>ghost type Is this some sort of edgy commentary on how traditional

>edgy
Stopped reading there

>>29593697
>doesn't look undead
Since when is that a necessary condition for being a ghost type?

>>29593697
it's from geisha's you twat. what would you prefer a fucking ground/flying type? the ghost type is for the culture it came from.

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Probably meant to be some spiritualist channeling bullshit

Also it's based off another bird that went extinct in Hawaii

>>29593697

http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/pokemon/oricorio-sensu-style/

>By means of its dance, it gathers the spirits drifting about in an area and borrows their power to fight.

There you go. It's Ghost because it's borrowing power from spirits (ghosts).

>>29593757
A ghost is something that's dead, like bug types are bugs, it makes no sense

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>>29593789

Honeycreepers aren't extinct.

It's probably something related to shamans and summoning spirits judging by it's design.

>>29593697
Do drifblim, giratina, jellicent, chandelure, gourgeist, marowak, polosand or decidueye look dead?

>>29593814
what a silly looking birb

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>>29593810

>A ghost is something that's dead

Not necessarily. A ghost isn't always someone or something that died, some ghosts have always been ghosts.

In terms of theme, Ghost is more about darkness/shadows.

>>29593810
Yeah cause spiders,worms and scorpions are bugs right

>>29593877
Well yeah, they're "bugs." They're not insects though.

>>29593697

Ghost-type has never exclusively meant "is a literal spooky phantom". Having spiritual power is enough.

>>29593780
gonna name my ghost bird Maya

or maybe just Fey to be ambiguous

>>29593697
>moaning about ghost type accuracy again
Is this some sort of meme now?

>>29593796
that looks more like what a psychic type would do

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>>29594539

Nope. Remember those "Channeler" (called Shamans in Japanese) trainers in Lavender Tower?

>>29593923
Well actually no, and not all insects are bugs either. bugs are one order on the same level as beetles, dragonflies, butterflies/moths etc

>>29593810
>a ghost is something that's dead

I've always looked at typing as something related to the traits, abilities, and skills of a Pokemon. Not necessarily just on appearance.

>>29593697
I dunno. Most female Japanese ghosts I've heard of can disguise themselves as pretty young ladies to lure in horny men.

>>29594896
Scientific nomenclature =/= common language

A spider is considered a bug in common language.