>>56865527Fittingly, this is also how children operate in playgroups. No one is codifying rules for the shit you're doing on the playground, nor does someone get formally punished for breaking an unwritten social rule. But there are totally a bunch of social rules that everyone instinctively knows and largely adheres to, and they expect everyone else to largely adhere to them as well. Those who step out of line become ostracized pariahs, seen as "villains" even for doing something fairly minor.
This is why Pokemon is such a great setting for the 10-year-old demographic. The fictional world of pokemon basically follows the function of the little world they live in IRL.
