Subject: Most of those are legendaries.
Author:
Posted on: 2014-01-16 22:36:00 UTC

And Mewtwo was specifically designed to be hyper-intelligent. Most non-legendary Pokémon in the series, especially the wild ones, behave like animals, albeit animals capable of understanding human commands. Then again, I distinctly remember one episode of the show featuring a talking, shapeshifting Gastly connected somehow to a by-then-deceased human, and Team Rocket's Meowth was able to gain the abilities to both speak and emote recognizably by mimicking human actions, so it's possible that most Pokémon have the potential for sapience and can just be guided toward that sapience from their default sentience with the help of a fully sapient being, such as a human or an elevated Pokémon. That perturbs me a little bit, though, and I can't exactly put into words why.

Reply Return to messages