Pikachu315111
Ranting & Raving!
I don't mind Team Aqua or Magma. I don't think the problem is that they aren't motivated (on the contrary, I think they are, you don't wake an ancient beast to change a planet's ecosystem if you're not dedicated to your cause), but rather I never got a personal reason why they wanted to do it. ORAS tried to do that, but it went more of a philosophical route instead of explaining why.
Archie: Wants to expand the seas because all life came from the seas so wants to reset the world back to its beginnings (hence "Alpha" Sapphire). But why? What experiences in your life makes you think the world needs to reset itself via increasing the amount of water? Archie's philosophy is further expanded upon: giving Pokemon more room to live, believing humans have interfered too much with their natural habitat. Once again, what is the reason behind this belief? Also, while this would be good for the Water-type Pokemon (and Flying-types), what about the land Pokemon? They'll not only be more isolated but with little land which will exist in your water world no doubt many would die due to resources unable to support large populations if not make some species extinct who are unable to adapt due to the total loss of their environment.
Maxie: Wants to expand the land because human development requires land to build on. Okay, a little bit more understandable but once again, what personal experience made you decide there wasn't enough land? Maxie's philosophy extension: In order for humans to further evolve, the era where concerns for Pokemon's environments must end (hence "Omega" Ruby). Okay, so why must we stop concerning over Pokemon's natural environments? I mean, Pokemon aside, we should be concerned about nature since we're as much part of nature as animals/Pokemon are. Also why wouldn't land expansion be good for the land Pokemon? That means more territory for them so they can expand. Even if your intention is that development should not care about what Pokemon is living at the build location, you're not going to use up all the new land immediately.
Now yeah, maybe you aren't suppose to take them entirely serious, but at the same time they are proving to be a threat to the world so I wouldn't mind more explanation to what they have to personally gain from this aside possibly ruling the new world (which obviously isn't their reason to do this, more of a necessity they need to do in order for their new world to work in their head)?
Archie: Wants to expand the seas because all life came from the seas so wants to reset the world back to its beginnings (hence "Alpha" Sapphire). But why? What experiences in your life makes you think the world needs to reset itself via increasing the amount of water? Archie's philosophy is further expanded upon: giving Pokemon more room to live, believing humans have interfered too much with their natural habitat. Once again, what is the reason behind this belief? Also, while this would be good for the Water-type Pokemon (and Flying-types), what about the land Pokemon? They'll not only be more isolated but with little land which will exist in your water world no doubt many would die due to resources unable to support large populations if not make some species extinct who are unable to adapt due to the total loss of their environment.
Maxie: Wants to expand the land because human development requires land to build on. Okay, a little bit more understandable but once again, what personal experience made you decide there wasn't enough land? Maxie's philosophy extension: In order for humans to further evolve, the era where concerns for Pokemon's environments must end (hence "Omega" Ruby). Okay, so why must we stop concerning over Pokemon's natural environments? I mean, Pokemon aside, we should be concerned about nature since we're as much part of nature as animals/Pokemon are. Also why wouldn't land expansion be good for the land Pokemon? That means more territory for them so they can expand. Even if your intention is that development should not care about what Pokemon is living at the build location, you're not going to use up all the new land immediately.
Now yeah, maybe you aren't suppose to take them entirely serious, but at the same time they are proving to be a threat to the world so I wouldn't mind more explanation to what they have to personally gain from this aside possibly ruling the new world (which obviously isn't their reason to do this, more of a necessity they need to do in order for their new world to work in their head)?