>>52670372It's not real so there's no way to treat it. But by playing the games and consuming Pokémon media you're already treating it that way. In the games you interact with your Pokémon as pets, not as people. The world also treats them in a similar manner and constantly It's said that Pokémon and people exist as two separate concepts. A Pokémon as a cute little critter is fundamental to the Pokémon franchise so much that Tajiri was already penning Pokémon as pets as early as 1995. His biography just pretty much sealed the book on that front because he's very open about it there.
When I first set out to prove a point I used what is visible from the source material which people here readily denied. It's not until further looking behind the scenes that I uncovered how open the series is about it to the point one can't deny it.
Because this is the only way one interacts and sees Pokémon that is the way people's views are shaped. When it comes to the sexual aspect the NSFW sphere is embedded within a group that probably cares very little about a Pokémon construction and standing but for normal folks it's something they are keen to pick on. For example The Chlakeaters receiving backlash on TikTok and accusations of bestiality. No matter how much people here want to divorce Pokémon from it's context it's near impossible to do so especially since this construction is a foundation of the series.
>>52670520Not unusual at all by fictional standards.
