Talk:Master Ceadeus 27 Rathian and Rathalos Subs Theory/@comment-4212769-20140626100123/@comment-5448890-20140702213317

Whether or not my argument is invalid is of no consequence to me. Maybe I'm stubborn, but I'm not accepting mutations as a solution. I don't care what Capcom said. And yes, I'm going to write another wall of text explaining every possible possibility, because this is getting to be pretty annoying--an argument that isn't going anywhere.

First off, the thing about color-changing-when-moving-etc.

Rathalos differ according to area. Same species, but when young Rathalos are born, their color is red. It remains red until it moves, or until it is older.

Azures in the Volcano are the result of having grown up in the Volcano and being older. Do remember that my theory of color changing can result from three things: age, water, OR movement. Furthermore, if we're going to assume that only the water we can access is available to monsters as well, that pretty much trumps the theory that any creature in Monster Hunter is actually a biological aspect of the environment, because obviously Lagiacrus, for example, needs a lot of water for itself. Despite the fact that we ourselves can only reach water (presumably the very edge of a sea, delta, or swamp) in maybe two areas, there's many other rivers and puddles in the Misty Peaks, and you can tell just by looking that there's quite a bit of water outside the mountains.

And there are actually several things that can make hormones be released: in humans, age will do it... In other species, I'm certain there are certain triggering aspects. I'm not saying the hormones released literally change the species, the genes, or any genetic or nucleic material; rather, they simply cause a new pigment (that for some reason is blue) to appear in the scales. A slight mutation, yes, but not in the sense you're thinking of.

As far as your question goes--I know I already tried to answer it, but--the reason Rathalos doesn't change color upon going to the Deserted Island could be a number of reasons. For one, Rathalos born they are the default color of Red. If a Rathalos moved from the Volcano to the D. Island, because they're so far (in my mind, you may have seen maps i've drawn that depict the Volcano quite far away from D.Isle) and because they would have to fight more and different kinds of monsters, they would almost certainly turn Blue because of the struggle. If a young Rathalos moved before he was old enough to have fought many things or gotten used to the ways of his previous home, he probably wouldn't change color. It's the same thing for Rathian.