#i think laventon would be too sympathetic to pokemon to be able to get over this sort of mistreatment

[bitchapalooza]

I think i wanna retract my headcanon that Laventon failed his pokemon breeding course because hes a prude and it embarrassed him. No, I think it infuriated him over how fucking confusing it could get and how fucked up some teachings were. While incense breeding is yet to be a thing, Ditto breeding IS a thing. A REALLY BIG thing. Just a quick way to get new livestock to sell, breed some more, and use as food. Basically a mill, if you really think about it. Laventon spent an entire two fucking months learning only about Ditto breeding and he quickly learned the horrific damage mass breeding a Ditto-decendant can actually cause to its bloodline.

You ask him about this, and he'll go on a whole thing about how the Kantonian settlers fucked up the Pichu line when they introduced them to Hoenn. All it took was breeding another imported Ditto with a Ditto-decendant Raichu resulting in a whole litter of fucked up Pichu. Their ability to conduct and control electricity was way worse than the standard Pichu and upon evolving, it didn't improve. As Pikachu, theyre smaller than their Kantonian ancestors. A closer look, it seems their electricity sacs and tails are not able to withstand as much electricity as other Pikachu can. Some have even shown signs of too brittle tail bones, meaning they may never be able to learn iron tail. As Raichu, its basically the same— for those who were able to even evolve that is. But regardless, they're continuously bred with other Ditto-bred Raichu or Pikachu or other Ditto because Pikachu and Raichu meat are not only a Kantonian delicacy, but their pelt are perfect heat insulators which would bring a lot of monetary means to the young ports of Hoenn. And this is all within 100 years. And its pisses Laventon off after hearing how many other similar incidents have happened and still continue to happen! Such as the current trend in Kalos of Ditto breeding Furfrou for a newer breed of "designer" Furfrou, only resulting in various health concerns for the pups that are not dealt with due to the lack of pokemon medical practitioners.

Or in Galar where Mudsdale are being mass bred with Ditto in order to keep up with the lack of food in many locations(Mudbray meat being too tough). And it often resulted in sick meat, Laventon having been a victim of such ordeals. He just had a sour stomach and a fever for a couple weeks, but regardless it brought his attention to what was going on really. And he QUICKLY stopped buying from shops that mass bred and forcefully trained for Mudsdale.

He doesn't like Pokémon breeding due to how fucked up it is in his time. There are no regulations yet. The discovery of Ditto brought a lot of confusion and scientific wonder but was quickly overshadowed by the fact of how easy it was to get offspring from a certain pokemon from just this single blob.

#i know this maybe all a stretch but theres gotta be #some sort of consequence to repeatedly breeding certain pokemon with ditto #like birth defects or sicknesses or even the inability to evolve/use certain moves #i think laventon would be too sympathetic to pokemon to be able to get over this sort of mistreatment #in modern times there are regulations put in place but ditto breeding isnt entirely illegal #dont even need a license to breed either #pokemon #pokemon headcanons #pokemon legends arceus #professor laventon