>>30027131Allow me to shed some light on this situation.
One part was that they expected something more snail-like, and they built up this idea that didn't match with what they expected. See: Ballio instead of Primarina.
Another part was that one troll that thought it should have a specific gender. It was a troll that people kept feeding, yada yada.
I do feel that its design is more feminine than masculine, but that's personal preference, and isn't overly feminine like say...Jynx.And the third part is that some pokephiles find it attractive for being so chubby, so it gets the ire of the anti-pokephiles. Same people that constantly complain about Gardevoir, but with enough of the previous ammunition to try and make a point.
Overall, I think the issue is "Some people had expectations that weren't met, and a troll made things bad."
Though most of the hate is mostly vocal minority sort of schtick, as is with most of /vp/.
Fuck the spam sensors, this took a lot of editing to get it to go through 
