>>34397597>but was there a lot of guesswork behind the next fire starter being a cat before/at the beginning of Gen 7's revealYep, because the original Japanese names were leaked, without the actual starters being revealed, so it led to a lot of speculation based on their names.
>From ニャー nyā, 火 hi (fire), and tabby>From 木 moku (wood) and 梟 fukurō (owl)>From 海驢 ashika (sea lion), 鞠 mari (ball), and marineAnd speculation often leads to artist interpretations like pic related.
