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Distinction of Gender in Pokémon Species

#280-282/475 — Ralts Line

Going forward the design elements and biology is mostly based around birds but mythology wise is on faeries and ethereal beings.

To start off: Ralts

Many humanoid Pokémon* are monotreme (egg laying mammals). Although ralts are the first stage of an evolutionary line, they can still remain a ralts and age* but when it comes to infancy they hatch without their fur but as for senses, they’re blind and deaf so upon first breath ralts will chirp at such a frequency that the parents will hear from any manner of distance as they will send psionic energy* to the embryo as a way to introduce the ralts to the parent.

*at least in my take of Pokémon anatomy

*a Pokémon’s age is not the same as experience points

*like dolphins and crocodilian

Distinctions:

The ralts line vary in appearances/cosmetics depending on the hemisphere they call home. Cold seasonal regions usually more northern are fluffier and light using their “fur” to hide along rocky outcrops. Hot and humid regions in the south are always on their paws ready to run, their “fur” is sparse and short to not trip on.

Western regions such as:

Kalos

Paldea

Unova

Eastern regions such as:

Alola

Hoenn

Johto

Kanto

Kitikami

Sinnoh

No gender dimorphism is visible as a ralts.

Kirlia

After gaining experience and control of their psychic powers, ralts evolves into Kirlia. Kirlia are very popular among coordinators and musicial oficianatos (feel free to correct in comments). Dainty dancers who gracefully float across their stages practicing their form and dances.

North western kirlia as far more patient and tolerable than the south/eastern counterparts. As kirlia they still show no distinct gendering until they’re about to evolve or with age.

Gardevoir

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Very demeur very graceful

Having gained experience and wisdom they gracefully dance before taking their final form.

Females:

A female gardevoir have very unique wing/fur that drop to their small delicate paws. They lack the vibrant bright colors both males and Gallade display.

Patient and elegant the lady in waiting; gardevoirs rarely touch the ground, using their psychic powers to hover a few inches over the ground as to not damage or dirty their dull but pure white gowns.

No matter the region each gardevoir’s gown will resemble the unique and procured trends of the culture. It was believed that in ancient Sinnoh, gardevoir were priestesses and followers of the beautiful crescent Pokémon, Cresselia. These gardevoir would have colors resembling or honoring that of the moon goddess they worshipped.

After evolving females lose their horns that they no longer need to anchor their power as they no longer require it to help, however young gardevoirs who evolve at early ages will often keep these horns but after some time will fall off as they get older and mature.

Males:

Male gardevoir are aggressive and fast, they run on foot which shortens their gown into something messy and sharp. They use their psychic energy for combat and often have practice sparing matches with others and gallade.

Male gardevoir keep their horns as while mature still need restraint from over exerting their powers. They are proud and flashy often showing off in dramatic displays during late fall and winter as these are the best seasons for their colors to really show off.

Gallade

The valiant chivalrous knightly swordsman

As they mature they often go off hunting for small dawn stones that are found near babbling streams and rivers and carefully weave them into bits of their “fur” where as they dance in a solo performance, the light from the sun bounces off their decorations causing the kirlia to evolve.

Gallade are loyal Pokémon having been popularized heavily in old Kalos, Paldea and Hisui for their spirit, and battle prowess. With methodical footwork their glide across the battlefield their blades retracting and drawing as their psychic ability adjusts at rapid speeds with each opponent.

Gallade will always stay by the young and their mate as their bond strengthens with time and often both dying from heartbreak if the other dies early, but will stay by their side to not be alone.

As I’m sure you’ve noticed with gardevoir and gallade, they both have a love-heart chest pattern that seems to extend to the back. This is their “Bleeding Heart”* which is also a very defined way to tell the difference between gardevoir.

Rounded and drooping hearts are found mostly with females as it modestly adds to the gown.

Sharp/fiery and upturned hearts are found mostly on males to add to their display but displays their passion to females

Rare occurrences:

It’s not uncommon but not really known for gallades to be female, in cases of this it is often a split that is labeled as a gardevoir, female kirlia can adorn themselves with dawn stone pebbles but they retain a delicate gown and graceful visage upon evolution however they do closely resemble in some aspects a gallade. It’s hypothesized to being an evolutionary adaption but not much has been studied from lack of cases. Domesticated are unable to display this due to the severed tie to their wild cousins.

That was fun to write up! Hope you guys liked this lil worldbuilding tidbit for my take on Pokémon! I plan on talking about eevees next but ye

Oki I love you buhbye!!! :3

[twin-chains]

Instead of having Zelda the first, Zelda the second, Zelda VII, etc, I like the idea that the female royal family members would each have middle names they are distinguished by.

The original: Zelda Ambrosia

AOL: Zelda Titania

ALTTP: Zelda Mythril

SS: just Zelda

pre-MC: Zelda Valorie

MC: Zelda Oleracea

FS: Zelda Trinity

OOT: Zelda Aria / Sheik

TP: Zelda Soleil de Minuit

BOTW: Zelda Historia (her mom was Zelda Wisteria)

WW: Zelda Tetragon / Tetra

ST: Zelda Phantasma

HW: Zelda Victoria

COH: Zelda Cadenza

BS: Zelda Celestia

Extra space: Zelda Seraphina

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A Chelsea porcelain cabbage leaf bowl circa 1755

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Melissa 👍 (bonus, the set can be found on my other account)

And Celeste (she was hard to draw ngl)

[kawaii-90s-nostalgia]

Cabbage Patch Kids - Garden Fairies 🌸

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9 Surprising Facts About St. Patrick’s Day

Who Was the Real St. Patrick? Was That Legend About the Snakes True? And Why Did So Many St. Patrick's Day Traditions Start in America?

— By History .Com Editors | March 7, 2024

Photograph By Anna Usova/Getty Images

While St. Patrick’s Day is now associated with wearing green, parades (when they're not canceled) and beer, the holiday is grounded in history that dates back more than 1,500 years. The earliest known celebrations were held in the 17th century on March 17, marking the anniversary of the death of St. Patrick in the 5th century. Learn more about the holiday’s history and how it evolved into the event it is today.

1. The Real St. Patrick Was Born in Britain

Much of what is known about St. Patrick's life has been interwoven with folklore and legend. Historians generally believe that St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Britain (not Ireland) near the end of the 4th century. At age 16 he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and sold as a slave to a Celtic priest in the area now known as Northern Ireland. After toiling for six years as a shepherd, he escaped back to Britain. He eventually returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary.

2. St. Patrick Was Never Canonized

Despite his status as a patron saint, St. Patrick was never actually canonized by the Church during his lifetime. This was primarily because such a process did not exist when he died in A.D. 461. It wasn’t until 993 that St. Ulrich of Augsburg became the first saint to be formally canonized, and it was not until the 12th century that the Church established an official canonization process overseen by the Pope. While St. Patrick has not been formally canonized, many consider him to hold saintly status.

3. There Were No Snakes Around for St. Patrick to Banish from Ireland

Among the legends associated with St. Patrick is that he stood atop an Irish hillside and banished snakes from Ireland—prompting all serpents to slither away into the sea. In fact, research suggests snakes never occupied the Emerald Isle in the first place. There are no signs of snakes in the country’s fossil record. And water has surrounded Ireland since the last glacial period. Before that, the region was covered in ice and would have been too cold for the reptiles.

4. Leprechauns Are Likely Based on Celtic Fairies

The red-haired, green-clothed Leprechaun is commonly associated with St. Patrick’s Day. The original Irish name for these figures of folklore is “lobaircin,” meaning “small-bodied fellow.” Belief in leprechauns likely stems from Celtic belief in fairies— tiny men and women who could use their magical powers to serve good or evil. In Celtic folktales, leprechauns were cranky souls, responsible for mending the shoes of the other fairies.

5. The Shamrock Was Considered a Sacred Plant

The shamrock, a three-leaf clover, has been associated with Ireland for centuries. It was called the “seamroy” by the Celts and was considered a sacred plant that symbolized the arrival of spring. According to legend, St. Patrick used the plant as a visual guide when explaining the Holy Trinity. By the 17th century, the shamrock had become a symbol of emerging Irish nationalism.

6. Ireland’s Only Female Patron Saint, Brigid, Has Her Own Holiday

One of Ireland’s three patron saints, alongside St. Patrick and St. Columcille, St. Brigid (or Bridget) is the patron saint of Irish nuns, newborns, midwives, dairy maids and cattle. Believed to have been born in Ireland sometime around A.D. 450, Brigid was the daughter of a pagan king and an enslaved woman. She grew up to serve the church by building a church in Kildare, which was the site of a former shrine to the Celtic goddess, eponymous to her.

Said to have died in A.D. 524, Brigid's memory was kept alive by the church, which canonized her as St. Brigid. In 2023, Ireland designated February 1 a permanent public holiday in Brigid’s honor.

7. The First St. Patrick’s Day Parade Was Held in America

While people in Ireland had celebrated St. Patrick since the 1600s, the tradition of a St. Patrick’s Day parade began in America and actually predates the founding of the United States.

Records show that a St. Patrick’s Day parade was held on March 17, 1601, in a Spanish colony in what is now St. Augustine, Florida. The parade and a St. Patrick’s Day celebration a year earlier were organized by the Spanish Colony's Irish vicar Ricardo Artur. More than a century later, homesick Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched in Boston in 1737 and in New York City on March 17. Enthusiasm for the St. Patrick’s Day parades in New York City, Boston and other early American cities only grew from there. In 2020 and 2021, parades throughout the country, including in New York City and Boston, were canceled or postponed for the first time in decades due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. They returned in 2022.

8. The Irish Were Once Scorned in America

While Irish Americans are now proud to showcase their heritage, the Irish were not always celebrated by fellow Americans. Beginning in 1845, a devastating potato blight caused widespread hunger throughout Ireland. While approximately 1 million perished, another 2 million abandoned their land in the largest-single population movement of the 19th century. Most of the exiles—nearly a quarter of the Irish nation—came to the shores of the United States. Once they arrived, the Irish refugees were looked down upon as disease-ridden, unskilled and a drain on welfare budgets.

9. Corned Beef and Cabbage Was an American Innovation

The meal that became a St. Patrick’s Day staple across the country—corned beef and cabbage—was an American innovation. While ham and cabbage were eaten in Ireland, corned beef offered a cheaper substitute for impoverished immigrants. Irish Americans living in the slums of lower Manhattan in the late 19th century and early 20th purchased leftover corned beef from ships returning from the tea trade in China. The Irish would boil the beef three times—the last time with cabbage—to remove some of the brine.

[thelastofthebookworms]

My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.

[foodandfolklore]

Mrs. Bunny's Dinner Party

The title of this story caught my eye cause I thought it was about a dinner. But really, it's an interesting commentary on how the people who say they are the bravest and boldest are probably just hot air. It's subtle, and the author Anna E. Skinner does a good job of not calling anyone out directly. Considering the time period this was written, the early 1900s, it was also probably somewhat of a metaphor for men/husbands dismissing women/wives and their concerns, only for their concerns to be completely valid. This Old story mentions several vegetables, including cabbage which is in season right now. While well known for it's prosperity, cabbage is also associated with Truth, Honesty, and Luck. I think these Rabbits were very lucky and Mr. Bobtail's true nature came forth :)

“Are you ready, my dear?” said Mr. Bobtail, looking at his large watch. “Mrs. Bunny will expect us to come in good time to her dinner party.”

“I shall be ready in a few minutes, Mr. Bobtail. I wonder how many are invited. We always meet fine people at Mrs. Bunny’s house.”

Mrs. Bobtail brought out her little gray silk bonnet, and Mr. Bobtail’s best birch cane.

“Come,” she said, “it is a good half hour’s walk to Bramble Hollow. Shall we go around by the way of Cabbage-Patch Lane?”

“Oh, no, my dear, let us take a short cut through the meadow.”

Off they started arm in arm across the sunlit fields.

“See, there are Mr. and Mrs. Frisk gathering nuts,” said Mr. Bobtail. “Jack Frost shook the trees last night. There are plenty lying on the ground.”

“Good morning. How are all the little Friskies?” called Mrs. Bobtail.

“Oh, how do you do! They are quite well, thank you,” said Mrs. Frisk.

“The nuts are fine this fall, Mr. Frisk,” said Mr. Bobtail, shaking hands with his friend.

“Yes, indeed. We have gathered a great many for our winter store. But you see we dare not stop long in this open field.” Mr. Frisk dropped his voice and glanced about in all directions. Then he added, “This is hunting season, you know.”

“What! Do you mean you are afraid of hunters?” asked Mr. Bobtail in surprise.

“Indeed, we are,” said Mrs. Frisk, coming a little nearer. “From our cosy home up in the hollow of this tree we saw two hunters crossing the field this morning. When their dogs sniffed about the ground and barked up the tree, we held our breath in fear.”

“Yes,” added Mr. Frisk, “and in a short time we heard ‘bang! bang!’ I tell you we didn’t venture down to gather nuts for several hours.”

“How dreadful! And we are on our way to Mrs. Bunny’s dinner party,” said Mrs. Bobtail, looking in all directions; “do you think we had better go on, my dear?”

“Of course! Of course! I’ve never had the least fear of a gun! Let hunters bang away as much as they please, they will never frighten me.” Mr. Bobtail straightened up as he spoke, and tossed back his head. “Come, Mrs. Bobtail. Good day, my friends.”

“Good day. We hope you will have a pleasant time,” said Mr. Frisk.

“Isn’t Mr. Bobtail wonderfully brave?” said Mrs. Frisk, looking after her friends.

When they came near Bramble Hollow, Mr. and Mrs. Bobtail met some of their friends. There were Mr. and Mrs. Pinkeye, Mr. and Mrs. Longears, Mr. and Mrs. Cottontail,—all on their way to the dinner party.

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny were waiting for their guests. The little Bunnies had been told how to behave.

“Now, my dears,” their mother had said, “you may play out-of-doors while we are at dinner. When we have finished I’ll call you. Now no matter how hungry you are don’t dare peep in at the windows. And if anything happens to frighten you slip into the kitchen and wait there quietly until I come.”

Away scampered four happy little Bunnies.

At noon all the guests had reached Bramble Hollow. Mr. and Mrs. Bunny welcomed them, and in a little while all were seated around the table laughing and talking merrily.

“What fine salad this is, Mrs. Bunny,” said Mrs. Longears. “The cabbage hearts are very sweet this fall.”

Mrs. Bunny nodded pleasantly and said, “Do have some lettuce, Mr. Bobtail. I’m sure your long walk must have made you hungry.”

“I hope you will like our carrots,” said Mr. Bunny, helping himself to another. “Come, Mrs. Cottontail, let me help you to another serving of turnip tops.”

“Thank you, Mr. Bunny. What a pleasant home you have here in Bramble Hollow. Do hunters ever wander into this quiet corner?”

“Well, yes. They stroll through the hollow sometimes.”

“Dear me,” said Mrs. Cottontail.

“Our friends, Mr. and Mrs. Frisk, were telling us that they saw two hunters crossing the fields this morning,” said Mrs. Bobtail.

“This morning!” cried some of the guests, pricking up their ears.

“Come, come, my friends,” said Mr. Bobtail, laughing, “I see I shall have to quiet you. I never could see why so many rabbits are afraid of a gun! I have often stayed quietly under a hedge while a hunter fired shots as near to me as——”

“Bang! bang! bang!”

Four little Bunnies leaped through the window, and jumped right over the table, upsetting many of the dishes.

Mr. Bobtail darted off his chair at the same time, and rushed to a corner of the kitchen, where he stayed, shaking with fear.

The other guests did not move or speak for several minutes. Then Mrs. Bunny caught sight of Mr. Bobtail in the corner. “Come out, Mr. Bobtail,” she called, “I’m sure the hunters have gone into the next field.”

[jlilycorbie]

Sick Day Cabbage Soup

One of my favorite things is to take a food and make it a soup. Cabbage roll soup, stuffed pepper soup, lasagna soup. Or in this case, egg roll soup.

This is an easy, fast, cheap soup to throw together, and it’s lovely and comforting for a rainy day when you aren’t feeling well (which would be me today).

2 tablespoons olive oil

3/4 cup diced onion

1/2 cup shredded carrots

1 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger

1 chicken breast, ground (around 1/2 lb to 1 lb pre-ground chicken)

2 teaspoons coconut aminos (or soy sauce)

1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

Salt and white pepper to taste

2 cups chopped cabbage

4 cups chicken broth (1 heading tablespoon Better than Bouillon + 4 cups water)

Over medium low heat, warm up the olive oil, then add the onions and carrots. Cook until translucent, then add the garlic and ginger. Stir and cook until fragrant, only a few moments, then add the chicken breast.

While the chicken breast browns, add the coconut aminos and sesame oil, along with salt and white pepper to taste. Once it’s browned, stir in the cabbage, then add the chicken broth.

Bring to a simmer and allow to cook until the cabbage is softened, then serve.

You can top with sliced green onions and wonton strips, if you have them around. Or serve and enjoy as-is.

If you want to follow along step-by-step as I made this soup, you can find it over on Twitter starting here.

[angeloftheodd]

The Hare antagonizing The Hedgehog in the cabbage field 🐰🥬

Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (1988) 🧚‍♀️📖🏰

Episode: The Hare and The Hedgehog 🐇🦔

[achiloo]

Aranara are so cute, i dont get how People can dislike something being described as a flying cabbage. If i saw a flying cabbage id keel over and die from shock

[intothegenshinworld]

Yoooo-

I absolutely LOVE your aranara sagau idea and how wholesome it is, but imagine if Creator!Reader decides to teach the aranara some swear words 💀💀💀

Thank you so much!! I can imagine the archons coming over to Varanara and Venti teaching them the f-word. When the Creator hears about this they'll ban Venti from the forest XD

[fluttershybunny]

New bugpone oc! Her name is cabbage cotton ^×^ shes a fairy pony based off cabbage white butterflies~ and she has two diff palettes/some diff versions i made cuz i just couldn't choose which i liked more ^×^

[minasweep]

everytime I see a tangled edit or clip I'm instantly possessed by the little girl I was in like 2010

[kawaii-90s-nostalgia]

Cabbage Patch Kids - Butterfly Fairies (1999) 🦋