"Theory: Ultra Beasts and Spiral Dynamics"

Okay so after mulling over what little info we have about Ultra Beasts, I had an epiphany that could possibly explain both what they are, what the other beasts are based on, and why they were made. Granted this is almost entirely based on one sentence of official info, but fuck it.First off let's look at what we know. The official description of Ultra Beasts is:In the Alola region, rumors are flying about mysterious creatures known as Ultra Beasts. Ultra Beasts possess mighty powers and could pose a threat to humans and Pokemon, so they are feared. It appears that the Aether Foundation is also conducting research on these Ultra Beasts. According to rumor, multiple Ultra Beasts exist, each of them called by a code name.But what does this tell us? 1. There are more than one Ultra Beasts 2. They are very powerful 3. The Aether Foundation is researching themThat's all that we explicitly know, but there's more we can infer.For one, every official categorization of Pokemon (ie. Baby Pokemon, Mythical Pokemon, Totem Pokemon, etc.) is "_______ Pokemon." Ultra Beasts are not in this structure. What's even more interesting is their choice of word. "Beast" is a rather neutral term. Something like "Monster" would be more negative, while "creature" would be more positive. Think Beauty and the Beast and the Legendary Beasts. All pretty neutral beings.The second thing is that we know Aether is "researching" them. Already a ton of people suspect Aether of being antagonists, but what we know is that they are on a man-made island, and "aether" is very commonly associated with alchemy: making one thing out of some other thing.So we have machinery and alchemy. We already know about Magearna which is a man-made Pokemon, but now we have an alchemical Pokemon: Type: Null.Type: Null is very clearly a Pokemon created by combining multiple Pokemon together, but here's perhaps the most interesting factoid about it:The mask fitted to Type: Null's head is a piece of equipment designed to control its latent powers. It's extremely heavy, so it also serves to hinder Type: Null's agility. To complete a certain mission, there was need of a Pokemon powerful enough to rival those Pokemon often spoken of in mythology.Type: Null was created to have a Pokemon rival legendaries, but has a helmet that weakens it enough to be controlled. This means several things: 1. Type Null: was created to be incredibly powerful 2. It was uncontrollable at one time 3. The helmet was used to control its abilities and weaken itThe assumption here is that Aether created Type: Null. But if they did, originally it was too powerful to control, and had to be weakened with its helmet.Let's get back to the Ultra Beasts. Here is the official description of UB-01:UB-01's body is composed of a glass-like substance. However, it's constantly changing shapes, never settling on one. While evidence of something like a survival instinct can be observed in UB-01, no one knows whether it has a will of its own or any emotions. It's said that, for some reason, its movements resemble those of a young girl.A "glass-like substance" heavily implies that UB-01 is synthetic (yes I know glass can be made naturally, but it's much more random). The other main thing is that it resembles a human girl.Specifically Lillie.Now there are already dozens of theories on Lillie's connection with UB-01 ranging from her true form to an alternate dimension Lillie, but hear me out.Ultra Beasts are never said to actually be Pokemon. No type or ability was given upon UB-01's reveal, unlike every other official reveal of a Gen 7 Pokemon. UB-01 clearly has Pokemon and human characteristics, so the most obvious answer is that it's a Pokemon-human hybrid. This is emphasized further by the French name of the Ultra Beasts: Ultra Chimeras. A chimera is a hybrid creature, recently usually referring to human-animal hybrids.Okay so UB-01 is most likely a hybrid of Lillie and a Pokemon. So what?Let's go back to Type: Null. Aether clearly wanted to create their own synthetic creature with great power, but Type: Null proved too difficult to control, hence the helmet. What would be the next step for creating a great power that is controllable.Giving it a human mind.Type: Null is a bunch of Pokemon (ie. animals) fused together, while Ultra Beasts are the next step up: fusing Pokemon with humans. A human with Pokemon-like abilities would be obscenely powerful and influential, and Aether could be creating one to have this amazing sort of power to use as they wish.So far all of this has been discussed to some extent before, and none of it's really that batshit insane.Here's the batshit insane part.Look back at UB-01's description again.UB-01's body is composed of a glass-like substance. However, it's constantly changing shapes, never settling on one. While evidence of something like a survival instinct can be observed in UB-01, no one knows whether it has a will of its own or any emotions. It's said that, for some reason, its movements resemble those of a young girl."Evidence of something like a survival instinct.Seems like a strange thing to single out doesn't it? Why would they even bother mentioning that in the first place, especially when "no will of its own or any emotions" seems to explain it anyway?Because what if a "survival instinct" is the key to everythingLet me introduce you to "Spiral Dynamics."Spiral Dynamics "has to do with the development of the human mind - how it changes and evolves over time. [Spiral Dynamics] tells us that humanity as a whole has gone through a series of major shifts in our way of thinking."The stages of Spiral Dynamics are each arbitrarily assigned a color. The colors include Beige, Purple, Red, Blue, Orange, Green, Yellow, and Turquoise. Each of the colors represents a 'value system' - a structure of thought which shapes our basic priorities and motivations at a fundamental level. They are like the DNA of our cognitive makeup, influencing the structure and function of our minds at a deep layer, far beneath the level of particular beliefs and behaviors. Each color provides a profoundly different lens through which we see the world.One of the remarkable claims of Spiral Dynamics is that these very same developmental stages that appeared successively throughout human history also occur in individual people. We each have the capacity to move through the colors throughout our lifetime. In fact, this progression applies at every level of human organization - families, communities, organizations, businesses, and entire societies all follow this same developmental pattern.In short, Spiral Dynamics represents the development of human culture and individual human minds and separates it into 8 stages.Stage 1: The Survival Self (Beige) - "Archaic, instinctive, basic, and automatic"Stage 2: The Tribal Order (Purple) - "Animistic, tribal, magical, and mystical"Stage 3: The Power Self (Red) - "Egocentric, courageous, impulsive, and rebellious"Stage 4: The Absolute Order (Blue) - "Absolutistic, obedient, purposeful, and authoritarian"Stage 5: The Enterprising Self (Orange) - "Individualistic, strategic, ambitious, and materialistic"Stage 6: The Egalitarian Order (Green) - "Pluralistic, multicultural, sensitive, and relativistic"Stage 7: The Integrated Self (Yellow) - "Systemic, conceptual, ecological, and flexible"Stage 8: The Global Order (Turquoise) - "Holistic and global"In short, each stage is a more developed stage of both the human mind and human society.And UB-01 is said to have a "survival instinct," just like stage 1 of Spiral Dynamics.If the goal of Aether is to create human-Pokemon hybrids, clearly UB-01 is not the end result they wanted, but based on the only characteristic we have about it, it represents Stage 1 of humanity. Clearly Aether is on the right track, and what if UB-02 was known as "spiritual and bonded with like-minded individuals." What if UB-03 is an individual with an unquenchable desire for power? UB-04 desires true order. UB-05 desires mastery of the environment and discovery. UB-06 desires a thriving and peaceful community. UB-07 is nearly complete with its understanding of flexibility, the truth, and existence. And UB-08 is the culmination of it all: a being representing a global connection and global viewpoint, culminating in the most advanced form of humanity, now also with the powers of Pokemon.Are there problems with this theory? Absolutely. For one, the colors. No matter how you look at UB-01, it's not beige. They could have scrapped the colors of each stage so the UBs would more closely reflect their human counterpart, but it's still a hole.Speaking of human counterpart, that's another issue. Who are the humans for these 8 human-Pokemon hybrids? We have Lillie, and Lusamine, Faba, and Wicke are all likely candidates. Gladion is also possible based on him looking very similar to Lusamine. Hell maybe Kukui, Guzma, the Kahunas, etc. could all be humans. The other possibility is Lillie was the template for all 8 of the UBs, each higher stage adding more human characteristics. Hell maybe Lillie is UB-08.Is this completely insane? Yes. Is all of this based on me possibly reading too deep into one sentence? Absolutely.But what if I'm right.Oh also if you want to read more about Spiral Dynamics, I found this link to be the most helpful: http://ift.tt/2czRWSo's actually from a band that recently released an album dealing with Spiral Dynamics, and they explain the important pieces very well. via /r/pokemon http://ift.tt/2ciMtSz