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When I got back into the series with BW2 and Lucario was on my team, during every close battle where I think I'm going to lose, Lucario pulled through by dodging the finishing blow and winning me the match in PWT. I felt a connection with him and he became my pokebro.
So much that while I was visiting the other games I didn't play (BW->DPP->HGSS) I pokegen'd him in each one, resetting his level to 5 and reverting him back to a riolu, but keeping the same pokemon ID so I felt like it was the same one and we're just going through another adventure together. Except he rarely ever evaded, but that didn't matter because it felt like we had a true bond.
Later I found out that I unknowingly gave him a n item that increases evasion and that explained all his dodging. But that didn't change the bond we've made through all our adventures together. Unfortunately, I couldn't bring it with me on my X/Y adventures. So I had my DS open showing my lucario status screen and put it in front of my 3DS so it could watch me-fuck no I'm not this autistic.
In X/Y early on I decided to catch the first Riolu I stumbled upon and put it on my team. And the first one I saw was female. Personally it felt weird to have a female lucario because it just didn't feel right, but whatever, I caught it and put it on my team. This lucario was a monster. It hit so hard that it made everything in the game boring, and I didn't even mega evolve it during battles. End game I found out it had 31 IVs in Attack, Defense, and Speed. I felt like it was the reward I got for sticking with it instead of trying to get a male riolu.
I don't give a fuck what other people think about Lucario, it's my pokemon and I'll always remember the fun times I had with it. I'll never let the hate get to me.