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fuck this imperialist noise
Mar. 7th, 2008 08:04 pmThe hell do we have our kids watching? I think I would rather any kids of mine be watching softporn on HBO than exposed to Pokémon.
Think about it. You have all these Pokémon running around free, having lives and having little baby Pokémon (however they do it), but there's a whole human culture and economy built on their enslavement. Odd, considering many of them seem to be reasonably intelligent (as Brian stated, "Or else they couldn't be your Pokémon friends! D:)
You give a ten year old a trainer's license and then send him out into the world to defeat and capture everything he finds. The measure of a good trainer is, at least initially, the number of Pokémon he's enslaved. It's a point of pride to have more under your dominion.
I was ranting about this on the way home, talking about how you wouldn't get me into any fucking ball. Brian mentioned that after being put into the ball even really hostile uncooperative Pokémon suddenly love you and are willing to fight meaningless battles for you. Is there mind control involved? Do the gym badges that increase your ability to dominate more and more powerful Pokémon broadcast some kind of signal that erodes the freewill of otherwise autonomous creatures?
And why is it that Pokémon are "better off" with trainers? Wild Pokémon don't have stats that are nearly as good as what tame Pokémon can boast, and why? Why the hell does a Pokémon need some damned human slavemaster to help him live up to his potential? Why can't they level as well in the wild? I disbelieve it. This is a fucking lie perpetuated by the slave traders to legitimize their dominion over the Pokémon.
Fuck. If I were a Pokémon I would not be having this shit. You wouldn't get me into any fucking mindcontrolling prisonball, and you won't see me shuffling around after my master like that Uncle Tom Pikachu tagging along with Ash Ketcham. He used to have some pride, man. What happened, Pikachu?
I didn't really know much about Pokémon before, but what I have learned tonight has opened my eyes. Pokémon outnumber the humans. All they're lacking is a leader. Numbers and power are on their side, and so am I. Fuck y'all. Until the last pokeball in the world has been destroyed, the war will not end. For every ten of us you capture and enslave we will electrocute, incinerate, crush, or poison to death one of you but it is you who will tire of it first.
No, no. I'm not really serious about all this. But there is something to it. Don't get me started Rougela (Jinx). This show is designed for children. What the fuck are we teaching our kids? Sex is dangerous and secret and bad, but exploitation and slavery are A-OK! Just fucking weird.
Think about it. You have all these Pokémon running around free, having lives and having little baby Pokémon (however they do it), but there's a whole human culture and economy built on their enslavement. Odd, considering many of them seem to be reasonably intelligent (as Brian stated, "Or else they couldn't be your Pokémon friends! D:)
You give a ten year old a trainer's license and then send him out into the world to defeat and capture everything he finds. The measure of a good trainer is, at least initially, the number of Pokémon he's enslaved. It's a point of pride to have more under your dominion.
I was ranting about this on the way home, talking about how you wouldn't get me into any fucking ball. Brian mentioned that after being put into the ball even really hostile uncooperative Pokémon suddenly love you and are willing to fight meaningless battles for you. Is there mind control involved? Do the gym badges that increase your ability to dominate more and more powerful Pokémon broadcast some kind of signal that erodes the freewill of otherwise autonomous creatures?
And why is it that Pokémon are "better off" with trainers? Wild Pokémon don't have stats that are nearly as good as what tame Pokémon can boast, and why? Why the hell does a Pokémon need some damned human slavemaster to help him live up to his potential? Why can't they level as well in the wild? I disbelieve it. This is a fucking lie perpetuated by the slave traders to legitimize their dominion over the Pokémon.
Fuck. If I were a Pokémon I would not be having this shit. You wouldn't get me into any fucking mindcontrolling prisonball, and you won't see me shuffling around after my master like that Uncle Tom Pikachu tagging along with Ash Ketcham. He used to have some pride, man. What happened, Pikachu?
I didn't really know much about Pokémon before, but what I have learned tonight has opened my eyes. Pokémon outnumber the humans. All they're lacking is a leader. Numbers and power are on their side, and so am I. Fuck y'all. Until the last pokeball in the world has been destroyed, the war will not end. For every ten of us you capture and enslave we will electrocute, incinerate, crush, or poison to death one of you but it is you who will tire of it first.
No, no. I'm not really serious about all this. But there is something to it. Don't get me started Rougela (Jinx). This show is designed for children. What the fuck are we teaching our kids? Sex is dangerous and secret and bad, but exploitation and slavery are A-OK! Just fucking weird.
