What is the theme of Fairy-type?

>>33230338
read bulbapedia

>>33230338
It's easier for plushies and marketing

>>33230338
>What the hell is a Fairy-type?
an excuse to kill dragons

This is the main reason I fucking hate fairy type. There is not thematic consistency, just "lol it's cute make it fairy!"

The attacks aren't consistent either. One is a kiss, one is fairy wind, one uses moon power for some reason, and one is literally fucking playing rough. I'm still fucking mad x scissor, slashing someone with two claws, is only 80 BP, while fucking playing with something is 90 BP and can lower a stat

Creatures with mythological ties, ties to the moon, and creatures that fit one definition of fairy or another, be it winged pixie fairies or be it cutesy magical girl anime mascot fairies

Of course like with other types it's not an all-in thing either

>>33230391
X Scissor have 100% accuracy honey

>>33230412

bug is also the worst attacking move in the game. Make it 90 BP and even give it a high crit rate.

Play rough is stupidly good for the default "physical attack"

An expansion of the egg group fairy concept, which is loosely based on ""magic""(eg elemental attacks to learn by TM and cute shit)

>>33230449
And ice beam is a better atachink move, is 100% and have a 10% chance of freezing
What else

>>33230493

elemental Special attacks are typically defaulted at 90 (thunderbolt, bug buzz, ice beam, energy ball, flamethrower, etc)

elemental physical attacks are typically 70-80 (x scissor, night slash, shadow claw, dragon claw, zen headbutt, poison jab, waterfall, etc.) They just decided to make play rough 90 because "lawl new best type beat da dragons!" Like I said, the shitty attacking types like bug and poison could be using the 90 BP attacks

>>33230399
/thread

>>33230399
>>33230598
HOWEVER

>creatures with mythological ties
Most legendaries fit this and aren't Fairies

>ties to the moon
Cresselia and Darkrai aren't Fairy

I'm aware those are flimsy arguments, but still outlines the point that Fairy is not a very cohesive type

>>33230473
This actually makes sense. But again, Fairy egg group includes the Pikachu line, among others, right? You could argue the Dragon egg group includes Seviper and Arbok, so "what's your point, OP?" But whatever. Shit still bugs me.

I'd like fairy a lot better if it wasn't just slapped onto so many random Pokemon like it was.

It's basically the current equivalent of Psychic-type during Gen I and II. Soooo many Pokemon were Psychic types that just didn't make sense. It was sort of the catchall type for "well, it can't be Normal... and we want it to be more special than pure (insert other type)...." Fairy sort of fills that role now.

>>33230560
To be fair, the special attacks were not always the same BP. They changed that in the more recent gens to even them out. Wasn't Energy Ball only 80 and Flamethrower 100 prior to Gen VI? I could look it up, but not feeling it right now.

Also, I think you may be right with Play Rough. But it's also so uncommon of a move compared to things like X Scissor. Not that many Pokemon actually learn it, so it makes sense it would be a little stronger.

>>33230941
>Flamethrower 100
Nope 95 it was and got nerfed to 90. Heat wave is that

>>33230931
Like most types, it's not an all-in.

>>33230338
mythical creatures and/or 'emotions' and/or 'the moon'

>>33230338
Fairy-type is a Pokémon type.

I think Fairy type is being good, magic, life, nature. But not like psychic which is more science/power of mind and cosmos.

Fairies are tied to moon because they get power from nature and from moon.

Most of them can do magic/are mysterious (Ninetales, Mr Mime, Gardevoir, Magearna, Shiinotic, Togekiss)
Some likes to heal (Comfey, Xernias, Audino)
Some are protectors (Klefki, Tapus)
Some are connected to nature (Florges, Ribombee, Aromatisse, Diancie)
other are cute and pink

Special:
Mimikyu and Mawile - pretending to being cute but are monsters
Granbull and Clefable - fairy puns
Dedenne - in France they have tooth mouse instead of tooth fairy lol
Chansey - she fits to fairy but maybe would be too OP

>>33230338
Lately I've started to think that Fairy type is something like "magical girl" (mahou shoujo) power in a sense. Think Sailor Moon, Madoka, etc. Perhaps it's part of a ploy to get more girls on board. Who knows.