I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me
-- "As Long As You Love Me", Backstreet Boys
Previously, I discussed about a song that is promoted like a Pokémon song and may be considered a part of its "extended family", yet it may still be construed to sound general with few, if any, links to it. That gives me the prompt to discuss a generic song that is quite unrelated to Pokémon, but necessarily involving Pokémon. It's part of my experience, just like with other songs that I've discussed in the past, only more so this time.
Like the previous song, this is a generic pop song and love is necessarily involved. It also came out somewhat earlier but is still contemporary to the other. The primary difference is that the song is by a boy band and not a girl group, and then there's the Pokémon matter as above. The overall message of the song, best encapsulated in the chorus quoted above, is unconditional love to a stretch of the term, no matter how one and their partner may be.
In that same way, the mutual attachment that Trainers and their Pokémon have ought to be unconditional as well. Once the two have bonded, their goals and feelings are shared, and they have to work together to realize them. This would be regardless of their backgrounds (including species ones for Pokémon), origins, and histories, which are cast aside for what is truly in common - perhaps love wouldn't hurt to be had as well.
The "interpretative soundtracks" for the dubs of the Pokémon feature films or movies have done a good job of making pop music jive with the series, particularly the previously discussed song. While the song above came out just a little before that time (and before Pokémon really got popular), with just a little stretch of reasoning and imagination, there's no reason that the above song can't fit in with Pokémon as well, particularly its most important living elements.
One year ago: Trainer Rank in Pokémon Shuffle
Two years ago: Pokémon Go Community Day, 6/20/2020
Three years ago: Thematic Battles
Four years ago: Losing Touch and Keeping in Touch
Five years ago: Pokémon Exclusivity
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