#its a hoenn pokemon and everything so you'd expect it to. not be but

[raptorfae53]

Ãrohwan Trapinch, Vibrava and Flygon. (Bug - Dragon)

Far removed from its mainland relatives desert origins, this pokemon line is adapted for a life in the trees, sporting an extra set of arms,clever nimble claws and long prehensile tail,with their wings vestigial and osteoderm-like, rendering these pokemon flightless.

These pokemon sport voracious appetites and have made themselves an enemy of farmers since humans first arrived in Ãrohwa by devouring all manner of crops. With the advancement of technology in the aftermath of the great cataclysm however these pokemon have grown wary, with their numbers declining rapidly as a result of their former victims ire to the point they have been considered extinct a few times in the last century. (Every time a search is put out a few are found,with one particularly sparse search ending after a flygon,relaxing on a particularly brittle branch,fell out of a tree and onto a passing conservationist)

To those with the luck (or lack thereof) to be training an Ãrohwan Flygon, this food based motivation is everything to training one of these pokemon. Like many dragon types training can be long and drawn out, not helped by the self centered attitude most Ãrohwan Flygon have. Having experience with strong pokemon and having said strong pokemon on hand as well as instilling a rewards system for a job well done are known to work exponentially in training this evolutionary line, and if trained well can result in a strong battler and companion,just make sure you keep snacks on hand!

Design inspiration down below:

Flygon is a personal favourite pokemon of mine and it seems the eternal middle child of the 2000s pokemon games dragons. No fancy mega evolution/temporal variant like fellow hoennite (hoennese?) Dragons salamence and altaria and the misfortune of being the same type as garchomp with lesser stats,hence folks gravitating towards it or the plethora of other hoenn or sinnoh dragons (including a trio of actual gods) over it, so I felt it fair to throw the poor guy a bone as well as finally bestow upon it a regional variant with the bug typing people have been confused it didn't have since 2002 (something something antlions).

The main reasoning for said typing is one of its primary inspirations, the coconut rhinoceros beetle.

Native to mainland Asia but introduced to much of the Pacific including Samoa and Tonga where parts of Ãrohwa are based upon. This beetle has been a scourge of these islands crop plantations since it arrived, munching through palm plantations with reckless abandon, free from predators such as shrews and click beetles since the beginning of the 20th century, a voracious creature befitting a dragon.

The other inspiration for this regional form are mekosuchine crocodilians .

You're first reaction to that information was probably what on earth a mekosuchine is?

Simply put mekosuchines were a family of crocodilians found in Australia and the Pacific until as recent as 3000 years ago (with a specimen belonging to the family found in the same St Bathans assemblage as the inspiration for an earlier 'mon koikekkai,hence the inclusion in a NZ based region) that encompassed a wide range of niches both semi aquatic like you'd expect a crocodile to do, and terrestrial, with the genus the family is named for, mekosuchus itself speculated by some to be arboreal:

Anyways I hope you like the first of the regional variants I've thought up for this region because these three won't be the first or last, unlike some (paldea), see you soon with some more art!

[skarmoree]

also why am i just now learning that falkner pokemon has a swellow in masters ive been hcing for EIGHT YEARS that his starter was a taillow

[trickshooting]

Besties I just saw the Leon vs Diantha fight and I have Thoughts This is a VERY opinionated rant so read at your own volition. Also just so its not misconstrued, this is in now way hate towards any Muses that people play, just based on the writing of the anime and how much I dislike it.

....this is so boring.

Like there's plot armor, and then there's whatever just happened with Leon vs Diantha, they don't even SHOW a majority of the fight!? Like I get it, you want Leon to be seen as this Legendary Trainer, so logically you'd want him to stomp and do well right??

Then...can we see that through strategy rather than his Pokemon just eating Super Effective attacks and acting like its nothing, then 1/2-shotting his opponents Pokemon? Its implied through the shots that they did give us that the matchups were: Dragapult Vs Hawlucha Dragapult Vs Tyrantrum Rillaboom Vs Tyrantrum Rillaboom Vs Aurorus Rillaboom Vs Gourgeist Rillaboom Vs Goodra Rillaboom Vs Gardevoir G-Max Charizard Vs Mega Gardevoir

Like the Dragapult fighting off Hawlucha and losing to Tyrantrum makes sense, but you're expecting me to believe that RIllaboom...is actually able to solo four different Pokemon? Two of which resist its common moves, and two that are easily able to strike it with super effective attacks? We even SEE Goodra nail it with a Fire Blast and just shrug that off, as if he didn't fight three other Pokemon before her???

And again, I get it, Leon is meant to be a super powerful trainer with insanely strong Pokemon...but from a viewers perspective, his fights are just so...boring, and lazily done.

I love Leon as much as the next guy, but in my perspective, his title of an 'unbeatable trainer' is so blown out of proportion in the anime compared to the games. To me, the whole 'Unbeatable Trainer' thing was implied to be in EVERY region, because, well, every region has a Champion! Leon was Galars Unbeatable Trainer in the games cuz he was their Champion for a long time, until the player character came around.

The same could be said for Cynthia and Sinnoh, Diantha and Kalos, Steven and Hoenn..... (I leave Lance and Iris out of this because I believe its sorta implied that they're on the weaker end of things since they're new/regaining their title as champion)

I don't really wanna get started on Alain so...yeah.

Its a point of story writing to keep your viewers engaged with each beat, and if half the tournament is just scripted/skipped because 'obvious Leon is the best Champion he'd stomp the competition', then its not good writing. Its just lazy and presents the tournament as kinda a joke or just a setup.

I'm just not looking forward to Ash winning everything as well, I hate his plot armor, and I know he will get to the finals because the plot needs him to, without any realism in the sense of actual strength.

Its just really sad that the most exciting Tournament of the year in the Pokemon Anime universe only has one unpredictable battle with Diantha Vs Lance, and in turn, made it the most exciting. I just can't wait for it to be all over rather than waiting in excitement for each battle.

On the flip side the preview for the next episode does have me a lil interested because this might be the tournament Cynthia does apparently, she MIGHT RETIRE after it’s over!