>>58508266>Anon, those are bangsWhen have you ever seen anyone with bangs that look like that?
>Because Pokemon is franchise built around combat, even meek Pokemon need some combat moves to justify themselvesPokedex entries freely go against this, there are pokemon who are skittish and dislike fighting, like lopunny. Not all pokemon are fighting-focused badasses.
>Because it's more polite,befitting of royalty and a lady in waiting.I don't get what you mean.
Doesn't it seem strange that they would make a pokemon that's a reference to a lady calling out "sir knight!", but then never have her actually say the phrase that she's supposedly based on?
>It's a traditonal part of storytelling that a ruler should put their people ahead of themselves no matter the cost, despite how physically weak they may be.I know that, but what I'm saying is that they aren't typically known for dedicating themselves to personally protecting people to the point where they revolve their sleeping patterns around it. They also aren't known for making themselves into basically someone's personal bodyguard. It's way too active to fall into the "brave ruler" trope. That trope is more happenstance, like they wind up in a situation where they incidentally get to show off their selflessness. Their main job is ruling. Gardevoir doesn't have any themes of being a ruler, she isn't depicted as being in charge of anything or as being anyone's leader.
>Hence Gardevoir being a psychic with low phyical attack and defense. I don't know about you, but the ideal knight should be physically fit enough to do their job in some way.Game stats don't matter, canon ignores them. Also, magic projectile attacks are more cute and feminine.
