#im sorry i like dragonite as a pokemon its really cute and ive used one before. its a good pokemon | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

vaugarde · 2 years

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so dont get me wrong, “iris and the rogue dragonite” is a really, REALLY good episode. it does wonders for iris’s development and shows that she’s more in tune with her dragon powers, and she gets a new member on her team that’s finally a new dragon type. but i’m sorry, the episode and iris’s overall team would have worked so so much better if it was a hydreigon instead of a dragonite. im willing to die on this hill

#in fact id go as far as saying that they originally planned this arc to have a hydreigon #because dragonite's behavior is more akin to a hydreigon's and fits the ''there are no bad dragon types'' message a lot better #and they only mention ''oh its a scary dragonite'' like once to set it apart. like ik pokemon are individuals #but dragonite up to this point have been shown to be pacifists unless something theycare about is threatened #so the public generally reveres them. and yeah this is just one dragonite and its different #but the novelty wears off in the first episode for me and i cant really take it that seriously bc dragonite is so doofy looking #clairs dragonite in johto was terrifying bc we saw it as a sweet pacifist and THEN it went on a rampage to show its sheer power #when something it loved was threatened #this one just doesnt have that same effect on me. ik it did on other ppl but as a kid i was just like ''this doesnt feel like it should be a #a dragonite''#''rogue dragon thats territorial and fights everything in sight for power and everyone fears it and refuses to believe it could be good''#is something that fits hydreigon WAYYYYYYY way better. and the follow disobedience arc as well #like game iris had a hydreigon at this point and hydreigon is actually native to unova and fitting for her and its own arc #and ghetsis doesnt even have hydreigon in the anime so like what was the hold up??? was it bc cameron had one??#bc he literally just sucks and if thats why then that absolutely blows #like it feels like its only a dragonite bc ''oh thats kanto and genwunners are mad that theres less kanto so throw it in''#and to have advertsing like ''WAAAAAAA we are getting DRAGONITE vs CHARIZARD????#bc i remember that being literally everywhere lol #im sorry i like dragonite as a pokemon its really cute and ive used one before. its a good pokemon #but its so unfitting for this arc and its always bothered me so much #and rewatching it only reinforced those feelings. also i just like hydreigon better lol sorry #echoed voice #pokeani lb

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