#// all of this is jace but idk i didn't want a wall of red text idk why

[silver-crowned-riders]

Stuff to look out for in wild ghost types that indicates you SHOULDN'T catch 'em!

This has nothing to do with trainability and "evilness" cuz anyone who knows me knows I couldn't care LESS about that! I love nasty guys! This is about Pokemon that would be worse off caught, mainly cuz they're trying to move on or would be emotionally harmed by doing so.

Ghost types with unusually docile behavior for their kind. These guys are usually close to becoming at-peace spirits and heading to heaven or ressurection or whatever you personally believe in. While a pokeball isn't quite as spirit-binding as a seal or what have ya, it still impedes a lot on them moving from one plane to the next, so it's more than just a wasting a pokeball issue. In contrast, a ghost that frequently fades into transparency or invisibility as a passive thing instead of a battle strategy is probably super out of it and disconnected from the world. That dude could use a friend and a stronger tie to the world, catch 'em if they're willing.

Ghost types can often get very attached to objects and locations, it's how ya get haunted houses and furniture and such. Whether or not you should catch these guys is very context dependent, and them hanging around something isn't always attachment. A Haunter always sticks around one room but seems restless and uninterested? It probably doesn't like where it's stuck, so go ahead and catch it. A Greavard is always playing with a thrown out toy? Catch it as long as you take the toy with ya (if it's too gross to do that, then DON'T CATCH THE GREAVARD!). A Mismagius is dusting all the furniture in this abandoned house and is defending that stuff from stray blasts from your guys' battle? LEAVE IT. That house is important to it, and it's probably also very important to that house and the other ghosts living there. Also do NOT steal items from a ghost type, I mean it, it's basically like taking an Arcanine's pup and you might just actually die. Don't do this or you're askin for it.

Speaking of the Mismagius example, ghost types DO play a role in ecosystems, even if they are part-dead! (Especially ghost types who came from reproduction, often those guys ain't even dead and are more just deeply connected to the ghostly plane. Anyways.) Guys like Dusknoir especially can play an important role in moving spirits through their cycle and keeping a place from being overcrowded with restless and unhappy spirits. You could almost consider them a keystone species like Sharpedo and Lycanrock! 9 times out of 10, do NOT catch a wild Dusknoir, ESPECIALLY if they're rare in the area! Trevenant are similar, catching a wild one is a surefire way to destabilize an ecosystem! A lot of Pokemon can be keystone species in different situations, so DO YA RESEARCH ON AN AREA BEFORE TOSSING AROUND QUICK BALLS!

Angry ghosts do not want ANYTHING to do with humans most of the time. If a ghost straight up attacks ya with "little reason", that reason is probably to dissuade you, and might be more personally motivated than other wild mons just doing their predator/prey thing. My rule of thumb: if a ghost type giggles or teases you after attacking you, it's just bein a ghost type. If it doesn't, it might just hate ya, and you should suck it up and NOT try to catch the guy.

Feel free to add on, I might do that myself or make a second post or what have ya.