pokemon theory i just thought of: new pokemon appear in the pokemon universe when they're designed in this one. they're created ex nilho but they have retroactive realness; they weren't here yesterday, but today they've always existed.
pokemon researchers have had to suss this out on their own over decades, and it's a really unpopular theory, made worse by the fact that no one can come up with a better one. from their perspective pokemon generate spontaneously but in both chronological directions, and the similarities of many pokemon seem to be detived from a conscious and creative understanding of the world--their world, though? what other world could there be?. there are ice cream pokemon and pokeball pokemon and sword pokemon and trash bag pokemon.
there are so many pokemon with both wings and a beak. is this like swords? is there an ur-flying type that this class evokes? there are so many canine pokemon. but what is a canine? is there such a thing? there's only one set of sword pokemon, right. one tea-set line. is *feline* a coherent category? would the ur-feline have two legs or four? why do so many pokemon have humanlike bodyplans-- but then again, why so few?
pichu has always been the prior form of pikachu. why didn't it get counted in order? why do we call it that instead of saying pikachu is the middle evolution of the pichu line? why can so many trainers remember finding this out well into their journeys? why didn't ash start with one?
this is why pokemon researchers do a lot of labwork, drink heavily, and use ten year olds for field research. you can't have an existential crisis if you don't even know what time is yet.
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Tis the season on Twist Mountain! Elesa, from Sinnoh, happily tromps around in the cold. Emmet remains undefeated champion of snowball fights. Ingo shivers his way across the clearing.
Look at em go!
Masterpost for more pokemon!
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More Ingo in Hilda style because my crossover is taking shape. But only in my head. And yall only get fragments.
The short of it is, Ingo gets thrown too far into the future, ends up in Trolberg and lives in the forest outside the wall. He’s friends with the Bellkeeper and trades with the trolls.
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Everyone said not to separate them
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Ultimate Anime Tournament: Round 4, Matchup 2
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ROUND 1, MATCH 13
NO MAGIC, POWERS, OR WEAPONS
Magikarp:
“Magikarp are a joke in the Pokémon world. Their signature move does nothing. They learn 4 moves, which are all very weak. It's value to most players is its evolution, but I just think one magikarp would be funny.”
“He's just a fish. He jumps. He splashes. That's it. He will lose a lot but that's ok because he has a song dedicated to him on the official Pokemon YouTube channel so no matter what, magikarp can rest easy knowing he's won my heart ❤️”
“If it can stall out the opponent for 40 turns while it drains all its PP for Splash, it can use Struggle to damage the opponent! There’s a chance!”
Jesus Christ:
“he’s like a carpenter. I think he’d be strong enough to hold his own in a fight. also the son of god or whatever”
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