bugs-and-grass

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Keep going. Live on in spite of those who want us dead. Build community. Hold tight to those close to you. Survive. It's your solemn duty to survive above all else now.

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@ex-champion-mad-scientist

Pelipper mail! A bottle of blue-greenish serum. (Wait… why’s the color off?…)

Heyyyyyy Rick, got the stuff you asked for! Ehehe… problem is, my shelf got stolen this morning, so I didn’t have too much of the sample left. Had to mix it with some solvant. Don’t worry, it probably still works! Maybe!

At least, I think so?…

cheers my dude

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Why is your coffee table loafing?

Hello internet, does this count as loafing

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//OOC: Small PSA about Meta blogs/posts

Hey, small reminder that overly meta things (such as telling a character they're fake) can make people very uncomfortable or even lead to existential panic in some cases! I would like to suggest tagging with #cw fourth wall breaking or something along the lines of that when posting about such things.

Tagging your stuff appropriately helps keep the pokeblogging/pokeblr community a safe place for everyone.

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At least you expected being a Pokémon…I turned into this mid shower. *slightly frustrated ghost mew noises*

Oh, sorry... I mean, at least you seem to be liking it?

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it is literally wurmple sippy soup wednesday

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What's the best part of being a full snivy now?

The vinessss!!!! They feel so fun to use and they're surprisingly strong AND dexterous! I can't quite write with them, but my hands still work too!

Also, snoot feels really nice shaped and I just love how everything feels right now okay--

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I have been accosted with hugs and licks and snuggles from all the beans and Chitters has decided to be my backpack now instead of just a hat and just.

It feels so good to be a Snivy all the way now okay--

[Photo ID: A Snivy viewed from profile, holding his hands to his cheeks with a wide grin on his face. This is the look of a Snivy who is EXTREMELY giddy right now. A tiny strip of green, presumably a vine, is visible in the bottom of the frame. /ID]

GUYSSSSSS

ITSSSSMEEEEEEEEEE

I'msohappyIcan'tstopflappingmyhands--

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[Photo ID: A Snivy viewed from profile, holding his hands to his cheeks with a wide grin on his face. This is the look of a Snivy who is EXTREMELY giddy right now. A tiny strip of green, presumably a vine, is visible in the bottom of the frame. /ID]

GUYSSSSSS

ITSSSSMEEEEEEEEEE

I'msohappyIcan'tstopflappingmyhands--

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As someone who’s resistant to poison and has healing moves and thus came out relatively unharmed when doing idiotic things, I present:

Astra’s pokemedicine guide!

Note that this guide is directed towards hybrids and other sentient nonhumans. Those who are -physically- human should avoid potions and revives like the plague, and should anticipate little effect from more natural solutions. Stick to ibuprofen.

Let’s start with the basic pokemart otc meds

Potions - do not drink them, spray them on your mon. Please. It is both very bad for you and also, I swear on the Wishmaker’s grace, it is the worst thing I have ever consumed in my life. Yes, I did try a potion once. In my defense, I was I think seven at the time and I thought it was grape soda. I learned immediately that it was not grape soda. All levels of potion apply to this one.

Revives - do not fucking bite them. Swallow them like a pill. It’s made for unconscious patients, there’s no reason you would be supposed to bite them. To be clear, you’ll be fine if you do, but if you’re anything like me then basically your entire mouth will go numb with all the medicines that you just released straight into it. Max revives are worse for this than normal ones, but both do this. Yes, I did this too, I was a challenging child.

Next, the less common products

Fresh water, etc. - do in fact drink this. Yes, it is spiked with meds, but not with anything that’ll hurt you, it’s mostly just painkillers. They’re more effective than straight potions purely because they don’t need to be absorbed through layers of skin/scales/feathers/fur and can make it to the bloodstream fairly quickly. Note: physically human readers won’t notice a difference between these and normal bottles of water. They won’t work on you, but they’re more expensive so you’re just wasting money if you drink these.

Bitter roots and related medicinal herbs - you will not like the bitter root. Your mon will not like the bitter root. You will not like wrestling your mon to make them swallow the bitter root. They suck. I personally make them into a horrific tea abomination because at least I can load it with sugar. Your preferred method may vary. Just make sure you ingest it in its entirety, basically anything else is fair game

Berry juice - while I’m wigged out by any straight from the shuckle, it really is just the fresh water category but fully natural. Nothing special here.

This is where I do not comment on what the ancient Hisuians did because while Snowpoint is full of old women who try to teach me, I do not have historical documentation to back up what were real medicines, what was folklore, and what is probably just dementia. As a general guide to what I’ve had stuffed in my mouth by assorted grannies: if you have Hisuian medicine, assume that it’ll taste somewhat like just eating slimy leaves but you’re definitely meant to eat it and it will do more than you think it will. If you have someone who tries to hype up their Hisuian medicine, though, that’s probably just random plants they’re trying to scam you with and it won’t do much.

Then, the berry guide

Obviously you will hate some berries. Natures do that.

Nothing’s going to hurt you, but if you use them wrong they might not do anything.

For the ones that lower the damage of attacks, I consistently see folks eat them after they get hit and they’re surprised when nothing happens. Eat them right beforehand. If you have a really bad type weakness (shoutout to Carbuncle who I had to mail far too many steel-reducing berries for his fairy/rock typing) then you can just kinda munch some throughout the day. To be clear, if you eat two, they’ll only lower the damage for any given attack as much as one berry would.

Healing berries do what they’re labeled as, no notes here

Tamato berries etc. are weird, I don’t understand effort values at all, but these won’t hurt you besides reducing those slightly

Anything that deals with stat boosts is way out of my realm of expertise, I run double team/protect/wish/flash and thus really really don’t deal with attack, defense, or speed for anything in particular.

Some berries only have documented effects on wild pokemon, how those would work with trainer mons is a question for your local professor (who probably also doesn’t know unless you live in certain versions of kanto specifically if reports are true)

Again, physically human readers will, upon eating a berry, experience the following effects: slight hunger decrease, slight vitamin increase, and tasting the flavor of the berry. Yes, those are just the effects of eating fruit in general. That’s because these don’t do anything special for those who are physically human.

(Physically human nonhumans, feel free to consume anything but the revives and potions as they’re processed so thoroughly you’d get yourself hurt. Anything else is fair game)

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So for a little update, the Snivy spirit in my mask has been settling more and more lately. They're actually responding when I do speak to them. They don't want to leave the mask, which is alright, but they're still helping me in what little ways they can with my transition. Namely, helping me learn how to use the vines!

...On an unrelated sidenote, I'm suddenly craving eggs.

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GUYSGUYSGUYSGUYS--

[Photo ID: Kyle, now almost entirely colored as a Snivy and having visibly started growing a snout like one, holding his hands together with a dumb, giddy look on his face. Vines are protruding from under his shoulder-leaves, evidently holding the phone as a bit of green is visible at the bottom of the frame. /ID]

VIIIIIIIIIIINES

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That's how I met Chitters!

ok so question for rotumblr that i must know

wild because i wanna make this interesting

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fun fact, you can add a molted ledyba elytra to your laundry to immediately ruin the entire load. follow for more accidental life hacks

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@wurmplespotted

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...I think I'm getting shorter.

Iloveit Snivyfication is going SMOOTHLY