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Yes it did, and the reasons it's not been punished for the last 30 years are

It mostly targets evil teams trying to make more mewtwos, who are already labelled criminals, so governments have little reason to chase after it in that case

Much like hikers getting mauled by wild animals, it's not blamed for random trainers who do die trying to catch it. Its most frequent location, Cerulean Cave, is (sensibly) closed off to the public

Mewtwo is known to cause less casualties and damage if no one try to stop whatever havoc it's causing, so if a region get a Random Mewtwo Event they're likely to play dumb until it goes away

If you tackle the Mewtwo problem you'll get scrutinized by the Kantonian government and the Kantonian government SUCKS. Vanilla accepts this as a fair trade off for the good it could do for her work, her region, and Mewtwo, but it still SUCKS

Schmiles

i think back to Mew sitting on a surface because Mewtwo asked

oh wait i think i misremembered why mew sat, not sure tho

No you're 100% correct. It's not the same conversation but it remembers stuff Mewtwo told it. Like food preference, for example

Or, if Mew is also not built for floating and she just, doesn’t care and uses it as her primary mode of locomotion regardless of physical consequence, what kind of movement are they built for? Both their legs to me seem built for plantigrade movement, not unlike rabbits, but mews front arms seem a bit too short for that, which then directs me to jerboas which have a kinda similar leg/arm ratio? Big’ol hopping legs.

Just musing on how Mewtwo could have moved if their body had been less fucked up

If we're considering purely anatomy, then yeah neither of their designs are fit to be moving on the ground (the only time Mewtwo has been depicted walking iirc is in Detective Pikachu, and it's being puppeted by a human person there). Though these are legendary and mythical pokemon, I don't think being energy efficient is in the equation for them at all. They can do whatever they want with no physical impact forever (the psychological impact of their choices notwithstanding)

The closest real life animal to Mewtwo is a kangaroo, which means it would probably be most comfortable hopping around on its toes and standing on its feet plantigrade style. It'd look absolutely ridiculous because it's got short digitigrade lower legs instead of a kangaroo's long skinny ones

The awkwardness reinforces how it is an unnatural creature :DD

As for Mew, glad you picked up that it is floating an Unusual amount! While I make a point to draw Mewtwo constantly touching things and lounging cat style all over the place, even with floating as its means of locomotion, Mew I keep as its anime depiction, which is always floating midair. I like the sense of detachment it gives it, this hovering higher being that hasn't been in touch with the world for who knows how long

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