Pokémon Bruxish's Lament

[Kandykorn]

Oh hello you.

What? Have you come to laugh?

Have you come to goad at my unsightly appearance? To tell me that I’ll never be beautiful?? Come to tell me that my ‘lips are too puffy’ , that my ‘head thingy makes no sense’, that I ‘have no design theme or colors that make any sense.’ Have you come to tell me I’m worthless, that I’ll never be worth anything, that I’ll never…

I’ll never be beautiful.

Sorry for ranting.

Listen I-

I know I’ll never be beautiful. That’s not what I’m designed to be.

What even is beauty anyway? Like, what makes something beautiful? Is it that it was designed to be pretty? Conventionally attractive? Does its shape have anything to do with it? Maybe… To be loved. Beauty.

I saw a couple walk past my pond. These two girls. They looked at each other, so happy. They smiled. They told each other that they loved each other. One girl gave the other a flower, and then kissed her. She dropped the flower into the water. I ate it while I watched them. It tasted like sap and sugar and sweetness. They were beautiful. Together. In love.

I don’t think I was created to be loved. People pass my pond all the time. People like you.

You look like you’re about ten. A kid on their journey no doubt.

Maybe I should go on a journey. Find something as ugly as me. Hah. It might be impossible.

The people make that abundantly clear.

And not once has someone stopped to look at me and do anything other than scream. Their loud, high pitched voices piercing the ears of the other fish as they turn toward me, disappointed.

Actually…

You haven’t screamed yet.

Why is that?

You just keep staring at me. The ‘Gnashing teeth’ pokemon. I’m not good for anything. Why don’t you leave? Just get out of here. The screaming would be better. The ridicule. The embarrassment. The hate.

Why won’t you scream at me?

Scream.

Run and scream and hide.

Is it because I’m ugly? Are you so caught up in this unlovable pink feebas with no cool evolutions? Is that it? Is that why you’re pulling out that pink pokeball with the heart on it? To send out your partner to make me faint so you can stop looking at my horrid spotted visage?

is that why you threw it at me?

Wait-




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The Love Ball is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation II.

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Maybe I am beautiful. I’ll try to be a good partner.

- Bruxish, partner to Lance.

 

[K_S]

Hi it's review time!

Hope you've been well.

Our POV mon has image issues and then some... I mean it looks a little like a joker fish, but still, fun times with this poor critter's internal critic running amok.

Out of curiosity, how would a fish like this journey? Pond bound as it is. Unless its psychic type gives it some durability out of the wet? Aw, our fishy is getting attention and is a bit damaged considering his knee jerk is to ask "Why aren't you screaming?" which says so much...

Poor fishy.

And he's netted by quite the trainer.... and been netted in turn by a literal ball of kindness... Interesting use of the item description to close the tale, it wraps everything up very well. Thanks for sharing.