xenosaurus:

pokemon theory of the day: the reason some pokemon evolve only when traded is that, in the wild, those pokemon don’t evolve until they’ve left the pack they were born into to start families of their own, so if they’re still with their original trainer, their biology says “oh there’s my parent, must not be out on my own yet, haunter is fine for now”

sapeornis:

look at this lady from this xy artwork.  look at her and her chespin at the restaurant.  The server is bringing them two meals.  That lady ordered a meal for her chespin.  She loves that chespin.  That chespin is so happy.  That chespin has probably been with that lady for its whole life.  That chespin is descended from a chesnaught, and that chesnaught was probably that lady’s too.  That is a little old lady who trained a big-ass juggernaught grass monster.  I love pokemon