>>49628651"edge" has only become solely derogative from the 2000s onward thanks to thugtrash & emos that dominated the era (saccharine & SJW shit from the 2010s was direct generational backlash). Shadow is the definitive example because he's a microcosm of youth stupidity at the time, but before that edge could be a good thing.
all you need to have edge go over well is to have a point. I dont think garchomp or lucario are even that bad.
>sharks should be cool because they are deaedly>lucario is an anubis expy>scyther is a prey mantisbut to directly answer the question, scyther doesnt trigger people because:
>he's bright green>he's an animal as-is instead of an anthro/gen1's naturalism on cool & tough mons dont clash & look childish with edge/doesnt add shit without a point as much>kanto is on a pedestal, but truly as the first gen defines what a pokemon should look like, which is hard to convince fans to breakaway from 
