>>508232263 reasons.
First, it's edgy, black, doesn't smile, evolves at night, and nobody understands it. It's the perfect lightning rod for creeps, outcasts, edgelords, and losers to grip onto, and furries pull disproportionately from those crowds.
Second, it's very, very easy to draw. No detailed anatomy, simplified lines, all of its shapes are oblong ovals. It's the perfect OC for someone who can't draw for shit, but still wants to draw it.
Third, timing, it intersected fucking perfectly with the emo surge of the early-mid 2000's, where the sheer amount of sadboi/fuckboi was enough to form a thick, viscous pool on the ground of any given club's backrooms. It was a good time, bussy was everywhere.
This is THE pokemon for an edgy loser spiraling down into sexual deviance to draw by himself, save his allowance for three months, then commission a low range artist to do one for real.
