>>50720460I mean yes clearly those lights are impactful either way, but they would be even moreso if they were dark when not lit. I mean literally, physically as a fact it would be more of a contrast if they were black when not glowing. I feel like Umbreon an fireflies isn't a great comparison tho cuz of the size difference.
>>50720457>>umbreon's just a black catI mean yeah it is, it's based on the nekomata/bakeneko like Espeon is, but also the maneki neko. I don't fully understand this, and I only learned this recently, but apparently these good luck cat statues Meowth is based on often have a black cat variant, and white and black variants often have these yellow rings (I think to convey wealth/fortune or something) which is where Umbreon gets its colors. The black cat statues are supposed to ward off evil. And Espeon was supposed to be white originally.
Recall that Japan sees black cats as a symbol of good luck. Umbreon's Japanese name Blacky is supposed to sound like lucky, like a lucky black cat. But Umbreon clearly also borrows from the overseas idea of black cats being unlucky, which is why it's a Dark Type and the dex portrays it as kinda sinister. It's a mix of all this stuff. But it being a black cat/maneki neko primarily was always deliberate.
>>50720603Yea that's probably the best option
