sometimes it feels like the only part I kind of know how to draw is the face
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*rises out of my coffin to deposit a cute bug into your dash and then collapses back into a pile of bones*
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Desert duo but they're both scarily protective of each other, but neither notices that the other is terrifying.
Like Grian will be going off on a tangent about some scheme and Scar will be next to him, nodding along, but if anyone's watching he'll give them a look befitting a red life, with the same smile and 'charm' that shows the danger of Scar never quite goes away.
Or Scar will be running off to see something that's caught his eye and Grian will be tiredly following along, but were someone trying to get a drop on the notoriously careless red they'd feel a sudden intense feeling of dread, and Grian would somehow be staring directly at them with a look you wouldn't expect from a green.
This also appears in their physicality. Scar uses his height – planting his hands on Grian's shoulders, hugging him, dragging him around. Grian uses his wings – blocking Scar from view, showing them in Scars shadow to add a feeling of danger.
The thing is, neither knows the other is doing it. Grian will look up at a Scar that's grabbed onto him from behind, see a glowing face, and just keep talking. Scar will look back at Grian, find the same fondly exasperated look, and continue barreling towards his destination.
But they both see it as their duty to protect the other. A green bound by a life debt to follow commands. A red bound by the powerful emotions that aren't just bloodlust. Two dangerous people with such a fierce feeling of care that you would think it was possesiveness.
And, in a way, one could consider devotion as a form of possesiveness.
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Hi again! Its me, idk if you remember but i sent you that weird horned shiny caterpie a long time ago. I had another question. My partner recently caught a pumpkaboo. He is also very much into haloween decorating, but hes afraid to carve any jack-o lanturns. I was hoping if there is a way to help his new pokemon and let him carve this year. Any advice would be wonderful.
-Bre
Ah yes, good to hear from you again, your caterpie is doing very well by the way, settled right into a small colony after an adjustment period and has made a lot of friends.
As for this Pumkaboo issue, it does happen, theyre sweet pokemon but struggle to see the difference between themselves and pumpkins, so the panic can settle in.
What we normally do is encourage them to use razor leaf as a move, and basiclaly play fruit ninja with them. As often as you can just throw fruits and get them to try to cut them up with the attacks. After a while, say a week or so, slowly introduce small pumpkins or gourds in. Say nothing and just mix them into the game of aim and slice. They are not usually perceptive enough to pick out what it is theyre attacking while its moving in the air, especially in daylight where their eyesight is a little less detail orientated, and will continue the game without further thought. Again, these are not overly intelligent pokemon on average, more curious or tricky, even timid (but there can be exceptions).
Once they eventually realise theyve been playing a game with vegetables by letting them examine the remians when you all clean up, they usually clock that vegetables and pokemon are not the same. they do not smell the same, nor do their insides look similar in any way. Its more about breaking the barrier between what they will and wont do out of nervousness, proving that they are not the same as pumpkins first hand, and that there is no scary or terrible concequence to attacking said vegetables.
Posing the idea of carving together after that tends to become far simpler, they can connect the dots of 'i am a pokemon and alive and sentient' and 'that is a vegetable and im not hurting anyone like me', most of the time this species wont partake due to a fear of the unknown, a hypothetical, or a disconnect in information, fill in the gaps and they tend to come around to it pretty quickly.
But theres always the alternative if you find youve got a real scardy cat: Paint the lanterns. Glow in the dark paints are easy to buy, so you can bypass the need for a candle or knife, and this way you dont have to front up something that may cause yoru pokemon emotional discomfort, though I personally would suggest confronting this nervousness.
It is a minor issue, and it's healthy to experience situations where you need to be in an uncomfrotable state and maintain calm composure. This is a great example of just letting them experience the world so they can handle their feelings and emotions in a healthy way instead of freaking out if they see something they don't like or understand, launching an attack out of fear and being a danger to themselves and others.
Good luck with fruit ninja, it doubles up as fun enrichment for all your pokemon, and is snack time so- win win!
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