Pokémon Fans Say “Yass” to Quaquaval

Not all players embraced Quaquaval — but one Twitter user had the perfect clap back for the hateful stance.

“The Pokémon community really showing their homophobia and transphobia when they say they don’t like Quaquaval because it’s ‘too gay’ and ‘too flamboyant,’ and also their ignorance and erasure of Latin American culture,” they tweeted. “It’s based on a samba dancer.”

The same Twitter user later clarified that Quaxly’s final evolution seems to have been modeled after a Carnival dancer.