>>51494739Good thing I've never claimed Pokémon are mindless. But, again, that doesn't change what Pokémon are constructed to be, what they are and how they want people to perceive them. To put it blunt the inanity you crave for simply isn't there in the series. Even the people responsible for Pokémon said as such in an official biography from 2018. What did Tajiri tell Sugimori to think of Pokémon as? As pets, just like cats and dogs. He even reinforces this view in the following panels where he imagines Pokémon battles as two pet owners allowing their pets to fight. This means that in battle the angle we see is inspired by one taking their pet out for a walk, Tajiri approved of that to be added to his biography.
In short a Pokémon is not a lover, they're sweet, innocent critters that one should perceive as a pet, not a person. Read Takeshi Shudo blog and how he talks of Pokémon, and he was in fact in contact with the series creators, and internalize what the 2012 product guide is trying to say. It all works in unison, a Pokémon was never meant to be a lover.
As for the other points we have the script for Arceus
https://paste. ee/r/PLl7M/0
Nowhere is that story alludes to in the script. Verily so this is the game that actually gives us one of the key aspects of Pokémonness and what exactly makes a creature a Pokémon. For sure we shouldn't take some text with no context seriously and we know why people here desperately want it to be a serious lore thing
