I heard that this is also the case for those Pokémon that should've been born in a proper way. [ which is also WHY. ]

Well, that's true, he could probably see himself as an axe, but that'd at least make a bit more sense.

[ Korra can see that his Honedge, Gae Bolg, is now performing thrusts rather than the usual swinging movement a Honedge always does.

Identity issues, it's real. ]