>>44916099Every Pokemon is someone's favorite, and many of us, myself included, have several Pokemon that we have grown attached to and love, even more than other Pokemon. For instance, I love Alolan Persian a lot, and I love it even more than Kantonian Persian or Perrserker. Not too many people love that Pokemon, but I admire its appearance, lore, abilities, moves, typing, and overall theme of it being an exceptionally fast jack-of-all trades, master of none, Dark-type.
In Aerodactyl's case, you have people who love: Rock-types, Flying-types, Rock/Flying types, fossil Pokemon, bird Pokemon, dinosaur Pokemon, fast Pokemon, etc.
Many people love Aerodactyl because they had fond memories of using one in the games or TCG, or reading/watching the manga/anime. Aerodactyl is extremely unique in many ways. Its Abilities are contradictory, for instance. Look at Pressure: It's an "offensive" ability (usually given to powerful or intimidating Pokemon, including many early Legendaries) that has an entirely defensive purpose: making the opponent expend more power (PP) to stop them. Or Rock Head, a "defensive" ability on the surface used entirely for an offensive purpose: to prevent the damage done through recoil attacks. Unnerve is a defensive ability that is also somewhat offensive as well: it protects the user by doing a harm to an opponent indirectly (by making them not eat their berries). Aerodactyl's abilities have both offensive and defensive utility. All three. It's taking advantage of the balanced offensive and defensive properties that Rock-types typically have, with the speedy nature of Flying-types. Aerodactyl's entire theme lies around it being balanced. It's an ancient Pokemon yet brought into the modern age; the best of both worlds. It is used for offensive purposes and it is fast, yet it has three abilities and a typing that give it defensive utility as well. Aerodactyl is also somewhat bulkier than most Flying-types, though not as bulky as other Rock-types.
