>>43120740Honestly I think most are interpreting them wrong. People keep turning the vish head into a “shield” for the lower body but I don’t think it was like that at all, Dunklos just have skulls that are shaped like that that simply attach to the rest of the body.
For zolt, while yes raptors are birds, there’s more to it than that;. its move is called BEAK blast, “beak” in both english and japan, and its fossil description states “The fossil of an ancient Pokémon that once soared through the sky.” I don’t think raptors do much of soaring.
If anything it was more of a bird-like microraptor, with actual wings, perhaps on all four of its limbs. I think people assume it’s a regular raptor because of Dracozolt; it looks pretty proper so it probably looks like that but without a big green ass. But creating “right” anatomy out of the wrong parts is basically what the others do too.
Arcto is the easiest because its japanese fossil name calls it a plesiosaur. But I think there’s more going on with its design; the snow on its back looks MELTED to me, when it easily could have had a more proper shape as a full creature
And Draco is the one I think most get wrong. Its seen as a dinosaur even though every language and source either calls it a “drake” or “dragon.” I know Tyrantrum is a dragon type but it has never been specifically referred to as one. It’s still meant to be a T-Rex, dragon just fit the most. I can’t imagine a Stegosaurus or similar dino would just be a plain dragon type, and if it WAS a stago i think its plates and tail would be more obvious. combined with the fact that dracozolt and vish both have red markings and have their mouths hanging wide open (Dracozolt even potentially panting) I think is supposed to imply they’re overheating, as if they were attached to.. actual dragons. Maybe “Draco” is our generic dragon for galar but they all went extinct from being slain or something.
