out of curiosity...
what's your real-life degree of closeness to any legendary pokemon?
i own an instance of a legendary species
a friend owns an instance of a legendary species
i don't own one, but i'm in frequent wild contact (e.g., research)
i live in or near the known territory of one and have seen it
i live in or near the known territory of one but haven't seen it
i've seen one in real life
i've never seen one in real life :(
(i'll count mythical pokemon in this also, that's an unofficial title whereas legendary is, and they're both largely based on rarity, lol)
as for my own answer - a friend owns an instance! an articuno.
yes, it's frowned upon to own most species of legendary, especially the legendary birds given that their populations are still recovering, but this is a special case.
y'see... articuno aren't the most dedicated parents sometimes. they're even worse about it than zapdos, if you remember the power plant debacle from a few years back. one ended up building a nest on the roof of a building here at base, laying a single egg, and then... abandoning it. we couldn't just leave the poor thing out to freeze, you know? it's been an honor to participate in the hand-rearing of such a brilliant creature over the past year.
