I like this thread already.
So. You've got a world full of creatures with insane powers. And your parents even ALLOW you to go outside, play with them, going on a fricking journey through the country, battling. This alone shows how DIFFERENT the society from the Pokemon world is in regard to ours, even if it seems ever so similar. Considering the topic of Lt. Surge and Admiral Drake, it's easy to conclude that there is an army. One of the veterans in Lt. Surge's gym said he fought alongside him in the war. And now look at the fact that the towns are scattered, there isn't much infrastructure in between, and so many children don't seem to have parents at all. They have none. They died in the war, all they have is their Pokemon, their only companions, who can become monsters. In the end, the Pokemon world could very well be a post-war area. But between who? Two states? Or the Pokemon and the humans? Consider! These creatures could easily kill their young trainers and even the older ones aren't 100% safe, but no one seems to carry weapons. With the technology shown in the Pokemon world, there could be myriads of weapons, even Laser Gun style, and still I have yet to see something as simple as a mace. In a way, the Pokemon are balancing out the human determination of expansion. Maybe there was some kind of treaty between humans and Pokemon: "You won't research in those fields, and we will give your kind a chance, show your children our side. We will get stronger, you will get information. And maybe, there will be peace." That's why the child protagonist is capable of beating the local Team Ambitions - their Pokemon are willing to get themselves beaten to stop them, while the child protagonist cares about his/her Pokemon (hopefully >_>).
In this aspect, the gyms also double as a defense and filter system against rogue trainers while assessing the combat prowess and willingness to stick to the more or less ancient treaty of the new potential leaders of their respective regions. To expand upon this point, it could very well be that the gym leaders have several teams of varying strength and use one or the other, depending on the number of badges a trainer already has.
There was this nice conversation about this kind of topic on dA somewhere... gotta look if I can find it again. I think one of its conclucsions was that Giovanni actually is a humanist that wants to reinstate human supremacy over Pokemon, but NO some meddling kid had to come along.
Next idea! The legendaries and stronger Pokemon actually let themselves be caught and function as spies to evaluate wether or not humanity abides to the rules that were set up.
So. You've got a world full of creatures with insane powers. And your parents even ALLOW you to go outside, play with them, going on a fricking journey through the country, battling. This alone shows how DIFFERENT the society from the Pokemon world is in regard to ours, even if it seems ever so similar. Considering the topic of Lt. Surge and Admiral Drake, it's easy to conclude that there is an army. One of the veterans in Lt. Surge's gym said he fought alongside him in the war. And now look at the fact that the towns are scattered, there isn't much infrastructure in between, and so many children don't seem to have parents at all. They have none. They died in the war, all they have is their Pokemon, their only companions, who can become monsters. In the end, the Pokemon world could very well be a post-war area. But between who? Two states? Or the Pokemon and the humans? Consider! These creatures could easily kill their young trainers and even the older ones aren't 100% safe, but no one seems to carry weapons. With the technology shown in the Pokemon world, there could be myriads of weapons, even Laser Gun style, and still I have yet to see something as simple as a mace. In a way, the Pokemon are balancing out the human determination of expansion. Maybe there was some kind of treaty between humans and Pokemon: "You won't research in those fields, and we will give your kind a chance, show your children our side. We will get stronger, you will get information. And maybe, there will be peace." That's why the child protagonist is capable of beating the local Team Ambitions - their Pokemon are willing to get themselves beaten to stop them, while the child protagonist cares about his/her Pokemon (hopefully >_>).
In this aspect, the gyms also double as a defense and filter system against rogue trainers while assessing the combat prowess and willingness to stick to the more or less ancient treaty of the new potential leaders of their respective regions. To expand upon this point, it could very well be that the gym leaders have several teams of varying strength and use one or the other, depending on the number of badges a trainer already has.
There was this nice conversation about this kind of topic on dA somewhere... gotta look if I can find it again. I think one of its conclucsions was that Giovanni actually is a humanist that wants to reinstate human supremacy over Pokemon, but NO some meddling kid had to come along.
Next idea! The legendaries and stronger Pokemon actually let themselves be caught and function as spies to evaluate wether or not humanity abides to the rules that were set up.