>>52767905I don't get irriated but I do recognize that they hit jackpot. Think about it, Pokémon is the biggest franchise in all of human history. A big part of that success stems from the Pokémon themselves. They're designed to have charm, to be friendly and to be someone's friend, Tajiri wrote that they're just like cats and dogs which gives them a great deal of familiarity. Because of this Pokémon are very well liked by people, they evoke a sense of familiarity by existing in the domestic space of cats and dogs but also by occupying the wild space of critters. They're distant but also very familiar, Pokémon as a series conceptualizes the fantastical into the familiar and natural which is best seen with ghost type Pokémon.
This meticulous construct of Pokémon has allowed the Pokémon to deeply resonate with people because they draw on familiar creatures to us, that is creatures that live in the natural world but also cats and dogs in particular.
Simply put that's what Pokémon are constructed as, and this is something they've been saying since before the games released. People here cry about it because the dynamics and space occupied by Pokémon give no room to this nonsense fantasies people have. People here want to romance pets and critters, not people, which is why people see pokephilia as inane. Pointing that out is far from being a bootlicker but more like understanding the way the Pokémon franchises functions and as to why it's that way.