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[Some of you may notice that it's late. Like, past 1 AM late. And yet here's Yu making a video post, because he has decided it's a question he needs to ask. There's a sleeping Emolga just laying flat on his head like a weird hat, but he doesn't seem to care.

He looks like he's about good to go to sleep himself, but he carries on.]

So I was thinking. Since Pokemon are like, actual living sentient beings here, just how cruel would it be to make a quick trip back to like, Pallet, and train my Mienfoo by having him fight a bunch of the Normal type Pokemon there? Mienfoo has a type advantage there, and a great move arsenal from the breeder (shout out to Cecil for that, by the way), so it'd be the furthest thing from a fair fight, probably. So, like... Is it cruel to do that? Is that something that has been discussed in the past? Did anyone reach any conclusion? I'm just curious, really, I'm not even sure how I feel about it myself.

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I've trained most of my pokemon on random Magikarp that flop up on the beach, and the inordinately large amount of Voltorbs that seem to be on the island.

I don't think it's cruel if the pokemon don't mind. Training with Pokémon who won't hurt your pokemon any more than is necessary isn't bad.

Then again, I'm not that kind of scientist.

True, I suppose that's just how it is. And Pokemon probably get into fights on their own, so they're sort of... used to it, I guess?

So what kind of scientist are you?

There's nothing wrong with training that child against against opponents that are greatly disadvantaged. Considering the levels of most wild Pokémon, you'll reach that point sooner or later no matter where you go.

[He's raised dozens of Pokémon to level 100, he knows what he's talking about.]

That said, training near Pallet will hardly be efficient, unless it's a temporary measure solely for early levels.

Yeah, that's what I'd use it for, at least. Train him there until it's strong enough to go through like... Viridian Forest, and then move on.

Guess I got a bit caught up in overthinking about leaving a trail of fainted Lillipup and Rattata behind.

They'll wake up long before you need to move on, I assure you. Of course, there's always the risk they'll later choose to avoid you, should they believe themselves hopelessly outclassed. Not that I would blame them.

Honestly, them avoiding you after is fair enough, so I'm not too bothered.

It might even be more alarming if they kept attacking you instead. The line between determined and foolish is a fine one, after all.

Honestly? At that point I'd capture it. For its own safety.

Even if it meant having to train such tendencies out of it for your own team's sake?

Sure. Worst comes to worst, I keep it as a pet or look for someone else better equipped to handle it.

...It'd meet a far worse fate than the life of a pampered pet in the wild, I'm sure. Then again, even Pokémon that appear weak and foolish at early levels can become the backbone of their team with some training.

Hmmm... That's true. Could go a lot of ways, couldn't it?

It could. Even the most common Pokémon can surprise you, if given the chance.

Yeah. Probably one of the coolest parts of this.

It's certainly in the top five, along with surprising evolutions and unexpected movesets.

Ha... I hear you on the second part. I'm still not sure how Farfetch'd can learn a move like Poison Jab, but I'll take it.

...Does it jab with its wing? That sounds both painful and dangerous, but mostly for the Farfetch'd.

No, with the leek.

I... I still don't know where the poison comes from.

...Perhaps that leek is not nearly as fresh as it should be?

It's a move it knows from birth, so only if no Farfetch'd's leek is fresh...

That's... an alarming thought, and surely beyond even this world's twisted imagination.

That's why I usually don't think about it.

No matter how often you tell yourself that, once in a while the thoughts creep up again...

I'll keep hoping.

Good luck with that. You will most certainly need it.

That depends on if the other pokemon want to fight you.

If they are scared and trying to run away? Then it's bullying.

If you offer them the chance to fight and give them a shot it's...well it's still not fair but at least it's not bullying.

But ultimately it'd be pointless because the pokemon in that area are really low level. At least they were when I blew through a few months ago.

I mean, I wasn't talking about it as a permanent training ground.

But that's a good way to look at it. The distinction of whether or not they're running away, I mean.

As a former bully, it's something I think about.

It's like, pokemon usually like to fight. Hell some of them live for it. But there's a fine line between pokemon fighting for fun and just straight up abusing em. That's why people hate Team Rocket so much.

And that's why if you win and catch a pokemon that really loves fighting you'll have someone even more loyal and strong on your team ya know?

Hmmm... Yeah, that's a good point. Pokemon that like look like they enjoy fighting are probably better bets for trainers.

Better than stressing out a Pokemon that has to learn to get through battles, right?

Exactly.

So do you plan on going for quality over quantity? Some trainers wanna catch as many as they can, other's prefer to specialize.

It doesn't hurt to have an aesthetic to match your team after all.

Eh, I like having a wide pool of options on what to use. Easier to get ready for anything when all you have to do is shift Pokemon around.

That's how I tend to do things. I may put my aesthetic first but I make adjustments as I need to.

Luckily some pokemon are incredibly versitile, like water types learning electric attacks and such.

Oh yeah, water types learning electric attacks is a thing, isn't it? I might need to go get a Staryu at some point.

I got lucky at some point and picked up this TM that lets my pokemon use any move, except it's totally random and only like a couple of my pokemon can use it at all.

Oh well, plenty more TMs where that came from.

Oh, metronome? Didn't know that was a TM now.

I actually got it as a gift way back when I first arrived here. I couldn't figure out why the damn thing wasn't working though. Turns out I didn't have any pokemon that could use it at the time.

It wasn't till I got my Togepi last year that I could use it at all.

Huh... Guess it really is something not just any Pokemon can do.

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