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Analyzing Pokémon Design Trends: Poison Type Trainers!

Now I love Pokémon, and I love character design so I put them together and got this! While this may seem like a random start to this series but who cares about that.

So throughout the whole of Pokémon there had been a total of seven notable trainers that specialize in Poison types. Three are Gym Leaders, two belong to evil teams, and two belong to miscellaneous categories.

(Yes I know that Klara is technically a Gym Leader, but we never fight her as one so she doesn't count)

So one trend that immediately jumps out is ninja's, with Koga, Janine, and Atticus. There is historical evidence that ninja's did use poison as a weapon, specifically cyanide found in almonds. Weapons such as darts, arrows, and swords being dipped in the toxin as a way to kill or incapacitate their target.

The connection may also come from Poison types being used by evil teams early on, such as Rocket, Magma, Or Aqua. Ninja were historically assassins' which is kind of evil depending on who you ask.

And now we can loop back around with the evil connection to having two notable specialists being evil team admins (Plumeria and Atticus). This has less of a real life connection to poison and likely just goes back to Poison being mostly relegated to evil teams in the beginning.

Now Klara likely has the connection to Poison types due to her personality. Laziness, willingness to cheat, and lying are all usually considered to be discouraged behavior in a lot of cultures. Someone who exhibits these traits may be considered toxic.

Now Melli has similar connections to the Poison type as Klara, personality. Being cocky and self centered are considered negative traits which could also be considered toxic. The typing might also give him connections to Jupiter of Team Galactic with using similar Pokémon.

Roxie has the least amount of connections to poison at a glance but there's honestly a lot if you know what to look for. Roxie is a rock singer and rock music is considered evil or devilish to some people. This may seem more indicative of the dark type, but she got Poison instead.

Also where her gym is located may be a factor. You battle her in a basement hat she appears to hold concerts in and while the basement itself looks remarkably clean, there could also be traces of dirt in there making it unclean. Concerts that also be a place to exchange illicit drugs.

Whoo, now we got the individual trainers out of the way and can focus on larger scale trends.

PURPLE!. Oh boy do Poison trainers love their purple. This can be traced back to roots of purple being heavily used in colour palettes of villains, but also some naturally occurring substances are coloured purple. Deadly nightshade, wolfsbane, and some species of poison dart frogs use purple as a way to ward off predators.

Bright colours are also used in these designs like yellow, cyan, and pink. Again some species of animal have bright colours or markings to symbolize that they are toxic and not to eat them.

And there we have it. Are there more trends and connections to make? Yes, yes there are. Will I cover them in this posts? No, no I wont.

If you have anymore connections and trends you want to discuss, then I fully welcome you to do it! I'm usually happy to talk. Also you can absolutely request any ideas you want me to do in this series.

Cereal Debate

Incorrect Quotes: Paldea Edition

Nemona & Juliana in the back of Arven's car: MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS!

Penny: We have food at home.

Arven: pulls into the McDonald's drivethrough

Nemona & Juliana: YAYYYYYY!

Arven: orders one black coffee and leaves

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Juliana: slams books down in front of Arven

Juliana: Boil up some Mountain Dew. It’s gonna be a long night.

Arven: You could of said literally anything else.

Juliana: Cauldron boil and cauldron bubble, Baja Blast to fuel my trouble.

Arven: I’m going to just stop challenging you when you say random shit. I won’t win. I realize this now.

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Penny: I don’t think the therapist is supposed to say ‘wow’ that many times during their first session with a client, but here we are.

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Nemona: Penny, you are such a genius!

Penny: Yes, I know

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Juliana, to Arven: You're starting to forget your Spanish. You don't practice.

Arven: Lo siento. Estoy embrazada

Juliana: You just told me you're pregnant

Nemona: Congratulations Arven, you're glowing!

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Penny: Croissants: dropped

Ortega: Road: works ahead

Eri: BBQ sauce: on my titties

Mela: Shavacado: fre

Giacomo: Miss Keisha: fuckin dead

Atticus:

Atticus: …I didn’t understand a single word of that and I hate every single one of you.

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Mela and Penny playing minecraft

Mela: Oh no, oh no, oh no-

Penny: What’s wrong?

Mela: I did a thing.

Penny: You regret the thing you dID-

Mela: screams

Penny: What the fuck did you do- sees mass of aggravated Piglin Damn it-

Mela: screams again

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Penny: This was almost a great idea.

Ortega: You just described 90 of our stuff.

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Atticus: For most of human history, vehicles had automatic collision avoidance and could even take you home if you were asleep or drunk. But then we got rid of the horse.

Ortega: You complete moron. you stupid fucking idiot. "Cars would be better if they could bite and shit" - that was you just now dumbass.

Ortega: "Wouldn't it be cool if cars could piss? Wouldn't it be cool if cars could fuck?" fuck off

Giacomo: It would be cool if cars could fuck.

Eri: We... We still have horses

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Atticus: I need you to come meet me, and I need you to come alone.

Mela: And I need you to be less vague and weird.

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Brassius: Your smile? It makes my day.

Hassel: Your happiness? I live for that.

Grusha: A room? Get one.

Iono: Hotel? Trivago.

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Iono: If I were a drink, I'd be Cherry Vanilla Coke. If you were a drink, what would you be?

Larry: Bleach.

Grusha: Sewage.

Iono: …Please calm down, edgelords.

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Brassius: I love the term 'partners'. Are we dating? Are we robbing a bank? Are we the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies and are members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit? Who knows.

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Larry: I’m gonna mix a can of Red Bull with seventeen shots of espresso in a fishbowl and then chug it while Kids by MGMT plays in the background so I can perceive twenty-three spatial dimensions and fight my own soul.

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Brassius: The only thing I'm guilty of is being adorable… …and also assault with a deadly weapon.

Give your reasons in the tags!

CUTIESSSSSS

💕  Happy Pride month from Joltik !!!  💕

Every time I've announced that I'm Aro/Ace in a friend group or a crowd, 3 more Aro/Aces pop up. They end up being some of the best people I've ever met and I hope this tells everyone;

Even if you feel like you're alone, there's always a new friend or an amazing person in the crowd.

Why Do People Hate Cars 2?

Like Cars 2 seems to get a lot of hate and I don't get it. Sure it's not the best Pixar film of all time but it certainly ain't the worst.

Is it because it's a sequel? Did people just not like the concept as a whole? I know other Pixar films also get some hate (like Brave, The Good Dinosaur, and probably some other one). I thought Cars 2 was a fun film and don't understand the distaste.

If you have any reasoning why you don't like it let me know! Any way you fell comfortable because I honestly just really want to know and hear some other perspectives.

How I Think The Team Star Bases Work

Exactly what the title says. People don't really seem to tall about the actual logistics of the bases so I made a compiled lost of my personal headcanons for it. Enjoy!

(TW for abuse mention in number 2)

The squads each have their own hierarchy. It doesn't affect how the members are treated but it is mostly used for decision making and initiation for new members. From the top it goes; squad boss, 'second in command' (which are just specific grunts picked by the squad boss), and then the regular grunts.

2. The bases aren't just restricted to victims of bullying. While that is still the main purpose behind them the squads will also allow members to join if they don't have a safe place to live. Plenty of the grunts were bully victims at the academy but a handful in each base also come from homes of abuse.

3. Each squad is self funded due to the immense amount of Pokémon materials that are on hand due to just having so many live there.

4. All of the bases have a resident electric type in case of thunderstorms. sometimes they match the typing of the base itself but more often they don't are are used just because they can handle it. When it starts storming everyone is evacuated from the huts and find somewhere dry to wait out the storm.

5. Each base has a specific hand symbol the members are taught when they join as a way to be identified by other squads.

6. Sorta relating to above is that the bases are very picky about who they let it. it's restricted to grunts of other squads, bosses of other squads, and Mr. Harrington (Only in Ruchbah). Grunts coming must answer who their squad boss is, what type their squad uses, and show their hand sign.

7. Less related then the rest but the Starmobiles are able to change types due to Tera Shards. Only Ortega knows this detail which leads to him trying to gather the shards on his own with varying results.

apparently this is a thing on twitter so! reblog and assign prev a project voltage (pokémon collab) miku :)

An open letter to General Mills [Fruit by the Foot]

Hello General Mills, Air here.

I would just like to say. I want a replacement Fruit by the Foot.

Last year during the summer, I was going to grab a packet of Fruit by the foot. It was a starburst[s] flavour.

But when I went to go grab it... The packet was empty! It was full of air and sealed.

What in the fork happened? I just want my fruit by the foot back :(

Cheers!

Air