It's not necessarily that people have a problem in my experience - though I'm sure you will get your DUDEBRO guys who'll detest even the slightest showing of pink - but moreso just that it's a preference. It's simply cultural differences is all.
I think it's simply the desire to win; the rush of adrenaline as you're in a tight space and the good feeling you may get when you succeed. Working hard for a reward, basically.
Dorkly poll though.
I've always thought stuff like Gardevoir would top popularity polls because of, you know... reasons, but it doesn't really surprise me. I think it has more to do with the fact of how 'epic' most of them look as opposed to whether they look masculine or not. Sun & Moon respective mascots for example: Solgaleo looks all majestic and epic af, whereas Lunalaa seems to be more graceful & gentler ( imo atleast ). While I do think that they're both excellent in their own right, the 'epicness' of it makes Solgaleo stand out more for me. It's probably just a western culture thing: the braver and stronger something looks/is, the more memorable it is, and those in our culture are generally male figures.
It used to work.
I wouldn't necessarily say that those are masculine other than Blaziken (would Lucario and Alakazam count? Aren't they also really popular in eastern countries?) if we're defining masculine as Machamp and friends (and I assume we are since we've defined feminine as Gardevoir). I think America's tastes represent western culture's idea of a hero. Western culture tends to have more of an emphasis on strength than other cultures. I mean, yes it does value wisdom, but that's more of an afterthought. Looking at the Marvel comics, Doctor Strange, Wasp, Cyclops, and Jean Gray some of the few heroes that didn't have strength as a super power. Even unconventional ones like the Human Torch and Invisible Girl beat major villains in hand-to-hand combat (SandMan and Dr. Doom respectively). Iron Man's main power originally was that his suit had super strength, and AntMan was quickly replaced by GiantMan sacrificing tactics for brute strength. I don't know much about DC, but their big three are SuperMan, WonderWoman, and BatMan. Even with their whole slew of options, their fights usually end with a swift punch to the face. Physical sports like wrestling and American football (well I guess this is obviously just popular in the US) seem to be much more popular in the west than anywhere else (actually correct me if I'm wrong on this. I'm not really aware of what sports most countries are fans of). Western culture just seems to prefer brute strength to wisdom while eastern culture is the other way around.
I think they mean how Goodra isn't dual-typed.
Yeah, I agree. I guess Goodra has more to do with water than many other water-types anyway: PALKIA!
I actually think Goodra should be poison/Dragon. I mean, just look at the animation, it's MADE out of slime
