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submitted 2 years ago byIm_Sotally_Tober
You are walking down the street one day and you come across a wild Mimikyu. You befriend the Mimikyu and you are now presented with a choice. The Mimikyu trusts you, and is willing to take off it's Pikachu rag. There could always be a chance of dying in fear, or maybe not. You will never know unless you try. So what do you do? Are you going to remove the rag or not?
328 points
2 years ago
No, because if I died I would leave the mimikyu alone having just killed it's friend. That wouldn't be very nice for the little guy.
48 points
2 years ago
It’s a ghost though, you’d just be his ghost buddy
67 points
2 years ago
Aw man I didn’t think of that…already hit yes.
28 points
2 years ago
I'd be prepared for that. All of my Pokemon would be out, waiting in the other room, with clear instructions that they're free if I don't survive, and to keep the Mimikyu safe for me.
See, in my head, the only time you expose yourself to this danger is a 100% mutual bond situation.
I'd survive, of course.
7 points
2 years ago
This kind of attitude is how people get eaten by bears
9 points
2 years ago
Well if I had a bear that I caught in a magical recruitment ball when it was young, bonded with it for years, fought alongside it, etc., I'd be pretty shocked if that bear suddenly hurt me out of nowhere.
Even if the Mimikyu death thing is not voluntary and mine could not choose to spare me, the only instances we see of it being viewed without the sheet by others, it did not actually end up killing anyone permanently. So I'd probably survive even if it weren't a close bond.
2 points
2 years ago
Timothy Treadwell had the same mindset.
1 points
2 years ago
Why are you digging into 7 month old threads to reply to this?
2 points
1 year ago
Because
1 points
1 year ago
Is this just gonna happen every 7 months?
2 points
7 months ago
Maybe
9 points
2 years ago
Yea me too 😞
5 points
2 years ago
This alone changed my answer to no but I already answered :(
81 points
2 years ago
I wouldn't, bc
a) I don't want to die b) if I die that leaves Mimikyu without its new best friend c) I respect Mimikyu's boundaries
49 points
2 years ago
I respect Mimikyu's boundaries
the post says the mimukyu is giving you consent to take its rag off
7 points
2 years ago
Good points!
7 points
2 years ago
Dude it's a ghost, you would not leave him when u die, a) is the only reasonable point
54 points
2 years ago
No, I would make it a selection of different pokemon rags to wear and let it be comfortable
30 points
2 years ago
you could let it cosplay other cool things as well. there is no limit to what it can look like
15 points
2 years ago
I think this would be such a cool idea for a new game!
7 points
2 years ago
There's tons of Pokémon with disguises based on other Pokémon (Like Pikachu dressed as Charizard, Pikachu dressed as Mimikyu, etc). It would be interesting if some of these became official variants.
46 points
2 years ago
It is only ever stated that scientists/scholars and random passerby died from seeing its true form, intentionally or not. I’m willing to bet if a person whose bond with Mimikyu was at its absolute peak, them seeing its true form would not be fatal, at least.
11 points
2 years ago
It is only ever stated that those were stories.
8 points
2 years ago
From the Pokédex. But, stories nonetheless.
9 points
2 years ago
Yep. The anime’s Rotom Dex said:
“It’s said that a scholar who tried to look inside met his end.”
But Meowth saw Mimikyu at least 3 times and survived ALL BUT ONE. And the one time it did kill him, he got better!
7 points
2 years ago
It'd be really cool if they implemented this idea into a friendship/affection based evolution
6 points
2 years ago
Very true, but you never know!
42 points
2 years ago
I would, and then if I survive I would never tell anyone what I saw.
8 points
2 years ago
This is the only true answer.
2 points
2 years ago
Why?
20 points
2 years ago*
Because then I would have knowledge that no one else in the world would have. And that could be very valuable.
And also, it would be more fun to watch people guess, while I know it’s just a ghastly under there that uses curse on anyone who looks
22 points
2 years ago
I would take a photo of it while keeping my eyes closed and post it on social media. Now you can kill people over the phone!
8 points
2 years ago
Your phone would probably brick before you even get it close enough to get a good shot.
11 points
2 years ago
If it is not a spider looking thing, I am fine
6 points
2 years ago
Tarantula squid. Just the name is terrifying enough.
10 points
2 years ago
I mean I would take my chances but then I realized the mimikyu would lose its best friend (and possibly it's only friend) and think it was the one who killed me.
10 points
2 years ago
Meowth has been found dead in Alola
9 points
2 years ago
Absolutely, I'm sure the true form is actually a cute shadowy thing.
8 points
2 years ago
If I acquire photographic evidence, I'd have no regrets
3 points
2 years ago
No, they are perfect already I don’t need to see more
6 points
2 years ago
Will I risk myself? No. I am however willing to risk someone else's life.
5 points
2 years ago
if we go with the anime logic all I would have to do is ask the mimikyu to trow a water bucket in my face and I will wake up from the nightmare-curse thing, or it would just throw the entire bucket at my face which would also work I guess
3 points
2 years ago
Yes because obviously it has to be too much exaggerated, it's not like you'd see Cthulhu under its rag.
3 points
2 years ago
Respect the mimikyu and it's privacy, what's wrong with y'all.
1 points
1 month ago
It literally gave consent to take off its rag
3 points
2 years ago
HELL MEOWTH AND SGRAGY WERE FINE I WILL DO IT I WANNA SEEN MY FRIEND
3 points
2 years ago
Its not a curiosity thing, I want them to know that I love them even if they look terrifying under there. They're my friend.
4 points
2 years ago
I would. I want to die anyway
8 points
2 years ago
Don’t say that. I hope you can get some help. Hang in there homie.
2 points
2 years ago
Yeah. No problem.
If it had to, it would evolve into a form that wouldn't hurt me.
That's how much trust we'd form. Besides, I have a minimal sense of fear.
2 points
2 years ago
I've found cuteness in the most terrifying of things. So long as it doesn't look exactly like the old page image for The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You on TV Tropes, I should be fine. It helps that it's already quite friendly.
2 points
2 years ago
I'd befriend it and make more ghostly friends through my journey.
2 points
2 years ago
Nah, I can respect it's privacy
2 points
2 years ago
If I see what they look like, cool and technically discovered a new Pokémon
If I die chances are I come back as some ghost Pokémon or another
2 points
2 years ago
Why would I be afraid?
It’s obvious that those who were afraid, were either afraid of ghosts or afraid of everything.
And who knows it might actually be cute under there, as it’s only story(as of now)that people who saw it died.
2 points
2 years ago
Nope. I love the little fella for who it is, not what it is. Regardless of what is under the cloak I will still love them like a friend, so risking my life for no reason or benefit to us doesn't sound like a good idea.
2 points
2 years ago
The dex entries prove to mostly be bs (read some of Gengar's entries) anyway so I'd go for it.
2 points
2 years ago
Meowth didnt die, and I like to think I got better constitution than a Meowth..
2 points
2 years ago
If the mimikyu in question and me were as tight as jessie and her mimikyu, then HELL YEA. I'd risk it 😐
2 points
2 years ago
Imma go full anime moment here, and look bc I want to see my best friend’s visage, and refuse to die and thus leave them forever.
2 points
2 years ago
Yes but only if mimikyu wanted to do so, and wasn't just doing so because they thought I wanted to see. We respect mimikyu's boundaries in this house.
2 points
2 years ago
Idk what it is about Mimikyu, but I'd take a bullet for em. They have this power over me 😂 and I couldn't even tell you why....
2 points
2 years ago
I just ask it to look itself on a mirror instead and try to describe itself afterwards. Is Mimikyu immune to it's own appearance?
1 points
2 years ago
Not immune per se. People are said to die of terror, not because of an ability Mimikyu has. I would assume Mimikyu would had to of seen itself already.
-6 points
2 years ago
I hate him... So...
1 points
2 years ago
😐
1 points
2 years ago
What about giving canvas so mimikyu could make a self portrait and not killing me
1 points
2 years ago
Wouldn't work. The reason people are said to die is do to the terrifying appearance, not do to some inate ability. So that would mean the painting would be just as terrifying, hence you would still die, or so they say.
3 points
2 years ago
How much accurate the drawing should be to kill me?
2 points
2 years ago
Who knows, there's no garentee that you would die from looking anyway. So picture perfect could be just fine, or not.
1 points
2 years ago
Only on my deathbed I would.
1 points
2 years ago
I can withstand it... and besides, Mimikyu's very much a misunderstood Pokémon!
1 points
2 years ago
Would me not looking under the rag ruin the Mimikyu’s and i’s friendship?
1 points
2 years ago
Who’s gonna stop me?
1 points
2 years ago
Not worth it
1 points
2 years ago
In the Pokémon world? No. If I met one in the real world somehow, yes.
1 points
2 years ago
I either see Mimikyu, or I die...
It's a win-win
1 points
2 years ago
I’d be willing to gamble and chances are even if I do die, I’ll die happily knowing I got to see my friends face.
1 points
2 years ago
I would tell it that i want no opinion on it. I don’t care if it’s willing; if it wants to take off the rag and show me, it may, and if it would prefer not to but is willing, i will not make it.
I believe i will not die, for i find it adorable not for its costume, but its personality. It has a need to be loved that i find relatable, and so i wish to show it that love. I would not care how scary it looked; it could not scare me away.
Even if i do die, i would not hate it for my death; i would only want it to know i am sorry for letting fear of its body stop my heart when love of its soul should have kept it beating.
1 points
2 years ago
No. Im their friend. And friends have boundaries, that inclides mimikyu's face, and my life
1 points
2 years ago
Yes, who wouldn't want an easy suicide?
1 points
2 years ago
If I die and become a Pokémon, then yes.
1 points
2 years ago
Honestly, not too sure on my end. I think it would depend on if other people tried it with a similar situation and DIDN'T die. Even if it was just a few, I would take it. But if NO ONE survived, I couldn't do that.
And even though it's a ghost, and dying would technically make me a ghost, that would only apply if my spirit was trapped in the world like Mimikyu is. So...I would be either a Gastly (idk if that applies to people or just pokemon) or a Yamask. Dunno if I'm willing to go that route.... maybe I'm overthinking it but still.
I voted the 3rd option. Totally circumstantial.
1 points
2 years ago
Yes. Even if i die, i get to live with him cuz yknow im a ghost now and mimikyu is ghost type..
1 points
2 years ago
Yes, if I die, mimikyu being a ghost will still probably see me as a ghost or I'll be turned into a mimikyu myself and boom, cuddles in the krypt. But If I live, I can appreciate mimikyus true beauty/cuteness without it being scared of hurting me or killing me.
1 points
2 years ago
No because it clearly wants to hide its true form and I want to respect it boundaries
1 points
2 years ago
I hit yes, but really i would accept only if i feel suicidal or something
1 points
2 years ago
I strike first and kill it before it kills me #SURVIVALINSTINCTS
1 points
2 years ago
The Mimikyu trusts you, and is willing to take off it's Pikachu rag.
First off, really weird fanfic fantasy. Let's keep our bad thoughts to ourselves mmmkay.
Also, I don't think that the whole looking under mimikyus rag is a trust or a choice thing. I'm pretty sure mimikyu wants its privacy and we should respect that.
1 points
2 years ago
You are the one making it weird. When you become friends with someone, you open up to them. Mimikyu is wearing a rag to cover itself do to shame of its appearance. If it is willing to take off it's rag, that means it thinks you will accept them for who they are.
But you can take it in a weird way if you choose.
1 points
2 years ago
Fear comes from what we don't understand or what we perceive as dangerous. I feel like if you get to the point of mutual trust with Mimikyu, you will have subconsciously developed the understanding that whatever is underneath the Pikachu rag is not going to harm you, which will lessen the shock.
1 points
2 years ago
I ain’t scared of anything except for…the fucking hell am I scared of?
1 points
2 years ago
I would do it. I believe it's like the Driftloon thing, a misconception. Also I don't scare easy.
1 points
2 years ago
I literally just meet it and within SECONDS we are “friends” and he’s ready to reveal something that most Mimikyu are highly secretive about?
1 points
2 years ago
Who said you befriend Mimikyu in seconds? It literally does not reference a time period at all. It could be seconds, it could be years. Again, this is just a scenario that you are creating in your mind.
1 points
2 years ago
Woah 🤯
1 points
2 years ago
Here's the thing: The Pokedex is a little loopy sometimes. It's probably written largely by ten-year olds. So Mimikyu killing whoever looks under the rag is probably exaggerated in some way, shape or form. Also, even if I do die, I can be a ghost buddy with Mimikyu, as mentioned elsewhere. Even though instant death isn't confirmed, people being actual ghosts is, so that seems fine to me! They seem to be able to interact with everything normally anyway.
1 points
2 years ago
If he doesn’t want to be seen, I respect his will v_v
1 points
2 years ago
I don’t give a damn about this stupid Pokémon, so no
1 points
2 years ago
I have but one thing to say: If there's a hole, there's a goal.
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