>>56764773Literally? They’re ayylmaos on the same wavelength of Deoxys and ultimately fairly middling as far as mythology goes. Symbolically? Necrozma is Luciferian, especially as Ultranecrozma and needing to consume the light of others whilst being a many-winged dragon of light who brings ruin. Eternatus being a skeletal dragon turned “hand of god/modernity” then being defeated by the folkloric heroes of olde was pretty straight forward symbolism that is ultimately muddled in its own game because Galar is the least thought out region in the series, including spinoffs like Orre. Cosmological connections are almost entirely relegated to strictly generation 4, with each generation’s legendary theming being fairly distinct
>gen1Genetics and science
>gen2Folklore
>gen3Natural aspects
>gen4Cosmology and myths
>gen5Theming starts slipping but Identity (truths, ideals, perspective, etc)
>gen6Natural Cycles
>gen7Where the plot was lost, as the day/night dualism is completely tossed for ayylmaos and local deities
>gen 8Modernism vs traditionalism/truth versus myth
>gen 9Past vs Future, and the biggest sin is not leaning into paradoxes harder. As big as a meme timetraveltrannies vs imaginationfags was for ScVi, it was at least an interesting interpretation to argue with until Indigo Disk shit the bed and killed any and all nuance, hence why the sinnoh leaks have been the most alive Pokemon has been in a year.
