A thread for the creation and discussion of fan fiction and other fanworks - anything that involves a story and/or reading. What've you been reading? What've you been writing? What would you like to see more of?>Thread question:What are some ideas introduced in later gens that you like or improved the world building?>Previous thread:>>58706607
>>58736467>What are some ideas introduced in later gens that you like or improved the world building?Rotom
>>58736467>TQThe Draconids and the Celestica people being those “advanced ancient peoples” trope was long overdue. Part of me wishes more got fleshed out about them, but that really gives more room us fanfic writers to style on canon by fleshing it out ourselves
>>58736552>Draconids and the Celestica people>advancedBoth of them were working with stone buildings and neither fielded any magitech like AZ, blessed be His name, had.
>>58736590He meant advanced autism
>>58735649Everyone should betray the MC except the villain who actually keeps them alive so they can continue their feud
>>58736552Nah, they probably were like elves in most fiction, long lived and smug about it until a TechChad TAUGHT them that your ego means nothing in the face of an angry Pokéfucker
>>58736615Enemies to lovers
What's the worst Ash centric fic you ever read?
>>58736788All of them because they all get Ash wrong. I've never gotten past ch1 of an ashfic because of this.
>>58736467Oh I miss this guy so fucking bad.https://flashmuseum.org/pikachu-goes-for-a-walk/
>>58736788Ash starting from Hoenn basically is just a self-insert fag's dream. He has enough backstory to pretend to be an interesting character, but his goals and personality are so generic for the target demo that he may as well be a blank slate. Ashfics are usually terrible because it's just the author's power fantasy inserted on an animu. It just comes in a billion different flavors depending on if that power fantasy is romance, haremslop, or man child shone protagonist
>>58736467This might be one of the worst fan animations I have ever seen. I have lost the will to live after seeing this. All of that talent wasted for this. Whoever ducking made this needs to be punched in the face.
>>58737106As a pokefucker i agreee
>>58737122Same I am one as well. This is so bad on so many levels.
>>58737106It felt like a bunch of newgrounders who didn't give a fuck about pokemon were told to make raunchy joke animations.
>>58736788Most of them, I never thought it would be so hard to get his character
Add another thing to the checklist:>Kanto-Johto War had serious fallout!
>>58737106>>58737122>>58737170>>58737179This is a lot of autism to start the thread with. The animation was fine, funny, and people enjoyed it and still do. The extended song is nice.The only thing shit are these threads. The boost borne of caution gave pokemon fanfics is dead and now there's only a handful of crapfics left still going. No one is writing new fics, and no autism-kun, I don't care to write one myself either.
>>58737240>No one is writing new ficsThat's just untrue. A lot of good fics have come out in the last couple years. I know you bornefuckers are going through withdrawals but if you looked beyond the human x pokemon fics you'd find plenty.
>>58737240Let me guess you were the person who commissioned this. In that case next time have a better idea and don't get a bunch of new grounders to animate this shit.
>>58736853Davey did Pokémon? Why?
>>58737223The sad thing about this one is inter-regional pokemon wars could make for sick worldbuilding but authors don't do anything with it except bitch about nationalism. Most of the stuff on the list is dumb in itself but pitting the gen 1-2 settings against each other could be so cool in the right hands
I enjoy tropey nonsense, sometimes a cliche is a cliche because its good and someone with a good vision could give even slop a soul. Anyway feel free to fill in the rest.
But why Bingoo
>>58737334>bingoo
>>58737319>The sad thing about this one is inter-regional pokemon wars could make for sick worldbuilding Such as?>but authors don't do anything with it except bitch about nationalism.So just like real life? My opinion > Your opinion. That's all wars devolve to and are about at the end of the day.
>>58737356>>58737349LOL I DIDNT NOTICE THAT
>>58737319There’s not enough to really go off of. Was there a diplomatic incident? Is there a resource one side has that the other wants? Are their governments ideological enemies and messing with each other? Muh nationalism is the lowest hanging fruit which is why authors go for it (I would assume).>>58737240There are a number of fic’s that BoC continues to inspire (or at least influence). There just hasn’t been a big hit outside of Hard Enough, The New Normal, and Pokémon Trainer Vicky to really say there’s a fic on Borne’s level that’s come out. Obligatory I hate all 3 of those fics I just listed.
>>58737366>Was there a diplomatic incident? Is there a resource one side has that the other wants? Are their governments ideological enemies and messing with each other?Every one of these sounds interesting to me and a fascinating place for some shmuck to get caught in the middle. Even in a postwar era where the fires have mostly burned out the espionage (Espeonage?) game must be killer. There's infinite cool things to do with this so I guess it makes sense that everyone takes the easy way and does nothing
>>58737334Hey, some of us are using inter-regional wars for worldbuilding. I even made Kalos a hybrid nazi/soviet-esque bad guy of a world war that happened so I could really check all my world war boxes.
What do you think should people's reaction to be to the MC having a Legendary or a Mythical in their team? Or even things like Paradoxes or Ultra Beasts? How do you think it would vary depending on the people's status? A Gym Leader should not react the same as a newbie Trainer to such things. Nor should a Professor react the same as a Champion does. How about people with malicious intentions?
>>58737349>>58737356the free space BETRAYed him
>>58737478It puts a target and a price on the trainer's back, but unless it's a major legendary then it won't really cause the world to go spastic. Everyone will have their own interests but it won't go beyond that, the frontier brains have legendaries and Tobias still got his shit partially pushed in by Ash of all people and presumably got thrashed by the Elite 4 as well.
>>58736467>TQsGimmicks. Mega-evolution, Z-moves, Dynamx, and Terrastilization all appeal to the little kid me that saw Goku go Super-Saiyan for the first time.
>>58737478I wonder how you'd be treated if you gain the allegiance of culturally significant Pokemon like Ho-oh.
>>58737478If Tobias is anything to go by, most people would stare in awe and start asking questions and trainers competing in a tournament would either be scared to face you or excited at the challenge.>>58737593That person would most definitely be the talk of the town for a good while.
>>58736788once every blue moon i get reminded of this fic
>>58737603GROOMED and RAPED
>>58737609save the love of your life(shoot up a school) as ordered by Arceus(schizophrenia)
>>58736788It would be easier to ask what's the best Ash centric fic anons have ever read. Which is what I'm asking anons right now, which one is it?
>>58737478I think it should be extremely noteworthy, assuming in context people know what it is. Somebody might be shocked if they see somebody toss out a Mewtwo, but the degree of shock and the nature of it depends on whether it's just some cool, powerful Pokemon they've never seen before, or if they happen to know what the fuck a Mewtwo even *is*. Otherwise it's no different than some mon from a different region they're not familiar with until it starts bending their party like trick spoons.
>>58737683I liked an AU fantasy story with May as the female lead, it was what introduced me to Ranger's Apprentice which to this day I still regret, FUCK YOU FLANAGAN!!!!!
>>58737683Traveler, by a long shot.I don't read a lot of Ash centered stuff, but I'm on a kick of people putting together the picture that gets formed when you consider all the movies as canon.
>>58737683The kicker is that all the good Ashfics are just Ash in name. You replace all the Ashes with Red and everything would flow a million times better.You can count with one hand the amount of good fics where Ash remains genuinely in character.
>>58737603>yandere groomer cynthiaIs it any good?
>>58737478Depends on if they know the legends or not. If Scrooge McFuck tosses out Primal Groudon in a battle against a Draconid that Draconid should crash out or whatever.
>>58737804Instructions unclear, Isekai-ing Scrooge McDuck into Pokemon.
>>58737818>you and me, we'll be tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties. and we'll do it square, toothough his pokemon adventure would get derailed the moment he figures out how to find nuggets with the itemfinder
>>58737818What’s his team?
>>58737861Gholdengo is pretty much a must
>>58737861Pokemon that can learn Pay Day.>>58737866He'd be absolutely livid when it uses his Gimmighoul Coins to evolve.
I’ve got a human-turned-Pokemon character and I’m trying to come up with some humanesque way he can get an edge on natural born Pokemon. I’m not looking for a cheat skill, just an advantage to counteract his natural disadvantage. Any ideas?
>>58737861Gholdengo, Persian, Swanna, Quaquaval, Sirfetched, and some Ice type for his days as King of the Klondike.
>>58737683Ashes of the Past. It's the only Ash fic I've ever read where Ash is more competent yet still reasonably resembles Ash. Hell, it's one of the only Pokemon fics I've read that respects Pokemon's tone, period (and it's astounding there's so few). It meets a minimum level of competency many fics don't, and while it definitely has its flaws, it's such a breath of fresh air to read a Pokemon fic that doesn't take itself so seriously and isn't going full throttle on the drama, edge and/or politics all the time.
>>58737893The favstian spirit
>>58737334Bingoo is what I call it when I jizz directly into the trash can.
>>58737893The knowledge and education provided by civilization. Pokemon don't have books or school or web searches so most should be ignorant as fuck. Have they even figured out the basic type system, or is it all instinctive? Presumably this shit is why they bother with trainers in the first place. The protagonist would be able to strategize like a trainer without waiting to be shouted at, which is huge.Even bigger is if humans around, because having a perfect understanding of the species in charge with all the land and technology is a game changer.
>>58737366I have an idea based on a fan theory I have.Ho-oh and Lugia are the guardian pokemon of both Johto and Kanto as they are originally one region. They split up duties by each watching over one side of Mt. Silver, which is called that because Lugia has to cross the Mountain from its tower. However, when Lugia's tower burned down it caused Lugia to not be able to properly look after Kanto. This led to several issues, such as the Legendary Birds (Lugia's underlings who roost in Kanto) becoming aggressive with each other. And without it's guardian diety, the people of Kanto slowly lost their faith in the old traditions. Instead they began to rapidly modernize with technology to fill the gap that Lugia's absence left. Maybe after the tower burned down the people of Kanto blamed Johto and Ho-oh for Lugia vanishing, tensions escalated, and the region split into two as war broke out.
>>58737984At least you have a regional lore based reason for the war/increased tensions. Which… props.
What's the worst take or interpretation of a character you've seen so far? Doesn't necessarily has to be out of character but can be so.Hard Mode: It came from a fic you actually liked a lot and not a fic that was fic from top to bottom.Conversely, what's been one that you thought was very unique, clever and even really really good?
>>58737366Those pesky Johtonians stole the famous Kanto's Nomel berry tree
How do you interpret the difference between Rock and Ground? I'm really fuckin struggling with some scenes because of how bullshit these types are.>Sand Attack and Scorching Sands are Ground moves, but Sandstorm and Salt Cure are Rock moves>Mud Shot is Ground but Tar Shot is Rock>Bone Club and Precipice Blades are Ground moves despite being bones and rocks respectively>Stealth Rock is Rock, but Spikes are Ground>Lava and volcanos are universally associated with fire, but the secondary type is anything from ground, rock, and steelI'm thinking there's no major distinction and that Gamefreak was just blindfold shooting darts at a board.
It's always human-turned-Pokemon characters, why not a Pokemon-turned-human character?
>>58738250Not even the most twisted minds would dare write such a horror story.
>>58738245Maybe Rock moves are more refined or organized in like the mineral and crystal way. Sandstorm loses ground typing because its in the air all the time.>>58738250There was one where a Banette possessed a human corpse and became a trainer
>>58738072Hyphen's no masterpiece, but I really liked the part where Steven Stone has a heart-to-heart about a war that fucked up Hoenn in the past. He gets so worked up trying to describe the magnitude of horror he accidentally lets slip that somebody managed to evolve Luvdisc into an abomination by releasing it into a chemical fire. He drops the subject immediately and it's never mentioned before or since. The setting has no other fakemon.It's so good because in less than a paragraph it vividly implies this huge unseen world. There's unspeakable nightmares lurking between the numbers of the Pokedex, information quashed so it never happens again. The world chose civility and buried their past to build their shared dream where nobody performs war crimes on happy little animals
>>58738318Hyphen?
>>58738245ground is loose material/landscapes/has to do with being on the ground or underground (bones are buried, spikes lay in wait on the ground, a precipice is a cliff face, mud is wet soil, etc.)rock is specific minerals (salt, rocks (stealthy), tar (carbon), power gem, etc.)sandstorm is rock because the rock caba
>>58738245>I'm thinking there's no major distinction and that Gamefreak was just blindfold shooting darts at a board.They definitely do this when typing pokemon sometimes.
>>58738321On RR and SV. A bit whiny but it's about a Ralts/Kirlia pretending to be human to acquire resources for her secret Pokemon enclave which is fucking adorable so I can forgive it
>>58737767it's a relic of a bygone era, it was really shit even for it's time. You gotta see it for yourself
>>58738332>SVanon I think that's just like jerking off in a cemetery
>>58738332>>58738358Hypen is on SB and AO3 as well, restricted on the latter site for whatever reason.
>>58738072Whenever a fic makes Pryce a grumpy old man or straight up evil in some cases, I don't really care about Pokespe and the Masked Man
Anyone know that old ff fic where a dude turned into a Magikarp
>When writing stories i like to stick as close to canon as possible. Unless it involves a Legendary/Mythical pokemon or a pokemon like Ditto i generally prefer to follow the rules Gamefreak made. After all, it's they're world. Not mine.Is this a good mindset to have?
>>58738966Other than the mindset of allowing egregious typos? Sure, I guess.
>>58736788Why would i read an ash centric fic?
>>58737970Why would you jizz in the trashcan? Jizz in the toilet right after you shit like everyone else, retard
>>58739004I'm creating my own Muk
>>58739004>not enjoying a soft cushion under your bare assPhilistine
How do you write a believable disguise for a high-profile person?
>>58738250
>>58740085a top hat and a fake mustache
>>58740085Other colours, different clothing,maybe even different casual expression, another Pokemon then the one they usually use.
>>58740085Go read those stories of celebrities not getting recognized IRL.
>>58737944>pursuit of power at the cost of one’s own soulThis actually matches his attitude at the start of the story, but it matches the attitude of a lot of the native Pokemon too.>>58737971This I think I can work with. The Pokemon in my setting are smart enough to figure out types but require human aid to figure out “unnatural,” off-type moves. He could have a stronger affinity for those. Thank you.>>58738250For me, the Pokemon are the interesting ones, so having a Pokemon go the other way would just be making them more boring.
>>58740085Sunglasses, headwear that doesn’t match what they normally do.
>>58736467>existence of Pokémon heroesNamely, Trainers who became legends; like the hero who saved Hisui through the guardian Pokémon, or the one who brought upon Mega Evolution through Rayquaza. I think those are what children believed are Pokémon Masters, heroes who command Pokémon in the time of crisis.
>>58740085
>>58738966If you go by that, then it's simply a retelling of a let's play. SA did something along that line with Pokémon SwSh LP, with bits of British history sprinkled here and there.
>>58738966You can choose whatever limitations you please. That kind of thing breeds its own kind of creativity, since it puts walls around the sandbox, but still lets you do plenty of things inside of it. But if you want to disregard it, then that's also your choice and preference.
>>58740666Sounds more interesting that swooshie itself.
>>58737334>Nutrition>Gravity Training???
>>58740727how new?
>>58740738Very
>>58740493>stronger affinity for off-type movesThat feels kind of unrelated. Types were just an example but I meant knowledge in general. Most wild Pokemon have never seen a Pokedex, never read a history book, and wouldn't pass basic human knowledge checks. They might instinctively understand their own abilities and natural predators/prey but what happens when you take them out of their habitat? They don't have a breadth of knowledge to generalize with.Knowledge is the difference between meeting an exotic pokemon and thinking>Wow who is this tiny cute girl who smells so sweet? new pokewaifuvs>What can I infer about this unknown Pokemon from its physical characteristics? That venus fly trap shape on its head may indicate it is a predatorvs >That is Mawile. It is luring us in to eat us and it's weak to fire
>>58740838Oh, I get it. This seems like a great idea, let me see how I can make it fit.
>>58740727tl;dr it's been a trend in the last decade or so for SIs to get ahead of the pack by being the only ones to balance their pokemon's nutrition and to train their pokemon under the move Gravity(which makes pokemon really strong really fast because dragon ball said so).It's become a bit of a meme.
>>58740887Thanks
>>58737893could make toolsonly a few pokemon do that and for each of them it's mostly a gimmick or singular thingie: human-heracross forms an ariados' fangs into a spiky venomous attachment for it's horn, human-machamp makes wax wings so it can use two of it's arms to fly and the other two to punch birds, a fire type makes pouches of spores to use as grenade-esque weapons, a psychic/dark/grass lighting up torches to fend off bug types, etc.
>>58740757do you have any fics to share?>>58740887Honestly the fact that Pokemon have straight up magical durabilities for their biology (like pidgey not fucking dying from thunder) already makes suicidal training tactics like that far more viable and not as stupid as it sounds. I guess the real issue would be that everyone would be doing it at that point? or that ideas so deeply ingrained in our own conscience like DB training bs which most of these fics are referencing is not prevalent in theirs.
>>58740887>Gravity(which makes pokemon really strong really fast because dragon ball said so).Muscles strengthening or atrophying depending on gravity is a real thing. The real problem is Pokemon is developed world with space programs and it's full of gains obsessed meatheads and power hungry scientists. They'd know this shit. If it works, they'd all do it.You can't affirm your specialness by dramatically taking off your training weights and unleashing your full power against somebody like Elite Four Bruno because he's already a ridiculous DBZ character and he'd do it too. Doubly important to note is almost nobody likes Bruno
>>58740925That's another good idea, thanks>>58741023>he'd do it tooThis actually sounds kinda awesome.
>>58741023>Muscles strengthening or atrophying depending on gravity is a real thingDuh, but some of these writers treat it like Gravity training is an overnight thing even though Goku needed to spend a full year in it training and battling his autistic ass off. Which amplifies the point you raised even harder: if it produces such immediate effects then there's no good reason for others to not notice and do the same.
>>58741023>an antag that uses science to make their pokemon stronger whose achilles heel is the lack of bond and clinical viewpoint crippling their actual potentialthat's a straight up pokemon plot, thanks.
>>58741038>This actually sounds kinda awesome.Honestly, somebody should save Bruno. It feels like he could be cool but for some reason he sucks. I know it's implied he's below Agatha because half his team can't hit hers, but he gets rolled by everyone else that swings by, too. He has two Onix. Why is he like this? He's a professional with no social life who does nothing but train, so why is he so weak? What is he jobbing for?Is he more like Goku than we think and secretly fights world destroying threats but goofs off in the normie world tournaments because they're so far beneath him? Is he a schizo and that's what he thinks he's doing and he's really just a mediocre madman with two Onix? What's your fucking deal, Bruno?
>>58741111he's an anprim I'm afraid..
>>58741023>You can't affirm your specialness by dramatically taking off your training weights and unleashing your full power against somebody like Elite Four Bruno because he's already a ridiculous DBZ character and he'd do it too.Ah, but what if my character is an aurafag?
>>58741193you court death. everyone knows how to use aura, you just need to meditate and think really hard, but they dont dare use it for it'll summon a divine tribulation from the hall of origin itself.
>>58741214You're merely a Froakie in a well. You have eyes but cannot see Mt. Moon
>Snowstorm threw the whole day's flow off >Got distracted binging mystery movies all day and forgot to work on the ficFuck
>>58741023>nobody likes BrunoReally? Why?
>>58741361Did it give you any ideas at least?
>>58741373Why would anyone like Bruno?
>>58740640Basically, the existence of Legendary Pokémon trainer.
>>58741381Not especially, no. Though Wake Up Dead Man gave me a couple thoughts on how to frame spooky nighttime scenes I have outlined.
>>58741373It's more like people don't really think or care about him beyond mild appreciation for how he trained his Pokemon in the anime. I feel like someone should be able to do more with him.
>>58741388>I feel like someone should be able to do more with him.You could say that of any character.The question is why? Why would anyone want to do anyone with him? Why would they be interested on doing something with him?Some characters are meant to just be side-characters. Some characters are meant to be irrelevant literally whos which will never be popular. Muh wasted character potential truly has to be one of the worst cancers on the internet nowadays.
>>58741388I made him the mentor of another physically-inclined character in my fic specifically because I thought he was cool and wanted him to get to show off.>>58741393Everyone has characters from the franchise they attach to regardless of whether they ever actually mattered. Aaron is one of the most iconic Elite Four members to me despite probably being an actual literal who to most fans. And when you're in a position to write whatever you want in the Pokemon setting, why not throw a bone to a fave you wished got to do more?
>>58741402You took your literally who, are aware its a literally who, and did something with it.That's good. Pretty cool even. You got shit done instead of crying about muh wasted potential and trying to shame everyone about how they should be doing something with it and crying about how everyone else should be doing it instead.Most importantly, you have the self-awareness to know and acknowledge your literally who is a literally who.If only more people were like you. Alas.
>>58737853Nobody tell him about pick-up
>>58740085Dress up like a poor civilian>unbranded clothing>maybe worn out too>maybe work clothing (no hi-vis vest)>a polo for when he needs to be classy
No one talks about Bruno desu
>>58741888He has like no appearances, we don't know shit about him, and although he's strong it's not in a magical way like Riley so it's not very interesting or relatable to your average stickbuild millenial who's never been to a gym outside of January.
>>58741888He told me my pokemon would faint, the next day, ko'd
>>58741888Seven foot frame, Rattatas along his backWhen you're out of mons, it all fades to black~
>>58741926>>58741993Ty anons>>58741899You did fail the test sir.
>>58741888He's just a big guy with muscles, like the other anon said, there's nothing to talk about him unlike Bea who's hot or Korrina with some meme mega cancer thanks to all the mega stones in her outfit.In a world where aurafags and psychicfags are a thing nobody cares about putting real effort to train their bodies
>>58742036The solution to that is simply for the training of his body to produce real results. Make them different routes to power instead of one being "mundane" strength and the other "super" strength. An aurafag might be able to cultivate the power to stop a rampaging Garchomp's attack with a shield, whereas Bruno might simply snatch the thing by its tail and toss it over the horizon.
>>58740085just about anything
>>58742431This works because wearing a disguise changes your aura signature and all pokehumans on an instinctual level rely on aura to identify other people. Only humans who've conditioned themselves to rely on true pattern recognition are able to see through cheap disguises, which is why isekaijin are the STRONGEST detectives despite having the WEAKEST innate aura.
So I know how people feel about the protagonist getting fucked, but what if the protag is doing the cucking?
Good morning, sirs. I took some adderall and now I'm jerking it and writing with text-to-speech. Time to kill off some named characters.
>>58736467So, how is PLZA going to affect the way that Mega Evolution is used in fanfic going forward? It seems to completely upend the traditional understanding of Mega Evolution (a ready-to-go one-time battle-long transformation turned into a rechargeable reusable minute-long transformation). As far as I’m aware, the anime is still going with normal Mega rules, and the turn-based system of Champions is probably going to do that as well. Are most fanfiction just going to keep with that understanding as well, or do you think PLZA might cause a shift in attitudes because people will start wanting teams that show multiple Mega evolutions within a single match?
>>58743026QQfags love NTR if its the MC doing it.
>>58743128Either continue to ignore it, like PLA's shrinking, or work it into some battles where the plan is to run out the timer on Megas.The re-usability of Megas means you could write a scenario where a trainer to trains their Pokemon to "pulse" their Mega, like how DMC lets you turn Devil Trigger on and off mid combo.https://youtu.be/xA74A8IjqC8
>>58743128I'm still deciding what I'll do with it, but Z-A ended up creating a Mega for a future mon in my MC's party when I'd already given him a Mega Evolver, so I might incorporate some method to swap Megas mid-battle just to give them both a chance to show off.
>>58737240>No one is writing new ficsAI killed off the entire scene. Why even bother writing anything if ChatGPT can just shit out 100 chapters in the time it takes for you to write one? Why put in the effort to write something good if it's just going to get fed into an AI model anyway? Less people bother reading when AI is everywhere because they expect it to all be AI.
Why is that faggotron even here? To discourage people that aren't defeatists? Fucking pathetic. >>58743128Doesn't Korrina spam megas in her fight? I haven't bought the DLC.
>>58743128It seems to be exclusive to Z-A's Battle Royale, so it's a one time thing. Dynamax already have a turn limit and Z-moves exist; so there's no need to have those implemented for mega evolutions.
>>58743378Spotted the rotomfag
>>58743026I think it’s still shit but based on years of reading fanfics people find it more acceptable
>>58736467>>58737240>>58743378https://poal.me/jep6ud
>>58744146I'm not clicking dolphin porn.
>>58738072Usually butchered characters either piss me off or make me ignore them and I just bury them in my memory to forget it. So unfortunately I don't have an example for a bad one atm.The good one is Victory Fire's atonement seeking Gengar from PMD RT. It made me see human-pokemon dynamics in a different light. It tickled my 'tism to the point where it shaped my entire future 20 year plan in terms of stories I want to work on. My mind kept coming up with new story ideas while brainstorming for this guy. VF really made use of the unseen potential Rescue Team left behind for Gengar. Unfortunately he got sidelined in his own story later on so I can't wholeheartedly say it tapped its full potential, but it grasped a very nice concept and did justice to it. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but for me it was just right.
>>58743128I haven't playirated it yet, did they give an in-universe reason for MegaEvos working that way?Some of the better fics out there already changed Mega rules around such that it's taxing on the trainer(and pokemon to some degree), putting it on a limit before ZA.
>>58744481No, it's just gameplay contrivance.
>>58744346Link? Never read that one
Bumping the thread with a hypothetical: The Pokemon Company appoints you as head writer of an animated series that would be a loose adaptation of a mainline game. What region do you pick? Which region would make you resign?
>>58745009Gimme Galar. An ensemble cast in a region-wide tournament arc where they're all rivals and competing directly against one another despite any friendships they form, and there's a looming conspiracy of somebody trying to sabotage the tournament? I could rewrite that into something fun - though they were fools to hire me because Marnie IS kissing Gloria at least once. >Region to make you quitDon't make me go back to KANTOOOOOOOO
>>58745009Hisui. Though I'm not sure who would be the protag. Dawn getting isekai'd has the pros and cons of her popularity and baggage. Lucas is a blank slate that I can use how I see fit without causing much issue, but I'd run the risk of just turning him into an OC.Oh, I know. I'd have both of them get isekai'd, but due to time rift shenanigans each of them got isekai'd to a different timeline. Only one timeline can exist though, and it keeps switching back and forth with both of them having hazy memories from the other's timeline. Gonna get real fucking convoluted with this shit.
>>58745197There's nothing hard confirming the PLA protags are Dawn/Lucas. There's the possibility that they're unique AU characters, like Ash is to Red.
>>58745009Kanto or Sinnoh.I want my series to be successful so I can keep getting work and more and more influential within TPC.These two are all but guaranteed to make my series successful yes or yes.>Which region would make you resign?Unova because I have zero interest on it whatsoever.G*lar for reasons that needn't be stated. I'm sure GF wouldn't let me touch their little precious gary stu to portray him in a bad light. And having to "fix" Galar sounds like way too much work for what it'll be worth. No thank you.
>>58745009I'd do a Southern Kalos fanfic filler slop like the orange islands and it would flop horribly. >Which region would make you resignanything past sun and moon just demoralizes me. something about those games man.
>>58745009>resignGalar. Fuck Leon.
Writing the chapter before getting to a good twist is such a bitch.
>>58745668>Writing [...] is such a bitch.real. Screw AI, we need technology that directly interfaces with our brains that vomits words straight from our consciousness. Nothing can go wrong with this.
>>58745682This is how the Rotoms end up controlling the world.
>>58745686Rotom will eventually puppeteer all of humanity. But since they lack human ambitions they'll just simulate their life and actions wholsesale, with the human itself little more than a spectator in a body they'll no longer control.
>>58744564Originally from Sulfurbunny's Deviantart, where the extra stuff is also at, but I find this mirror to be the most convenient for reading.https://mspfa.com/?s=42766&p=1Having the Rescue Team background is recommended for the best experience.Beware that it is discontinued (indefinite hiatus), but the story was nearly complete; it was just short of a final climax.
