To the PMFFML-ers.  I kinda likes this discussion/spamfic, so here it is, 
plus my response.

--Changing Topics--
	This is something that has bothered me about Pokemon.  How did humans
come to power? Humans are the only standard animials on the show and do
the pokeballs work on the humans of that world.(Nurse Joy, Officer
Jenny).  I know, I know it's just a show.

Actually, one of my private speculations is that... humans really haven't
come to power after all.  They just think they have.

We've seen three episodes in which Pokemon went up against humans who
were trying to expand or trash the environment, and two of those cases
were unqualified wins for the Pokemon.  The Tentacool and Tentacruel
basically got Puerta Vista to surrender and not build on the coral reef,
while the Digletts stopped construction on the dam.  (The Grimers
admittedly didn't win out over the polluters of Gringy City, but a) they
weren't trying to stop the pollution and b) the humans ended up resolving
to clean up their act anyway.)

Not to mention that it was the Magnetons that stopped them anyway.

Given this, and given the vast amounts of

wilderness the main cast wanders through, it would seem that there's much
less farmland or urban sprawl than in our world -- there's vast stretches
of wilderness perfect for wild Pokemon.

That would likely be the Diglett again.  Kind of their enforced rule:  Build 
where you want, but if we don't like it, you better stop it before we do.

Furthermore, while people have commented that Pokemon are effectively
slaves to humans, the fact is we've rarely if ever seen a Pokemon forced
to do something it didn't want to by a human.  In fact, it's hard to see
how the humans *would* make them do something they didn't want to... even
a Caterpie might stand a fair chance against a human in a fight, to say
nothing of a Pikachu or Dragonite.  If the Pokemon really resented being
trapped in the Pokeballs and made to battle, they could turn on their
trainers the moment they got out and thrash them soundly/fry them to a
crisp/otherwise massively inconvenience them.  The fact that they don't
means that either Pokeballs have some sort of mind control in them
(unlikely given Ash's troubles with Charizard) or the Pokemon really don't
mind being caught.  Why not?  Well, here's my take on it (in story form to
keep this from being off-topic for the list)...


     The campfire burned softly down to embers as the moon shone overhead.
Around the campsite, the three humans had long since retired to their
sleeping bags (following another profoundly pointless argument between
Misty and Ash).  Now, smaller figures had gathered around the fire,
chewing on their food as they talked.  One of them looked up at another.
     "Pika pika."  <Penny for your thoughts.>
     "Bulba.  Bulbasaur... bul."  <I was just thinking about the kid.
He's been acting weird lately... well, weirder than usual.>
     "Ka kachu.  Pikachu, pika ka."  <It's just the stress.  With Team
Rocket kidnapping the egg, and Togepi bonding with Misty, he's been
a bit upset.>
     "Saur.  Saur saur bulba."  <Yeah, but he's still getting on my
nerves.  Why can't he just grow up and get a little perspective?>
     "Pikapi pikachu.  Pika pi chu."  <Ash really is still a kid -- Humans
grow up slower than most of us do.  Give him time and he'll come to accept
it.>
     "Bulba.  Bulbasaur."  <I suppose.  But all this training time's
kind of irritating.>
     Another of the diners smirked.  "Squirtle squirt."  <Hey, no one ever
said it would be easy having a pet.>
     "Pikapika!  Pikapi pikaka chu! Pi chu pika..."  <Squirtle!  Ash isn't
a pet!  He's a living, intelligent being, just like us, and he deserves
better than...>
     "Squirtle.  Squirtle squirtle, squirtle."  <Relax, I was just pulling
your chain.  You're right, even if he is just a Human, your boyfriend's
okay.>
     Pikachu colored, sparks flying from her cheeks.  "Pika *pi* kaa..."
<He is *not* my boyfriend...>
     "Squirtle?  Squirtle squir..."  <Why not?  I mean, if Humans are all
that even though they don't have powers and can't understand any language
but their own and generally seem about as bright as a box of Magikarp...>
Squirtle grinned mischievously.
     "Dude," Geodude interruped.  "Geodude, geo.  Geodude."  <They are
intelligent. Weak, yes, and very naive about the world in general.  But
they can be taught, and they are not ill-hearted, by and large.>
     "Pikachu," Pikachu nodded.  "Pika pika chu, pikachu.  Pika ka chu?"
<That's right.  Isn't that why we stay with them all this time?  To see
new things, yes, and to get stronger, but also to protect them, and teach
them, and hope someday they'll learn enough to fit into the world on their
own.  Isn't that the true dream of all Human Trainers?>
     "Psi yi, duck!  Psyduck, psyduck!  Psi!"  <It's true!  I see it, with
the future, and the humans, and, and, and evolution for, with the flying
thing, and a new type, mewmew!  It's all!>
     "Pika, pipichu, pika..."  <Shh, Psyduck, you'll wake...>
     "Psyduck?"  A human voice this time.  Misty stood over the group,
rubbing her eyes blearily, her suspender straps hanging loose for comfort
in sleep. "What are you doing out of your Pokeball?"
     "Psi yi?"  <Huh?>
     "What am I saying?  Stupid question.  Fine, you want to wander off,
be my guest," she sighed.
     "Prrriii!  Toge toge toge!"  <Eeeee!  Mama mama mama!> Togepi trilled
cheerfully.
     Misty yawned and scooped up her egg baby Pokemon.  "C'mon, Togepi,
let's get you tucked in.  It's been a long day."  She turned,
inadvertently thwapping Psyduck's head with one of her suspenders, and
shuffled back to her sleeping bag.  She was asleep before her head hit the
pillow.  Psyduck rubbed his forehead, eyes unfocused.
     "Psy yi yi..."  <Oh, my head...>

This is very good.  Between the Pokemon ERPG I'm sub-running, and my own 
Pokemon Fanfics, I'll have to keep this in mind.  one consideration, though:

Intelligence.  Some Pokemon are smarter than others.  Ratatta, Pidgeys, and 
Grimer seem to be of animal intelligence.  By their words in Island of the 
Giant Pokemon, Ekans seems to be somewhat smarter than koffing, while Meowth 
is very intelligent.  But pokemon do seem to get more intelligent as they 
evolve.  Taking Charmander for instance.  That little abandonment trick 
Damian pulled on Charmander would not have worked on it as a Charmeleon or 
Charizard.

It would seem that the Pokemon are kind of enforcing a kind of symbyotic 
relationship with the humans.  If the humans start messing up the balance, 
you have incedents like Gaiba Dam and Porta Vista.

Which puts groups like Team Rocket and the scientists that created 
Mewtwo(Rest in Pieces) in a precarious spot:  They seek to exploit Pokemon 
for their own ends, and the Pokemon seem to let them.  But once they go too 
far, it will be all over for them, as Mewtwo demonstrated on them both.



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