

And if you're thinking of joining the Pokemon IRL community, then I'm excited to help welcome you!

[oh-shinx]

Does anyone else ever randomly want to eat pokemon food?????

[cursed-evie]

I thought that I was just weird!

[wishmaker-astra]

lesbiab

lsbain

les bien

...

Girls

Correct.

[gwendoline-of-lumiose]

Every time you white out a run to a pokemon centre! That is spirits guiding you! That is why you do not remember the travel!

[cursed-evie]

I wish that I had met the pokemon centre spirits…

[heroic-fankids]

Gonna make a post about this because my god.

Hey, can anons quit asking pokemon blogs where the muse and/or person behind the account is a minor if they are dating/wanting to date people?

That's weird as actual hell, would you ask a kid that irl? No? THEN DON'T DO IT ONLINE.

I feel like if you are asking stuff like that to minor characters or minor-run blogs here, maybe you should stop hiding behind the anonymous mask so we can block you and warn kids.

[jackienyxskye]

Okay, I need to add onto this because other anons are using this post to harass some of the victims just because they were forcibly shipped with minors while not being minors themselves. It is a form of victim blaming and a form of pedojacketing to blame other people for the actions of these anons. We do not know who’s doing this, and any resultant harassment is completely unjustified and cruel.

[cursed-evie]

What is the Gender Senses about?

I will follow the Prime Directive for this situation, but I am seeing someone on this website have gender feelings!

[cursed-evie]

I am also having Gender Senses!

[cursed-evie]

(@zoruascanbetrainerstoo) Hihi! Why are you helping Malva? She's reallyreally weird! -Illanero

…Malva has been very helpful to me lately. She’s the reason I haven’t been detained.

…She’s been open about her past membership with Team Flare. But… she’s helping now.

[cursed-evie]

(IMAGE ID: Chère the Skitty is loafing on top of a bookshelf.)

She has been exploring!

[cursed-evie]

So, uh... Is it tough, having a skitty around?

@raichu-onetwo

Sometimes it is a little hectic when Chère gets too energetic, but I love her! I would never give her up!

[raichu-onetwo]

Cool, cool, I just... I'm a bit nervous with cat pokemon, no big issues but still.

[cursed-evie]

That is completely understandable! I don’t find myself comfortable around fighting types myself!

[cursed-evie]

So, uh... Is it tough, having a skitty around?

@raichu-onetwo

Sometimes it is a little hectic when Chère gets too energetic, but I love her! I would never give her up!

[benchspkmnirlhub]

Reblog this post to (most likely) receive an ask from one of my currently active blogs! (wingsofachampion, goldenrodchef, zoruascanbetrainerstoo, interregionalgyminspections, tacklrnews).

I may not get to all of them, and I do not feel comfortable interacting with certain types of blogs, particularly self-insert fallers and brandeds, among others.