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Yeah well they're kinda stuck-up jerks who think they're incapable of being in the wrong. The ones he's interacted with aren't exactly worth being on their side. Regi? Shared enemy and Mew got abducted, so even though he didn't care about helping anyone but himself, Alex could work with him. Xerneas? Just generally rude. If impaled on the horns, would bleed on them extra hard just to make it a pain to get rid of the blood.

Mew was somewhat more reasonable, even though she didn't like Alex at all. She was trapped and stayed loyal to her closest friend, Alex can respect that. Diancie... I don't really remember much other than that she ran a flower shop or something? She seemed less stuck-up, she's alright.

The only other 'god' that I think Alex has interacted with is the Spark? And hooh boy, Alex hates the spark, but that's because he can't work out what it's thinking, can't get any read on its behaviour. He can't manipulate that. The others he's careless with, but he felt like he had a shot at influencing things (For example, he thought that he might be able to push Regigigas into taking action, or with Xerneas he could twist the situation to keep Luna from being beaten down so much. Those may not have been entirely realistic thoughts, or wise ones, but there was a chance). The Spark he's got nothing on. He doesn't understand what its goals are or anything. And that makes him uncomfortable.

He's not hostile to the Spark though, despite his dislike, because everything points to it sticking to the deals it makes, and has to be upfront with said deals. He can trust that. And because of that, he can accept its interference. If it provides the team with something, it's not going to call the debt for that. It's definitely getting some benefit, and he doesn't know what that is, but it's not something he's obligated to go with.

I do like to think that there would be other gods he can get along with. The woman that met us outside of the tower before leaving because of Regi was hinted to be a god, and Alex probably would have had more rapport with her because she actually cared about the people, she was opposed to how the tower was used. The impression was one that seemed reliable.

Alternately, there would probably be some that he was iffy on. If, for example, Darkrai turned out to be a manipulative spinster (I'm pulling from what I imagine he'd be, no clue what you'd have done), Alex would have been on the fence with him. Because that's what Alex is too. Or it's what I wanted him to be, but I wasn't really good at playing that role, I think. Anyway, which of them is manipulating the other? Almost certainly Darkrai - he'd have centuries of experience over the kid - but that uncertainty would tilt Alex a bit. Or maybe they would have hit it off and been amazing friends because they're kindred spirits, who knows.

Onto a tangent based on that last paragraph... I don't really like how Alex's character turned out. I do like that he just takes no gaff. He could face down a god of death and tell it to shape up without flinching. But it's just not what I pictured with him. He should have been more tricksy. He should have taken that first encounter with Xerneas and kept his cool, fawned over the "Lord of Life," and tried to twist the conversation subtly away from Luna's failings to her successes, to the good she had wrought. He should have interacted with various obstacles so that he could turn them into boons. I don't expect to have been successful with it most of the time, but that should have been the goal, rather than... Petulant child.

Like, I had a backup plan in case Alex fell off one too many cliffs (Literally, with how he went). And that backup plan was just a much more straight-forward character design; "Do I get to wrestle you? If yes, you're a friend now. If no, you may be an enemy. If you are, I'm stabbing you thirty-seven times in the chest." He would have naturally developed more personality, but I can at least say that I know for sure his first reaction to meeting any god would be to request a wrestling match. And I like that certainty.

Of course, Alex was too much of a badass (And Mort too generous a DM) for that to actually come into play. So I'll save the plan for future TTRPGs.