Pokemon Fan Creates Gastly Evolutionary Line Based on Philippines Mythology

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Since Pokemon Red and Blue were released, many generations of players have been reached through multiple sequels, which add new Pokemon to the overall count. Countless Pokemon players have imagined their own Pokemon over the years, and one such Pokemon fan has decided to reinterpret Gastly and its evolutions as the fire spirit from Philippines Mythology, Santelmo.

Reddit user Snoo-80905 recently posted Pokemon fan art that imagines an alternative look for the Gastly evolution line that includes Haunter and Gengar. Snoo-80905's version of these Pokemon has Ghost and Fire-typing rather than the Ghost and Poison-typing that Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar all share in the Pokemon games. The changes made to these Pokemon reflect the fire spirit from Philippines Mythology beyond just their typing as they all look notably different from the official evolution line.

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Snoo-80905's Gastly has a color scheme of mostly shades of brown and orange that transfers over to each evolution as the Fire-typing does unlike the memorable purple and black colors. Gastly's eyes are rounded out compared to the original Pokemon, which has relatively pointy eyes, and this change also carries over to Haunter and Gengar. Unlike the Gastly that Pokemon fans are familiar with by now, the area surrounding the eyes of Snoo-80905's variant is shaded as if the Pokemon has large eyelashes which just get larger when it becomes Haunter and are changed into a proper pattern around its eyes when it ultimately evolves into Gengar.

Gastly and its evolutions were introduced in Pokemon Red and Blue and the first two Pokemon in the evolution line usually feature pointy teeth, but Snoo-80905's interpretation of the Pokemon's mouths