A lot of ruckus has been raised about Dragonair > Dragonite but this is the real evolutionary crime from Gen 1

>>58042560 (OP)
>feminine fish evolves into larger, masculine fish
Pre-gendered Pokémon of gen 1 were wild. If Goldeen/Seaking weren't forgettable dex-filler, they'd have gender based split evos by now.

>>58042573
You're merely going of the made up localized names and made up anime voices

>>58042560 (OP)
i like the pretty fish :) <>< <><

>>58042578
Seaking's name has king in it in Japanese well as well. Goldeen's Japanese name doesn't seem to be gendered but since I'm not Japanese it's possible it has a connotation/vibe I'm not picking up on. But either way Goldeen is obviously drawn as feminine while Seaking's name is masculine in both languages.

I can kinda see Seaking as being gender-neutral if I try, like if you ignore its name, but there's no way to see Goldeen as masculine.

>>58042578
Seaking's name has king in it in Japanese as well (Azumao, with the o meaning king). Goldeen's Japanese name (Tosakinto) doesn't seem to be gendered but since I'm not Japanese it's possible it has a connotation/vibe I'm not picking up on. But either way Goldeen is obviously drawn as feminine while Seaking's name is masculine in both languages.

I can kinda see Seaking's design as being gender-neutral if I try, like if you ignore the connotations of its name, but there's no way to see Goldeen as masculine.

>>58042560 (OP)
What beautiful fins <3.<3

>>58042578
>>58042719
Also I did a little more research on Goldeen since I thought I remembered something about it being called "the water queen" in a dex entry or something. In multiple dex entries in Japanese it's described as being like a princess/queen or its fins looking like a dress. So the "queen" part of its name in English clearly comes from there (since international RB/Japanese Blue was one of the games with "queen" mentioned in the dex entry).

So Goldeen is explicitly compared to a queen and presented as feminine in Japanese as well.

>>58042731
I know right? Their fins are such a major and significant portion of their bodies, important for their looks, yet also important for their function. Unlike their horns.

>>58042560 (OP)
>>58042719
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>>58042864
it just occurred to me that Seaking's fins are a 17th century aristocratic frill collar, same as with Frillish

>>58042864
This

>>58042560 (OP)
nobody cares about Goldeen. meanwhile Dragonair is beloved

>>58042573
>[thing] is wild
Nah bro is cookin ts crazy fr

>>58042560 (OP)
its great though. it turns a horned fish into a fish with an even more glorious horn

>>58042560 (OP)
>not liking Seaking
That is not fuck yeah, bro.

>>58042560 (OP)
Fins or horn?
Depending on your answer, we may or may not ban you.

>>58043518
Who could love dragonair? It only has a horn and no fins.

>>58042731
>>58042864
>>58043511
unbefuckinglievable. As soon as Seaking is mentioned, you worthless RETARDS crawl out of your dank holes and shit up a thread with your pathetic, forced, contrarian """"opinion""""
Grow up. Get some taste.
t. Horn appreciator

seaking is the most american pokemon, if you think about it beyond haha eagle and haha fat ice cream and so on and so forth

>>58042573
Such is early-installment weirdness.

>>58043518
>Pay 500 poke to fish in the safari zone for goldeen
>keep hooking some horny, finless blue noodles pretending to be goldeen
Many such unfortunate cases

>>58042560 (OP)
Goldeen -> Gorebyss
We all know its true

>fincels at it again

>>58045035
Anytime I look at this art he reminds me of how looney tunes draws Peter Lorre.