I saw Skitterflame up a few days ago, the last of all of the big spiders for me to notice because everyone else minus Karkin/Skarr were up at the same time(!) - he's hardly anything 'special', evidently, because he's tucked away in his own little puddle and he is, after all, just a red spider. But half asleep from exhaustion, fighting to tame the others didn't appeal to me, and Skitter seemed the easiest.
I haaated him when I tamed him. I don't really like spiders to begin with, but his colors were so overbearing in the Front, especially near the lava pool he sits in - bright saturated reds and oranges yanked straight from an MS Paint drawing, almost. He hurt to look at so early in the morning, so I hearthed back to Stormwind to put some ointment on my poor eyes. Turns out he's much prettier than you would expect - staying cooped up on the Front does not do any favors - and he's really a peachy orange color, completely lovely.
I think it was a combination of that and the fact that it seems he is so rarely adopted by anyone else except pet collectors to sit in the non-unique sections of their stables - pity, I suppose - that made me decide to let him stick around for a bit. He was going to be Arizona - a location that means a great deal to me - but it was reserved, so I opted for Tennessee instead and named him Memphis. With a name and a proper appreciation of his looks, I went back to questing and wandering and figured I'd forget about him.
Anthriss(Providence), Ban'thalos(Raver) and a currently nameless Karkin all came into my stables, as well as a little green broodling(Moody) but Memphis kind of stuck in my brain throughout the entire day. I do my best not to use rares in the zones they spawn in - I was fighting a losing battle.
Sure, he's just red. But he's my red spider. He's my little PTR buddy. My Memphis.
I've never thought about just playing on the PTR for fun, but that does seem appealing for days when you just want to get away from it all and do your own thing.
