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Chingling in Platinum or Diamond, I don't remember which.
>Be around 11 years old.
>Exploring the snowy zone because I enjoyed hearing the routes' themes.
>Pic related happens.
>I wasn't aware of the existence of shiny Pokemon, and didn't notice the sparkles from the beginning.
>I wanted to capture it, because it looked cute.
>My first pokeball failed, but that's when I saw the sparkly ring.
>I overreact because I thought I broke my game.
>Ask my older brother about it.
>He was jealous and told me that it wasn't anything special, so I could just run away.
>Still wanted to capture it.
>Success.
>Brother seems upset.
>I found out what's a shiny Pokemon and that my brother haven't captured one (up to this date), despite trying so much.
>He responds by telling me about how I will never find other shiny ever again.
>2 weeks later I found 2 shiny tentacools in the same day.
>Decide to give one to my brother.
>He just become even saltier and just leave Tentacool in his box forever.