Just a Silly Fox

Lavender || She/They || Zoroark Pokékin

[thelavenderzoroark]

Who am I? Name's Lavender (She/They). I am a university student in Lumiose (no I won't tell you WHICH school) who's studying to become a Pokémon researcher. I'm also a Unovan zoroark Pokékin.

Got Pokémon? Yeah, got a partner of a few years. He's a Hisuian zorua. Don't ask to battle us. Seriously. He doesn't battle and doesn't want to. Beyond that I don't have any other Pokémon. I've caught Pokémon before, don't get me wrong, but it was just for research and I let them go afterwards. I honestly don't know how people can take care of entire teams of Pokémon.

What's this blog? Mostly me just recording shit that happens. Maybe about my classes, maybe about my idiot roomate, maybe about the city, idk it's just a lot of dumb stuff. Here I am tho.

Can I send asks? Yeah, go for it. I wanna be a part of Rotomblr and all that. Happy to answer questions about me (that aren't invasive) as well as questions about Pokémon themselves. Ain't gonna be as good as someone in the field actively but I'll share what I can about my studies.

Uhh... yeah. Welcome to the blog?

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OOC: Hey! Name's Indigo (They/Them). Anything you wanna say to me be sure to specify it's OOC. Anything I say on this blog, beyond things I specify as OOC, are RP. 💜

This is a RP blog that's meant to function like an irl person's blog. Thus, no magic asks or pelliper mail. I don't bite tho so anything you wanna say to me or my OC will be welcomed with open arms. :3

[thelavenderzoroark]

The most species affirming thing that has happened to me recently is my zorua tried to climb into my hair to sleep in. Like buddy... I don't have the actual strength in my hair to hold your entire weight like most zoroarks. I'm sorry!

[subway-boss-ingo-official]

Good Soup

[midday-rush]

Something to remember and keep in mind when taking on a high energy pokemon is that: Just because they prefer training or playing instead of being pet/"loved on" doesn't mean they don't love you

Their way of bonding with you is through being active and doing things with you

[thelavenderzoroark]

Vise versa too! If your pokémon is low energy but don't particularly like being pet/loved on it doesn't mean they don't love you.

Their way of bonding with you is through being in your vicinity and other untouchy things, such as watching you or eating meals at the same time.

[thelavenderzoroark]

My family is taking me on a vacation to Galar for a week coming up here soon. I am about to go further into debt I stg.

[thelavenderzoroark]

PSA: If you're hurling pokéballs at pokémon you should not be throwing them like a baseball. Gentle toss. If I see one more child throw a pokèball so hard it topples the poor creature I'm going to get kyogre to flood the Earth.

Further PSA: If you backstrike a pokémon with so much force I watch their head snap forward, I'm taking matters into my own hands. I'm picking up a rock and chucking it full force at the back of your head to see how you like it. I don't care who you are, even if you're a parent or something, I'm going to teach you to respect the creatures around you.

[centrifugal-apotheosis]

I shoot the pokeballs out of my arm gun

[crunchyleafocs]

Seems a bit odd to fret about how hard I throw a pokéball at the 'mon with my weak human arm when I'm about to turn around and put them in battles where they'll be periodically hit with boulders and lightning and big jets of flame.

[thelavenderzoroark]

Too many people think like this and it bothers the shit out of me. Honestly, trainer schools need mandatory lessons on WHY battling is a thing and not just how to battle effectively.

Pokémon battles are enrichment. Pokémon battles are to pokémon what wrestling and boxing is to humans. Yes, your tiny little cleffa is going to get hit with a rock when it battles. However, if you are a trainer worth your salt, the cleffa knows that'll happen and is choosing to participate. Pokémon generally love battles because it's a way to blow off steam, to build self confidence, to bond with the trainer via trusting them to direct their actions, and other reasons I'm sure I'm forgetting. Battles are a sport at the end of the day, one that both you and (hopefully) your pokémon are choosing to participate in.

You clobbering a wild abra with a 30mph pitch on the back of its head is not something it's choosing. There is no enrichment for it. I'd argue it's actually pretty fucking distressing for the poor thing. You're just injuring a pokémon for no reason.

[thelavenderzoroark]

PSA: If you're hurling pokéballs at pokémon you should not be throwing them like a baseball. Gentle toss. If I see one more child throw a pokèball so hard it topples the poor creature I'm going to get kyogre to flood the Earth.

Further PSA: If you backstrike a pokémon with so much force I watch their head snap forward, I'm taking matters into my own hands. I'm picking up a rock and chucking it full force at the back of your head to see how you like it. I don't care who you are, even if you're a parent or something, I'm going to teach you to respect the creatures around you.

[wishmaker-astra]

man, not being human is so fucking much better than before. it's so wild. no damn way could ever go back. that shit would suck ass

[wishmaker-astra]

seriously though, consider the possibility you might be happier as something else if you have the opportunity

[wishmaker-astra]

have you ever felt excluded, without purpose, and like you don't fit in anywhere?

are you good at adapting to new challenges and situations?

does helping others even if they've been nasty to you in the past make you feel nice?

consider becoming a mythical and/or legendary today!

the only cost is your humanity*, but you weren't really using that, were you?

*: look if you're a pokemon or something else already you can just scam the cosmos even harder

[thelavenderzoroark]

Me but I'm a zoroark

[rapid-ash]

How do you safely ride a Rapidash without getting burned? Also, how do you prevent the saddle from being destroyed?

generally rapidash and ponyta's flames aren't actually that hot unless they're being used for self defense. if you have a close bond, they trust you, and they aren't particularly spooked in that moment, their flames don't burn. its more a comfortable warmth, like being under a big blanket. it can get a little uncomfortable after a while and can actually cause some heat damage over time if you aren't careful and ride for too long, but a calm, well trained rapidash or ponyta that trusts you won't light you ablaze. usually.

this does not mean they never do actually burn riders. this can actually be quite common if one isn't trained properly, uses a move while being ridden, or gets spooked. most riding gear is at least fire resistant, or even fireproof if possible. its also all pretty much natural fibers if it's not fire proof so that it doesnt melt onto your skin if it catches fire.

a lot of it is similar to anything used to train a lot of other fire types.

[professors-assistant-avery]

goomy are really great pokemon. but sometimes i'll be helping my dad with something and Squishy wants attention so he. climbs up my leg. and when i tell you that is an unpleasant feeling i really mean it.

[thelavenderzoroark]

I feel you. I don't own a "gooey" Pokémon but seeing as I live in Kalos I've encountered my fair share of goomeys. Goomey can't hold their shape *as well* as a sliggoo or goodra so when they touch you it just... aborbs you. It's all around. You cannot escape the goo.

I understand the pain.

[thelavenderzoroark]

Sometimes I forget my zorua is a ghost type. I'm so used to Unovan ones, especially since I'm a Unovan zoroark Pokékin, that it just slips my mind.

Today I shut the door on him when I was showering (he was asleep and I'm at my parents house so no leaving the door open). I forgot he could phase through the door. I just about became a ghost type myself when I turned around and just saw a big pair of eyes staring at me behind the shower curtain.

[thelavenderzoroark]

The start of you finding some mythical or legendary yourself to kick it's ass

Mark my words that Yveltal, wherever it is, is gonna get a piece of my mind. I'll throw hands. I don't need a talonflame. /j

[thelavenderzoroark]

Two very different responses to me having my entire apartment obliterated by Yveltal.

[thelavenderzoroark]

What

Recap for Rotomblr of what's happened since I've been gone

-April 1st (ironically) I start my internship managing boring PC stuff.

-Get really busy with that and then finals + end of year projects. It's now May 15th.

-Decide that after my last final I would go to Café Triste. It's my zorua and I's favorite hangout. I'm sipping on a nice latte, Zorua is having a Poképuff. All is right in the world.

-Really loud screech sound. Definitely Pokémon. Never heard it before but I am tired so I don't care.

-Kid with a talonflame comes running around the corner. Before I know what's happening he commands his talonflame to use flamethrower at the sky.

-Massive shadow flies overhead. I realize I've ended up in the middle of a Pokémon battle. This happens sometimes, albeit usually at night here in Lumiose. I'm fine. I pick up my coffee mug to head inside.

-Massive screech #2. LITERAL DEATH BEAM DESCENDS AND OBLITERATES THE SIDEWALK BESIDE ME. I look up and this 12 year old is fighting FUCKING YVELTAL.

-Kid and talonflame dodge. They then continue running.

-I realize I fucking live here and a death bird is on the loose. I am actively calling the cops (acab but sometimes shit gets so fucked you have to out of everyone's safety).

-I stay at the café because I AM NOT QUALIFIED TO HANDLE ALL THAT.

-Fast forward a handful of minutes. Yveltal and the child are no longer nearby. Decide to head home

-It's gone. Like fully. The entire apartment building is just gone in a pile of ash.

-Fast forward. Thankfully there's things in place to financially help people when wild Pokémon destroy their stuff. There's a million different pieces of paperwork but I start making headway. I'm compensated for a motel just outside of Lumiose during construction. I slowly start getting new stuff thanks to the funds.

-June 1st, Pride month, the funds run out. I'm only compensated for like half of my stuff. Corbeau (yes that one) apparently gives more funding to the project? Paperwork is being done on the governments end rn. Thankfully it looks like I won't have to do some kind of deal with him to get the money.

-June 11th (today) I'm no longer in a motel. I am home for the summer. Still trying to cope with like... all of my shit being destroyed yk? My roommate is fine physically, thankfully. We've been talking a bit more, shared trauma and all that.

Yeah so uh... that's been my life. How's everyone doing?

[thelavenderzoroark]

Life check

THEY BLEW UP MY APARTMENT

[newcomer-karp]

If I had a bergmite I would learn curling and curl it everywhere. I feel like theyd enjoy that

Oh wait wouldn't be able to continue doing it when they're an avalugg though. Then they'd get sad :(

[thelavenderzoroark]

Everstone, keep small enough to curl forever