>>37278691I'd say somewhere between none and anything featured in
>>37272274, but there is literally just a mega absol on there so i don't think it's possible.
Like, furry OCs are anthro versions of animals. So there's a suspension of disbelief when a furry character wears clothes. However when someone takes a Pokemon and anthro's it it seems odd. Since there's already a level of humanity/stylisation to most Pokemon designed, so further anthropomorphism is like putting a hat on a hat.
Ultimately, i think the main issue is that you aren't supposed to self insert as the Pokemon (outside of mystery dungeon, of course), you're supposed to be the trainer. So the concept of a Pokemon OC is inherently a little flawed. Even in the case of mystery dungeon, the pokemon isn't stylised to look more human because the human was the self insert and not the pokemon.
Hypothetically, if a Pokemon YouTuber decided to commission an image set so they could use a buneary as their avatar in videos nobody would bat an eye. But you start giving the buneary its own identity by adding clothes or glasses and making it a "character" it sort of tows the line of "cringe" ... instead of being a glorified Emoji to represent the YouTuber and ad some visual flow to the video.
On that note, the one thing i tend to find with pokemon trainer OCs, and specifically those that are meant to act as avatars, is that they are too bland. They don't bother stylising their characters and making them look distinct from anything else. Now, theres' a middleground between remarkably unremarkable and over the top snowflake, but it's difficult to define.
I'd say Kaleb I.A i watch has a pretty good OC. I assume its an Aqua grunt OC, and while the mega-fug motif is pretty out there it isn't as over the top and intrusive as some other designs. Simple yet detailed i guess.
I don't know, I'm a fa/tg/uy who got into a heated thread about heterochromia and character design so maybe don't take my word for it.
