Plural. Queer. Gideon and Iris
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the Pokémon anime and video games present a sanitized, romanticized version of the world in order to appeal to children. In real life, Pokémon battling isn't like that at all, any more than GI Joe is like the Global War on Terror
every licensed trainer remembers the first time a member of their team got eaten. there are specialized therapists
Lt. Surge flew a Thunderchief and got shot down over Nghe An
my Blastoise masterkeys the hinges, and immediately my Raichu uses Flash and the rookie Venosaur panics and just fills the room with razor leaves. We use Revives according to RoE (we're not allowed to use Super Revives on suspected Enemy Combattants so we left them two potions for the six of them) and moved to clear the next house.
Same shit, different day. Same as the last seven years of Operation Rocket Blast.
yesterday it was the Red Army Fraktion, today Rocket. They're actually a refreshing organized crime break in a series of terrorist trainer organizations united solely by a series of increasingly bizarre ideologies
Several of the types are extremely dangerous. There are burn wards full of people who got too close to a Ponyta or a Slugma. Electric types have led to numerous fatalities. Some countries have just outright banned the use of psychic Pokémon.
ever see one of those things fully loaded? a Thunderchief?
36 voltorbs, 3 pylons of 4 each for both wings, and another 12 just snug against the belly. Sight to be seen. Somber. Terrifying. Macabre.
even the seasoned pilots shudder when they roll out the electrodes. they have a reputation for killing more friendlies than enemies
the team members getting eaten probably occurs in the Pokemon game cannon given at theirs several Pokedex entries covering Predator prey food chains https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_food#Known_predatory_relation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_F4IEQFdM8 this official Pokemon short also shows off a Arbok almost eating a Nidoran♂
