>>15834424I want sad poke'mon to run away. I want to have to take care of ALL the poke'mon I catch, or find them good homes or release them after training if I can't manage it.
You know, like having a real animal. If you can't care for it, you find it another home, or you let it go.
I want my poke'mon to get sick and need attention, to grow up and mature. Maybe even hate me for things I couldn't help. I want feeling, emotion, consequence.
Hell... maybe I want a poke'mon I love to beg to be traded away because they like another trainer more than me.
I want the complicated, convoluted mess that comes with real feelings, real problems, and real intelligence.
I know it'll never happen, that it can't, or that if it was tried, it would be a nightmare, especially for people who feel nothing for them... but emotion. I want emotion.
Amie went a long way here. I feel closer to my team than ever before, and for the first time, I considered keeping them from evolving, just because I'd miss their cute little faces in amie... but I let them grow up. It was kinda powerful, if I'm honest, and I'd love to see more of that.
