Third Flake [video]

[defyingfrigidity]

[One day, Elsa will make a post to the network that doesn't involve questioning everyone. Today? not really one of those days.]

I'm sorry I've asked so many questions every time I post messages here. After being here for over a month, one would think that I knew enough to not need to ask so many questions. But this is just... something I haven't seen before. So I have to ask.

[The camera shifts from Elsa's face down to her lap. Wriggling happily upon it, nose pushing against her palm as it snuffles curiously, is a Dratini. But there's something a little.... odd about it.]

Do pokemon come in different colors? From what I've been able to tell with others of the species I've seen, it hasn't been the case, but this little one hatched today, and she's.... different, from the pictures I've seen of this species. Is this normal?

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[defyingfrigidity]

[Elsa lets out a small breath.]

Well, that's good to know. I knew it couldn't have meant anything bad, considering how active this little one seems to be... [She giggles a little as she gently prods the dratini's middle, and it squeaks in surprise.] But I've heard that colorings out of the norm could be a hint that there's something... different about someone.

[She's kind of an example of that, isn't she? The only fair-haired member of her otherwise dark-haired family.....]

[dreamsofahero]

Have you?

*his brows raise a bit at that; he doesn't know anything about Elsa's background, but there were certainly some similar sort of things in his own world*

As far as I know, there's nothing particularly different about the pokemon beyond the unusual coloring, though it wouldn't surprise me if people somehow believed they were "better" somehow simply because of how rare it is.

[defyingfrigidity]

Well that's not very fair, is it?

[She lets out a small huff. Geez, thinking someone is better than someone else just because they have something that makes them different....] I understand that this is a very rare occurrence and these rare pokemon should be treasured, but to think they're better than others simply because of that...

It's a little harsh, don't you think?

[dreamsofahero]

It certainly seems a narrow-minded way of looking at it, yes. But it's also quite true that people will often assign more value to something because it's rarer or more difficult to obtain. Precious stones and metals, for example; while any of them can be considered beautiful, people will pay far more for those that are the most rare than those that are the most common...