>>11886141Allow me to explain my position. I will start with the following statements.
The games are a representation of a paracosm.
Our interpretation is a stable, sensical universe represented by those games.
To accept something to be canon, we should accept it in its entirety.
Therefor, for the PokeDex to be canon, we must accept the entirety of it.
>GrimerSludge exposed to X rays from the moon transformed into Grimer. It loves feeding on filthy things.
Really. X-Rays. From the moon. Keep in mind this is an in-game Pokedex, though this holds true for the anime too.
>CuboneWears the skull of its deceased mother.
My breeding says otherwise. Hell, if this were true, wouldn't we eventually run out of Cubones?
There are plenty of statements within the Pokedex that make no sense. Therefor, we must accept a logical alternative. I propose that the Pokedex is filled with ridiculous statements because it is filled out by a child, as it is empty when it is given to the player character as a baby.
>The diaries say it was birthed.You are correct. However, again, this is not necessarily literal. In addition, the Pokemon which we know to be able to breed come from eggs, so it is logical to extrapolate this to legendary Pokemon as well. Mew could not have been artificially inseminated because there is no semen which would allow Mew to give birth. If this were so, Pokemon like Ditto or other Mew would be able to breed with Mew. Mew's genderless nature implies the lack of a vagina or even a birth canal. However, should a piece of Mew's DNA be found, it would be possible to put this DNA into an already existing egg shell, or grown in a test tube. Even your precious Pokedex supports this idea.
>[Mewtwo] was created by a scientist after years of horrific gene-splicing and DNA-engineering experiments. TL, DR: The Pokedex isn't canon, and Mew's DNA was used in the artificial creation of Mewtwo.
