AuraSoul93
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It's this question, plus logic, that made me leave from the site & Pokemon in general for atleast 2 years. I never hated Pokemon, I still like it even to this day. But this bit of realism just makes it so easy to like other Mon series like Digimon because of their established rules & logic. I really wanna get back into Pokemon again but so many things get in the way.
Pokemon live on the same planet as humans, have crazy powerful attacks, some have nothing but animal instincts while some have super-computer-level intelligence, come in incredible sizes, yet they're not the dominant species of the world, humans are. The bond between Pokemon & human is like pet & human in the real world, but why? The most a human can do for a Pokemon is give it orders, bring it to a Pokemon Center if it gets hurt or heal it themselves (if the Pokemon lets them) & keep them stored in a Pokeball which keeps them in a space that doesn't let the Pokemon communicate w/ the human unless it forces itself out. Communication itself is so lacking that a Pokemon's speech is more often than not incomprehensible & the only reason the anime & games make humans understand it a bit is because they have to move the story along.
Digimon live in a separate world (the Digital World, made entirely of data as they are that can only be accessed to a few humans obtaining special bits of technology), are 70% of the time alive due to humans creating the network in the first place (usually w/ out humans knowing of it), have crazy powerful attacks, some have nothing but animal instincts while some have super-computer-level intelligence, come in incredible sizes, are able to speak human languages, & are the dominant species of their own world. The bond between Digimon & human is like that of friends or family. The human & Digimon need each other for support against whatever evil is in the world, human or digital. Human emotions affect Digimon greatly (for better or worse) & can strengthen their specific Partner Digimon to incredible levels while the Digimon fights for the sake of its human friend. They can have long conversations & have a better understanding of each other as people & as equals since their own separate abilities are needed by the other; humans can't fight Digimon alone so they need a Digimon Partner, while not all Digimon are able to live long enough to reach their full potential & highest levels so they gain strength through the humans emotions. They're also able to keep them stored in devices (Digivices) for keeping them safe & are able to communicate w/ them through the device. And once whatever drama they've all been through the humans & Digimon (85% of the time) have to go back to their own world since living together is ATM impossible & too complicated (the few times it wasn't were completely forced & wrong due to bad writing).
This isn't some rant on how Digimon is better than Pokemon, IMO. This is meant to discuss how humans & Pokemon are able to live in a world together & have all these crazy events go on like we've seen in the anime & games while making sense. Digimon has it's fair share of unrealistic things as well, but it pales in comparison to the amount Pokemon has shown us. I just used Digimon as an example of a Mon series done right & done w/ the intention of making it realistic & fantasy like & fun at the same time. Pokemon, I think, doesn't offer that in any sort of way due to it's issues that I've stated already.
I wanna watch the anime like I used to, I wanna play the games like I used to, I wanna write fanfics, I wanna do all that stuff w/ Pokemon but I can't since the universe they've made & the way they've established it makes little to no sense at all & the majority of it comes from the question in the thread title: How are humans the dominant species in the Pokemon World?
I feel as though if this question's answered I can see if I can re-enter the world of Pokemon & see it like never before. But this is a difficult question to answer & I really need help. How are humans able to live long enough to get to where they are today in the Pokemon World? How did they manage to survive long enough to make & use technology that gives them an advantage over Pokemon in terms of being the dominant species? How do the Pokemon of today not just disregard such technological advances as we've seen them do before w/ Pokeballs? How do their attacks & abilities not allow them to overcome such technology?
I said it before & I'll say it again; I really wanna get back into Pokemon again but so many things get in the way. Things that should be no-brainers but Pokemon fans everywhere have pretty much no idea of how they came to be. Please, please, help me.
Pokemon live on the same planet as humans, have crazy powerful attacks, some have nothing but animal instincts while some have super-computer-level intelligence, come in incredible sizes, yet they're not the dominant species of the world, humans are. The bond between Pokemon & human is like pet & human in the real world, but why? The most a human can do for a Pokemon is give it orders, bring it to a Pokemon Center if it gets hurt or heal it themselves (if the Pokemon lets them) & keep them stored in a Pokeball which keeps them in a space that doesn't let the Pokemon communicate w/ the human unless it forces itself out. Communication itself is so lacking that a Pokemon's speech is more often than not incomprehensible & the only reason the anime & games make humans understand it a bit is because they have to move the story along.
Digimon live in a separate world (the Digital World, made entirely of data as they are that can only be accessed to a few humans obtaining special bits of technology), are 70% of the time alive due to humans creating the network in the first place (usually w/ out humans knowing of it), have crazy powerful attacks, some have nothing but animal instincts while some have super-computer-level intelligence, come in incredible sizes, are able to speak human languages, & are the dominant species of their own world. The bond between Digimon & human is like that of friends or family. The human & Digimon need each other for support against whatever evil is in the world, human or digital. Human emotions affect Digimon greatly (for better or worse) & can strengthen their specific Partner Digimon to incredible levels while the Digimon fights for the sake of its human friend. They can have long conversations & have a better understanding of each other as people & as equals since their own separate abilities are needed by the other; humans can't fight Digimon alone so they need a Digimon Partner, while not all Digimon are able to live long enough to reach their full potential & highest levels so they gain strength through the humans emotions. They're also able to keep them stored in devices (Digivices) for keeping them safe & are able to communicate w/ them through the device. And once whatever drama they've all been through the humans & Digimon (85% of the time) have to go back to their own world since living together is ATM impossible & too complicated (the few times it wasn't were completely forced & wrong due to bad writing).
This isn't some rant on how Digimon is better than Pokemon, IMO. This is meant to discuss how humans & Pokemon are able to live in a world together & have all these crazy events go on like we've seen in the anime & games while making sense. Digimon has it's fair share of unrealistic things as well, but it pales in comparison to the amount Pokemon has shown us. I just used Digimon as an example of a Mon series done right & done w/ the intention of making it realistic & fantasy like & fun at the same time. Pokemon, I think, doesn't offer that in any sort of way due to it's issues that I've stated already.
I wanna watch the anime like I used to, I wanna play the games like I used to, I wanna write fanfics, I wanna do all that stuff w/ Pokemon but I can't since the universe they've made & the way they've established it makes little to no sense at all & the majority of it comes from the question in the thread title: How are humans the dominant species in the Pokemon World?
I feel as though if this question's answered I can see if I can re-enter the world of Pokemon & see it like never before. But this is a difficult question to answer & I really need help. How are humans able to live long enough to get to where they are today in the Pokemon World? How did they manage to survive long enough to make & use technology that gives them an advantage over Pokemon in terms of being the dominant species? How do the Pokemon of today not just disregard such technological advances as we've seen them do before w/ Pokeballs? How do their attacks & abilities not allow them to overcome such technology?
I said it before & I'll say it again; I really wanna get back into Pokemon again but so many things get in the way. Things that should be no-brainers but Pokemon fans everywhere have pretty much no idea of how they came to be. Please, please, help me.