Stories From A Pokemon Uni Student !

Hello!! My name is June, a student majoring in pokemon biology and horticulture. Feel free to send me any asks about myself, my pokemon, or anything else!

[pokestudentjune]

In all honesty I'm pretty new to this whole rotomblr stuff, and I'm not all to osure how to work it that well.. But I'd still like someplace to document my life and experiences, as well as share my knowledge about pokemon and plants! Got plenty of cute pics of my pokemon and the ones I meet as well! Please feel free to reach out with asks about myself, my pokemon, or anything in general-- I'll do my best to answer to the best of my ability :)

Here is my current travel team!

Lotus the Ivsaur

Modest, highly persistent. A water lotus variant Ivysaur with a water/grass typing, and practically my soulmate. My first officially owned pokemon, gotten from my grandmothers venusaur as a child. Lotus has grown and matured with me through the years, and is always looking out for me! Shes trained in battle and performance, but we have since retired from coordinating and she'd rather sit back and experience life as it comes.

Scout the Lopunny

Sassy, likes to fight. One of my first wild-caught pokemon, and both me and Lotus's best friend. Shes quite a fan of my more feminine interests, often asking to share my clothes and music. Shes definitely one of my more battle + performance savvy pokemon, and we're working on learning mega evolution together! She wears a light blue letterman jacket I bought for her once, she wanted to dress similarly to an idol group we saw online once!

Grim the Joltik

Jolly, very finicky. He is literally the sweetest little baby ever. He was an unexpected capture, having hopped onto my phone one day and refusing to leave. He loves to suck out the battery life from practically my devices which drives me insane, but I wouldnt trade him for the world. Despite being small for the past few years, I think he doesnt want to evolve which is fine by me! I think he enjoys riding on my head or shoulder.

Jasper the Typhlosion

Rash, quick to fight. A large, bulky, fluffy, shiny typhlosion with a scar across his muzzle. Rescued from a "backyard zoo" situation, it took a long long time to fully gain his trust, but it was worth it. Hes very standoffish but protective of me and the team. Lotus was a big help in calming him during the beginning, and now he enjoys battling to blow off some steam.

Harlequin the Banette

Quirky, impetuous and silly. Perhaps my first ever pokemon friend. We met when I was a small child and he was still a shuppet. Its a bit of a long story, but he stuck through with me during some negative times within my early years even as a wild pokemon, and would frequently visit to keep me entertained through the years. I didn't catch him for many years, but one day after being a trainer for a while, I asked him if he'd like to join my team and has stuck around since. He wears a chunky bandana on his neck thats practically the size of him.

Jade the Noivern

Adamant, alert to sounds. One of the newer additions to the group, i had caught her within a cave and she showed fighting spirit right off the bat. I took the time to train her in between my studies and she evolved into a speed demon. She absolutely LOVES flying and I myself had always wanted to ride on a flying pokemons back, so its a win-win. She looks up to Jasper, and they often spar together.

I have plenty of other pokemon back at home that I'll introduce when the time comes, but these are the ones I think are best suited to help me during my studies! Perhaps I'll switch around the team, maybe I wont. It takes a while to transfer pokemon across regions but who knows where life will take me!

// OOC

Hello hello! Just like June, I am very unfamilliar with tumblr as its been years since I last used it, but I've been religiously stalking rotomblr for years now and i figured its my time to make a blog! Heres a few things about how I'll be running this blog :3

• This will be a mix of anime and game, keeping it semi realistic as I love biology and science but still want to keep some magic from the pokemon games included!

• June is basically a self insert so no weird stuff!

•For Junes universe, fakemon, sentient pokemon, or pokemon/human hybrids or anything similar to that doesnt exist-- again, I'm keeping it a bit semi realistic. Pokemon crossbreeds are fine though!

• This is very casual!! Just for fun slice of life blog :3

• In this world, legendaries are gods and greatly affect the environment, so June may not interact with those who "own" legendaries because she greatly frowns upon messing with the natural order of things.

• Feel free to dm me or send me asks ! I'd love to get to know the community more :)

• Also i might not do many fully pieces and more colored sketches because I am very busy irl unfortunately

• Im okay with interactions from other OCs and canon characters !

If you want to see my art look at #june pics ! working on tags for informational stuff but #june talks will have some fun pokemon info + junes story so far!

• Pelliper Mail is : OPEN

• Magic Anon is : CLOSED

[pokestudentjune]

I feel like I havent cooked in a while, I'm always going out to eat either at nice resturaunts or at fast food places... It probably doesn't help that my pokemon are horribly spoiled too. They are instigators of my poor spending habits.

[unova-trainer]

☕

I don’t think it gets talked about enough how the starter Pokémon do not always make good pets. They are still battle-bred Pokémon, intended for new Trainers starting their journeys. While they are bred to be generally friendly and willing to follow commands, they also tend to have a lot of energy and a strong drive, traits that are good for a battler but not necessarily for a house pet. I can’t tell you how many posts or videos I see of people complaining about how their Totodile or Charmander or Oshawott is restless and destructive all because they don’t have any sort of outlet for their energy.

I’d say the exception tends to be Grass-type starters, as they are typically docile by nature and have little issue adapting to a pet lifestyle (better to keep them in their first or second stage, though). Squirtle and Wartortle are said to make good pets as well, as long as they don’t fully evolve into Blastoise. There are actually a few Water starters that make good pets, but keep in mind that they are semi-aquatic and need water to swim and submerge in every once in a while. It’s good for them to perform natural behaviors.

[pokestudentjune]

guys why is travelling to another region so dang expensive.... do you guys think if i email professor sycamore with a picture of me crying his lab will fund my trip back to kalos...

[pokestudentjune]

oh man, i have absolutely no idea who i wanna be for halloween. i literally havent bothered trying since like, middle school... maybe ill dress up a dewpider woman??? or black delcatty...? ive been really into superheroes lately... AUGH I DONT KNOW!!

[pokestudentjune]

after weeks of trying to get dexter under control and to show him that the pokeball is a friend and not a weapon... he has finally gone inside a pokeball.

hes definitely a character. once i get him trained and at least somewhat tolerable to handle, ill begin looking for a home for the little guy!

[professordaisyoak]

Hehe fellow ivysaur trainers unite!

Im very curious-- whats the origin story behind you and your Lotus?

<3

Hello, June! <3

That is a really good question!

Despite Lotus being a Kanto starter, he was actually not my starter, with Princess taking that position. She started only as a contest pokémon, but I think she still qualifies as my starter.

My grandfather is the main professor of the region and the one in charge of giving trainers their starters, so he was constantly dealing with them. Trainers would sometimes come and go, picking their favorite one, which led to what I call "the unpicked starter syndrome", which is just a fancy way of saying that a specific starter pokémon has not been chosen, even after trainers having the chance to pick them. Usually, when that happens, there are many ways to fix the problem, like releasing them, taking them to another place where they can live a happy life, or offering them as an option for the next group of trainers. For starters, which are usually specifically bred for being a trainer's first pokémon, not being chosen can affect them negatively, and Lotus was an example of that.

Lotus had gone through two rounds of trainers, and nobody chose him. Since I would sometimes help my grandfather with some tasks, I could see that poor Bulbasaur get sadder and sadder, and I knew I had to do something before the situation affected him too much.

After a nice chat with my grandfather, Lotus became my new buddy! The little man looked so happy and excited, it was adorable. Keeping him with me was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

I wasn't planning on evolving him at first, but then I decided that training with my team would probably be good, just in case something ever happened, so I ended up helping him evolve. However, we decided that being an Ivysaur was enough, at least for now, so he's staying like this until he decides he wants to evolve. I don't want to pressure him.

I think that would be all! I could keep talking about Lotus, but then this post would be way too long.

What abour your Lotus? She looks adorable, by the way!

[pokestudentjune]

Awwww! what a lovely story <33

The story with me and my Lotus isn't anything crazy-- my grandmother had a Venusaur amongst the horde of plants she kept. One day, that venusaur came back with a little bulbasaur by her side! No idea who the father is, or if the baby is even genetically hers, but I begged by parents on my knees to be able to keep her and we've been best buds ever since!

My Lotus also likes staying an ivysaur, she has a little ear accessory made of everstone so its easier :3 I think she likes being a portable size, plus staying an ivysaur keeps her relatively mobile for when we did contests back in the day <3

[prof-cycad]

Cubchoo are known for their frozen mucus dripping from their noses but many people don't know why they have it. Many people assume it's the product of some head cold or illness but they are woefully mistaken.

Cubchoo struggle with regulating their cryogenic system. Where most Ice Types simply vent excess cold air with a freezing mist, Cubchoo vent it through their noses. As the freezing temperature is mixed with mucus, it solidifies into what is sometimes unscientifically referred to as a "snot-cicle".

Beartic and Cubchoo actually have amazing immune systems and rarely get sick. Almost all allergens cannot survive their frigid internal temperatures. Even the most infectious germs can't withstand it.

[pokestudentjune]

// little updated june ref! ^_^ didnt feel like drawing out the whole team since they're usually on rotation but lotus will always be there :333

[pokestudentjune]

[Pelipper mail!]

It's a carefully wrapped wooden box. Inside, there's a matcha tea set, plus a couple of bags of kantonian matcha tea. There's also some kantonian green tea bags, the individual ones you just place inside the mug without any previous preparation.

There's also a note.

[Happy late birthday! ^^' Sorry, work keeps me so busy lately.

I hope you enjoy the set! A little shop here in Kanto sells cute handmade tea sets and I thought you would like one. I also added some individual bags of one of my favorite teas.

Hope you like them!

- Daisy]

Oh my!!

I've never visited kanto before actually, so this is kinda like being able to visit from home hehe <3

The tea smells amazing, and I bet it tastes just as good too-- thank you so so much for the gift :,) expect something sweet in return soon hehehehe

[pokestudentjune]

tonights birthday tea while recovering from sickness... cherubi tea with some mint!

i had a wonderful birthday, thank you all for the wishes :) <33

[pokestudentjune]

PELIPPER MAIL!

The Pelipper drops a small encyclopedia of different types of plants and grass types that tend to hang around certain species of plants, and a gift bag filled with chocolates. Attached to the gift bag is a note sealed in a small, fancy envelope.

“Alola June.

It’s been quite a long time, hasn’t it. I’m going through a rough time, so I wanted to bring smiles to someone I care about.

I saw this encyclopedia in a market stall on Melemele, and I thought of you. I also got these chocolates on Melemele too.

I hope you like them.

— Lyra Starfall”

(@lyra-starfall)

!!! alola lyra!!

the pelipper seemed to have gotten lost in transit, but thank you so so much for all of this <33 !!

the chocolates are delicious!! and i nearly gave myself a heart attack by almost dropping on in on the encyclopedia-- but all is well!!

this piece is fascinating, and I've been reading it a TON in my free time, thank you so so much :,) glad to have a friend like you

[pokestudentjune]

its my birthday!!! the big 22 ! yayyyyyyyy

im still sick and im posting this from the pokemon pile i am held hostage in. take care of urselves everyone.

[pokestudentjune]

wjoke up to dex ter junmpin on me .

tghroat hjurt

[pokestudentjune]

made another batch of tea but with roselia petals this time and now im laying in bed coughing out a lung while all my pokemon decide to horde my already very hot bed even though theres a whole apartment for them to lounge in.

theres no other place id rather be though :)

[pokestudentjune]

Is your Ivysaur a hybrid or a variant? She’s beautiful!

Hehe thank you!! I think shes very beautiful too <3

as for what she is… i never really got any blood tests on her or anything but im almost certain shes just a sacred lotus variant ivysaur! Oddly enough though, shes water/grass instead of the standard water/poison. BUT!! I think if she were a water LILY variant, she might still keep the poison typing, im not sure!! The theoreticals are fun to think about :)

[pokestudentjune]

i think im getting sick… took some medicine and made some skiddo leaf tea and some honey but my brain is so fogged up and my throat hurts T_T

sitting in class and the words are going in one ear and out the other, cant wait to go home…