>>58509849Anon. GF and Pokemon in general are NOT subtle about what their inspirations are. You aren't supposed to think this much, because their designs are self evident. Gardevoir is princess, end of story
>>58510475>She's not supposed to be masculine.Being a knight effectively means being a solider or warrior, which is something thought of being male roles, and thus are masculine
>There's nothing princessy about her.Yes, clearly there's nothing princess-y about her being protective, her soft feminine features, the fact it looks like she's wearing a dress. and prevolution being a ballerina, which most ballets being about traditional fariy tales, the most famous of which being about a princess.
No, nothing princess-y about her at all. Clearly knight is what every piece of offical art is going for