I am 9000% glad that there's like 800+ pokemon and that I don't really witness any plots about characters refusing to interact with each other b/c species (Except for like, Absol, but c'mon y'all)

(Semi hot take) Fantasy Racism is bad, and people tend to like, low key include it into their stories by othering groups (whether it's pokemon or otherwise) without actually understanding what this does

I have very mixed feelings about this in gloaming because like , "ha ha, these people are in the ghetto" but it's also like, we had to have a long discussion about how in reality that sort of thing stretches into every aspect of life, but it's also very clearly stated that Navroya is the bad guy place, so I tend to give it some leeway