Let's create a planet. Step by step. Pole to pole. Core to crust.
I am appalled at how much blasphemy poor Heaty has been forced to sustain this time around.
There have been other 'Is Heatran really a legend" threads, but this is definitly the most weighted down with hate.
I do agree that she can look a bit unappealing to the conventional eye.
But, artistically, I find her very easy to convey elegance, power, intimidation, and even affection with. Much more so than many other legendary pokemon out there.
She has very beautiful eyes~
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I could say it a thousand times and no one dares pay attention. She has a very VERY clear myth around her.
She was a primal legendary pokemon (created around the same time when Palkia and Dialga were shaping Time and Space)
born from the disorganized core of the developing poke'earth. (I say 'core' specifically, because Heatran is Fire/Steel, which is, in essence, the makeup of a terrestrial planets core. And the core/mantle directly effects volcanic activity, which Heaty has control over.)
Now. After she was born, Heatran gained the power (through her authority over mantle-induced plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions) to sculpt the planet's surface, and set up a stage for life to begin. BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN GEOLOGICALLY AND BIOLOGICALLY GET OVER IT.
NOW THEN. Once humans came to power as the dominant species, it was difficult to advance their civilization(s) with the earth in such a volcanically violent state of affairs. All due to the power of the legendary Heatran.
Using her own element against her, the humans sealed Heatran away with the Magma Stone, thus sealing the primal fury of Earth itself. That's why, if the Magma Stone is ever disturbed, Heatran will awaken and the volcanic eruptions would begin again...
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She and her myth are also the symbolic meanings of humans wishing to command their own environment.
Oh, and I have another idea about the gender issue.
Perhaps it's symbolic instead of biological. Given to mean Heatran embodies both the maternal and paternal tendancies of the planet.
That gives Mew her purpose, AND explains the reason Heaty has genders.
That title just has to go to Phione.
): Phione~ Has anyone here actually used Phione? He's an asset to my NU team. 'Makes an awesome Rain Dance combo with Casty.
I'm very happy with Phione being classified a legendary pokemon. 'Shows that even gods have an Achilles heel. NU LEGEND~!