Yooooo, so I was thinking about Cofagrigus and Yamask and how Cofagrigus eat gold and punish tombrobbers and worldwide cultural phenomena involving burying gold and precious metals and I came up with an interesting little theory.
So the Pokedex tells us that Yamask are spirits of the dead who remember their past lives and reminisce while looking at their eponymous masks. But where do they get these masks? There’s no evidence in canon that people bury their dead with golden masks of their faces, and, since the cultures and traditions of the people in Pokemon are largely based on real life, it is unlikely that people do so. So Yamask must either spontaneously create their own masks or perhaps get one from somewhere.
Now, have you heard of Charon’s obol? It’s the coin the Ancient Greeks would bury with their dead so that the ferryman would give them a ride to the afterlife. Except the practice of people burying coins and other valuable goods with the dead existed before the myth was created and exists in almost every culture.
SO… what if the gold buried with their corpses was what the masks are made out of? A Cofagrigus might use their Mummify ability to transform and coat the skulls after eating enough gold. The golden mask features a closer resemblance to the Yamask’s original human form and makes an excellent shield when compared to a skull. If it requires crushing the skull into a more amenable shape… well, sacrifices must be made.
And so the coin would allow safe passage into the afterlife since it would serve as a coating for the shield Yamask will use during its new life.
When your friends vaguepost things about people offending them or pissing them off and you immediately think it must be something you did you just can’t remember what it is
My Human Relations professor likes to throw a Snorlax plushy at people during class in the morning. Just to make sure we’re awake. Guess who was spacing and got hit?…
You have a cool professor. I’m still bitter about that one time in high school when I got kicked out of A.P. English for the rest of the class.
I’d rather have a cute and apropos Snorlax hit me in the head.
Aromatisse is the most fabulous Pokémon ever. Its design, its cry, the way it moves. Everything about it is fucking fabulous. Plague Doctor my ass, this is SO much better. I love this Pokémon. <3
My main motivation for completing the game is getting a ditto and mating MORE aromatisses.
Yay! I’m so happy I finally went and bought a 3DS. This is also my first Pokemon game ever! I’m really excited to play. If anyone wants to share friend codes let me know! Goodbye college….I’ve gone off to become a Pokemon master.
I also have a pink 3DS and Pokemon X is also my first Pokemon game that I’ve played seriously (as in, for more than a few hours before getting lost/confused/bored.)
If you just got your 3DS I highly recommend Animal Crossing: New Leaf. So much fun. Doesn’t require you to be “good” at video games. Too much cute. Perfect game.
All my tough scary looking pokes are female. Idk how this happened.
My aromatisse is male as well. I always want to say, “Aww gurrrl!” Or “You’re so cute and sassy!” and I really hope David Bowie the aromatisse doesn’t mind being called cute and sassy.
