airashi-ribombee

[airashi-ribombee]

//Okay, making one of these posts to help get this blog off the ground more :3

// Reblog this post if you're okay with this "Ghetsis" (not really Ghetsis) to come onto your blog and be annoying/be an absolute strawman/preach team plasma rhetoric.

[airashi-ribombee]

I figure I should do an intro!

Hi there! I'm Airashi Eribon, a trainer from Paldea. I'm 17, but I don't tend to compete in tournaments or battles really. I prefer just travelling around with my pokémon! (The social anxiety and stage fright definitely don't help. No other reason)

Here's my trainer card! Ignore that me and my Ribombee partner have the same name, a relative of mine suggested it and it stuck haha!

I love my whole team, though Airashi's my starter, I found it on a trip to Alola when I was around... 9? It was a cutiefly back then, and was small enough to squeeze itself into my luggage to come home (something I did not know) when it took a liking to me.

Anyway, uh- my favourite things to do are catch new pokémon and train with them! I have a side hobby of rescuing pokémon from poachers or bad trainers, keeping them safe and training them (if they want to learn to defend themselves), before either releasing them or trading them to a new trainer.

I've helped many pokémon this way, and a few decided to stay with me instead!

Thanks for stopping by! :>

OOC - hi we wanted to make a pkmn irl blog ^^; main blog is secret... (for now)

Pelipper/Musharna mail is on, magical anons are off though that might change in future.

(This blog is run (in-universe) by a Ribombee that somehow knows transform, which is why we will allude to not being human in in-character posts)

[airashi-ribombee]

(@wingsofachampion) Hiya! What's your favorite thing about humans? -Tropius

Hiya Tropius! I'm not sure why you would phrase this question in that way, I am absolutely a human myself!

I like their our tendency to help pokémon in danger! There are definitely ones that... don't have that tendency, but I've met plenty who do! They're always fun to work with when rescuing pokémon from poachers and subpar trainers! Plus I like the reminder that not all humans are monsters. Which includes me! As I am a human. That is not a monster. Yes.

Thanks for your question! :>

[airashi-ribombee]

Yeah, my Ribombee likes to turn into me a lot, take my money and buy things in town, it's a menace tbh

I have actually started looking into buying some plants and decorations for Roserade! I decorated her with some tinsel on a whim last year and she LOVED it. I haven't tried mistletoe before though! I'll try that this year

Cescura does use it for grappling, but more often I've seen her use it to toss her opponent into the air, where she then uses Flower Trick. She typically does it as a finishing move, when she's really confident she's going to win!

All my pokémon are so weird and so amazing and I couldn't ask for any better ones <3

GOOD MORNING ROTOMBLR! All of you must tell me a weird quirk one of your Pokémon has and why they do it, if you know. Thank youu!

[airashi-ribombee]

My ribombee is a FREAK OF NATURE that knows Transform??? Somehow?????

My roserade likes to clap her hands together so the petals come loose, then shake them over someone as a way of showing she likes them

My sylveon bops those she likes on the head with her ribbons

Ceruledge is pretty normal

Cescura (my Meowscarada) likes to creep up behind others, grab them and hold them up under their arms. She saw it in a movie once, The Pyroar King, I think, and has been obsessed with doing it since. She does it in battle sometimes, too

And altaria sings in her sleep. Which is pretty cute actually

GOOD MORNING ROTOMBLR! All of you must tell me a weird quirk one of your Pokémon has and why they do it, if you know. Thank youu!

[airashi-ribombee]

pro tip: if you're a pokemon pretending to be a human do NOT forget that humans don't sniff each other. they can't smell well enough to learn anything useful from it, so they'll think you're weird and creepy.

[airashi-ribombee]

Round 1, Match 146: Pawmi VS. Ribombee

[airashi-ribombee]

YOU 🫵🫵🫵 LOVE RIBOMBEE

[airashi-ribombee]

Hi, I'm Jade, and I'm a Sableye! I'm just trying to figure out how this rotomblr website works, as I've heard it's a good way to connect with humans, other sapient pokemon, and the like.

A lot of people say I am "highly persistent" and have an "impish nature". Really, I'm just incredibly fascinated with the world around me, and sometimes trying to figure out how it works gets me in trouble!

Hobbies... oh! I like learning fun, seemingly pointless facts, so I'd probably be good at trivia games if you want to challenge me to one. I also enjoy foraging for food when I'm out in the great outdoors.

Hey, @mersonpkmnirl once again. I figured I'd try my hand at a sapient, non-eeby pokemon. The basic rules are as follows:

No sexual NSFW

This blog has no stakes to low stakes.

Pelipper Mail, Musharna Mail and Union Circle are on!

I can be kinda scarce on tumblr, so please be patient with me.

[airashi-ribombee]

Hi there!

Name's Fran/Frank/Frankie/hey-you-there (they/them); finally got talked into making a rotomblr account, what with ScraftyArt and the Pidgey App being pretty much unusable these days.

I've been a Pokemon trainer for *checks notes* ... 18 years now? Yikes.

Started my journey in Hoenn, but I've been pretty much all over the place. Did the whole gym challenge thing in a couple places as a young 'un and was actually pretty successful, but in the end I just... don't really enjoy constantly challenging myself all that much I guess?

Got roped into various research projects over the years, but my real love is the intersection of media and history, and the development and propagation of handwriting! Which I should be writing a thesis about that I'm definitely not procrastinating on by traveling a lot.

I also do art and music and crafting stuff I guess?

I've caught dozens of Pokemon over the years, most of which are on permanent loan to the various Professors whose research I was helping with -- but the ones that'll show up here most are my Gardevoir (who's been with me since the very beginning; helps me put battle-eager twerps in their place and supports me in keeping my ADHD-addled brain on straight), my Unown (obviously), Duskull (whom I befriended by hanging out in Mt. Pyre doing research for a few weeks), Ribombee (just a lil' guy) and Sinistea (who possessed my favorite teacup like a jackass, so I caught it; turnabout is fair play).

Pokemon that are around but not exactly mine include a firmly retired Blaziken, and a Mimikyu -- both of whom are really more family Pokemon.

//OOC:

Blog Owner is in their late 20s.

Canon, such as it were, is a mixture of games, anime, and vibes.

Honestly just here for the ~atmosphere~; don't expect plot or deep character building or anything, Fran's really just about existing as a pokemon trainer.

Fran's also a shameless self-insert and a lot of this is pretty directly pulled from either IRL or my long-ass experience with Pokemon games.

the thesis is very real and I really am procrastinating on it :')

Interaction Rules: I prefer it if asks read like they're literally just from other people-in-the-Pokemon-universe using pokemon-tumblr. DM for OOC, unless you've got something really fucking entertaining.

Blog will have cursing and might have mild double entendre occasionally because Blog Owner is a dork with a very simple sense of humor.

Posts will likely be pretty slow and I might be inactive for longer periods of time.

[airashi-ribombee]

Hypothetically, what would be your response to a Ribombee capable of activities such as, oh, I don't know, running a Rotomblr blog? Again, completely hypothetical of course. I have thumbs

- Definitely not a Ribombee

Thanks for being our first ask! To answer... well, it would certainly be unusual!

Thumbs and Language

As the asker noted, the absence of thumbs does pose an obstacle for a Ribombee hoping to run a Rotomblr blog. Without thumbs, or fingers at all, it would certainly be difficult to operate a keyboard or smartphone! This obstacle is one that can be overcome with specialized equipment and determination. However, the larger barrier to entry for nearly any Pokémon would be the use of human language.

While there is some debate on whether Pokémon speak a language of their own, the consensus is that they do not, and communicate through body language, tone, and scent, similarly to animals. Even if they do speak a language, however, it would be a very simple one. As intelligent as Pokémon are, human language is incredibly complex.

There is some evidence that trained Pokémon can understand human speech to some extent, more than an ordinary animal (such as a dog) would. However, understanding a language is very different from being able to communicate in a language. For example, there are trainers who claim to be able to understand their Pokémon's "speech", but are not able to speak back in the same manner.

But is it impossible?

There are many examples in literature of speaking Pokémon. Most of these are folktales and anecdotes, but their sheer number suggests some seed of truth. Additionally, there are examples of Pokémon being able to speak with assistance, such as Rotom Phones, or Ghost-type possessions. And of course, many, many stories of mythical and legendary Pokémon involve some form of telepathy, indicating at least the intelligence to allow for full communication.

The largest remaining obstacle to a Pokémon running a Rotomblr blog is literacy. But even this, it seems, is not insurmountable. There exists a single case study of a Meowth with the ability to speak and read human language. While this study is not fully accepted by the academic community, the fact remains that there is a possibility that a Pokémon could, in theory, overcome every difficulty and facet of becoming literate and running a blog online.

So, what about Ribombee?

While not one of the smartest types (Fighting, Psychic, and Dark), Fairy types are generally quite intelligent, especially in comprehending the emotions of others. Cuitefly is only slightly more intelligent than is typical for a first-stage Bug-type Pokémon, but Ribombee takes more after the Fairy-typing in its intelligence. It is able to detect aura of other Pokémon to determine their upcoming behavior, and avoid incoming moves. It is also able to predict the weather with surprising accuracy; if you see a wild Ribombee out and about, you can be all but positive the next few days will be clear, warm, and sunny! Ribombee in particular also use their aura-sensing capabilities to detect the emotions of other Pokémon, and even people. It may decide to gift another one of its balls of pollen, apparently in order to cheer them up. This implies the ability to feel sympathy, a remarkably intelligent trait for a Bug-type!

Final thoughts

A Ribombee running a Rotomblr blog. On the face of it, it seems blatantly impossible. And putting all the facts together, it probably is. But the simple fact that there is, at the very least, a theoretical way for each and every obstacle a Pokémon would face doing it to be overcome... who knows?