Professor Ramanas

suz/suzie/rammy | 26 | certified pokemon professor | she/they | aipom enthusiast | (icon by billfrancois)

[ramanas-biology]

hey there! i’m professor ramanas, but. this is rotomblr. just call me suz. there’s a chance you might already know me from my mom’s park business or some summer camp. my pronouns are she/they. i studied and was certified at castelia university in 2017 to just about last year, majoring in pokébiology, but before then, it was mostly just spotting common behavior while doing landscaping work.

my team consists of:

- my pretty much best friend, ditto (though she prefers emily nowadays)

- gibby, my garchomp

- sif, a mightyena with a dagger it won’t let go of

- terra, my midnight lycanroc

- ai the masquerain (a!)

- amaze, my jailbroken shiny rotom

i have plenty more friends, but these are the ones that like to follow me into battle... and i don’t think spiritomb is a very healthy option.

ask me questions about natural evolution, evolutionary phenomenon such as convergent evolution or regional variants, and legendary pokemon! i do dabble a little in the lattermost.

// ooc: welcome to the blog! i’m the guy behind the blog, proto, otherwise known as @protoanowastaken; all my info is accessible on my own page, just a tap away

everything i rb with real actual animals are under a 'pokemon filter'

[pokemonperformersam]

Hey rb this if you want stupid shit in your inbox lmao it’s clown time

[withoutatrace-pkmn]

pokeblr oc ask game ig

🕷️ - which Pokémon frightens them the most?

🐣 - have they ever hatched a Pokémon from an egg? which one(s)?

⚔️ - do they prefer offence or defence?

✨ - if they were a Pokémon, would they be a physical or special attacker?

🐲 - which legendary/mythical would they gladly beat the shit out of?

🤝 - how long have they had their oldest Pokémon?

🥾 - style or comfort?

🧁 - do they make food separately for their Pokémon? or do they eat the same things?

❓ - what is something about the Pokémon world that still makes no sense to them?

🔗 - who are they closest to? a person or a Pokémon?

🎶 - which in-game theme would be their battle theme?

🎭 - are they a good liar?

🕕 - past or future?

⚰️ - what is the greatest loss they have experienced?

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[pokemonshelterstories]

[iheartnimbassacity]

i am begging yall stop posting your crimes on rotumblr

[pokeprint]

“Its capacity to change types unleashed, it shines silver due to the energy springing forth from within.”

Artist

[pokeprint]

“A tall, hardy Pokémon with a dazzling appearance. It shrouds itself in flame and battles as if engaged in dance—truly a sight to behold.”

Artist

[sweetbabymantykes]

I may not be a legendary's chosen but my Mantine loves me very much so I think that counts

[pokeology]

repost this ask to set teak ablaze

Do not do this.

[ramanas-biology]

Any siblings?

two! both brothers, though i’m the middle child and probably... the one with the most head on my shoulder, to be honest? my younger brother joined team rocket against everyone’s wishes and we have no idea where he is, but my older brother held honorary champion of kanto while we lived there. it was like, half a month, but he is in the hall of fame!

[ramanas-biology]

Did you have a "family pokemon" growing up?

yeah and nah. the ramanas family is mostly known for... well. we’re the ramanas family. we‘ve done landscaping work for generations, including renovations to safari zones. we also handle distribution of hidden base decorations to merchants who may want to deal in that and whatnot.

tldr: no? but we were and always will be surrounded by pokemon

[ramanas-biology]

What is your favorite legendary?

there’s a lot of factors that led me to this— such as my studies not existing without it, just the aesthetic of it all, and some religious devotion that’s existed for... thousands of years, as i am a dialgist celestican, but... of course, dialga. the great god of time. of course we know them to be... inferior, to arceus, but that’s none of our concern. time is cool.

[ramanas-biology]

what's your favorite camouflage used by pokemon? -snork-mimi-kyu

if only because it doesn’t work, it has to be the originally-recorded camouflage pokemon; that being kecleon!

he’s a little dummy, but that’s why he’s one of my favorites. i love him so dearly. his camouflage actively works against his urge to feel loved. and i love him so much

[ramanas-biology]

favorite regional variant? i love how pokémon adapt to different places!! i don't always understand the adaptations but i'm like hell yea babey

so true!!! i think my favorite out of all of them has to be paldean wooper, second only to hisuian zorua. they r my little eeby deebies and i want so many of them. i have yet to find a place in the professor’s index where hisuian zorua are still around, though :( i’ve only ever found the smokier gray ones northeast of sinnoh

wooper is especially strange because the theory about them is that the treasures of ruin (a legendary quartet sealed within paldea) set a drought upon paldea, thus causing woopers to adapt to rapid dehydration. very interesting!!!

[maruposting]

This is the standard winged nightjar and it has one singular stupidly big feather on each wing... if you even care.

[legalise-greenleaf]

Love this guy

[ramanas-biology]

Which Pokemon are convergence species to each other before the term or Pokemon even existed or discovered? I know that Luvdisc is a scaly fish Pokemon, and Alomomola are bony fish Pokemon that look similar to each other yet are convergent to each other.

now THAT is a good question... albeit one i don’t have very many answers to, surprisingly. i do have answers, though!

if i went into specifics on all of the ones i knew, we’d be here all day, but for visual comparison:

- horsea and skrelp; two aquatic pokemon of very different biologies adapting this crescent-shaped body and eventually the dragon typing through different means

- charmander and bagon; two very peanut-shaped lizards that, similar to the last pair, become very draconic. they both also have mega evolutions! they aren’t related, in fact one of them is actually a dragon, but they are both hexapodal vertebrates with similar powered flight ability to the point where they share a similar wingspan shape. it’s not identical but it hits all the same spots.

- toxel and croagunk; an amphibian and a reptile, both of which capable of becoming completely bipedal without additional need for balance, with similar lanky body plans as they develop. they are also both very venomous.

- the legendary bird trios! unsurprisingly, the ones you see in kanto and galar aren’t related at all outside of Being Birds... even that is debatable with galarian moltres, though. we were so indecisive on if these pokemon were actually the same that we had to be vague in the galar dex.

of course, convergent evolution can be seen all over the place, especially when it comes to body plans and whatnot, which arguably includes typing, these are the ones that come to mind for me

[leaderhoratio]

I'd add Cubchoo/Beartic and Pancham/Pangoro. Little bear cub turns into big tough bear, distinctive facial... accessories. I only exclude Teddiursa/Ursaring because their ancient evolution is so different from the others.

[ramanas-biology]

not only is that not convergent evolution, but i also said that it wasn’t all of the examples, basically. get real. (/lh)