I dont see it, the only throughline is colour.
It doesnt make a lot of sense for two stages of dragonites line to be all gentle and serene, only to end up angry and violent.
Whereas the helpless magikarp becoming the terrifing and powerful gyarados has narrative symmetry.




To the christian mind abuse is love. That is the example the bible gives, where the perfectly loving god is a symbol of fear, wrath and eternal torment.