Honestly, I feel you can prune some out of Gen 1 (do we really need Voltorb? What the fuck is Tangela? Why is Lickitung?) and add a bunch of the good ones from later, and have a core of maybe like 200-250 really solid pokemon
tangela is a swamp monster. drawing on medusa as a reference point.
lickitung is a mix of a lungless salamander and a yokai. honestly most of the pokemon have references to yokai, so to what is stupid or illogical to us makes more sense if you know this background.
I actually think voltorb is a great idea for a pokemon. the idea of monsters/spirits disguised as something else ... idk i think that's neat.
I actually think voltorb is a great idea for a pokemon. the idea of monsters/spirits disguised as something else … idk i think that’s neat.
I actually agree, but it bothers me when people don't apply this same logic to the later gens. Like, a lot of peoples' only response to Gen 5 is "lol ice cream cone", and that feels like a double standard
Honestly, I feel you can prune some out of Gen 1 (do we really need Voltorb? What the fuck is Tangela? Why is Lickitung?) and add a bunch of the good ones from later, and have a core of maybe like 200-250 really solid pokemon
tangela is a swamp monster. drawing on medusa as a reference point.
lickitung is a mix of a lungless salamander and a yokai. honestly most of the pokemon have references to yokai, so to what is stupid or illogical to us makes more sense if you know this background.
I actually think voltorb is a great idea for a pokemon. the idea of monsters/spirits disguised as something else ... idk i think that's neat.
I actually agree, but it bothers me when people don't apply this same logic to the later gens. Like, a lot of peoples' only response to Gen 5 is "lol ice cream cone", and that feels like a double standard
All of those are good, we need to cut Seel. It's so bad that nobody even remembers it for these Bad Pokemon lists.
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It only just occurred to me that the feminine-looking pokemon that happens to be 90% male, is also the trans flag colors
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