When the word started getting around that "everyone" hated popplio, I got a little flustered. It's like everyone forgot what happened with Oshawott. Not to mention, it wont be stuck as a popplio forever. I heard about the popplio defense squad from an article about the popularity of the new starters. I've pretty much made it my mission to choose popplio for my first playthrough simply based on principle. He's darn cute.