>>53484585Appreciate the strawmanning. I actually care about issues like climate change, I'm just saying they aren't presented in a shitty Pokemon plot.
>>53484619My point is that just because something is analogous to a political issue does not inherently make it a political issue.
Like the "power crystals" thing. Yes, it is possible to analogize that to fossil fuels and subsequently climate change. But barring any context that actually connects it that way it would not be some sort of political statement. You the viewer would be imposing your political viewpoint on a wholly apolitical plot point.
Galarian Corsola/Cursola is a good example of an actual political statement. It's a direct commentary on coral bleaching as a result of climate change, and even though the game never says "this happened because of manmade pollution" it's still clearly connected to a real-world problem.
On the other hand, the Rose plot being driven by some far-off power shortage, which has no explanation or remotely real-world connection present beyond "we also have power shortages in real life" is not a political statement. It is a fantastical plot point that is then resolved by big dogs fighting a skeleton dragon.
