Octavo's Crest Descent Theory

Once again, we have another theory from Octavo. It's his second crest theory, works out the "passing-down" of crests through the season, and is generally very interesting. :D

The basic idea is that while the crest-handing-down from Adventure 1 to Adventure 02 was very strangely handled, the alternative of fashioning 12 unique crests is rather daunting and rather defeats the uniqueness of each. To this purpose, I propose the following method for getting more mileage of the crests. Even if you're not feeling Crest-revisionistic, it's an interesting pattern I noticed. Here's the development:

First, I noticed (as it is trivial to notice) that Davis looks like Tai, TK looks like Matt, and Cody has a lot in common with Joe.

It occurred to me that this could be put into a table:

Tai    Davis
Matt   T.K.
Sora 
Izzy
Mimi 
Joe	Cody

And a table like that begs to be filled in; how convenient, we have 12 characters, and they fit very nicely. (I've always thought Ken was more a Crest of Knowledge than Cody was.)

Tai    Davis
Matt   T.K.
Sora   Kari
Izzy   Ken
Mimi   Yolei
Joe    Cody

Now, this fixes the Crest descent, if you're so inclined. But why not take it further? It's not quite so slick, but let's try to apply it to Tamers.

Tai    Davis   Takato
Matt   T.K.    Henry
Sora   Kari    Rika
Izzy   Ken 
Mimi   Yolei   Suzy
Joe    Cody

But this doesn't really make me very happy. As I noted in my other crest theory, I've always seen Takato as essentially Kindness. Also, Henry doesn't really seem to follow in the Friendship vein. To this end, I propose this change:

C: Tai     Davis
F: Matt    T.K. 
L: Sora    Kari    Rika
K: Izzy    Ken     Takato
P: Mimi    Yolei   Suzy
S: Joe     Cody    Henry

Much better, in my view. Let's add Ryo, Kazu, Kenta, and Jeri. Problem: That makes 8. We only have 6 slots. Therefore, let's expand to a second column.

C: Tai     Davis   Ryo
F: Matt    T.K.    Kazu
L: Sora    Kari    Rika    Kenta
K: Izzy    Ken     Takato  Jeri
P: Mimi    Yolei   Suzy
S: Joe     Cody    Henry

Yeah, Kenta's down for Love; so sue me, he's got a MarineAngemon. 'Nuff said.
Now, we still have four empty slots. If we want to fill them, we need Ai and Mako, but also Kai and Minami. Now, I haven't seen their movie, so I may get them wrong.

C: Tai     Davis   Ryo     Kai
F: Matt    T.K.    Kazu    Ai
L: Sora    Kari    Rika    Kenta
K: Izzy    Ken     Takato  Jeri
P: Mimi    Yolei   Suzy    Minami
S: Joe     Cody    Henry   Mako

I'm not too sure at present about Ai and Mako's placement, and it may be that Kai and Kazu should be switched. The theory, though, I feel is sound; now, when have you known me to stop halfway? On to Frontier!

C: Tai     Davis   Ryo     Kai     Takuya
F: Matt    T.K.    Kazu    Ai      Kouji
L: Sora    Kari    Rika    Kenta
K: Izzy    Ken     Takato  Jeri
P: Mimi    Yolei   Suzy    Minami  Zoe
S: Joe     Cody    Henry   Mako

Now, this one's tricky. Some of the characters are easy, fitting directly into a classic pattern. But some slots will be hard to fill, because of the short supply of girls. Tommy, too, is hard; I think I'll call him Knowledge.

C: Tai     Davis   Ryo     Kai     Takuya
F: Matt    T.K.    Kazu    Ai      Kouji
L: Sora    Kari    Rika    Kenta   Koichi
K: Izzy    Ken     Takato  Jeri    Tommy
P: Mimi    Yolei   Suzy    Minami  Zoe
S: Joe     Cody    Henry   Mako    J.P.

Finally, let's go through and make sure once more that they all make sense.
C-crest, aka Goggle Hero: Tai and Dai are freebies, as is Takuya. Ryo-Tamers is all heroey despite no goggles, and I'm led to believe that Kai would fit in well enough, too.
F-crest, Rival/Support: Matt and TK, and Kouji, are easy. Kazu fits in well, too, I think. Ai... well, maybe. Tamers has a surplus of girls.
L-crest, aka Love Interest: Sora, Kari, Rika free. Kenta - must I go on? Koichi - well, he's like Kenta without the little floaty angel-fishy-thing.
K-crest, Smart, Kind, but Sad: Izzy, Ken, easy. Tommy's smart enough, the computer kid. Takato is definitely Kindness, and you don't get much more tragic than Jeri in Digimon.
P-crest, aka Girly Girl: Pretty much all obvious. Zoe goes here rather than under Love, 'cause she reminds me of Yolei more than anyone else.
S-crest, The Reliable Other Guy: Joe, Cody easy. Henry fits better here than under Friendship, 'cause he's in no way like Matt. Mako, and then JP's a good Sincerity.

The writers clearly have patterns that transcend the seasons. I rather look forward to seeing how Savers plays out with this; expect to hear more when I know where Masaru and company go!