#kantonian ninetales

[historianofgalar]

With Typhlosion trending, I think it's time to bring up the, "Humans and pokemon were one in the same," and the implications that humans uses to breed with pokemon. Please do not worry, this post is as SFW as it can be, but I do apologize for some other stuff that mighr be brought into it. I'm just discussing the origins of where these ideas came from.

"Did people mary pokemon?"

Yes, and while I'm sure there are some... different cases, most of the marriage worked differently than human marriages. The marriage itself was about the union; not the romance or the children that were expected of from marriage at the time. I explained it in this post, but the Diamond and Pearl clans of Sinnoh would "mary" their lord or lady pokemon, not in a romantic sense, but in a union sense. The wardens would still be allowed to have relations with or marry humans. Even outside of the clans, there were some instances of people marrying their pokemon to show a union between them that wasn't romantic.

In modern day, marrying your pokemon partner is considered taboo due to the modern ideas of marriage focusing on the romantic aspect of it only. Modern-day members of the Diamond and Pearl clans will still sometimes have the practices of weddings with their lord or lady pokemon, even if they are not legally married. It's important to know that, if you're meeting a warden who is married to their lord or lady, that they are bonded in marriage, but not in the way that modern society sees marriage.

The clans have always seemed to view pokemon as one of them. There are instances of people calling their partner pokemon their brothers, sisters, parents, or children. While I do not originate from these clans, I do follow a similar belief. I have been partners with my Dragapult, Aosmhor, since I was 10 years old, and she feels like a sister to me. I do not use pokeballs on my pokemon (accept for Mallaithe the Runerigus, but that was a catch-or-die situation) because I follow a similar belief that they can be used to control your pokemon. These pokemon feel like family to me, and I do not wish to put them into tiny balls.

"Can humans and pokemon have kids?"

Theoretically? Yes. But not with just any pokemon. It's assumed that humans could potentially make a successful embryo with related species to us, like Oranguru or Gardevoir, but no one (that we know of) has ever tried to make an embryo in a lab or anywhere else. There could've been some potential hybrids in history, but nothing ever fully concrete.

//Don't come at me, I didn't just pull this outta my ass. There was a successful human/chimpanzee embryo in a lab

"Where did the myths of humans having children with pokemon originate?"

One reason is that it was most likely to explain why a pokemon looks the way it does. Typhlosion can be mistaken for human from a faraway distance (same height as a human, very human-like eyes, sometimes walks on 2 legs), and people back then must've thought it was part human/part pokemon. It's also why there are so many myths of Ghost Types once being human; to explain their odd behaviours. While I'm actually a believer that some ghost types were once human (Yamask, Spiritomb), pokemon like Gengar most likely weren't human. But, there are myths of it once being human because it follows humans, hides in human's shadows and, despite its wideness, it is the same height as a small human.

The stories could also just be for entertainment or to teach a lesson. A common theme amongst a lot of folklore is, "don't be tricked by seduction." Since fairytales love their symbolism, they'd often use pokemon such as Foxmon or Humanoid-mon as the symbolism for seduction, since many foxes are able to do magic or are just very sneaky, and some humanoid-mons can be easy to mistake for human women. It's why there's so much folklore of Zoroark turning into beautiful women, Primarina luring men to their deaths, and Kantonian Ninetales luring men into the woods with illusions of beautiful women. It's not literal; it's all a metaphor.

Some do have a grain of truth, though. Zoroark would use their illusions to look like humans, but Hisuian Zoroark rarely did this since they wanted to avoid humans. Primarina have beautiful voices that would enchant any sailor, but since they were still wild Pokemon, the Primarina must've felt threatened or scared by the sailors and would harm them in self defense. Ninetales create illusions from fire, and will sometimes use these illusdions to keep people away. But, they rarely ever do it to keep people in the forest, since they dont like anyone in their territory, and the illusions were often scary. But, for the sake of storytelling snd explaining things they couldnt understand, they would change it.

Then there's Frolass, who will just lure men away and freeze them. That one's real. Beware of Froslass if you're a man or too masculine presenting. Unless you're my kid apparently. Froslass just get confused looking at them...

[scaviogifs]

#0038 - Ninetales

[juvian]

Vulpix, the fox pokemon -> 037

Ninetales, the fox pokemon -> 038

Do not repost - Requested by @sunmiyane

[myd00m]

Mozilla earned her Hyper Rank beauty ribbon today! I'm very proud of her :D

[quillpokebiology]

A friend of mine gifted a Kantonian Vulpix to me. She's pretty timid, but I think we've bonded well. But she evolved recently and I can't help but remember the stories I've heard of Ninetales' curses and grudges.

Can you tell me a bit about them so I'm less scared?

Yeah, of course! Also, don't worry. Ninetales can curse someone, but they'll rarely ever do it to their trainer, let alone anyone unless they're severely harmed. And they're smart, and can tell if the person did it on purpose or not.

Ninetales Facts

(Art by Sie Nanahara)

-The scientific name for Ninetales is "Vulpes Novema" which translates to "nine fox"

-Nintales and Vulpix are seen as the archetype for Vulpine Pokemon, and their group was even named after Vulpix

-Speaking of the Vulpine group, Ninetails is related to pokemon like Zoroark and Thievul, being the most related to Delphox

-While Ninetails are able to curse people, being cursed for 1,000 years is an exaggeration and there have only been a couple cases of that. The most amount of time you'll likely be cursed is for a week

-Ninetales are warm to the touch and are very soft

-They can get bored easily and will often make flames in front of them to tell stories or to just do random movements to keep themselves amused

-Ninetales hate being dirty and will be very snobby about being clean. They also don't want to war dirty food and will turn their noses to anything that they find dirty

(Art by Kyu on Pixiv)

-Despite not being ghost types, Ninetales have many ghostly abilities

-Ninetales also seem to have a dormant gene for the ghost typing. Because of this, researchers theorize that ancient Ninetales might've been fire/ghost types, or evolve into a ghost type

-As well as the ghostly abilities, Ninetales was seen as the Kantonian counterpart for Hisuian Zoroark. They were both seen as trickster foxes with magical abilities, and both of them would also have masks made based on them for festivals

-Ninetales are omnivores and eat berries while also hunting small rodents and birds

-In old Kanto, Ninetales were seen as incredibly dangerous, but the fur of one was believed to ward off evil spirits and yokai. Because of this, Ninetales fur was always sold for high prices

-Ninetales (and Hisuian Zoroark) have the longest life span of any Foxmon, being able to live for 1,000 years (always have a plan for when you die bcuz in most cases, your Ninetales WILL outlive you)

-Ninetales will often lay their eggs in direct sunlight. Researchers aren't sure why, but their best guess is that it might help power their fire abilities while the Vulpix is still developing

-They have a lot of pride in themselves and their abilities

-Ninetales are solitary and don't like anyone other than their young in their territories

-Unlike a lot of foxmon, Ninetales don't always mate for life

-Ninetales can lay up to 5 vulpix eggs per litter

-Like most foxmon, Ninetales are very vocal and have up to 40 different vocal sounds for communication

-Ninetales use their ears and fur to help regulate their body temperature

-Fur coats made from Ninetales used to be very popular among the wealthy, but that practice became illegal in most regions due to how rare they are

(Art by yu_ikedon on Danbooru)

[which-is-the-very-best]

[This is part of a larger poll! Pick your favorite, 1 Pokémon from each chain will advance to the bracket rounds!]

(yes regional variants are going to be part of the polls! Form changes sadly will not be. Variants will show up in their respective generations!)

[ika-archieves]

attacks for @manicpineapple and @zhampy!

[tenpoints4andy]

the Ninetales ever

[primalthorns]

a lil inside joke between me and a friend

Sabrina (Ninetales) belongs to me and Kai (Arcanine) belongs to my friend.

[theconfusedanimal]

a custom map i made for a shop in my dnd campaign! run by a very very large very very spooky ninetales/houndoom hybrid by the name of Clover

she's friendly i swear, her stock just comes at an....interesting price.

[webmdog]

Here are final designs of two of the “Alphas” that run the Rome-based dog country from my Pokemon RP group: Alpha Frida (The Ninetales) and Alpha Enzo (The Furfrou)

[front-facing-pokemon]

[the-spam-specialist]

My Top Ten Favorite Pokemon

After sitting down and thinking about it now that the recency bias of Scarlet and Violet has worn off, I can confidently say that these ten Pokemon are my favorite out of all 1025 monsters. Also, while they're all listed as final evos, I include the whole evolutionary line in my entries.

So here is the official list of my Top Ten Favorite Pokemon! Don't judge me too hard.

(If the GIFs don't load, I put all the Pokemon in the tags)

[myd00m]

hmmm

[quillpokebiology]

I have a 3-month-old vulpix kit that keeps crying out and searching for her Ninetales mother. The Ninetales is currently undergoing surgery to have a growth removed from her abdominal area. What should I do to soothe the Pix for now? Both Kantonian.

What you can do now is just try your best and kinda be their mother for a bit. Pick them up, comfort them, provide warm bedding, cuddle them, etc. You could also play with them more or give then stimm toys to help the Pix take their mind off of it until their mother is done with surgery.

Hope this helps. Good luck

[spyres-moved]

the gang's all here at last......