>find out not all pokemon start at friendship value 70 (50 in G8+)
>legendaries, mythics, ultra beasts, paradox start at 0
>pseudos, some ghost/dark, some evolved start at 35
>Buneary starts at 0 to get overpowered Frustration
That all makes sense, okay. But then...
>Charcadet evos start at 20 friendship
>Nymble starts at 20
>Lokix starts at 0
Why? What is the lore reason here? Return & Frustration don't exist. Dex entries don't have an explanation. Why make a special case here???

Lopunny starts at 140 (max value for a wild catch) and so it loves you immediately

>>58010971 (OP)
Nowadays, ever since they merged Friendship and Affection into the same stat, the differing variables are to determine how long it'll take before you start getting Affection Buffs from interacting with your mons during a picnic.

>>58011008
>you canonically need to groom angsty buneary into a horny slut

>>58010971 (OP)
>>58011008
>he doesn't know that Lopunny was made specifically to be your secret Sinnoh ingame lore wife
oh no no no

Heatran loves you btw

>>58011019
How does Umbreon/Espeon vs Sylveon work then? How do you pick, just the 'have a Fairy move'?

>>58011066
Heatran loves being weird. One of the few legendaries with a gender

>>58011076
Correct, the presence or absence of a Fairy move determines the outcome.

>>58011066
>Latias
>Latios
>Tornadus
>Thundurus
>Landorus
>Heatran
>Cresselia
all have weird friendship value, is it because they have genders?

>>58011082
Given the circumstances by which Latias and Latios appear to people, it's likely their friendship starts high because they're interested in the player character right away, since they're basically a nonviolent compassionate pure of heart human.
The others, fuck if I knew, could be a simple matter of respect at being caught.

>>58011082
Having true fuckability rather than workable non-functional fuckability makes them more compatible. Its just obvious.

>>58011064
I wanted sex.

>>58011109
I'm sure there's a mod