I am excited to see Popplio learns disarming. This will hopefully signify that Popplio will NOT become a bulky fighting type! Holding out for a feminine water starter to join Meganium and Delphox.
For reference, check out the other pokemon that learn this move; they are primarily fairy and psychic types.
Exceptions:
Altaria and Audino mega evolve into fairy types.
Skitty is pink, feminine, and fairy type group.
Milotic is pink, feminine, and beautiful.
[likely to get a psychic or fairy mega evolution]
I definitely can see your theory there, because with that one fake Popplio final evo based on a mermaid (aka the one in your avatar) I think it's a design that would fit a Fairy-type since mermaids are mythical beings and a lot of mythical creatures can easily fit the type. The fact that Disarming Voice is mainly learned by Fairy-types further supports the theory of a Water/Fairy Popplio evolution.
I really hope so. Also some fans have estimated Popplio's stats:
65 / 30 / 50 / 50 / 50 / 40
It's likely not fighting, unless it is a special fighter :/
More likely, given the moves it has, it will be a bulky special attacker. Hopefully fairy type! Though, Psychic would also be nice :)
It is just looking like it will not be a fighting type provided that it may have the lowest attack stat of any starter, even the Fennekin line. :)
Literally can't wait for the second stages so people will flip their can.
Dorky? I'm sorry Hikari, but this is where our opinions differ, here. There hasn't been a grass starter yet that was designed so horribly, at least to me, that it was considerably much more repulsive than the others. Sure, Quilladin took a lot of people by surprise, but it was cute in a plump way, and Chesnaught made the turn from cute to "tough" or, if you want to go another route, "badass", much like Delphox and Greninja did.