I think I hate Pokemon now...

[strange]

After a long, involved, and very interesting conversation I've come to the conclusion that Pokemon is nothing more than cutified slavery. Pokemon are not animals, they're a race; a species of sentient peoples. They have language and emotions and personal desires. You capture them and take them away from their homes and have them fight for you. Whether they want to or not, no trainers bother to ask them as far as I've seen. If they don't like their trainer and they run away they're still legally registered to that trainer. They live in tiny little balls like genies in bottles. While attempting to initially capture one they resist. They fight back. They do not want to live in your backpack full of tiny prison cells.

Sure you can call pokemon battles the equivalent of martial arts competitions. Sure, you can say that if they're unhappy they just leave. But you know what? Every time you say anything about pokemon, replace the word "Trainer" with "Slaver" and the word "Pokemon" with "Slave". See how much you sound like rich bags of dicks back in the day trying to rationalize slavery.

Apparently the internet has had this very thought. And another.

Why the fuck are we making slavery cute?

Comments

[strange]

Woah! Hello you!! Didn't know you were still around here!

Yeah man, it was a weird ass conversation. lmao. I'm honestly still kinda waffling on it, because on one hand; yeah it's a fucking anime, lighten up. But on the other hand; EERRRR???? Yeah. so. LOL. Yeaaaah.

HI!

[crush]

It's been sorta forever. Also, Ivy gave me a nudge to do more here, so here I am!

It's hard to not see it once someone points it out, and there are compelling arguments. I mean, do we want this stuff to get internalized? idk. So conflicted. I love Pokemon so much!

Hellooooo!

[strange]

That's kinda where I'm at too. Cause pokemons are adorable badass critter things. And you know. I love adorable badass things. lol. But holy shit, man. Thinking too hard ruins many fandoms, I suspect.

Ivy gave me a DW nudge too. I'ma try to do something at least once a week. Hopefully more. Cause you know. Lots to say? Sometimes, at least... I have to get back into the habit of checking my reading page too, dammit.

[crush]

Adorable and badass are a great combo! Lol. I think when people really think a lot on fandoms, they start to see terrifying implications. People interpret things as they want though, and it's good to see multiple perspectives. Thankfully, Pokemon is a work of fiction.

I'm trying to do something at least every couple of days. It's tough, but I can do it. Also, add my other journal ~samwise, please! I'm going to retire this one. :)

[strange]

Aaaaand I forgot about DW again. lol. And yeah, ok! I will do this thing.

That's a good point. I bet I could find all kinds of really terrible fucking thins if I looked too hard at lots of things I love.

Oy. My brain hurts.