For my entry challenge I'm going to dig into my Latino heritage. The little island of Puerto Rico.
For those who don't know much about it, Puerto Rico isn't just one island, but an archipelago. The main island of Puerto Rico is the smallest by land area of the Greater Antilles. However, it ranks third in population amongst that group of four islands, which also include Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Jamaica.
Now that you know a little about the island, let me introduce you to Puerto Rico's representative Pokémon, Politoed.
Politoed Lv.25 ♂
Trait: Drizzle
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
IVs: 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 [HP Grass 70]
- Scald
- Swagger
- Perish Song
- Encore
Date: December 10, 2098
Hatched: Undella Town
The inspiration behind my choice has to do with one of Puerto Rico's native fauna and a symbol of pride, the
Coquí.
The Common Coquí is a small frog native frog to Puerto Rico and is known throughout the islands for it's loud call "CO-QUI". You can always here its call at night no matter where you are in Puerto Rico. The citizens of Puerto Rico take such pride in the little frog, that most of knick knacks found in gift shops are adorned with the frog.
I think Politoed represents Puerto Rico really well. It's ability Drizzle always brings out rain when Politoed is sent out to battle. Puerto Rico is located in the tropics and is constantly plagued by tropical storms and hurricanes. It some parts of the island, annual rainfall averages to 171.09 inches (4,346 mm).
Politeod's Bold nature more or less reflects the nature of Puerto Ricans, to present themselves as confident, fearless, and adventurous.
I choose an HP Power of grass to represent Puerto Rico's lush green scenery which can be found throughout the island.
I realize the choice of moves are a little odd. My imagination got the best of me on that one. I choose each move to represent something.
Scald represents the warm waters of the beaches around the island.
Swagger...this one made me laugh. Take a look at all of the Reggaeton artists from Puerto Rico and you'll see that those guys sweat swag from their pores.
Perish Song seems a little depressing if you think about what the move actually does, but music is a very important aspect of all Spanish culture.
And finally, there's Encore. Even when the song ends for us, we always pick it up again.
Now the date I picked for Politoed has some importance. Dec. 10, 2098 would mark 200 years that Puerto Rico has been a commonwealth of the United States.
That's if it doesn't becomes a state or gain independence by then. Back in Dec. 10, 1898, Spain had seceded Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War. So if that hadn't happened, I'd probably be Spanish instead of American...trippy.
So, tl;dr Politoed resembles the Puerto Rican Coquí and our attitude.
(lvl 50) ★
