If creatures existed that were simultaneously as trainable and as powerful as pokemon, of course they'd be used to resolve every conflict.

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• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Both sides of every conflict would use them. Every military would have divisions dedicated to a particular fighting’s style and they would have a mix of pokemons to match the purpose.

  Reminders when every army still relied on horses? Exactly like that, but with pokemons.

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  • EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Perhaps trainers who were fond of a particular type would all rally around one remarkably killed leader of some kind.

    They might, one supposes, form organizations in which they all trained together for the promotion of their interests.

    What would they call such a facility? Perhaps a gymnasium, given that facilities of that name are already used for training human bodies.

    I’d imagine any particular region could support 8 of them. Not sure where I got that number, just pulling it out of nowhere.

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    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨41⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      And that’s how you fuel the war machine with fresh pokemon and trainers…

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m surprised by the lack of PETA in that universe. You know, the Pokemon Ethical Treatment Association.

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  • Endmaker@ani.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The way I see it, the vast majority of people with pokemons treat them as house pets (e.g. Poketoon: The Slugma-Powered Home). Only a small percentage actually use them in battles. A way smaller percentage actively abuse pokemons (i.e. the villains)

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    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mean… don’t we consider dog fighting to be animal abuse?

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That sounds strangely similar to something my neighbor with the Confederate flag out front would say.

      I’m joking, but for real, read it in that context.

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• minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They’d be used to provoke conflict.

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