Onwards, To Our Own Futures!

My contribution to @poketcg-art's Johto card redraw event! I chose to redraw one of my favourite xatu cards, by Midori Harada.

Pikachu icons — requested by no one

A kyurem boi! The chill boi OvO

There is a common agreement that there are Dragon Tamers vs Dragon Trainers

Dragon Tamers are poised, controlled and although they keep all kinds of ferocious dragon they have steady control over the dragons they train.

They are able to be a Dragon Specialist because they can reign it in when things get too heated.

While Dragon Trainers have far clearer dragon-like traits, they will snarl and claw at the air and mimic the bouncing of their dragons some of them even sport fangs and claws.

They are able to be a Dragon Specialist because they can match their dragons unrelenting energy.

And while yes on the surface but this all makes sense I’d argue most are a mix of the two.

In fact I think Raihan is a perfect mid-ground between Tamer and Dragon, most of the time he is chill and composed. His body language in battle is very laid back, often even posing for his camera mid battle.

It isn’t until he actually feels like its a challenge when he becomes the Dragon Trainer, clawing at the air and roaring alongside his dragons. After his fun though he goes back to his usual self.

Then there are the others who are along the spectrum leaning from Trainer vs Tamer.

Drayton leans more so to the Trainer side for me because although he doesnt claw or bounce or even roar he still has a lazy dragon attitude but specifically a lazy smart one.

He simply sets up the scene and lets it all play out in his favor, lounging around much like a dragon whose confident that even if they “lost” the battle it was all for a end goal.

And even characters like Hassel who on the surface dont really have mannerisms that scream dragon still have certain traits that betray them. In Hassel’s case his eyes, especially in battle, resembles dragons.

All this to say Dragon Type Specialist are so so strange (affectionate) in how MUCH the embody their type and here is my chart of Dragon Type Specialist

as the eggs develop, denmasters of these species will take three main steps to ensure the health and survival of their offspring: tail fanning, egg agitating, and- stay with me for this one- filial cannibalism.

tail fanning describes a male clodsire or quagsire using his large keeled tail to, as you may have guessed, fan his eggs. egg agitation describes the denmaster using his head and body to shift or move his eggs around, and filial cannibalism is the consumption of eggs.

tail fanning helps to increase the oxygen supply to the eggs, while egg agitation is believed to serve several purposes: preventing yolk adhesion during development and subsequent developmental abnormalities, monitoring the general health of the eggs, and warding off small egg-eating predators or parasites. filial cannibalism is the oddest of the three and may not sound like a way to ensure the survival of your offspring, but researchers observed that the eggs these large males eat appear to be dead, infertile, or infected with water mold or other diseases. by eating them, the denmaster prevents the spread of pathogens to his remaining offspring. as a result, this form of filial cannibalism has been dubbed hygienic filial cannibalism.

now that i have a bit more of free time, i wanted to see if i could get back to Pkmn IRL in some way shape or form. not promising anything because the future is inscrutable but at least i've reopened the tab in my browser so at least i can keep an eye on my Pkmn IRL dash. maybe reblog some stuff. maybe interact with other blogs? tbf i feel quite detached from my existing blogs so i'm not sure how that will go but i'm trying to keep my mind open to possibilites. i wanna get back on the grindset >:[