>>26499346>>26500145To continue on that train of thought, easily the most interesting part is the social aspect of the change.
Suddenly, the whole hunter/gather thing, you know, the entire basis of survival their whole life up to that point? Hey, don't worry about it. You can buy food. No biggie.
This is just an example, but what if they'd had a bad experience with humans? That's another layer, if one decided to go that route. Hell, even if they had no problems with humans, suddenly no one wants to catch them, nor is anyone planning on eating them. They don't have to jump into attack mode or run for cover at the slightest bump in the night.
Clothes would probably be a very important and confusing lesson. It's like layers of fur, but you take them off, and have to wash them in machines or in a river otherwise people will be mad that you stink? and if you "shed" in front of them that's a big no-no for some reason?
What if they were already caught a long time ago, and are looking for their trainer? Hell if they hadn't changed they'd probably be able to run, fly, follow a scent, or get to the trainer somehow by now. But now they can't even climb a tree properly to get their boundries and directions straight, nor do they have the nose they used to. And without any ability to thoroughly navigate human society, they're looking for a needle in a haystack.
Even once they'd learned the basics and could walk around like a relatively normal, if shaggy, human, I'd imagine there's plenty of prejudices or views they have that conflict with the masses. How people treat their pokemon, how they treat each other, how they treat their own bodies, how utterly convoluted people can be instead of just saying what they want- In a very basic example, it's the perfect person to confront a bully, because they're still viewing it in a pack mentality, not the "don't get involved" thing humans do.
And that's not to even speak on relationships- that'd be a can of worms.
