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Headcanons for elekid/electabuzz/electivire biology:
9 years ago
Because I can't just leave something I love alone. I have to go and redesign it...
So, to start with… I’ve got this sort of headcanon that the Pokemon breeding facilities use high tech, egg-like incubators to grow new Pokemon from fetuses or w/e. That’d explain why you’ve got placental mammals hatching from eggs… whereas the wild types maybe still do it.. uh… the discovery channel way? The electabuzz family only makes sense as therians (esp. placental mammals), and thus would do the whole mammalian pregnancy thing, as the normal means of reproduction. The breeding centers would use the reproductive materials of compatible Pokemon to create new ones in vitro. This allows pokemon to breed without extended downtime for female fighters, etc. The egg-incubators also accelerate the growth and development of the baby pokemon, allowing them to get a head start upon hatching (this is where Jolt came from – using Max's DNA and that of an anonymous maternal donor). Elekids are the baby form of course, with evolution to electabuzz being more akin to simply growing up and would be a gradual process taking place at puberty (before that point, they'd be elekids but would grow in size as they age). A fully developed electabuzz is considered an adult. Additional note: like most mammals, females do not normally have breasts, unless they are pregnant or nursing.
Evolution to electivire is based on a combination of age and experience. So generally, the 'mon at their highest evolutions will be older than those not there yet. But there will be those who evolve young just because they’ve been working toward it or otherwise have accrued a lot of experience (ie the gladiator types). I also see evolution as a more gradual process than depicted by the games and show, because why the hell not. Otherwise, they’d get the worst rickets and organ failure and just what about the laws of conservation of mass and energy, anyway?? OK so, take Mad Max the electabuzz and Hertz the electivire. She’s older than him, but she’s not OLD. She's just spent so much time training and fighting that it didn't take long for her to evolve, whereas if Max ever gets around to it, he'll probably be kinda old, at the rate he's going. He's healthy and strong but also very lazy.
Electrical abilities would, of course, involve the use of electrical organs. They would have these throughout the body (including the genitals, for added fun), but the horns on their heads would contain especially powerful electricity-generating organs (these are not fully developed in the elekid). They also have specialized glands throughout the lymphatic system for absorbing and converting electricity, such that the more powerful individuals can withstand and even benefit from a lightning strike. Elekids are born able to absorb and process some electricity but unable to produce any. They learn to do this as they learn anything else like walking or talking (as their proprioceptive abilities develop, basically). Parents will stimulate the growth of their electrical systems by administering mild shocks and eventually teaching them to move that electricity through their bodies. There is also something of a communications aspect to their electrical abilities in that they can be used to communicate proximity (similar to echolocation) and/or feelings (often used in battle, between mates, or between parent/offspring). This is often done using the combination of electricity-generating and receiving organs on the sides of the head (the main reason for the odd head shape - other than just fluff, or even a mane in the case of the electivire). The reason being that it enhances hearing (ears being more or less hidden under fur), and because of close proximity to the brain (allowing signals to be translated quickly). There are electrical nodes in the tail(s) but this is not fully developed until the electivire stage, at which point tails can be used as additional weaponry (or wrapped around a mate hehe).
Diet: Omnivorous. Basically can eat anything a human can, with similar nutritional needs, but with the addition of craving electricity. Electricity can be used to provide an energy boost, or to charge the organs on the head for storage or use in an attack. Technically, energy can be absorbed through almost any part of the body, but due to the number and sensitivity of electrical organs in the head, it is often most fulfilling for them to chew on wires or otherwise "eat" the electricity (it can be routed through the sinuses to the electrical organs). This can get young elekids in trouble (or Max, who is just a douchebag) if they damage someone else's property in seeking power. Parents will supplement their diets with some of their own energy. Females have electrical organs along with the mammary glands (as with the entire lymphatic system) for just this reason.
My thoughts about the spurs on their heels is that they evolved (in the Darwinian sense this time) to help with balance and control on uneven terrain or even climbing trees to find prey or get closer to a thunderstorm. Probably originated as a modified toe, similar to the dewclaws on a cat.
As far as my redesigns go, ie. Elekids with tails, electivires with tusks, etc... I see them all as being different morphs of the same species, thus it makes more sense for them to be born with tails than to grow them later, or for the tusks to just get bigger as they age.
Updates will be added as I think more...
So, to start with… I’ve got this sort of headcanon that the Pokemon breeding facilities use high tech, egg-like incubators to grow new Pokemon from fetuses or w/e. That’d explain why you’ve got placental mammals hatching from eggs… whereas the wild types maybe still do it.. uh… the discovery channel way? The electabuzz family only makes sense as therians (esp. placental mammals), and thus would do the whole mammalian pregnancy thing, as the normal means of reproduction. The breeding centers would use the reproductive materials of compatible Pokemon to create new ones in vitro. This allows pokemon to breed without extended downtime for female fighters, etc. The egg-incubators also accelerate the growth and development of the baby pokemon, allowing them to get a head start upon hatching (this is where Jolt came from – using Max's DNA and that of an anonymous maternal donor). Elekids are the baby form of course, with evolution to electabuzz being more akin to simply growing up and would be a gradual process taking place at puberty (before that point, they'd be elekids but would grow in size as they age). A fully developed electabuzz is considered an adult. Additional note: like most mammals, females do not normally have breasts, unless they are pregnant or nursing.
Evolution to electivire is based on a combination of age and experience. So generally, the 'mon at their highest evolutions will be older than those not there yet. But there will be those who evolve young just because they’ve been working toward it or otherwise have accrued a lot of experience (ie the gladiator types). I also see evolution as a more gradual process than depicted by the games and show, because why the hell not. Otherwise, they’d get the worst rickets and organ failure and just what about the laws of conservation of mass and energy, anyway?? OK so, take Mad Max the electabuzz and Hertz the electivire. She’s older than him, but she’s not OLD. She's just spent so much time training and fighting that it didn't take long for her to evolve, whereas if Max ever gets around to it, he'll probably be kinda old, at the rate he's going. He's healthy and strong but also very lazy.
Electrical abilities would, of course, involve the use of electrical organs. They would have these throughout the body (including the genitals, for added fun), but the horns on their heads would contain especially powerful electricity-generating organs (these are not fully developed in the elekid). They also have specialized glands throughout the lymphatic system for absorbing and converting electricity, such that the more powerful individuals can withstand and even benefit from a lightning strike. Elekids are born able to absorb and process some electricity but unable to produce any. They learn to do this as they learn anything else like walking or talking (as their proprioceptive abilities develop, basically). Parents will stimulate the growth of their electrical systems by administering mild shocks and eventually teaching them to move that electricity through their bodies. There is also something of a communications aspect to their electrical abilities in that they can be used to communicate proximity (similar to echolocation) and/or feelings (often used in battle, between mates, or between parent/offspring). This is often done using the combination of electricity-generating and receiving organs on the sides of the head (the main reason for the odd head shape - other than just fluff, or even a mane in the case of the electivire). The reason being that it enhances hearing (ears being more or less hidden under fur), and because of close proximity to the brain (allowing signals to be translated quickly). There are electrical nodes in the tail(s) but this is not fully developed until the electivire stage, at which point tails can be used as additional weaponry (or wrapped around a mate hehe).
Diet: Omnivorous. Basically can eat anything a human can, with similar nutritional needs, but with the addition of craving electricity. Electricity can be used to provide an energy boost, or to charge the organs on the head for storage or use in an attack. Technically, energy can be absorbed through almost any part of the body, but due to the number and sensitivity of electrical organs in the head, it is often most fulfilling for them to chew on wires or otherwise "eat" the electricity (it can be routed through the sinuses to the electrical organs). This can get young elekids in trouble (or Max, who is just a douchebag) if they damage someone else's property in seeking power. Parents will supplement their diets with some of their own energy. Females have electrical organs along with the mammary glands (as with the entire lymphatic system) for just this reason.
My thoughts about the spurs on their heels is that they evolved (in the Darwinian sense this time) to help with balance and control on uneven terrain or even climbing trees to find prey or get closer to a thunderstorm. Probably originated as a modified toe, similar to the dewclaws on a cat.
As far as my redesigns go, ie. Elekids with tails, electivires with tusks, etc... I see them all as being different morphs of the same species, thus it makes more sense for them to be born with tails than to grow them later, or for the tusks to just get bigger as they age.
Updates will be added as I think more...
