#zoroark rambles

[local-zoroark-lover]

Oh! You like the Zorua line? :>

@diamond-doubles

Yes! My mother is a scientist and conversationist, and I’m her assistant (and Pokémon breeder in training!) so we’re trying to repopulate the area with the Zoroark that used to roam everywhere.

Unfortunately, strong trainers from the master dojo, invasive species and over catching slowly whittled the population down into literally the single digits, and they’re now severely endangered in all of Galar, so we’re trying to revive the population. I currently have a small pack of about 17 zorua and Zoroark I look after. The alpha of the pack, North, has basically decided my house is her house though…she’s staring at me from the foot of my bed as I type this, lol

So yeah, I love the zorua line, I’ve been living around them since I was 7.

[azurityarts]

Haven't drawn Faux in a while; decided to give him some touch-ups

Since his old setting wrapped up, he's kinda just been on the back burner, but I thought it could be neat to give him the broad "mercenary-for-hire" archetype? NGL I heard "Put Me to Work" by Big Data and something clicked in my brain:

Set me off See what I'm worth Turn me on I go berserk I don't care If I get hurt No I don't care Just put me to work

Someone who doesn't care about the safety of themselves (or occasionally others) as long as the job gets done, hence the missing arm. I thought that could be interesting considering he's a Zoroark too; not sure if that would impair the illusion abilities or to what degree if so?

(None of this is the meaning of the original btw; the actual song is about automation taking over and replacing human jobs LOL)

Anyways don't mind me I'm rambling ahnsdgahnsdf

[pokegyns]

alright so an argument i’ve recently had with a particular person on here is what initially motivated me to make a post about this, but it’s something that’s overall been bothering me a lot in trans spaces, so i have decided to talk about it.

it’s a known fact that trans people are very sensitive to any talks of biological sex, and that they refuse to analyze or hear out any form of sex-based oppression, however sometimes this discomfort can truly delve into a more dangerous territory. if we cannot talk about sex-based oppression, we cannot have feminism. something that has seriously been circulating around trans spaces recently is a very serious form of sex-based oppression denial, one that crosses the borders of “i’m uncomfortable with talks of biological sex because i’m dysphoric”. the outright refusal to acknowledge that female people are legitimately oppressed in ways that male people never will be, the outright denial of deathly forms of misogyny such as medical & reproductive misogyny that systemically only harm those born female, bold & vocal statements such as “transmisogyny is worse than misogyny” [why are you borrowing & coining a word that originates in *misogyny* if you are going to blatantly & boldly undermine the existence of misogyny?]– those aren’t harmless statements, and are actually actively contributing to the medical negligence of female bodies. they are supporting the continuation of this mystification of female bodies, the underresearched nature of female bodies; by refusing to acknowledge the very factual reality of the male body being seen as default, creating fallacies, hypothetical situations & people, engaging in whataboutism & overall denial of reality, to support their weak arguments of female oppression not existing on its’ own & genuinely asking questions such as, “what makes an afab person more oppressed than an amab person?” [but then again continuing to use the word “transmisogyny”, when, by their logic, the word would be an oxymoron, since they do not recognize misogyny as an actual axis of oppression], they are essentially saying, “medicine is correct for neglecting the female body, following the male model as the default, and should continue doing so”.

“what makes an afab person more oppressed than an amab person?”, they ask. “there isn’t some inherent oppression faced by afabs!”, they shout. well, i’m about to answer their so kindly articulated questions, although i’m very aware they are going to dismiss my words as bigoted attack against transfeminine people, as bio-essentialist propaganda, and “terf shit”. although male people absolutely can & do face sexual assault & rape [and the rates of prostituted & sexually exploited & brutalized trans women are alarming; which is something that should most definitely be discussed in feminist circles, as it is an issue of transmisogyny, which is equally damaging & oppressive], the ability to be impregnated is an additional vulnerability. the ability to get someone pregnant puts you in the privileged position here, no matter how uncomfortable that makes you feel. next up, female puberty is a very traumatic experience, as is female socialization. the stigma surrounded around “girlhood”, being locked away from freedom while seeing all your male peers enjoying a childhood of leisure– how is this not an advantage? add on the societal stigma around growing breasts, getting your period, developing a more adult-ish female body type– all of those are female-specific issues [trans women can add their insights about their experiences with hormone reassignment therapy & share their struggles with gender childhood trauma & unique discomfort with socialization + forced/unwanted male puberty, and their insights are more than welcome & appreciated]. furthermore, female infanticide is still unfortunately a form of oppression that we have yet to end, and bringing up the homicide of trans women is not at all comparable to this. a parent does not know their male infant is going to be sex incongruous, and this very much protects the male baby from being aborted or literally femicided after birth for being female, which is, quite literally, tangible proof of female-specific oppression existing on its’ own, starting even before or from birth, without any other accompanying & contributing factors. to add on, female genital mutilation is likewise still a sexist practice that is yet to be stopped. as is the existence of child brides. as are abortion bans.

strawmanning & using whataboutism, such as “there are cis women who cannot menstruate! there are cis women who cannot get pregnant! there are cis women without uteruses! there are cis women without *insert female organ*!” is not going to negate the fact that *trans women inherently remain without uteruses*. it is not going to negate the fact that historical medical misogyny, such as the misogynistic claim of “female hysteria” was intrinsically linked to uteruses. it is not going to magically make trans women the primary victims of the abortion bans. it is not going to negate the reality of negligence of female bodies in the medical field. it is not going to negate the historical reality of female people being unable to open their own bank accounts up, and male people of all sorts being able to. in no way am i saying that medical & reproductive misogyny are the only sorts of misogyny, nor am i claiming that period stigma is *the central* aspect of misogyny & *the deciding factor* to who experiences the worst of misogyny; all i’m saying is, that even female people who personally cannot menstruate/don’t have specific female sex characteristics/are intersex– still are systemically affected by medical misogyny & period stigma. trans women can experience female-specific misogyny when assumed to be female, medical misogyny is not the only form of misogyny nor is it the most important one, trans women can & do experience social misogyny, economic misogyny, cultural misogyny– but they are not experiencing medical misogyny. that being said, medical transphobia can absolutely be deathly, and should not be ignored in feminist discussions.

it is not a violent threat to your humanity to acknowledge that oppressed people are oppressed in different ways, holy fuck. it should not be seen as a direct attack against a minority group to analyze intersectionality & different forms of bigotry. we all have experiences that are equally valuable & we can all equally contribute to the fight against oppression, with all of our differing struggles & diverse battles. neither oppression is worse. both are fucking bad, and both suck equally, having both overlaps & differences in their manifestation. you just have to realize that you sometimes are, in fact, the privileged one. cis women may be at advantage in other situations, but you are at advantage in other situations. we all need to be good allies to each other. medical neglect of female people is real, but so is the medical neglect of transfeminine people. they manifest in different ways, which isn’t dangerous to point out, and it should be pointed out. neither is inherently worse or more traumatic & important than the other. both are oppressive to the core, and both stand in the way of feminism & anti-patriarchal action. it’s not going to fucking kill you to just be mature for once. i promise you.

– mod zoroark

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was at a costume store with some classmates from my college and I was just rambling about John C. McGinley playing Dr. Cox from Scrubs and how he deserved more recognition from the role. A voice behind me says, “Oh, really? Is that so?” I turn around and it’s him.

Later on, we both did a Pokemon Smash or Pass. He rated Zoroark a smash.

[ofowlsdinosaursanddragons]

I love how the two Zoroarks are portrayed. Like:

Unovan Zoroark, while able to cause horrifying hallucinations to whoever dares to capture it.

it’s also stated to be a quite a social pokemon and forms long lasting bonds with others of it’s kind similarly to canids, whales and even hyenas.

I mean hell! There was an entire movie dedicated to a mother Zoroark wanting her Zorua back.

But HISUIAN ZOROARK?!

It’s stated to bot actually be its own species but rather Zoroarks and Zorua who died and came back hateful and full of spite.

And sure as hell looks like a hateful corpse with what seems to be exposed muscle bulging out of its pale, dead skin.

And this thing lives what is a frozen hellscape that would look good in a horror movie setting like in the thing.

HELL in the Hisuian snow anime, ONE of them shown taking out an ALPHA GARCHOMP. Who, remind you, took on two Pokémon it was weak to.

I’m honestly half convinced that Hisuian Zoroark might as well be death from the Last Wish movie.

like imagine hearing this in the alabaster icelands:

[inkymers007]

Now... I'm not saying that Freide is a buff motherfucker... But... Ya gotta admit he's got some muscle on him to be able to hold up Zoroark.

We know what we must do fellow artist.

[vamprnce]

when I saw Kusuriuri's new look especially the hair for the movie I was like hm, this reminds me of something--

besides wanting to draw the new design I wanted to draw him with Hisuian Zorua! not only the white/red parts and yellow eyes match, the whole fox thing goes well w Kusu (plus in lore this Zorua is a revengeful spirit fox which goes well with the whole theme too)

[peridot-the-photographer]

howling really loudly would probably not fix me, but it would help a lot.

[gen4grl]

i’ve definitely said it on here before but the last 6+ months i’ve been slowly chipping away at my shiny living dex in legends …shiny hunting (especially with the charm) in this game is super easy but wow … still hard work :p i am definitely most scared for pokemon exclusive to the time/space distortions (the amount of time i have spent with the game open just waiting for them to spawn oh goddd) and the eevees. i’ve never in any previous game cared about pokedex completion but the catching mechanics mixed with the massive mass outbreaks makes it so much fun arghhh anyway!!!! here are some of my fave moments from hunting so far!!! 2 shiny zoroark, alpha shiny abomasnow and 2 shiny octillerys!!!

[cursezoroark]

mona's main team! (paragon)

[local-zoroark-lover]

Sometimes i wonder if never having human friends and only ever interacting with Pokémon for almost all my life is going to have long term effects on my mental health. I’m not saying I don’t love the way I live because I absolutely do, I just also don’t think it’s…healthy for a teen my age to live the way i do. I think most 16 year olds have at least one human friend, and don’t spend most of their time in the forest, barking and howling like a Zoroark and running around on all fours.

Having said that, I did try to make friends, both in and out of school. It didn’t particularly work…I just got ignored or made fun of. I seriously wonder sometimes if I’m a Pokémon trapped in a human body…i know the inverse can happen- a human becoming a Pokémon- so I wonder if the reverse happened to me. If anyone has any documentations of a Pokémon becoming a human, I’d like to learn about it. I’ll rummage through my books and see if I can find anything in those too…

[than487]

it's, like, definitely not themed

[ghostie-gengar]

N and zoroark grad cap <3

[retroquarium]

I tried to shiny hunt Popplio for my birthday, ended up getting three with NO DESTINY MARK, so I introduce to you:

or alternatively, because of their names:

I hate them (lie)

as normal, some more under the cut :)

Their names are Saturday in different languages bc my birthday was on Saturday :) It also continues the trend from last year with my boy Friday, who I got first try with the destiny mark

for fun, here's a video I got of him and the babies :)

[aries-rp-corner]

Sooooo….a new portion of my new icon. Might keep it for awhile XD Anyway! Full art work here!

Might change it again? Idk, I’m eepy =u=

[calicobel]

I am both excited and terrified for the inevitable black/white remake