There鈥檚 this stereotype that shiny pokemon are fussy and pampered and generally weaker bc they鈥檙e rather babied and adored. And while I understand where that assumption comes from (I鈥檝e seen how some of you guys treat your shinies don鈥檛 even lie). I feel like people forget why most shinies are so incredibly rare.
Like, depending on their coloration it wildly decreases their survival rate in the wild. There鈥檚 gonna be a difference in living as a blue Vaporeon or a bright pink one, y鈥檏now? Makes them struggle to blend in with their environments which, depending on if they鈥檙e carnivorous, can make hunting harder, sometimes the pokemon gets rejected from their packs/herds/flocks, they can struggle to get a mate, and makes them an easy target for predators.
So like when you see a shiny in the wild you gotta just stand back and bask in the rarity of it not just for being rare genetically, but the sheer amount of willpower and strength (or luck) that its had to make it this far. That鈥檚 pretty badass.
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Okay. I've gotta say it. I actually believe that like 90% of shiny Pokemon don't exist. at all. Like sure Charizard and stuff like that yeah whatever but I see so many shiny Pokemon posts where there's not even a shiny Pokemon. I don't get it. People would always call my friend's Pokemon shinies, but they're just normal.
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How did you catch your shiny Magikarp? I can't find a shiny no matter what I do XD
Well, you asked the wrong person for advice XD
First of all, he is the only shiny I ever caught and, technically, he is the one who found me in the first place;
So, imagine a beautiful day, it has just rained and the sun is shining bright on the water drops resting on the vivid green leaves. You are a young girl, full of life and energy, eager to go out and train your Pokemon. Imagine walking along a crystalline sea with your Froslass trailing behind you. You are eating a sandwich as she frolics around, chasing your purrloin as the feline jumps around, like she is dancing.
Imagine eating a donut your mom bought for you. It's split in half with buttercream in the middle. Strawberry flavored. You close your eyes as you relish the taste, and you are glad. You are glad to be alive, you are glad to have a good mom, you are glad to have your Pokemon with you, you are glad to be a trainer.
At that moment, you can feel nothing but pure joy for the simplest things.
Then imagine getting ABSULETLY slapped across the face by a golden blur. It's hard enough to knock you down and you panic because you feel wetness. You hurriedly raise your hand to check if it's blood, but thankfully it's just water.
You hear a commotion around you but you are too panicked to check. Your head swirls with questions as your worried Froslass helps you up. Did you get attacked by some evil team? A madman decided that you offended him? A Dragonite wanted your donut that is now on the dirt floor?
You look up to check on your growling purrloin as your Froslass keeps her hand carefully on your shoulder, holding her ice-covered hand on your cheek. And you see a fucking shiny Magikarp flopping around with your purrloin biting down on its tail. Angrily, you throw a Pokeball at its head and catch it almost instantly.
You are feeling VERY MIXED about your attacker but you decide to give him a chance to make it up to you.
It knows bounce AND hydro pump. Also, it's surprisingly apologetic and friendly.
You forgive him and buy him one of those water Pokemon backpacks so he can be safely out of its Pokeball everywhere <3
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Shiny Rookidee Mail!
It brought back this weird keychain of a 3D-printed applin, even if it's a little dirty around the edges. And it managed to get a small glass marble from those ramune bottles!
Took a good hour or so, since the beak kept getting stuck sometimes.
Wonder where you found this... And guess you worked pretty hard to get that marble, huh? Good job-
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"Hm?"
"Hello..?"
[Arven turns to the thing, getting locked in its cold steel gaze]
[Arven let's out a blood curdling scream, encountering such a metallic beast]
(Tw for mildly graphic depiction of animal injury and a blurry drawn image of such below the cut)
...
"M-mabostiff?"
"Buddy, BUDDY??"
"This can't be happening, please I beg comeon cmon"
"Mabostiff, please, wake up please buddy no"
[Arvens rotom phone floats up from his pocket and calls a flying taxi]
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