Magikarp/Gyarados or Feebas/Milotic?

[Typhlosion Explosion]

Simple question, which do you like better?

I look at it like this;

Magikarp: lol what no TMs or anything dat stinks and it's ugleh so useless hate it
Gyarados: omg dat viscous monster thing it's so powerful but so too monstery

Feebas: dat is one ugleh fish at least it can learn TMs
Milotic: omg sooo pretty and powerful wantwantwant

So yeah, Milotic and Feebas! I've always loved cute Pokemon. Ever since I saw Cyndaquil and Chikorita when I was picking my first Pokemon when I was 2.

[mintjelly]

I honestly prefer Magikarp and Gyarados, because of what they're based on.

Spoiler:

In the wild, koi are cold water fish who gain strength by swimming against currents. It seems they have captured the imagination of fish fanciers for centuries. Many years ago, in a time before recorded history, a huge school containing thousands of koi swam up the Yellow River. The colors of their well muscled bodies flashed in the sunlight making them seem like a million living jewels. All was going well until the koi reached a waterfall. Immediately, a large number of them grew discouraged and turned back, finding it much easier to simply go with the flow of the river. Yet, a determined group of 360 koi stayed on. Straining and leaping, each koi strove to reach the top of the falls. Again and again they flung their bodies into the air only to fall back into the water. All this splashing noise drew the attention of the local demons who laughed at the efforts of the struggling koi. Adding to their misery, the demons sadistically increased the height of the falls. Still the koi refused give up! Undeterred, the koi continued their efforts for one hundred years. At last, with one heroic leap, a single koi reached the top of the falls. The God’s smiled down in approval and transformed the exhausted koi into a shining golden dragon. He joyfully spends his days chasing pearls of wisdom across the skies of the vast and eternal heavens. Whenever another koi finds the strength and courage to leap up the falls, he or she too becomes a heavenly dragon. The falls have become know as the Dragon’s Gate and, because of their endurance and perseverance, koi have become symbolic of overcoming adversity and fulfilling one’s destiny.

tl;dr Magikarps, as weak as they appear, gain their strength by swimming against the currents, and that strength is what helps them evolve into Gyarados.

It's a message about overcoming obstacles in your life.
Those of you who are very close to me on here know that one of the biggest obstacles I had in my life was my mother being an unfair person (that's the nicest I can say it on here).
I have overcome my obstacle of her, and because of that, it has made me a stronger and more independent person.
I understand the hardness the Magikarp has to go through to become a Gyarados.
It's because of this that I'm getting those Pokemon tattooed on me one day.

[Typhlosion Explosion]

Originally Posted by mintjelly

tl;dr Magikarps, as weak as they appear, gain their strength by swimming against the currents, and that strength is what helps them evolve into Gyarados.

Omg you know us too well I bet hardly anyone will read that. xD

If we're going on about life lessons...

Feebas shows similarities to The Ugly Duckling. Striving to become beautiful for society. Instead of that, be different. Be "ugly". Society is wrong to judge everyone. If the world weren't different, well I think most of us have seen that Fairly Odd Parents episode. You never know what someone will become, so never judge them. If you've seen Megan Fox in high school, she was not as "hot" as she is now. She was made fun of and bullied constantly, and look at her now. She could totally take down any of her past bullies by telling her fans their names and addresses.

tl;dr Feebas is ugly like society deems me to be so ONE DAY I'LL BLOSSOM AND BE RICH AND BEAUTIFUL

[Judgmental Arceus]

I consider myself a Feebas because I'm so hard to find >:3

In any case I like Milotic because not only is it beautiful, but when I use it I know that I can still be lucky enough to survive a Thunderbolt.

[Alienshroom]

Gyarados

[vegetunks937]

Magikarp/Gyarados is the best

[Obliveon]

I prefer Milotic. Gyrados is cool too, but not nearly as nice looking. Plus, Gyrados has a really freaky typing: HOW DO YOU GET A FISH THAT IS SET AS A FLYING TYPE?!

[Typhlosion Explosion]

Spoiler:

FISH WITH WINGS LOL

I expect that sometime. I really do.

[Obliveon]

XD It would indeed be an interesting Pokemon.

[Master Rayquaza]

Gyarados is better in my opinion. Milotic is like UU and Gyarados is OU. Gyarados is also a longtime favorite because we all know Magikarp is a beast when it comes to splashing. Milotic is okay but people only remember Feebas for how hard it was to find it. All in all, Gyarados is the superior Pokemon.

[Fushigidane]

Magikarp/Gyarados is the best. Only because Magikarp is amazing.

[Judge Dredd]

Gyarados is a monster that really has made its presence known in both the games and competitive battling scene.
Magikarp is maybe the biggest joke in history of pokemon...The pairing doesn't seem to make any sense but it works. Ill go with these two.

[Dragotech]

Magikarp and Gyarados
SERIOUSLY they are Iconic in Pokemon, not as much as Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise, and some of those other uber well knowns, but you guys probably get what I am saying

[TrainerKristian]

Gyarados can't stand electric attacks so I choose Feebas/Milotic.