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My problem is that many of them aren't "based on" objects, they ARE objects. Honedge IS a sword, Chingling IS a set of bells, Litwick IS a candle. For example, Chandelure had a great shape (central flaming body with tendrils and flames at their tips), but ruins it by being blatantly artificial.
I like to see creatures which could feasibly have developed naturally (with rare obvious exceptions like Porygon). I do appreciate that Japan is big on the whole "inanimate things come to life after a time", but that doesn't mean I like it or the results of it.
I just ignore the majority of such Pokémon, if I can't invent an alternative explanation for their appearance that comes from nature (e.g. Grimer is not literally sludge, it just secretes a lot of it).
