Post #2774225
2026-05-07 15:02 UTC
@scribblemacher@mstdn.games Tbh, battling is just one of the many things people do w/ them in this world, and it's portrayed as you playing the role of the strategist, kind of like a coach would with a sports team. Pokemon aren't forced to obey (there's mechanics to reflect this, although with a different goal), and the bad guys are usually people who steal or otherwise force pokemon to do their bidding.
The black/white games explore capturing as enslavement a bit in the story but it's shallow.
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@mid_kid@fosstodon.org 2026-05-07 15:13
@scribblemacher@mstdn.games In the canon it's not unseen that a pokemon just pops out of its ball and leaves its trainer, or they just live with humans without involving balls, but yeah... It's a world where a 10 year old is legally allowed to take a near governmental position by punching the elites with his rogue band of critters, a lot of this wouldn't work in reality :P Sometimes it's best to not have a canon answer when they would come up with "pokemon go into the grass to willingly be captured".