>>37646683>fairy...No it can't, Psychic = Esper which is the 5th and higher element related to supernatural and expansive energies. Fairy as a type is to represent a theme of goodness, or related to fey lore irl. Example: It is common for fairies to have a common weakness to iron, Poison and in general status ailments seem to afflict good fairytale characters, Fairies are by natural order above dragons. Light is a medium for the fairy type also just due to light being a representation of beauty and good/positive shit.
Psychic CAN involve light bending and illusions, Fairies can cause illusions also. But that's more like a minor element in the full picture.
>Rock...I wish they would consolidate it to earth type.
>Steel...Unfortunately needs its own typing, when people are like "CYBER TYPE!" I'm just like??? But steel/electric????
>IceTrue to an extent but Ice as a type is representative of temperature control more than it is water.
>Dark...Dark is literally Evil, Ghost types were initially supposed to be evil too. However, they have gone back on that since Gen 2 I guess because they wanted spirits and spectres to be separated from evils because #notallghostsarebad
>Dragon...It's about its physical makeup. You can have dragons OF x y z type. I had the biggest issue with Dragons being a type offensively because it doesn't make much sense. UNTIL I thought about shit like flares and meteors from other games, which are generally non-elemental but do massive damage. They're basically a super-powered base damage normal type,