>>48891478Because it's 4chan and people are afraid of being labeled something that people made fun off 15 years ago. It's ingrained into this board's culture and still persists such as when /aco/ was created they banned like 75% of western cartoon material. Still people are going to think so when you see who they rank it up there with and even Pokemon acknowledging it's status along with Lopunny and Glaceon as shown here in an official scene in the anime:
>>48891212Anyone is free to think what they want, I've seen people say various characters like Rouge the Bat or even Ankha don't count but I don't think that's going to change people's mind. But I don't think it's Gardefags in general, from what I've seen it's weebs who jacked off to an off-model pics and get butthurt over being called that, most Gardefags like other Pokemon and most Pokefuckers have a high opinion of it along with the SSS and S tier.
