What Measure is a Non-Human? and related works
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What Measure is a Non-Human? by powerofmettatonneo
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
07 Feb 2026
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For centuries, Pokemon and people have been two distinct categories. Jason Nightingale has never understood why. Pokemon are highly intelligent problem solvers, self aware, and even possess their own language. Desperate to have others understand what he does, he has decided to dedicate his life to proving the personhood of Pokemon. However, the job appears to have been done for him when an interspecies communication device mysteriously appears on store shelves one day. The world around him seems to enter a state of shock as the truth becomes undeniable and his beliefs are finally taken seriously.
Jason, however, has a secret: for the past three years, he has been in a forbidden relationship with Hazel, his Umbreon. As human society begins to reconsider its views on personhood, the star crossed lovers find themselves thrust into the spotlight as prominent members of a new reform movement. With tensions flaring and long held beliefs crumbling around them, they struggle to balance their secret love with the fight for Pokemon equality. The world teeters on the edge as it is finally forced to answer the question it's been ignoring for far too long:
What measure is a non-human?
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How Do You Measure Desire? by powerofmettatonneo
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
19 Jul 2025
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A smut anthology about a nervous boy and his less nervous Umbreon.
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If Our Love's Insanity, Why Are You My Clarity? by powerofmettatonneo
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
14 Feb 2024
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A boy falls in love with his best friend, a tale as old as time; however, what happens when his best friend is an Umbreon?
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As a Valentine’s Day special, see the oft-referenced confession scene from What Measure is a Non-Human?
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Of Ghosts and Plasma: A From the Vast Omake by powerofmettatonneo
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
30 Sep 2024
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A mysterious human and Umbreon show up at the village and start asking questions.
An official crossover between From the Vast by Redspah and my own fic, What Measure is a Non-Human?, of dubious canonicity to the former. Reading the latter is not necessary to understand this one.
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