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In a nutshell: Ice While just another state of matter in nature, there is a distinct difference in the world of Pokemon between frozen water and the Ice-type. The former is why any Water-type who can endure it can use Ice moves, making some trainers shy away from Pokemon of the type itself...

In a nutshell: Fighting What separates a Normal-type strike from a Fighting-type one appears to be technique. Pokemon of this type don't necessarily specialize in hand-to-hand – Lucario is the most famous example of preferring raw ki – but all are similar. They are a popular choice of Pokemon...

In a nutshell: Steel Metals of all sorts. In spite of non-magnetic metals existing, Steel-types seem to be universally magnetic. Despite their myriad of resistances, resourceful trainers can exploit nonstandard weaknesses on them: coldness, corrosion, conductivity, etc. Steel-types' unique...

In a nutshell: Bug Little (and not so little) creepy (and cutie) crawlies. There are many Pokemon that can be called Bugs. They don't necessarily need a certain body shape, unlike animals. As stated before, types seem to be more of an essence within Pokemon than anything. Bug-types are usually...

In a nutshell: Flying One of the more enigmatic types. It's unclear what separates something that floats or flies from a Flying-type. It encompasses birds, bats, a handful of flying bugs, wind elementals, and things that are just strange. The prevailing theory due to the likes of Hoppip and...

In a nutshell: Ground Just like how fireproofing a building is a necessity, so is protecting it against Ground-type moves. This is far easier, at least: many moves actually involve creating shockwaves that simulate localized quakes or creating dirt, earth, etc. The former can still be...

In a nutshell: Psychic This can best be described as mind given form to alter the world around oneself. Special attacks are blasts of energy, and physical ones concentrate it into an object. Status moves are plentiful in the type. They're usually ineffectual offensively on Dark-types, which are...

In a nutshell: Fire One of the most destructive types around. When constructing a building, fireproofing it against Pokemon is a top priority. This goes extra for anywhere battling happens. It was a problem way back when with battling as sport, before massive strides were made in construction...

In a nutshell: Poison While there are plenty of Pokemon that can use or secrete poison like Quagsire, Poison-types have it as a significant part of their biology. A number of these Pokemon owe their proliferation or even existence to humanity. Besides various solid, liquid, and gaseous toxins...

In a nutshell: Grass Once known as the Plant-type before studies showed that ones like Chikorita and Deerling are closer to animals than plants. Still, even those closer to the latter have internal organs and aura: an indicator of a Pokemon's life. The signature line of moves across all...

In a nutshell: Electric Electric moves are used by storing or gathering power and releasing it. Electric-types specialize in this and generate it naturally. How other Pokemon do so to use moves varies. Static, magnetism, and manifesting psychic power are some of the more common means. Of...

In a nutshell: Water What's there to say? Many aquatic Pokemon are of the type of the most common element on the planet, and some non-aquatic Pokemon as well. Unlike animals, they don't care about the differences between salt or freshwater. Water-types are very sensitive to changes in the...

In a nutshell: Rock Minerals, stone, whatever you can think of. Pokemon that are made up of hard materials such as these are Rock-types. They have the ability to gather dust particles to defend themselves with, a trait shared with ice particles and the Ice-type. Rock is often thought of...

In a nutshell: Normal This was at one point thought of as a "default" type Pokemon share or otherwise a lack of a type. The existence of typelessness has since been proven latter theory untrue. However, there is evidence that points towards the former. Scientists can't agree on what exactly...

It's the updated version of the original was wasn't here. Now with double the subjects in most types and a brand new moves section! And maybe some other surprises. I've called it prompty prompts, type prompts plus, etc. In short, this is a little writing/worldbuilding exercise for my series of...

One day after meeting her new trainer, Puku found herself in that little pool once again. They were outside, and it was sunny and chilly. That floating fairy from before was present, along with a moth whose warmth radiated off her and a bipedal green bird with harsh, wide-open eyes. Despite...

“Hey, Nor! Hope you had a good weekend! And way to go! I heard about the battle! Some of it got uploaded online! Bet you wanted people to see Qwilfish more than you, huh? But you did good! *pats*” Arumi had already emailed Nori by the time he checked it on Sunday evening. It was quiet over at...

Nori waved to the two people standing in front of the doors into the Kannagi Shrine. Maiden Kaede gave a friendly wave back. Acolyte Jirou crossed his arms and harrumphed. “Hey, I’m here to see Prema,” he said. “She’s right in the back waiting,” Kaede told him, pointing over her shoulder with...

A murky darkness had descended upon the land. It swallowed sound as well as sight. A feeling of enormous pressure enveloped him as he looked upon what towered in front. The torii stood more imposing than ever before. In a way, it was that which separated the outside from the world of the gods...

The night after the battle, Nori had the best night’s sleep he had since early July. He thought he might have a nightmare about the pool, but it simply didn’t happen. Saturday was a day for relaxing. For Nori, that meant going out for a walk around town, just like old times. Everywhere he went...