The King is... idek

24/♂️/British(illness) Pokémon + Yo-kai Watch fan

[z-king252]

Last Night, I was able to complete my First Poké Radar Shiny Hunt!

The reason I chose Gastly was because I felt like I could do with a change of pace on Champions, use a different Mega. Mega Gengar is a pretty good mon from what i've heard & seen.

The second reason was that I wanted to have a Shiny with the BDSP Origin Mark, which is something I didn't have yet.

Overall i'm pretty happy I managed to get this.

Meet Gusto!

[elbdot]

OUT OF THE WAY, LOOK AT MY ANGRY SON!!!! He is silly and I love him :) The Gen 10 starters are peak tbh I hope all their evolutions kick ass

[z-king252]

A couple of days ago, probs the same day as the rollout of the "Who's your Fave?" campaign Pokémon is currently doing, I realized I couldn't answer the question properly despite being a fan since like 2010/11.

I just ran out the house to have a walk nearby (I was at my Mums that day and there is NO place to pace and talk to myself there), remembered the Box feature on Showdown, and decided to put some Pokémon in that I knew I liked, to try and find some kind of thread among them. I think I have an idea now.

I think I happen to be drawn to Pokémon that have a certain kind of bulk to them, a strong center, stable stance. It feels hard to explain tbh.

One way I can sort of explain is with the Eeveelutions. Flareon has something the others doesn't, that it's had since X&Y and is likely why I prefer it more to the others somewhat.

While Umbreon is the bulkiest in terms of stats, Flareon feels like that in terms of design.

Flareon has a wider stance, feet planted wider apart compared to, say, Espeon, whos front legs are more close together in the 3D models. Most of the Eeveelutions have a sleekness to them that doesn't appeal to me all that much, but Flareon has it.

I'm gonna leave my thoughts here for now. Let me know what you guys think.

[otiksimr]

Bing bong.

[keymintt]

painted one of my cousin's favorites for christmas hehe

[murraysiskind-deactivated202511]

It’s so crazy that suicide prevention is just people going awwww don’t!! Awwww come on noooooooooo stopppppp

[allhailklisz]

[yokelfelonking]

One of the best ones I saw was a thing noting that every single one of the few survivors of suicide jumps off of the Golden Gate Bridge realized, on the way down, that the problems they were killing themselves over actually were fixable or could be worked through...except for the now - extremely unfixable - problem of gravity.

[authortobenamedlater]

Went to the Holocaust Museum in DC once. There was a video interview of an Auschwitz survivor who said he and some other prisoners stayed up all night with a man who wanted to kill himself. The man didn’t kill himself and survived to liberation.

In the video the survivor said “Never seek a permanent solution to a temporary problem. And they’re all temporary problems.”

Hearing that from a guy who survived the Holocaust rewired my brain a little bit.

[drgrlfriend]

I think something a lot of people don't understand is that depression is not suicidality, and suicidality is not depression. People can, and are, depressed without being suicidal, and sometimes suicidality peaks as people are emerging from depression. Suicidality is a wave, and the trick is to allow that wave to crest and subside WITHOUT acting on it. Whatever it takes to ride it out. For some people that's distraction, like watching television. For others it's calling a friend -- not to talk about the suicidality, but just to talk. For others it could be as simple as going to sit in a coffee shop or library, because the presence of other people is a huge diminisher of suicide risk. That's what suicide safety planning is about. It's like having any other type of emergency plan, like a plan for fire or evacuation. It's making a plan when you are in the frame of mind to do so, so that you can just DO the plan without having to think about it when the occasion arises. When you're in the midst of suicidal ideation, or even intent, you're not in a problem-solving mood. So knowing past!you, with the help of a therapist hopefully, came up with the plan and all you have to do is follow up until the wave crests and subsides, is what allows you to see another day.

ETA: Here's a link to a safety plan. https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/988-safety-plan.pdf

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

Wet Bees Wednesday

[baenling]

the concept of shadow pokemon in pokemon go is good, because i think it works well in gameplay but more importantly and entirely because of how it works in the narrative of the game. shadow pokemon in pogo have red eyes, are wreathed in dark flame, deal more damage, and are generally extremely erratic if trying to catch them.

they look like that because of their relationship w their trainer. that shadow pokemon hates their trainer so fucking much, but they have not been able to leave. they are so overcome with hate and sadness and anger towards their trainer that it causes their outward fucking physical appearance to change. that's nuts. that's literally an abusive relationship. you're leaving that pokemon in a hot car on purpose and it knows! it knows exactly what you're doing!

anyway one of the team rocket go leaders ingame just now had a shadow houndoom and it made me so angry i momentarily wished she was real so i could fucking punch her

[z-king252]

It's interesting to read this, bc while I can agree with your points, I for the most part disliked what Shadow Pokémon have become, in terms of Story & Gameplay Segregation.

What do I mean? Shadow Pokémon have a 20% Attack boost and similaf defense nerf compared to normal & purified Pokémon. This means that players are incentivised to keep their Pokémon as Shadows for raids, pvp battles and the like. NOTHING like these boosts exist for any other Pokémon.

I get it's just a game, but I don't like how what the game encourages goes against what it tells you.

[otiksimr]

[hawlucha]

guys. holy fuck

[hawlucha]

im not just OP im actually the hawlucha in the picture. místico later put me in a pokeball but we dont gotta get into that

[rumwik]

Specter with sizzly swords

[quikyu]

I don't think I ever posted this here. Loafpon

[werefeathers]

i love this image so much. his hand

[rumwik]

The owl who scowls.

[sleeppaw]

With Legends Z-A likely to be the last Switch 1 Pokemon game

I reckon that whatever is left Pokemon wise from every generation will be obtainable, now that the Pan Monkeys, the Patrat line and Furfrou has now been confirmed, I have decided to do a breakdown of what is obtainable by Generation on the Switch:

Generation 1: 151/151 (Mew can be obtained on BDSP if the player has LGPE on Switch)

Generation 2: 250/251 (Celebi is currently unobtainable on the Switch natively, was an Event in Generation 8 if someone subscribed to the Pokemon Newsletter)

Generation 3: 385/386 (Deoxys is the only Pokemon from Generation 3 that cannot be obtained on the Switch natively. Last time it was available was ORAS in Generation 6)

Generation 4: 493/493 (Manaphy can be obtained in PLA. Shaymin and Darkrai are obtainable on BDSP via Oak's Letter and Member Card and PLA if someone has a SwSh and BDSP Save file on the Switch. Arceus is obtainable on PLA if someone catches all Pokemon on the game and can be obtained via Azure Flute in BDSP if player successfully completes the story missions in PLA)

Generation 5: 647/649 (Victini was obtainable via Event in Generation 8. Both Keldeo and Meloetta can be caught in SwSh and SV respectively. Genesect's last event in the West was in 2016)

Generation 6: 719/721 (Hoopa is confirmed for DLC, while both Diancie and Volcanion are transfer-only Pokemon)

Generation 7: 804/809 (Magearna is a HOME gift for completing the Dex, Marshadow last had an event in Generation 7, Zeraora was a limited time event in Generations 7 and 8 and the Meltan line is an awkward situation)

Generation 8: 904/905 (Zarude was an event that was distributed in the same way and time as Celebi back in Generation 8)

Generation 9: 1025/1025 (Pecharunt, the only Mythical in this Generation, can be obtained at any time until the End-of-Service)

Assuming Generation 10 is a Switch 2 exclusive, it would make sense that they would make the rest of the Pokemon that cannot be obtained natively on the Switch obtainable in some way while making the first batch of Pokemon available in the Switch 2 at the same time, especially if the Pan Monkeys, the Patrat line and Furfrou won't be obtainable in a future game until later in the Switch 2 Era, and I reckon in the Switch 2 era, I think we'll have four year Generations, with a game every two years, especially as the younger developers are now taking over the series, so I think Generation 10 will go like this:

Generation 10 and DLC (2026 for Generation 10, 2027 for DLC. Latter announced before game releases)

Unova or Johto game (2028. With Legends Z-A appearing to take place years after Pokemon X/Y, a Johto game taking place years after the originals can fix up the issues relating to Johto as a region. 2028 will be eighteen years since Black and White's release in Japan, so I think an Unova remake is likely)

[z-king252]

I came across this post and I wanted to add that during winter 2022, there was a triple distribution for Genesect, Volcanion, and Marshadow for Sword & Shield. They were serial codes. They happened to be the first (only only so far) event I've actually went to a location for.

My brother knew the place so I followed his lead and we got the codes.

[pokemonarchive]

Gen 1 Grass Types (2023) Illustrator: Uninori

[b-dangerous]

GROWLITHE BRILLIANT DIAMOND SHINING PEARL