The Question of the Day is a way to facilitate community discussion to help members ponder the unanswered questions of the world that are somehow relating to the hobby. Questionsj are many times open ended and up to interpretation. Feel free to post your thoughts in as much or as little detail as you’d like.
Helpful Considerations may or may not help some people focus their answer, these are blurred to not bother those who have their own ideas.
Western societies don’t understand the concept of animism. In Asia, the idea that everything possess a soul, even inanimate objects that therefore must be treated with consideration, kindness and respect, is embedded in the mind from a very young age.
The inanimate Pokemons are a manifestation of this animism/shinto/yokai/tsukumogami culture that is foreign to many of us.
They are not lesser or uninspired. Charizard is uninspired ok ?
I don’t dislike every object-pokemon. But they have to be tastefully executed, extremely rare and with some decent lore. Better if associated with ghosts or spirits in general. They should be the exception, not a meme or a Pokedex filler
