>>22498736Pokemon are clearly different in nature to real life animals, I agree, but they're still generally portrayed as more like animals than beings of equal or greater intelligence/sapience than humans. The parallels with Pokemon in the Pokemon world and real animals are clear - people can train them, have them as pets or work with them (hell that's how they're introduced in every game even).
Which goes back to the OPs point. Gardevoir is a Pokemon, Pokemon have direct correlations to real animals even if Gardevoir itself does not, and thus people are likely to call it "furry".
>>22498755Alakazam is a special case and you know it. And regardless, Alakazam being intelligent doesn't relate directly to OPs question of why Gardevoir is considered "furry".
