Originally Posted by
papayaperson
Aside from the fact that the first post I quoted has nothing to do with what I said, if Masuda himself said it was to counter Dragon-types, just admit that they're OP. Maybe the reason is disappointing, but it's their decision to add a type. And for Fairy being able to beat Dragon, remember we aren't play The Game of Logic. It's Pokemon. Ice defeats Dragon, but wouldn't a Dragon be able to smash through the Ice? Logic almost completely goes out the window with these games, so that's not a valid reason.... Like, at all. And let's not forget how Dragons aren't "Hypothetical Punch(ing)-Bags". Dragons still have monstrous stats, so if you sent a Hydregon against a Gardevoir, chances are that Gardevoir won't even get to attack! Hydreigon can OHKO it! Hell, what Dragon wouldn't OHKO it?? You clearly don't have any type of faith in the Dragon-type if you call it a punching bag now just because it has another weakness. Aside from that, Fairy is a much-needed counterpart. There is one mythological type, so there should be another one to make it symmetrical. It's just like how they added Steel in gen 2 to add to the Mineral group, so instead of just Ground and Rock, now we have Steel.
Also, there's other moves that are better for capturing Pokemon, such as False Swipe :P That and the fact that Deino isn't the only pokemon to know Dragon Rage (yes, there are non-Dragons that use Dragon Rage). Lastly, just because you're upset don't go blaming people at VGC for adding a new type. It's Nintendo's decision, and if they weren't going to do it, they wouldn't have done it, regardless of a few unhappy people.
Last thing... if you don't like the type, that's good for you. There's no reason to throw a virtual temper tantrum about why it's so terrible, just be sad and don't play the game then. You almost don't even know anything about it at all, so hate like this is just... there's not even a comment to be made towards it that can express it...
Like Cammy said, don't hate the game just because you think Dragons are now weak (I quote you: "Hypothetical Punch-Bag") and Fairies are stupid (I quote you again: "atrocious 18th (and thoroughly unnecessary) type"). And if you really liked the games, you wouldn't mind a slight headache with learning the interactions Fairy has with other types. I can also name all the types, and I can already name all the Fairy-types too for Gen 6 (that have been released)! You can cry your little river all you want, you still need to build a bridge and get over it, because this is happening no matter what you say.