Every Pokémon is someone's least favorite

Love and hate are two sides of the same coin. The announcement of the new starter Pokémon for Winds and Waves set off a wave of internet hot takes, including one post that demanded, "Can we fucking let wingull go like my god," prompting responses like "wtf did wingull ever do to you." The writer admired that ferocity and asked friends and colleagues to name their least-favorite Pokémon.

Many answers rested on gut feeling rather than deep argument. For instance, Glalie was singled out as an unappealing blob compared with the beautiful Froslass: "it's just a chew toy made of ice and unsettles me to my core." Other dislikes were equally visceral.

Replies ranged from calls to skip the entire Naclstack line—"It’s just an awful design clearly inspired by the success of Minecraft"—to harsher takes like "Vanillish: It's fucking ice cream. What evolutionary decision made you edible?

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