TSR PokeDex Project

[Chaoxys]

This is essentially the case with this one. It's the same pokemon but it has 2 different forms that is decided by its gender.

But it doesn't make sense. I'm ask WHY it would be a painting for one gender and a mirror for the other.

Take a look at our flamingos, they have different forms for their genders but it makes sense entirely.

The idea for female being a mirror is vanity. Male is a painting because,
1. Female is already the mirror.
2. I based it off of the idea of the eyes of a painting following you, and usually when I see it in movies, shows, literature, or in real life, it's usually of an older gentleman.
3. One of my older ideas was that their information could relate to them being human souls sucked into what they coveted. A woman being in love with her reflection worked (as I said with vanity), and the male painting was, along with what I said in 2, brought about from the idea of old painters such as Picasso, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, ect.


So yes, there was a reason as to why it is why it is, I just didn't make it incredibly blunt, although with proper explaining, the reasoning, imo, makes perfect sense (when I say proper explaining, I'm referring to the pokedex or something that would be used in game in such a manner.)

EDIT- Another reason is because they are meant to represent 2 eerie things one my find in a haunted house. I was going to make 2 separate pokemon lines but I figured they are already similar so i figured it could be a split form evolution. If it helps to calm your worries, they could be the new nidoran, but I think thats a bit of an unnecessary step just to so we can make their forms makes upfront sense.