Ok. So I have never gotten my OWN(as in, my ID, my capture, my everything), non-event(meaning that Red Gyarados and Mystery Gift don't count) shiny Pokemon, but I've been obsessed with doing so for years. They just hate me, you see. I haven't even hatched them from the egg in Crystal. I've tried SRing, I've tried MMing, I've tried PRing, nothing works. So I was totally surprised and delighted when I came across a bubblegum pink Graveler south of Blackthorn while training.
My mind went into automatic capture mode. I was training something weak, which I knew would go down before it could attack, so I switched out for my Gengar to put it to sleep. But after I switched, I couldn't believe my eyes to see "The wild Graveler used Self-Destruct!" flash before my eyes. I actually cried. Like, seriously, I actually cried. It just wasn't FAIR! And it was in vain because it didn't even hurt my Gengar. Just about threw my DS at the wall.