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Alakazam (Abra, Kadabra) Medicus magicae Overview Pokémon are generally considered to be separate from other lifeforms based on their ability to manipulate elements. In essence, there is one set of physics and biology that binds humans and other animals and a whole separate set that governs...

Normal 1.11: Local, I Hope Kekoa 2018 “Should’ve brought a jacket,” you mutter. Manollo scoffs. “Fucking told you. Colder here than anywhere else in the islands.” Certainly colder than anywhere on Akala. And you would know. You went to six different schools there ranging from North Point to...

Pelipper (Wingull) Overview A handful of species have established nearly global ranges. For the most part these are small and hardy pokémon. Few have the power or majesty to attract worship. Yet pelipper plays a central role in several world mythologies and have earned the fear and respect of...

Slowpoke (Slowbro | Slowking) Dormitabis arkos Overview Slowpoke are an extremely primitive amphibian. Fossil evidence of large turbann shells date back to the early Carboniferous, suggesting that slowpoke or their close relatives have been alive for hundreds of millions of years. As out of...

Normal 1.10: Negotiations Cuicatl October 18, 2019 You were only on Route 5 for three days but after a mix of freeze dried, dehydrated, and canned foods you’re perfectly happy to wolf down whatever the Brooklet Hill Pokémon Center’s serving. Even if it’s stir fry that you could probably do...

Snorlax (Munchlax) Ursacrassus occidentum minor Overview Most invasive species in Alola eventually settle into a niche and the ecosystem rebalances, albeit in a way less favorable to the native species. But the Melemele ecosystem has yet to adjust to snorlax. Alolan snorlax are the smallest in...

Blissey (Happiny, Chansey) Aglaea aglaea Overview There is credible evidence that blissey was the first pokémon to be tamed. Archaeologists have found stone tablets with drawings of blissey in a human camp, and even wearing human clothes, that dated back to 18,000 B.C.E. They were one of the...

Normal 1.9: Did It Hurt? Kekoa 2015 It’s kinda boring outside the window. Going into Minamo you either wind up on the land side (like your brother is two rows up and across the aisle) or just staring at water and the occasional island until the very, very end. None of the fun of watching big...

Credit to giygas on Spacebattles for the forest’s curse idea. Sudowoodo (Bonsly) Arboraemula perri Overview Sudowoodo are very easy to care for. They are also more mobile and personable than most other mineral pokémon, making them a good first step into caring for more dangerous and less...

Vikavolt (Grubbin, Charjabug) Ovisoccissio reginae Overview Most pokémon species in this guide were intraoduced to the islands by humans. Broadly speaking, they came in three waves: the initial Polynesian settlers, Japanese and Chinese expeditions between 800 C.E. and 1100 C.E., and European...

Normal 1.8: The Rules Cuicatl 2012 Achcauhtli is staying after for some sports game, your dad is out of town, and your godmother will want help making tortillas or doing laundry so you walk over to her house alone. Not that it bothers you as much as your brother and everyone else seem to...

Raichu (Pichu, Pikachu, Hodad) Luxsivarum ikanalu Overview Until the late Twentieth Century, pikachu were only common in central Japan and Alola with small invasive batteries elsewhere. They are not the most popular pokémon among Japan’s trainers. Worldwide, relatively few casual trainers...

Furfrou Canis noblesse Overview Furfrou has a reputation as perhaps the most regal and snobby of the world’s canines, and certainly of the world’s domestic canines. But the truth is that furfrou are, charitably, one the most energetic of the domestic canines. Less charitably, they are perhaps...

Normal 1.7: A White Muk Genesis October 11, 2019 You aren’t sure what you were expecting to feel. But calm? That never occurred to you. There’s wind in your hair and you know that your locks are only held in place by the weight of the water in them. You closed your eyes a long time ago...

I (6F) have a human friend (15F) who doesn't understand very basic things about the world. She gets mad when I try to train her and I think she might leave me for some other pokemon she's shown interest in. Is this worth the effort? Or by the end of the story (v minor spoilers, just current...

Spoilers for Broken Things Arc 1 I guess... Normal 1.1: A Test of Wills! Who is this Sorcerer??? Normal 1.2: A Terrible Fate! Why Does This Girl Have Plants For Hair? Normal 1.3: A Meeting For The Ages! And... Dinosaurs??? Normal 1.4: Beachfront Battle: Kekoa VS. Cuicatl! Normal 1.5: Someone...

Zoroark (Zorua) Dolosusfur olympia Overview Every North American culture, from the Mississippians to the Dakota to the Aztecs, had a variation on the same myth. Sometimes a child would abruptly stop talking in the night. As they grew up they would slowly start talking again, albeit with less...

Malamar (Inkay) Praestigiae maximus verne Overview The ocean floor comprises roughly 70% of the Earth’s surface. Humans have visited less than 1% of it in person and only surveyed 5% of it with unmanned research vessels. Most of what we know about life in the abyssal zone of the ocean comes...

As promised, here’s a summary of 1.5: The chapter opens with an extended scene of Cuicatl interacting with her brother, Achcauhtli, after school one day. He complains about a headache similar to the migraines his sister gets. After offering to stay and taking care of some chores, she flies away...

Lopunny (Buneary) Lepus maximus familiaris Overview Lopunny is a domesticated descendant of European diggersby. It is believed that they were first domesticated in what is now Germany and were, at least originally, much bulkier and not nearly as cute. Generations of selective breeding produced...