>>44900560Why are trainers such important figures in their world? Because Pokemon are walking WMDs that
even a small child can wield. Trainers battle each other for sport, but we rarely see them
attack each other with their Pokemon. This is because they recognize the deadly power they
wield and teach that lesson to their children, a system that encourages nonviolence and
mutual respect in their societies. Indeed, some Pokemon are treated as guard dogs for young, elderly, and
other vulnerable people. Most people value their Pokemon as companions rather than tools of
violence. But what about the people who think otherwise?
The villains of the Pokemon world range from universe-altering madmen to petty thieves. But what
do they all have in common? They use their Pokemon to oppress and violently coerce otherwise
nonviolent people. Indeed, the evil team grunts are typically portrayed as subpar
trainers resorting to dirty tactics and superior numbers to overwhelm good, upstanding trainers, while
the more higher-ranking members are like warlords, seeking to harness powerful Pokemon
through any means necessary to control and subjugate others or to alter the world to serve
their own purposes. In fact, one common goal of all evil teams is to rob trainers of their Pokemon,
disarming them and leaving them powerless while giving the team itself even more power.
It's a commonly repeated theme that there are no evil Pokemon, only evil trainers. The most
powerful people in the Pokemon world are trainers who respect and care for their Pokemon
and by extension other people. Evil-doers exist, but they ultimately undermine themselves
by making enemies of other people and even their own Pokemon. The world of Pokemon revolves around
mutual respect and striving to be the best, like no one ever was.
