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>2026wait what when did this happen wtf
>>58905122Ghetsis has a Crobat?
Cyrus has Crobat, but he was emotionally manipulating his goons. Ghetsis couldn't do it (his Hydreigon knew Frustration...)
>>58905135Cyrus had Crobat because he wasn't always a lunatic with a god complex he just became one after becoming disillusioned with life
>>58905135Cyrus actually cares about people deep down, but he's too much of a narcissitic autist to admit or grapple with it, so he lashes out at the world for how he was neglected as a child. USUM doubled down on his having a soft spot for his childhood friend (Rotom), and then Mastersex ran with that and made him tsundere for his admins and for Sophocles.
>>58905135Cyrus wants his new world because he’s so autistic he thinks it would be best for everyone to live in autism world and have autism.
>>58905135Has anyone considered the Hydreigon just had bad vibes?
>>58905135Cyrus has a crobat (+all the other “villain” pokemon he got) because all the new “Sinnoh” pokemon that actually fit him (probopass, magnezone, and porygon-z) weren’t available in DIAPEA without postgame physical dlc.
I don't really get why Crobat is a friendship evolution in the first placeFeels really randomHas this ever been explained or was it just GF had a new mechanic and just slapped it on some random common Pokemon like Golbat
The only "gains a Crobat" trainer that meant anything was Silver in his refight because it was actual intended character progression. No thought was put into Cyrus's team
>>58905555Because of retcon autism, GF doesn't like not having an explanation for why stuff couldn't be obtained in the previous games, we even got a lol parallel universes plot to explain megas in generalThe biggest offender.remains baby pokemon you can only obtain with incenses, what's the fucking point them? You're telling me the natural course of action for a snorlax is to give birth to another snorlax while munchlax is the result of fetal alcohol syndrome?
>>58905135People seem to have trouble grasping the idea that any type of relationship can be one sided.
>>58905555Because it's cool.Think about it from Gen I-II perspective. Golbat was basically useless in Gen I and existed only as annoyance in caves.You met is again in Johto and instead of thinking "God damn it, it's this shit again!" you instead captured it, decided to give it a go and keep it on team long enough to trigger that happiness evolution? Congratulations, your "worthless" cave filler is now a cool-looking, speedy motherfuck.
>>58905135Cyrus was not evil, just very autistic and depressed. Him yearning for empty, spiritless universe while still having a glimpse of sympathy for creatures that never questioned him or his actions seems pretty reasonable. When he ends trapped in distortion world, not only Giratina is still there but we can assume that his Pokemon are there along with him, too.In case of Ghetsis question is - What if his Pokemon share his ideology? What if that Crobat is actually a sadistic asshole that will eat your face if Ghetsis will tell him to do so?
>>58905761>In case of Ghetsis question is - What if his Pokemon share his ideology? What if that Crobat is actually a sadistic asshole that will eat your face if Ghetsis will tell him to do so?Anon he doesnt actually own a crobat so theres no point asking this
>>58905723They've thankfully mellowed out on that autism and have retconed some evolutions to work with stones and now there's no longer an incense requirement for babies.I really hope they eventually go all the way and make certain trade evolutions available by stone too, but I think that might be too much to ask.
>>58905135Cults often groom their followers by love bombing them and making them feel special and cared for
>>58905186>Cyrus [fanfic fanfic fanfic]
>>58905555Crobat is a friendy looking bat that also looks cool, it evolves from an ugly abomination that is only remembered because of how annoying and prevalent it is in caves.
>>58905742>you instead captured it, decided to give it a go and keep it on team long enough to trigger that happiness evolutionLmao. The real non-headcanon response from 99.9% of kids was "fuck off Zubat I don't want you" and killing them or using Repels. It took years of convincing for people to realize Crobat was decent.
>>58905723>Because of retcon autism, GF doesn't like not having an explanation for why stuff couldn't be obtained in the previous gamesThis is definitely a thing, but in Crobat's case, they could've just as easily had it evolve via night time evolution, or some new held item. Friendship evo does feel a bit random by comparison.Probably just headcanon, but my takeaway was always this: >>58905742, given that Zubat was PARTICULARLY disliked early on. Rewarding players who bothered to bond with one seems like a Gamefreak move, somewhat akin to Magikarp.
>>58905555Its a cool reward for taking the time to train what many people deem a shitty random enemy
>>58905122Crobat's an animal, i feel its really not that hard to get an animal to like you even if you don't have fully good intentions. An animal is not gonna fucking care that you are planning world domination, as long as you feed it and take care of it it will like you.
>>58906554>fuck off Zubat I don't want you99.9% of kids only used their starter so they treated everything not a legendary like this
