>>20383130Because, unlike most pokemon that "are just things", this thing doesn't have an excuse for it.
>Klefki is just keys.False, although the head is shaped kind of like a key, the keys aren't even a part of it. It's a mischievous creature that steals keys from people. It has Prankster as an ability supporting that image. It almost looks like something you'd see from Miyazaki.
>Honedge is just a sword.Possessed by a ghost that will drain that will drain the soul of whoever tries to wield it. Which applies to most ghost pokemon that "are just things": not a lot of complexity to it, but hey at least they have an explanation to their theme.
>Grimer is just a pile of shit.A wave of toxic waste somehow becoming alive? I could see that happening, it's happened in many other examples in media.
>Exeggcute is just a bunch of eggs.Not much to say there but at least it has psychic as a type, which gives the notion that they work as some sort of hivemind. Not much, but again, at least it's something that they have going for them.
And so on.
But this shit?
It's just an ice cream (oh, excuse me, an icicle with snow accumulated on top of it) with a face, that fuck if I know why hovers around. No explanation or logical theme to it whatsoever.
It's just an exceedingly lazy design, as if the guy saw the menu in an ice cream stand, saw the different sizes and said "Well that's an evolution line if I've ever seen one, I'm adding it to the game, no need to put any design into this. Okay maybe giving it a face couldn't hurt". It's almost insulting.
I could maybe perhaps take it if it was like an ice spirit originated from the soul of a kid that froze in the mountains or something of the sort and even though that sounds stupid as all fucks, at least it would explain why it exists and why it levitates. But no, it's just a sundae with a face doodled on it.
The only thing I could forgive in that line is Vanillite. It's too cute to be hated. 
