I feel that Eevee, as well as its evolutions, are tacky, annoying, and not very necessary in the grand scheme of Pokemon. During the first generation, I had a "That's a clever way to use the elemental stones," and didn't give it any further thought, other than slight annoyance at how useless Vaporeon, Jolteon and Flareon seemed to be compared to others. During the second generation, it was only the designs that stopped me from all-out being tired of the 'Eeveelutions,' but it had already begun seeming like a gimmick. The third generation, I was pretty relieved to find out there was no new Eeveelution, and thought they (the game-makers) had finally stopped. Then came the fourth generation, which admittedly I am not too familiar with....but I am familiar enough with it to know that the two new Eeveelutions are badly designed and all-out pointless.