>>53652566Autistic thought I had earlier.
>with the stereotype on how long-lived turtles are, and the time shenanigans involved in gen 9, Terapagos is not an evolving legendary like Cosmog, but a 'legendary paradox' that grew/changed over millennia in a slow-paced evolution>past Terapagos is baby>modern Terapagos is the middle stage we've been shown>future Terapagos is the one depicted in the Scarlet/Violet books, reaching an unstable final growth>three legendaries that, despite being the same being, operate as three separate Pokemon scattered throughout time...Or something along those lines, really. While unlikely, the presence of the baby in the anime and disk Terapagos being depicted in both books could be attributed to further time fuckery; the pendant and time machines are still shrouded in mystery as is, so they could pull it off.