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Tom Bombadil posted...

I'm imagining it being roughly like bull or cock or dog fighting IRL; probably legal in a few countries, probably done underground elsewhere, but generally frowned upon at best

that said I am now imagining pro wrestling with Pokemon and that'd be pretty great

I think the difference is Pokemon generally seem to have roughly the same level of intelligence as humans, being able to perfectly understand language while also seemingly having logic and reasoning skills. They're capable of consent and choose to fight willingly. I think some of the lore suggests that they can only be caught if they willingly choose to stay in the ball too, getting past the sticky subject of slavery. Just nevermind the coercion part where you beat the shit out of them until they agree to be caught.

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