Alomomola did not evolve from Luvdisc, although the two species are distantly related, but the first Hoenn residents to reach Unova did in fact mistake it for an evolution – and given that Alomomola are significantly stronger in many ways, many Luvdisc trainers even today have been disappointed to learn of this significantly more distant relationship. However, the two swiftly became associated in the popular consciousness, and through this process Alomomola have often been associated with the power of love.
Alomomola lack many of the qualities, such as the ability to reawaken memories, which have seen Luvdisc associated with love, but make up for it with a power of their own. In open ocean, where pokemon centers are rare, it is not Chansey or Audino but Alomomola who are considered the go-to healers – and rather than holding to a certain office, these pokemon constantly search the ocean for the injured. Once they find someone – person or pokemon - in need of healing, they wrap them in a healing membrane, and if they are land pokemon will swim long distances to carry them to shore. The individuals healed by these pokemon find themselves not only eased of their immediate wounds, but often have also been cured of long-term illnesses, and emerge with renewed happiness in themselves and a strong belief, in spite of any evidence to the contrary, in the fundamental goodness of the world.
For this reason, Alomomola are compared not to love in the abstract, but a specific kind of love; that which heals despair and reawakens an optimistic worldview. Humans who seek to emulate these pokemon typically have deep feelings for an individual who is morose in temperament, or has been badly hurt in the past, and seek to teach them to trust humanity again.