#galarians seeing zama and zaci like. wait. you guys arent just one dude?? and youre DOGS-

[gardenofgods]

I totally agree w/ you, also feel free to ignore this, but I always interpreted zacian/zamazenta's personification in the dex to basically be galar's people projecting

I mean, we have to remember that they were lost to time for AGES, so naturally when they re-emerge into modern day, v sporty, competitive galar, of course people are going to look at them and force the idea of "oh ??? rivals ??????" because that's probably 90% of what they see in galar's marketing and events. whereas others will go "noooo 🥺🥺 they're working together, they r buddies / siblings / lovers"

galar doesn't know what's going on w/ itself like half the time. that's the entire point of zacian and zamazenta being misremembered as a single (human) sword and shield hero, rather than two independent pokemon representing those objects

that is also a very VERY true point i didnt even think about? totally and completely lost to the point where there are little to no coherent/clear records. and galar's societal atmosphere surrounding the marketing and battles there makes sense why they'd be perceived in that way too :o people will try and make sense of any deities they dont know anything about really, which is where i imagine the disparity in 'they're siblings/rivals/friends/etc' comes from bc people are gonna have their own interpretations and viewpoints and opinions there!

thank you for sending this btw, i COMPLETELY spaced the fact that in the game people really did think they were both just One Guy. i mean for god's sake ppl dont know what the hell is going on with dialga and palkia in sinnoh either to the point where you get the Abomination that is that statue in eterna. really goes to show just how much of a mystery some of the legendaries are!