I seem to be the only person that actually likes Houndoom, not just because of looks. I like him on every level. His cry, his movepool, his design, his mega evo, his pre evo, his stats, everything. I genuinely love him.
I saw someone earlier who agrees - Johto is my least favorite region. I can't stand it. Only thing is, it has Houndoom! That's one of the very few things that is tolerable about it.
Legendaries? Who needs them. They may be the strongest available, but I don't think they're needed. I never use them. I catch for the sake of having it, but I don't use it.
Arceus is not a god. People do agree with that, but not the next part. Not at all.
Arceus was created by something more powerful, maybe a Pokemon we haven't seen yet. It did create some of the Pokemon we have today, but only a select few. Such as Heatran, Keldeo, Jirachi, Deoxys, and Genosect. Why do I think that he created those legendaries in specific? Well, they all seem to me as though they are seemingly weaker than most other legendaries, have less of a story behind them, and seem to be newer, chronologically. Arceus would be more of the Jesus of pokemon. Arceus created the world that we know as the Pokemon World, but did not create Giratina, Dialga, and Palkia. I think that they were brought from somewhere far out in space here to protect the new planet. The Weather trio was brought in the same fashion, but to protect the weather system. The Birds were drawn here by Arceus to protect the mountains in the Orange Islands, which hold many sacred things to Arceus. The Beast Trio was brought here to protect areas in the same way as the Birds. Lugia and Ho-oh were brought to represent and spread peace. Mew was brought to protect an area, in the same way as the Beasts and Birds. The Dragon Trio (Thats what I call them, Zekrom, Reshiram, and Kyurem) was brought to maintain differential equality. The Swords of Justice were brought to keep thing just and in good nature. Xerneas, Zygarde, and Yveltal were brought to defend areas, in the say way as Mew, the Birds, and the Beasts.
That leaves out Deoxys, Mewtwo, Jirachi, Heatran, and Genosect. Keldeo is part of the Swords of Justice, but I'll get to him in a just a second.
Heatran was created to protect a new area that Arceus had discovered, and noticed that he didn't have anyone to protect it. Genosect was created to be a great hunter, and keep the populations in check. Jirachi was created to give things a sense of hope and faith, because of the fear of Genosect. Deoxys was an accident. Arceus accidently created him from a strain of a strange virus' DNA. He is now sent to protect the outer edges of the Omniasphere (all of the planets 'spheres') from unwanted Pokemon.
Keldeo was created because the Swords of Justice were not strong enough as a trio. So, Keldeo was formed to make it a quartet.
Who this 'greater power' would be, I don't know. But I think that is NOT Arceus.
Where did all of the other Pokemon come from? Sort of like Noah's Arc, Arceus brough two of each with him to his planet, and life flourished.
We all know Mewtwo was man-made. But, where did we come from? I believe we humans traveled through space and ended up here, on the Pokemon World. When we came here, we looked at all the Pokemon, and thought: We should teach them to be controlled by us, but still love us at the same time. And that's exactly what we did.
So yeah.... that my theory on Arceus. If you agree, let me know :) I'll be happy to know that I'm not alone!
What about Legendaries not being able to survive if there is only one of them? Well, there is no evidence that Pokemon have the same time-life ratio as us (As in Dog years, Cat years, Human years, etc.), so for all we know, Pokemon could have a very high one, however I believe that each species is different. Legendaries have a VERY high one, so no one who is alive when they were born will get to see the death of a legend. For example, Arceus could be 30 in human years, but in his time-life ratio, he could be a new born. I believe that Mewtwo has one close to ours, considering that he was created by us. So, he might die along with the people that created him, or he might not. But nothing can go on forever, everything has an end. Even numbers. We just can't get to the end of them, so therefore, to us, they have no end. But one way or another, they end. It would get to a point where another number could not be added to the end. Weaker Pokemon have lower time-life ratios, and stronger ones have higher ones.
Magikarp was not meant to exist. When Arceus brought Gyarados with him, he did not know that they would give birth to the abomination known as Magikarp. Maybe little shrimp things, but not that.