>>32661903Not a Primarina picker, but this is legit enough I figure as a not-seal chooser I'd weigh in. I'm absolutely not intending to insult the seal fanbase itself nor insult the seal (or any other starter) for the record saying my bit here.
All the starters have GOOD overall designs despite what false-flaggers will tell you, which makes the bad bits they do have stand out more. To me Primarina's issue is too many accessories and extra bits - the star headphones and spikes, for example. That pic from the other thread where they took out the stars/spikes really streamlined it in a good way, IMO.
Proportions-wise every starter has an issue this gen, but at the same time, who gives a shit, it's Pokemon? Incineroar's are either thin wrists/sausage-fingers, Primarina's got the stupid-thin neck and upper arms, Decidueye has weird flat fingers that magically end in weird flat fingernails. But by now the proportions whining is a meme: actual tigers are buff/bulky (which /vp/ doesn't like to think about) and get huge hands/fingers, actual sea lions have huge flippers and long snouts (which /vp/ doesn't like to think about), some owls have obvious fingers and feather bulges like a hood (which /vp/ would flip out learning about). Game Freak just exaggerated these for pokemon and so many /vp/ posters have lost their sense of imagination they'll settle for nothing less than my mom's X at this point. I just tune out proportions-talk by now.
Basically I think people are just worried that starters are becoming too human in ACTIONS if not design. But I can see Primarina swimming through the deep sea, Incineroar running on all fours, Decidueye flying through a forest just fine and they're all still animals at heart still evoking what you'd imagine a gracefully-swimming sea lion, ferocious tiger, and collected owl to be.
