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An open question: what do you think of Lassie's views? Do you think people are the most important thing? Are they always worth helping? Why or why not?
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I'd like to think people are worth helping. The world may seem to suck, but there's still plenty of good in it. Trying to help out and spread that goodness may help some people see that being good can help. Sure, some people want to stay jerks and you never know all the consequences. But the chance to help someone good is worth it and may lead to something amazing you never expected.
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Man's best friend earning his title with every page
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Lassie is too pure for this world. Such a beautiful soul and a huggable pup-dog!
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People are never the most important thing, because everything is important in it's own sense. Humans are also not also worth helping, as some can have terrible consequences for helping, like theives, dictators, and all around bad people.
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Lassie is love, honestly; I adore his cute lil' puppy self! Although his views make some sense, he'll have to learn to give his own life some value. I do agree with him that all lives have value, even those of "bad" people. However, he'll need to develop some discretion regarding those he chooses to protect and sacrifice himself for.
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I agree 100% with Lassie. People are all people, with emotions and needs, and I think people should help those that genuinely need help, no matter who they are. I know that's kind of optimistic thinking,and that there are some really nasty people in the world, but I'm just a people person and I really have a heart for people.
Lassie is so adorable. I think I've found my favourite character in your nuzlocke.
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That was really nice, Las. Yes, I agree. It's always worth it to help people when they need it, regardless of who they are. If anything, it's the mentality of the people who take of time of their schedule to be of service to others that's so refreshing, and infectious. Lassie would be a great role-model.
Lassie, if you die, I swear to Arceus I'll kill you.
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I've thought about this question a lot since reading this for the first time. It's very circumstantial since there are cases where helping one problem person could bring harm to others. But I don't think that means those people should be ignored. I think if people are educated and have their needs met then they can learn to be better. If someone can help them with their problem and keep them from causing more problems then that would be the time to take action. But not a lot of people can do this and even less seem to be willing which makes it difficult.
I see a lot of toxic people get pushed away from communities that could otherwise help them. They get yelled at and isolated on the idea that they lack "common sense". But that's really not good because then they go off to cause more problems because they have learned to avoid good influences. The real world doesn't run on common sense. Behaviors are taught and someone coming from a bad environment won't have learned to interact the way that benefits everyone because the best they can do normally is knock people down to get by. Is it really right to deprave them of the environment that taught you to interact peacefully and then shame and ignore them because they don't have the resources that you do?
But again it all comes down to whether people are willing and able. People have the right to use their discretion to stay safe.
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Yes, humans are the most important living beings in our physical, observable world. Individual's worth shall not be measured by any measurement comprehensible to a mere human mind, hence we should always treat each other's as equals, which we are. Everyone is worth helping, whatever or not they're grateful for it. One might easily think, that ungrateful people don't deserve help, but wouldn't that be viewing them as a lesser human being due a single, nasty characteristic (ungratefulness)? It's not like you're being told not to help, and even if you were, there's still situations where you should do it anyway, to let the person realize how much they actually needed that help.
tl;dr It is not our job to judge who's worth of being helped an who's not.
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You know.. For my part I think that, its a good thing to start from ideals like this. Even if they can be slightly misguided. Simply because, as you grow up, learn, and see things, get hurt, you can adjust your ideals to reach the same goals, while being a little less naive.
Adjusting your priorities for example. Such as, in what context would you help people ? Would they come first, or would you ? And in this case I guess, can you actually be more helpful to society if you're alive and well or if the other person/pokemon is alive and well. I mean, if a serial killer was about to drown or something, you wouldn't risk your life, and risk being double crossed, or just die trying to save the person..
In the end, what Lassie is trying to achieve is a better world. He probably knows he's at the bottom of the food chain in that world of his, which limits what he can do to change it for the better.
Helping those who have a better chance at having an impact on the world is probably the best he can do. And given that he's at their mercy regardless, they might be more inclined in returning the favor, and help him live another day ? Which would also help to his survival.
That reminds me how I survived high school actually..
People took pity on me I guess, given I never tried to cause anyone trouble and tried to be as helpful and kind to everyone as possible.. I did get a huge share of bullying and psychological torment and whatnot, some scars too, but I had my stubborn and dumb little ideal / code of honor to keep me going through all that madness.. I thought that helping out others being happy and well, could be a little comfort and give me a purpose for the time being..
Eventually, more people began to know me, and would be more considerate, letting me breath, or even taking my defense. I never asked anything out of them, but somehow I must have appeared as worth protecting somehow. It still was hard, but, less and less so..
In the end, those simple naive ideals helped me survive, and not die out of sadness/misery, lack of purpose.. (And that almost happened a few times..)
Nowadays, I've adapted to my new situation, and from my experience on the world. I don't have to make a spot for myself in an hostile uncivilized world anymore (well relatively speaking 
If he'd become stronger and bigger or more influent/capable, Lassie might change his ideals as he'd grow up to fit his new reality. But he'd probably keep his end goal intact, with other means to reach it.
That might have been a little too deep..
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No, it wasn't too deep at all; it was really touching. Thank you so much for weighing in on what this issue means to you. I can relate to having those ideals save me from wallowing in lack of purpose. I'm glad you managed to survive high school and go on to something hopefully better and safer!
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No problems 
I'm glad you liked the input!
I tend to write so much fluff sometimes that it seems to discourage people from replying XD
And its sad you've had to go through that kind of things as well.
I wouldn't wish that to happen to anyone really.. :/
I hope you're doing good now at least ?
And thank you for your concern
I had a rough time in college at first, but I'm in the clear now!
I just gotta figure out why I studied computer science XD
But that's all good!
Also, while you're here, I've been working on writing my impressions on the comics so far. And I was wondering, once I'm done, where would you rather have that kind of huge wall of text ? On DA or the forums ? Or even have a huge wall of text at all for that matter ?
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I studied computer science too and sometimes I wonder exactly what keeps me coming back over and over....
Serving others as a way of finding purpose ended up causing me a lot of problems in the long run. People who feel compelled to be indiscriminately 'nice' as part of their own identity tend to excuse a lot of bad behavior and attract those who would take advantage of them.
I'm honored that you'd write up your impressions! If you'd like other people to be able to read and comment on your thoughts, then the Alterity forum post would probably be the best place to put it. If you'd rather not show it to other people, you can send me a private note.
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Hehe, I guess it might be that its such a vast field, and its easy to find reasons to stick around or come back!
In my case, I'm finding out that the jobs available are not exactly what I had in mind. And I don't know in what specific field to work in either.
But I guess that's a little normal when you're just beginning at the very bottom.
But it still leaves you wondering whether you'd be happier "faster" within another completely different field.. XD
And I know what you mean..
I've been the fall guy, the "punching bag", and the fool quite a few times because I was slightly too naive and easily manipulated.. >_<
Well then, I'm honored to get to read your comics!
And thanks ! I'll keep that in mind !
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I agree with Lassie... I'm a person helping everyone around me who might need help. But sometimes I feeld a bit thumb - nobody else cares, so why do I? :/
Still wonderful work with Lassie and his poses, emotions and wonderful dog-like reactions!
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I love Lassie's expressions. Long live Lassie!He acts like my puppy...
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to answer your question of lassie's views, NO.
people are idiots and i'm sorry i was born one, but i'll make do so long as i can read and write nuzlocke and all that jazz.
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Why do I have a really bad feeling that Lassie is going to come down with a serious case of Death Syndrome?
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I always feel so bad when people make these kinds of comments on this specific page :V
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Sorry, I'm just used to sweet idealistical characters not lasting till the end...
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I just noticed that those odd font is pokemon talk, I like that!
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Yes! Most humans cannot understand it
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I love how you make pokemon smart enough to learn human speech yet can still talk in their own tongue. And for viewer convenience you special font the pokemon language.
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Thanks! You would not imagine how many fonts I had to go through though; people were complaining it was too hard to read. This font is actually a hand-modified font haha.
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I think people are always worth helping but if it gets more people in danger it isn't wort it. Problem is, in most situations where it really matters, you don't have time to balance the amount of people being helped or hurt by the situation. You either act or don't and if you do, you better do it fast
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I don't exactly agree with lassie's words exactly, but I feel u have to hold on to ideals like that or else life becomes unlivable.
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So as far as I understand it whenever your Pokes talk in the fancy font they're speaking poke speak right?
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That's right. Most humans can't understand it.
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??? Most? Is N gonna show up in this or was that just poor word choice on ur part?
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Well, it's just a different language. It might be really hard for non-natives to learn/understand but there's nothing magical about it that would completely prevent people from learning to associate the sounds with meaning.
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Does this language happen to work like in the anime (one pokemon says something like "Mud, Mudkip Mud" and another responds with something like "Pika, Pika"
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That's what it is based off! Though Alterity critters don't say their names because that's kind of silly... their languages are made up of sounds similar to their in-game cries. I envisioned it working as a more 'tonal' language, where pitch, cadence, and syllable length determine the language instead of the actual syllables being spoken. That's why it's so hard for humans to learn (it's pretty much the opposite of human language) but it's still doable with enough effort.
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So any of the humans in this nuzlocke gonna be shown to know the language, or is this just an interesting fact your telling me? Also, has this comic written out ur other rival, Wally?
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Brendan knows a few words, but it's not gonna be something that's really in the comic.
And that is a sekrit!
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I hate sekrits 
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You will probably be disappointed by the secret's reveal, but yes, May is a secret too right now.
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At least you revealed her name to me, I'm willing to wait for further details.
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Ahahaahahahah No. People are not. The important things are the things that matter, if that makes any sense. To Lassie, it's people. To me, it's internet and pie. And my cat.
They're only worth helping if you agree with the cause or the person, otherwise it's not 'worth it.' If you're a villain helping out charity, things get a bit messed up, you know?
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;m;! No! You can't claim her childlike mortality will be hard-hit by the real world! NO! You can't pull an Io! I'll cry
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Yeah, Io was depressing at the end.
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Are people the most important thing?
I don't know how to answer that, I really don't. It's like if you're presented with a situation where you could save future people but at the cost of present people. I think it depends on the situation, really. I'd like to think that you shouldn't have to have a reason to help others, but humans being humans don't normally work that way; we seem to always need a reason to do good things, but very little to do bad things. It's so easy to destroy but so hard to rebuild...
If the question about is Humans are more important than Pokemon, I don't know how to answer that either. It's so hard to forget that Pokemon aren't animals, they're sentient beings with feelings as real, if not more powerful, than humans. But humans... seem more real. If a case is presented with the death of a human and the death of an animal, who will you mourn? The human is mourned because they have friends and family who will feel grief and make it known they feel grief, but who will mourn the animal? You can't ask it's family if it's sad, they can't answer in a way we'll understand and an animal might not have friends; the only one who would actively mourn the animal is their owner, if they even have one, but they will move on. I want to say that both are equally important, but if push comes to shove, then humans will always be considered more important than Pokemon.
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Thanks for your words... very sadly true that people often need much more of a reason to do good things instead of bad, selfish ones.
You have a good point about how it's hard to mentally separate Pokemon from animals. It's also good to remember that we, being human, are probably more likely to consider fellow humans more important than other species. That might be part of what makes them seem more 'real'.
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Yeah; humans are messed up like that, aren't they?
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O-O Don't let Lassie die. Don't let Lassie die... I'll cry so much...
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I'm... wow. I'm seriously loving this nuzlocke, you seem to be really excited to show off all these concepts and ideas about the Pokemon world, haha! I'm starting to see some kind of theme going on with your mons reasons to fight, can't wait to see how they come into play later...!
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