>>35185196Yeah, this pretty much kills the design for me.
>Even if the person ends up adjusting and getting used to the design enough to want a male and not feeling bothered by it (some people even see it more as male than female, it happens, I've seen it), those who want it female have to tolerate the fact it's got a shit 87.5% to 12.5% ratio of male versus female much like any other starter, so if you're not the kind of person who has enough autism to soft reset for a female Popplio because of """autism""", chances are, you'll wind up with a male Popplio regardless unless you're lucky enough to wind up with a freaking female, unless that's not what you asked for to begin with, making getting a female one a longer task than it should for those who want it female, but easy enough to get a male>DESPITE THIS, Game Freak feels obligated enough to give Kukui and Hau in USUM a female regardless of anything and it being the ONLY starter it's applied to, as if the starter wouldn't be suitable for them UNLESS it's female, further glorifying it as a sexualized trophy of some sortThey can shove the seal in drag in a place I know very well, even they know people in majority can't see it as male even though they force people to have a male one thanks to that god forsaken ratio used merely to stall breeding (which is absolutely rendered useless by the way) unless they feel bothered enough to circumvent that.
Asinine stupid. Or probably mind bogging brilliant, because they probably do know what they're doing by doing such.
