Avoraciopoctules wrote:If knives are generally more dangerous than Pokemon, that means that serious bad guys will FIGHT with knives instead of Pokemon primarily.
As somebody said, if you risk being caught doing something illegal, you would rather keep the illegal as down as possible.
So for example Team Rocket's in particular more of a mafia than exactly an army. And although the mafia sometimes does stab/shoot people, it's a lot more common they'll just "rough" them up with some fists/sticks. Because it's a lot easier to cover a non-lethal beating with the authorities than a stabbing/shooting.
The authorities won't stop somebody from challenging you to a Pokémon battle, but they would probably do something if they see somebody waving a knife/gun in public.
Avoraciopoctules wrote:
It also means that Pokemon might start using weapons instead of their innate powers.
Most mons lack opposite digits/trigger fingers (with many lacking limbs).
koumei wrote:
Wait why the fuck are we talking about pokemon being less dangerous than knives? Clearly they're dangerous, or at least some of them can. Now this especially goes for those which can cause global warming or make research facilities explode or "create miniature black holes" to protect (and also, incidentally, destroy) its trainer, but just "its face is a flamethrower" or "it's quite large and very strong, with sharp bits".
"Lv.100 Mega Gyarados used Hyperbeam!"
"lv 1 rattata fainted!"
Not dead. Fainted.
Your mon got badly burned/poisoned? Take your time to heal them, they'll only ever just fainted at worst. Pokémon poison is explicitly non-lethal. Pokémon fire is explicitly non-lethal too.
Heck, when you're fighting in the middle of a forest and use flamethrower, the surrounding vegetation doesn't even catch fire, does it?
There's mentions of Pokémon being sent to war true, but I believe that's more of "things got so desperate we started sending the children to the frontline because we've run out of everything else".
Only the legendary Pokémon seem to be legit dangerous but well, they are the legendary one-off Pokémon after all, something your average trainer won't ever see and probably doesn't even know they exist.