>>49197267They were always supposed to be feminine, but at the same time mixed with a hint of masculinity. Elegant and ladylike, but also brave guardians who will put their lives on the line to defend their trainers.
But since people didn’t understand, gamefreak essentially decided to split gardevoir into two separate Pokemon. Like you point out, Gardevoir is now the feminine aspect, and Gallade is the masculine protective aspect.
It really sucks. They turned a cool Pokemon into waifushit and replaced it with some big hipped weirdo.
