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The Toontown Thesis

If Chris really does think that "Toontown rules" apply to creativity--that is, everything we imagine not only exists somewhere out there, but frequently crosses over for wacky shenanigans--then this explains a lot of why he so casually plagiarizes story and plot elements. It's not just that he's creatively bankrupt, it all fits in with his metaphysical model of the universe. Chris really likes crossovers--we may safely guess--and thus features them quite prominently in his comics along with other things he likes. He doesn't grasp why crossovers happen officially, merely that they happen, and they make him happy when it happens--so. When it comes to different setting rules meshing together, Chris just slams 'em together without thought of the implications. Wild animals and intelligent animaloids can use Pokemon attacks because Pokemon are wild animals and intelligent animaloids and use those attacks. Myriad disciplines of magic and myriad sources of transforming robots exist side-by-side without influencing or overlapping with one another. Everything, everything is a called attack, even basic melee attacks, because that's how they do it on Power Rangers and in anime and manga and by God that's how it's done.

I admit, I'm a big fan of crossovers, the more arbitrary and insane the better. However, I also like to think of how different setting metaphysics integrate and play off of each other, 'cause that shit is fun, and Chris, being Chris, doesn't put a single iota of thought into why or how things cross over, just that he likes it when they do. If Chris were to think (horror of horrors) of the implications of his mass crossover, he'd have to alter his "How the Pokemon Got Into our Pokeballs" story to accommodate like fifteen different creator deities and mutually contradictory "times of legend." I for one would love to see him try. (Trick hypothetical desire! For Chris never tries at anything.)