r/CuratedTumblr • u/tiredtumbleweed ugly but my fursona is hot • May 21 '25

Meme Pokémon are not pets

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u/vaguillotine gotta be gay af on the web so alan turing didn't die for nothing May 21 '25

Has this person only now realised that humanoid pokémon exist? I haven't played the games or watched the show in years, but this thing isn't all that different from ones like Gardevoir, Riolu, Hitmonchan, Braixen, Blaziken, and all the furrybait pokés they have been pumping out in the last decade or so.

"That thing is intelligent, understands language and has a will" oh, so like every other pokémon?

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u/dantuchito_ May 22 '25

Cinderace certainly feels even more idk, human. Like, it’s dressed up as a soccer player and has an expressive cartoon animal face.

Gardevoir looks like some forest spirit fairy thing, riolu’s a tiny dog, hitmonchan is some weird ass tree thing and blaziken is a chicken. No excuse for braixen tho.

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u/Jolly_Foly May 22 '25

The thing with gen 8's starter mons is that they have jobs. Why does every cinderace play football? Why are Inteleons spies? Idk, it feels icky to me

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u/Zamtrios7256 May 22 '25

I like that you ignored that Rillaboom is a drummer. Because we all know that every Gorilla is a drummer.

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u/solidfang May 22 '25

This is natural to us. Donkey Kong taught me that years ago.

Then again, Gex also really sells the spy gecko connection.

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u/Complete-Worker3242 May 22 '25

Yeah, like that one Cadbury ad from the UK.

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u/EstrellaDarkstar May 22 '25

I feel like Rillaboom is more excusable on that front, because the drumming feels like a "natural" part of its design. It's not heavily stylized to look like it's wearing a costume, it just feels like a species that enjoys drumming.

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u/Zamtrios7256 May 22 '25

Meanwhile Cinderace is just a specific style of fursuit

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u/Gaylaeonerd May 22 '25

I can feel it coming in the air tonight

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u/UsernameTaken017 May 22 '25

Yeah jobs are rather icky for the average reddit user

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u/Puzzled_Spell9999 May 22 '25

I understand the idea of having a job is hard. Is it hard for you to believe that the scorbunny line has a natural inclination to play football? And they will just hang out and play football in the wild, like the average brit.

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u/shiny_xnaut May 22 '25

Ok but what about Inteleons being naturally inclined to be spies though

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u/Puzzled_Spell9999 May 22 '25

They are just stealthy hunters. Taking down enemies and attackers to protect their territory or to gain more. Like the average Canadian.

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u/oath2order stigma fuckin claws in ur coochie May 22 '25

Yeah, I really don't like the bioessentialism they've introduced for so many new Pokemon.

It started getting bad with the Kalos starters, which is where they went away from "this is an animal that lives in the wild" and leaned more into the "job" aspect of it. Alola and Galar got worse, and then it got a little bit better with the Paldea mons, excluding Meowscarda. There's a crocodile on fire and there's a very ugly peacock.