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So the anti-genwunner mentality has gotten so out of control that we are now arguing that the robotic legendaries from post-gen 2 aren't complete shit?
I mean, I like what they represent and all that, I'm not going to run around saying that Palkia is just a big purple dick and Mewtwo is just sooo cool, but I really don't see HOW the new legends are supposed to represent what they do. When pressed to design a Pokemon that controls time distortion, how the fuck do you come up with a big blue giraffe with metal spikes? There's no actual intelligent design there, it's just random lines, gems and metals to make it look cool and appeal to the kids who buy games based off the boxart. I would legitimately prefer a return to a legendary Pokemon that actually looks like a living, breathing thing. I like Xerneas in theory, but the fact that he looks like fucking papercraft with toothpick horns means I'm probably never going to use him lest he stick out on my team like a sore thumb.
That's mainly for the version legendaries though. Gen 5 had some really ballin' designs with the muskateers, Victini, Shaymin, and things like Genesect, Deoxys and the Regi's work because they seem like they SHOULD look unnatural and synthetic.
I'm going to be disregarded as a genwunner though.
