>>54326869In short, some Types
>most are not literally the thing (not literally made of fire, literally made of electricity, literally made of poison) most just have magic powers that CONTROL the thing, or generate it from their bodies>a small minority break this trend, and ARE literally the thing. Muk is literally made of poisonIn contrast, other Types, like Dark
>most ARE literally the thing (literally evil/underhanded, literally a dragon/bug/ghost/fairy)>but some, like Absol, break this trend by NOT being the thing but instead have magic powers related to the thing (supernatural ability to sense encroaching ill-fated or wicked events of great misfortune, where a lot of people are about to get hurt/killed)I know nothing like this is ever stated in the games, but you could also headcanon that Absol has typical Dark abilities like supernatural cleverness, underhandedness, relentlessness, or tricky sleight-of-hand, but instead of using these for evil deeds it uses these powers to help people. Like Batman. Absol is skilled at using evil powers, but he's using them explicitly for noble and heroic aims.
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