>>12359723Scientific proof isn't relevant to this discussion. All we have is evidence and there's a lot more evidence pointing toward a fairy type than against it.
- A poison attack was shown to be SE against sylveon, and since it's clearly not grass-type, it must be a new type altogether.
- In all languages, sylveon's name refers to fairies.
2+2=4. There's going to be a new fairy type. Or perhaps just like how "evil type" became dark type when translated to english, fairy might be changed as well, but it's still the same thing. It might be called mythical/mythic/myth type or sprite type or fable type or magic type, whatever. These are all just words referring to the same thing, in this sense.