new arceus, xerneas, and giratina lore changes for note taking (*always* subject to tweaking, i'm mainly rambling half-thought through ideas):
xerneas by all accounts has just as much power as arceus does, since it was born directly from arceus' blood due to giratina lashing out. arecus doesn't think life as it is shouldn't exist since it didn't willingly create it, xerneas' undying love for its own keeps all life safe. the lake guardians were originally meant to be countermeasures to dialga and palkia, xerneas bestowed upon them the three aspects of spirit that would manifest in its children past and to be born - while also allowing them to escape arceus' direct control.
arceus can't erase xerneas, so it created yveltal - introducing the existence of death and decay - as an attempt to counter xerneas's power. xerneas and yvetal clashing is what lead to zygarde's creation and a self-feeding cycle of destruction and rebirth. arceus malds for eons over not being able to get rid of xerneas and everything tied to it.
arceus didn't create giratina - they both came into existence at the same time more or less as two halves; a powerful light casting a deep shadow. arceus's domain hosts time & space we're familiar with, giratina's is the reflection. both sides are necessary for reality's stability, yet instead of arceus and giratina uniting in harmony, conflict and violence prevailed.
giratina inadvertently creating xerneas, and thusly being the reason why life as we know it to exist, caused its bitterness to grow and its desire to overtake arceus to form. both still care about maintaining balance (or their own perspectives on what balance is) regardless, however twisted giratina is in taking out its anger over what it can't have on life across the cosmos. while it will harass and traumatize select humans and pokemon for fun, it will never do anything to offset the balance of things & will warn or punish those who do so (see: veilstone's myth and cyrus).
i was thinking of giratina having been the one to create yveltal, but i like the giratina = darkness & life vs arceus = light & death contrast 🤔
the ancient hero of hisui sought to meet arceus with his 10 pokemon companions out of awe and wonder. he was the first human to ever meet with the god. exposed to the shocking amount of anger & disgust the original one had towards life it itself did not create, he and his pokemon battled it to prove the worthiness of their lives and all others that existed on earth. arceus's was effectively humbled and went into relative dormancy, believing that maybe xerneas's children weren't so pointless after all.
uhhh fae lore stuff, in relation to valerie especially and vera to a much smaller degree. obviously needs a big overhaul. i'm still keeping it to where the fae were some the first lifeforms to exist on earth, mutated by xerneas's aura among the "populace" to gain mystic-related powers, but everyting else i'm undecided on.
maybe as fae and humans separated, the fae were the first to properly connect with pokemon and establish bonds with them - further highlighting them as some kind of monstrous beings in the eyes of humans since pokemon terrified them. the pokemon joining with fae became known as fairy pokemon, gaining mimicries of their magical abilities.
|
as time passed and societies rose, fae became discriminated against by humans and were forced to flee into a different dimension, in which all traces of them were wiped from earth's history so people today believe that humans and pokemon were the only ones to ever exist. fairy pokemon however are still around due to descendants of the first fairies scattering across the world, and while societies globally have forgotten WHY fairy pokemon were greatly disliked, many people to this day still harbor feelings of distrust and fear towards them; especially those in more superstitious cultures.
...idk. this one needs some heavy review, tho i won't think TOO hard on it since valerie is still the only fae on my roster. for now.
stormborns
dailybridgerton
izzy806
areudirty
janainaart
theartofmadeline