Mocha
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At least it's not a defensive Ice/RockI'm actually kinda hypothesizing on what each of the starters would be like:
I feel like Rowlet might become a defensive wall, sure Grass/Flying is an awful type, BUT if Thick Fat does end up being its Hidden Ability, then it might be viable. Plus with Rowlet's design, I feel like it would be pretty bulky.
Litten seems like it'll most likely be a Special Sweeper, again just randomly guessing on what its Hidden Ability will be. But I'm leaning towards either Flash Fire or Intimidate. Seems pretty fast too.
Popplio reminds me a bit of Vaporeon for some reason, looks like it may end up getting high HP with a decent Special Attack stat to boot. I can see it getting maybe a new ability like what Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie got for their HAs.

I could see Thick Fat being a neat option for Rowlet, I mean it would still be weak to Ice due to the quad weakness from its duo typing, but it wouldn't be as soul shattering. The neutrality to Fire would leave it only with a weakness to Ice, Rock, and Poison - which honestly is not that bad for being part Grass.
Yeah I got the special sweeper impression from Litten as well, though maybe they'll surprise us? Really hard to say what its final stage duo typing might be, if anything - same with Popplio. The dex entry for Popplio said that its speed exceeds 25 mph on water, and that it's much faster than on land. It also said it's acrobatic, so hmm.
Well if we look at 6th gen their duo typing ended up being Grass/Fighting, Fire/Psychic, and Water/Dark. If there is any kind of pattern to follow for 7th gen, we could look at what potentially goes along with Grass/Flying, since that's all we have so far. Hell, it's final form might have a different secondary typing entirely, though that's not common. Still, what do you think of to compliment Flying? Ground and Water comes to mind for me, but eh, redundancy lol.