Pokemon theory
so, y'know the whole deal with Charizard being fire/flying instead of fire/dragon, right?
so my theory is this: it's not a dragon type, since it's not a TRUE dragon, the same way horseshoe crabs aren't TRUE crabs
instead, it's an example of mimicry
the most dragony-dragon in pokémon of all time is arguably dragonite, which has a higher stat total than Charizard, at a solid 600 total
and the two look INCREDIBLY similar, same wing shape and color, same body shape (albeit weird a longer neck and tail), and even the same belly coloration! Charizard isn't an actual dragon, it's only SHAPED like a dragon
this is called batesian mimicry, and a pretty common example is hoverflies looking like wasps






















