[velencourte]

As usual I'm obsessing over Kuuga. This time, I was thinking about the Linto characters and writing all over Kuuga's body in its forms, which translates to a description of the form and what it does. However, I thought it was interesting that Ultimate lacks any of the writing except for glyphs on the back of its hands.

I've decided to make it my headcanon that the Linto characters are more than just descriptors, but also similar to binding spells (the Arcle is already sorta bio/magical, so I'm sure there's some spiritual/mystical stuff going on there). Ultimate's lack of writing implies that this is, for better or for worse, all of Kuuga's power unshackled and unleashed. (I like this idea because it also suggests Kuuga's normal forms are deliberately designed to a point, but also falters when you consider the Rising forms didn't exist yet have their own writing, unless this means the Arcle is somewhat sentient and added it on the spot...which I can kind of see?)

Back to the hands. The Rising forms feature the element they are based on, with Mighty/Dragon/Pegasus/Titan having the glyphs for Fire/Water/Air or Wind/Earth, and Amazing having the one for Lightning. However, Ultimate's appropriately has the word "Fight" inscribed on his fists. I think this could be taken as two ways: the obvious intent is that there's no other way to describe Ultimate beyond its function: the strongest warrior that lives only to fight, or with my own sealing headcanon in mind it's a representation of Godai actively keeping himself in check and sealing his own darkness away.

That's a lot of words for a design we don't see much!