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Hypnosis is a powerful pokémon move.
It has been established that pokémon moves can effect trainers and other citizens within a pokémon world in both the Manga, Anime and Games. So, with that in mind, what is stopping your average trainer forcing their opponent to lose via using a move such as hypnosis? Or on a more worrying level what is stopping a powerful or very evil trainer from using hypnosis to take over a region?
I am genuinely curious as to how other writers have handled this, and for those who haven't even considered the implications of this move and many more, I hope this opens up the discussion on move consequences.
My take on it is this - in my region using hypnosis on humans before the turn of the century (1900) was perfectly legal. However, a war between my two regions lead to it being made illegal as people were using it for awful and illegal means. This war lead to the cap on how powerful moves could be used. For example, earthquake. Of course, the big bad villains won't care about these laws, but counter forces have been put in place to prevent it.
My big question is: How do you plan on handling such an issue if it comes up in your stories and worlds? Are there any other moves you would consider to be threatening?
It has been established that pokémon moves can effect trainers and other citizens within a pokémon world in both the Manga, Anime and Games. So, with that in mind, what is stopping your average trainer forcing their opponent to lose via using a move such as hypnosis? Or on a more worrying level what is stopping a powerful or very evil trainer from using hypnosis to take over a region?
I am genuinely curious as to how other writers have handled this, and for those who haven't even considered the implications of this move and many more, I hope this opens up the discussion on move consequences.
My take on it is this - in my region using hypnosis on humans before the turn of the century (1900) was perfectly legal. However, a war between my two regions lead to it being made illegal as people were using it for awful and illegal means. This war lead to the cap on how powerful moves could be used. For example, earthquake. Of course, the big bad villains won't care about these laws, but counter forces have been put in place to prevent it.
My big question is: How do you plan on handling such an issue if it comes up in your stories and worlds? Are there any other moves you would consider to be threatening?