Still thinking about various real world mutations/conditions and how they might apply to pokemon.
Point colouration in cats occurs due to a mutated enzyme making them not produce melanin at normal body temperatures, so only the cooler parts of the body get colouration. I think it'd be especially neat to see this applied to various fire pokemon, feline or not.
Sidestepping the fact that if a critter is bright blue or purple it wouldn't be melanin giving them their colours for the sake of having fun :D Though maybe it's time to make up imaginary poke-pigments that could have their own unique mutations.
since copies were sent out, i'm sharing my illustration for @playroughzine at last! it was a lot of fun to draw and i'm very grateful for the opportunity to participate! hope you enjoy the zine🤗
Have a fully-evolved, male Pyroar I raised from an egg. My sister just had a new baby. Any tips on how to safely introduce them? He's not much of a battler, unless you count scaring the local poochyena pack away from our mareep/skiddo herd, and gets fed a vet recommended feed daily, but that's still a fairly large carnivore being exposed to what is essentially 8 pounds and 3 ounces of free calories.
provided that someone is holding the baby, it's okay to let them say hi across the room. however i don't recommend allowing baby near your pyroar at all until baby is old enough to understand not sticking hands near your pyroar's mouth. male pyroar don't do much hunting themselves and don't typically attack anything that isn't threatening their territory, but that's still a huge carnivore- and it's one with extremely hot breath that could easily burn a baby who puts their hand near its mouth.
once baby gets old enough to understand safety rules and you've made sure that your pyroar isn't showing signs of prey drive around them, you can slowly acclimate them to getting closer, but that's a long ways away!