>>50923546Pokemon isn't trying to build a super serious world. It's q lighthearted setting with some occasional conflict. Like for example Oak being attacked by various Pokémon and surviving
https://youtu.be/eb_z4n1W7rIIf it was relatively serious Oak would be dead but he just brushes it all off. I think the most serious the main games have ever gotten is Legends of Arceus but it still wasn't some super serious setting, there were plenty of lighthearted moments. And the comparisons are apt as well especially given the context of Pokémon.
Which the problem stems because people are simply not understanding that the points they bring up don't make Pokémon unique. This is why it's worth pointing it out how it works in other series and you can find similar examples in even more serious or realistic settings. Indeed the fact that in some of these settings the characters actually talk and are able to express themselves as people put them several ranks ahead of 99.9% of Pokémon.
So yes Pokémon has Pokémon act and do human things, which is perfectly normal in fictional settings. However it also has Pokémon do things that we associate with wild and also domesticated critters simply because this fictional world is built with a specific context in mind. In my opinion ghost Pokémon are probably the best example of the fantastical being retooled and contextualized into the familiar. Like this screencap here showing two creatures that belong in the same context partaking in imagery associated with domestic animals. Both creatures have fantastical abilities, both exist as Pokémon and are partaking in Pokémon exclusive activities and the series doesn't treat any of them differently. The one on the left may be more fantastical than the one on the right but both are sold to us as being equal and existing as the same group of creatures in universe.
And that's, I think, one of the strength of Pokémon over their competition.
