The Eevee Identity

One of my raid fellows in my raid group asked a neat question today, to say the least. The question was "Is Eevee a dog or a cat?" Or, to elaborate the question further, is Eevee doglike or catlike? Though there is not really an official answer, the best answer seems to be that Eevee (and its evolutions) have traits of both. It seems to be a good answer, considering how this is evident in the forms.

In regard to Eevee itself, there are some things to consider. Eevee has traits that are similar to its four-legged counterparts in real life: paws with pink pads, big pointy ears, big beady eyes, and a fluffy body and tail. Some of these, like the fluffy tail and ears, are evocative of the family of cats, while the paws and pads plus eyes seem evocative of the family of dogs. And yet, the pointy ears may also evoke rabbits and the fluffy tail may also evoke raccoons. With this mishmash of similarities, it might seem hard to pin anything down, until it is realized that Eevee begets a number of other forms that more resemble one animal than another. It would seem that it becomes appropriate for Eevee to have this mixture of anatomies.

As for its evolutions, they appear to start to differentiate into feline and canine groups; Espeon, Flareon, Glaceon, Sylveon, and Vaporeon notably appear more feline, while Umbreon, Jolteon, and Leafeon seem to appear more canine. The differentiators are once again their respective body parts, where the ears become more lobed and tails become longer in the feline group, while the ears remain pointy and tails remain short in the canine group. Given Eevee's relative ambiguity, it makes sense that the evolutions would resolve the ambiguous parts and present more indicative creature forms. The ambiguity just affirms that Eevee is a creature that can change in different ways to become different creatures.

Eevee remains a thing of wonder with all its possible evolutions. It can become something that's more like a cat or more like a dog, even more so than what it originally was. This becomes something to keep in mind if Eevee's anatomy seems ambiguous and indicative of different animals. Out of that ambiguity, there comes other creature forms that are just as wondrous as the original creature, and that's a neat thing indeed.

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