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Question bump: when it comes to writing fanfiction, how do you believe Pokemon should show emotion? For example, should a canine Pokemon smile like a human when it's happy, or should it simply wag its tail like a real-life dog? Or should it do both, or neither?
From what I've seen, both the anime and games suggest that Pokemon often display emotion in much the same way humans do. They smile when happy (as seen in pic related), frown when upset, cry when sad, etc. But this seems to be true even for Pokemon inspired by animals that don't show emotions like this in real life. This makes me wonder if Pokemon really should be so humanlike regarding emotions, or if it would be better to depict them as more animalistic in that regard.