But I did say that it's fine to be attracted to Pokemon. It certainly isn't an inteligent decision, but hey, plenty of people make plenty of stupid decisions. Not that you can control what you're attracted to, but maybe I just don't get why people would want to get it on with lizards, ferrets, and birds? Iunno.
In addition to what tip said...
Well, you really don't
need to know exactly why it happens, just to accept that it does. You seem to know that it's not by choice that we're attracted to different things, so I can't say that you're stupid or whatever. However, you do seem to indeed be implying that we're not exactly intelligent for choosing to accept our attractions for that they are.
If he doesn't mind, I would like to point out another Pokephiles in our little "circle," Shrike Flamestar. You see, he started off...well, let's just say that he started on the complete opposite end of the spectrum in terms of his stance on the subject. However, some time after his initial post, he came back and revealed that the thought had been nagging at his mind basically ever since. Now, let me ask you: do you have any idea what would have happened had he not come to terms with his attractions?
Well, put simply, the nagging of the thoughts at his mind would continue, on and on--for a long time, most likely. I mean, there are little things in the world that remind me of embarrassing or just plain uncomfortable moments or things in my life from years ago--things I would much rather forget permanently--just about every day. And on an Internet forum like this, it's even harder to push such uncomfortable thoughts from one's memory, what with the thread titles, some made even more obvious by that little envelope icon next to it with that little dot to indicate that you've posted there before...
Now, I'm no expert on psychology, but I can guess that the stress, among other things that probably stem from said stress, would begin from those recurring thoughts and resulting constant denial. And I'm sure that you, as another human being, would know what kinds of effects stress can have on one's mind?
But that's as far as I can go based on personal experience. However, it has been basically proven that to deny certain things, especially about one's true self, can be detrimental to one's health, as indicated by many homosexuals who go through "corrective" therapy; a number of deaths related to said therapy have occurred. I would imagine that similar things would happen to us should we deny our attractions to pokemon (and, in some cases, real animals). So basically, choosing
not to accept our attractions would be the more unintelligent decision in the end, as it would pose the greater health risks.
Basically, as tip said, the only point at which it should be considered "unintelligent," at least to others, should be when one's attraction to whichever fictional character or whatever would considerably hinder their social life and prevent them from engaging in meaningful relationships with others. This certainly isn't preventing any of us from making or keeping friends off-line, and I believe that our friend Linoone has stated that he still a number of off-line friends in spite of his love for Tokin.
And y'know, if it were to happen to me, I wouldn't do anything to prevent it either--at least at this point in my life--seeing as how I have little desire to enter a boyfriend/girlfriend-type relationship with another human right now and would likely tell anyone who would try to force a change in me to go screw themselves in various uncomfortable manners. ~..^
Goodbreath said:
In other news... my lord they really screwed the sexy pokemon names up O_O Gregguru is croalurk now... I hate it!
Meh, I don't really have any problems with the revealed names thus far 'cept Hikozaru to Chimchar, and I'm almost used to that one already anyways. I mean, you've heard the quote "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" from Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet, right? The pokemon's names, to me, have no effect on how sexy they are or aren't.