>>49823841Jynx is a yama-uba.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yama-ubaThey're yokai with pale hair, extremely tanned/dark skin, and tattered red dresses who live in the mountains and eat children.
Ganguro and yamanba:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro#YamanbaWere 1990's Japanese street fashions based on the yokai, so Jynx is a yama-uba wearing yamanba fashion.
As for the black skin, golliwogs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GolliwogWere popular dolls in Britain through the 1900s, and they exploded in popularity in Japan after WWII leading to characters like Jynx and Mr. Popo. Japan doesn't have a history of black people being slaves though, so even though Jynx "is" a blackface character no one realized her design might be taken the wrong way until Pokemon reached western audiences.
>>49823513>Do you prefer her original skin tone or the new purple color?I do think the purple looks good, but black would have stayed true to the extremely dark skin and extremely light hair the yama-uba is supposed to have.
>>49824320>why do so many people interpret a jynx evolution/forme as looking more "woman-like" or having slimmer proportions?I wouldn't mind a ganguro Jynx waifumon, but now that it's even less obvious what she's supposed to be I'd like to see them go all in on the "ugly cannibalistic mountain witch" idea.
