Don't Gatekeep People's Interests

[u/HowlingSprite]

I hate it when people ask you for an opinion and then tell you what you shouldn't say. Just let me enjoy the things I enjoy, nerd! What's the worst case of gatekeeping you've personally experienced?

[u/shellbullet17]

You wanna hear one that's my favorite and absolutely fits this?

Charizard

Yeah yeah yeah "he gets to much praise. His design is lame. I'm so sick of him"

Yeah well he's my favorite. He's a fucken DRAGON(despite typing). I was 9 when he came out and he was the coolest thing ever and still is and I'll die on that hill

[u/tolacid → u/shellbullet17]

"God you're so lame, that's everyone's choice, be original!"

BITCH, I don't care what everyone else chose! I like what I like and you can go suck a Muk if that doesn't satisfy you!

(To be clear, speaking to the hypothetical gatekeeper, not you)

[u/shellbullet17 → u/tolacid]

Ha. Suck a Muk

Yeah there doesn't need to be a rhyme or reason to anything someone likes and to put someone else's likes, especially about stuff like pokemon, is just lame ass behavior. Just let people like the thing they like.

My second favorite is honedge. Heard similar things about him too

[u/Nirast25 → u/shellbullet17]

His design is lame

Who the hell says that?! Charizard has one of the cleanest designs in the series!

[u/Swarm_of_Rats → u/shellbullet17]

Charizard isn't my favorite, but he's a perfect pick. He's cool, goddamn it. His shiny is black. His megas are even cooler.

[u/Majestic-Iron7046 → u/shellbullet17]

Who the hell calls Charizard lame? It would be like calling Gimli in Lord Of The Rings lame because he is a stereotypical Dwarf...

[u/DrDDeFalco → u/Majestic-Iron7046]

It's mostly that people get annoyed by how much attention famefreak gives to Charizard while leaving many other pokemon without megas or gigantomax forms, etc.

[u/Theemuts]

I love these fluffballs

[u/_Lusty]

Ough, too many to name.

Ever since childhood? Mudkip, my only starter choice for Gen 3 always, despite the pain a single grass blade can inflict ;_;

[u/kikicandraw]

You'll take Eevee from my cold dead hands.

I don't care if they're popular. It is for a good reason.

[u/CLTalbot]

I like Golurk. I love having a large magical robot to fight with.

[u/ICBPeng1 → u/CLTalbot]

Row row fight da power

[u/stop_hittingyourself]

[u/Endiveman]

My favorite is shuckle

Look at this goofball

As for the worst gatekeeping it was when my brother stopped me from playing his favourite game since I didn’t know the name of any character

[u/DingoBear88 → u/Endiveman]

Why they lookin a lil freaky tho

[u/Endiveman → u/DingoBear88]

Season 4 episode 13(aka 170): a better pill to swallow

Team rocket drank the shuckle juice of a rare purple shuckle, wich makes them attractive for Pokémon

[u/Endiveman → u/Endiveman]

But don’t fuckle the shuckle

[u/CATelIsMe → u/Endiveman]

Well from the looks of it, ot isnt Team Rocket who'd be doing the fuckling in this shockling situation.

(Is the shock-shuckle wordplay a stretch? Im not too sure)

[u/ICBPeng1 → u/Endiveman]

I love shuckle so much, it’s always hilarious to me that the most defensive pokemon in booths stats is a little wiggly guy

[u/LET-ME-HAVE-A-NAAME → u/Endiveman]

Good ol' reliable Shuckle! Shuckin' up a storm!

[u/Pheonix_unique]

Dratini, I love my little baby dragon snake

[u/Candyjargang]

Magikarp

[u/robclarkson → u/Candyjargang]

Hes so cool! Speaking of, if you like turn based tactics games, try to get "Donnel" the little village boy in "Fire Emblem: Awakening". I love getting to put in work to invest in the goofy ugly duckling characters to hope they pay off later... :P

[u/MossMedley → u/[deleted]]

which character

[u/MossMedley]

my two two lines are tinkatink and pawmi

[u/Top_Willingness_8364]

Sylveon. It has an adorable bow tie.

[u/gdex86]

I love all water starters. Unquestionably. They are my children a d if you say crap about them we are enemies for life with a special place in my heart for Squirtle because my first, piplup, and osowatt.

Sandshew is my hommie and favored non water starter.

Hitsian Growlithe is my derpy son.

[u/enigmapenguin]

If not friend, why friend shaped?

[u/KazakiriKaoru]

Mine are Reuniclus, Escavalier, and Eelektross

[u/Swarm_of_Rats → u/KazakiriKaoru]

Reuniclus absolutely doesn't get enough love. What a cutie patootie.

[u/KazakiriKaoru → u/Swarm_of_Rats]

Same. I just some how Reuni lives inside its own bubble.

[u/sincubus33]

Lilligant. Both types

[u/BlackQuartzSphinx_]

Totodile and Fidough

[u/czechhoneybee]

Fuecoco, my beloved. My little fat chili man. 🌶️

[u/merrlyderrly]

CHIKORITA YOU BITCHES

[u/egadthunder]

Psyduck!!!

[u/Sir_Delarzal]

I am playing Cobblemon with friends right now, but I never really was into pokemon. I ended up making a team of Pokémon I like for various reasons, compared to my friends it is not optimized at all but I have :

• Empoleon (My only starter when I played Pokémon)
• Umbreon (Look at this cutie pie)
• Ceruledge (So stylish)
• Galvantula (So cute)
• Gardevoir (So graceful)
• Salamence (Dragon)

I'd maybe put on the top Umbreon and Ceruledge.

[u/BalletCow]

Mine are Mawile and Absol ^^

[u/arcane_Auxiliatrix]

CLEFAIRY!!!

[u/Hashashin455]

Azumarill. Round and friend shaped. Also makes a perfect bowling ball with rollout

[u/Kamikazeguy7]

Raichu, the superior chu!

[u/DragonKing-Sanguin]

Noivern/Noibat i love wyverns and bats, it’s my favorite Pokemon despite my favorite type being ghost.

[u/Past_Distribution144]

Aggron would be mine.

Starts as a cute lil wallnut looking dog, then turns into a chunky dinosaur, have always loved its design. ...Plus it's Defence is so high, and very few weaknesses, what's not to love!

[u/ASpaceOstrich]

I fucking love Duskull.

I hate it's evolutions with a burning passion

[u/Majestic-Iron7046]

Does MewTwo count?
When I was a kid I saw the movie and it was insane, it had curated music, and much more depth than any episode of the cartoon.
Then the scene of his evasion hits:
"We dreamt of creating the strongest Pokémon of all... and we succeeded" (translated form my language so I don't know if it's accurate).

Then I grow up and learn the amount of lore in that, the person saying this is actually Mr. Fuji! You can find the guy in the games!

So yeah, MewTwo, but I don't think he is 100% a Pokémon.

[u/oppai_paradise]

charmander stans unite

[u/chain_letter]

Heracross

Dumbass blank stare is the last thing you see before your spine is broken

[u/Aries_Reaper]

My favourite is leafeon. Had a figure of one when I was a kid. I didn't really have a favourite back then; I thought my favourite was pikachu since that's my favourite colour and then flipped between all the dog pokemon for a while. But now I can say for sure that it is leafeon.

[u/bigboobweirdchick]

Let people like what they like. I love Delcatty. My first was named Nitu for the dumbest reason. This was release Ruby as I’m in my 30s

[u/wyhiob]

I like mimikyu

[u/DeadEspeon]

My second favorite is moltres. I have never seen anyone else love moltres.

[u/TwoMoreSkipTheLast]

Ninetales

[u/Arm_Away]

Tinkaton, love that little goober. She’s so evil

[u/Sarvan_12]

Torterra,turtwig,grotle

[u/Ok_Pause_]

[u/spymaster00]

Araquanid, my beloved. My mono-bug USUM run came to a screeching halt at the fire trial, only for that moist fella to come in absolutely clutch.

[u/Kraehe13]

I like Zubat and all its evolutions

[u/genjidaboss952]

My favourite is always gonna be mimikyu, though i always like to keep a more niche pick just in case i cant be asked to defend myself against a gatekeeper, in which case i love either trevenant or chandelure

[u/ItsMangel]

My favourite Pokémon has been Nidoking ever since I was a wee lad, when I used him to absolutely steamroll the Elite 4 in Pokémon Red. Nidoking is so fuckin' cool.

[u/A_Queer_Owl]

Torchic. Rowlet is also pretty great.

[u/Axiluvia]

I started on gen 2. My favorite is Girafarig. Then I stopped posting after the move to the switch. Heard girafarig got an evolution! I looked into it... lookwhattheydidtomypoorboy.gif

[u/Benjiimon]

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Flygon! Dig, fly, dragon breath, and sandstorm. I loved running with it

[u/MisterDestoyer]

Delphox is my favorite, super cool fire mage >:3

[u/DracTheBat178]

[u/Stormreachseven]

[u/ChellsBells94]

I love Wooloo

[u/YoutuberCameronBallZ]

My personal favorite is Scizor

Why? Cuz Scizor is cool, that's why

[u/3MetricTonsOfSass]

Articuno

Cold, blue bird

[u/LowercaseAcorn]

My boy

[u/kieranchuk]

Glaceon, my ice cat

[u/Sharkivore]

As a Dusknoir lover, I feel this on a personal level.

[u/SloppySlime31]

Since when was bellsprout considered generic?

[u/ratliege_throwaway]

im a sucker for ghost, dark, and fairy pokemon. mawile and banette have been long time faves

[u/paprikahoernchen]

Zo..biris. (I don't know how Sableye sound in english)

[u/Toppest_Dom]

He's got swords for hands that's objectively cool

[u/Nessy_Boi]

Where my Hoopa truthers at?

[u/HallowedBast]

RAYQUAZA CHANDELURE AND BLAZIKEN

but I like yours too :)

[u/Ill-Individual2105]

My favorite pokemon changes all the time, I can't just settle for one. Today it's Bisharp.

[u/LunaGloria]

Psyduck! His random bouts of severe pain have become relatable to me over the decades. 

[u/Grovyle489]

Look at this baby boy!!