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Oct 23, 2011 20:55

When posed the question, "which contributes more to personality - nature or nurture?", a psychologist once replied, "which contributes more to the area of a rectangle - its length or its width?" The simplistic answer, therefore, is that neither one contributes more to a creature's personality; rather, that it's some interdependent combination of ( Read more... )

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[text] loseyoursenses October 24 2011, 04:50:18 UTC

I, personally, have always considered battling to be somewhat barbaric. Necessary, maybe, and many of the Pokemon enjoy it - but nevertheless barbaric. They are thinking beings after all.

My personal concern is how much of that desire to fight is natural, and how much is instilled from the training we all do.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 24 2011, 04:58:48 UTC

Purely for the sake of argument, Yukimura-kun, would your opinion on it change if the Pokemon perceived it as a healthy competition, rather than as a battle?

You do raise an interesting point, though. At least one member of my roster, for example, seems more interested in pursuing romantic relations with her fellow Pokemon, as opposed to adversarial ones.

[text] loseyoursenses October 25 2011, 08:04:38 UTC

Yes, I think it would. Unfortunately, few of the Pokemon are capable of communicating with us, so it's impossible to be sure.

I've bowed to necessity, of course, and I train mine as well as I can. But if any of them seemed opposed to battling, I wouldn't force them into it.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 25 2011, 20:10:43 UTC

...That's something worth considering, that with the way this world seems to work, raising a team of creatures IS a necessity. Particularly when, as far as we know, no one takes their team with them when they leave.

What happens, then, to all those skilled, trained, high-level creatures left without a master? Some are adopted by others, of course, but it still seems there ought to be a surplus of dangerously strong Pokemon around - and as far as I can tell, there isn't.

[text] loseyoursenses October 26 2011, 02:32:14 UTC

That's an interesting question. You could investigate it, if you wanted, but that could be dangerous. One possibility is that they may choose to stay away from humans, not wanting a master other than their original one. The ones that do want a new master always seem to find one, after all.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 26 2011, 02:42:27 UTC

Fortunately, I think that variety of research would be more Yanagi-kun's forte than mine; I'm mostly content to stay put and muse on hypothetical possibilities.

And speaking of battling, Niou-kun had a good showing today, didn't he?

[text] loseyoursenses October 27 2011, 04:26:05 UTC

He did, I was very pleased. While Pokemon battles aren't tennis, I still dislike it when any of us lose. I'm glad he managed to win this time.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 27 2011, 05:29:52 UTC

Ah, that's something I've been meaning to ask you about. The last time.

[text] loseyoursenses October 27 2011, 07:21:15 UTC

What about it?

[text] usedlaserbeam October 27 2011, 16:56:42 UTC

...

How bad was it?

[text] loseyoursenses October 27 2011, 22:03:39 UTC

It was embarrassing for him, and I'm glad there weren't many of us around at that time to see it. But I believe he learned from it, and he won't lose again.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 27 2011, 22:22:46 UTC

I'm glad I was here for the rematch, at least. What little consolation that might be.

[text] loseyoursenses October 28 2011, 01:21:42 UTC

I think having you here has helped him a lot, Yagyuu. But I doubt you need me to tell you that.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 28 2011, 02:29:09 UTC

We're all better off together, aren't we? It's curious how we all managed to find ourselves summoned here at one time or another...but it's a curiosity I'm glad for.

[text] loseyoursenses October 29 2011, 04:30:38 UTC

Yes, I certainly agree. It never quite felt right without everyone here - and if I must become familiar with a strange new world, it's better to do it with my team.

[text] usedlaserbeam October 29 2011, 17:30:26 UTC

Having one comprised of Pokemon isn't quite the same, is it?

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