Author: @ShegiShou, Kirill Alexandrov irl

Written by a non-English guy, so prepare yourself for some grammar mistakes that I didn't know existed.

Etymology
English:
Gothita – Gothic and lolita.
Gothorita – Gothic and senorita ( Spanish for a title of miss – unmarried woman).
Gothitelle - Gothic and mademoiselle (French for the title of miss - unmarried
woman), foretell, or stelle (Italian for stars).
Japanese:
ゴチム Gothimu - Gothic and 予知夢 yochimu (precognitive dream).
ゴチミル Gothimiru – Gothic and 見る miru (to see).
ゴチルゼル Gothiruselle – Gothic and mademoiselle, also possibly a 予知る
yochiru (foreknowledge), a reference for Gothitelle’s ability to predict a future.

May the meaning of colors be connected with Gothitelle’s origins?

Black – Black is a popular color in retail. In color psychology, black's color
meaning is symbolic of mystery, power, elegance, and sophistication. In contrast,
the color meaning can also evoke emotions such as sadness and anger. Many
fashion retailers have used black in their logos.

● In Western cultures, black means mourning, sadness, and passing.

● In ancient Egypt, black signified life and rebirth.

● In China, black represents immortality, stability, and power.

White – White represents purity or innocence

● In Western cultures, white symbolizes purity, peace, cleanliness, and

virginity, which is why brides usually wear a white dress on their wedding
day.

● In Eastern cultures, white symbolizes mourning, the passage to a new life,

and bad luck.

● In India, widows are traditionally only allowed to wear white.

Purple – The Color Purple Means Wisdom, Bravery, and Spirituality. Also a color
associated with royalties.
For instance, light purples are associated with light-hearted, romantic energies
while darker shades can represent sadness and frustration. In some parts of
Europe, purple is associated with death and mourning.

● In Hinduism, purple symbolizes peace and wisdom.

● In Judaism, purple stands for redemption through God.

 ● In Egypt, purple symbolizes virtue and faith.

● In most African countries, it is a symbol of royalty and prosperity.

● In the United States, purple is the color of honor.

● In Brazil and Thailand, purple is a mourning color when worn together

with black.

Blue - Blue is a primary color across all models of color space. It is the color of the
ocean and the sky; it often symbolizes serenity, stability, inspiration, wisdom or
health. It can be a calming color, and symbolize reliability.

● In Chinese culture, colors are associated with the five primary elements,
the directions, and the four seasons, among others. The Chinese associate
blue with wood, east, and spring.

● Blue, blue-green, and green are considered sacred colors in Iran, where
they symbolize paradise.

● In Latin American countries, which are known to have high Catholic

populations, blue is a sign of hope.

● In Greece, the color blue is believed to ward off “the evil eye.” Those who
believe in this Greek superstition wear a blue charm necklace or blue
bracelet for protection.

● In India, drawings of the god Krishna often depict him as having blue skin.

● In North America, blue symbolizes trust and serenity, but also depression
and loneliness.
 ● In Mexico, blue is the color associated with mourning.

● In Aztec culture, blue symbolized sacrifice.

Orange (but sometimes red) – common colors for lipsticks.

What is Gothic Lolita?

Lolita fashion (rorīta fasshon) is a subculture from Japan that is highly influenced
by Victorian clothing and styles from the Rococo period. A very distinctive
property of Lolita fashion is the aesthetic of cuteness. This clothing subculture can
be categorized into three main substyles: 'gothic', 'classic', and 'sweet'. This style
evolved into a widely followed subculture in Japan and other countries in the
1990s and 2000s and may have waned in Japan as of the 2010s as the fashion
became more mainstream.
Lolita fashion did not emerge until after the publication of the
novel Lolita (1955), which was written by Vladimir Nabokov, the first translation
of the novel in Japanese appearing in 1959. The novel is about a middle-aged
man, Humbert Humbert, who grooms and abuses a twelve-year-old girl
nicknamed Lolita. Because the book focused on the controversial subject of
pedophilia and underage sexuality, "Lolita" soon developed a negative
connotation referring to a girl inappropriately sexualized at a very young age and
associated with unacceptable sexual obsession. In Japan, however, discourse
around the novel instead built on the country's romanticized girls' culture (shōjo
bunka), and instead came to be a positive synonym for the "sweet and adorable"
adolescent girl, without a perverse or sexual connotation.

Gothic Lolita (ゴスロリ) is a style of Lolita that is primarily influenced by

victorian-inspired Goth styles. The style was popularized by Mana, a japanese
musician.
Gothic Lolita follows the basic Lolita silhouette. Bell skirts, JSKs, and dresses are
usually worn with bell-shaped petticoats to give them the classic "cupcake" shape.
Gothic Lolita may also follow the more "Classic" silhouette that uses an A-line
petticoat rather that a bell-shaped one, to give coordinates a more mature,
elegant appearance.
Common motifs in Gothic Lolita often include crosses or religious themes, bats,
skulls, coffins, chandeliers, deep red roses, and castles. Darker colors, such as
black, navy and royal blue, maroon, crimson, and deep purples are all common in
Gothic Lolita. Black and white color combinations are somewhat taboo, but can
be and have been done tastefully.
Red lipstick and smokey or neatly defined eyes, created using black eyeliner, are
typical styles, although as with all lolita sub-styles the look remains fairly
natural. Though Gothic make-up has been associated with a white-powdered
face, this is usually considered poor taste within the (largely Japanese) lolita
fashion scene.
Mana is a musician and is known for popularizing the Gothic Lolita fashion. He
played in the rock band Malice Mizer (1992–2001) and founded the heavy metal
band Moi Dix Mois (2002–present). Both bands are a part of the visual
kei movement, whose members are known for eccentric expressions and
elaborate costumes. He founded his own fashion label, known as Moi-même-
Moitié in 1999, which specializes in Gothic Lolita. They are both very interested in
the Rococo period.
Also Mana is a guy, which may explain why Gothita line can be males and he in
some costumes looks similar to Gothorita.

Gothic Lolita's main inspiration

Victorian fashion
Victorian fashion consists of the various fashions and trends in British culture that
emerged and developed in the United Kingdom and the British
Empire throughout the Victorian era, roughly from the 1830s through the 1890s.
The period saw many changes in fashion, including changes in styles, fashion
technology and the methods of distribution. Various movement in architecture,
literature, and the decorative and visual arts as well as a changing perception of
gender roles also influenced fashion.
Under Queen Victoria's reign, England enjoyed a period of growth along with
technological advancement. Mass production of sewing machines in the 1850s as
well as the advent of synthetic dyes introduced major changes in fashion. Clothing
could be made more quickly and cheaply. Advancement in printing and
proliferation of fashion magazines allowed the masses to participate in the
evolving trends of high fashion, opening the market of mass consumption and
advertising. By 1905, clothing was increasingly factory made and often sold in
large, fixed-price department stores, spurring a new age of consumerism with the
rising middle class who benefited from the industrial revolution.

What kind of dress Gothitelle truly have and why it cries over Trainer's death?

Mourning black dress

In Britain, black is the colour traditionally associated with mourning for the dead.
The customs and etiquette expected of men, and especially women, were rigid
during much of the Victorian era. The expectations depended on a complex
hierarchy of close or distant relationship with the deceased. The closer the
relationship, the longer the mourning period and the wearing of black.
Widows were expected to wear special clothes to indicate that they were in
mourning for up to four years after the death, although a widow could choose to
wear such attire for the rest of her life. To change one's clothing earlier than this
was considered disrespectful to the deceased, and, if the widow was still young
and attractive, suggestive of potential sexual promiscuity. Those subject to the
rules were slowly allowed to re-introduce conventional clothing at specific times;
such stages were known by such terms as "full mourning", "half mourning", and
similar descriptions. For half mourning, muted colours such
as lilac, grey and lavender could be introduced.
The mourning dress on the right was worn by Queen Victoria, "it shows the
traditional touches of mourning attire, which she wore from the death of her
husband, Prince Albert (1819–1861), until her own death."
Gothitelle’s white wrists resemble the white cuffs coming out of Mourning black
dress.

Other connections with goths

Description of Goths
Goth is a subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. It
was developed by fans of Gothic rock, an offshoot of the post-punk music genre.
The name Goth was derived directly from the genre.
The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and
has continued to diversify and spread throughout the world. Its imagery and
cultural proclivities indicate influences from 19th-century Gothic
fiction and horror films. The scene is centered on music festivals, nightclubs, and
organized meetings, especially in Western Europe. The subculture has associated
tastes in music, aesthetics, and fashion.

Styles of dress within the subculture draw on punk, new wave, and New
Romantic fashion. It also draws from the fashion of earlier periods such as
the Victorian, Edwardian, and Belle Époque eras. The style most often includes
dark (usually solid black) attire, dark makeup, and black hair. The subculture has
continued to draw interest from a large audience decades after its emergence.

The Goth subculture of the 1980s drew inspiration from a variety of sources.
Some of them were modern or contemporary, others were centuries-old or
ancient. Michael Bibby and Lauren M. E. Goodlad liken the subculture to
a bricolage. Among the music-subcultures that influenced it were Punk, New
wave, and Glam. But it also drew inspiration from B-movies, Gothic
literature, horror films, vampire cults and traditional mythology. Among the
mythologies that proved influential in Goth were Celtic mythology, Christian
mythology, Egyptian mythology, and various traditions of Paganism.
Gothic literature is a genre of fiction that combines romance and dark elements
to produce mystery, suspense, terror, horror and the supernatural. According to
David H. Richter, settings were framed to take place at "...ruinous castles, gloomy
churchyards, claustrophobic monasteries, and lonely mountain roads". Typical
characters consisted of the cruel parent, sinister priest, courageous victor, and
the helpless heroine, along with supernatural figures such
as demons, vampires, ghosts, and monsters. Often, the plot focused on characters
ill-fated, internally conflicted, and innocently victimized by harassing malicious
figures. In addition to the dismal plot focuses, the literary tradition of the gothic
was to also focus on individual characters that were gradually going insane.

Gothic fashion is marked by conspicuously dark, antiquated and homogeneous

features. It is stereotyped as eerie, mysterious, complex and exotic. A dark,
sometimes morbid fashion and style of dress, typical gothic fashion
includes colored black hair and black period-styled clothing. It also frequently
expresses pagan, occult or other religious imagery.
Cintra Wilson declares that the origins of the dark romantic style are found in the
"Victorian cult of mourning."

Sociology of goths
The BBC described academic research that indicated that goths are "refined and
sensitive, keen on poetry and books, not big on drugs or anti-social
behaviour”. Teens often stay in the subculture "into their adult life", and they are
likely to become well-educated and enter professions such as medicine or
law. The subculture carries on appealing to teenagers who are looking for
meaning and for identity. The scene teaches teens that there are difficult aspects
to life that you "have to make an attempt to understand" or explain.
A study conducted by the University of Glasgow (Scotland, UK), involving 1,258
youth interviewed at ages 11, 13, 15 and 19, found goth subculture to be strongly
nonviolent and tolerant, thus providing "valuable social and emotional support"
to teens vulnerable to self harm and mental illness.
The fact that this study was made in UK could be a reason why a information
about Gothitelle disliking conflicts appears in Galar - a UK inspired region.
A study published on the British Medical Journal concluded that "identification as
belonging to the Goth subculture [at some point in their lives] was the best
predictor of self harm and attempted suicide [among young teens]", and that it
was most possibly due to a selection mechanism (persons that wanted to harm
themselves later identified as goths, thus raising the percentage of those persons
who identify as goths).

According to The Guardian, some goth teens are more likely to harm themselves
or attempt suicide. A medical journal study of 1,300 Scottish schoolchildren until
their teen years found that the 53% of the goth teens had attempted to harm
themselves and 47% had attempted suicide. The study found that the "correlation
was stronger than any other predictor". The study was based on a sample of 15
teenagers who identified as goths, of which 8 had self-harmed by any method, 7
had self-harmed by cutting, scratching or scoring, and 7 had attempted suicide.

The authors held that most self-harm by teens was done before joining the
subculture, and that joining the subculture would actually protect them and help
them deal with distress in their lives. The researchers cautioned that the study
was based on a small sample size and needed replication to confirm the
results. The study was criticized for using only a small sample of goth teens and
not taking into account other influences and differences between types of goths.
Pokedex entries
Gothita - Fixation Pokémon
Black: “Their ribbonlike feelers increase their psychic power. They are always
staring at something.”
White: “ They intently observe both Trainers and Pokémon. Apparently, they are
looking at something that only Gothita can see.”
B2W2: “ It stares intently at everything. It can become so obsessed with watching
that it doesn't notice attacks.”
Sword: “Though they're still only babies, there's psychic power stored in their
ribbonlike feelers, and sometimes they use that power to fight.”
Shield: “ Even when nobody seems to be around, Gothita can still be heard
making a muted cry. Many believe it's speaking to something only it can see.”

Gothorita - Manipulate Pokémon

Black: “They use hypnosis to control people and Pokémon. Tales of Gothorita
leading people astray are told in every corner.”
White: “Starlight is the source of their power. At night, they mark star positions
by using psychic power to float stones.”
B2W2: “According to many old tales, it creates friends for itself by controlling
sleeping children on starry nights.”
Sword: “It's said that when stars shine in the night sky, this Pokémon will spirit
away sleeping children. Some call it the Witch of Punishment.”
Shield: “On nights when the stars shine, this Pokémon's psychic power is at its
strongest. It's unknown just what link Gothorita has to the greater universe.”

Gothitelle - Astral Body Pokémon

Black: “Starry skies thousands of light-years away are visible in the space
distorted by their intense psychic power.”
White: “They can predict the future from the placement and movement of the
stars. They can see Trainers' life spans.”
B2W2: “It can see the future from the movement of the stars. When it learns its
Trainer's life span, it cries in sadness.”
Sword: “It has tremendous psychic power, but it dislikes conflict. It's also able to
predict the future based on the movement of the stars.”
Shield: “A criminal who was shown his fate by a Gothitelle went missing that
same day and was never seen again.”

What kind of ability does Gothita have? Also a reason why it has big eyes.
Clairvoyance

Clairvoyance (/klɛərˈvɔɪ.əns/; from French clair 'clear', and voyance 'vision') is the
claimed ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical
event through extrasensory perception. Any person who is claimed to have such
ability is said accordingly to. be a clairvoyant (/klɛərˈvɔɪ.ənt/)[4] ("one who sees
clearly").

Pertaining to the ability of clear-sightedness, clairvoyance refers to

the paranormal ability to see persons and events that are distant in time or space.
It can be divided into roughly three classes: precognition, the ability to perceive or
predict future events, retrocognition, the ability to see past events, and remote
viewing, the perception of contemporary events happening outside of the range
of normal perception.
In several religions, stories of certain individuals being able to see things far
removed from their immediate sensory perception are commonplace, especially
within pagan religions where oracles were used. Prophecy often involved some
degree of clairvoyance, especially when future events were predicted. This ability
has sometimes been attributed to a higher power rather than to the person
performing it.
A number of Christian saints were said to be able to see or know things that were
far removed from their immediate sensory perception as a kind of gift from God,
including Columba of Iona, Padre Pio and Anne Catherine Emmerich. Jesus
Christ in the Gospels is also recorded as being able to know things that were far
removed from his immediate human perception.
In Jainism, clairvoyance is regarded as one of the five kinds of knowledge. The
beings of hell and heaven (devas) are said to possess clairvoyance by birth.
According to Jain text Sarvārthasiddhi, "this kind of knowledge has been
called avadhi as it ascertains matter in downward range or knows objects within
limits".

Bulbapedia says that Gothitelle may inspired by fortune tellers or Romani people
Fortune telling
Fortune telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The
scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The
difference is that divination is the term used for predictions considered part of
a religious ritual, invoking deities or spirits, while the term fortune telling implies
a less serious or formal setting, even one of popular culture, where belief in occult
workings behind the prediction is less prominent than the concept of suggestion,
spiritual or practical advisory or affirmation.
Contemporary Western images of fortune telling grow out of folkloristic reception
of Renaissance magic, specifically associated with Romani people. During the 19th
and 20th century, methods of divination from non-Western cultures, such as the I
Ching, were also adopted as methods of fortune telling in western popular
culture.

Terms for one who claims to see into the future include fortune teller, crystal-
gazer, spaewife, seer, soothsayer, sibyl, clairvoyant, and prophet; related terms
which might include this among other abilities are oracle, augur, and visionary.

Western fortune tellers typically attempt predictions on matters such as future

romantic, financial, and childbearing prospects. Many fortune tellers will also give
"character readings". These may use numerology, graphology, palmistry (if the
subject is present), and astrology.
In contemporary Western culture, it appears that women consult fortune tellers
more than men. Some women have maintained long relationships with their
personal readers.

Romani people
The Romani (also spelled Romany /ˈroʊməni/, /ˈrɒ-/), colloquially known as
the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. Most
of the Romani people live in Europe, and diaspora populations also live in
the Americas.
Many depictions of Romani people in literature and art present romanticized
narratives of mystical powers of fortune telling or irascible or passionate temper
paired with an indomitable love of freedom and a habit of criminality.
Fortune telling is commonly associated with the Romani people, and for good
reason as divination forms an integral aspect of Romani culture, dating back
hundreds of years. As with Romani tradition, Roma fortune tellers are always
female, the fortune tellers in question known as drabardi.
Genetic findings suggest an Indian origin for Roma. Because Romani groups did
not keep chronicles of their history or have oral accounts of it, most hypotheses
about the Romani migration's early history are based on linguistic theory. There is
also no known record of a migration from India to Europe from medieval times
that can be connected indisputably to Roma.
The linguistic evidence has indisputably shown that the roots of the Romani
language lie in India: the language has grammatical characteristics of Indian
languages and shares with them a large part of the basic lexicon, for example,
regarding body parts or daily routines.
Genetic findings in 2012 suggest the Romani originated in northwestern India and
migrated as a group. According to the study, the ancestors of present scheduled
castes and scheduled tribes populations of northern India, traditionally referred
to collectively as the Ḍoma, are the likely ancestral populations of modern
European Roma.
The traditional Romanies place a high value on the extended family. Virginity is
essential in unmarried women. Both men and women often marry young; there
has been controversy in several countries over the Romani practice of child
marriage. Romani law establishes that the man's family must pay a bride price to
the bride's parents, but only traditional families still follow it.
Most Romani people are Christian, others Muslim; some retained their ancient
faith of Hinduism from their original homeland of India, while others have their
own religion and political organization. Theravada Buddhism influenced by
the Dalit Buddhist movement have become popular in recent times among
Hungarian Roma.

Why Gothitelle is called Astral Body and other astrology stuff

Astrology
 Divination that consists of interpreting the influence of stars and planets on
earthly affairs and human destinies. In ancient times it was inseparable
from astronomy. It originated in Mesopotamia (c. 3rd millennium BC) and spread
to India, but it developed its Western form in Greek civilization during the
Hellenistic period. Astrology entered Islamic culture as part of the Greek tradition
and was returned to European culture through Arabic learning during the Middle
Ages. According to the Greek tradition, the heavens are divided according to the
12 constellations of the zodiac, and the bright stars that rise at intervals cast a
spiritual influence over human affairs. Astrology was also important in ancient
China, and in imperial times it became standard practice to have a horoscope cast
for each newborn child and at all decisive junctures of life. Though the Copernican
system shattered the geocentric worldview that astrology requires, interest in
astrology has continued into modern times and astrological signs are still widely
believed to influence personality.

Planets in astrology have a meaning different from

the astronomical understanding of what a planet is. Before the age of telescopes,
the night sky was thought to consist of two very similar components: fixed stars,
which remained motionless in relation to each other, and "wandering stars"
(Ancient Greek: ἀστέρες πλανῆται, romanized: asteres planetai), which moved
relative to the fixed stars over the course of the year.
This can be connected with Gothitelle’s Pokedex entries. Because Gothitelle can
predict a future by a placement of the stars - fixed stars, and by movements -
"wandering stars".

To the Ancient Greeks who learned from the Babylonians, the earliest
astronomers, this group consisted of the five planets visible to the naked eye and
excluded Earth. Although strictly, the term planet applied only to those
five objects, the term was latterly broadened, particularly in the Middle Ages, to
include the Sun and the Moon (sometimes referred to as "Lights") making a total
of seven planets. Astrologers retain this definition today.
In Chinese astrology, the planets are associated with the life forces of Yin &
Yang and the five elements, which play an important role in the Chinese form of
geomancy known as Feng Shui.
Astral body

The astral body is a subtle body posited by many philosophers, intermediate

between the intelligent soul and the mental body, composed of a subtle material.
In many recensions the concept ultimately derives from the philosophy of Plato
though the same or similar ideas have existed all over the world well before
Plato's time: it is related to an astral plane, which consists of the planetary
heavens of astrology. The term was adopted by nineteenth-century Theosophists
and neo-Rosicrucians.

The idea is rooted in common worldwide religious accounts of the afterlife in

which the soul's journey or "ascent" is described in such terms as "an ecstatic..,
mystical or out-of body experience, wherein the spiritual traveller leaves the
physical body and travels in his/her subtle body (or dreambody or astral body)
into ‘higher’ realms". Hence "the "many kinds of 'heavens', 'hells', and purgatorial
existences believed in by followers of innumerable religions" may also be
understood as astral phenomena, as may the various "phenomena of the séance
room".

History of astral body

The classical world

Neoplatonists agreed with Plato as to the immortality of the rational soul but
disagreed as to whether man's "irrational soul" was immortal and celestial
("starry", hence astral) or whether it remained on earth and dissolved after death.
The late Neoplatonist Proclus, who is credited the first to speak of subtle
"planes", posited two subtle bodies or "carriers" (okhema) intermediate between
the rational soul and the physical body. These were; 1) the astral vehicle which
was the immortal vehicle of the Soul and 2) the spiritual (pneuma) vehicle,
aligned with the vital breath, which he considered mortal.

The word "astral" means "of the stars", thus the astral plane, consisting of
the celestial spheres, is held to be an astrological phenomenon: "The whole of the
astral portion of our earth and of the physical planets, together with the purely
astral planets of our System, make up collectively the astral body of the Solar
Logos". There are "seven types of astral matter" by means of which "psychic
changes occur periodically".

The Modern Era

Such ideas greatly influenced mediaeval religious thought and are visible in the
Renaissance medicine of Paracelsus and Servetus. In the romantic era, alongside
the discovery of electromagnetism and the nervous system, there came a new
interest in the spirit world. Franz Anton Mesmer spoke of the stars, animal
magnetism and magnetic fluids. In 1801, the English occultist Francis Barrett
wrote of a herb's "excellent astral and magnetic powers" - for herbalists had
categorised herbs according to their supposed correspondence with the seven
planetary influences.

In the mid-nineteenth century the French occultist Eliphas Levi wrote much of
"the astral light", a factor he considered of key importance to magic, alongside
the power of will and the doctrine of correspondences. He considered the astral
light the medium of all light, energy and movement, describing it in terms that
recall both Mesmer and the luminiferous ether.

Theosophy
Blavatsky frequently used the term "astral body" in connection with the
Indian linga sharira which is one of the seven principles of human life. However,
she said that "there are various astral bodies". For example, she talked of one as
being constituted by "the lower manas and volition, kama".

C.W. Leadbeater and Annie Besant (Theosophical Society Adyar), equated it with
Blavatsky's Kama (desire) principle and called it the Emotional body. Astral
body, desire body, and emotional body became synonymous, and this
identification is found in later Theosophically inspired thought. The astral body in
later Theosophy is "the vehicle of feelings and emotions" through which "it is
possible...to experience all varieties of desire". We have a "life in the astral body,
whilst the physical body is wrapped in slumber". So the astral body "provides a
simple explanation of the mechanism of many phenomena revealed by modern
psycho-analysis". To this extent, then, the "astral body" is a reification of the
dream-world self.
Which makes sense to me, because stars appear only at night and people usually
sleep during this time.

Post-theosophists

The astral body (or "Soul body") must be evolved by means of the work of
transmutation and will eventually be evolved by humanity as a whole. According
to Heindel, the term "astral body" was employed by the
mediaeval Alchemists because of the ability it conferred to traverse the "starry"
regions. The "Astral body" is regarded as the "Philosopher's Stone" or "Living
Stone" of the alchemist, the "Wedding Garment" of the Gospel of Matthew and
the "Soul body" that Paul mentions in the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

According to Max Heindel's Rosicrucian writings the Desire body is made of desire
stuff from which human beings form feelings and emotions. It is said to appear
to spiritual sight as an ovoid cloud extending from sixteen to twenty inches
beyond the physical body. It has a number of whirling vortices (chakras) and from
the main vortex, in the region of the liver, there is a constant flow which radiates
and returns. The desire body exhibits colors that vary in every person according to
his or her temperament and mood.

Fourth Way

"What is called the ‘body-Kesdjan,’ or, as they themselves later began to name
this being-part of theirs—of which, by the way, contemporary beings know only
by hearsay—the ‘Astral-body.’". "At first on the planet itself the ‘second-being-
body,’ i.e., the body-Kesdjan, together with the ‘third-being-body’ separate
themselves from the ‘fundamental-planetary-body’ and, leaving this planetary
body on the planet, rise both together to that sphere where those cosmic
substances— from the localizations of which the body-Kesdjan of a being arises—
have their place of concentration. “And only there, at the end of a certain time,
does the principal and final sacred Rascooarno occur to this two-natured arising,
after which such a ‘higher being-part’ indeed becomes an independent individual
with its own individual Reason." According to Gurdjieff it is an independent arising
which is intermediate between the physical body and the Soul.

Gurdjieff refers to the astral body as the "body Kesdjan" or "vessel of the soul": it
is of the sun and all planets, just as the physical body is of the earth. While it is
not developed one is a "human being only in quotation marks", who cannot be
considered in any meaningful sense to have a soul and who will "die like a dog".
Subtle body description
A subtle body is a "quasi material” aspect of the human body, being neither solely
physical nor solely spiritual, according to various esoteric, occult,
and mystical teachings. This contrasts with the mind–body dualism that has
dominated Western thought. The subtle body is important in the Taoism of China
and Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, mainly in the
branches which focus on tantra and yoga, where it is known as the Sūkṣma-
śarīra (Sanskrit: सूक्ष्म शरीर). However, while mostly associated with Asian cultures,
non-dualistic approaches to the mind and body are found in many parts of the
world.

Subtle body concepts and practices can be identified as early as 2nd century BCE
in Taoist texts found in the Mawangdui tombs. Although "evidently present” in
Indian thought as early as the 4th to 1st century BCE when the Taittiriya
Upanishad describes the Panchakoshas, a series of five interpenetrating sheaths
of the body. A fully formed subtle body theory didn't develop in India until
the tantric movement that affected all its religions in the Middle Ages. In Indo-
Tibetan Buddhism the correlation of the subtle body to the physical body is
viewed differently according to school, lineage and scholar but for Completion
stage purposes is visualised within the body. The subtle body consists of focal
points, often called chakras, connected by channels, often called nadis, that
convey subtle breath, often called prana. Through breathing and other exercises,
a practitioner may direct the subtle breath to achieve supernormal
powers, immortality, or liberation.

To further support that, Gothitelle is the only member of its line that has all
ribbons lined up.
Chakras (UK: /ˈtʃʌkrəz/, US: /ˈtʃɑːkrəz/ CHUK-rəz, CHAH-krəz; Sanskrit: चक्र, roman
ized: cakra, lit. 'wheel, circle'; Pali: cakka) are various focal points used in a variety
of ancient meditation practices, collectively denominated as Tantra, or the
esoteric or inner traditions of Hinduism.

The concept of the chakra arose in the early traditions of Hinduism. Beliefs differ
between the Indian religions, with many Buddhist texts consistently mentioning
five chakras, while Hindu sources reference six or seven.

Subtle body in the Western tradition is called the body of light. The concept
derives from the philosophy of Plato: the word 'astral' means 'of the stars'; thus
the astral plane consists of the Seven Heavens of the classical
planets. Neoplatonists Porphyry and Proclus elaborated on Plato's description of
the starry nature of the human psyche. Throughout the Renaissance,
philosophers and alchemists, healers including Paracelsus and his students,
and natural scientists such as John Dee, continued to discuss the nature of the
astral world intermediate between earth and the divine. The concept of the astral
body or body of light was adopted by 19th and 20th-century ceremonial
magicians.
The Theosophy movement was the first to translate the Sanskrit term as 'subtle
body', although their use of the term is quite different from Indic usage as they
synthesize Western and Eastern traditions. This makes the term problematic for
modern scholars, especially as the Theosophist view often influences New
Age and holistic medicine perspectives. Western scientists have started to explore
the subtle body concept in research on meditation.

Astral plane

The astral plane, also called the astral realm or the astral world, is a plane of
existence postulated by classical, medieval, oriental, and esoteric philosophies
and mystery religions. It is the world of the celestial spheres, crossed by the soul
in its astral body on the way to being born and after death, and is generally
believed to be populated by angels, spirits or other immaterial beings. In the late
19th and early 20th century the term was popularised by Theosophy and neo-
Rosicrucianism.
Another view holds that the astral plane or world, rather than being some kind of
boundary area crossed by the soul, is the entirety of spirit existence or spirit
worlds to which those who die on Earth go, and where they live out their non-
physical lives. It is understood that all consciousness resides in the astral
plane. Some writers conflate this realm with heaven or paradise or union with
God itself, and others do not. Paramahansa Yogananda wrote in Autobiography of
a Yogi, "The astral universe . . . is hundreds of times larger than the material
universe . . .[with] many astral planets, teeming with astral beings." (p.416) When
Alice Bailey writes of seeing "Masters . . . upon the inner spiritual planes [who]. . .
work with Christ and the planetary hierarchy," she refers to a vision she had of
the unseen astral realm that these and countless other beings inhabit. Christ
being in that realm, it is hard to construe it as a non-heaven.

History

Plato and Aristotle taught that the stars were composed of a type of matter
different from the four earthly elements - a fifth, ethereal element or
quintessence. In the "astral mysticism" of the classical world the human psyche
was composed of the same material, thus accounting for the influence of the stars
upon human affairs.

This is very interesting, because this explains why Gothitelle - Astral Body
Pokémon, can know a people's lifespan from the stars. And a reason why it has a
humanoid appearance.

In his commentaries on Plato's Timaeus, Proclus wrote;

"Man is a little world (mikros cosmos). For, just like the Whole, he possesses both
mind and reason, both a divine and a mortal body. He is also divided up according
to the universe. It is for this reason, you know, that some are accustomed to say
that his consciousness corresponds with the nature of the fixed stars, his reason in
its contemplative aspect with Saturn and in its social aspect with Jupiter, (and) as
to his irrational part, the passionate nature with Mars, the eloquent with
Mercury, the appetitive with Venus, the sensitive with the Sun and the vegetative
with the Moon".

According to occult teachings the astral plane can be visited consciously

through astral projection, meditation and mantra, near death experience, lucid
dreaming, or other means.

In early theosophical literature the term "astral" may refer to the aether.

Individuals that are trained in the use of the astral vehicle can separate their
consciousness in the astral vehicle from the physical body at will. The first stage in
development, according to Ramacharaka, is "mastery of the physical body and its
care and attention", which pertains not only to the physical body but also to its
double in the astral. In addition, one must spend time tuning the "instinctive
mind”. The first three subdivisions of the instinctive mind are passions, desires,
and lusts. The second stage is the intellect, otherwise known as the sharpening of
the mind. Someone operating largely out of the instinctive mind would "have only
a glimmering of intellect", therefore those who are centered in the intellect
would only have an inkling of the spiritual. Once both stages are completed the
spiritual mind can be awakened.

Could Gothitelle be inspired by or based of Helena Blavatsky?

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Russian: Елена Петровна Блаватская, Yelena

Petrovna Blavatskaya, often known as Madame Blavatsky; née von
Hahn; Ukrainian: Олена Петрівна Блаватська, Olena Petrivna Blavatska; 12
August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891) was a Russian author who co-founded
the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an international following as the
leading theoretician of Theosophy.

Born into an aristocratic family of mixed Russian-German descent

in Yekaterinoslav, then in the Russian Empire (now Dnipro in Ukraine), Blavatsky
traveled widely around the empire as a child. Largely self-educated, she
developed an interest in Western esotericism during her teenage years. According
to her later claims, in 1849 she embarked on a series of world travels, visiting
Europe, the Americas, and India. She also claimed that during this period she
encountered a group of spiritual adepts, the "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom",
who sent her to Shigatse, Tibet, where they trained her to develop a deeper
understanding of the synthesis of religion, philosophy, and science. Both
contemporary critics and later biographers have argued that some or all of these
foreign visits were fictitious, and that she spent this period in Europe. By the early
1870s, Blavatsky was involved in the Spiritualist movement; although defending
the genuine existence of Spiritualist phenomena, she argued against the
mainstream Spiritualist idea that the entities contacted were the spirits of the
dead. Relocating to the United States in 1873, she befriended Henry Steel
Olcott and rose to public attention as a spirit medium, attention that included
public accusations of fraudulence.

In 1875 New York City, Blavatsky co-founded the Theosophical Society with Olcott
and William Quan Judge. In 1877, she published Isis Unveiled, a book outlining her
Theosophical world-view. Associating it closely with the esoteric doctrines
of Hermeticism and Neoplatonism, Blavatsky described Theosophy as "the
synthesis of science, religion and philosophy", proclaiming that it was reviving an
"Ancient Wisdom" which underlay all the world's religions. In 1880, she and
Olcott moved to India, where the Society was allied to the Arya Samaj, a Hindu
reform movement. That same year, while in Ceylon, she and Olcott became the
first people from the United States to formally convert to Buddhism. Although
opposed by the British colonial administration, Theosophy spread rapidly in India
but experienced internal problems after Blavatsky was accused of producing
fraudulent paranormal phenomena. Amid ailing health, in 1885 she returned to
Europe, there establishing the Blavatsky Lodge in London. Here she published The
Secret Doctrine, a commentary on what she claimed were ancient Tibetan
manuscripts, as well as two further books, The Key to Theosophy and The Voice of
the Silence.

That winter, Britain had been afflicted by an influenza epidemic (the global 1889–
1890 flu pandemic), with Blavatsky contracting the virus. It led to her death on
the afternoon of 8 May 1891, in Besant's house. The date would come to be
commemorated by Theosophists ever since as White Lotus Day. Her body
was cremated at Woking Crematorium on 11 May.

Blavatsky was a controversial figure during her lifetime, championed by

supporters as an enlightened Sage and derided as a charlatan by critics. Her
Theosophical doctrines influenced the spread of Hindu and Buddhist ideas in the
West as well as the development of Western esoteric currents
like Ariosophy, Anthroposophy, and the New Age Movement.
Helena Blavatsky in fact had blue eyes and in most photos she wears a black
clothing. Gothitelle also originated in Unova, a region based on New York, just
like Theosophical Society she co-founded. And the "Spiritualist" part can be
connected with Gothita's ability of speaking with "somethings". Also she died
during Queen Victoria's reign in London in 1891, which makes a connection with a
Goth/mourning inspiration. The Theosophical Society popularised astral
phenomena and modernized it by connecting it with dreams, which further proves
with Gothita's Japanese name and Gothorita's behavior of kidnapping sleeping
children on starry nights. Helena Blavatsky also explains why Astral Body
Pokémon have feminine appearance.

May Gothitelle also have connection with Greek mythology?

Greek mythology
Why Greek mythology? Because the origin of astral phenomena comes from
Greek philosophers.

There’s possibly two Greek goddesses that Gothitelle may be inspired by and one
of them is Asteria – Titan goddess of falling stars and perhaps of nighttime
divinations such as oneiromancy (by dreams) and astrology (by stars). She was the
mother of Hekate (Hecate), goddess of witchcraft, by the Titan Perses.
After the fall of the Titans, Zeus chased Asteria across the sky but she escaped
him by transforming herself into a quail and leaping into the sea to became the
island of Delos. Her sister Leto later gave birth to Apollon on the isle.
She is probably the same as Brizo, an obscure Delian goddess who delivered
prophetic dreams.
Asteria may have been a goddess of dream oracles worshipped as Brizo (Slumber)
on the island of Delos and as Ino-Pasiphae in Lakonian Thalamai (Thalamae). The
Pasiphae of Thalamai was a dual sky and sea goddess who sent prophetic dreams.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 3. 26. 1 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd
A.D.) :
"From Oitylos (Oetylus) to Thalamai (Thalamae) [in Lakedaimonia (Lacedaemon)]
the road is about eighty stades long. On it is a sanctuary of Ino and an oracle.
They consult the oracle in sleep, and the goddess reveals whatever they wish to
learn, in dreams.
This can be further connected with Gothita's Japanese name and possibly with
Gothorita's behavior of kidnapping sleeping children.

The nocturnal rites of necromancy--oracular communion with the ghosts of the

dead--were the domain of Asteria's daughter Hekate (Hecate). Asteria's nephew
Apollon conversely presided over oracles inspired by heaven. The parents of
these two gods, Asteria and Leto, appear to represent the oracular powers of
night and day. Indeed Asteria was closely identified with Nyx (Night), both in her
name in the alternate parentage given the goddess Hekate.

Astraea, Astrea or Astria (Ancient Greek: Ἀστραίᾱ, romanized: Astraíā; "star-

maiden" or "starry night"), in ancient Greek religion, is a daughter
of Astraeus and Eos. She is the virgin goddess of justice, innocence, purity and
precision. She is closely associated with the Greek goddess of
justice, Dike (daughter of Zeus and Themis). She is not to be confused
with Asteria, the goddess of the stars and the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe.
The main belt asteroid 5 Astraea is named after her, and her name was also
suggested for the planet Uranus.

Astraea, the celestial virgin, was the last of the immortals to live with humans
during the Golden Age, one of the old Greek religion's five deteriorating Ages of
Man. In the Iron Age, the world was illegally rampant. People covet gold, family
and friends don't trust each other. According to Ovid, Astraea abandoned the
earth during the Iron Age. Fleeing from the new wickedness of humanity, she
ascended to heaven to become the constellation Virgo. The nearby
constellation Libra reflected her symbolic association with Dike, who in Latin
culture as Justitia is said to preside over the constellation. In the Tarot, the 8th
card, Justice, with a figure of Justitia, can thus be considered related to the figure
of Astraea on historical iconographic grounds.
According to myth, Astraea will one day come back to Earth, bringing with her the
return of the utopian Golden Age of which she was the ambassador.

Gothorita in Unovan horoscope represents Virgo and fits a theme of "ascension",

since it evolves into the Astral Body. And Bulbapedia says that its body shape
slightly resembles a Libra sign. As for the "justice" part, it can be connected with
Gothitelle’s Pokedex entry in Shield version.

What kind of energy Gothorita absorbs?

Aether

According to ancient and medieval science, aether (/ˈiːθər/, alternative spellings

include æther, aither, and ether), also known as the fifth
element or quintessence, is the material that fills the region of
the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere. The concept of aether was used in
several theories to explain several natural phenomena, such as the traveling of
light and gravity.

Maybe that's why Gothorita gained the ability to levitate upon evolving?

In the late 19th century, physicists postulated that aether permeated all
throughout space, providing a medium through which light could travel in
a vacuum, but evidence for the presence of such a medium was not found in
the Michelson–Morley experiment, and this result has been interpreted as
meaning that no such luminiferous aether exists.

The word αἰθήρ (aithḗr) in Homeric Greek means "pure, fresh air" or "clear
sky". In Greek mythology, it was thought to be the pure essence that the gods
breathed, filling the space where they lived, analogous to the air breathed by
mortals. It is also personified as a deity, Aether, the son of Erebus and Nyx in
traditional Greek mythology.

In Plato's Timaeus (58d) speaking about air, Plato mentions that "there is the
most translucent kind which is called by the name of aether (αἰθήρ)" but
otherwise he adopted the classical system of four elements. Aristotle, who had
been Plato's student at the Academy, agreed on this point with his former
mentor, emphasizing additionally that fire has sometimes been mistaken for
aether. However, in his Book On the Heavens he introduced a new "first" element
to the system of the classical elements of Ionian philosophy. He noted that the
four terrestrial classical elements were subject to change and naturally moved
linearly. The first element however, located in the celestial regions and heavenly
bodies, moved circularly and had none of the qualities the terrestrial classical
elements had. It was neither hot nor cold, neither wet nor dry. With this addition
the system of elements was extended to five and later commentators started
referring to the new first one as the fifth and also called it aether, a word that
Aristotle had not used.

Aether differed from the four terrestrial elements; it was incapable of motion of
quality or motion of quantity. Aether was only capable of local motion. Aether
naturally moved in circles, and had no contrary, or unnatural, motion. Aristotle
also noted that celestial spheres made of aether held the stars and planets. The
idea of aethereal spheres moving with natural circular motion led to Aristotle's
explanation of the observed orbits of stars and planets in perfectly circular
motion.

To further connect it with other inspiration, Chakras translates from Sanskrit as

"circle" or "wheel".

Medieval scholastic philosophers granted aether changes of density, in which the

bodies of the planets were considered to be more dense than the medium which
filled the rest of the universe.

Quintessence (𝓠) is the Latinate name of the fifth element used by medieval
alchemists for a medium similar or identical to that thought to make up the
heavenly bodies. It was noted that there was very little presence of quintessence
within the terrestrial sphere. Due to the low presence of quintessence, earth
could be affected by what takes place within the heavenly bodies. This theory was
developed in the 14th century text The testament of Lullius, attributed to Ramon
Llull. The use of quintessence became popular within medieval alchemy.
Quintessence stemmed from the medieval elemental system, which consisted of
the four classical elements, and aether, or quintessence, in addition to two
chemical elements representing metals: sulphur, "the stone which burns", which
characterized the principle of combustibility, and mercury, which contained the
idealized principle of metallic properties.
This elemental system spread rapidly throughout all of Europe and became
popular with alchemists, especially in medicinal alchemy. Medicinal alchemy then
sought to isolate quintessence and incorporate it within medicine and elixirs. Due
to quintessence's pure and heavenly quality, it was thought that through
consumption one may rid oneself of any impurities or illnesses. In The book of
Quintessence, a 15th-century English translation of a continental text,
quintessence was used as a medicine for many of man's illnesses. A process given
for the creation of quintessence is distillation of alcohol seven times. Over the
years, the term quintessence has become synonymous with elixirs,
medicinal alchemy, and the philosopher's stone itself.
Why Gothitelle and Reuniclus are counterparts?

They are both version exclusive, mono-Psychic types, have the same base
experience and catch rates, gain new moves at similar levels and have base stat
totals of 490.
And they actually have deeper reasons why.

The connection between astrology and alchemy has its genesis in the fifth and
fourth century BC, in the philosophies of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and the
metallurgical skills of the ancient Egyptians. The meaning and structure of
alchemy were summarised in the “Emerald Tablet" and presented as a revelation
to Hermes Trismegistus the supposed author of “the Corpus Hermeticum”.

Astrology and alchemy are in essence looking at the same thing functioning on
different levels or different realms. To put it simply astrology deals with the
celestial realm and alchemy with the sub-terrestrial realm of the same thing;
the movement and manifestation of spirit.

The purpose of alchemy and astrology is to purify and align the soul/body in order
that spirit can be wholly reflected through its embodiment in matter.

Throughout alchemical texts are found astrological references and symbols. It is

evident by this that both are related and an understanding of one would help to
understand the other. Both traditions come from the same source that at its
heart understood the world to be interconnected and united, imbued with
conscious intelligence that manifested in various forms.

Astrology interprets the meaning of the planets and zodiac, alchemy interprets
the meaning of the elements and metals. The planets are embodied intelligence;
the metals are intelligent bodies. While the metals were generated in the womb
of the earth they are essentially under the influence of the seven planets.

In short, astrology and alchemy are deeply connected with each other.

Even their designs are opposite to each other. Gothitelle - the Astral Body of
Astrology, is feminine, fully shaped humanoid.
While Reuniclus – the Homunculus of Alchemy, is masculine, more animalistic
blob.
Reuniclus is masculine because it prefers physical strength and have big arms.

Notes and speculations

● Gothita's body somewhat resembles a Mercury sign.

In alchemy mercury (which is also one of the seven planetary metals) can mean
both the element and the planet. In either case, this alchemy symbol represents
the mind, as well as a state that could transcend death. In ancient times, mercury
was known as quicksilver, and it was believed to be able to shift between liquid
and solid states. Therefore, in alchemy, mercury was believed to shift between
life and death.

Mercury is often represented by a serpent/snake, and its symbol is said to

resemble a cosmic womb. Mercury is also sometimes said to represent the
passive female principle, as well as wetness and cold. You can see the standard
“female” sign within its symbol.

And in astrology, Mercury is the ruling planet of Virgo.

 ● Gothitelle's head looks similar to a Khakkhara staff. A staff that Buddhists
use.

● There can be a symbolic reason why Gothitelle’s line have bows.

Since this Pokémon line is nocturnal (can be a reason why this line is mostly black,
a little bit of Darwinism right here) and uses starLIGHT as a source of power I
thought about moths.

The moth symbolizes rebirth, change, transformation, resurrection, and the

power of regeneration in Native American mythology.

In fact, butterflies and moths both hold a significant position in the Native
American culture. Many tribes like the Hopi used these insects, their dance, and
their figures on their pottery. For the Blackfoot people, these winged insects
represent sleep, dreams, and souls of the dead.

● The Gothita line can also be inspired by Marley - a female character from
Gen 4 games, who wears a Gothic Lolita dress, have bedroom blue eyes and
ribbon on the side of head.
● A humanoid and feminine appearance of this line can be justified by the
fact that basically all of its inspirations are only related to feminine
humans.

● Most Pokedex entries mention that Gothitelle can predict the future from
the movements of the stars specifically. Which even more connects with
Aether's description, because it is said that Aether is what moves stars and
planets.

● Olympia can possibly be inspired by Gothitelle because they have many

similarities.
● Gothitelle’s bedroom eyes may also reference a common method of astral
projection which is dreaming. And the entire Gothita line has many
connections with dreams. Especially after the fact, that eyes are closing
more each evolutionary stage.

● According to the description of Enigma Berry, it is said that it possesses a

power of stars that fills the night sky. Also it has a somewhat black and
white coloration. What an odd coincidence.

● A black dress of Gothitelle may remind some popular depictions of witches.

Especially after Gothorita being called Witch of Punishment in Sword’s
Pokedex entry.

● An odd coincidence, but in PLA you can speak with Arceus in Daybreak
Update when you're asleep in a starry plane. This can be possibly
connected with some inspirations that Gothitelle have (with Clairvoyance
being a gift from God, whole "ascension" theme, astral phenomena, etc.).

● In Japanese, Gothitelle have category てんたいポケモン “Heavenly Body

Pokémon”, which can mean an astronomical object or may allude to fact
that Gothitelle is spiritual being of Heaven.
● A possible reason why Gothorita kidnaps sleeping children on starry nights
specifically is because it tries to learn astral phenomena. Which adds more
lore to this line.

● A teardrop head shape is a reference to the fact that Gothitelle cries over a
Trainer's death.

● Five bows attached to Gothitelle’s body may also reference five elements in
Chinese astrology and five classical elements. If discs on wrists are counted,
it may reference a seven planetary heavens. Five ribbons will represent
planets and two discs on wrists will be Sun and Moon.

● A thick (most importantly disconnected) lips on Gothita line is reminiscent

of Western depictions of women, since they originate in New York inspired
Unova. Also a face expression could be reminiscent of common depictions
of goth girls in the media.

● A black and white coloration may allude to Taoism, specifically to Yin &
Yang which fits with subtle body description and with a whole theme of
Gen 5.

● The part under Gothitelle’s dress looks like a drawers - an underwear,

typically worn under dresses in 1800s. They even somewhat look puffy like
Gothitelle’s uhh… Also Gothitelle have naked feet, because drawers are not
fully covering legs.
● Vladimir Nabokov is a Russian-American novelist who wrote "Lolita". The
fact that he's Russian that moved to the USA can be connected with Helena
Blavatsky (who co-founded Theosophical Society in USA), making a clearer
connection between Gothic Lolita and astral phenomena inspirations.

● A discs on Gothitelle's head could be just a reference to fancy hairstyles,

but it also looks like a magnetic field that planets and stars have.

I noticed that they also look like ribbons. Hm.

 ● Gothitelle’s cry sounds very different from a previous form because it
became an Astral Body. This is especially notable with a whole theme of
"ascension" or "rebirth", that inspirations have.

● In German, Gothitelle is called Morbitesse. That's it.

● An Elite Four Caitlin's sleeping trait and design of rooms in Pokémon League
fits thematically with Gothitelle - her, at least previous, ace.

Theories

1) A criminal from a Pokedéx entry.

Gothitelle's Shield Pokedex entry says:

"A criminal who was shown his fate by a Gothitelle went missing that same day
and was never seen again."

It previous form, Gothorita, already had a kidnapping behaviour mentioned in

three different Pokedex entries so, as a Gothitelle it now preys on criminals or at
least on bad people? (like a Ghost rider?).

And the only NPC that have Gothitelle in entire Pokémon Sword and Shield is
actually a PoliceOfficer in Pokecamp on Route 9. Oddly, Gothitelle to me feels out
of place on his team, because all other Pokémon are canine-like Pokémon (A type
of Pokémon that PoliceOfficer typically use), so why PoliceOfficer need a goth girl
on a team?

This can be connected with Gothitelle’s Pokedex entry. So, I came up with one
possibility. PoliceOfficer actually saw, what Gothitelle did to criminal that
described in Pokedex entry, documented it, and after that added Gothitelle to his
team, maybe to assist him in his duty. What makes it even more sensical is that
Gothitelle is actually in a last slot on PoliceOfficer's team. So, there's that.

2) Stars are reborn Gothitelle's.

In Japanese, Gothitelle have category てんたいポケモン “Heavenly Body

Pokémon”. Heavenly Body means an astrological object in space, such as stars,
planets etc. In Western traditions - Astral Body or subtle body is called the "Body
of light". Gothorita uses starLIGHT as a source of power and Shield's Pokédex
states that it has a link with the universe.

With the whole theme of ascension that the Gothita line has, I think that when
Gothitelle dies, it becomes a star to give off its light to the next generation of
Gothorita. And the cycle continues.

You may ask, why Gothitelle is turning into a star, when there's other Pokémon
that are straight up stars, such as Cleffa and Staryu family? Well, Cleffa is a single
one in its line, that connects with stars, the others are related to the Moon, which
is really weird. The Staryu family are just aliens that have star-shaped bodies.

3) Connection with Arceus.

In my research, I figured out what kind of power Gothita have mentioned several
times in Pokedex entries, and that's clairvoyance. Clairvoyance is believed to be a
kind of a gift from God to Christian saints, according to Christianity. In Jainism,
clairvoyance is regarded as one of the five kinds of knowledge. The beings of hell
and heaven (devas) are said to possess clairvoyance by birth.

And according to the description of the Astral plane, it is the world of the celestial
spheres, crossed by the soul in its astral body on the way to being born and after
death, and is generally believed to be populated by angels, spirits or other
immaterial beings.

As we know, Gothorita actually uses Aether specifically as a powersource. In

Greek mythology, it was thought to be the pure essence that the gods breathed,
filling the space where they lived, analogous to the air breathed by mortals.
Arceus created an entire universe, so it will make sense that space or stars will
have some presence of its power (it further connects with previous theory). And
most importantly in Legends game, in Daybreak Update, you can speak with
Arceus when you're asleep in a weird realm with a starry sky. Like, it's straight up
an astral projection. And as we know, Gothitelle is called "Astral Body Pokémon".
Actually it can be even further supported by Gothita's Japanese name and
Gothorita's behavior of kidnapping sleeping children on starry nights specifically.

Maybe that's why Gothorita uses sleeping children? Because it tries to

communicate with Arceus? So it marks stars with float stones because it wants to
find a way to God? And after it succeeds, as Gothitelle it brings now a Judgment
upon criminals, just like God would do? Hm.

Fun facts

● Gothitelle’s design in 2d sucks. It's just godawful. Proportions are wrong.

Literally every bows on Gothitelle's body have different forms and sizes. A
dress looks wrong in comparison to a 3d model. Nearly everything is wrong
 about this design. No wonder that people hate Gothitelle, when this is the
first expression of it. Why did Ken Sugimori done this?

Even Creatures Inc. realized how awful Gothitelle’s design is, so they fixed it. Now
in 3d it looks a lot better. A single example in the Pokémon franchise when a 3d
model looks a lot better than 2d Artwork.

● Gothorita couldn’t learn Hypnosis until Gen 8, despite Pokedex entries.

● Olympia, despite being a female Psychic type Gym leader with a heavy
theme of astrology, did not have Gothitelle in her team.

● Even though Caitlin replaced Gothitelle with Reuniclus in Pokémon

Masters, she still mentions it.

"When I couldn't fall asleep at night, my Gothitelle used to use her

mysterious powers to create beautiful starry skies for me."

"It was like having my own planetarium in my bedroom... Such precious

memories."

"Every moment I'm with my Pokémon is another beautiful memory. I gain

more and more of them each day."

"I think we overdid it a little bit that night we created enough starry sky to
cover the largest room in the manor."
 "My butler smiled when he saw it, but I'm quite sure he was shocked by the
entire matter."

"Gothitelle and I immediately returned the room to its previous state, but
that was sort of fun in a way, too."

● According to Sword’s Pokedex entry, Gothita are considered to be baby.

And yet it still can breed.

● When Gothita uses a Special Attack, its eye pupils spread. Each evolution
they’re spreading even more. And they also close more each stage.

My interpretation of Gothitelle lore

Gothita, a little girl that has clairvoyance from her very birth, wants to find an
answer. Why does she see the events and people that are distant in time and
space? Why did she get this power? Where does it come from? This has not yet
been explained.

As Gothorita, she finds out that her source of power is the light of the stars. So
she begins her studies. She starts to use sleeping children on starry nights and
mark the stars with float stones to learn more about astral phenomena and how
to travel through the stars.
And then, she evolves into Gothitelle. As Astral Body, she finally became a part of
the universe. Now she can use the stars to see the future. Even though Gothitelle
saw a Trainer's lifespan, she will live with him a full life, until the end. When
nothing will be left, she'll meet her own death. After that, she will travel through
the stars, to see her Creator and then be reborn as a star.