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I think there are three huge reasons for such intense pushback (Yknow, aside from REALLY, ***REEEEEALLLY*** bad communication between directors to staff, staff to staff, and staff to users);

The first, is that this ruling is too subjective for ANY group of moderators, not just FA's, to give fair and non-contradiciting rulings. People are ALREADY getting conflicting answers from two tickets asking about the same piece.
It's been said before and I'd like to repeat it: If a rule is easy to accidentally break, it's a bad rule.

The second, is that the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (PMD) series strongly suggests that most of, if not all of, the species listed in the ruling *can be and frequently are of age*. The PMD sub-franchise is EXTREMELY popular amongst Pokemon furries, and half the species listed in the announcement are *playable characters* in the PMD games, where the player character is generally understood to be a young adult.

The third, is that these characters are virtually impossible to "age up" without being made anthro or otherwise off-model, and therefor no longer a 'proper eevee' or a 'normal riolu'. How do you age up a Yoshi `(who already has a baby form by the way)`, or how do you age up a Koopa without giving them wrinkles and a cane? Asking for ArgonVile, who got slapped for those two species.


Lalafells made sense; they're generally only picked over adult elves because, well, they look like children. They have very little lore or backstory, or defining traits other than having pointy ears and a childlike demeanor.

Pokemon do not have the same distinction; the early evolutionary stages are picked because they have very different designs, traits, and personalities from their evolutions. For example, Eevee is the only Pokemon in the entire Pokemon canon that can evolve in EIGHT DIFFERENT WAYS, a trait that is VERY often used as a storytelling device, including the (in)famous 'Oversexed Eeveelutions'.

Evolution is complex, and a given character's evolutionary stage means more than just being a certain age. Hell, many fanons accept the idea of **de-evolution**, and turning a Blaziken back into a Torchic doesn't make them younger than before. The character, not the evolutionary stage, determines the age.


Pokemon and Digimon age in ways very different from any other species, and age is rarely immediately apparent. Evolution can SUGGEST an age, but one of the most popular furry franchises out there contradicts that notion just as hard.


(thank you for coming to my Ted Talk)