#admin frill

Amity Park is a location in Hearthome City, advertised as a peaceful place to walk around with your partner, but the rules are highly exclusionary! Only a specific list of pokemon species are allowed entry, and I've heard they'll even deny entrance to pokemon with too much scarring or missing limbs.

We want to change this for the better! So that everyone can enjoy the beautiful location with their friends and partners.

Current list of pokemon permitted, updated from the original measly eleven:

I tried to introduce myself before, but... um. You guys were probably flooded with asks, so I understand if my message fell through the cracks. My name's Troy, I'm a novice contest coordinator, and me and my pals in Hearthome have had more than enough of that stupid park.

With all that said, is it okay if I shared some ideas with you? #TIBFAP is great, but think there's a few things that could make it even more effective.

oh shit hi sorry i've been overwhelmed with schoolwork--

I take my Drifloon to Amity Park because I can have picnics without being worried someone's out of control pokemon is going to pop him (and don't pretend there aren't trainers out there who can't control their pokemon). I'd love to see Amity Park's roster expanded too, but I think there needs to be a place for baby pokemon to play safely, regardless of how 'cute' someone thinks their Steelix is

You make a good point, but at the expense of missing the entire point of this movement.

It's not about vulnerability (although arguably some of the objective biological aspects being the amorphous concept of "cuteness" involve babies and the innate desire to protect those who are young and therefore vulnerable to danger), but the exclusionary practices of those in power who enforce a system that decides who can or cannot access the square. You benefit directly from a set of rules created not to defend you, but the delicate sensibilities of the wealthy elite.

TL;DR: I believe your reading comprehension is that of one who would, to paraphrase from the distsite, "piss on the poor," but you actually raise a decent point about needing a safe place for baby pokemon to play.

Also frankly it doesn't seem like you ever expected this to blow up this much so please know I'm not like. Blaming you or anything? If you're in over your head then what would you need from us to help with that?

(sending anonymously because I'm not sure about how smart it'd be to publicly call myself an official supporter)

Honestly? Yeah, you summed it up pretty well. I'd like to start with peaceful protests now that we've got some momentum going, and hopefully channel that in a positive way.

So! Let's start with something personal. How about people share stories of their pokemon who aren't allowed in, under the tag "this is banned from amity park"? I want to hear the voices of the people, and try to put a positive spin on this and get the word out there.

I'll start: I've had my feebas since he was just an egg, and I was too. I felt out of place in my own skin, back then, but he and I would always go to the local pond and he'd splash around and make rainbows in the water, trying to cheer me up. That was back in the old days, ha. That pond isn't really accessible anymore, but I still remember what he did for me. Feebas look the way they do in order to deter predators! It's not ugly, it's ingenious! And it's sort of like what I did back in my dysphoria hoodie days, hiding myself.