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I think what makes Greninja's loss to Charizard especially weird is that immediately afterwards, Lysandre arbitrarily decides that Greninja's bond phenomenon is superior to the bond of Mega Evolution, so he uses Ash and Greninja for his plans instead of Alain and Charizard like he originally intended. And let's face it, Lysandre's conclusions would make a lot more sense if Greninja had defeated Charizard. So yeah, not only does Greninja's loss effectively render all the hype and buildup of its Bond Phenomenon basically moot, it straight up doesn't mesh at all with the stuff that happens later.The points on the buildup for Ash and especially Greninja are pretty understandable though. Even though I guess they're kind of the same point, I was more annoyed with Greninja's full power not leading to it defeating Mega Charizard X than Ash losing the Kalos League if that makes any sense. It still wasn't pointless when mastering its new power was still a major help in the Team Flare arc and I really liked Ash reconnecting with Greninja after losing in the eighth Gym, but it definitely seemed like there was more buildup going for Ash-Greninja beyond that. A part of me wouldn't be surprised if there was a last minute change with the Kalos League, mainly because Alain winning didn't really matter in the long run.
You better not be making this assumption of Eeveelution fans yourself, though. Because speaking as a shameless Eeveelution fan, I find it so perplexing and gross that they get so much NSFW art. In general, though, NSFW art of any Pokemon just feels wrong, seeing how this is still a franchise primarily aimed at kids and all. That said, sorry if you've gotten accusations of this nature yourself. It sucks that people just aren't allowed to like anything in an innocent context these days.It's even dumber considering that the majority are Humanoid Pokémon aren't even the top contenders for amount of furry art in this Fandom. (The Eeveelutions get this in spades but nobody says that people only like them for NSFW purposes )