#179.5 - A family of Mareep, Flaaffy, and Ampharos is colloquially known as a rainbow flock, due to the range of colors this Pokemon goes through as it evolves. Maturing Mareep can easily be picked from its younger companions due to the gradual loss of their wool, as well as their change of skin color; however, the sphere at the end of its tail will not change color until it is near to completing its evolution. Mareep generate static electricity as their wool rubs together, and as they age and begin to store and more and more electricity, they will begin to develop patches with even downy wool won’t grown.
#180.5 - Flaaffy have rubbery, electricity-resistant skin that keeps them from being shocked by the electricity stored in their own wool. As Flaaffy get older, the mane-like arrangement of wool covering their upper body continues to recede, revealing an additional orb on its forehead that was actually present, but smaller, when they were Mareep. As they continue to lose wool from generating too much electricity, they will begin to generate and store electricity in their orbs instead; their tail orb in particular can shine extremely bright. At this point in their evolution, they no longer ever walk around on four legs.
#181 Mega - Ampharos are capable of Mega evolving once they have finished maturing, as long as their trainer possesses the Key Stone, Ampharosite, and a powerful bond with the Pokemon. As Ampharos Mega Evolve, their electrical power is amped up considerably, causing their dormant wool gene to be reactivated, and their heads and tails to grow luxurious white fur. To store the abundance of electricity, they sprout additional orbs on their tail, which will glow once they have been fully charged with electricity. Mega Ampharos actually generate so much raw energy that they gain the Dragon type upon Mega Evolving, often throwing off unaware opponents.
Maui is a powerful demigod. Big and strong and… oh, you think he looks fat?
That’s probably because you’ve been conditioned by the media to accept this
as what strong and fit looks like. Amiright?
Sadly… these guys are not all that strong. Yeah, they got muscles… but they aren’t built in a useful way. They are built for looks and that’s about it.
This…
is a strong guy. Actually a competitor in the Strongman competition. But… his tummy sticks out and he doesn’t look like a Dorito.
You know who else is strong?
These guys…
And Maui…
Look at those arms, omg. And that solid, sturdy torso. You can see a shadow where his meat covers his ribs, but he doesn’t look like any slouch to me.
And this guy…
That’s Dwayne Johnson’s grandfather. When the Disney animators showed him their sketches of Maui, he pulled out a picture of his grandfather and showed it to them because he was amazed how similar they looked. This dude was also a pro wrestler.
There’s actually a great infographic about ab muscles and stuff over HERE. but this is the part i want to show you.
That thickness don’t move like fat. It doesn’t jiggle and he’s able to flex it. Look at how it sits on his body. It doesn’t sag… he doesn’t have a gut. There’s even a slight V shape to his torso.
It’s just big and not ‘defined’.
And people aren’t used to that.
(sorry, this isn’t the most organized post… i kinda just let it all spill out)
Also a guy could be legit fat and still have enormously strong muscles under the gut – agreed that Maui is not that guy, but even if he were fat it would not invalidate his strength.
for sure this ^^^^
I know this is about Maui, but is it okay to also address the body shapes we see in Fullmetal Alchemist? I don’t know if anybody already said this…
Sig might not have that Dorito shape to his body and also look like he has a gut, but his strength is near equal to Major Armstrong, who also doesn’t have that extreme Dorito shape.
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