Swablu is a precious birb, and Altaria is the least intimidating Dragon ||  

Yeah, in a sea of “this one contains the soul of a dead child”, “this one pretends to be a sandcastle before slowly digesting its prey alive”, “this one is sad because it’s wearing its mother’s skull”, it’s nice to have at least one entry that’s like “this little dude think he a hat”

​@@RainWelshother entries include mentions of it swaddling distressed trainers and humming to them iirc, Swablu is legit one of the most wholesome Pokémon!

SWABLU HAT! SWABLU HAT! SWABLU HAT!

​@@RainWelsh These guys are in the ocean of infamous messed-up lore too: "this one used to be a regular toy but is now filled with vengeance due to being abandoned by its owner", "this one can kill whoever that sees its true form by chance", "this one hugs ppl so hard they die & need to be careful around it." Unlike irl oceans, this one's just gonna get larger & larger as time goes on.

Omg swablu is cat coded

@@char1194 no it’s bird coded you doinkus

​No it's birb codded

@@Sireingtonmy altaria was my first dragon type and it helped alot

@@kariquigley3817 what

Fr, my favorite dragon types are Goomy, Dratini, and Swablu's lines, they're just so cute while making the dragon aesthetic still fit

They should went more into the mystical dragon style imo. Like made it float without wings just using its cloudy form.

Also another reason I like Swablu and Goomy line. They look unassuming, which is a breath of fresh air from the other dragons tryin to look badass. Flygon is the right mix of both qualities, like it's ready to accompany you at an adventure.

goomy, swablu, and Dragonite are my favorites cause of how cute they are!

​@lilly_koii best part about Dragonite is absolutely do NOT make them upset. They're like bears in that their cute but will not hesitate to ruin your day if you cross them

Especially Winona's as a child

Outside of battle, altaria is a cinnamon roll in both appearance and personality

I disagree The 2d art always made me think it was some sort of ostrich that couldn't fly like Doduo but because it was a 'bird' it was given the flying typing anyway and even then, at least Dodrio could allegedly jump really high. The 2d art made me think it must be made out of glass and BOY was I surprised when I fought Winnona. Colosseum then showed me that the clouds were just its wings folded up like Swellow and I quickly grew more attached to it.

I feel like the clouds could just move and shuffle around a bit, alowing it to propel itself in a fantastic, whimsical nature, kinda like the cloudy trail of a genie, or you know, an actuall cloud in the sky hovering and shifting in the wind

borb meaning bird orb

swablu is just a little silly borb

ngl im imagining a stylized nimbus cloud mega altaria and it's sick af

It's a good idea but I feel like if you wanted to execute it that way, it would just be better to full send it in that direction and make Altaria a dark, angry cloud bird with the Dragon/Electric typing instead of Fairy. Of course they could've done that as well as given us the Mega Altaria we did receive and have given us two Megas for Altaria. I wouldn't have been opposed to it anyways

Ur talking bout the ep in the sun and moon series right? That ep was so fun and cute! Especially when Lana was trying to get her Dragonair to get in the mud 🤣

They're cotton for some reason

Lucky for you, it does actually give hugs! “If it bonds with a person, it will gently envelop the friend with its soft wings, then hum.” (Scarlet’s dex entry)

y'know, i really like this interpretation

This would have been at odds with the typing of Dragon/Fairy, though.

Add to that you can't hit its weaknesses. You have zero Ice moves unless you grind for the Ice Beam TM at the game corner and you're too low level to have any FE Dragons except for, Ironically, Altaria itself

​@@RyouShi98you can get ice beam at the Abandoned Ship right after Norman, so no money grinding required

@@tijnvannelmen5832 WELL THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO KNOW 20 YEARS AGO!

​@@grahamkristensen9301guess I got lucky just exploring everything I passed. Like, I saw the Abandoned Ship on the way to Slateport and made sure to go there after getting Surf.

Next Danganronpa protagonist

Many of the early Pokémon weren’t really design for 3D models in mind. From Gen 6 onward, Pokémon were made with idea they would be made seen in 3D so they designed accordingly.

winona with just 2 dragon dances ready to esttroy

The thing is that Altaria is based on an actual dragon from folklore, though. The Da Peng. A dragon with the head of a bird, wings made of cloud, & the whiskers of a catfish

@@Fanimati0n As much as I respect the origins of Pokémon because it makes me like them more... Altaria doesn't have to be a Dragon type. Let it be pure Flying. She deserves it.

I find "dragon" to be a nebulous concept at best that people want to shove things into as either "dragon" or "not dragon". Lots of cultures have figures that fill the role of a dragon without looking like any traditional Eastern or Western dragons but are called "dragons" anyway.

@@Fanimati0n if it was a dragon type would krookadile count because i like him

Then wouldn't Minccino be the choice? Minccino hates dirt & dust & cleans like it's their hobby

This is actually the intention, the line's wings are all just made up of cotton, hence the name *swab*lu

Sorry for bad english