Imagine being a new Pokemon trainer and your self-declared rival keeps wanting to fight you even though you're like "Chikorita is just like....my dog, I don't want to become the champion"
@teddiursine I feel extremely seen by this post
@teddiursine they look at you and say "what the fuck is a 'dog'???"
@Siphonay so a lot of Pokemon have epithets like "the mouse Pokemon" or similar. Does that mean animals exist?
@teddiursine I’ve seen animals mentioned in the anime too, ash even wearing a cow costume in a shot as a visual joke, but I’ve never seen real animals depicted in this universe