Your Three Favorite Legendaries?

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Articuno #1

Raikou and Mewtwo close behind

 

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Dialga, Heatran, Latias

 

[Frozen Lotus]

XERNEAS
I loved Xerneas to an indescribable degree the instant I saw it, and I knew I'd choose X. It's strange, because I loved Yveltal's design immensely, but Xerneas... it was just SO... me. At the time I wasn't really sure what type Xerneas was, but I was assuming Steel or Grass in part... whereas I had Yveltal's typing called instantly and was right. But I had always wanted a forest guardian deer legendary, and there they went and gave us one, made it a gorgeous shade of blue, gave it Christmas light antlers, and made its legs swords... then ended up making it one of my favorite types. Sadly, it's so powerful I can't really use it in any fun capacity... it's just too overpowered to be fair. But I'll always love Xerneas, so much so that it almost ties for my all-time favorite... Ninetales just barely wins, though.

KYUREM
ICE! DRAGON! I wanted this typing for such a long time, and we FINALLY got it. What baffles me is how staggeringly unpopular it is. What I see is an ancient, wise, yet completely terrifying T-Rex dragon that's severely weakened, battered and broken, but can still kick ass. When they combined it with Reshiram, though? I... I can't even describe my love for that design. White Kyurem is a design I honestly love even more than the ordinary version. They just took Kyurem, kept all its best qualities, smacked the few qualities of Reshiram I like onto it, and made it go from a feeble, obviously weakened dragon to a majestic, imposing angelic godly ice dragon that can also breath fire. And I just have to mention it... KYUREM HAS ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING SHINIES THERE HAS EVER BEEN OR EVER WILL BE! O_O ...I feel like I'm obnoxious... >>;

MEGA DIANCIE
This one feels like cheating, because while I liked the idea of Diancie I really... REALLY don't care for the normal version. But Mega Diancie? It kept everything I liked about the original and replaced all the parts I didn't like with elegant, admittedly frilly ribbons, crystals, and absolute beauty. They took what I wanted to like so much, Diancie, and what I loved but had so little use for, Carbink, and FINALLY made it something I could both absolutely gush over AND extremely useful. Its shiny version is even better somehow, which baffles me because the normal color scheme is already spectacular.
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Honorable Mention: Deoxys
The weirdest part about Deoxys is that I actually hated it originally. Like... really, really hated. I just thought it looked ridiculous and its concept was stupid. I... have no idea why I felt ANY of that, because those are all things I absolutely love about it now. Deoxys is just one of those things I can't get over how much I like it, especially its Default and Attack Formes. I like the Defense Forme a lot, as well, but admittedly don't care much for the Speed Forme. It just looks... incomplete.

Honorable Mention: Dialga
Another one I hated originally, and grew to love it. Maybe me disliking these initially make me like them more in the long run? Dialga is just a fantastic design to me. I adore its typing, I love the God of Time theme, and the more I look at it the more strongly I feel about it. I think what originally made me dislike it was when I saw it next to Palkia... who I admittedly do NOT care for. The similarities dragged Dialga down a bit, but as time went on I realized how wrong I'd been. It also has one of my favorite cries in the games.

Honorable Mention: Jirachi
Didn't think too much of it originally. It was cute, but it just didn't really stand out and I thought it looked a LITTLE too kiddie. What made me love it was the movie. It's so absolutely precious in that and shows all of its best qualities so well that I couldn't help but change my mind. Its typing helps a lot, and the fact it can learn Draco Meteor through an event was just awesome. It has dropped a LITTLE in my favorites ranks over time once the initial "Oh my gosh, it's so adorable!" phase passed, but I still love it.

Honorable Mention: Zygarde
Feels weird that this is the only one with a 3D model, but I couldn't find a moving sprite. I had to mention Zygarde, though. Nobody seems to give it the love I feel it deserves. It's both awesome and adorable at the same time. It got a really cool origin that it's based on, I love its typing, and it's the best Pokemon in the game that can learn "Glare"... which makes it so much fun in battle. I also kind of like that it's not particularly amazing competitively; it gives me the ability to use it alongside a normal team and not feel overpowered. I kind of hate loving a legendary then finding out it's completely OP.