It's amazing how you can take a subject which would seem to hold no interest for me— toys I wasn't even the right generation to have played with— and make them relevant to me as an artist and storyteller.
What great insights about anthropomorphism, animism and cautionary myths! Love it.
I found Geodude, Graveler and Golem to be a fascinating exploration of the anthropomorphic tendencies in mythology and their reflection in Pokémon. Your detailed analysis of these rock-type creatures and their place in the Pokémon world and broader mythological context was insightful and engaging. The connection to Sergei Eisenstein's thoughts on animation added a rich layer to the discussion. Brilliant read, thank you.
I love this (obviously!), and I have two pieces of Geodude trivia for you:
1) So, it's a bit odd that Graveler gains an extra pair of arms and then loses them when it evolves into Golem, right? There's a fan theory explaining that: for completely understandable reasons, you've skipped over Machop, Machoke, and Machamp, the weirdly humanoid swole reptiles in thongs(!?), but they have the opposite thing going on - Machoke has two arms, but Machamp has four for some reason. Since Machoke and Graveler both evolve when they're traded to another player, a popular fan theory says that the idea is, when you trade them to each other, something goes wrong in the transfer and one steals the other's arms. (Later games do this explicitly, and delightfully - there's a pair of Pokemon named Shelmet and Karrablast, where the latter evolves by stealing the latter's armor during a trade.)
2) In Germany, Geodude is named Kleinstein, but in Korea his name translates to... Kid Rock!!
I think the Machop family’s outfits are supposed to evoke professional wrestlers. Was thinking about writing something about them, about the theme of superhuman strength from Heracles to superheroes, but that theme just didn’t inspire me.
The fan theory is remember was that (because they’re numerically next to each other and bear something of a resemble) Gastly is a dead evolution of Cloyster.
It's amazing how you can take a subject which would seem to hold no interest for me— toys I wasn't even the right generation to have played with— and make them relevant to me as an artist and storyteller.
What great insights about anthropomorphism, animism and cautionary myths! Love it.
Thank you very much.
I found Geodude, Graveler and Golem to be a fascinating exploration of the anthropomorphic tendencies in mythology and their reflection in Pokémon. Your detailed analysis of these rock-type creatures and their place in the Pokémon world and broader mythological context was insightful and engaging. The connection to Sergei Eisenstein's thoughts on animation added a rich layer to the discussion. Brilliant read, thank you.
Thank you.
I love this (obviously!), and I have two pieces of Geodude trivia for you:
1) So, it's a bit odd that Graveler gains an extra pair of arms and then loses them when it evolves into Golem, right? There's a fan theory explaining that: for completely understandable reasons, you've skipped over Machop, Machoke, and Machamp, the weirdly humanoid swole reptiles in thongs(!?), but they have the opposite thing going on - Machoke has two arms, but Machamp has four for some reason. Since Machoke and Graveler both evolve when they're traded to another player, a popular fan theory says that the idea is, when you trade them to each other, something goes wrong in the transfer and one steals the other's arms. (Later games do this explicitly, and delightfully - there's a pair of Pokemon named Shelmet and Karrablast, where the latter evolves by stealing the latter's armor during a trade.)
2) In Germany, Geodude is named Kleinstein, but in Korea his name translates to... Kid Rock!!
I think the Machop family’s outfits are supposed to evoke professional wrestlers. Was thinking about writing something about them, about the theme of superhuman strength from Heracles to superheroes, but that theme just didn’t inspire me.
The fan theory is remember was that (because they’re numerically next to each other and bear something of a resemble) Gastly is a dead evolution of Cloyster.
You clearly belong in Soaring Twenties Social Club! This is fascinating stuff!