>>6314404Author's notes on the American Pawniard
(Dan vaguely knows some of this stuff)
>Diabolical Ironclad Beetle provides a 1:1 explanation of the Dark/Steel typing; a regional variant whose type switch did practically nothing lol.>Longer lifespans than Japanese Pawniards/Bisharps in general.>Stag Beetle; males have two crests to differentiate them from Japanese Bisharp. >Males are called "stags" and are generally larger with larger knives. Females are called "does" and do not typically have head crests or have very short ones if they rarely do. Female Bisharps gain crests, albeit smaller ones compared to male Bisharp, after evolution in response to environmental stress/battling.>The blade things on their abdomens are akin to mandibles and there are extremely funny images of bug men throwing each other around on the Internet. >Abdomen segments go horizontally like beetles rather than vertically like in the actual Pawniard and Bisharp designs.>Fucking fascinating because they're very big beetle men who hunt and behave like mammals (wolves hunting down prey; packs organization).>Pawniard line shows up in Philipp Franz von Siebold's Fauna Japonica.>After America opened up Japan, several colonies of Pawniard were traded or smuggled out and raised throughout the world; their innate hardy nature let them survive the long voyages and adapt to new regions.>Infamously known as a major annoyance to cowboys during the Wild West era due to their hunting habits. Also, I just want them to hunt down bison/Afrodeos AKA Buffloants because it's a cool image. Bands of Pawniards and Bisharp are known as "gangs" for this reason.>Most famous use in military endeavors was their deployment alongside the 442nd Regiment in the European theatre of WW2. "Go for broke!">Pawniard is one of those Pokémon who look really stupid looking at them straight on lol. 