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driftingballoons · 6 months ago

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I hope you don't mind me asking two thing back to back, but for the reverse unpopular opinion ask game.

What piece of PMD lore/story just doesn't sit right / doesn't make sense with you?

Not at all! Love getting asks, thank you! :3

The one piece of lore that’s always bothered me a bit is how they handle humans in the series. Imo it’s just a little confusing and odd. Now for the positive! By leaving it vague, it really hands over the lore to the fans—how do humans live in this world? Are they common, or are you one of/the only one left? Do they tend to live side by side with pokemon, or are they more separate than in the main series? Where did Hero come from? What happened to their family? Etc etc. Plus, in Explorers, the idea of there being humans around, but you not seeing ANY in the Dark Future really adds to the oppressive and heavy nature. It helps show it’s such a harsh world that only the most feral of pokemon can truly thrive.

#blessed-pizza #thanks for the ask!#Now I seem to recall they tried accounting for this in gates?#Bc I believe you were just meant to be from another world altogether #But the pokemon still knew what humans were #So it begs the question—how?#Like did humans ACTUALLY live with them at some point and now they just don’t?#Are they…extinct?#Idk I think it’d be fun if there was an installment where you do your whole “I’m not a pokemon I’m a human!” spiel #And the partner is just like “???”#“What’s a human?”#It could even be a linguistic situation where they KNOW what humans are #But they have a different name for them #(Bc maybe humans could be the “Final Villain” or something idk)#Idk it’s just SO ODD to me bc the pokemon are definitely more self-sufficient than in the mainline games #Like these guys have 9-5 jobs and pay taxes #But then do some of them ALSO live with humans?#It doesn’t look like it but it’s implied at least in the future #Idk the real world equivalent feels like going about your business and knowing your dogs have a shop selling kibbles #Thanks for the ask! I have many thoughts about this and I hope one day we get answers :3

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