>>39951894Why is it so hard to understand that both concepts - sinister 'darkness' and 'literal' darkness - are combined to make the Dark type? Are we pretending that the night is not associated with sinister/malicious things and vice versa?
Take Cacturne for example: "If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, CACTURNE will follow in a ragtag group. The POKéMON are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving."
Many dark type Pokemon are like this: they reference the sinister nature of nocturnal animals usually with implied evil intent.