I never use legendaries. Starters, yes, but not all the time. I normally have a team of around 10 pokemon and rotate them, so sometimes I have a starter among the pokemon I'm taking with me and sometimes I don't. I don't think it's a matter of originality, you like what you like. When I played Pokemon Gold I had a female Butterfree in my team and she was the one who won most battles (including the one against Red's Pikachu), but Charmander has always been one of my favorite pokemon (along with Vulpix and Vaporeon) and I'm not changing the way I feel about them just because others like them too.