>>29803289>>29803785To be fair, not many people think the Pokemon game plots would be that clever since the games are usually formulaic to the point where fans are not mad when they aren't.
Adding to the fact that shape shifting Pokemon have been in the series to imitate humans, the idea of Lillie being a Tomato in a Mirror was feeling more and more like a possibility.
It's called "the principle of least damage." In order to soften the blow of being attached to the character, they didn't want to rule out the possibility of her not being human.
Also, this really isn't the first misconception of Pokemon fans had of a game before its release.
