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Some Theories of Mine About Pokemon
10 years ago
Keep in mind these are flawed; I just think they're interesting nonetheless.
How to not feel bad about taking Pokemon from their homes and using them to beat up other Pokemon: There are VAST stretches of land not on Routes, right? And while it seems easy to leave those Routes, your character simply can't. Why? It's illegal to catch Pokemon who haven't willingly gone out into a route to be captured. Pokemon are presumably intelligent if you're going by the anime, but even if not, over time I'm sure they've become well aware the Tall Grass on Routes is where Pokemon are captured. Don't want to be captured? Stay out of the grass!
The same can even apply to the open waters and caves where there's nowhere else for Pokemon to go. Remember, wild Pokemon attack YOU, not the other way around! With that said, even if you pass by countless Pokemon in caves or the ocean, it's only when THEY instigate a fight against someone who's CLEARLY a Pokemon trainer do you get a chance to capture one.
They fight back and break out of Pokeballs once encountered as a way to weed out weak trainers- only the trainers that can successfully win against the wild Pokemon in question would the Pokemon allow themselves to be captured by. The lower their health, the stronger you are and the more potential as a trainer you show to them. And why can't you capture a Pokemon once it faints? Again, the idea that the Pokemon allows itself to be captured- if its unconscious, it has no say in the matter.
Why so many Pokemon are okay with beating each other up until someone falls unconscious: The Pokemon Centers. Fighting can be exhilarating, and going by the theory above, all your Pokemon already have a penchant for it. Now, say that no matter how hard you fought, no matter how many injuries you sustain, a few seconds in a machine will completely restore you to full heath? Wouldn't you be encouraged and excited to fight to your fullest potential? There's ZERO risk of permanent injury to Pokemon in their battling; of course they'd enjoy knocking each other unconscious!
Why bad guys surrender after you beat up their Pokemon: This one's easy! Because then there's nothing to protect the bad guys from YOURS.
So there you go! Pokemon can make sense sometimes.
How to not feel bad about taking Pokemon from their homes and using them to beat up other Pokemon: There are VAST stretches of land not on Routes, right? And while it seems easy to leave those Routes, your character simply can't. Why? It's illegal to catch Pokemon who haven't willingly gone out into a route to be captured. Pokemon are presumably intelligent if you're going by the anime, but even if not, over time I'm sure they've become well aware the Tall Grass on Routes is where Pokemon are captured. Don't want to be captured? Stay out of the grass!
The same can even apply to the open waters and caves where there's nowhere else for Pokemon to go. Remember, wild Pokemon attack YOU, not the other way around! With that said, even if you pass by countless Pokemon in caves or the ocean, it's only when THEY instigate a fight against someone who's CLEARLY a Pokemon trainer do you get a chance to capture one.
They fight back and break out of Pokeballs once encountered as a way to weed out weak trainers- only the trainers that can successfully win against the wild Pokemon in question would the Pokemon allow themselves to be captured by. The lower their health, the stronger you are and the more potential as a trainer you show to them. And why can't you capture a Pokemon once it faints? Again, the idea that the Pokemon allows itself to be captured- if its unconscious, it has no say in the matter.
Why so many Pokemon are okay with beating each other up until someone falls unconscious: The Pokemon Centers. Fighting can be exhilarating, and going by the theory above, all your Pokemon already have a penchant for it. Now, say that no matter how hard you fought, no matter how many injuries you sustain, a few seconds in a machine will completely restore you to full heath? Wouldn't you be encouraged and excited to fight to your fullest potential? There's ZERO risk of permanent injury to Pokemon in their battling; of course they'd enjoy knocking each other unconscious!
Why bad guys surrender after you beat up their Pokemon: This one's easy! Because then there's nothing to protect the bad guys from YOURS.
So there you go! Pokemon can make sense sometimes.
Pokemon would wantt to join you becaues they to want to become stronger. They have goals too.
And its clear, even after they are in Pokeballs, they still have their own choices. If the Pokemon really doesn't like their trainer, they can rebel and disobey to prove a point.
A) doesn't want to get caught
or
B) feels like the trainer isn't strong enough
they usually flee from a battle. In rare cases some Pokémon make their battle with a trainer a chase to see if the trainer can keep up with them. A good example for that were Pokémon who can use Teleport and teleport all over the place to confuse the trainer.
But mainly what is right is that Pokémon usually react on trainers in three ways:
1) They get annoyed and let it out on the trainer directly before leaving.
2) they avoid a battle completely.
3) they see the potential of somebody who can help them to get stronger and challenge the trainer.
The games and the anime and manga can support this. Pokémon always have a hand in that bond except when they are actually forced against their will like how the bad teams capture Pokémon to sell them. But in those cases you can also see that the Pokémon are in a lost and afraid state usually. If you take the Pokémon that some recruits and members at those same teams use then you can actually say that the Pokémon do just simply what they think makes them stronger. They Trust their trainers even that they belong to an organisation of Pokémon thieves. You could say that those Pokémon simply adapted to the situation and don't always seem to care as long as they can become stronger. But I think that it can always come that such Pokémon can turn against their trainer as well if they don't agree with what their trainer is doing. That explains why some Pokémon won't listen to what their trainer says.
We see, the Pokémon are just like their trainers all individuals, some like to compete in battles, some will avoid it, some want to get stronger, some simply want to befriend with a human maybe. So catching a Pokémon is a personal test by the Pokémon if they are actually showing they want to see if that bond will possibly make them stronger. Elseway they would just go and join or completely ignore a battle which also happened often enough. X3