Warning! Pokémon Scarlet/Violet: Teal Mask spoilers!
You've been warned! :D
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What if... This generation is a story about victims of bullying?
Base Game:
Students are being "bullied" by Team Star
In reality Team Star were the ones being bullied
Miraidon/Koraidon was danger to the society when he was out of the crater
In reality he's left the crater because he was bullied by the toxic Miraidon/Koraidon "alpha"
Teal Mask:
Ogerpon was a monster that raided Kitakami
In reality he was misunderstood, as he took revenge on his bullies for beating up his friend
So they were the real villains
But let's take it further...
What if in Indigo Disc we learn that:
They were bullied by Dokutarou (the theorised fourth "Loyal" or their leader we can see in upper right corner in animation about Ogerpon's past the first time they are shown) and beaten into loyalty but promised power if they bring him Ogerpon's treasures
But the chain of violence doesn't grow further, it branches out
We meet the turtle, but it's angry for no reason, another bully? (Or he's just there being bullied and we see him in battle form later when he fights us like Ogerpon to let us prove ourselves before he joins us)
No, it turns out he's been puppeteered by the same bully that turned Loyal Three Evil!
Dokutarou's heard of Ogre's reaches, so he's manipulated three Pokémon into getting him those
He's heard about reaches of Otohime castle (the castle where Urashima Tarō is taken by the turtle, the treasure he gets from Otohime is called Tamatebako), he's manipulated another one to get those too!
(Maybe he gets it, opens it, and it doesn't end well for him)
What if Loyal Three were Poochyena, Aipom and Staraptor that went through the Johto's Legendary Trio, but this time instead of terrible accident it was bullying that killed them?
Give it a thought and let me know what do you think about my theory! ;)
PS: Kieran could have been gaslit and bullied by his sis, there are some hints for such scenario in their interactions... even if she means well in the end she bullies him being toxic by accident as she's awkward in interacting with him and doesn't know any better...