Took too long to finish this, unfortunately...
>>45558018I think I've mentioned it in a previous thread, but Murdoch's coat has tiny plates inside of it that regulate his body temperature to remain constant. It lets him operate comfortably in hot or cold environments without issue.
Murdoch was raised by both his parents and many strict people who shaped him into the sharp young man he became over the years. He was very thankful for them helping him to discover and grow his scientific pursuits in biotechnology.
After Orzabal (the Malamar) and Curtonix (the Beheeyem) kidnapped him to use his brain as a catalyst, however, he now has little to be thankful for other than the fact that they're both keeping him alive.>spoilerMany stories feature the trainers as having the spotlight, while the Pokemon themselves only act as extensions of said trainers. Additionally I feel that having an objectively evil team with nonsensical or ludicrous ideas in their grasp for power not quite to my liking. It's alright if others like something simple, but I wanted to have the limelight belong in equal strength to both Pokémon and humans. Pokemon can have their own desires and goals, and not all of them are completely benevolent angels who can do no harm without human intervention. That being said, when both sides of the conflict have very real stakes and logical reasoning for doing what they do, it creates a sense of conflict for the observer.
You may desperately want to see Murdoch and the rest of the mon-hating society be destroyed for their beliefs of human/Pokémon coexistence being detrimental to humanity in the long run, but they sort of have no choice when powerful mons are attacking their societies and robbing them of their resources. On the other hand, the human oligarchy spares no mercy for the Pokémon that showed no mercy to their own people in turn. It spirals into neither side explicitly being either good or evil.
