XD I spent the last two days thinking way too hard about what type of animals would be pokemon for where I live, including Starters, evil team, and Legendaries. I definitally thought about it way too hard because I came up with some REALLY good prompts for myself. Even if they aren't for Fakemon, but just general character ideas, I think they're cool.
STARTERS 🍀 Bat Trying to stick with the grass starter theme of "extinct", where I live, there were bat species on the verge of extinction when I was younger. They DID actually make a come-back, though. I chose the bat as well because the actual extinct creature is a pigeon and we don't need a pigeon starter.
🔥 Squirrel Specifically a Fox Squirrel. It's a rodent to keep with being a zodiac creature, and also as an animal has a Fiery colored tail. So it would be perfect to be a fire starter.
💧 Salamander There are two or three Salamanders I would like to base this off of that exist here. I think Salamander would be best because most aquatic life here are fish and its hard to travel with a fish. The other is frogs, but I think It'd be better to have the local frog be a regular pokemon you can find and catch.
💀 Bad Guy Team I think the three "Bad guy" pokemon will be these. It seems like the theme of pokemon I picked are mostly Farm Pests it looks. XD
A Hellgrammite/dobsonflies is a scary looking bug. But also I used to play with them because they're easy to deal with. I think the flying form is actually cute. Grunts can have these. (Bug/Water)
Perhaps also the Cow Killer Wasp. They nest in Bumblebee homes. Which also means that I would have some type of Bumblebee pokemon as a counterpart of this one. They are also called Velvet ants even though they aren't ants. They have a crazy Sting. (Bug/poison)
Definitelly a Fisher Cat. These are in the Mustelidae family, not cats. They are animals that a lot of times Terrorize Farmer's Chickens and rabbits Eating them all up around here. I've seen a few before, even. They're pretty large. I think the stronger team members would have these. (dark)
Legendaries 👻 /💧 A Boar that lives in the swamps. This one representing a legend that was fake but turned out real. The boar is known for it's wailing sounds that echo in the swamp-scape. You can't tell where it is coming from. People who think they catch a glimps of it say it quickly melds away into the water like a foggy illusion.
👻 / ⛰️ A Mountain Lion that lives in the forest of the mountains. This one representing a legend no one believes in. This feline is large, with a Boney Ball on its tail. It creates haunting noises by drumming and scraping its tail on the rocky mountain cliffs.
Both Legendaries are ghost type because the place is very well known for how Haunted it is. In-fact, Most folk lore involves Ghosts or Ghouls here. Not many animal creatures aside from a cat and a boar. All Undead monstrosities otherwise. The boar is actually a fake folk lore! It's water type because it melts into tears and lives in swamps. I chose mountain lion because it goes well with the Cat-folklore and ghost theme since they were thought to not exist here anymore. They do, though. It's rock type because of the environment AND the cat folklore. Both are based on Spooky Sounds that fits well with ghosts as well as the folklore they're based off of.
