[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

That's not quite what Nathan's goal is, @Lord Windos.  His goal is to try and show individuals of the species don't necessarily need to be feared or shunned just because the rest of their kind are.  He's by no means trying to redeem the species as a whole, just try and convince people that giving some of them a chance can be beneficial.  
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Reworking their entire image as a species is madness.  That would require a much larger effort and a lot more time.  Showing that they aren't all monsters personality wise is not.  I think that's something Ventus could understand, no?

Problem is, neither of our characters would desire to give Orthros a chance in the first place, due to their own hang ups and experience with its ilk and much, much prefer doing without it them trying to acknowledge as anything other than 'Nathan's Pokémon'. The very best you can expect for both Ventus and Shiva to treat Orthros is with VERY VERY grudging tolerance whenever he's out and about, or to simply shun/ignore it altogether whenever they are by the boy's side. Its forever tainted/untrustworthy/rightfully terrifying/easy hate target in their eyes , and will cause them to negatively modify their behavior around the dog accordingly based on those perceptions, no matter how hard Nate works to prove otherwise or positive evidence is presented for its case.

Essentially, its going to be like scaling a sheer, jagged, vertical 1 Km tall Cliffside to make the mutant mutt actually likable/non-provactive in Ventus and Shiva's eyes. Might be best to not try and please them and keep training/caring for Orthros regardless and ignore of their input, as I doubt it will be everything but good. Our character will eventually get used to the demon dog and rekindle their friendship towards you after the reveal....hopefully.
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That is an admirable goal that Ventus could get behind in most cases, as with Callam and Rotom, but with something like Orthros/Pinsir/Skunktank Line, his own history with them, his naturally paranoid, ruthless, and highly superstitious nature, and his experience as a Pokémon Researcher prevent him from opening his heart towards them. It take a miracle or something equally unlikely for him to consider anything less than menaces to society that need to be put down or locked away in a dark hole, so the chances of that happening are....slim. By all means keep at it, though, and my chara will no doubt support him in his endevour if not asked to stand up for Pokémon he explicitly hates/fears!