>Affection and Friendship are two mutually exclusive things

>>30423705
But they aren't mutually exclusive.

>>30423705
Edgy teenspeak shouldn't be defended.
But there are people who have friends that they don't give a shit about

>>30423705
>sex and love are two mutually exclusive things
explain this bullshit

You can be affectionate to someone you loathe, but friendship develops with being friends or w/e.

>>30423705
Affection is just bribing them with cuddles and beans. Friendship is having them trust you.

>>30423755
>You can be affectionate towards someone you loathe

You mean you can lust after them? If you hate someone, there's no way you'll have any sort of actual affection towards them.

>>30423858
Go outside more

>>30423858
Hatefucking is a very real concept.

>>30423705
In japanese friendship is more like "attachment", while affection is "amiability". They're similar concepts, but are still not the same thing.

>>30423705
You can have friends and still be an ungrateful, unhappy piece of shit, OP.

>>30424371
That does explain a lot.

I can see what OP means. Petting your Pokemon in Refresh, feeding them their favorite beans, and treating them well should make Pokemon friendlier.

>>30425022
But just because someone gives food tô you doesn't mean that you're friends and Trust each other. Friendship is like Trust, a Bond. Affection is just affection.

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>Have maximum friendship and affection with a traded Pokemon.
>It will still disobey you if you're over the level limit.

>>30425222
This. Friendship was never a good name for this mechanic. It should be called trust, since that what it essentially is. The things that increase/decrease also make sense for trust. As the Pokémon goes through more battles without fainting, it begins to trust you more.

>>30425304
Friends don't let friends power-level.

>>30423705
His character design notes literally address him as a chuuni, you shouldn't take what he says during the first part of the game seriously.

>>30423705
Just because you had sex with a girl, it doesn't mean she's your ride or die bro.

>>30424332
That's why he said lust

>Affention: a gentle feeling of fondness or liking
You can be feel affection for people who aren't your friends.

>Friendship: the emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends
You can have a relation ship of mutual trust and support without being too affectionate.

I'm kind of stretching it here though. You need to like someone a bit to be considered friends. A little affection is necessary.

>>30426182
Gladion's chuunibyou has literally no relevance to the main topic of this thread.