>>53284238If we're going a PMD isekai, I could see a custom scenario where the skillset of said Vietnam vet could come in handy depending upon the setting, perhaps teleported to some world and faction fighting against some typical evil empire or some shit of that nature, and the Vietnam vet in an ironic twist using his experiences fighting the Viet Cong to his advantage. Maybe evening seeing things from "both sidesTM" and seeing what the shit really is, trying to keep their fool grandson from getting involved in some horseshit crusade and getting back home in one piece to their family.
"I ain't got time for this namby, pamby bullshit miss. My only priority is to get my grandson home back to his family. For Christ sakes, he's got a goddamn daughter and wife he has to take care of!"
I'm just spitballing here, but this is one of those things that people just don't experiment with isekais in general. They don't take it out for a different spin, putting their own take on it and twisting it to be something new and different. Nothing wrong with going the old worn road, but speaking for myself, I'd definitely like to see some more nuance introduced by throwing in such factors and elements.
Speaking of which, has anyone ever noticed that these Pokemon isekais to the Pokemon world tend to follow the cliche of **always** being more advanced and **moral** in every regard, never seeming to deal with the same shit that *our* world has to deal with? I know it's Pokemon, and the source material never really dives into moral dilemmas, so it is to be expected along the way that isn't what people read such stuff for. But it has gotten annoying for me personally, such as with Borne of Caution seemingly bereft of such nuance beyond the obvious, with a few exceptions either displayed or hinted at like with the league, other corporate elements, and so on.
