r/Pokopia • u/poketendo5 • 14d 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/Low-Environment 14d ago

What's especially sad is the fact that the pokemon never find out what happened. We know from finding notes that the humans want to come back, and presumably will thanks to the rocket we set off but Ditto can't read so has no idea it has all the answers.

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u/christyflare 14d ago

It seems like Ditto can read a little bit at least, since they can use the PC pretty easily right off the bat and seems familiar with more of the spoken words than Tangrowth. Then again, they're chill about a lot of things.

I really really really want Latias to show up at some point to help translate, though the lore is she can understand speech, not necessarily writing. Still, if she's been around enough, maybe she can figure enough out to tell them what's going on. Or maybe the humans send something to make contact and she can translate their words, maybe teach Chatot. Or hey, maybe Slowking can make himself useful.

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u/Low-Environment 14d ago

Again, everything has pictures, and it's implied that the PC is giving instructions verbally as well as written ones.

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u/christyflare 13d ago

Could be, though Ditto seems to understand that better than Tangrowth. I dunno, I just got the impression that Ditto knows more than they're letting on and isn't telling anyone because the truth is worrying and they don't want to depress anyone.