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>gardevoir is only claimed to be furry solely because it is a pokemon, despite it having no animal-like features
Sure, in-world, Pokemon are seen as pets. But when taken out of context (as you should, taking pride in fucking your pets is awful), Gardevoir is just a xeno humanoid with no animal-like features, which you couldn't say about most other Pokemon. A character being furry or not is and always was case-by-case, rather than being lumped into a collective whole.
Not saying it isn't degenerate, because it is. But it definitely isn't furry.