Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-5400298-20130212170614/@comment-4148373-20130305171408

I doubt it's light. The name doesn't fit, for one. Sylv- usually means related to the forest, although...

Oh, crap. I hope I'm over-thinking this

See, one other definition of sylvan is for something that inhabits forests...especially spirits.

I swear, if it's ghost-type....

Here's an interesting article, although I find the points he made to be flawed.

http://gengame.net/2013/02/speculating-on-new-pokemon-sylveons-type/

So, the flaws

-His first is in reference to a theory about an offcial art piece showing all the Eevee-lutions around Eevee. He notes that the ones located directly across from one another have one being super-effective against the other. The pairs are Flareon-Glaceon, Leafeon-Vaporeon, and Umbreon-Espeon. That leaves Sylveon-Jolteon. By his theory, that means Sylveon is either Ground, Flying, or Water. From the appearence, he thinks flying. But this could just be a complete concidence.

-He makes a comparision between the sylv- preffix and Sylphs, a flying, air-spirit mythical creature, which has also been compaired to fairies. As I have already mentioned, it could also be for sylvan, or forest-related.

-He notes the fact that the French name is Nymphia, and says that Nymphs are mythical, fairy-like winged creatures. This is my biggest problem with his theories.

'Nymph' covers an entire range of mythical creatures, from the wood-spirit Dryads, the water-spirit Naiads, and the air-spirit Aurae, to name a very, very few. Not all of these fly. In fact, the most commonly known, Dryads, (and maybe Naiads, if you push the limits of the word 'common'), don't fly.

-His last point is on how little it ways, although even he mentions that could be a concidence.

But, despite the flaws, I agree that it's likely a Flying-type. Among other things, some fans have been asking for a Flying-Eevee-lution.