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Eva Sandor's avatar

I’m continually impressed by the depths of scholarship and thought behind your Pokemon essays!

I was too old for the original Pokemon craze and have let them stay off my radar since then, so every time I read another installment of Necessary Monsters, i something new (and yet oddly familiar) is added to my life.

It’s particularly interesting to learn how the writers of Pokemon media mine both the Japanese and Western mythic menagerie— and to discover the ways they complement one another.

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Charles Robert Jones's avatar

If I recall correctly, aren't there legends within the Pokemon universe that Clefairy/Clefable originated from outer space?

If so, it makes me think of theories by some UFOlogists that fairy myths represent pre-modern interpretations of extra-terrestrial encounters, i.e. magic being advanced technology, the abduction narrative.

Probably not intentional on the creators' part, but an interesting parallel to consider.

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