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Feb 24 2010, 05:53 PM
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Elite Four Group: +Donors Posts: 1 495 Joined: 15-December 09 From: Surrey, UK Member No.: 76 525 Uprising Team |
I'm more inclined to call Lugia a Dragon rather than a Bird.
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Mar 16 2010, 03:07 AM
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Mephi from underworld Group: +Donors Posts: 324 Joined: 20-May 09 From: Finland Member No.: 25 170 Party |
Yeah.
I think Lugia is more dragon than bird. Birds have feathers. I dont see any on Lugia :S -------------------- (English isn't my first language and I also suffer from dyslexia. So sometimes my English might be out of this world...) ->Dragon Cave<- ~~ |
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Mar 16 2010, 03:08 AM
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Gym Leader Group: Restricted Posts: 165 Joined: 7-June 09 From: London Member No.: 31 570 Heart Gold Team |
Lugia's more like a dragon than a bird
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Mar 17 2010, 06:26 PM
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everything is happening so much Group: Members Posts: 246 Joined: 9-July 07 Member No.: 70 Active Squad |
Guys, Lugia has feathers--the Silver Wing is a feather that dropped off of its body. It's just very sleek, like any oceangoing bird; remember how penguin feathers look? Exactly.
That aside, I'd say it's a feathered, beaked (creatures with mouths like that tend to have beaks, and more primitive beaked dinosaurs had teeth as well) dragonthing. ...Holy crap, it's a ~*~Dragonbird~*~ meaning that you could call it a legendary bird and still be right. Now give me my "both" poll option. >C -------------------- |
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Mar 25 2010, 02:20 PM
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Skarmory Squadron Supreme Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 19-February 09 From: Places Member No.: 4 264 Skarmory Squadron |
How about something like this?
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Mar 25 2010, 03:32 PM
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True king Group: +Donors Posts: 2 820 Joined: 5-August 08 From: Ireland Member No.: 2 552 The Runaways |
Lugia is said to be based on the Japanese Ryujin, meaning "Dragon God". The Ryujin was the Shinto god of the sea, and lived on the ocean's floor. So this, I believe is the origin of Lugia's concept. In short: it is a dragon, not a bird. Or at the very least, some kind of wyvern?
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Mar 25 2010, 03:47 PM
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Mar 25 2010, 04:05 PM
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There's SOMETHING inside your head...use it. Group: Members Posts: 176 Joined: 31-March 09 From: right behind you :P Member No.: 7 196 Peanut Gallery |
After looking at this illustration, it could arguably be both...
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Apr 16 2010, 08:50 PM
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Shiny Hunter Group: +Donors Posts: 128 Joined: 6-August 09 From: Amarillo, TX, USA Member No.: 54 548 HeartGold Team |
I always see Lugia as some sort of mixture of both, but more dragon than bird.
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Apr 16 2010, 09:08 PM
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It's typing states bird to it, but it looks more like a Dragon.
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Apr 16 2010, 09:58 PM
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I always thought Lugia was a sort of mutant seagull with Aeroblast in its moveset.
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Apr 17 2010, 12:52 PM
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Kweh? Group: Members Posts: 670 Joined: 26-September 09 From: A galaxy far, far away... Member No.: 65 200 Daimond Party |
To be honest, I never thought of it as either. It's just.....Lugia.
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Apr 27 2010, 01:08 PM
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I actually think of a feathered wyvern. Both, bird-like and draconic. As far as I remind, the 'Silverwing' was a lugia's feather, too.
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May 4 2010, 02:29 PM
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I think its a bird like dragon. Maybe its a cross? But then again its pokemon so it could be both. Well techniclly its not a dragon type. I guess to answer this question is if the pokemon has feathers or not. Its hard tell whether a pokemon has feathers/fur on it.
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May 12 2010, 01:09 PM
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βακα…_〆(゜▽゜*) Group: +Donors Posts: 15 Joined: 16-January 10 From: Finland Member No.: 80 122 Active Squad |
Considering that the games are from Japan...
Dragon and phoenix. Masculine and feminine. Emperor and empress. They're two halves of a whole. Since Ho-oh is obviously a phoenix, it's extremely likely that Lugia is meant to be a dragon. (Also take note of the wings. Five-clawed dragon is the symbol of the emperor.) This post has been edited by Zaltys: May 12 2010, 01:12 PM -------------------- |
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May 12 2010, 01:15 PM
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Axew and Volcarona enthusiast Group: +Donors Posts: 4 056 Joined: 3-September 09 From: England Member No.: 61 211 Invisible Kyurem |
Also, birds don't have a long tail and features like Lugia
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May 12 2010, 01:33 PM
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βακα…_〆(゜▽゜*) Group: +Donors Posts: 15 Joined: 16-January 10 From: Finland Member No.: 80 122 Active Squad |
Furthermore, in Japanese mythology, dragons are usually associated with water and stormy weather.
Lugia's PokeDex entries? "It is said to be the guardian of the seas. It is rumored to have been seen on the night of a storm.", "It slumbers at the bottom of a deep trench. If it flaps its wings, it is said to cause a 40-day storm.", etc. Stereotypical Japanese dragon. It just, um, doesn't exactly look like one. -------------------- |
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May 12 2010, 02:25 PM
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Elite Four Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 8-February 10 Member No.: 83 579 Active Squad |
It is neither a bird, nor a dragon. Although I'm a bit rusty, it's water/flying type, right? It's a common misinterpretation that flying = bird Flying just means that, well, they're capable of flight. You may say that it has a long tail and neck like dragons, but dragons also tend to be scaly, have forked-toungues and breathe fire, as well as having bat-like wings. (Also, I don't see how having what appear to be fingers at the end of its wings make it more like a dragon. If anything, it gives it arms rather than wings, which kinda screws everything up.) Lugia is a Psychic/Flying type but can learn water type moves and not all dragons breathe fire,some may breathe ice. Lugia's body makes it look like a dragon but the wings make it look like a bird.Since people are saying Lugia is a Wyvern,I have to agree with them.But aren't Wyverns related to or a species of dragon? -------------------- Mon, June 23: I have lost interest in using the sites due to other websites taking my interest so I will no longer be online as of today |
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May 12 2010, 04:45 PM
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Pokabu Trainer-To-Be Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 16-March 10 From: DFW Member No.: 89 213 My Platinum Posse |
I've always thought of it as a Dragon-type, and that it's wings ARE arms and it uses Telekinesis (Psychic Powers) in order to fly.
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May 16 2010, 04:03 AM
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incredible Group: Newbies Posts: 308 Joined: 19-April 10 From: scotland Member No.: 93 606 Active Squad |
I'm sure that Lugia's a Dragon, but has similarities to a bird. So, Lugia's like a mix between both.
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