Satomi and I are presenting the side of the argument of the breeder...not the pet owner.
As a pet owner, go for it! Be proud of your animals. All animals are beautiful whether they are browned out pastels or normals. My normals in my collection are some if my favorite animals. However, as a breeder, having browned out pastels is not something to be proud of. The goal is to enhance the morph by breeding quality animals. You can't achieve that by breeding low quality, browned out animals.
I think this thread is great for showing pet animals, but not breeder quality animals. There's a complete distinction and I don't think you see that or feel like we acknowledge it. However, we do. We're saying breeder animals shouldn't be here.