>>48532034When I was young, I preferred Lugia because of the movie and thinking it had a better design. Now as an adult, I found myself preferring Ho-Oh since it feels more mystical, even though I still like Lugia.
I think it was a mistake making legendaries akin to gods like Gen 4 did, or things that birth life/bring death like in Gen 6 did, or overpowered beings like Gen 3 did, or these otherworldly beings like in Gen 7. Local legends, manmade experiments, or figures of minor cults is the way to go, which makes me glad for Gen 8 returning to the roots. Even Calyrex doesn’t feel like a god, he’s just the King of Harvest and a local legend, not an entity that stops time or can destroy the world if it’s not balanced by its polar opposite.
