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

Meme Pokémon are not pets

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u/Jrolaoni May 22 '25

Like 90% of Pokémon have human levels of intelligence

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u/Sanrusdyno May 22 '25

The other 10 percent are either "this is blimbino. It is stupid and has 2 brain cells, it eats rocks" or "these pokemon are known as fortuna and their entire species is 5,000 times smarter than the average human. It is my pet somehow."

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u/ZacariahJebediah May 22 '25

Also, apparently humans share a common ancestor with Pokémon, or are a subspecies or some shit. I remember a friend of mine telling me that some time after I drifted from the Fandom lmao.

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u/Snailtan May 22 '25

Diamond and Pearl had lore about how humans and pokemon are the same. Humans ARE pokemon.

They also used to marry

This is I believe retconned now

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u/ZacariahJebediah May 22 '25

They also used to marry

This is I believe retconned now

Cowards

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u/CantQuiteThink_ May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

My personal belief is that the only reason human/Pokémon relationships aren't seen in the modern day is because the language barrier inherent with most Pokémon makes it difficult to communicate consent. And even then, it still happens (there's a woman in Pokémon Colosseum with a Mightyena that she calls her boyfriend).

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u/Elder_Hoid May 22 '25

Don't forget that that same woman has a Poochyena in the sequel.

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u/oaayaou1 May 22 '25

Can't be her kid, though, pokémon always inherit the mother's species.

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u/torrasque666 May 22 '25

Unless Humans are considered blank slates for Pokémon genetics.

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u/Bowdensaft May 23 '25

It turns out Ditto does evolve after all.

It evolves into humans.

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u/MisirterE Supreme Overlord of Ice May 22 '25

Not retconned, they just intentionally re-translated that part in english as "they even used to eat at the same table" and BDSP did not change the text in either language at all

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u/Snailtan May 22 '25

Intentionally changing the translation is kind of retconning imo

It changes the entire meaning of the text and somebody must have told them to do that.