>>45427084>>45427101People keep saying it's Fairy because the Japanese have a thing for moon rabbits, and Fairy seemed to have an intentional connection to the moon when it first came out. But realistically I'm not sure it's intentional, it feels loose and seems like a stretch.
It could actually be that they just wanted to change its Typing to make this particular Pokémon more relevant, or for some lore reason or pun no one's really picked up on.
>>45427103They did a really good job with making Pokémon's quintessential mermaid into something fairly unique and non-derivative.