What if Darkrai and Cresselia Swapped Roles?

What if the legendary Pokemon Cresselia and the Mythical Pokemon Darkrai traded places in giving people nightmares and good dreams? This fakemon art video shows what they may look like in an alternate universe.

[robozardexceptthisistherdnew]

The giant teeth make anti-darkrai more terrifying than regular darkrai

[thomasp.]

I like to think that they would keep certain aspects of their original versions, like the Darkrai swap is known to be symbolic of comforting darkness that's easy to sleep in represented by the New Moon offering such rest for the weary, whereas the Creselia swap is representative of the eerie light of the crescent moon, and the paranoia borne on sleepless nights for fear of what terrors may lurk in moonlit dreams.

[HeraclesN-fpbw]

- Cresselia is now Corvicious which comes from Corvus (crow constellation) & vicious
- Darkrai is now Brighikari since Darkrai is the combination of Dark & Kuari (Japanese for dark) so this is Bright & Hikari (Japanese for shine)

[howardjones]

Thats a cursed Darkrai. Thats more nightmare fuel then the original.

[bigace]

For Cresselia: Creclipsia
For Darkrai: Dreafey

[ninotor]

Id recommend Cressepia, coming From Crescent and sepia (dark color palette)

[SSName]

I like Darkrai Alter, but Cresselia Alter doesn’t tell enough of a story for me. You wouldn’t immediately think that this Pokémon is the nightmare Pokémon, but Darkrai with the teeth in reference to the tooth fairy, a mythical household creature that only appears when you’re sleeping/dreaming, is enough of a visual hint of its dominion over a certain power.

[ryomahoffman]

I really like the pleasant dream darkrai, it’s got a really cozy children’s book vibe

[ValiDino]

Name for cresselia: marella
Name for darkrai: Morphrie

[pichuperez]

Zacian and Zamazhenta, Zamazhenta *_deserves_* to have a little bit of Zacians spotlight even if it not really functional.

[keylimepython]

This feels like that one episode of Kim possible where the villain's evil is absorbed by the sidekick. The villain becomes overly nice, and the sidekick becomes worse than he ever was.

[koffinglolface]

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream, bum bum bum bum 🎶

[YourCasualPunk]

They both look awesome my favorite is the darkrai dream one

[zeldafluff]

I think Arcues and Giratina would look cool! 😁

[Zyrdrakyll]

Maybe for the new cress something like Senestrecent
Sinister + crescent +

[MomotheToothless]

So darkrai is now the tooth fairy? Got it. 😅

[redmanta]

I appreciate this for making Darkrai not the villain anymore

[jakethedragonymaster]

Tooth Fairy Darkrai is adorable, i love him

[shadowdragonlord]

Suggestion: filling out Kanto dex. One of the things that will always bug me about the Kanto original 151 is the lack of types mainly the Ghost and Dragon types with each only having one line available.
So I was wondering what would an additional 6-8 lines look like?

[SeriousGamingSG]

I really want to see Dialga and Palkia swapped, that would be cool