I just love the parallels between the teams and their bird, like in the original game red/blue, you had to wait until nearly the end of the game on victory road where only trainers who’ve braved all the gyms can walk, to find Moltres the fire bird, and that is Valor.
And to find Articuno, you had to push boulders around and through complex portals in a mysterious island cave to create a water current that would lead you to the ice bird, that’s Mystic.
And then there is Zapdos, who if you just walk around the power plant and explore a bit is just chillin’ in the back like “sup”. That’s Instinct.