>>27731002I can explain, seeing as I'm the one that kinda pushed it.
LilOP made a thread on accident of Lilfella, a 40 second fakemon that was supposed to be posted in another thread. He asked for his accidental thread to be ignored. I asked if I could make a sprite of Lilfella. Someone responded with basically "do it", and so I did, then created an evolution for it based off of the second name LilOP gave in the description, that being Bigfella. Then, I created Biggerfella. It took off from there. Someone created Goodfella. Many other fellas were made. Everyone loves the little nugget-- So do I. LilOP unknowingly (until now) created something cute and lovable out of 40 seconds of his time and an accidental post. It's just all in fun and adorable because it's so simple. It's easy for anyone to draw. Easy for anyone to take over and give personality to it (such as Drawfella, with their cute depictions of Lilfella and crew). Side lore was made by others, namely Shirp, his rival. It's so easy to add to this simple mon that he's just been well received. Hope that explains it, anon.