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Stereotypical people don't pay a whole lot of attention to what gender their Pokemon are. I don't look at gender until I catch it and need a name. And yes, slender men (and buff women) exist, I wasn't saying they don't. I was specifically referring to their "AND why I intentionally train masculine pokemon that are actually FEMALE. Girls can be tough to you know." line, which implies that only the masculine/tough looking women are actually tough. There-by merely swapping one (rather minor) stereotype for another (much more common) one.Actually, breaking the stereotype is what that is doing. At least on the Gardevoir or Lopunny front. Slender men do exist. And stereotypical people would train a male Machamp. So to go against that, you train a female one.
Also, just cause it looks BIOLOGICALLY male doesn't mean it has to be. It's a Pokemon, not a human, so human biology wouldn't work in identifying which gender Machop family "should" be.
They may be Pokemon but they're humanoid Pokemon. Arguing that you can't tell the gender difference at a glance because they aren't actually human doesn't really work. You can (usually) tell the gender difference of Elves, or Klingons. But that's not even the point. Even if, for some magic reason, we can't tell the (nonexistent) difference between the genders the fact that they are designed to look very much like human men can not be ignored. Thus my point stands. They look like dudes.They don't look like a female by human standards, but they aren't humans they are pokemon. To a male machop they would definitely look female, but to us it's like trying to tell the gender of something like a crocodile, there isn't any easy outward way to determine that.
Because while you may be doing the opposite of that stereotype but, based on what you said before (and that I quoted above), all you're doing is exchanging it for another.Wait, how is it reinforcing stereotypes if I'm doing the opposite of that stareotype? When almost everyone else won't train a male Lopunny, or a female machop and I'm trying to counteract that by training the overlooked gender.
I don't see it so much as an enhancement as one of those 'nice little touches' that can be thrown in. Having the Pokemon follow you in HGSS didn't enhance anything, but it was still cool.Anyway, I still don't see how different gender specific sprites that are just going to have the pokemon with a different tail position or something like that will really enhance the game. The Kecleon idea sounds good though. If pokemon are going to have different poses it would make sense to base them on their nature so a calm pokemon would have a calm looking sprite and so on. This might be sort of cool, but that would take up an awful lot of room wouldn't it?
Ah, right. Well, then, that settles things with the shinies, then. The body changes to the type color, the stripe says the shiny color. End of problem.The shiny colour is just a Kecleon with a blue stripe. So, a normal Kecleon's stripe wouldn't change colour, and neither would a shinies. After all, they don't disappear in the anime when they go invisible.
Hahaha. Oh god, that would be awesome. No need to change the physical design, just toss on a sports bra! I would KILL for that. I'd train up a team of Machamps/Machokes just for the awesome.Also, give Machoke and Machamp a sports bra...please GameFreak! I don't give a dang about whether or not being butch is a woman thing, but if they are females...'tis indecent exposure.
Stereotypical people don't pay a whole lot of attention to what gender their Pokemon are. I don't look at gender until I catch it and need a name. And yes, slender men (and buff women) exist, I wasn't saying they don't. I was specifically referring to their "AND why I intentionally train masculine pokemon that are actually FEMALE. Girls can be tough to you know." line, which implies that only the masculine/tough looking women are actually tough. There-by merely swapping one (rather minor) stereotype for another (much more common) one.
They may be Pokemon but they're humanoid Pokemon. Arguing that you can't tell the gender difference at a glance because they aren't actually human doesn't really work. You can (usually) tell the gender difference of Elves, or Klingons. But that's not even the point. Even if, for some magic reason, we can't tell the (nonexistent) difference between the genders the fact that they are designed to look very much like human men can not be ignored. Thus my point stands. They look like dudes.
You can argue that's how female Machops are supposed to look, and you'd be right. But it still doesn't change the fact that they resemble men. It's the same with Gardevoir. Just because that's how the men look doesn't negate the fact that, hey, Dude looks like a lady.
Because while you may be doing the opposite of that stereotype but, based on what you said before (and that I quoted above), all you're doing is exchanging it for another.
Except I hear it's a bit harder to tell with Dwarves...
Probably a little of both, then. Sorry. Yeah, much more clear this time. You have to wonder how these people think the dinosaurs survived, or things like Rhinos and Rabbits still survive these days. I admit, they're a little annoying, but I usually don't pay them much attention. Most of them are scared that if they play a non-uber-masculine guy they'll turn into one. And have never had a girlfriend to know just how scary women can be. (Joking, joking. )Except I hear it's a bit harder to tell with Dwarves...anyway yeah I see your point about specifically Gardevoir and Machop, but people start to apply this trend to more animal like pokemon too like Vulpix, Lopunny, Tyranitar etc. I just really hate the mentality that if it looks ferocious it has to be a male if it looks cute and docile it has to be a female. Like I said I think you misinterpreted me, or I didn't articulate myself well, or a little bit of both.
I am NOT saying in order to be a tough female you have to be buff. Through using a female masculine associated pokemon(Machop, Tyranitar, Salamence) I'm trying to make the point that an attribute generally associated with males (muscles, aggression, etc.) is not exclusive to males.
Hopefully explained myself a bit better this time.