>>57384460>Appeal to Popularity fallacy.1. Fallacy fallacy.
2. Both rows are popular, nobody has claimed otherwise.
3. The argument is about the merits of that popularity:
• Top row is only popular because of brand loyalty, propaganda and herd mentality.
• Bottom row are popular on their own and would still be popular outside of Pokémon.
>they're all cartoons based on animals and human cultureAnd some cartoons are better than others. Scooby Doo had many seasons, spin-offs and clones. Nobody cares about the bad ones except vocal minorities. Does this sound familiar?
>Monster basically means an imaginary creature.That inspires fear and/or awe. If your monster inspires ridicule, you have failed.
>All of them are plenty of inspiration and meaning behind their designs.•Hitmon clone that looks like a muppet (I like him and The Muppets but let's be honest here).
•Fursona of Axel Blaze made by and for the marketing department (what if Lucario but another popular animal?) that they couldn't be arsed to draw correctly.
•Fursona of Tiger Mask that they couldn't be arsed to draw correctly, making him look like Tony. An insult to both characters. And probably a literal joke, about the Americans that wanted Pikachu to look like this.
••Elves, dances, flowers, Princess Knight and gruadian angels combined in a way that makes something original and iconic.
••The Velveteen Rabbit, Playboy Bunnies, The Cadbury Bunny, hotot rabbits and various dolls combined in a way that makes something original and iconic.
••Shamo chickens, Garuda masks, martial artist moves and clothes-- combined in a way that is iconic and natural-looking.
