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#i have all four seasons of deerling and sawsbuck
sea-owl · 8 months
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Benophie Pokemon Au
Benedict -
Benedict ended up evolving his Eevee into a Vaporeon. Partly just to mess with Anthony, and partly because Benedict admired tue way the pokemon glided through the water. Of course, for our artist, I have to give him a Smeargle.
In order Vaporeon and Smeargle
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Sophie -
(The Penwood crest is never described, so I get creative freedom) Like the other aristocratic families, the Penwoods raise their crest pokemon, Deerling, that later evolves into Sawsbuck. With the pokemon having four different forms based on seasons, some raise more than one. Sophie was no exception even if she was only officially a ward. To try and help her loneliness, she ended up raising all four different forms. Araminta tried to keep them away from Sophie when she was forced into servitude but they knee their trainer and Sophie made sure to take them back when she left. Once Sophie did leave Penwood house she gained another pokemon in Audino.
Sawsbuck (all four seasons) and Audino
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Japanese audio, English subtitles. Background music.
After Robert is poisoned saving the Shikijika/Deerling, without an antidote, Satoshi/Ash thinks they have no choice but to descend from the mountain, despite coming so close to finding the place where Robert's grandfather took an unbelievable photograph of Mebukijika/Sawsbuck with all four seasonal coats...
Until the fog rolls in again and they finally arrive at the lake which could not be found on a map. As Robert's grandfather said, mountains are places where the borders of this world and others are thin... travellers sometimes get lost in mysterious worlds there.
The rest of this post is speaking very generally and might vaguely spoil later parts of Best Wishes! and even one episode of Sun & Moon, so you can skip it. ^^
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The fog and even the healing lake are recurring motifs here. N's sisters live in a cabin which they access through a similar fog with their Psychic type Pokemon's help (N's Secret... To the Other Side of the Mist!/Secrets from Out of the Fog!)...
The nostalgic Gothiruselle/Gothitelle who had trouble moving on from the past, also had a world others could stumble into through the fog, made up of its memories of the ferry, before the bridge was completed, before her human friend Sally grew up and left to study medicine...
Sun & Moon also had that fog where one might meet those who had passed on.
I think things like this really capture that sense of wonder and mystery that Pokemon had in its very beginnings, in Takeshi Shudo's era, when the anime had more freedom to create its own lore, or leave certain mysterious questions unanswered... it gives it a childlike sense of wonder and a supernatural sense of mystery about the world.
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It's fine if you can't prove it happened, it's fine if no one else can see what you see in it, it's fine if it isn't special to anyone else, it was something precious and one-of-a-kind to you. That, in itself, is enough.
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pokemonpowergirl · 3 years
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Finally! I have them all!
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anastyartist · 3 years
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Cilan x Reader Chapter 1 A Fight For Love
This is honestly a spur-of-the-moment type of thing but imma keep doing it cuz I need something to do while I'm not in class or work. This starts in season 14 episode 22 of pokemon black and white because it felt easier to start partway through rather than starting from the very beginning. The reader is kept gender neutral so everyone can enjoy it, the reader is written kinda brash and loud as I felt it would be a good contrast to cilan and his more calm demeanor. Do keep in mind the book will still keep its kid-friendly language, sorry to those who want ash to say ‘fuck’, and no explicit scenes of any kind except maybe a few dirty jokes from time to time. If there are any spelling mistakes don't be shy to tell me so I can improve.
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Pokemon have fascinated you as a child the way they grow and how many types and battles can happen.
The biggest dream you have is to be a gym leader one day. You could meet hundreds of people from around the world and get to see just as many pokemon. Your parents supported your dream when you came home from 3rd grade after a trip to a pokemon gym and raved about how cool it was.
So that was the plan from age 7 was to own a pokemon gym. Already getting a start on the pokemon your parents got you a deerling, they figured it would be a nice start to your dream. So every day you and deerling trained and battled the wildlife and got stronger together, the great part about being in Castilia city was that it was not too far from the forest so you two could train even harder. When you hit middle school age you expanded your team, catching a venipede and a joltik. You loved them with every fiber in your being, growing a strong bond with them as you trained. Physically you changed as well, running with your now evolved sawsbuck and racing through the forest finding pokemon to battle. For a time everything was perfect. Until your 16th birthday.
Everything was completely normal when you woke up, starting your normal routine of getting clean and heading downstairs, your mom made your cinnamon rolls for breakfast. The plan for the day was to have a birthday party that afternoon but when noon rolled around your beloved city was overrun by venipedes everywhere. While you specifically didn't have a problem with the bugs many citizens did. It was chaos with people running and dodging attacks, even a little old lady was getting picked up and moved by the venipede. Deciding the smart thing to do is to find Burgh, the bug gym leader of Castilia city, and see if he would need help. If anybody would have a clue what was happening it would probably be him right?
Thankfully it was easy to find him, being one of the only people out with all these venipedes. Though he had others with him. It was other kids that looked around your age, or at least the green-haired one.
"Burgh, what is going on?" Hoping he would know what is going on.
"I'm sorry (y/n) I don't know, we just saw hundreds of the venipedes in the sewers" not nearly as useful information as you had hoped.
"Burgh if you don't mind me asking, who are these guys?" Gesturing to the three teens standing across from you.
"Oh, this is ash, and his friends Iris and Cilan! Ash came to battle me for a gym badge until this venipede outbreak started" ash looked like the kid to do that, his friends looked calmer than him. His green-haired friend looked a few more years older than both ash and Iris, and cuter too. But before you could say anything else Officer Jenny rolled up in front of your group telling you to evacuate.
"But officer do you know what's going on?" Burgh tried to ask.
" Only that a venipede colony is swarming the city" the officer replied
You were not the only one to question why the venipede came to the city as Ash's friend Cilan asked the officer why they were here.
"We've got professor juniper working on that" before more conversation could go on there was a large explosion off in the distance
"That was near the pokemon center," Burgh said with concern
"Let's check it out" Ash exclaimed as he started to run that way.
When you all got there, you saw other pokemon trainers attacking the venipede with their fire types, and Ash seemed to know one of them too calling him 'trip'. The four trainers used flamethrower but it proved ineffective when the venipede shook off the attack and gathered closer together as one BIG angry clump of bugs.
One of the trainers, Trip, tried getting the others to use flamethrower again but ash jumped in before they could.
"Stop it!!, you can't do that" Ash yelled holding his arms out to block.
Trip didn't seem happy with it at all "out of my way, I don't have time to deal with you now" clearly agitated by Ash.
"Why are you attacking the venipede Trip?" Ash said, still blocking the venipede.
"Because they're attacking us for no reason at all, the only thing we can do is stop them" trip tried convincing ash but it was fruitless
But you were not happy about how Trip was trying to solve the issue "Well you don't seem to be doing a good job at it, all your doing is making the venipede mad!" Stepping forward to look at Trip.
Though Trip seemed to brush you off, not even acknowledging what you said. Instead of trying to solve the problem quicker, Trip took to insulting ash about how naive he was and where he lived which then made ash mad. You're sure it would have led to a fight, that you would gladly finish if the mayor of the city hadn't shown up.
The mayor went on about how his top priority is his citizens' safety and that the venipede poison is deadly and can harm others if not careful. To which burgh jumped in
"But sir if you try to remove them the fight will just escalate, the battling will grow even fiercer than before and both sides will surely end up getting hurt!" Burgh made a point venipede were strong-headed and wouldn't go down without a fight, you should know capturing your venipede was a huge challenge, but now you were all left with few options to take care of the stampede.
But Burgh, ever the bug-lover that he was, had an idea. "Mayor if we can gather the venipede into central plaza and keep them there while we figure out the cause of their migration" It was the only plan so far, officer Jenny informed the mayor that professor Juniper is already looking into the cause, the four of you teens spoke up as well begging for the mayor to agree and to help.
With little choice he allowed you and the other trainers to contain and lead the venipede to the plaza while Burgh asked Cilan and you to get nurse joy and audino so they could help which you both happily agreed to. Lucky for you two the pokemon center was right next to you so you could quickly run in to find nurse Joy.
"NURSE JOY ARE YOU BACK THERE?" You shouted leaning forward on the counter to try and see her "We need you Nurse Joy and audino right away!" Cilan added though his call for the nurse was calmer than you, said nurse came out from the back looking confused "what do you need? Is one of you pokemon injured?" She asked in that sweet soft voice.
"No but there is a colony of venipedes outside swarming the city and we need your help to gather them up" you responded to her quickly, it was an emergency surely she could come quickly. But as fate would have it she was in the middle of treating somebody's pokemon and couldn't leave until it was done.
Having no choice you and Cilan sat in the waiting area. You were bouncing your leg getting anxious by the second. You didn't want the people to attack the venipede, they were nice pokemon but many people didn't like them. Cilan saw this, the way your eyebrows frowned and how you didn't move staring straight at the wall across you, so he tried to help calm your nerves.
"(y/n) it'll be okay we'll get the venipede gathered safely" gently putting a hand on your shoulder. It pulled you out of your thoughts as you looked over at him. You smiled at him "thanks Cilan, I'm just worried I know venipedes don't act like this normally and they can be such nice pokemon, and I don't like that kid, what was his name? Trip? He seemed so angry with the venipede then to attack them like it would do anything was so rude!" Angry about Trip's attitude
"I understand, though I don't know Trip as well as ash might, I think he just wants to protect the city even if it was a little rude" he had a point, though you still didn't like Trip you could understand that frustration.
"I guess you're right, and it was a stressful situation. I don't know how I would have acted being surrounded by hundreds of venipedes!" Chuckling a bit at the thought
"That happened in the sewers!" He said excitedly though you looked at him in confusion "what?"
"Earlier Ash, Iris, Burgh, and I went into the sewers to investigate, there were hundreds of the venipedes going down one of the pipes" Cilan explained
"Really? That must have been freaky, did they follow you?" The idea of going into the city sewers was gross but then being chased down was straight out of a horror movie.
"They did indeed, I think that's the fastest I've run in a while!" You both started to laugh, it was nice especially right now. "Thank you Cilan, I needed that laugh!" Giving him a quick hug "My pleasure, I was happy to help!" Just then nurse joy came out with audino being ready to go.
The four of you sprinted towards the plaza to meet and find the others. It wasn’t hard to find them especially since the sound of an explosion off in the distance caught all of your attention.
“Burgh I found audino and nurse joy and brought them with me!” Cilan yelled while running towards the others. Trip was with them and they did not look happy again. Walking away while saying something about ‘I know how this will end' if there weren’t other issues going on you would surely get into an argument with him.
Burgh walked over to Nurse Joy and asked for audino to use a healing pulse to help calm the venipedes. This made you happy as it was a way to safely move them without hurting them. The Nurse agreed and let the audino do its thing. Calming the venipedes down Burgh pulled out a weird-looking flute and started to play it, Cilan pointed it out saying it was a bug flute, soon most of the venipede around you started to follow him. Burgh asked the rest of you to help gather up any venipedes left, which you all happily agreed to.
You brought out your Sawsbuck and have him use tackle and gently push the venipedes out of the ally and into Cilans' pansage, Cilan used bullet seed to help trip the bugs into the group, and the two of you continued to do this until reaching the central plaza. Ash and Iris had their pokemon gathering up the bugs, with Iris and Axsew using dragon rage that exploded on them rather than the venipedes. Ash using Pedove and blowing them away and his Pedove evolved into tranquil which is good. When all was said and done it was already sunset and the plaza now FILLED with venipedes, the city was safe. The mayor thanked you and the others for all the help you did. Officer Jenny led you all to the top of the building with a helipad, which is where you meet up with Professor Juniper. She congratulated everyone for their hard work, Burgh spoke up first and asked if she had found out why the venipede colony had rushed the city.
"Yes, we discovered a weird energy flow in the baron lands that surround Castilia City'' She explained that since the energy was coming from underground it would disturb those around it. Burgh and Professor Juniper talked a bit going back and forth about how the energy flow would scare the venipedes and that being the cause of the sudden stampede. The mayor wanting more details asked what could cause the energy.
Professor Juniper looked at him concerned, " That's what we're trying to figure out right now" Officer Jenny offered to tag along with Professor Juniper while everyone else would stay behind and help with the venipedes.
You were happy it was over, it was late and you were tired. Ash however wanted to celebrate with everyone and go eat at a nice restaurant. You agreed to go celebrate until your phone buzzed. It was your mom, you excused yourself to talk with her.
your mom’s voice was washed with concern “ (y/n) where are you? are you okay? I haven’t seen you all day. I was so worried!” You forgot to tell her where you were, you felt guilty about it.
You apologized for scaring her “ I’m so sorry mom, I was helping group up the venipedes in the city”
You could hear her sigh, you normally ran off doing your own thing so this wasn’t that far off to believe “I should have known, I’m so sorry this all happened on your birthday sweetheart, you were so excited about the party tonight but it looks like we have to reschedule it for another day”
“ It's fine mom, I made some friends today who want to go to dinner with me, if that’s alright” You were more excited to talk with Cilan and his friends than have a big family party. Your mom said it was fine as long as you were safe, and to be back home at a decent hour. You said your goodbyes and ‘I love you' before hanging up and walking back over to your new friends.
“ Hey Ash, I’m down to have that dinner!” putting away your phone in your bag.
“(y/n) I couldn’t help to overhear that it’s your birthday, Oui?” Now Cilan to start talking french surprised you, though it shouldn't actually be that big of a shock that he spoke french what with being a connoisseur and all.
“Yeah, I was going to have a family party tonight but since the venipede stampede it’ll have to be rescheduled” Again this didn’t bother you, “ But I would rather have dinner with you all, this has been the most exciting birthday ever!” Throwing your hands up in the excitement
Ash got excited “Then come join us it’ll be so much fun!” Iris grabbed your hand and started to pull you towards the street to find a place to eat. Cilan and Ash joining behind. You lead them to your favorite restaurant, a very nice pasta restaurant, while waiting for your food you asked the three about why they are in Castilia city.
"So Ash, Burgh said you came to challenge him, right?" You vaguely remember Burgh mentioning it.
Ash lit up excited to explain how he wanted to get all eight badges, and it's how he met both Iris and Cilan. How Iris wanted to help Ash get around the Unova and be a guide of sorts and that they met Cilan at his gym with his brothers. This surprised you, you had heard of the Striaton Gym but you didn't know it was run by a set of triplets, but that's how the conversation flipped to Cilan and his time as a gym leader for which you had a million questions. Cilan didn't mind and was rather happy to have someone interested in being a gym leader who wasn't his brothers. That's how it was for the rest of dinner was telling stories and making jokes, specifically when you threw a noodle on Ash's face which freaked him out. When everyone had finished food and paid everyone to say goodbye you agreed to meet up with the rest of them tomorrow for Ash's Gym battle. You went back home and talked with your mother about what had happened, who you met, and where you were going tomorrow which she was okay with. This felt like the start of a new adventure.
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Alright, the first chapter is done! I have a few chapters already in the works, keep in mind these take me a bit to write especially with college-going on I write these during my free time, and that I have a couple other personal projects I'm working on as well, but I hope people enjoy this!
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some field notes on leafeon perhaps? :Dc
Leafeon! What a darling, I quite like the Eevee line both because they’re all adorable and fun in their own ways, and because of how fascinating they are to study. Leafeon is not one I see in the wild often, the forest here lends itself better to Sylveon and Umbreon, but I have run into a few! 
Leafeon are a remarkably sturdy species- people tend to think Grass types are weaker, it’s a common misconception based on the species that do have trouble with harsher climates, but Leafeon is not one of these species. They’re remarkably adaptable to weather conditions, environmental changes, etc. But, Leafeons do notably vary in appearance depending on where they evolved, and what season they evolved in! These variations tend to indicate what conditions the Leafeon will be most suited for, but again, they’re very adaptable. 
So, for example, a Leafeon that evolves in Circhester City, in the dead of winter, will be totally fine with the cold and may struggle with intense heat if it comes on suddenly. Leafeons who evolve to accommodate the cold tend to be paler in colouration, with a double coat of fur (some have a silvery undercoat and sparkle in the sun, very pretty), and very sturdy leaves. On the other hand, a Leafeon evolved on say, Melemele Island in Alola will be very heat-resistant and relish in the intense heat, and may struggle with sudden bouts of cold. They may also have a more intensely green appearance, with comparatively thin coats and, in some cases, these Leafeon evolve to have more leaves- meaning four ears, or two tails! Seriously, they’re such an interesting species of Pokemon in terms of variations.
Leafeon’s appearance changes gradually throughout the year to adjust to different seasons. If we look at a standard Leafeon, it will change colour with the seasons, though this shift is very gradual and not nearly as extreme as, say, Deerling or Sawsbuck. Their coats will lighten as it grows colder and thicken, then grow more intense again as the weather warms. Their leaves will require extra care in weather they aren’t most suited to, otherwise they’ll droop and perhaps shed, which will leave them needing to regrow them and this can leave them feeling sullen- they’re quite prideful! Appearance is important to a Leafeon. Extra watering for the leaves in bath time and a good healthy diet will keep those leaves in tip top shape, and your Leafeon will be all the happier! They’ll also need some help shedding when the weather warms, so get them used to brushes and blowdryers otherwise you’ll have an overheated, cranky Leafeon on your hands! 
They’re a fun species for sure, and I’d love to do a study on them sometime. I’ve known a few Leafeon owners and we’ve had some come through here, but the environment here isn’t well-suited for them. Leafeons need plenty of sun and while the facility isn’t directly in the woods, we don’t get the ideal amount of sunlight a Leafeon should get. The Eevee evolutions (or Eeveelutions, as I’ve heard them called) aren’t known for dual-typing, even in the case of Leafeon which is remarkably adaptable, they don’t tend to gain a secondary typing. I’ve personally never come across a dual-type Eeveelution, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist! Anything is possible when it comes to Pokemon, something you learn very quickly in this field.
I hope you liked these notes! I had a few lying around so I compiled some here. I seriously need to organize my office, haha.
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moonvalecrossing · 5 years
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Moonvale's Pokemon Commentary: #586 Sawsbuck
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Just for Looks:
Sawsbuck is just what you'd expect from Deerling's evolution an adult deer antlers and all. I'm disappointed however that they didn't use gender differences where it would make some of the most sense. Maybe they couldn't figure out a way to handle the seasons theme without antlers and not making it look too similar to Deerling itself?
Anyway, the different seasonal forms have a wide variety of differences to tell them apart by silhouette alone and I love that. The lines separating the body colors in Sawsbuck look much more natural and I have no complaints on it like I did Deerling. Though again I'd say the Spring form is the least interesting for me. I don't really like the cut branch with flowers stuck to it look of the antlers. They need some spring green leaves on there as well. Its body could have used some differentiation to help it stand out as well. As it is, if you remove the antlers it is difficult to tell apart from the Fall Sawsbuck save for the very slightly brighter pink markings on their backs. And Fall, while still my favorite of them, could have used a more red-orange color on their leaves instead of the darker pink. Maybe give it some more rough fur on its back around its shoulder blades.
I will say however I absolutely love the look of Summer Sawsbuck's tail and the hair on the back of its neck. The only complaint I have about it is how awkward the green spots on its back look. Winter looks unpleasant in a totally different way from Spring. Its antlers are alright, though awkward with being nothing more than solid white. It may have looked better with pine needles on some of the branches or maybe just little hints of snow on them or maybe even just dark brown with nothing on them at all. The change from cream to snow white on the body is very nice; though those legs... they look like they'd be awful to walk with. You ever seen how snow balls up in the lower fur of dogs with longer hair when they run around outside too long? I can only imagine that happening to these poor things' legs!
When it comes to the shinies... I haven't much to say. The differences are simple; the brown is more orange and the cream is again lighter. It's not much of a visible change but the lighter orange is still quite lovely.
I mentioned the gender differences earlier. Here's how I'd have handled it. Obviously, the females would not have horns. Instead, the seasonal references would be on their backs and around their necks. Sort of like decorative wreathes. Flowers and leaves for Spring, full leaves and maybe some berries for Summer, fall leaves and branches for Fall, and pine with white mistletoe berries for Winter! If I'd had any decent skill and a computer drawing tool I'd totally doodle up some sketches!
What's in the Name:
Sawsbuck's name.. that is a thing. A sawbuck is apparently an object to hold wood while it's being sawn. A Buck's also an adult male deer obviously, though if there were dimorphism the translator may have given it a different name what with the design not being straight male coded. It's Japanese name is Mebukijika (not as fun to say as Deerling's sadly), possibly from Mebuki (to bud) and like Deerling, Shika (deer). This one makes less sense to me compared to Deerling's Japanese name. Though if their Japanese names were switched it might make more sense with Deerling being a bud, and Sawsbuck being a better example of the four seasons.
The 'Dex Says:
Sawsbuck migrate according to the seasons. Deer migrate so it's a reasonable thing, but it seems strange for a creature that naturally changes with the seasons to need to migrate at all? I suppose finding food would be more difficult in winter, but yeah. The heard leaders have magnificent horns (clearly the ones we can catch aren't really these. :P), and the plants that grow on their antlers- so the antlers aren't plants themselves!- change with the seasons at well. Now I'm just picturing spring coming around and pink flower decorated young Sawsbuck having antler fights over females.. who might have bigger horns than them. And that is hilarious to me for some reason. Not much else to say about the dex entry.. it's pretty vanilla.
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Like Deerling, I'll give Sawsbuck a 4/5. A lovely pretty deer... for the most part.
But Wait, There's More:
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Before seasons were brought into Black/White, Sawsbuck had already been conceptualized... and for the love of Arceus that is one terrifying creature. Look at that. Look at it. It's like the Spirit of the Forest from Princess Mononoke had a baby with a moss covered willow tree. Fun fact: I am absolutely terrified of that creature. I had a nightmare about it when I was like 11 or 12 after seeing the movie and I’ve been skeeved ever since. Even now I get a feeling that would give me Ghibli hair frizzing when I see its face. I picture it stretching its neck like a hellish giraffe to look around corners at me. Thank goodness Sawsbuck's design was changed to look like a real deer instead. Otherwise I might have force fed every Deerling I saw powdered everstones. And thank Arceus that a certain legendary deer didn't get given the look instead!
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OH GOD. ITS BACK. GET BACK IN THE TERROR VAULT. BACK IN THE VAULT. WHY DID I WRITE UP THIS REVIEW BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT?!
OH GOD ITS DOING THE THI-
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Makin’ good progress on my Living Dex.  I’ve actually managed to get the majority of Legendaries relatively easily, which was a pleasant surprise.  Those I couldn’t get off GTS I was able to nab in their respective games.  Getting the Mythicals will be tougher since those can’t be placed on GTS.
I’m annoyed with myself when it comes to the Forces of Nature Trio.  In order to capture them in Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby, you need to acquire one from each game and then have two of the three together in the party for the third to spawn.  But while shuffling around Pokemon in PokeBank, I accidentally put my Tornadus into Ultra Sun... which locks it to that game, as Pokemon in from Su/Mo onward can’t be ported back to earlier games.  >_<  I can still get Thundurus from my copy of Alpha Sapphire, but I’m stuck having to hope for the best with the GTS for Landorus.
In the meantime, I’m breeding/collecting regional, gender, and size variants.  Much easier since I can do that without much focus required.  I finally finished my flower garden of all color variations of Flabebe, Floette, and Florges (took me ages to farm enough Shiny Stones).  Thankfully I was able to save my Vivillion collection from the corrupted data card, so I still have my full butterfly house with all the lovely and rare variations my wonderful friends donated.  Though now I’m having trouble breeding Pumpkaboo of the right size - I have all four size variations of Gourgeist and three of the four Pumpkaboo, but can’t seem to get a “Large” size to breed out correctly for some reason.  I’m also aching for a Shiny Minior.  Normally I don’t give a damn about shinies, but my aesthetic demands a black Minior to finish off my rainbow collection of its peers.  Breeding for one isn’t going so well thus far and there aren’t any on GTS I’ve found that aren’t obviously hacked, so I’m just going to have to keep plugging away.
Final Countdown:
Minior (Shiny) Pumpkaboo (Large Size) Deerling (Season Variations) Sawsbuck (Season Variations) Mew Celebi Jirachi Deoxys Manaphy Shaymin Thundurus Landorus Yveltal Diancie Zeraora (not released yet)
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