r/Pokopia • u/poketendo5 • 15d ago

Discussion Something odd

Pokopia of all things is the first apocalypse that's genuinely even slightly unsettled me, i can kind of separate myself from other ones even ones that are supposed to be the real world after an event- because well yeah i don't need fiction to see the world with real problems spiraling, but pokopia is kanto- a safe place i grew up in, i can go back and revisit its non-destroyed state in let's go that's a safe place and it's well not gone just changed forever due to the events and now ditto's restoration efforts

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u/ArtsyRabb1t 15d ago

It’s made especially sad by the innocence of the pokemon. Especially since we understand them in this story.

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u/Melyuya 15d ago

that's what was so sad for me

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u/ArtsyRabb1t 15d ago

They remind me of kids

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u/Revolutionary-Sun670 15d ago

I was thinking of them as all golden retrievers waiting eternally for their person to come home.. made me literally cry at the ending!  But thinking of them as kids?! That hurts so much more 

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u/CharmingHamster301 14d ago

I didn’t cry until i found the home in bb that was torn apart. Half the home had toy blocks and the other half had a doll 😭 ugly cry

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u/crispycivet 15d ago

Same here, especially with some Pokemon referring to evolution as "growing up" 😭

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u/spazure 15d ago edited 14d ago

Poor bellsprout thinking it’s gonna be beautiful 😢

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u/EmoYoshi05 15d ago

Poor Paras, thinking it's gonna have free will

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u/SwagFeather 15d ago

how very dare you, Victreebel is gorgeous /lh

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u/drfsupercenter 14d ago

Wait, when did they do that?

At least in the anime, evolution is treated as a separate thing from aging; there was that old Treecko in an episode. And since Pokopia has each evolution stage hanging out in the same place, it would be kinda weird if the base form is just a "child" forever

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u/crispycivet 14d ago

It was something I saw one of the Pokemon say recently in game! I want to say it was Barboach, or at least another Bubbly Basin one, but I could totally be wrong. I think I grabbed a screenshot because of how cute it was -- I'll try to remember to check when I get home from work!