(Jan. 17, 2021 4:00 AM)Zeutron Wrote: Seeing as mfb beys have supernatural powers and feats I don’t think that’s the case, seems more like feel good/logical explanation Mumbo jumbo. Yes there are some inconsistencies but those are more or less plot holes explainable by the fact that this is a kids show, the writers don’t care THAT much. I think that the avatars are semi physical projections created by the true physical bodies (the beys). It would explain why they can’t interact with the physical environment as much as the actual beys. It would also explain why beys like L-Drago Pegasis and Nemesis CAN surpass that limitation and interact with the actual environment seeing as they are more powerful than other beys.
One big piece of evidence that supports this is the fact that people can see the avatars within beys owned by other people who own them both in MFB and the Plastic gen. If it really was a metaphorical/imaginative representation of a bey then that wouldn’t be possible. Some great moments that show case this are Hikaru vs Ryuga and Kyoya vs Ryuga because they are clearly petrified in fear of the draconic of presence rushing towards them.
Yes, you're right. It is a kid's show, but kids aren't dumb and no one said they were expecting "Citizen Kane" level of writing haha. Plus, I never said the writing in MFB was bad, because I don't think it is.
And if they were semi-physical avatars projected from the constellations, then I'd buy it. Like they're avatars manifested by the powers of the beys and they only appear when they respond to the feelings of the bladers who wield their beys. However, I'm still skeptical about the thing about them actually being 100% real beings in the MFB universe, at least not in the same way as bit-beasts from the original series. They aren't collectable beasts that Ryuga can just steal like Pokémon, just spirits that link with the powers of the constellations.
And with Hikaru and Kyoya, they could've been petrified by the dark powers of L-Drago and not the dragons coming to eat their souls. There was a lot of emphasis on the dark powers being a threat, the same one that would later infect Tsubasa, so it's probably them both fearing the dark powers themselves and not the actual purple dragons.
Also, not once have I implied that I thought the bit-beasts in the original series weren't real in the anime at all so I dunno why the bit-beasts from the original series was brought up in the topic of metaphorical representations.