So! We have a winning concept for our Water/Fire Pokémon: the one proposed by Chewiana Jones, which I shall repeat here:
“What if we had an enormous squid/oil lamp hybrid that lived deep in arctic oceans, getting most of its nutrients from volcanic vents and small deep-sea Pokemon prey and burning oil (for warmth) in small amounts inside its body, which could look somewhat steampunk furnace-ish structure with more organic parts like the eyes and mouth mixed in and a body made of translucent, durable membrane with golden light shining through, supported by a skeletal framework. However, when it starts to run low on oil, it flares up its flames and rises like a hot air balloon to closer to the surface. There, it hunts pokemon like Walrein and Dewgong by expelling oil like squid ink and then lighting it on fire, then eats them and uses the oil for more power.”
Next step: art! I need people to draw this thing! Let your imagination go wild! I’ve just created a new e’mail address for the blog – pokemaniac.chris@gmail.com – which you can use to send me pictures. Alternatively, you can just use an image hosting site or something. Just make sure you give me the name you want me to use to credit you!
Once we have a few submissions, we can vote on those and pick the best one. Don’t feel you have to stick to the letter of the original concept – just as long as you keep to the spirit of it. If anyone wants to suggest adjustments to the concept in the comments or whatever, please do so. There’s already been one problem suggested with this idea – that this creature surfaces to hunt when it runs low on oil, and then… uses more oil to hunt. Who can think of a way to fix that?
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