>>55900559Weirdly I've always had a pretty strong dislike for Dartrix, down there with Prinplup and Grotle for me, but liked Decidueye almost instantly (except for the arms which are too tube like and also the hands are not how bird hands work).
I was definitely at least a little in denial of the leaked images (until Mallow reveal) if only because I had been on the Litten train and what was revealed to me was the worst final starter evolution yet shown (albeit now It's only third worst thanks to the next two generations of water starter).
Obviously at the time we could still be in denial about anthro starters, like perhaps gen 6 was just a one-off fluke.