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Most Like/Dislike Shinys

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I was thinking about that lately.
Everyone has their own opinion on this topic and I totally think, that everyone can be a fan of the pokémon he likes, even if others would call it 'Trash Shiny'. Sometimes, you can read in recent trade-notes, that someone do not want a trash Shiny. But... what is a trash shiny? Everyone has a different taste on that.

For example, I love Diglett - others could think of it as a Trash Shiny, but I totally like that one.
Otherwise, Phanpy is a trash Shiny for me, because it is hard to recognize it as Shiny (while others would like it :D).


So - which Shinys do you like? Which are 'trash' for you? (Please without offending someone who like them! Every Pokémon is worth having a fan :D).
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all of my shinies are trash |D - hence my box name for them.

i tend to like four legged furry shiny pokemon that resemble dog/cat/fox's.

trash shinies to me are generally really disliked pokemon, such as carnivine, bidoof and ferroseed. but they are kind of funny, so when i hatch them i usually just keep them and give them a sexy name.
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To me trash shinies are ones where the coloring looks awful or it's just lazy. Like Spearow for example; they just made it a sickly green! Why?! And they did that with so many pokémon lines ( Why Jolteon? ;.; ) -- the shiny is just this gross green color (to my eyes anyway). Then there's ones like Leafeon, Scyther, & Zapdos where I cannot tell if they are shiny cause there's barely any visual difference. Just laziness.

It doesn't matter if I don't like the pokémon itself. A lot of my favorite pokémon have gross shiny colors so I'd rather have 50 regulars than 1 shiny of it. But ones like Spritzee or Raltz are really well balanced and gorgeous. I dunno what my favorite is though as I don't bother looking at shinies because most of them I find ugly ^^; But! All the more trading for those who do like 'em. Already traded away 4 I think.
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I pretty much agree with Tango. Though it's a bit complicated bc there are many exceptions too XD

Trash shinies are for me:
1) those who barely differ from the normal version. They just look boring and I honestly don't understand why the creators thought that's a good idea and why they didn't go for a different color. Exceptions are my collection Pokemon (Petilil, Leavanny, Gothita etc.) or favorites or Pokemon that I find cute (Happiny). Ofc I want them as shinies too or my collection wouldn't feel completed.
2) Green shinies. I'd say I hate at least 50% of all green shinies if not even more. They often look just ugly, dirty or simply gross like they're about to mold. But there are exceptions too. I seem to like a certain type of green because Petilil, Leavanny and Scizor all look pretty similar.
3) Fighting type Pokemon. I find most of them ugly because they often fit into category 1 or 2.
4) Unpopular Pokemon. Ofc this is relative, but there are certain Pokemon that a large group of users doesn't like, like Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, Qwilfish, Heracross, Wobuffet, Pineco, Carnivine, Pinsir, Volbeat, Basculin etc.

Favorite shinies are those that I collect, my favorite Pokemon, and favorite colors. I really like purple for example. That's why I even kept Shiny Qwilfish and Heracross (though this one looks more pink after the redraw) because I couldn't trade them anyway. And then there are shinies that look simply please and make me go "I want it!" (like Magnemite or Sentret). The last one is ofc pretty vague and can't be predicted by other users :")
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I actually like a lot of green shinies, especially ones that have a mint green color like woobat or shaymin--but I hate carnivine most of all, I also don't care for ones that are almost impossible to tell apart from normal one. I think the worst Shiny I hatched was shelmet
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I really like Shiny Rayquaza(altough I don't have one in VA). But I think it is because Rayquaza is one of my favourite Pokémon. I also like Shiny Haxorus(altough I don't have one in VA). It looks very cool. Of course there are many shinies that I really like but these two are my favourite ones.

I don't like most of the green shinies and shiny Plusle. It is almost impossible to tell the difference between the shiny one and the regular one.
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Ones that I like tend to be pink, colors that I think look good on the Pokemon (Shiny Swirlix and Slurpuff look like chocolate, for example, and I love chocolate!), or my favorite Pokemon. If they're pink and one of my favorites, then I like them even more! (Buneary and Pachirisu, for example.)
Ones I don't like are usually Pokemon that I'm not very interested in or I just hate the color. It's usually either shades of green that don't look right to me (Dragonite, Nidoqueen, Hitmonleee...) or colors that barely look different. (Garchomp...) I don't hate all of the ones like this. I like Shiny Azurill, Marill, Plusle, and Phanpy, for example. (Though I wish shiny Plusle and Phanpy were better)
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I love Diglett and I don't like green shinies.
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I think... the weirdest and worst shiny has to be Nidoqueen. NOT simple just because it's another green shiny.

You know the normal Nidoran ♂/♀ colors, pinkish-purple and blue respectively... Then with their shiny pairs they had this kinda neat flip going where the shiny female nidoran line was basically the normal male nidoran's color and vice versa. Then just all of a sudden GREEN! Where did that come from?! You broke the pattern D: Why?

Yeah okay there's a bit of pink on her but not as the replacement for her blue. Her shiny coloring should be switched at best! She should be mainly pink to complete the pattern. Makes me mad every time I see her xD
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