I'd hate to be killed by someone singing Breaking Benjamin.

Nonverbal pokemon trainers with psychic type pokemon that help them communicate.

Blind or visually impaired pokemon trainers with psychic or dog-like pokemon that act as a guide.

d/D/HoH pokemon trainers with psychic type pokemon that translate the sounds around them into the trainer’s mind.

Dissociative pokemon trainers with small fluffy pokemon that make soft repetitive sounds to help ground them.

Autistic pokemon trainers with pokemon of a variety of different textures for stimming purposes or a familiar texture to reset when overstimulated.

Pokemon trainers with memory problems with pokemon that have the pickup ability that help them to not forget their keys or phone anywhere.

Pokemon trainers with violent impulses with fighting type pokemon that enjoy helping their trainers act on those impulses in a safe manner.

Pokemon trainers with mood disorders and/or anxiety with chanseys, blisseys, audinos, togepis, togetics, togekisses, and meganiums to help them feel better when they are feeling down.

Paranoid pokemon trainers with absols so that they can count on being warned before anything bad can happen.

Autistic pokemon trainers with lucarios to help them pick up on social cues by reading others’ auras.

Chronically ill pokemon trainers with pokemon that know sweet scent so that they don’t feel as self conscious when they are unable to shower very often.

Pokemon trainers with insomnia with altarias, poliwhirls, munnas, and musharnas to help them get to sleep at night without forcing them.

Pokemon trainers with hypersomnia or narcolepsy with pokemon that have the ability sweet veil to help them to stay awake during the day.

Pokemon trainers with misophonia with pokemon that have the soundproof ability to protect them from loud noises. 

Trauma survivor pokemon trainers with pokemon that know dream eater to stop them from having nightmares.

Autistic pokemon trainers with chatots for echolalia. 

Chronically ill pokemon trainers with pokemon that know acupressure or heal bell to ease chronic pain.

Pokemon trainers with heart problems with electric type pokemon that can act as an emergency defibrillator.

Pokemon helping mentally ill, otherwise neurodivergent, and physically disabled pokemon trainers to feel safe and to be able to do things that society says that they cannot do due to their disabilities.

People with depression and anxiety constantly having companions to ground them.

People who are physically disabled/immobile to an extent have pokemon companions able to carry them when they are in need.

Chansey giving her eggs to her trainer when they cannot eat anything else due to sensory/texture/just not feeling like eating when they haven’t for at least a day.

Writing With Color – Featured Description Posts

Some of our most useful posts on describing People of Color, all in one place.

Words to Describe Hair

Words to Describe Skin Tone

Describing Asian Eyes

Describing Wide Noses

Describing Undead & Sick Dark Skin

Describing POC and Avoiding Caricatures

Describing Unnatural Skin Tones: Green

Describing Unnatural Skin Tones: Jaundice

Indicating Race of Characters (FAQ Questions #3-4)

Not Indicating Race at All – Note: You Probably Should

Praising Beauty Without Fetishizing

Olive Skin, Race and Ethnicity

Specific Description Posts  

Describing Skin as Swarthy (Spoiler alert: it’s sketchy)

Describing East Asian Skin as Porcelain (Spoiler alert: it’s also sketchy)

Describing Skin as Russet (Spoiler alert: it’s alright)

Describing PoC as Exotic (SA: it’s othering)

Describing Skin as Ebony (SA: it’s cliche)

Describing Natural Hair as Cloud-Like (SA: it’s cool)

Describing Black Hair as Unkempt (SA: it’s offensive)

Describing Black Hair as Kinky (SA: it depends)

Describing Skin as “Dark as Night” (SA: it also depends)

Describing Skin as Like Dirt or Soil (SA: See above)

Describing Skin as just “Dark.” (SA: it’s vague)

Describing Black Hair as “Nappy” (SA: it ain’t recommended)

Describing Skin With Food (SA: it’s a no-no)