>>52096890Except it does because we have various data points. I've already shown both smash and pass sites, I've shown how it manifests in porn numbers, it shows in social media like the Twitter post with almost 40k likes listing all the Pokémon that people think of when it comes to pokephilia and even renamon for added emphasis in general "furry" appeal and people asking where Vaporeon is.
Look at big channels like Sum:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCQknKKnwlpzDS7bjMULUjcgWhich are the Pokémon he focuses in the most? The eeveelutions, Lucario, Lopunny, Gardevoir, Zeraora, Braixen, Zoroark, etc. are the primary Pokémon that show and his most watched videos are the eeveelutions one albeit the video with Gardevoir and Lucario is growing pretty fast.
Drunk Oak, another popular animator, focuses on the same handful of Pokémon and these include the eeveelutions.
And to make this even more concrete check out r/pokeporn and see the Pokémon who frequently get upvoted:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokePorn/#sort=topIt's the same core group of Pokémon and those include the eeveelutions aside from the same handful of Pokémon like Lopunny, Gardevoir, Cinderace, Lucario and a few others that frequently show up.
There's a lot of overlap between Pokémon attraction. By carefully observing the reception to them we can start to paint a more cohesive image hence why I tend to try to look it through the lens of appeal and how that correlates with sexualization and wider social media and I'm telling you the eeveelutions are very popular on all fronts.
