#scarlet paradox

[turboacek-blog]

My Defense of Violets Paradox Pokémon

So maybe it’s just my feeds and timelines but it seems people are really negative about the future paradox pokemon

Essentially calling them just robot version of their main counterpart

And as someone who liked Miraidon over Koraidon since announcement I feel the need to defend their existence lol

My quick summarized point is that Pokémon aren’t just animals and the future paradoxes reminds me more of the cyborg or robot companions in other media whether droids like r2-d2 in Star Wars or Cyborg in Teen titans and in those ways they can be better than just having a pet animal like Pokémon

From what I gather part of the dislike of the future paradox pokemon is mainly lack of change design wise, that they no longer appear as the animal companion certain people enjoy a lot, and they don’t make sense

Design wise

People feel they just put a metallic shine over them whereas the Scarlet paradoxes stand out more

And I think it’s either both or neither

You can say they just put a metallic shine over them but I can just say they made one part of the scarlet paradoxes more exaggerated like flutter wing just has bigger eyebrow wing things, scream tail made the hair ok jigglypuff long that it’s a tail, roaring moon a more feral mega salamence

Just as without scarlet paradoxes you can point out the notable ones like how Slither wings is on the ground

Can say similar things for something like Iron Valiant and how it mixes Gardevoir and Gallade

And obviously some are more standoutish like the recent paradox beasts

With violets paradox’s the thing is less than the scarlets is that the silhouette is the same as their originals

Iron moths might have disconnected solar panels as wings but it still has the same shape as Volcorona

Iron Bundle head can almost detach its head and its tail bag is now like a gun but silhouette the same as Delibird

Because it’s partly why Brute Bonnet is one of the least popular ones

But lastly for this point I think people pick and choose as people love Iron Thorns because of Tyranitars connection go Godzilla but Iron Thorns is one the ones that is most like it’s original Pokémon but then say theIron Swords are lazy saying it’s mostly just the same

Companions

Even though Pokémon are literally pocket monsters most seem to see them more as animals for one reason or another

This ties into the Pokémon are seen as pets narrative to a good number of fans and its like similar logic to why some don’t evolve their cute little *insert cute pokemon* and they would want ___ as a pet like how people like different breeds of cats and dogs and such

And it’s partly why people don’t like a lot of object Pokémon like garbodor, the vanilite line etc…

And while scarlet paradoxes just exaggerate the pokemon features

Violets mskes them closer to the object mons that some fans dislike

This is subjective of course it’s like asking whats better Piplup or Garchomp, one person might say Piplup due to the anime, cute design and etc but another might pick Garchomp because of competitive pokemon and how cool it looks

But I kinda view violets paradoxes to when people are friends or friendly to the non-human characters in sci-fis

Like in star wars the droids like r2-d2 and c3po are like pets but also have a companion feel to them that you can argue more along the lines of they’re slaves but that’s another discussion

In other media a character can become a cyborg or android and sure they might not look the same ans maybe have visible metal or etc but I think theyre just as much companions as a cute furry animal if not more depending on context

Back to star wars it’s like saying would you rather have R2D2 or loth cat (rebels). I think while loth cats might be cuter i would much rather have R2

Making sense?

Even though it’s in the name of paradox, people still don’t understand or can comprehend why the Pokémon are “robots”

As the branding is past and future versions, scarlet’s can get away being prehistoric due to things like fossils, regional forms and the Hisuian forms, let alone other things like Mega evolution

Where future paradoxes are more like cyborgs which has different implications

First the future paradox Pokémon are still living creatures as they can eat and such, robots implies they’re not alive, it’s small but does mean something when you consider characters like Cyborg in DC, 18 in DBZ and etc as cyborgs as they’re not robots hence why 18 can have a kid

I think the issue is people look at a Pokémon like Iron Treads and wonder how did Donphan go from this to that

Where with scarlet most can just be explained that they got more domesticated or natural evolution and etc

And honestly both options don’t sound great as it’s either Donphans were “enhanced” to the point of looking robotic or evolution made everything resemble robots and as a human that’s disconcerting to see natural/organic stuff disappear

But I think this is where the paradox part comes in as paradox aren’t just Pokémon from the past and future but different timelines and dimensions

Paradoxes can come from a world where it is as dark as it can sound or they can come from a place where everything was always that way or anything you can think of

Generally I think people are more worried and hesitant about cyborgs than cavemen for comparison which ties into the current AI dilemma irl but again different discussion

So that’s my rambling of a defense for Violets paradoxes

I didn’t even go into the types and how the names aren’t as big of a deal since a lot of machine inspired keep it consistent like how an iPhone is iPhone 15 or IPhone X or IPhone SE, iPhone is the equivalent or Iron here but oh well

I’m not quite done with the dlc yet in Violet as I haven’t discovered Iron Crown and Boulder yet for reference so maybe my point will change when I get more information on the paradox pokemon

Written Jan 14, 2023

[puspincarolartarchives]

My Pokémon Let's Go Scarlet Speculations is Let's Go Gravel Bush! and Let's Go Iron Fins!

The Partner Paradox Pokémon are Gravel Bush for the Scarlet and Iron Fins for the Violet.

The Paradox of Skiddo and The Paradox of Finneon.

The Past Paradox is Grass/Rock Type and the Future Paradox is Electric/Water.

[poffim]

Redrew this drawing of slitherwing I did a while back haha

[junebuns-art]

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[friedunicornstudio]

Violet paradoxes! Some of these nerds took longer than average since I took a lot of liberties with their designs, but I regret nothing.

[reesieroo-spark]

My fave paradox mons!! 🦕🦖🌴 As much as I don’t like scarlet and violet, I really do like the idea paradox pokemon, and the legendaries are so cool and I love that you get to interact with them for the whole game

[shinonart]

GOUGING FIRE

Another piece I did what feels like a forever ago! I really like Gouging Fire's concept and design - up until the super bright colouring book colours. Not a huge fan of those but I did what I could.

I think this may have been the very first piece I used my set of Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors on. They are so vibrant and easy to use it almost felt like cheating lol.

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[alpacascribbles]

Paradox Dogs from Pokémon Scarlet but now they're stickers!

[venusaur-propaganda]

Drawing Venusaur with every Pokemon pt. Slither Wing

[spacebattleshippotemkin]

Walking Wake.

[robintenjou]

Trainer cards: Arven

get yours!

[poffim]

made a shiny slitherwing :)

[godbirdart]

「 IRON LEAVES 」 🌿

[dailypokemoncrochet]

Jan-New-Ary Day 10-12: Walking Wake! Sooo many little details made this take 10hrs! It's a good thing I'm just letting RNG pick my next pokemon because I would've put a lot of Paradox Pokemon off for so long and probably had to do them one after the other in the last 100. That would've killed me I know it lol. For real though why do they gotta be so Much 😵‍💫