Re: The First Pet Your Character(s) Bonded With?

A fun place to chat about hunter pets in the World of Warcraft.
https://forums.wow-petopia.com/
You know, I never really honest-to-goodness bonded with any of my pets until patch 4.2 released. I just saw them as, well, pixels that killed stuff for you. But that all changed when I was browsing Petopia and saw 4.2 news. I looked at the new pet skins and saw some epic spiders. One skin, however, really caught my eye. The purple one. "Oh, this would be a cool pet!" I had thought. When 4.2 released I grinded my way into that portal and began roaming around and doing dailies. I hadn't really seen any of the rares before, so one day when I checked the Forlorn Spire (just, in case, he was there), I got a huge surprise.
A big, fiery purple spider was sitting near the edge of the rock. Untouched, not engaged. I got excited and (not knowing how to do the challenge) tried taming. I died. Tried again. Died. Tried again. Died. Finally I asked my guildies to help me and we eventually figured it out. Meanwhile some other hunters gathered around me and tried ninja-ing my tame. But in the end I finally got my spider. Some cheered while some /spat on me. I looked at that spider and we clicked instantly. Now, I didn't know what to name it for a while, but in the end, I ended up naming him Phobia, a little joke on the fact that I have a strong fear of spiders (in real life. I can tolerate lava ones in WoW). He's actually helped me get rid of my fear.
I took that spider everywhere. Never got rid of him, he stuck to me like super glue. He's the first pet I've ever bonded with, and I go with him everywhere.