#cryogonal

[gooompy]

for some reason there’s a lot of pokemon design challenges going on on twitter and i wanted to propose one too: reimagine a regular pokemon as an ultra beast, or an ultra beast as a regular pokemon!

[dezerex]

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Deep

This was a fun thing to draw in one day, more context in the following links: 1 2 3 4 5

[dailypokemoncrochet]

I think of all the Pokemon, Cryogonal feels like the least "Pokemon" in terms of design. Which is actually really in line with it being a snowflake, which are also commonly thought of as "one of a kind". Very clever in retrospect!

[teddyonbumblr]

Ninjago x Pokémon. Ice type trainer Zane with Lapras, Froslass, Cryogonal, Snom, Piloswine, and an Alolan Ninetales. (Please don't repost my art, reshares are chill tho)

[etherfall]

Recently had the absolute pleasure of creating a Cryogonal piece for the @pkmnbwzine project ^^

I thought I had missed the deadline, but was able to slide in and pick up an extra slot for this cool (but underrated) Pokémon! Super happy to be able to contribute to this zine, and check out the project for all the other fantastic artworks!

[trashy-corvian]

All great relationships start with quadruple murder I once again asking you to play Reborn

[yeehawbvby]

Grusha kabedon POV because I am Very Normal about him

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[poketcg-art]

Cryogonal -- Kagemaru Himeno

[aibouart]

And the holidays ones I did a while ago, also! (They're F2U Cursors!)

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As always, you can see the full listing that's also being updated w new ones not shown here (when i do more) along w the .gif and .ani files: https://toyhou.se/22802456.assorted-pokemon-cursors

They are F2U for personal use or coding. Please see the link for full rules + a how to make your own tab~

[pokemon-cards-hourly]

[pokemonprideflags]

the aromantic asexual (aroace) flag color picked from shiny cryogonal

[grey822aaa]

Silly so silly

[toast24]

Silly shiny ice type Pokemon.

I must say I quite like cryogonal now that I've drawn it.

[pokemon-with-hats]

Pick Tumblr's Favorite Pokemon, Day 6

Here's today's batch of pokemon! Who's your favorite? Remember, these first rounds are not single elimination - every pokemon with at least 10% of the vote will move on! Also, it'd be cool if you reblogged this after voting, in order to increase the sample size!

[would-this-pokemon-be-a-friend]

Cryogonal?

I…uh…wouldn’t recommend it. Cryogonals just don’t seem to be the friendliest creatures. I also don’t want anyone being frozen to death on my conscience.

While, at three and a half feet tall, cryogonals are pretty big, they are levitating pokémon, meaning that space isn’t likely to be an issue for them. Said space is gonna have to be a little uncomfortable for you, though. Cryogonals have a curious ability to transition between the states of matter without dying. According to the pokédex, when a cryogonals body temperature gets too high, “[they] turn into steam and [vanish]. When [their] temperature lowers, [they return] to ice” (Black). Wild cryogonals make their homes in frigid environments where their bodies are best able to retain a solid state, but even there they often vanish in the summertime (Shield). In order to keep your pet in a physical state, you will need to keep your home at a freezing temperature year-round. Sure, that might be nice on hot summer days, but could become dangerous in the winter depending on where you live. It’d also be pretty expensive. Not great.

There’s also the little detail that a cryogonal might kill you on sight. In the wild, cryogonals are hunters who use chains made up of ice crystals to ensnare their prey (White). These chains have been measured as being as cold as -148° F (Black2/White2) and are capable of flash-freezing targets, killing them (Violet). Would a cryogonal consider humans prey? Maybe not. But they don’t only use this technique on prey. The pokédex says that cryogonals will use this very strategy on “those it encounters”, leading to the disappearances of numerous victims (Sword). This pokémon doesn’t seem exceptionally friendly, if you catch my drift. Perhaps a domesticated cryogonal wouldn’t be so violent, but I certainly wouldn’t be the one to try.

Cryogonals are dangerous through means beyond their freezing chains. They can use a variety of ice-type moves to freeze enemies without making contact, while slashing at them with the sharp edges of their solid forms with moves like Night Slash. Large predators like cryogonal are, generally speaking, not the best pets for non-experts.

There’s also a whole ethics thing. Cryogonals may not be ghost-type pokémon, but they are considered by some to be the vengeful spirits of humans and pokémon who die on snowy mountains (Scarlet). Should this folklore be true, I don’t know how comfortable I’d be keeping one as a pet. At the very least, it speaks to how little we know about this species’ origin and behavior.

I couldn’t really recommend a cryogonal as a pet. They are a lethal hunter with a history of disappearing humans who come into contact with them and an arsenal of deadly abilities. They also might be the ghosts of people. There’s certainly better ice-type pokémon to seek out as pets.

[pokemonbattletournament]