It's actually fairly evident if you look at it a certain way. Gallade and Gardevoir are an amalgamated embodiment of the tropes and motifs in a lot of European fairytales and faerie lore. Gardevoir is an enchantress and arguably a knight, whilst Gallade later clarified the 'knight' theme. Both are also elves; take a look at their ears and build.
In medieval and middle-age folk tales, an oft-recurring storyline is that of a mysterious woman captivating a knight with her inhuman perceptiveness of and control over his emotions -- or indeed vice-versa, of an 'outlandish knight' who lures away a young maiden with little other than his charm and promises. Often the human is led away into a forest or faraway land, where the enchantress reveals herself to be an elf or other variety of faerie, or this identity is discovered. That's what Gardevoir is. Gallade emphasises the trope of the just, honourable and godly knight. This is why Gardevoir has been retyped, and why I will not be surprised if Gallade becomes fairy/fighting; they are arguably the most 'fairy' pokemon of them all, due to the number of fairytale design elements they express.
I don't know why nobody except
>>13019336 seems to see this.
