#pokemon starly

[munna-sato]

Based on this image:

[daily-pokemon-trivia]

Tailow, Wingull, Starly, Pikipek and Pidove are all tied for the lowest special defense flying type pokemon

[aqueenpriestess]

{ Route 202 Summery }

{ Pokémon Platinum Nuzlocke Pt 1 }

{ So I guess I named Sun Wukong correctly because he proceeded to kill all the encounters we touched except 2 and that's only because I found one before the other... }

{ First Encounter: Shinx! }

{ Sun Wukong Killed it with a last hit crit QwQ It was still far in the yellow so I thought I could get a last hit in to get it in the red... and the third hit killed it XoX But it also mae be realize something... }

{ I hadn't thought about this rule when I made the rules list so now what do I do? Do I say that shinx is out? And would it be for just this route or the whole game? }

{ Well, the goal of the nuzlocke is to use pokemon and with my “can catch others of the same evo line” in place I think it would be more fair to say Shinx is out at the very least for this route! So that's what I've decided to go with! }

{ Second Encounter: Starly! }

{ Ok this one was entirely my fault, I thought they were close enough in level that 1 ember would just get it in the red. Instead, Sun Wukong 1 hit K.O.'ed the poor thing. Fried it to a crisp... }

{Third Encounter: Bidoof }

{ The one that lived XD }

{ Welcome to the team Biddy ~ }

{ The last encounter on this route (I think?) is Kricketot so if Biddy dies at least I have that one encounter to fall back on if Sun Wukong doesn't accidently kill it XD Poor baby either doesn't know his own strength or doesn't want anyone else on the team X3 }

[milkshreds]

[pokemonshelterstories]

she is SO mad that she got brought in to the aviary for being Too Baby

[amfmrdo]

[momoko-06]

[joltheh]

Regigigigigigi 🤖🏔️

[protagpigeon]

naptime zzzz

[cardspkmn]

Grotle — S&V Temporal Forces #164

Illustrated by: Oswaldo KATO

[pokemon-cards-hourly]

[pinkzombie-cel]

Momoka and other fairy type gym leader (my friend gymsona) are besties (the 2nd illustration made by my friend Diza)

sometimes trainer got 'em wrong (yes momoka is just a camper tho lol)

[tbshorts]

Starly turns a tiny cowlick into a powerfully proud pompadour

✨ Bidoof ✨ ... and Bibarel, I guess.

Kricketot and Kricketune are good, if unspectacular, costuming

Video scripts below the cut

Starly:

Why hello there, Gen 4 Pidgey, what is your deal?

Well, Starly isn't much of anything, it's a fairly literal translation of a starling, albeit with a quite compelling graphic design on the face and a good use of that one white tailfeather and the little cowlick on the head to give it some uniqueness.

Staravia mostly doubles down on those ideas, hardening the face mask into a star and REALLY curling that cowlick into a spitcurl that, along with the severe expression, gives it some strong confrontational energy.

And all of that comes to a head culminating naturally and very smoothly in Staraptor, which moves basically all of the design detail to the head and face. Its face crest now spreads out in sharp spikes, the eyes are red and focused and serious, and it's grown what's always seemed to me like a Bōsōzoku hairstyle, that particular brand of youth counterculture so embedded in Japanese pop culture. The blood red that it's tipped with gives it some much needed color and more menace, almost as though it's daring you to comment on its silly hairdo.

I feel the rest of the design is a bit neglected here, it could use some more detail, but all in all, it's effective, it looks powerful, it works.

Grade: A

Bidoof:

You know, if Bidoof didn't evolve, I might genuinely put it in S-tier.

Every generation needs its Rattata, right, a mostly weak, somewhat cute but usually quickly discarded Normal type with an early evolution, entirely designed to be left behind. Bidoof is that for Gen 4, but… who could ever abandon this precious child? Look at him! I struggle to even really articulate it, because its sweetness is so obvious.

Bidoof's shape language is very simple, all circles and rounded shapes, which then contrasts with the sharp rectangles of its teeth. And that enormous overbite combined with the tiny little red clown nose and those sweet little button eyes that are just a little too far apart… god it looks precious. It's so fucking cute! What dark alchemy did they pour into this beast to make it so fucking appealing??? If you can put him in a PC box and leave him without feeling guilty, your soul will not see Heaven!

The evolution, though… I mean Bibarel is fine, it's cute enough, but between that weird eye mask, the pinprick eyes which just don't work on it and the loss of a lot of its wooly fluffiness… some of the magic is lost.

It's still cute, it's still good, but it's just not Bidoof anymore.

Grade: A

Kricketot:

I don't usually give bug types much attention because, well, they tend to be weak and I don't like their type matchups, but Cricketot is a deceptively adorable little thing. With its wide collar and markings on the chest, it looks like it's wearing a fancy olde timey outfit, and depending on if you see the round shape on its face as a mouth or a nose it looks various degrees of awkward and shy. The color scheme is maybe a bit drab, but what a dapper little gentleman.

This all comes very much to a head in Cricketune, with its big imperious moustache the wings hanging off its body like fancy coat tails. Going by its pokédex entries it's supposed to evoke the idea of a virtuoso composer, playing on the idea of grasshoppers and crickets as violinists. And, yeah, I can see that idea. I think maybe the markings on the body could have evoked white tie dress a bit more explicitly, or maybe have its antennae shaped like musical notes or something, but, no, yeah, I buy it.

As a design, this is… perfectly effective. It's not exciting, but it's a fun idea and it works… well enough.

Grade: B

[just-another-murkrow-lover]

Fast friends! <3 @wondertrade-hub

[macaronichewtoyz]

And of course our captures from today! Next time, we take on the rock gym!

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Pokemechs, Ivy and her biwds

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