he seriously thinks all fairy-types are secretly evil [crossposted]

[praiseyveltal]

No. No.

Mundane, we have been over this before. I trusted you to choose my Pokémon with sound judgement, and up until now you've been doing fine. But I have to step in.

No matter how strong it is, no matter if it's a Mega Evolution to study -- I will not have a faerie on my team.

Haven't you read the folklore?

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6th gen, what is 6th gen?

[shadowsnagger]

Clefairies ain't exactly terrifying.

we just don't know

[praiseyveltal]

They have rituals that involve massive numbers of them dancing beneath a full moon.

You can't tell me that's not unsettling.

[shadowsnagger]

Unsettling in a 'watching that might give you diabetes' sort of way.

[praiseyveltal]

Seriously?

Seriously?

[LOOK MAN, IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT THE CLEFAIRY RINGS AREN'T CREEPY, HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY.]

Well, enjoy being kidnapped or mind-wiped or whatever, I guess.

[shadowsnagger]

[WES KNOWS CREEPY. CLEFAIRIES ARE THE OPPOSITE OF TERRIFYING.]

...By Clefairies.

[praiseyveltal]

Yes.

Wes is from 3rd gen, he doesn't even realize fairy-type is A Thing.

[shadowsnagger]

.....Right. Wow, it must be awful living in fear of pink blobs.

Sweet summer child. Let the wannabe biologist explain you a thing.

[praiseyveltal]

They only look like that because it's what they want you to think.

[Yanai, do you know how much of a conspiracy theorist you sound like right now?]

Okay, fine -- Mega Mawile. There. Even regular Mawiles act cute until they swallow you whole, and that evolution just makes it worse.

Oh, this is going to be beautiful.

[shadowsnagger]

[Wes just stares at him. Yup, Yanai sounds just like a conspiracy theories rn.]

Mega Mawile. [Completely deadpan. The fuck is mega-evolution?] Mawile are fairies since when? [It's a pure steel-type, bro!]

Won't it just.

[praiseyveltal]

...Oh, you don't know, do you?

[Yanai sighs, but explains anyway.]

Recent Kalosian research proved that Mawiles are actually part Faerie-type. I wouldn't expect you to know about the Mega Evolution, but that't just common knowledge.

[shadowsnagger]

[Excuse you, sir. Common knowledge doesn't appear to extend to Arizona Orre. You kids and your newfangled types and your mega-evolutions and your physical/special splits. Get off his lawn.]

...How recent are we talking, here? [A ha ha Wes is about six years behind.]

[praiseyveltal]

Late 2013. October, I believe.

[HAHAHAHA you Orreans and your backwater country and your stupid names. Not that Yanai has much room to talk about stupid names...]

[shadowsnagger]

[Hey. HEY. Lay off the stupid names. Wes is a perfectly normal name. Everyone else is dumb, though.]

Yeah, no. [Where he comes from, Munchlax and Bonsly are considered newly-discovered species.]

Look, neither of us are going to change the other's opinions on this, so you can go on being afraid of pink blobs and I'll just go on thinking you're crazy. Sound fair?

[praiseyveltal]

...No? To what, the date?

[Sorry, he's just lost over here. Also, he is not crazy, eff you.]

[shadowsnagger]

I'm visiting from 2008. 'Sup.

[No u.]

[praiseyveltal]

Oh, a time traveller?

[He looks surprised. Why didn't you say so before??]

Well, that makes sense. You wouldn't know about it from 2008. But yes, Mawile is part Faerie-type.

[shadowsnagger]

[Gale of Darkness came out in 2005, technically, but it's set five years after the game that came out in 2003, so...]

Stiiiiiill not sure why that makes any difference. Were you scared of it before that discovery?

[praiseyveltal]

Well, it's natural to be at least wary of a Mawile, because of the jaws.

[Pointedly refusing to say he's scared.]

[shadowsnagger]

They're horns, man. They can't actually eat you.

[praiseyveltal]

The jaws move and clamp. You'll still get a bite.

[Okay so maybe they can't eat you, SHUT UP.]

[shadowsnagger]

Not that anyone in their right mind would put their hand anywhere near that.

[praiseyveltal]

Which is the point I was trying to prove in the first place.

The additional typing only makes it worse.

[megalutionary]

Not that it's any business of mine, but what's the big deal with Fairy-types? They're too cutesy for my taste.

[except Mawile because holy cow that thing is metal as heck]

[praiseyveltal]

That's intentional. [Because they're trying to lure you in, of course.]

They're... not very pleasant creatures. It's best not to deal with them at all.

[also: mun sees what you did there]

[megalutionary]

Hah? Pokemon not pleasant? What kind of nonsense have you been listening to? That's just dumb!

[Gotta love the off-beat ones.]

[praiseyveltal]

[ ... ]

Is that a joke? I hope you intended that as a joke.

[Pokémon are cool, but... THEY CAN BE PRETTY UNPLEASANT SOMETIMES...]

[megalutionary]

Why would I be joking about Pokemon? They're cool.

[Yes, even the ones that try to eat your face. especially those.]

[praiseyveltal]

Oh, they definitely are! But that doesn't mean they're not dangerous.