#she was mad I moved her out of her Snorlax

[suzythesilkie]

So this happened

[surveys-at-your-service]

Survey #398

“freedom is just man’s invention, & a soldier is just a slave”

What do you do the most when you’re online? Watch/listen to YouTube. Do you have a bobblehead? No. Have you ever spent your birthday alone? No, that sure would suck. Were you afraid of heights as a child? Actually no, but NOW I kinda am. Have you ever had a lead role in a play? No. Would you ever take a solo road trip? No, that sounds super depressing and lonely. Do the mountains fascinate you? Of course! So much history built into a magnificent, awe-inspiring piece of nature. Have you ever been insulted or called names by a significant other? Wow, no. I wouldn't tolerate that for a second. What’s your favorite movie battle scene? The fight between Simba and Scar is very powerful imo. Have you ever been to a same-sex wedding? No, but not because I'm opposed. I'd love to go to one and be the photographer. What’s your favorite Marvel movie? Probably one of the Spider-Man films. I don't remember which it is, and I don't want to spoil it by explaining what I do recall. Did you have a Walkman when you were a kid? No. What’s the most difficult experience you and a significant other have gone through together? Being long-distance when we really wanted each other's physical comfort. Have you ever attempted to pick a lock? Did you succeed? Yes, because Ashley locked her keys in the car. I don't remember if it worked, actually. Have you done the Bratz doll challenge for YouTube? No. I've seen a couple people do it, though, and it's both cool and creepy. Does the hospital in your town have a good reputation? NOOOOOOOOOOOO. What is your favorite nickname that you’ve had? "Bee" from Megan. Have you ever gotten a professional massage? No. I would be SO uncomfortable. If you had braces, do you wear your retainers still? No. :/ Well, the one you put in, anyone. I have a metal one behind the front row of my bottom teeth. If you had braces, have your teeth moved since you got them off? Yes. Do you know anyone personally who’s lost a child? I know way too many people who have suffered miscarriages. Do you take your medications regularly? Yes. What’s one luxury item you wish you could afford? An actually nice house. What’s your favorite thing to do in a swimming pool? Just kinda casually swim around. Have you ever been abused by a cop? No. What is one thing that you took to show-and-tell as a kid? My Snorlax plushy. Do you remember losing your first tooth? No. In the summer would you rather have the windows down or the A/C on in the car? I strongly prefer A/C. Have you ever been addicted to a game? What game? I had a long-time addiction to World of Warcraft for a couple years or so. I still play it now, but I'm not addicted to it anymore. As a matter of fact I get bored of it easily now. Which was better: the original The Lion King or the sequel? The original, but I love both very much. Do any of your grandparents have a tattoo? I don't know if any did. Do you believe that your pets feel love towards you? Roman, 120%. It is so obvious. Venus, no, as reptiles are literally incapable of experiencing that emotion. I do, however, know she trusts me. Are you proud of your body? FUCK no. Have you ever been rushed to the hospital in an ambulance? No. How do YOU believe the world & universe started? I don't know. I feel like MAYBE there is some sort of ultimate intelligence that formed the universe (maybe prompted the Big Bang, though I've always been dubious of that occurring naturally), but I don't think of this topic frequently at all. Does it really matter, after all? We're here, so just focus on that and live in the now. Have you ever stuck gum under a desk/chair? NO, that shit grosses me the hell out. When shopping at a grocery store, do you return your cart or just leave it? Return your fucking cart, please. It is NOT that difficult. What is one thing you’d never want your parents to find out? Certain places I've, uh, "done" things. When you were little, did you like Dr. Suess books? Yep. I seriously loved Green Eggs and Ham. What would you consider unforgivable? Rape is #1. Would you rather give your food to a homeless shelter or money to charity? Food to a homeless shelter, but I'd love to do both. What was your least favorite year of your life so far? 2016 was a fucking NIGHTMARE. Have you spent money on a game online? On one occasion, I asked if Mom would reactivate my WoW account, and when two expansions came out, I asked if she could buy them. I HATED asking. Thankfully, now, I'm rich enough in the game to pay for the "token" currency, which renews your subscription for a month, so I essentially play for free now. Have you been called a bad influence? Yes. Have any self-done piercings? Noooo. I only trust professionals. Ever pierced someone else? Again, no. Leave it to professionals, as well as someone without tremors. If you had a child with down’s syndrome, would you keep him/her? IF I wanted kids, of course I would. It really, REALLY bothers me when DS is the reason behind abortion. Mind you, I am pro-choice, but come on... Don't treat down's syndrome children as a curse. If someone tried to murder your child, do you think it would be wrong to expose them publicly and talk about it on social media? Of fucking course I would. I'd damn that person to hell myself. Is there a toxic person that you miss? I sometimes miss Colleen. Are you still contemplating going back to someone you shouldn’t? With Jason, yes. If he actually wanted me back (that will never happen, but anyway), I fear I'd say yes and probably would, realistically. When was the last time you had a new crush? When I realized I was bisexual. Do you want Jesus to come back soon? Back when I was a Christian, I was terrified of Judgment Day. I don't believe in it now. What is something you can’t wear because of your body type? I COULD wear whatever the hell I wanted, but I refuse to wear crop tops or strapless tops (or strapless bras). Oh, and thongs. No thanks. If you have curves, do you like them? I'm not curvy naturally, I'm just fat. Have you ever worn matching pajamas with someone? No, but that'd be cute. Has anyone ever mistaken you for being anorexic? No way. What fast food place do you avoid at all costs? Arby's, to name one. Are you afraid of deep sea creatures? Yes, especially giant squid. Have you ever agreed to purchase something on Ebay and got scammed somehow? Ugh, I got Ico THREE TIMES and they were ALL broken; they'd freeze in the first few minutes. Has anybody ever given you a promise ring? No. What is your favorite kind of cake? Red velvet. Honestly, have you ever eaten raw cookie dough? Yeah, multiple times. Were you outdoors or indoors more as a kid? I'd say it was a split down the middle. Have you ever had a relationship that began via text? Jason, Tyler, Juan, and Sara all began over text. Girt asked me out over Facebook Messenger. Do you think sloths are cute or ugly? They're cuties! What eyeshadow suits you best? I only wear black eyeshadow. Do you watch the show Wizards of Waverly Place? I did as a kid and really liked it. Have you ever been to the rainforest? No. I don't think I could handle the humidity, though I'd love to see all the beautiful wonders. Are you a member of any clubs? No. Would you shave your head with a friend who had cancer? If it was someone I was very close to and they were extremely self-conscious about it, I'd probably be willing to get very short hair, but I don't think I could handle no hair at all. How did you meet your pet? Roman was one of the kittens of Ashley's mother-in-law's cats. She has way too many cats and needed to get rid of the kittens, and I'd been wanting one like mad. I found Venus via the online reptile-selling hub called Morph Market, and I became VERY interested in the many, many ball python morphs, and when I saw her, I immediately knew that was my baby. Did/Do you have any PEZ dispensers? I did as a kiddo. What are some of the phrases in your personal ‘bingo’ card? "Mood," "can't relate," "hi, how are ya," "jinkies," "yikes," "oof," shit like that. Have you ever been through a trap door? No. Do/did you have to wear a uniform to your high school? No, only middle school. How many video games do you own? A whole lot. Have you ever visited a sex shop? No. Have you ever ridden a bicycle through a busy city? No, I'd be very scared to. Do you use Instagram? How often do you post there? I have two for my varying photography subjects. I post very rarely on both. Have you ever had a scary encounter with a wild animal? I have not.

[itsjamieithink]

so i finished pokemon sword today! 😌⚔👑

(discussion/thoughts below)

so the game was very fun~ i very much love the pokemon series and i finally got to play it after everyone’s moved on lmao

first things off the story isn’t great but that’s fine. i want to nut on rose’s soft tummy but like... c’mon elon musk delusion lmao. they really should’ve built it ip bc it felt like i saw him like 5 times during the whole game lmao. love oleana as well, she’s generally just very pretty and has the best expressions in game

i do want to kick in hop’s teeth tho. i don’t hate him but hau > hop by a goddamn mile, hop like a lot of rivals is just sooooo annoying. like i’m sure you’ll defs become the champion even though i’ve beaten you every single time we fight and never had a pokemon faint on my side... bitch

also i was neutral on leon and though he was semi-hot but then he came in with the fucking charizard with rock and grass type moves and maybe i hate him now... fucking bullshit i swear to god lmao. still mad that he one shot my dynamaxed drednaw

gym leaders are all stellar and have such great personality (even if most of them don’t feature very heavily in the story... sad).

milo is my husband... nessa is normani and just 100% That Bitch, kabu is kind of a foxy grandpa, bea is weirdly snatched but cool (and also gave me a lot of trouble ugh), opal is a trickster fairy and i love that (also the whole bede pink thing was hilarious, bede is a lil bitch tho), gordie is thicc and kinda not stylish and he’d be a top husband if he didn’t have ugly hair, piers is cool and total tumblr bait and raihan is sooo fucking tall what the fuck. i like his lil chompers and outfit, otherwise he was a pain in the dick and i’m glad i beat his ass

visuals wise the game looks amazing although some areas suck. that winter water-y place looks gross and a lot of environments are just waaaay too small. also there aren’t many stores around the place which is sad, it’s defs a rushed thing. i mean you have a restaurant and they don’t even sell pokemon food? ok then

the fashion in this game is good. i’m just happy to see more and more customisation options and the clothing style in-game is really good (sometimes when it matches my aesthetic lol). some things are waaaaay too expensive tho

the pokemon designs are also really awesome although there are some duds... rillaboom is extremely handsome and i love him and he’s my gentle and kind bara boyfriend (an anthro furry version tho lol) but the other evolutions for all the starters are not great lmao. the final versions are fine but fire bunny is boring and spy lizard is a lil weird (rillaboom gang rise up)

love toxtricity, i love toxel as well. i was gonna get one for my team but i wanted the high voltage version as a dude and i couldn’t get there without running out of patience. i just got snorlax instead and honestly he ended up carrying my team through a lot of things lol

also i wasn’t 100% sure on obstagoon as my aesthetic isn’t really punk rock-y but i like him! it was a big struggle with evolution bc i didn’t really love the first 2 stages but the final is cute. i was gonna replace him with toxtricity but you know how that went lol. he came in clutch tho, the friendship bar prevented him from fainting and then the counter would just instantly knock out the opponent... he’s a crazy bitch and i love him even if he wasn’t the most useful later on lmao

drednaw is also another pokemon i didn’t plan on getting but the type combination was super useful throughout the game... i woudn’t have be able to do a lot of things without her lol. thank u queen...

it’s funny though, i came into the game seeing all the bara versions of these guys as was so dedicated to getting dude versions but then i couldn’t find any dudes... weird. i still like the fact that the team is half female/male tho lol

and just a random joke but i can’t believe that half my team is naive... these bitches kinda dumb! they’re just relaxed and chill in general aside from  drednaw lol

mechanics wise i think dynamaxing is kinda dumb. the first time i did it i was like holy shit and then it became kinda op... not the most fun addition to the series but at least we don’t have to see it ever again lmao. i do think that the animations are great tho but i still hate the fact that only certain pokemon get a special dynamax form... the clownery

the wild area is really cool and i love that i could catch my boy snorlax but seeing the same pokemon over and over again in the grass and the time it takes to actually be able to catch high level pokemon kinda annoyed me. the size of it is great tho. the raid battles are cool as well but tehy’re often very easy. i didn’t play online at all so maybe that’s it but the difficulty is meh

i like pokemon camp a lot but it’s not great. it feels very unfinished and i didn’t want to put in the effort of mashing a for a minute to entertain my pokemon but i’m also one of those people who cares A Lot about my team so i spent a lot of time there as well lol

i want to get the dlc but tbh i don’t think it’ll be that interesting for me? when i finish a pokemon game that experience is dead for me so i don’t think i’ll get it unless it’s super cheap

it’s a pity that the short development time lead to a great but underwhleming game, there’s a lot of love that’s gone into the game and the new mechanics and ideas are fantastic but they’re just not deep enough... pokemon sun/moon remains superior i suppose

[magicmalcolm]

SO @theflyingromana asked me for an update on my progress through Pokémon Sun and...uh...I may have overdid it a bit?

Warning: Behind the cut lies Pokémon Sun and Moon spoilers.  And a LONG post as I talk about my Pokémon and stuff.

OKAY so I've just arrived at the fourth island, and I find out Seafolk Village is made up of houseboats shaped like Pokémon which is JUST THE BEST THING.  It reminds me of Raftfleet from Suikoden 5, which was also an awesome location in that game filled with awesome people and had boats with dragon figureheads and IT WAS AWESOME OKAY.

Seafolk Village also has some RANDOM stuff going on.  Like, there's this one random girl in a random houseboat that just randomly gives you a Level 40 Aerodactyl?  For...no discernible reason?  FOR FREE?  What is this MADNESS?  And this other guy just gives you the Magmarizer and the Electirizer for free too!  Like...who would have thought talking to people would bring such profits!?  (I also fished up a Wailmer named "WailOfATime").

Right now my vague mission objective is to find Hapu, the little girl who we’ve met around the Islands with her Mudsdale.  This sounds like the next Trial is gonna be Ground Type, so time to think of a team for that one!

(Also who would have thought the SEEMINGLY benevolent Aether Foundation were actually a front for a MADWOMAN WHO HAS NO PROBLEM HURTING NEBBY HOW DARE)

TEAM MAINSTAYS

POLARIS the Magnemite > Magneton Level 39 (Caught at Level 6 on Route 1) Type: Electric/Steel Ability: Sturdy (cannot be 1-Hit KO'd) Nature: Quirky (Neutral Nature) Moves: Tri Attack / Electro Ball / Thunder Wave / Flash Cannon

Getting a Steel Type so early in the game helped out a LOT.  I've always loved the mighty 'Mite family and even though I've used them TONS of times throughout the Generations, Polaris has just been so consistently useful that I've had a hard time benching it for long.

Sturdy isn't an amazingly useful Ability, and hasn't come into play once throughout this playthrough.  Mostly because I've kept Polaris FAR away from Fighting and Fire types.

Now I just need to find Alola's version of the Magnetic Cave it needs to evolve into Magnezone.  It's SOMEWHERE on Poni Island, so I'll soon have my Electric UFO.  SOON.

BUZZBY the Cutiefly > Ribombee Level 38 (Caught at Level 10 on Route 3) Gender: Female Type: Bug/Fairy Ability: Shield Dust (blocks the additional effects of attacks) Nature: Adamant (Attack +, Sp. Attack -) Moves: Pollen Puff / Dazzling Gleam / Acrobatics / Psychic

This tiny flutterbee singlehandedly took down Kahuna Hala's Grand Trial thanks to Bug Types resisting Fighting Type moves and Fairy Types being Super Effective against Fighters.  A speedy lil Special Attacker.

Adamant Nature is a poor fit for Buzzby (all it's Level Up attacks are Special Attacks), but it won't go completely to waste thanks to learning Acrobatics through TM.  Bug/Fairy/Flying/Psychic covers quite a bit of ground (although ironically not Ground).  Shield Dust is situational, but it's a far better ability than Honey Gather.

Evolved from a Cutiefly into Ribombee at Level 25, and that's apparently the final Evolution for that family.  It now has a cute little brown scarf!  

Pollen Puff is Ribombee's signature move, a 90 Power Bug Type Special Attack that will hurt an enemy but will heal a targeted ally in Multi-Battles.  Not bad!

ROBIN HOOT the Rowlet > Dartrix > Decidueye Level 45 (Starter Pokémon) Gender: Male Type: Grass/Ghost Ability: Overgrow (boosts Grass Type moves when low in health) Nature: Quiet (Sp. Attack +, Speed -) Moves: Steel Wing / Leaf Blade / Acrobatics / Spirit Shackle

Robin's biggest problem for the longest time was his moveset.  He still had Tackle and Astonish until just recently.  TACKLE. AND. ASTONISH.  So I felt it was time to splurge some Pokébux to try and help fix this.  Both Shadow Claw and Steel Wing are available to buy (Shadow Claw in Konikoni City, and Steel Wing in Malie City), and they helped carry Robin until he evolved into Decidueye and learned his Signature Move.  I then immediately taught him Acrobatics as Robin could only learn that as a Decidueye.  Not as a Rowlet or Datrix when he would have had STAB with it, oh no...

A Sp. Attack boosting nature is useless for Robin as he only learns Physical Attacks through Level Up...but Speed is already Robin's worst stat, so losing points in that isn't going to matter much.

MUNCHIE BOX the Munchlax > Snorlax Level 37 (Mystery Gift) Gender: Male Type: Normal Ability: Thick Fat (halves damage from Fire and Ice Type moves) Nature: Lax (Defense +, Sp. Defense -) Moves: Body Slam / Brick Break / Rock Slide / Giga Impact

Munchie has been a pretty great Physical attacker so far, great for taking out randomons in the wild.  Solid, if unspectacular Party member for all seasons.

The main goal was to get him Giga Impact to use with his Snorlium Z.  Normally using Giga Impact causes you to skip a turn, but activating it with Snorlium Z...hoo boy.

PECKSILLA the Pikipek > Trumbeak > Toucannon Level 36 (Caught at Level 3 on Route 1) Gender: Female Type: Normal/Flying Ability: Keen Eye (cannot have her accuracy lowered) Nature: Lax (Defense +, Sp. Defense -) Moves: Drill Peck / Thief / Brick Break / Beak Blast

Pokémon Sun & Moon's version of the early game Flying Type has also been a pretty solid Physical Attacker, and thanks to TMs has some nice type coverage at her disposal (Flying, Dark and Fighting is a nice spread).  This versatility will help her out for a while longer.  Beak Blast is an interesting Signature Move, it always goes last and if the opposing Pokémon makes contact with it then it automatically gets Burned.  Pecksilla is a VERY slow bird anyway, so chances are it's going last regardless of what move it uses, so it's essentially a free Burn on top of a powerful STAB move.

Also for a while she had both Pluck and Thief, making her the ultimate Plunder Bird.

DEAN AMBROSE the Alolan Rattata > Alolan Raticate Level 38 (Caught at Level 6 on Route 1) Gender: Male Type: Dark/Normal Ability: Gluttony (will eat held berries quicker than usual) Nature: Jolly (Speed +, Sp. Attack -) Moves: Crunch / Shadow Claw / Hyper Fang / Super Fang

For those playing along at home, Alolan Rattatas ONLY evolve into Raticate at Night, so if your Rattata is close to Level 20 you'll have to hang fire till after dark.  

Also definitely try to capture a Rattata with Hustle as it's ability, as Gluttony does absolutely nothing for them.  (Hustle increases the Attack stat of a Pokémon by 50% at the cost of lowering the Accuracy of Physical Attacks by 20%.  You can always give them a Wide Lens to hold to help with the debuff).

Any Sp. Attack lowering nature is perfect for Raticate although I'd rather the bonus went to a different stat than Speed, which is already Dean's highest stat.  He'll probably never be the hardest hitter on the team, but STAB Crunches and Hyper Fangs will be useful for a while longer.  Right now he's beginning to fall behind my other physical attackers, which may spell the end of his run.  Super Fang will be handy for capturing Pokémon though, since it can't KO.

FERGROWL the Growlithe > Arcanine Level 43 (Caught at Level 8 on Route 2) Gender: Male Type: Fire Ability: Flash Fire (powers up Fire Type moves if hit by a Fire Type move) Nature: Mild (Sp. Attack +, Defense -) Moves: Bite / Extreme Speed / Fire Fang / Wild Charge

The Sp. Attack boost is a bit of a waste, and the Defense down nature means Fergrowl is going to be one Hell of a glass cannon...much like his namesake, actually!  

I brought Fergrowl into the team for the Fire Type Trial on the second island, since Flash Fire nulls Fire Type moves completely.  Stuck around since the very next trial was Grass Type.  Then just stayed because I love Growlithe and haven't actually seriously used one since Gen I.

Move Set wise...Growlithes don't really learn anything useful for a good few levels after Take Down at 23.  Flame Burst isn't a good replacement for Fire Fang on a Growlithe, he's fast enough without Agility and Take Down is more reliably useful than Retaliate.  So I made an executive decision to use a Fire Stone on him the second I found one, learned Extreme Speed and I can always use TMs to fill in the gaps later.  I could have held fire until Fergrowl learned Flamethrower at Level 34, but I can teach him that by TM when I find it.

BUFFLET the Rufflet Level 37 (Caught at Level 11 on Route 3) Gender: Male Type: Normal/Flying Ability: Sheer Force (raises the power of attack moves with additional effects by 30%, but the additional effects are nulled) Nature: Careful (Sp. Defence +, Sp. Attack -) Moves: Rock Slide / Slash / Steel Wing / Hone Claws

When Pecksilla was nearing her final Evolution, I decided to swap in Bufflet for a bit.  Having a Rufflet early in the game is somewhat of a novelty, and Sheer Force boosted Rock Slide makes him a good Anti-Air unit.  Sheer Force also boosts Steel Wing, so why not?  Rufflet's other usual ability is Keen Eye, so I lucked out here.

You may notice Bufflet has no Flying STAB moves...well, that's because he actually has pretty limited options there.  There's Fly...or Sky Drop...or arguably the best option, Aerial Ace.  I decided Slash was a better option than those three moves, and he'll learn Crush Claw eventually...which is ALSO a Sheer Force boosted move.

RUFFN'TUMBLE the Rockruff > Midday Form Lycanroc Level 38 (Caught at Level 10 at Ten Carat Hill) Gender: Female Type: Rock Ability: Keen Eye (cannot have her accuracy lowered) Nature: Timid (Speed +, Attack -) Moves: Stealth Rock / Bite / Rock Slide / Brick Break

Most of the newer members of the team were brought in to take on the Fire Type Trial since most of my main party at the time (Magnemite, Ribombee, Dartrix) were weak to fire.  RuffN'Tumble wasn't the only Rock Type I had access to, but Rockruff was by far the cutest and therefore took priority.  A TIMID LITTLE ROCK PUPPER (even if Timid is a horrible Nature for a Rockruff).

Rockruff's evolution actually differs in each game.  The Evolution level is 25 in both games, but in Sun they evolve during the day into Midday Form Lycanroc and in Moon they evolve at night into Midnight Form Lycanroc.  The stat spread for the two forms is different (Midday Form is quicker, Midnight Form has better defensive stats) and they learn a different move upon evolving (Midday Form learn Accelerock, Midnight Form learn Counter).

RICKY! the Lillipup > Herdier > Stoutland Level 37 (Caught at Level 12 on Route 4) Gender: Male Type: Normal Ability: Sand Rush (boosts Speed in Sandstorms) Nature: Brave (Attack +, Speed -) Moves: Crunch / Take Down / Rock Tomb / Retaliate

Excellent, Ricky! ended up with an Attack boosting nature.  In a perfect world I'd have gotten an Adamant natured Lillipup with Intimidate as its Ability instead of the horrendously situational Sand Rush, but a slightly lowered Speed won't hinder Ricky! too much.

The Lillipup family were a great asset to my teams in both Pokémon Black and Pokémon White 2 (especially White 2 where you get both Lillipup AND the Return TM extremely early).  Subbed him in for a bit after Munchie fully evolved, and will probably trade places with him depending on which one is lower leveled.

FERGULL the Wingull > Pelipper Level 36 (Caught at Level 6 on Route 1) Gender: Female Type: Water/Flying Ability: Drizzle (automatically summons the Rain weather effect when entering a battle) Nature: Lonely (Attack +, Defense -) Moves: Scald / Air Cutter / Echoed Voice / Thief

Another Pokémon brought in especially for the Fire Trial, Fergull was also useful for the Grass Trial that followed it.  Drizzle seems to be a really random ability for Pelipper of all things to have, especially when you think that it was Kyogre's signature ability once upon a time (the only other Pokémon that can have Drizzle as an ability?  It's Politoed's hidden ability).

Pelipper's main problem now is that it's not going to learn anything useful from levelling up for a LONG time.  Scald will probably be sufficient for a while yet (especially boosted by Drizzle's Rain effect) but it's not going to get anything better than Air Cutter for ages.  She's also beginning to fall behind stat-wise, sadly.

WYATT the Mudbray > Mudsdale Level 39 (Caught at Level 14 on Route 4) Gender: Male Type: Ground Ability: Stamina (Boosts Defense stat when hit by an attack) Nature: Docile (Neutral Nature) Moves: High Horsepower / Heavy Slam / Double Kick / Stomp

Another Pokémon brought in for the Fire Type Trial.  Since Ground is Super Effective against Fire, I thought I'd give this new Pokémon a try.  The irony of having a Docile Natured Donkey Pokémon is not lost on me.  As you might expect, it's a strong Physical attacker that's pretty damn slow.  It also has an interesting movepool...currently covering Ground/Steel/Fighting/Normal.  Just waiting for Earthquake now, really.

CYAN the Alolan Meowth > Alolan Persian Level 39 (Caught at Level 8 on Route 1) Gender: Female Type: Dark Ability: Technician (Boosts the attack power of moves of 60 base power or lower by 50%) Nature: Bashful (Neutral Nature) Moves: Slash / Bite / Hidden Power (Ghost) / Power Gem

With Dean fully evolved into Raticate, I thought I'd try the other early game Dark Type out for a bit.  Technician is such a great Ability to have early-to-mid game.  Cyan started out with Bite, and Technician boosts that to a 90 Power STAB attack with a chance of flinching.  Alolan Meowth's are more balanced towards Special Attack, so I immediately checked what it's Hidden Power Type would be at Paniola Ranch...Ghost was completely fine for this purpose although Dark would have be nice for STAB, the two are easily interchangeable...so with Technician that gives Cyan a 90 Power Ghost Type Special Attack.

OTHER NOTABLE POKÉMON

SKARMONY the Skarmory (Level 38, Steel/Flying, Rock Slide / X-Scissor / Fly /Steel Wing)

Skarmory is one of my faves!  Named Skarmony as for the longest time I thought that's what it was actually called and wondered why it didn't learn Sing.  Like Bufflet, Skarmony suffers from a lack of good Physical Flying Type STAB moves, but Fly will do for now.

BUBBLE-HEAD the Dewpider > Araquanid (Level 37, Water/Bug, Scald / Leech Life / Infestation / Bite)

First of all, Araquanid might be my favourite new Pokémon name in this Generation.  That's a solid A+ pun right there.  It's Ability actually lowers the power of Fire Type moves used against it and prevents the Burn status effect.  Handy!

Also, holy drain the life of our enemies Batman, Leech Life got a HUGE buff in this Generation.  Remember when it was a piddly 20-Power move?  It's now an 80-Power move.  AND IT'S A TM THIS GENERATION.

CASSANDRA the Absol (Level 44, Dark, Psycho Cut / Slash / Swords Dance / Night Slash)

ABSOL!  My absolute favourite Pokémon, so of course it's getting used.  Right now I'm switching between Cyan and Cassandra to try and keep even leveling.

BOUNCEE the Bounsweet > Steenee > Tsareena (Level 40, Grass, Razor Leaf / Trop Kick / Stomp / Teeter Dance)

Got this one in an In-Game trade, right before the Water Trial on the second Island.  Another Physical orientated Grass Type.  Trop Kick is it's Signature Move, a 70 Power Physical Grass Type move that also lowers the targets' Attack stat.

ANTACID the Salandit > Salazzle (Level 41, Poison/Fire, Flame Burst / Venoshock / Nasty Plot / Toxic)

Only Female Salandits can evolve into Salazzle, so be cautious when catching one for yourselves!  Salazzle's an interesting one, it's a Fire/Poison type with the  Ability Corrosion which allows her to Poison Steel and Ground types.  Seems to be a counter to Steel types in general?  It's design kinda creeps me out though, but she's a solid speedy Special Attacker.

(Other Pokémon caught but not really used: Ash-Greninja, Pinsir, Aerodactyl, Luminescent the Finneon, Not!Kirby the Igglybuff, WailOfATime the Wailmer, Sandra Dee the Sandile, Pancham, TeeVee the Eevee, Retreevee the Eevee, Brooklyn the Crabrawler, GDI Whitney! the Miltank, TuffN'Rumble the Stufful, O.Ghost the Gastly, Praying the Fomantis, Red Ranger the Ledian, Pentagon Jr. the Staryu, PrinceDiglet the Alolan Diglett, Treacle the Slowpoke, Magmite the Magby, Elias the Drifloon, Mallardy the Psyduck, Pixie the Goldeen, 2 Carbinks)

WONDER TRADE GOODIES!

Alolan Sandshrew > Alolan Sandslash (Level 37, Ice/Steel, Slash / Leech Life / Icicle Spear / Iron Head)

OUCH, that typing gives it two 4x Effective Weaknesses.  A pure Physical Attacker, which doesn't give it a lot of options for Ice STAB but Iron Head is a great Steel STAB move for it.  More happy to get it since it's a Moon Exclusive Poké, and I'm playing Sun.

Alolan Grimer > Alolan Muk (Level 47, Poison/Dark, Gunk Shot / Toxic / Poison Jab / Crunch)

Grimer/Muk REALLY benefited from gaining that Dark sub-type.  You can catch Alolan Grimer absurdly early on and they are REALLY good Pokémon this Generation.  I am kicking myself for missing out on them early-game, because this Muk has been a beast ever since I got him.  Not much Move Type variety, but does VERY well with the moves it has.

Popplio > Brionne > Primarina (Level 46, Water/Fairy Hyper Voice / Sparkling Aria / Hidden Power (Ground) / Moonblast)

Honestly, getting the other Starters has been made so much easier thanks to Wonder Trading.  So many people trying to breed a perfect Starter, and just tossing away the failures.  I will happily take these kind of leftovers.  Primarina came along as part of the Rescue Lillie from the Aether Paradise segment.  No idea why I taught her Ground Type Hidden Power?  I’m sure past-me had a good reason?

(Also even though I can't rename her, she's totally called Belladonna)

Alolan Vulpix > Alolan Ninetails (Level 47, Ice/Fairy, Extrasensory / Hex / Moonblast / Ice Beam)

I LOVE Alolan Ninetails' redesign.  This Ninetails also has it's Hidden Ability, Snow Warning...which automatically makes it Hail when he enters battle.  I wanna keep using him, but I want to try and keep everything relatively evenly leveled.

Litten > Torracat > Incineroar (Level 40, Fire/Dark, Thrash / Flamethrower / Swagger / Darkest Lariat)

IT'S CATTERWALL!  The last of the Alolan Starters I managed to get, hence why it's the lowest level.  Will probably swap places with Fergrowl depending on which is lower leveled.

(Also received on Wonder Trade but not really used: Surskit/Masquerain, Alolan Geodude, Dhelmise, Trapinch, Jangmo-o, Mimikyu, Honedge, Grubbin/Charjabug, Spinarak, Machop, Mareanie, Axew, Gible, Poliwag, Fletchling, Snorunt/Froslass)

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Pokemon Sun and Moon Nuzlocke Summary

Rules: Standard Nuzlocke -1 Pokemon per area on the map (indicated by yellow lines) -If first pokemon in an area is the same as another skip and catch next one -Always nickname -Always catch shinies (can’t use them unless first in the area) -Can’t buy items (cosmetics are okay though!) -Island scan is okay for 1 pokemon as long as it’s the first pokemon on the route Chose Rowlet - named Crumpet Caught Pikapek - named Kilimanjaro (If looks could kill) Caught Ratatta - named Chimmy Caught Meowth - named Maximillion (Yugi boy) Caught Drowzee - named Lord Pants (Cause pants) Caught Grimer - named Tracer (idk rainbows?) Caught Cyndaquil - named Killetheth (MY BOY) Caught Spearow - named Macho (knew exactly what to do with this one) Traded Spearow for a machop named Macho  (I HAD LIKE 50 BIRDS I NEEDED SOMETHING TO BEAT ROCK TYPES) Caught Oricorio - Named Pvt. Dancer (YES ANOTHER FUCKING BIRD) 2nd Island I needed Macho to take one for the team- I... did not care for his death. Wasn’t paying attention, and the first pokemon on the route killed Maximillion- caught it. It was a Grubbin (forgot bug > dark) it was so sudden- I was sad. At least I didn’t get to see his face blow up.

I named the grubbin KILLERBEE.

I caught a poliwag and named it Waggirl as per my sister’s instruction.

A trainer with a miltank showed up and plowed through my pokemon, my man, Crumpet was murdered by it. I’ll... miss him.

Got Eevee egg - Yes I tactically used repels here so I could count Eevee as that area’s first pokemon. Shut up. It hatched and I named it Sandwiches. Caught Fletchling - named it Scrambledegg... it died like two minutes later when I tried to give it EXP and it got pursuited on.

Lord Pants being a boss and destroying everything surprisingly. The fire trial was intense but somehow made it through, except for Pvt. Dancer who danced their last dance for a chance at us living through that, and Killerbee who atoned for their sins as a majestic charjabug.

Used pokepelago to evolve Sandwiches into a Sylveon- the lady killer. Special defensive tank for my team! (And also fucking adorable)

Caught Whimpod- Named it Oogami after the best girl in Dangan Ronpa 1. Killetheth wrecked the grass trial. Desperately needed ground type- got a zubat in Diglett’s tunnel. (Seriously?) Named Slavoj Zizek as per @steampunkjesus​ request. Caught Lillipup - Named it JT and immediately traded it for a bouncee - not because I particularly wanted a bouncee but because it was holding shiny powder lol. I’m not using Bouncee. Into the box you go. Afterward everything went pretty smoothly: The current team being - Oogami, Kilimanjaro, Killetheth, Sandwiches, Lord Pants, Slavoj Zizek 3rd Island We caught a slowpoke - named it Potato- as per norm- and quickly added it to team. Lord Pants was not needed anymore. Electric trial wrecked me. No rock type or ground types at all- Up to Killetheth to Zmove his way through it... but Vikavolt totem has a fire-reducing berry and took the shot- quickly retaliating and absolutely destroying Killetheth- 1 level before Typhlosion- :(

Caught Skarmory - named it- It’sOver isn’t it? Isn’t it? Isn’t it over? 

I also forgot that everybody in Alola has dark type moves and that’s probably not good for Potato, as a random trainer’s Sharpedo crunched on my Potato and he died too :(( Lord Pants tagged back in. Everything went fine, caught a Snowrunt named it Iced Coffee

At Po town it was raining, I managed to catch a goomy! Named it Tim Tammy- because holy shit Timtam slams are amazing.

Hapu decided playtime was over and her Mudsdale split my team apart, Lord Pants was the first to go down, apparently grass knot wasn’t enough to take it down, so Sandwiches came out next and skill swapped it’s OP stamina away, before getting earthquaked to death. Oogami came back and took revenge for them, but it was too late, Lord Pants and Sandwiches died fighting valiantly. My team was p. shabby at this point. Oogami, Slavoj, Kilimanjaro, TimTammy, It’sOver, ???? 4th Island Got a free Aerodactyl on a boat! Named it FreeBoat added to team. Caught Shiinotic, named Portabella. Portabella wrecked the dragon trial, which was awesome.

Portabella died to Gladion’s Silvally which was way less awesome. Needed another grass type pokemon for the rock elite four... I was forced to use... Bouncee. gdi. Bouncee got mad at my fashion. Ugh. Final team for elite four: Oogami - the crutch of the team, been soaking up experience for awhile, but was utterly weak against 3/4 elite four. Still strong enough to tank a LOT, however. Timtammy- Unknown potential, just turned into Goodra and was going to have to take the place of the Special Defense tank that Sandwiches left behind. Slavoj Zizek - Glass Cannon, I needed to be careful, with Scope lens and high crit rate moves and full friendship, she crits every time, but low defense and no health makes her an easy kill. FreeBoat- Good typing, weird potential, maybe FreeBoat can stick it out? Kilimanjaro - Sleep hitter of the team, quietly lurking, always there. Knows a fire move for some reason? Still knows a fighting move? What the fuck are Toucannons even? Bouncee- Ugh. High Jump Kick + Wide Lens = 99% hit rate high jump kick. Even though it’s 99% I just know that 1% is gonna fuck me over at some point. Careful planning- Oogami tanked through the fighting one beat him easily Skipped the rock one for now... Ghost elite four was weird and required some switching, but no harm done. Flying leader was intense and scary, but at low health, FreeBoat managed to sweep, and her crobat was just as fast as Slavoj, but was 13 levels behind him?! (Like seriously wtf?) Rock was really scary. Relicanth was easy, but that Golem was hurting us like crazy (most of the team was weak to electric.) But no one was harmed. Final fight with Kukui himself! Bouncee kicked his dog in the face! Braviary got z moved on by Timtammy ice bem! FreeBoat fought his Incineroar taking it down low and it got full restored... and I had not a lot of other options so... Free Boat had to take the hit for the team... FreeBoat being the first casualty of the elite four... Oogami took him down with revenge! Magnezone was scary, but Bouncee has surprisngly powerful legs that took it down. Ninetails I thought would be scary, but Slavoj one shotted it with a signature Cross Poison. Finally- Snorlax. Watch it get karate chopped by a toucan. Amazing game to Nuzlocke by the way guys, it was really fun! Final fight with Tapu Koko ended abruptly. Expected it to be a big fight, but forgot emergency exit actually runs away from wild battles, LOL. Lillie has different dialogue if you run too! Which is interesting.