#interregional

[cartografiadaausencia]

Stig Dagerman, "Jogos da Noite"

31.07.2023

[hoplaventon]

I like Wednesdays because we wear pink

i should start doing that with lillie and arven .

[eternapocalypse]

I really really need to actually sit down and set the general plot of the AU better, because all I have is a vague idea on what happens, more specifically:

Mt. Coronet shenanigans

Clemont pulling an AZ

Paradox pokemon involvement

Whatever the legendaries are doing atm

[siphonophoresupernumerary]

Pokémon Pass and Pokémon Smash, followed by Pokémon Fuck, Pokémon Marry, and Pokémon Kill

[vullabies-and-skeledirges]

Does anyone know what Pelipper Mail's standard overseas rates are? They seem to deliver, like, everywhere, and it would be great if I could reduce shipping costs to the regions where Cubone actually live natively...

[pokemon-ecologist]

Ugh.

I've been pulled into more work from my old InterPol days recently than I have in a long time...

I haven't had to think about some of the shit I saw there in fucking ages, and I've never been more grateful that technically my status as an agent is tied into events that make it legally impossible to pull me all the way back in.

Because otherwise, well... You never really leave InterPol, and not having to go back was one of the best parts of that whole shitshow.

I loved the work, I felt like I was doing good, but... Well, I'm not glad for the memories recent events have brought to the surface...

My whole scientific career is technically just one big vacation, but I'm tired, man... I'll be staying home in Alola for a while, hopefully nothing exciting happens...

[drill-peck]

Are Skarmory or Crorviknight good interregional fliers? I'd believe not honestly but I'd rather ask before I assume because I'm a big fan of the steel type [^]! If not, what are some bird Pokemon who would be better at it? I don't wanna end up getting a new friend just to put them through something they can't handle in order to save a couple thousand pokedollars monthly for business trips [~,] would much rather a lighter wallet than hurtin' a new pal of mine! - @meltanfan395

skarmory definitely not. i've seen them handle the trip between johto and kanto alright but anything more than that is going to be too much for them. their wings just aren't made for it.

with corviknight i'd say it depends on the pokemon specifically. there are some breeds that have been bred for generations to handle large weights and real long distances but you need to get them from a very specific kind of breeder (and even then i'd do some serious endurance training before just expecting them to fly you to alola or wherever).

i wouldn't just catch a rookidee and expect it to be able to do that though. you might get lucky and end up with an incredibly beefy one, but i wouldn't count on it.

the problem with steel/flying types is that steel is heavy. corviknight is like 160 lbs on average and skarmory is like 110. it takes A LOT of muscle and energy to keep that much weight in the air, and then you're asking it to carry your weight in addition to its own and keep that in the air for LONG periods of time. it can be done with corviknight but like i said, you have to breed for it and the only people i know who do that are in galar.

[tardis--dreams]

Oh everyone is well aware of this i don't think this needs to be pointed out like this

[tetrachromate]

how it feels to read Beckwith's Tibetan Empire in Central Asia

[lilycove-living]

well now im thinking about travelling and doing some interregional contests...

[probablyasocialecologist]

A highly developed market economy involves a high volume of long-distance trade, where African coffee and Latin American fruit, containing the labour of local people and the fertility of the land, are shipped to New York and Europe to become consumer goods. After the nutrients are absorbed in the cities of developed market economies, the leftovers end up as rubbish. However, in traditional agricultural societies, such human and food waste are not rubbish but rather a valuable source of soil nutrients. In the absence of long-distance trade and the frequent interregional movement of materials, these nutrients would flow back to where they came from and be recycled. But in contemporary times, especially in the last two centuries of highly developed globalisation and marketisation, a great contradiction has arisen, namely, that the fertility of the land is being transported from its place of origin to other regions in the form of products, and that the nutrients produced never have the means to return, which in turn leads to a diminishing of fertility at the place of production and, in the long run, is unsustainable and destructive.

Ding Ling and Xu Zhun, Why Chinese Agriculture Must Undergo an Ecological Transformation

[hoplaventon]

i mean . not wrong

i want everyone to look at what lillie drew for me ! !

[pokemonshelterstories]

you've mentioned that you're qualified to work with inherently dangerous pokemon a few times - could you talk more about what makes a pokemon inherently dangerous? I've always been taught that all pokemon are potentially dangerous in the sense that even a lillipup could really hurt me if sufficiently motivated, but from the fact that there's a specific qualification for it I assume there's a set of criteria for a pokemon to be considered officially inherently dangerous?

"inherently dangerous" in this context is an official designation of the interregional ranger union for work with wild pokemon, used for pokemon where interacting with them presents an immediate and significant risk of serious harm or death. there are several subcategories that specify what the particular danger is. for some, it's because of their sheer size or strength (subclass IIIb, for example, refers to pokemon with a base stat total of 550 or higher). for others, its because of their typical behaviors; pokemon that are by nature aggressive like primeape are classified for this reason. another possible reason is the pokemon's biology. certain poison types with particularly dangerous venom/poison or pokemon like slugma where just touching them would hurt you fall in this category.

these classifications are specifically for working with pokemon that have not been tamed or trained, and in a rehab context having this certification means i'm qualified to work with these pokemon with the intent to rerelease them into the wild. but i think they can also make a good baseline for trainers who are interested in owning these pokemon! it's important to know the risks inherent to working with certain species. you're right that any pokemon has the potential to be dangerous, but these "inherently dangerous" pokemon are the ones that are most likely to cause damage or harm just by being in their vicinity.

[whencyclopedia]

Celtic Coinage

The coinage of the ancient Celts, minted from the early 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE, at first imitated Greek and then Roman coins. Celtic engravers then soon developed their own unique style, creating distinctive coins with depictions of stylised horses, abstract shapes, and the portraits of Celtic chiefs. Not being part of a wider political and economic entity like the Roman Empire, gold, silver, and bronze Celtic coins were rarely used for interregional trade but were, rather, used to buy and exchange goods locally and to spread imagery of rulers, tribes, and the ancient Celtic religion. Finally, coins were frequently buried in large hoards as part of votive rituals.

The Function of Celtic Coinage

An enormous number of Celtic coins have been found in burials and as part of ritual treasure hoards across Europe. Some hoards contained as many as 10,000 coins. Celtic coins were used for a variety of reasons. They were, as one would expect, used as a currency to acquire goods locally but coins were primarily used as a more convenient replacement for other high-value goods which had previously been used in a barter system. Coins were also offered as diplomatic gifts and perhaps given as tribute to more powerful neighbouring rulers.

Coins were also minted for prestige reasons: to demonstrate the wealth and sophistication of a particular chief and to spread their likeness amongst the people they ruled. Coins were sometimes dispensed by chiefs to their people on special occasions as a demonstration of their success and generosity. It is for this reason, perhaps, that the minting of Celtic coins was so sporadic: only when a ruler needed extra legitimacy for their rule were new coins minted.

Although coins provided artists with a new medium to show off their skills, an unexpected consequence of their introduction on wider ancient Celtic art is here summarised by the historians J. Farley and F. Hunter:

The spread of coinage coincided with a rapid decline in the production of unique and ornately decorated objects: the shields, weapons and torcs that were both symbols of status and power, and the canvases for earlier Celtic art. As small, mass produced objects, coins are undoubtedly less impressive than the imposing metalwork that had gone before but they offered a new kind of impact. Rapid manufacture and portability allowed powerful images, political messages, and a newly transformed stock of Celtic art to be transmitted to a wider audience than ever before.

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Celtic coins were rarely used in interregional trade since, unlike say in the Roman Empire, Celtic Europe was made up of many different tribal groups and the coinage of one had no value in another except for the weight of precious metal. It is for this reason that small scales have turned up everywhere in the archaeological record, needed to assess the real value of coins which were used in trade. A consequence of the necessity for a coin to have a real value as opposed to a face value was that should any chief be tempted to debase the metal in their coinage (and some did), they would find it of little use outside their own territory.

Finally, coins were frequently buried in hoards. However, this was not always a mere ‘bank in the ground’ strategy but likely involved some sort of specific ritual and was done as a votive offering to Celtic deities. Such deposits were added to over a period of many years, sometimes several decades, and were often divided into multiple hoards in the same vicinity. The site of Hallaton in England, for example, has been excavated by archaeologists, and they discovered over 5,000 coins buried in 16 different places. Nearby were remains of ritual animal sacrifices, further pointing to a religious significance to the burial of these coins.

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[fablefangs]

Hydreigon colors and patterns recognized by the Interregional Dragon-Type Fanciers' Association, as well as a typical wild hydreigon. Modern Pokémon-showing associations tend to favor lines with smooth, vibrant colors with little variegation outside of approved markings, as opposed to wild Pokémon's typical duller, more mottled colors. However, wild-type Pokémon can still participate in shows in the pet/non-pedigree category.

The Virbank Red is a recent addition to the hydreigon show world, bred from a mutation discovered in captive deino and only recognized by the IDTFA as a valid color type in 2020.

Shiny variations under the cut:

[indigosoddsandends]

WTTT Scooby-Doo AU

Premise: Delaware does real estate on the side (idk he just gives those vibes) and is trying to figure out why none of his properties are selling. Gov decides that this will be the perfect opportunity for interregional bonding by taking the main states on a road trip down the East Coast to see what’s wrong. That’s when they start running into all of the masked monsters scaring people away.

Characters:

Florida and Louisiana are Scooby and Shaggy. But instead of being motivated by fear and food, they are motivated by causing chaos (and food). They serve the same narrative purpose as Scooby and Shaggy, but they are way too brave and they are constantly breaking the fourth wall.

Gov is Daphne in the most stereotypical way possible. He could theoretically be helpful with all of his connections and blackmail, but he keeps getting knocked out or accidentally trips into dungeons. Thus, Gov spends most adventures being a damsel in distress.

Texas and California think they are Fred and Velma, respectively, but both roles are actually being filled by New York. Texas is trying to be a leader only to end up unnecessarily bossing around everyone else. Meanwhile, California keeps hyper-fixating on things that he thinks are clues but actually aren’t.

New York is the only reason they’ve gotten any work done. He has single handedly solved every case. His catchphrase is something that has to be censored beyond belief.