>>52367042Yes, they're pets who are owned. That's the one constant. They can be deities, sapient, even hyperintelligent. They can even talk fluently like that Lucario from the movie. But that Lucario still called his human partner his master. No matter what, in spite of any logical reasoning, the Pokemon NEEDS to ultimately be portrayed as something beneath humans. That's evidently what Gamefreak thinks is a good idea.
>>52368308They're owned the way pets are owned. They belong to you, but it's still illegal to beat them.
