>>48543564God fucking damn I'm tired of nitwits asking this for nearly 2 decades.
>why is it not bugBecause it is not a FUCKING insect. You people need to learn the difference between something being inspired by a given thing, verses literally BEING that fucking thing. It is not the same.
Flygon's thing is not to BE an antlion, it is based on the pun of their sand dragon nickname, taken literally. Like if they designed a catfish and deliberately gave it cat-like traits per the pun. Does that make it a cat? No.
Flygon has draconic wings that EVOKE an elytra, it has lenses LIKE compound eyes, it has head adornments SIMILAR to antenna, okay, it is not a goddamn insect and neither is Trapinch imo. Flygon is a sand dragon taken literally. Yea Vibrava probably is an insect but they wouldn't add Bug and then take it away
>why is it dragonIt is one, and the entire point of its design from the very beginning was that it was created to be an actual sand dragon...dragon.
>why is it ground typeGee I dunno, maybe literally everything about it?
>associated extremely heavily with sand>found originally on a constantly sandstorming desert route>trapinch's entire fucking concept is that it digs those conical traps in the sand and hides underground, that's literally what area trap is. that's also what sand tomb is>flygon creates sandstorms as it flies>literally explicitly called 'the elemental spirit of the desert'You can't take away Ground from this evolution line, it is fundamental to their concept. And you can't take Dragon away from Flygon, that's literally what it is and was the whole point of its creation. Why should it be Bug? Why? Because its family is based on one? But it's NOT a bug, yea? So why would Bug take ANY precedent over Ground/Dragon on the SAND DRAGON?
Please STOP suggesting Flygon should be Bug Type endlessly for eternity, you are not intelligent. Learn critical thinking skills Jesus goddamn CHRIST. I am going mad.
