>>47733698>why?See
>>47731791. The statue which Probopass is based is an upgraded version of the statues which Nosepass is based, and one of the few differences it has are the eyes. In other words, without them the evolution line wouldn't make sense.
>why?They use the hat to cover its eyes to make it look angry (half-covered), happy or normal (not covered at all) or inactive/asleep (completely covered).
>what personality?Correct me if I'm wrong but there's not a Pokémon with closed-eyes that keeps the same eyes when evolves. That's because this sleepy appearance doesn't fit for evolutions, unless the evolution is lazier than the preevo (Snorlax)
>what's wrong with making it look dead when it's based on an inanimate statue?First, because it's still a living being in the games.
Second, you can't make the evolution more dead-looking than the preevolution. This simply doesn't work when you make an evolution. Claydol would make more sense origin-wise to keep the eyes closed and not even Claydol keep the Baltoy eyes (except for 2 of its 8 eyes what are closed).
Other Pokémon like Aegislash, Chandelure or Sinistea have eyes too and they weren't necessary either but imagine them if they would lack of these
