#but a lot of the leaks afaik are from and for games from the early 2000s??? so the choices there make sense.
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I haven't gone through most of the gamefreak leaks but I find it odd that people are going bonkers over the typhlosion thing in such a gross way bc like
1) its clearly mythos/lore? Based on concepts they decided not to lean into.
It is Not Canon / Cut Content for a reason - the reason being that was not the direction they wanted to take the series since it is very very very specifically geared towards a teen audience.
Could a teen audience have handled the themes? I would argue yes - but they disagree, and so it was cut.
2) Even if we ignore everything else implied by that story - it is literally not that different from like. Normal furries...??? Like.
The typhlosion was communicating in human speech. It was taking on a humanoid form. It clearly understood humanoid needs and ties and emotions.
The ending directly said that the lesson they learned was that Typhlosion are more humanoid than initially suspected. This is leaning more into the "monster" / yokai aspect of pokemon that has Always been there.
3) These themes are really common in real world mythology in pretty much all places in the world, and they are typically used as teaching moments to warn (in this case...) Young Girls from wandering into the woods alone, lest a predator Of Some Kind take advantage of their isolation.
Another thing I find fascinating is that they didn't really do Away with some of these concepts - they just moved it onto Zoroark (and other pokemon) instead. Many canon pokemon still behave this way, just sith the more adult or worrying themes omitted.
From what I've seen and experienced with Pokemon growing up, there's always been the backbones of something darker and more "grimms tales" underneath. I just don't understand the Disgust and Surprise when realistically, the world has always had a pretty strong undercurrent and ties to Yokai, Demonology, Religion and Monsters - the notion that SOME lean more humanoid than others is the very reason we have a humanoid egg group to begin with, and why ditto, mew two, etc exist.
Also. Like. I get wishing we had more of those dark themes in the games. But us adults who grew up on Pokemon haaavvvree to remember that despite growing up and still loving the game series, us adults...are not their target demographic. At least we DEFINITELY weren't at the time mush of the Typhlosion stuff was being written. Whether we think thats stupid or not doesn't change that.
The changes they made are a direct result of going "okay guys maybe this is a little too much for 10 to 14 year olds..." And that's their narrative choices to make.
#pokemon#game freak#gamefreak leaks#idk nothing I've seen so far is wretchedly scandalous its just. really familiar in the this is clearly mythology sense#some things surely didnt need cutting but people are being weird about A Lot Of It#and its gross! im gonna be so real. its gross.#pokemon and human relationships have pretty much ALWAYS been lowkey referenced to in the series#if not in the games then in the anime. the manga. etc.#its one of those things they dont directly address out loud but you know is still even now part of the Lore#bc pokemon aren't animals. they aren't just pets. they are Monsters#they occupy a different sort of relationship dynamic and class than animals do in our world and game freak has to try and NAVIGATE that#which is admittedly a very weird grey area to be in!#the cut content is representative of the choices they've made to lean away from the human/pokemon connection in thst way and that's just...#like. smart. and kind of mandatory if they want their audience to remain tethered to a younger scope#now setting all that aside I do wish they would make a grimdark sort of game for their older audience#but a lot of the leaks afaik are from and for games from the early 2000s??? so the choices there make sense.
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