With these new mid staged evolutions revealed, I am totally torn between choosing Rowlet and Popplio.
I'm still leaning more towards Rowlet like I was before, mainly because of the Grass/Flying type it has which has a lot of potential competitively as well as it has a lot of promise towards an impressive move pool. Rowlet has a lot of potential to it, and I'm really excited to see what it can become.
Popplio interested me originally only for one reason. It's a solid Water type. I love solid Water pokemon, it's my number one favorite type. However I personally did not like Popplio's design, it just seemed goofy and wonky looking to me, it reminded me of a clown, and i really dislike clowns. However, with the reveal of Brionne... it's beautiful and elegant looking, which is a complete 180 from Popplio's design, and on top of that, it's still a solid Water type. So I feel torn between it and Rowlet.
I think I'm going to stick to my original choice of Rowlet, but there's still some time before I know for sure.