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[schachmeister]

[The video opens on a nice little beach towards the sunset hours. A large red Gyarados is laying with his head in the surf, enjoying some good rubs to his crest from Armin, who addresses the camera without taking his eyes off the big lug on the sand.]

I spent a lot of time reading the Pokedex when I first arrived here, but the longer I am here and the more research I do, the more I realise there are a lot of falsehoods in the Pokedex as well. Or at least, a lot of uncorroborated information. Which, unfortunately, seems to lead to some pokemon having a very undeserved reputation.

Take Gyarados, for example.

[He gestures with his arm to the Gyarados laying on the sand, who lets out a low rumble of enjoyment.]

All the Pokedex talks about is how vicious and destructive they are, and how they go on constant rampages.

Now, I won't deny that they can be dangerous and territorial in the wild, but I don't think it is right to portray them as mindless rampaging monsters either. They behave that way for a reason and each has their own personality. They can make perfectly fine pokemon, as long as they are handled by an experienced trainer.

[In fact, Armin got some theories about how their bad reputation really is the result of being handled by a few too many inexperienced trainers.]

I'm not sure how to go about submitting corrections to the Pokedex, but until I figure that out, I wanted to ask: are there any pokemon you care about that you feel have a very undeserved reputation? Or any other false information in the Pokedex that you know about?

[Armin can't research every pokemon as much as he'd like. But perhaps other people can help him correct any misconceptions he might have.]

Comments

[Video]

[sharddrive]

Wow that's a big fish- People tend to make generalizations when they're scared, accurate or not.

[Video]

[schachmeister]

You're right. But that is why it is so important to get the correct information in the Pokedex. Now you get people turning away from certain pokemon, even if they are otherwise perfect for them, because of unfounded rumours. And it is not that they are malicious in any way, just... misinformed.

Re: [Video]

[sharddrive]

Hm- who writes the info in these things anyway? That seems like it'd be the place to start, one way or the other.

[Video]

[schachmeister]

I wish I knew. I don't think it is the professors or any actual researchers. There are too many errors for that. I mean, the entries for Gorebyss completely contradict each other. An actual researcher would've noticed that, I think.

[sharddrive]

What, there's no one that takes credit for it?

[That seems weird, even for what he's seen of this world so far.]

...you think maybe it's some kind of AI? Like the info is sort of- updating itself?

[schachmeister]

Not that I've seen.

And I'm sorry, but... aye-eee? I can't say that I am familiar with that.

[sharddrive]

Artificial Intelligence? Like a person that doesn't have a body and lives in a computer? Do they not have those here?

[schachmeister]

Oh, like a robot? No, they don't have those here as far as I know.

But admittedly, I come from a world where we did not even have electricity, so I am not necessarily the best judge of these sorts of things.

[sharddrive]

Hm. Might be worth looking into, still. People get scared about anything unfamiliar, not just giant fangy sea-dragons. It's the kind of thing that prompts people to stay hidden, you know?

[He's probably gonna try just talking to his Gear later.]

[schachmeister]

Yes, I do.

[Completely earnestly, because, well... he does. That exactly the sort of situation they are in in his homeworld.]

There are some other people who are far more familiar with technology who might be able to help you with that. You could try getting into contact with a person called Pidge. She knows a lot about technology.

[sharddrive]

Pidge, got it.

[Maybe another former non-human? That doesn't seem like a human name.]

The tech levels here feel a little weird all around, honestly. These communicators, but no cars or anything? At least not that I've seen.

[schachmeister]

There is a train. And I think they have some cars, because I've seen those-- what do they call it trucks in the harbours, but I guess most regular people use their pokemon for transport.

But again, I'm not the best person to ask about anything technological.