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explosivecombat) wrote2011-11-03 11:56 pm
explosivecombat) wrote2011-11-03 11:56 pm
Entry tags:
- !ic,
- *action,
- *text,
- @asura,
- @conner kent,
- @danny fenton,
- @envy,
- @frank archer's utter lack of subtlety,
- @fullmetal,
- @gorthan and his biology,
- @heather mason,
- @karkat vantas' impressive profanity,
- @koki kariya,
- @mihoshi kuramitsu,
- @ryner lute,
- @takeshi yamamoto,
- @vriska serket,
- @wang yao,
- @yagyuu hiroshi,
- admittedly kind of asking for it,
- also carlisle,
- also dorian,
- god is dead and my tl;dr has killed him,
- itp: new and creative ways to swear,
- jfc kimblee let your pokémon walk,
- just thought he'd ask,
- look at your life; look at your choices,
- making blofeld proud,
- my social skills are flawless,
- texting into the void,
- that may have been a bit insensitive,
- this is really stupid,
- topped by baby pokemon
002. [Text/Action for Route 44]
[TEXT]
And a good evening to you, Johto.
Conversations with a few of you have shed some interesting light on opinions of exactly what it is we do here. The mandates we've received from the faceless entities that have brought us here make it very plain that we're supposed to humor them, to collect these 'badges' and essentially wander around for no real reason other than training these creatures and strengthening them - not so much a militaristic society as it is battle culture, if you will. However, others refer to these creatures as 'pets' or 'companions'; while I suppose the act of training these things may lead to bonds being formed, such people seem to have a different view of this world entirely.
I ask, then: from whatever standpoint you hold, be it one geared more toward companionship or more toward advancement - at what point does it become acceptable to you to release these creatures back into the wilderness? Surely there are some that aren't exactly battle-capable, or at least not as capable as others may be, and effort goes into their training; when do you decide that continuing to train them is no longer granting you benefit equal to the effort you're putting in?
I'll grant that "never" may be a perfectly valid answer, should your tendencies lean that way.
[ACTION]
[Well, whatever Kimblee was going on about before, it's clearly not affecting his relations with his own Pokémon any; he's currently standing beneath one of those trees on Route 43, though the white coat he's usually wearing makes him a bit obvious. He's always been a bit curious regarding what these things will do when not given orders, and he's keeping an eye on what appears to be a new member of his team from a distance; judging from the Swinub he's watching from a short distance away, apparently the answer is "generally snuffle about, and occasionally roll around for no real reason."
Of course, he seems to have another new one with him today - he did purchase two eggs from Xanxus, after all, and as a result Kimblee is now the proud owner of what seems to be the smuggest Vulpix on the planet.
...it doesn't help that Kimblee doesn't seem to have put the fox down since he hatched it, instead choosing to carry it around like a somewhat oversized cat. Seriously, Ernst Stavro Blofeld would look at him and tell him he's spoiling the damn thing.
His life, his choices, etc.]
And a good evening to you, Johto.
Conversations with a few of you have shed some interesting light on opinions of exactly what it is we do here. The mandates we've received from the faceless entities that have brought us here make it very plain that we're supposed to humor them, to collect these 'badges' and essentially wander around for no real reason other than training these creatures and strengthening them - not so much a militaristic society as it is battle culture, if you will. However, others refer to these creatures as 'pets' or 'companions'; while I suppose the act of training these things may lead to bonds being formed, such people seem to have a different view of this world entirely.
I ask, then: from whatever standpoint you hold, be it one geared more toward companionship or more toward advancement - at what point does it become acceptable to you to release these creatures back into the wilderness? Surely there are some that aren't exactly battle-capable, or at least not as capable as others may be, and effort goes into their training; when do you decide that continuing to train them is no longer granting you benefit equal to the effort you're putting in?
I'll grant that "never" may be a perfectly valid answer, should your tendencies lean that way.
[ACTION]
[Well, whatever Kimblee was going on about before, it's clearly not affecting his relations with his own Pokémon any; he's currently standing beneath one of those trees on Route 43, though the white coat he's usually wearing makes him a bit obvious. He's always been a bit curious regarding what these things will do when not given orders, and he's keeping an eye on what appears to be a new member of his team from a distance; judging from the Swinub he's watching from a short distance away, apparently the answer is "generally snuffle about, and occasionally roll around for no real reason."
Of course, he seems to have another new one with him today - he did purchase two eggs from Xanxus, after all, and as a result Kimblee is now the proud owner of what seems to be the smuggest Vulpix on the planet.
...it doesn't help that Kimblee doesn't seem to have put the fox down since he hatched it, instead choosing to carry it around like a somewhat oversized cat. Seriously, Ernst Stavro Blofeld would look at him and tell him he's spoiling the damn thing.
His life, his choices, etc.]
[text]
...itp: everyone teaches Kimblee how to refer to people in the most obscene manner possible. He'll never actually utilize them, but my lord today has certainly been a lesson in putting vulgarities together in new and creative ways.]
An entirely fair point, if a bit of a vulgar one; at the same time, I do have to question why they would stay with someone like that in the first place. It can be argued that they're animals and so may not know any better, but their intelligence seems reasonably higher than, say, most dogs and cats.
...on average, anyway. I'm sure there are quite a few individual exceptions, but...
[text]
you could just as easily ask why humans stay with people who don't want them.
happens all the time.
[text]
[text]
I dunno
plenty of people who dont deserve loyalty get it and its def. not always because of fear
[... Sometimes it was out of stupidity, sometimes it was just out of a desire to belong, to be wanted, to be part of something...]
[This kid has her roots in a cult, so the varying levels of psychological attachment are something she's somewhat well-versed in. Fear is part of it... but there's still so much more.]
[text]
[Apologies are much easier given through text; there's no tone betraying the fact that he's never really found a way to say that and make it sound sincere at all.]
[text]
not that sensitive
but yeah
[Actually, that's a lie, it IS pretty sensitive, but just statin' the facts isn't so bad.]
[text]
[text]
cults, manipulation
power, greed.
sometimes sticking around a figurehead or leader has nothing to do with affection
not makin assumptions about pokemon or whatever, im just sayin