so, what I'm trying to get at, is like. living things want community. in particular, it's a very human emotion. so when you're removed from that, and move somewhere else… it makes you very nostalgic for the past. for that time when you had your job helping humans on a boat with a girl who's your best friend and partner, even though she's not a trainer. so then it's like, what do you really want? do you want the past back, or do you just want someone to understand your emotions? and stuff like that. when did i start writing in the second person.
so, what I'm trying to get at, is like. living things want community. in particular, it's a very human emotion. so when you're removed from that, and move somewhere else… it makes you very nostalgic for the past. for that time when you had your job helping humans on a boat with a girl who's your best friend and partner, even though she's not a trainer. so then it's like, what do you really want? do you want the past back, or do you just want someone to understand your emotions? and stuff like that. when did i start writing in the second person.
this is an aside, but it might help the above make a little more sense, so I'll elaborate on it.
it's interesting how sometimes relationships between humans and pokémon are, like, really clearly metaphors for/parallels to humans' relationships. like in a meta sense. like. it's a little hard to explain… LIKE sometimes trainers and pokémon will go through misunderstandings and have fights and things like that. normal friendship things. and it's interesting, from a 'writing a kids show' perspective, because, i wonder if looking at very normal human things through the lens of "a human and a lil monster partner" can make that sort of thing less daunting or heavy handed..? idk… but it's something i find very interesting. (also this applies to any mon series lol… i think digimon does it well since it's generally 1:1 partnerships)
