>>43721434There's no chance in hell the pokémon world has a stigmata over poképhilia like people in our world think. That's the problem with applying our real-world experience to a universe where the creatures have their own language they can use to speak with other pokémon and humans. Human life in the pokémon world is centred to deeply around pokémon and has been since humans first emerged in the pokémon world that it's obviously an extension of the bonding process.
It also means any trainer who enters a physical and emotional relationship with their pokémon and have their feelings reciprocated are among the very strongest on the circuit, if not the Region/world, given the greater the affection between a pokémon and its trainer, the better it performs in battle.
