Thread:Nathanblack95/@comment-31772644-20170730182750/@comment-31772644-20170731000126

Fan props count. That's why we have the Pokeball artifact. It didn't come from the games, but the focus of emotion that turned it into an artifact did. When it comes to artifacts like that it takes a lot of energy, so they can really only come from larger and very devoted fandoms because they are, in essence, creating something new instead of altering something existing.

So Ash William's Chainsaw can become an artifact because it was used in the movies and became a focal point for the fans via the screen. But the pokeball, made by a fan, made an artifact at a convention by absorbing the energy from other fans and feeding off that enough to generate its own effects and identity, is something on a different level.

If the pokemon fandom where to die, the pkeball artifact would likely die, too. It's energy levels are tied directly to the fandom that created it. It might still hold a kick of artifact enrgy, but nowhere near as powerful. Those "tulpa" artifacts created specifically by fans as opposed to existing previously are pretty much the reason Aden exists at the Warehouse. With media booming the way it is in our age, those artifacts can become more common and can be fr more tempermental and unpredictable.