>>28216890Exactly. Although what you exactly described would be situations where we would interpret such animals as male when it's actually the complete opposite and they turn out female and yet, they look quite threatening in comparison. Several animal species have the female being much larger than the male. The animal kingdom is fucked up like that. Can't make sense out of that.
Although, yes, I might have assumed some starters to be either male or female, there's no denying it, it does happen, when you're given the idea that they can be both genders, it's easy enough to picture them either as male or as a female like so despite the odds.
And then, there's... Poppmaid. It might make some sort of sense, but as much as I'd like to try, it's really quite hard picturing it as a male despite the fact that I know there will be the possibility of obtaining it as a male and despite me knowing that shit shouldn't really matter. And although there are merman and male selkies in some vein, the mermaid/selkie concept is more largely known as female, which is why so many people have such a hard time associating it as a male and thus, like to deny it. Even the most feminine/masculine starter there was at this point hasn't had me scratching my head this much, even though I've been so subjected to feminine men tropes in anime/cartoon. I'm not sure if it's the silhouette not being all that in between or the extra accessories, but something is verging me here on my mind always drifting to the design being completely feminine even though I try my best picturing it as a male.
