>>35152019>There's no way to think about Pokemon battles that isn't abusive.Sure there is. When humans were being outright abusive and doing things like eating them, they refused to appear according to the in-game lore.
We're not talking about cock fighting where animals just do what they've been instinctuallydriven and abused to do, we're talking about animal-like creatures on a similar level of intelligence as humans who have decided they want to battle with alongside humans in a competitive manner as long as they aren't being abusive.
To the point where they'll stick by their side even if they morally disagree with what they're doing according to the early anime (as Koffing and Ekans talk about not liking what Jesse and James do).
Consent is a thing that exists and it turns otherwise abusive acts into just more things you do.
