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What makes Pokemon different from humans?
When a human has a desire, they collect Pokemon and go to fulfill it. That is how this world works.
When a Pokemon has a desire, what do they do?
Why must the free lives of Pokemon be the cost of a human's wish to act?
Who decided that Pokemon were possessions to be bought and sold and bartered with?
All beings think and feel and wish.
Please consider this.
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When a human has a desire, they collect Pokemon and go to fulfill it. That is how this world works.
When a Pokemon has a desire, what do they do?
Why must the free lives of Pokemon be the cost of a human's wish to act?
Who decided that Pokemon were possessions to be bought and sold and bartered with?
All beings think and feel and wish.
Please consider this.
[[ooc: Replies will often be short because he's trying to obscure his typing style and avoid any clues as to his identity. Threadjacking is fine!]]
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There exists only one sort of Pokemon that do not wish a trainer. And that is those who are so powerful, so unchallengeable, that they can already do as they wish. The Legendaries are among this number, of course, but they are not the only ones. Have you ever heard of a wild Dragonite being captured? Or another Pokemon at the pinnacle of its strength showing itself before a trainer? I doubt it. For they are the rare few who do not need one.
Yet... even for some of those, gaining a trainer might be a better option, not for them, but for those around them. Many of the ones who become that strong also become dangerous, and their rampages may be the source of nightmares in all the Pokemon around them. Trainers are sometimes the only things holding back what could be a threat to humans and Pokemon alike for miles around.
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Thank you.
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And have no doubt on this. Humans need us.
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Pokemon training itself does not distress me at all. That kind of symbiosis is something which should exist in my world but does not, for many petty reasons, and I am glad that both humans and Pokemon here have the chance to intermingle and depend on each other.
But it terrifies me to think that I could vanish at any moment, and my Pokemon, who are young and unique and who I care about very much, could end up in the hands of someone who could easily leave them in the PC once they no longer need their skills.
Or, they could be abducted by Team Rocket for no reason but a show of power, and be made to attack others like in the assault on Goldenrod.
The way this world is allows those things to happen. Even otherwise innocuous people, with no direct intentions of wrongdoing, can deny their Pokemon the future they desire if they forget that they are any more than tools.
It's irrational of me to air these worries the way I did, and cowardly of me to hide behind an anonymous face, but I need to know firsthand what the rest of Johto thinks, so that I can make some kind of plan. If I promise them that I will be the trainer that they need, I will be lying. If I act without knowing what I'm doing, I'm putting them in danger.
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It would seem I have misjudged you, and I should apologize for that. I took you to be some sort of activist against the practice of training, blind to the reality of things and the nature of this world. Clearly, this is not the case.
However, as you yourself have noted, your true problems seem to stem from a disagreement with the natural order of our world. Yes, abusive trainers and groups like Team Rocket exist... but that cannot be altered through some global movement. It can only be responded to on an individual basis.