Miss Doronjo
March 24th, 2011, 12:18 AM
I was kind of wanting to bring up this topic, because I myself am a fan of ghost pokemon myself, and I wanted to see what others thought. :3 Any who, What's your favorite ghost pokemon? There's another question I wondered too: Do you think ghost pokemon are real ghosts, or just living things with ghost like characteristics? Like for instance, do you believe that ghost pokemon resemble the "souls and spirits" of people or pokemon, or just pokemon possessing ghost-like characteristics?
For my case, my favourite ghost pokemon would have to be Froslass, because its a really great ghost pokemon; its art is pretty nice, resembling a Japanese kimono feel, and plus, I've read in bulbapedia, Froslass has the ability to freeze foes with her -58 degrees Fahrenheit breath and create illusions to manipulate both her prey and foes as evidenced in the anime. As for if I think ghost pokemon are real ghosts or not, I probably wouldn't say so, because do you remember in Lavender Town, where you encountered the ghost of the mother Marowak? That was indeed a genuine ghost. If you’ll recall, it kept its true form and didn’t become a known Ghost Pokemon. This is what leads me to believe that Ghost Pokemon are a species rather than the souls of the departed monsters. Some ghost pokemon, like spritomb and froslass, perhaps they are spirits; bulbapedia says that Froslass is most likely based on Yuki-onna, a female ice-spirit of Japanese folklore, and Spiritomb are said to carry over 100 souls that did bad deeds a long time ago.
For my case, my favourite ghost pokemon would have to be Froslass, because its a really great ghost pokemon; its art is pretty nice, resembling a Japanese kimono feel, and plus, I've read in bulbapedia, Froslass has the ability to freeze foes with her -58 degrees Fahrenheit breath and create illusions to manipulate both her prey and foes as evidenced in the anime. As for if I think ghost pokemon are real ghosts or not, I probably wouldn't say so, because do you remember in Lavender Town, where you encountered the ghost of the mother Marowak? That was indeed a genuine ghost. If you’ll recall, it kept its true form and didn’t become a known Ghost Pokemon. This is what leads me to believe that Ghost Pokemon are a species rather than the souls of the departed monsters. Some ghost pokemon, like spritomb and froslass, perhaps they are spirits; bulbapedia says that Froslass is most likely based on Yuki-onna, a female ice-spirit of Japanese folklore, and Spiritomb are said to carry over 100 souls that did bad deeds a long time ago.