>>38051576it hits a few specific autistic notes with some people, being a dragon, having large and defined (as far as pokemon designs go) feet, and an overall pear shaped and round body structure, the face is also simplistic and cute
that's not to say this is a perfect storm of autism magnets, but it's enough for a couple autists and the pokemon has been around enough for those autists to establish their bullshit with it, and THAT is what draws the other autists in droves