>>29392407>I enjoy feebas' design a lot more knowing that they made it ugly on purpose to juxtapose its evolution and tell an ugly duckling story.This is a perfect example showing why OP is right in theory but wrong in practice.
Judging a design should have multiple factors. There's multiple ways to judge a Pokemon, and deciding one in the line is shit because of its line is wrong. But at the same time, it can lose points for not making sense in context.
By the same virtue, a design in an excellent line can also be good by its own design, and only be made better by its evolutions.
Sorry if there's any errors, I'm watching TV as I type this and haven't been watching my typing aside from the occasional glance.