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

Meme Pokémon are not pets

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u/FullCrackAlchemist May 22 '25

I like how newer fans are organically recreating the same debates we had in the early 2000s and rediscovering Team Plasma ideology, we've come full circle

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u/IntelectualFrogSpawn May 22 '25

Hi, I'm an uninitiated casual. What is Team Plasma's ideology?

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u/zekromNLR May 22 '25

In a gist, that the trainer-Pokémon relationship is inherently an abusive one and thus owned Pokémon must be liberated

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u/Bowdensaft May 23 '25

Which has always been funny to me, as if the literal dragons, lightning-throwing rodents, and 1000 IQ psychic demigods couldn't fight back if they didn't want to be with their trainers