>>57695927The RPG classes set the roles, Game Freak then specifically went and adjusted them to fit within their series. She's the Mage of the trio, but not a witch, because that's a Western archetype and wholly different to what she eventually became, with her 'dex entries proving that, by highlighting her battle prowess and her relationship to divination.
The whole concept of a witch is a (usually) female who practices magic with intent to harm or bewitch with dark intent. there's nothing "witchy" about Delphox, save being adjacent to the practice of Witchcraft, by being a sorcer(ess) and by being innately female, per Game Freak's presentation. Can you motherfuckers have the decency to concede Pokémon is Japanese, thus doesn't slavishly copy Western tropes or ideals the way Western creators do continuously, even if they draw inspiration from them?
