>>48814355those individuals you're talking about want it to be sapient. if you get a thrill from your pokemon calling you master its because you want something powerful to submit to you. if it is saying that because of the power schema between you and it then it gives that thrill. if it calls you master because it thinks thats your name then its not actually following that.
petplay is a fetish because the 'pet' isn't usually a pet. its not naughty for your pet to wear a collar and do what you tell it. same for your gardevoir.