>Fanasy dragon that is supposed to be extremely adept at flying
>Extremely un-aerodynamic fat body
>Miniscule wings that wouldn't even be able to lift it off the ground
It just kills suspension of disbelief in anyone above 80IQ. You need to actually be retarded to think this looks like a functional animal in-universe.

>>58033193 (OP)
Dragonite was always fat, you don't play pokemon, you've never played pokemon, now please get the fuck off this board

>>58033193 (OP)
It's not an animal, it's a Pokemon

>>58033202
Yeah, it always looked retarded. And they missed their chance at rectifying it.

>>58033193 (OP)
You're telling me the cartoon dragon isn't realistic?

>>58033206
There is nothing to rectify, dragons aren't fucking real

>>58033213
Nobody said they were, schizo

>>58033193 (OP)
If you have above 90 IQ, you might even notice that very few pokemon look like actual animals and are all stylised fantasy beings designed to be cute or badass and not to make sense in real world.

>It's ok for it to make no sense because it's fantasy
>All fantasy can just be arbitrary nonsense and it'd still be good :)
Poketurd gigabrains at work

>>58033217
>Nobody said they were, schizo
well actually, plenty of cultures once thought they were.
>>58033244
>All fantasy can just be arbitrary nonsense and it'd still be good
correct

Funny how only BBWfags are shilling this abomination KEK

>>58033244

>>58033247
>All fantasy can just be arbitrary nonsense and it'd still be good
>correct
Behold my fantasy dragon design. It doesn't need to make a lick of sense because it's FANTASY! Fantasy means random abstract bullshit after all.

>>58033260
You should compete at the olympics with leaps like these, you'll set records in no time

>>58033269
So now designs do need to follow some internal logic? Which one is it?

>>58033193 (OP)
It's a dragon, it doesn't have to explain shit unlike birds.

If Slaking was flying by flapping it's arms poketurds would call it good design because it's a fantasy medium which means everything instantly becomes good and doesn't have to make sense.

>>58033260
Now there are also Korean Dragons, where before they become Dragons they are Imugi, snake-like creatures before they ascend and become a Dragon.

Imugi and by extention Korean dragons are heavily associates with water (same with Chinese dragons) and they are oftentimes depicted living in a lake. They are also extremely associated with pearls since thats how they turn from snake to dragon, they recieve a pearl called a yeouiju which they carry upon becoming a dragon (sometimes imugi are born with it and have to gather power into the yeouiju) and they keep it upon becoming a dragon. Thats actually basically the only way to differentiate a Korean dragon from a Chinese one its the marble or pearl its holding

>>58033291
That thing looks very aerodynamic, it'd look pretty sleek and cool slicing through the air with minimal resistance.

>>58033306
I think the big reason why in Gen 1 the line ends with Dragonair being a European design more than Eastern design is the fact they already used the Eastern dragon for the Gyrados line. With Gyrados being based on the popular mythos where a koi fish swims up stream and becomes a dragon

they didnt want dragonite to basically be gyrados 2 as the games first psuedo

>>58033193 (OP)
>>58033284

>>58033203
and that's the reason that objectmon exists.

>>58033193 (OP)
but the living trashbag and icecream are le good tho, amrite

>>58033244
>t.seething Tolkien

>>58033202
Dragonite is even fatter on the Internet.

now this is what a real functional animal look like

>>58033193 (OP)
>functional animal
Pokemon aren't animals retard, whenever you see dragonair flying it also has a blue aura so it's using some kind of elemental magic
>>58033244
Seethe + cope. The line uses some kind of magic to fly
https://youtu.be/Ded7kyVG5ZY

>>58033193 (OP)
Pokemon don't follow physics, they are elemental creature or algo

>>58033226
Try explaining that to the tard who forgets that he needs to dilate every time he sees Zebstrika.

>>58033193 (OP)
>Extremely un-aerodynamic fat body
furaffinity.jpg

>first hisuian goodra and the fixed dialga and palkia
>now meganite
why are legends dragons so great at mindbreaking autist on this board?

>>58034837
Origin Palkia and Dialga are legitimately horrible designs though

>>58034814
>>58034816
So why does it have wings?

>>58034844
>They're le bad because they look like actual deities now instead of ugly boring cartoon dinosaur with no personality outside of "poorman Groudon "
ok kiddo

>I-it uses magic to fly... y-yea

>>58034866
Design choices as a shorthand for elemental energy similar to why a lot of water types are blue, grass types are green or fire types are red.
>>58034883
The dragonite line has shown capabilities for growing its wings
Dragonair
https://youtu.be/Ded7kyVG5ZY
https://youtu.be/4MVmrHsrlQ4
Dragonite:
https://youtu.be/WvxIIgFFwe0

>>58034870
>they look like actual deities
lnao they look like inbred centaurs

>>58034959
>The dragonite line has shown capabilities for growing its wings
>only uses non-canon examples

>>58034883
>it's ok when geodude does it

>>58034970
good thing it literally doesn't

>>58034965
Go back dumb frogposter
>>>/v/

>>58034994
you first
>>>/r/eddit

>>58034964
Heresy, insulting our lord Arceus's figure like that

>>58033328
and reminder that Gyarados can just straight up fly around in the air too
without wings

>>58034999
>y-you first
Parroting is an admission of defeat newfag

>Newfag
Nigga's 35 and arguing about Barney the dinosaur on an anime forum lmfao

>>58035058
so is spouting buzzwords and yet here you are

>>58033193 (OP)
>You need to actually be retarded to think this looks like a functional animal in-universe.
When has Pokemon ever been about realism? Wtf is wrong with zoomers?

>>58035082
It's not an appeal to realism, read it again ADHD zoomie

Suddenly realism matters.

Suddenly coherent design matters

>>58035082
They’ve been like this ever since turner infected the franchise with his design philosophy back in gen 5

>grown ass adults playing a literally childrens game expecting realism

>>58035075
what buzzwords?

>>58035252
parroting, "admission of defeat", frogposter, newfag
if it's something you learned from seeing a post here, it's a buzzword

>>58033193 (OP)
>Fanasy dragon
>fat
>minuscule wings
I'm not a fan of Dragonite, but this design is already a classic trope. Dragonite is just that, a dragon from a children's storybook. If you want something more imposing, you have other options in Pokémon.

>>58035091
>"It needs to look functional according to our realistic physical standards!"
>not an appeal to realism
ok anon

>>58035313
Specifically, the species is inspired by "My Father's Dragon" by Ruth Stiles Gannett. Its characteristic features are its small wings, horn on its head, and fat body.

head wings are based

>>58035322
And a lot of Moomin vibe

>>58035338
Someone make a "fuck this shit, I'm out" edit of that?