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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's your favorite region or game to read or write about?

>Previous thread:
>>59327690
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Pofag is the CEO of HUMILIATION RITUAL, KEKOLDRY, and weight gain. KEKED out of torturing Sabrina and spreader of (royal) AIDs. Ian fvcks Hyde DAILY. Put him in his place every HOUR. Makes him his bitch every SECOND while Selene cries like a bitch for being a jobber and Suszy-mary bloats to the size of a planet.
Spicefag is Gordy's BITVCH and has a Phd in Cuckoldry (also excellent in monsterfucking). takes place in South East Asia, aka, trannies, aka ladyboys galore. Goes apemode and murders Linonnes with chairs (this actually happened)
IMOfag is a disgusting fag/nigger/jew/Turkroach of lesbomancy, incest, and femdom known as a woman. Writes fanfiction about Pidgey-sama jobbing. (almost snuff. Do it IMOfag. DO IT.)
PokeNormal/Crystal Light fag cucks his best friend, makes everyone job to his OC villain, and fills his fics with sexy Erikas and fuckable rats.
CCfag KING of CRASHOUTS is into raping mentally ill retards, mindrape, snuff and necrophillia. FAMOUS for his GAY handwriting and HYHISTORIOGRAPHY. LOVER of bara deer.
Penfriendsfag is a portuguese shitalian who HASN'T FUCKed HIS POKEMON YET and is edging to little foxes phase at the moment (FVCK HER ALREADY YOU DAVINCI MF).
Saulfag has a bachelor's degree in Humiliation Ritual and makes PIDGEY-SAMA job.
Mahoganyfag only fvcks bratty dragons into submission and not the better options. (Fvck Sneasel rn you dumb bitch.)
SELLOUTSfag is an DRUG DEALING evil doppleganger who dissociates, MURDERS helpless old men, and he only fuckest the most racist twinks and sexiest Maractui. Ignore the fact that Maractus is Jvdge Holden (only explained this in CCfag's comment section), and assaults random strangers with dialogue from his chapters while stealing from homeless and cripeled veterans.
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>>59335568
TQ: I actually like the OC regions because they're at least new and I don't have to read about some retard just telling us about his playthrough over the course of like 100-200k words.
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>>59335568
Once again the thread has lost to the alien.
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>>59335568
>2 longfics in Alola
>Never thought much of Alola, just has the narrative tools I like to use
It’s gonna be weird if I say anytjing other than Alola though, right?
>>59335584
I’d emphasize well done OC regions, but yeah, I agree with this.
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>>59335568
I love writing about my waifu and her game.
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Posting for new thread, New chapter of PokeNormal is finished. Tobio probably doesn't die in this one

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66247705/chapters/192545816
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>>59335643
Larp larp larp sahur
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I only write about her and us.
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writing... whatever happened there?
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>>59335568
>TQ
Johto by default since it's the only region I've written about.

>>59335584
I can't say I've had that experience, then again I've mostly read threadfics and let's just see:
>Crime sometimes pays: need to read
>Spice and Fox: Journey, MC is a meathead, gains alot by being in a new region
>PoPT: not Journey
>IMO: not Journey.
>SELLOUTS: not journey.
>Saul: not Journey
>Crystal Light: refuse to read
>Pokenormal; not journey
>Penfriends: haven't read but is Journey
>CC: PMD
Aside from Spice and Fox being a journey fic, I think the only story that fits that description is Hyphen. And yeah I despite having its own plot beats the journey gym challenge thingy itself is the least interesting part alongside Astra's pokemon.
I guess I come the closest with Mahogany, but then again I am the waifufag writing about Clair so I pretty clean fit the definition of retard, lol.
Have an incomplete logo for my fic, editing has been slower due to hand and wrist pain but I'll still make my self imposed deadline next month.
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Why is this faggy cursive retard writing about coffee tables and different kinds of wood materials?
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>>59335634
>>59335643
>>59335687
Greenfag, I WANT to read about Green but you're not helping me.
These generic hollow posts mean nothing. Give me a full Green fanfic or give me death.
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>>59335764
Green would be disappointed in you. Think about that for a while.
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>>59335766
They spend their time plaguing other threads
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>>59335568
Congratulations, (You) just caught Arceus! What's the first thing you're making Her do?
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>>59335767
>>59335766
Help me find a place to post my work and stop being mean to us for no reason.
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>>59335831
Keep writing until you get the invite.
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>>59335822
First I'd bind her in jade chains, then I'd tie her to the couch and make her explain all of the lore.
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>>59335859
That was over a month ago. We already had several battles with team genome and got our third badge
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>>59335822
the way arceus's sprite was drawn in gen 4 made me think it had a green face with red eyes. Seemed a little more alien and mysterious than what we got outside of that.
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Man, sharing my daydreams seems much more efficient than actually writing. I should do that.
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What's the latest moment you read that made you feel like pic related about the author?
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>>59335899
Those are called snippet threads, and they're still writing.
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>>59335822
sexo
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I’m a bit early, but whatever. It’s (basically) Prince of Po Town’s one year anniversary since I posted the first six chapters, and I get to celebrate it with a big chapter titled “The Battle of the Howling Wood.” Also I can’t believe I posted 53 chapters in one year, wtf.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66210784/chapters/227818296#main
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I love my Pokewife!
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>>59335955
built for bbc
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Also whoever was posting about FNN being busted last thread, I’m running into the same issues. It’s not saving anything I’m giving it no matter how many times I try and different ways I do it.
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>>59335997
It absolutely refused to accept my .odt upload for my last chapter despite it being explicitly listed as an accepted file type.
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>>59335997
New or old ffnet? I'm wondering if there's actually any difference beyond user interface changes.
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FFN was unsuable so i couldnt post my Green fic there
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>>59335902
What does this mean? Like actually larping with someone, or is there something I'm not getting?
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>>59335952
Yer a goddamn monster, good job.
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>>59336122
JJK tiktokers heard the word Larp and interpreted it wrongly, so now Larp means "poser" in the normalfag lexicon. It caught on with them because JJK fans notoriously don't read their own story but pretend to be experts regardless.
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>>59336136
The word Larp as an insult to describe someone who pretends to be who they are not has been a thing for a while. It has just gotten a bit more popular.
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>>59336122
Retarded zoomer nonsense
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>>59336160
The word larp is literally an acronym for Live Action Role Play. It's about people dressing as peasants and knights at a renfair and acting the part.
The poser interpretation is entirely nu-age zoomer brainrot born in the last few years and only just now catching the spotlight.
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>>59336174
It's 4chan lingo that leaked off-site
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>>59335762
I respect your desire to not read Crystal Light, but if I were a lesser man I'd crash out every time you mentioned it.
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>>59336256
When I do read it (no ETA bro, I’m sorry), if I really like it I will give him un-ending amounts of shit. CCanon liking it already an 11 out of 10 endorsement
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People don't really care for journey fics, huh?
Are they as overdone as they sound?
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>>59336312
Nah people eat the fuck out of journey fics. But they are overdone.
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>>59336312
They take a while to find their footing.
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>>59335568
How do you interpret one-hit KO moves? Like really strong moves that are hard to pull off?
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>>59336373
Most of them feel less like special OHKO moves and more like really strong moves, so that's what I treat most of them as. Only the odd ones like Perish Song or Guillotine still get treated like OHKOs, since they feel like they're exploiting a vulnerability rather than "I do super strong move at you"
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Should you tip the pokemart employees?
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>>59336421
no, but you should tip in the Battle Maison or the Chateleines will kick you in the nads next time you visit them
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>>59336421
Fuck no and if they put a Rotom tablet in my face, I'm going to fry it with my pocket Joltik.
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>>59336000
>>59336041
So I finally solved it (for now). I uploaded it on the new website, but posting was a problem on the new website, so I accessed the document on the old site and was able to post it that way.

When the old site is discontinued I have no idea how I’m gonna post there from then on.
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>>59336464
Did they use AI to make the new site? Only AI could make something jankier than og FFN.
Clearly we need more datacenters.
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What if a Gym Leader was broke and had to pause fights to shill products that sponsored him? His gym would be full with publicity posters and propaganda, his Pokemon's nicknames would be popular brands and he would also rent the gym for public events to earn extra money.
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>>59336476
Would it be unethical to make a fake fundraising for the hungry kids of Orre just to take all the money for yourself?
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>>59336477
>Flare
>Aether
>Aqua
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Today's Menu has been a wonderful change of pace for me, a fic I don't feel like I have to provide feedback for and which I am not editing. Emiya is funny and the very direct and blunt prose sort of play into that, I'd say it's very snappy despite the odd formatting where it seems like every other word is a new line, but they get longer in chapter 4 & 5 when we get other PoVs.
Mawile is very cute, also for some reason I expected the fic to take place in Sinnoh. I like Oak here. Some rare sentences feel AI generated, but it's not common and typos and grammatical errors too common for the text as a whole to be AI. Either way I'd recommended paying closer attention when editing.
The description of food always makes me hungry and having Red be excitable was an interesting choice. I tend to think of him as rather mute although not the same, it vaguely reminds me of GoC where the Red there is also quite talkative. That's probably the Poke'spe influence.
There was a meme reference in chapter 4 I didn't find funny, and I liked the turn towards pokemon ecology in Chapter 5, not so much a fan to the references to how game-y Fate's universe is. I like Emiya's internal conflict as well and how it clashes against the world of pokemon. All in all I came away thinking it was okay-ish, but not something I'm interested in keeping up with. Sort of like "Saga of Tanya the Chansey."

When I say AI-like writing I mean things like:
>Clean, even stokes. No wasted motion, no hesitation. The knife move with practiced rhythm-not fast for the sake of speed, but efficient in the way that made repetition natural. Slice, turn, gather, repeat.
You have two very natural sounding sentances on either side of an AI-sounding one and it stands out, when something like:
>He moved with practiced speed: No wasted motion, no hesitation. Slice, turn, gather, repeat.
Would have been more natural.

>>59335671
Gonna read it right now, thanks for the update Pofag.
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Why don't the police use psychic Pokémon to erase the memories of criminals and reform them into good citizens?
>inb4 because it's brainwashing
no it's not, it's grooming at most
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>>59336549
Psychic pokemon can't do that. You're thinking of Fighting, Rock, or Steel types.
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Catching a Ditto and make it cover my arm so I can use Bullet Punch and Ice Punch, spare me the dick jokes
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>>59336574
I would use one to copy random people's Rotomphones and harvest account details and personal information. They have a grubbinhub account? Thanks for the free meal sucker, also I transferred their entire PC to the blackmarket.
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>>59336574
erm, PokeSpe did it first
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>>59336586
I think Dittos can only copy superficial things, unless you can give them detailed information about the interior of what they're copying and they can retain that information the insides will just look like Ditto slime.
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>>59336574
kino
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>>59335568
What Pokedex holder title would your MC have? You can make it up
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>>59336669
the slanderer
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>>59336669
Ni-
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>>59336761
Nice guy :)
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>>59336514
Didn’t ask retard. This isn’t writing
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>>59336669
The breeder, don't ask
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>>59336669
The Larper
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>>59335568
>LARPer General
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>>59336669
Gonna go with The Leader.
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>>59336669
Green the conqueror
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>>59336669
>Mixer
Lmao
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>>59336601
If I had a nickel every time a fanfic writer had an idea that was done in PokeSpe first...
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>>59336925
Couldn't be me, I steal all my ideas from the anime.
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>>59336973
There's no such thing as stealing. It's just a homage to previous work.
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>>59336973
I steal from other fanfics.
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>>59336993
No, I literally just paste anime screenshots into my fic and say 'this happens' instead of describing things. And in the notes section I claim to literally own the rights to Pokemon. I am a criminal.
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>>59336294
You know, I don't think its said enough because people are afraid of being called a fag for saying it. But I do appreciate the comments and kind words when people share them. Hearing people say 'I chuckled' over small jokes or notice a tiny story detail I wasn't sure would land are like crack. I try to play it cool and come off as nonchalant to not seem like a pussy, but I literally wouldn't be writing if I never found this thread. So thanks. You take your time on reading it, it's not going to be deleted for a long while so there's no rush.
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>>59337062
my body... on it's own I... I...! I KNEEL.
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>>59337062
The Nintendo ninjas are on their way
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>tfw I'm up-to-date and a fan of Crystal Light but haven't touched Pokenormal
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>>59336256
That's the intent, I love poking fun at fellow writefags. But seriously I'll get around to it after reading Crime Somtimes Pays.

>>59337093
I hope you know we're enemies, anon.
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>>59335568
what character would be a known lolcow?
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>>59337150
I like to think Blue gets clowned on a lot for having the shortest Champion reign ever (until Trace), and that between the events of gens 1 and 2 he had a total lolcow crash out due to his ego. But he came out the other end of it with newfound humility and maturity because in the end he was literally the best in the world for a moment. He still gets slander because of the rumors that he was a mentor to Trace and the exact same thing happened to him, but most people don't know he was also a mentor to Chase/Elayne who was the one that beat him.

Trace meanwhile wouldn't have the ego to go full lolcow in universe, but he sure is one to the fandom.
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Would it be humiliating if my MC were exactly five feet tall?
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>>59337264
If they're a kid? No
If they're a cute girl with big boobs and nice ass? No
If they're a cute girl with a flat body but long hair and glassess? No
If they're full grown adults? Lmao yes
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>>59337150
Clair.
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>>59337340
Clair would have tons of femdom fans wishing to be kicked by her
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>>59337340
My first thoughts were clair and whitney but you cant be a lolcow as a cute girl.
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>>59337355
I don't like being called out
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>>59337150
Lebanne.
>Hyper aggro, accepts-any-challenge Dragon trainer
>Gets clapped by one rich Fairy trainer and becomes their personal slave
>Has been slowly conditioned to getting extremely horny when doing Jacinthe’s will
She’ll never beat the “wears a buttplug at all times” accusations.
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>>59337264
give him a Nidoking so he doesn't look that small in comparison
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>>59335568
Reminder that you have to dance every time you use a Z-move, and it fails if the dance isn't perfectly done
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>>59336318
>>59336327
Maybe I'm going insane but lately I'm thinking of writing a journey fic for my OC daughter; simply because I found her concept interesting.
It sounds cool in my head but it's pretty cringe when I start putting it on the page.
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>>59337628
Totem pokemon can use Z moves without dancing just fine, so there's gotta be some trick to get out of doing the tiktok-bait dance.
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>>59337630
As long as you don't pull an Epstein you'll be fine. Anyone starts yapping about "inappropriate" shit, just ignore them. Rabid dogs don't bite water.
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>>59337630
>>59336327
I almost forgot to ask.
Is it because they take several chapters to grind the MC into being competent? Or maybe they cover every single route in excruciating detail?
My plan was to have mini-arcs for each gym with one chapter vignettes between each gym, and then longer arcs for tournaments. It seems like a reasonable pace to me.
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>>59337636
>arcs for tournaments
No fic ever survives the tournament arc, maybe rethink that part. Also who's your pokewife?
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Are there any fics about SIs as talking Pokemon?
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>>59337641
>No fic ever survives the tournament arc
Huh. Why is it so?

>Poke wife
Misty. I never got over her.
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>>59337648
Off the top of my head, Imago, although it only has 1 chapter. Then again it's the only type of that fic I've read.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/82513596/chapters/217196781
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>>59337636
The tutorial arc or the call to adventure is always the slowest since you have to establish the mc's place in the story.
>tournament arc
Think about how long it takes for you to write a gym battle and then realize you have to do like six times that for a tournament arc.
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>>59337656
>Huh. Why
Standard tournament arcs in other settings are 1v1. Pokemon's are 6v6. Even cutting it down to 3v3 is still 3x the slog of a standard tourny. It's a source of major burnout and loss of interest, especially because tourny arcs are typically plot dead zones.
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>>59337648
Syzygy
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>>59337702
sound like a STD
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>>59337660
>>59337676
Right, right.
Fights go fast in my head but you're right that they take a lot of time to design choreography, introduce opponents and their pokemon, come up with twists and on top of that the only thing that's really important about the tournament's result is whether or not the MC wins. I'll have to draft my version of a league tournament to double check; I believe the plot, which is really how the MC grows as a person and trainer, can go on during a tournament but I need a proof of concept first.

>The tutorial arc or the call to adventure is always the slowest since you have to establish the mc's place in the story.
I plan to do the offloading in a single chapter and finish establishing everything relevant by the time she wins her first gym, but that's just a plan. I also have to decide how long Mt Moon should take her and what she'll do there before getting to Pewter, but it would go
>she's kicked out of the family gym for abusing her authority as substitute leader
>is convinced to start her journey to test her skill
>catches a pokemon on her own
>travels to Mt Moon with an unresponsive pokemon
>???
>arrives at Pewter and Brock is tougher than usual because Misty asked to him to give MC a lesson in humility
>MC finally wins her first badge after a setback but isn't quite humbled

I project about 3-4 chapters for this if I keep the pace fast and snappy.
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How do you write a good "MC gets amnesia" arc?
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>>59337730
That's the thing, you don't.
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>>59337615
Never knew Ledian was that fucking big
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>>59337730
If it's an OC/SI I don't think your readers will notice it unless you do some lore dump like Arknights(?), if it's a canon character then shit gets trickier.

Alternatively you could do a Touma like scenary where the character is pretending but since his core didn't really change he gets away with it
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I feel like I may be in the minority from how people are talking, because my first arc was very quickly-paced and full of action, while the second slows down significantly to let characters catch their breath and start building up the long-term conflicts.
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>>59337730
I'd ask myself first "what do I want to make out of an MC get amnesia arc?".
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>>59337821
the same reason for the "MC wins the lottery chapter" and "MC gets shrunk chapter". Yes, I have the problem of writing a fic as if were a TV show
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>>59337821
A chance for the losing heroine to get her crumbs.
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>>59337730
Instead of the usual "can't remember anything" do the "what the fuck did I do last night? why am I a fucking Gardevoir and what do you mean I used psychic powers to pull a Darth Vader?" stuff. In short: make amnesia feel like a consequence of a night at a bar.
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>>59337855
Reminds me of fire force.
MC forgets what happened for a while, turns out his entire personality was replaced by a personality that based itself on what people thought the MC is like, and since people thought he was a massive prick, he acted like so. We only get to hear second hand accounts of what he was doing during that time.
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I've never been in this neighborhood before, there could be dark-types here. There could be dark-types anywhere. "I HATE DARK-TYPES," He said aloud.
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Are (Your) dark types "dark" or just like any other pokemon?
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>>59337716
One thing to keep in mind is that even official tournaments don't use a full 6v6 format. They do a 4v4 format because it takes too long to get through all the games.
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>>59334490
I did not wrote Bakugo.
What I wrote wasn't much different than OG/AG Ash , you probably still see XY Ash as the prime standard which is why even Ash's old personality seems alien to you. Just because I said he would be hotheaded does not mean he would be a shouting bully like Bakugo since Ash was hotheaded from the start.

This version of Ash still does not understand romance but he went enough puberty to be attracted to girls. only one specific girl. I haven't decided who that girl should be but she needs to be so pretty that Ash won't need a harem and develop a natural closeness with him which is fun and makes Ash's crush believable.
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>>59337947
Gary's sister, Daisy.
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>>59337947
Himself, after seeing what he looks like while crossdressing.
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>>59337922
Only one I've written so far is Absol, and if anything he's just a consummate professional. He's with the party for a reason and he has no patience for dumb kids putting themselves in unnecessary danger.
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>>59337730
Maybe have some kind of villain with some kind of power over memories that has made the MC forget things.
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>>59337947
>What I wrote wasn't much different than OG/AG Ash
I disagree but whatever, everyone has a different perspective when it comes to characters. Though to me it sounds like you wanted some edgy little shit like Hachiman
>I haven't decided who that girl should be but she needs to be so pretty that Ash won't need a harem and develop a natural closeness with him which is fun and makes Ash's crush believable
May
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>>59337947
As long as it's not Clair, she's for me. I second Gary's sister,
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>>59338036
Forgive me when it happens, but Clair has a dedicated paramour courting her in my fic though Clair didn't realize she'd win her affections by beating her, so she's comically trying to avoid the relationship
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>>59338048
>Forgive me when it happens, but Clair has a dedicated paramour courting her in my fic though Clair didn't realize she'd win her affections by beating her, so she's comically trying to avoid the relationship
>Clair yuri
What a doomed timeline. No wonder why Ash saw the dark side of the world. Although if you're IMO I won't forgive you.
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>>59337947
What you wrote seemed more over the top than even early Ash.
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Sabrina...eyes...
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>>59338083
Sabrina's eyes have to be scooped out again in order to save Clair from being a lesbian.
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>>59338062
> rebellious, moody, hotheaded, always question authority, likes to do reckless staff for fun and wants to be taken seriously like an adult.

Everything I said was typical teenage behavior and its believable for Ash to be like when he becomes a teenager based on his original personality.
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>>59337937
I was thinking of options because you guys are right that a 6v6 is a slog. 3v3 should be fine, with maybe 6v6 for finals and semifinals if I seem to have gotten the handle on making fights entertaining.
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I don't get why more fic writers don't summarize the filler of the tournaments. You can have your 6v6-only tournament and still get through it in a few chapters if you don't waste the reader's time on random NPC fights and needlessly bring back hated characters to make them job.
Like we get it, silver silver's all over the average trainer. You don't need to dedicate 3 chapters to it.
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>>59338168
BUT THE HYPE MOMENTS... THE AURA...! How am I supposed to tell everyone how cool my SIOC is if I don't tell them about all the shitters jobbing?
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>>59338180
That's the beautiful part, you can! You just don't have to dedicate a gorillian words to it.
Silver could have silver'd all over each of those faggots in a third of a chapter but instead it was spread out across 300 chapters complete with their own canon omake's and interludes. Excessive!
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>>59338168
For some that want to commit to an upload schedule for the patreon bucks, could be a way of buying time to work on the plot?
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>>59338168
It's because writers are too in love with their own work, so they overstimate that readers must feel the at the same level. Or it could be coming from the sense that "more focus on random trainers and battles = more complex worldbuilding".
To be honest it's good to like writing, but you can't forget to sometimes take a step back and try to see it from the POV of the reader.
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>>59338168
Tournament arcs in general are really popular, sometimes it helps the work with a break through like the tower of heaven in HxH, the chuunin exams, the dark tournament in YYH and so on while sometimes it kills them like DxD being stuck in some endless tournament arc, Asterisk war or in Pokémon fanfics Reset Bloodlines
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Y'all ready to SELLOUT! https://archiveofourown.org/works/73703406/chapters/227983136
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>>59338200
No, I printed a copy of Sellouts just so I could burn it.
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>>59338204
based
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>>59338191
Milking a patreon would certainly change things.
>work on the plot
Imagine not having at least a single region's journey worth of plot prepared ahead of time. Did they even have a story in mind or did they just start writing? Tsk tsk.
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>>59338199
I'm not really convinced because in those examples, they work because they are visually fun to go through. While we only have text to work with.
Chuunin exam is its own separate category. I've seen people treat part one, the exam, and part two, the tournament, as two different things to consider. Both do serve as a way to show how the characters progressed and how small the well they are in is.
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>>59338199
It helps that those tournaments had more going on than just a cash prize or bragging rights waiting at the end. Compare Silver's
>"fuck you color gang is the best and I don't even care about the prize"
to Naruto's
>"fuck you Leaf Village is the best also I'm doing this to be promoted to Chuunin, looking out for Orochimaru, trying to not die, scoping out the capabilities of my enemy's future elites, and the whole while the author is showing off powers and interactions you've never seen before, oh and here's one of the hypest martial artist vs magician battle the world's ever seen"
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>>59338168
Don't look at me, I'm trying my best to make my NPCs fun to read about and focus only on my MC's battles.
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>>59338237
Did the chuunin rank ever mean anything? You have gennin which were just ninja fodder and jounin who are suppose to be the teachers and special forces. Chuunin just feels like an awkward middle ground.
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>>59338237
Yet funnily enough Silverfic's one of the few to survive the tournament arc. It just shows that the more shameless your power fantasy the easier it is to plow through the tournament arc.
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Why did YYH's tournament arc work so well then? It seems to adhere to every single negative trope being listed here. 6v6 (or 5v5 rather), the side characters and not just the MC get full focus on all their fights, every random observer has a side arc going on, etc.
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I could've sworn there were some kind of undeground path battles in Kanto or Johto.
Did I hallucinate?
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>>59338260
Togashi usually has to bet everything on the characters since most of his designs are ass, and all of the characters in the Dark Tournament were fun, nuanced, and didn't overstay their welcome.

>"But Jin!"
Everyone likes Jin.

You also have that the arc derives its tension from Toguro forcing Yusuke into a rivalry where the latter is likely at risk of being killed, so the entire arc is actually about whether Yusuke can get strong enough to fight Toguro and win in a somewhat controlled environment or if he'll be defeated before their fight and be forced to deal with whatever Toguro presents their world with when he spergs out.
The characters orbiting Yusuke are interesting on their own and even defeating NPCs is often done with handicaps, conditions, and other limitations so the fights are rarely just a straight fight until you get to the final round, which are the only fights you want to see be straight fights.

Something I liked a lot about the Indigo League in the anime was how they switched the terrain up in the prelims, so even if Ash was battling an NPC for like 10 minutes, it was fun to watch how both trainers used the environment to their advantage, and when the terrain wasn't interesting, like Jeanette's fight, she and her Bellsprout were fun obstacles while they lasted.

Really, think as a circus director/wrestling booker when you're writing a tournament.
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>tournaments
i sleep
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>>59338260
The 6v6 thing is mostly about it killing fics since they're lengthy to write. Side characters are also less of an issue in manga/anime because the art makes up for it.

Imo the biggest downside of pokemon fic tournies that people aren't mentioning is how the battles aren't anything new. For YYH and the others, tourney matchups usually introduce something new and interesting. We've never seen X vs Y before, hell we've never seen Y before in the first place. But in Pokemon fics we've kinda already seen the pokemon fighting each other since most writers treat them like big stat blocks, and the sanitized tournament format is preventing alot of the hijinx you'd get in the wild or against a villain team.
tl;dr wiggly bellsprout is peak
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>>59338266
There’s some in Johto, yeah.
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>>59336669
My OC, George Vonny, would be the Earthquaker due to his affinity with Ground Types (and, of course, Ground Type Aura).
However, that's only his public persona. He would secretly also be the Rocketeer.
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>>59338260
Stakes, the Toguro rivalry and Genkai's backstory to name a few
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What are the current fotm fics? I need more stuff to read, and a lot of stories are either entering a hiatus or dying an early death even my non-pokemon ones
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>>59338288
Didnt ask retard
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>>59338361
Good. I hope all your fics are never finished because you retards with your faggy cursive were mean to Green and me for no reason.
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>59338476
Green is built for BBC.
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>>59335822
Does owning Arceus make you the pope of the pokemon world? How many religions and cults are you automatically in charge of now?
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This thread is just populated by circlejerking bots like on /a/.
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>>59338557
0, arceus worship isn't a thing outside of one ancient civilization which was nuked for not getting the memo that Arceus is a sub who wants to be punished instead of worshipped.
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>>59338571
Just scorch and salt a couple of cities riding atop your divine Progenitor Goddess mount and they'll get the message
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Gun to your head, how would you integrate Grit into your fic and how would you explain its existence alongside exp candies and rare candies?
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Grit
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>>59338601
These are just vitamins
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>>59338254
But Silver lost the tournament
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>>59338606
Eh, his gang took all the top spots and the one he lost to was the waifu who he personally tutored, plus she pulled out mega evolution when nobody else was using gimmicks so in a way she kinda cheated.
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Where do I read this mysterious Silver fic?
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>>59338610
It's called These Silver Eyes. It's on FFN, idk if it's posted elsewhere.
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>>59338614
>over 900K words in 29 chapters
I know it's mostly filler, but still
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>>59338620
I strongly recommend majorly skimming through most of the in-friend-group dialogue unless you really like it for some reason. 99% of their friendly dialogue is the exact same banter that was played out the last time they talked.
>silver acts broody
>someone teases silver for being broody
>silver continues being broody except this time he also drops a witty nihilistic one-off zinger to show he's the alpha
>his friends are in awe, the females wet themselves
>repeat x999999
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>>59338601
It wouldn’t work for Special Attack or Special Defense, but coating it on your Pokemon’s muscles after training would enhance the growth of those muscles (and their “stats” so to speak).

And no, coating it on their head or eyes would not improve their Special stats.
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>>59338620
>>59338625
I thank you guys reading slop like this so I know what to avoid and how to use my time effectively.
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>>59338646
I still think it's worth reading, if only because it's like an iconic cursed scripture. As long as you practice proper skimming it'll be over quickly because that kind of predictable dialogue takes up the majority of the fic.
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>“M-Miss Ito, ever since you came to my place for dinner, I've wanted to sleep with you. Even if it doesn't go into having sex, just sleeping next to you and holding you has been something I've wanted!” He stuttered before blurting it out. Watching her reaction to see how she took his confession, Mika had her standard, blank stare. Terrified of the potential consequences, Makoto was too deep in and couldn't turn back now.

>“Seeing you naked today has been driving me absolutely wild… if we shared a bed right now, I'd ask if we could be naked again and cuddle, just so I could feel you against me. But I'd probably ask if you could sit on my face… yes, I'll admit I'm obsessed with you and I love your ass! And I-I… I sniffed the couch you sat on when you left, just because I wanted to see how you smelled and experience your warmth on my face! I-I'm so embarrassed by all of this… you're going to hate me now, aren't you?”
this is really sad, also where are the Pokemon?
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>>59338655
>900k words
>Edgy MC
>apparently there's a giant tournament arc
>Skipping recommended because the author isn't effective at trimming
Sorry, still not feeling it. How about you say some positives?
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>>59338660
Reading a cursed scripture makes you cool

But really, the fic's childish edginess is hilarious at times.
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>>59338660
it has Mr. Fuji bashing
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>>59338670
>Mr. Fuji bashing
Really now?
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>>59338677
>"Now's not the time to express regret!" I barked, silencing the old man. "You'll tell me what you did to me or else."

>He quickly gave up on explaining at my merciless gaze, merely bowing his head.

>"...I was not the one tasked with overseeing your progress. I only saw you occasionally… but from my understanding, we were tasked with injecting the cells of Mewtwo inside of you. I merely extracted those cells before giving them away."

>"What…?" Green said in horror. She glanced at me in horror and I had a carefully blank expression on my face.

>"Why?" I asked coolly.

>"I'm not aware of the reason why. It was not my jurisdiction," Fuji replied.

>"So which scientist's jurisdiction was it?" I pressed with narrowed eyes.

>"Please... I just. I just wanted to save my daughter," he said brokenly, gazing at me pleadingly. "I never intended for any of this..."

>I said nothing, staring at the tears forming in the old man's eyes with a tilted head.

>Then, I slowly walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, leaning in to whisper into his ears.

>"I don't give a fuck about your daughter. Stop bringing her up like I care," I muttered cruelly.

>"If anyone asks, we don't know each other. If I find out you said anything before I speak to Blaine… You and him are gonna be in for a bad time," I pulled out my Pokedex and waved it, before shoving it in my pocket.

>"Thanks for your time, Dr. Fuji. Stick to caring for abandoned pokemon. You never know how much longer you'll be able to do it."

>"You're... you're a monster," he sobbed in defeat.

>Green whirled and glared at him with all the fury in the world but I simply looked back at him with a cold glint on my apathetic face.

>"Monster... I wonder if that's what you called me while experimenting on me
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>>59337922
My dark type is a jealous prank type, but she's staying relatively calm for now because she was caught recently.
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>>59338620
>>59338660
Keep in mind it's site of origin is Spacebattles, there the chapters are formatted in part 1, 2, and 3 but they end up combined for the ao3 version. On average every two chapters is combined, so it's closer to like 15K~20K words for every chapter for 53 chapters.
Still the updates are rapid and I have no idea how he keeps up updates, from everything I've read *about* the fic, because I haven't read it either, it's mainly due to the author word vomiting all over the page.
Good for him honestly, I may not understand why he's write like that but at least he's enjoying himself(?)
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>>59338722
It's absolutely stream of consciousness writing with editing that's focused on things like grammar rather than condensing bloat.
Modern AAA development practices, basically.
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>It's a Poacher is so strong they've got a team of fully evolved Pokemon even a pseudo or two and are so strong they can even beat Gym Leaders, Rangers and some Legends and are competitive with even E4/Champions sometimes
There's literally no reason why these dudes are not pro-trainers raking in gorillions there.
>B-B-But they're lazy and just want easy money and a big buck in one go!
But somehow they've got the patience and skill and fortitude to become so fucking strong and raise a team so loyal they're genuine 1% of trainers skill-wise.
Pokemon Poachers really are a fucking retarded concept.
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>>59337922
Dark-types are generally considered smart, alongside Psychic and Fighting type, this also makes all three harder to breed. Unlike the former they didn't have a relatively trade evolution/migration pokemon like Kadabra into Alakazam so there wasn't as big a biological push for them to go out of their way to interact with humans. They also tend to have tighter familial structures and are pretty fecund. They still ended up important but not as important in society compared to Psychic and Fighting-types.
The details vary from region to region, a lot of the canine and feline Dark-types ended up having a pretty good relationship with humans, while the more humanoid ones are usually seen as annoying imps, and ones with terrible personalities like Malamar are heavily disliked.
There's still a sort of general cultural default to them being the heel of the Dark-Psychic-Fighting trio, but I wouldn't call them evil.
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>>59338736
Don't forget the being able to afford a scifi airship carrier that has cloaking and hovering + vertical liftoff capabilities
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>>59338736
but anon, they have dark balls that turn Pokemon EVIL
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>>59338469
Golem, use Earthquake on this poster.
>>59338736
Have you considered they just don't want to pay taxes?
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>rip and tear

are

you

sure

?!
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>>59338252
Never got super far in naruto, but I think Shikimaru was the only one who passed that exam. And they started giving him missions where he was leading squads, so I think its a logical middle rank between 'rookie' and 'veteran'.
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I feel like being a boy, but not being a "girl" is like not knowing how to repair an engine.
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>>59338737
>but I wouldn't call them evil
they are literally called the evil type in Japanese
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Fic idea: MC, using a discarded Silph Scope, discovers that champions, gym leaders, politicians and other people of power are actually camouflaged Beheeyem that secretly rule the world by using hypnotic propaganda hidden in the media and publicity
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>>59338794
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>>59338795
>they are literally called the evil type in Japanese
>Are (Your) dark types "dark" or just like any other pokemon?
>Are (Your)
>(Your)
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>>59338806
Old habits die hard
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>>59338804
if it makes you feel better I posted that and I have no idea what I meant. Don't post at 12-6 WST-EST
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>>59336174
>The poser interpretation is entirely nu-age zoomer brainrot born in the last few years and only just now catching the spotlight.
It's been a thing for at least a decade, newfag.
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>>59338853
Even if we're being generous enough to say it's a decade old, that's still as young as election tourism and still doesn't predate the origin of the acronym.
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>>59338361
I don't really keep up with the general scene but going by what's been mentioned lately, SELLOUTS. The author of Crime Sometimes Pays also came off a 2 year hiatus so maybe check that out as well.
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>>59338361
I mean, they're not fotm but if you want a few threads ago i posted a list of about 50 completed porn fics i recommend
Otherwise an anon made a collection for the threadfics here https://archiveofourown.org/collections/vpfanfictionthread
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IMOanon, I summon you!
In regards to the quote in red above; that is a disortion. The original line was: 'Nuh-uh! It goes to me!' which was in response to Celot's line, but another dialogue line was poorly planned out and would've gotten in the way.
The 'chibi' Emma above was accidentally ruined because I screwed up the mouth. Tried it again below but eh.
Emma booty I needed to make when I looked up what Emma looked like and saw *the* picture. And I mean, how could I refuse??
I still messed up with the legs and the boots. I think the face could've been less awkward, but by then I had already used pen so yeah.
I still hope you like it despite its flaws.

SELLOUTSanon, your're next!
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>>59338915
nta, but her ass looks bigger after shading. You're penance is complete.
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How do you guys write so fast? It's taken me six months just to put 12k words on paper, and I'm not even that happy with them. I got 3k words done in a day once, but otherwise it feels like I just manage a sentence a day at most and then have a 50/50 chance of deleting everything I wrote by the end of the week. I want to hit that flow state again, but it just hasn't been coming.
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>>59338915
Fuck off retard. No one wants to see your faggot cursive
>>59339033
They are automated spambots
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>>59338915
>>59338920
One would think the pic with the ass would be my favorite (especially with that knowing look), the angry Emma next to it actually takes the cake.
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>>59339033
Well for one you have to make writing a habit, put a little bit of time each day aside for it and just for yourself to write. But that's very general advice, and thus not all that helpful.
If I had to be more specific, I'd say I break up the writing process into manageable chunks. Don't think about writing an entire fanfic or book at once, have an outline but use it to narrow down what you're going to write.
A fic is made up of arcs, so who's in the arc and what do you want to happen? Once I have the general beats I organize them into scenes and chapters. You should start to have a general idea of what you want to write then.
Once you have these portioned out chunks you can tackle them individually, usually I write down a list of moments it want in chapter and how I want it to flow. If I get stuck in a scene I can move around within the chapter and stitch them together later.
One important thing is also don't immediately start editing, only edit once you've given a completed chapter a day or two to sit, and in the meantime work on something else. Also don't get too attached to one idea, outlines change, that's natural.

>>59339047
>the angry Emma next to it actually takes the cake.
>the cake.
Really?
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>>59339033
I just set aside some time during the day to write, usually at night when I'm too tired to care about quality, and I just write for an hour. I stream of conscious it with no punctuation, capitalization, or proper spelling and after my hands get tired I go back and see if there was anything worthwhile in the dump to refine it into something better. I repeat until I reach my desired chapter length.
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>>59339051
>>59339053
I hear the "don't edit till you're done with a chapter" thing a lot, but I have no idea how people actually do that. I can't talk or write in a stream of words; everything has to be informed by what I wrote before, so I'm constantly going back and re-reading what I wrote. Obviously, when I do that I notice mistakes, poor word choice, inconsistencies, etc. and I can't really stop myself from fixing them. If I tell myself to leave it for later, it'll just annoy me whenever I'm trying to write something new and I won't get anything done regardless. Not to mention I'm constantly re-phrasing things in my head even midway through a sentence. I also do this while speaking. I dunno, maybe I'm just fucked.
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>>59339033
As Pofag I’ll tell you how I think I’m able to write so much.

First off, I’m genuinely obsessed with the story (likely cause turbo autism but I digress). I’m really excited for the twists, battles, and character moments still to come throughout the story. Before I allowed myself to write PoPT, I outlined a good chunk of it, but I’d also ruminate on characters/the story/lore and it helped build out this reservoir of ideas and moments I wanted to get to. Once I had 2-3 vibrant ideas for each arc of the story (and I finished my WIP at the time), I started writing. Through each chapter I write now, I’m getting closer to the big story moments I’m excited about. I also give myself lots of wiggle room so if I get an idea I can include it, which makes the writing process less “transcribing what my autistic ass dreamed up a year ago” and much more of an organic discovery process that builds upon itself. I now have so many plot threads and character beats I need to hit that when I fire up my laptop for a chapter, there’s a pool of shit I can (or really have to) draw from. It also helps not being a perfectionist constantly deleting what you wrote. You can come back and make it at least digestible later.

tl;dr Be retardedly excited about what you’re writing, and have each chapter you write be one step closer to that. Also don’t be a perfectionist, it's fanfiction.
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>>59339033
We larp about writing here
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>>59339070
Oh I do that as well, I left a comment on Pokenormal rephrasing an entire paragraph because I thought it was circuitous and I'm exactly the same way with my own writing. Although since I generally have a pretty good idea about what I just wrote, since I think about writing so much. Other than that I just try to retain excitement, which helps with momentum, and physically hold myself back from editing.
Either way it takes discipline, back when i started 300 words a day was hard, now I casually do 800 and can double that if I put work in.
Part of that is not saying things like:
>I dunno, maybe I'm just fucked.
It doesn't promote efficacy. One thing I do Is that I use google docs suggesting instead of editing function when I rewrite a sentence. That way even if I did write the same sentence three times I can count them to my writing progress.
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>>59338736
How about if they use some type of illegal drugs/steroids on Pokemon? I remember skimming /padt/ and there was some plot point about strong spheres being kinda like that, and if you go even back in the games there was that plot point in Gold/silver about Team Rocket using waves to try to force Pokemon to evolve, which in the old anime was depicted as making them really sick.
You don't even need to use those exact sources, it could be a new power/substance.
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>>59338915
Oh wow, you went hog wild on this one! Thanks so much CCanon, she's precious. I should find a point to let her wear the jacket outfit around, when I was starting the fic I didn't have Z-A imagery yet so she normally has her suit cloaked to look like regular clothes. It's cute with the big hair.
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>>59338736
"Poacher" is a blanket term for anyone running pokemon-related operations outside of League jurisdiction. Just training Pokemon without a trainer ID makes you a Poacher and gets the League hit teams sent after you and your family. Anyone that gets on the League's shit-list tends to acquire a Poacher status and a kill-order on their head, which often happen to be powerful disgruntled trainers.
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>>59338889
There is also "The List"
>Borne of Caution
>Borne of Desire
>I Will Touch the Skies
>Pokemon Trainer Vicky
>These Silver Eyes
>The Most Evil Trainer
>Pokemon Jordinio Version
>The New Normal
>Hard Enough
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>>59339072
>Be excited about what you're writing
I'm literally thinking about this story all the time, but it's forming all the connective tissue that's really stumping me. I have my big moments, I know generally how to get there, but I get stuck on random lines of dialogue with no idea how to progress for weeks at a time. It's also a feedback loop where the slower I am, the further away those moments feel and the less motivated I am to write.
>>59339095
>Putting yourself down doesn't promote efficacy
Deserved. Depression is a hell of a drug, but you're right that it's a mindset that doesn't actually produce anything. I'll try the suggestion thing since I also use Gdocs.
I appreciate all the advice everyone, though none of it is really new to me. Shouldn't be surprised by that though. If there was one easy trick everyone would use it. Planning and discipline it is. As much as I can manage, at least. I will keep writing about my sad sack of shit's conversations with random people in the pokemon world and one day I will post it. Please look forward to it in 3-5 business years.
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>>59339172
I want to hear more about your planned fic. Why should I read it once it's out? What is the thesis statement?
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>>59339179
nta but I wanna fuck Clair. Also judging by the length of words he mentioned there's a chance it's CSPfag.
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>>59339172
>but it's forming all the connective tissue that's really stumping me.
Fair, especially early on that stuff gets tricky because you don’t have a multitude of things in motion to toss in. Keep in mind that once a scene has served its purpose, end that shit. There are a ton of scenes I abruptly end or change by just having a character enter and change the dynamic. If the scene’s purpose is done, the reader won’t question the timing of a character entering right at the end of the relevant conversation. If your scene veers off from its purpose, characters truthfully following their objective will force it back. If the scene is truly relevant and necessary, you’ll find a way. If it has no greater purpose than getting your character from Point A to Point B, then just skip it. Condense it to a sentence and get to the stuff that matters. If the stuff that matters is stumping you, maybe you didn’t set it up right and re-work that. One choice sentence three pages earlier can fix things that three pages of writing later can’t.

I find that typing out my thoughts will help when I’m stumped. I’ll even type out the dilemma to an AI, not to get ideas from whatever slop it sends back, but because usually while typing things out I’ll realize the issue and can attack it better. It’s like talking through a problem with someone (but in this case the someone is a borderline retard who has to listen to you ramble on).
>>59339051
>Really?
:3
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Wait, you can open a Patreon for a fanfic?
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>>59339272
yes
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>>59339275
>$10,660
What the fuck?
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>>59339280
Fairly big name on Spacebattles.
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>>59339179
I guess the thesis statement is 'the world of pokemon through an adult's eyes.' Not in an edgy way, but trying to take pokemon seriously from the perspective of a relatively ordinary, if severely depressed, guy. Lots of meandering slice of life conversations and cooking autism. I wanted to explore jobs and topics that official media would probably never touch. Like, for example, one of the early characters I introduce is a diener (morgue worker) who discusses handling and processing pokemon and human cadavers, as well as how both are prepared for consumption by the other and how they feel about that. Otherwise, it's about a sad boi trying to find connection and meaning after losing the love of his life which few people fully commiserate with because she was a pokemon.
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>>59339284
>'the world of pokemon through an adult's eyes.'
ESCALATION? But being serious there's a lot we don't know and will never know because Ohmori would rarher write some family drama than worldbuilding
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any fic with Meloetta?
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>>59339305
The worldbuilding of pokemon is such a goddamn mess I can't really blame him for not wanting to focus on it too much. It's also that messiness that makes it easy to write fanfic for though, because the author can fill in the gaps and pretty much pick-and-choose what they want to be canon.
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>>59339284
>Spoiler
So, which pokemon was it? One of the standard Zoroark, Gardevoir, or Lucarios or perhaps a slightly more niche pick like Sneasel or Weavile. One writefag here wrote a Maractus wife.
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>>59339305
But you can worldbuild with family drama?
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>>59335568
If your MC could talk to Arceus, what would they say?
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>>59339383
>Are humans really Pokémon?
>Is the Aus myth true?
>Why can't you cry in front of a woman, even if they're family?
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>>59339383
That getting a mission from god is a terrible way to start a morning.
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>>59339383
So, what are you? (He doesn't know who Arceus is)
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>>59339383
why aren't you a black woman?
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>>59339383
Wanna have kids?
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>>59339399
Feels like something SELLOUTSman would say.
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>>59339389
Yes
Yes
Gender roles ingrained into the fabric of society at a near-universal level for tens of thousands of years
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>>59339376
A pretty standard pick, except she died before she evolved, since she never battled. So, yeah, instead of a hot magician catgirl my man is out here fucking a literal cat.
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>>59337922
Poochyena is guilty of tax evasion.
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>>59339376
forgot pic
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>>59338802
Stop spoiling PokeNormal.
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>>59339383
SEXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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So how was Sabrina losing her eyes again?
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>>59339383
That would be a spoiler, silly
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>>59338802
Does he also have an alleyway fist fight with his friend?
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>>59339284
>>59339450
You told me about the problem (dead friend/lover/partner) and what the solution is (getting over it) but what is the meaning of of the two put together? Are you telling people, "you'll get over it eventually" or "there's more fish in the sea"? I'm asking because right now it sounds like slow-paced misery-porn (the means: the slice-of-life and cooking scenes), and there's only so much of that which people can handle if there's no covert message of hope.
As a example, Mahoganyfag wants to fuck Clair (the solution) but can't (the problem) and to do so the MC has to go on an adventure to prove his worth to her (the means), and by doing so they deepen their relationship and discover more about themselves and each other (the message: journey for self-discovery). Direct and to the point.
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>>59339544
Most pokemon fics would end if MC just got over it
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>>59339583
>Story's end if the main conflict is resolved.
You don't say?
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>>59339589
I meant if the conflict is ignored, being the better man and stuff
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>>59339599
>ignoring conflict
bro where did my character development go
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>>59337984
You mean Blue's sister ? Are Gary & Blue the same person? Its not like Professor Oak supposed to have only one grandson.
>>59338035
>>59338036
Misty is the one who makes more sense due to her chemistry and influence she has on Ash. They were basically like Ranma & Akane.
If Only Ken Sugimori given her a normal hairstyle like pic related on HGSS instead off that weird curved hairstyle with spiky hair that is a pain to draw to the point even DeNa choose to ignore it for Pokemon Master Ex.

Pic related's hairstyle looks like how Misty would look on HGSS if her hair wasn't spiky and curved.
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>>59339648
>Pic related's hairstyle looks like how Misty would look on HGSS if her hair wasn't spiky and curved.
NTA
Hm, I don't see it.
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>>59339648
>You mean Blue's sister?
I'm fine with the hot one
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>>59339648
You're such a faggot, holy shit.
Did you even watch the anime?
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>>59339713
Misty could use that style or the style that anon proposed but I don't think that style would fit her at all.
Misty is sporty af, if she tied her hair as she did in the anime/gen 1/let's go is because it gets it out of the way. She never struck me as the kind of girl who would even braid her hair on the regular after becoming less active. Loose wavy hair would be perfect for a more laid-back Misty.
You could even throw in her design from the Movie 1 scrapped epilogue.
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>>59339544
Many novels are just about a man sitting with his discomfort for an annoying amount of time and how he deals with it.
They don't have clean character arcs or development but they often tell you experiences from a perspective you didn't consider before or a perspective you understand enough to find some kind of solution by example or warning.
Of course, it's weird to do this in a fanfic when people who consume fanfics come from so-called commercial/genre fiction and expect plot and character arcs, not to watch how a broken man in a fantasy world lives.
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>>59339648
Misty is a tomboy though
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>>59339713
Game Misty = Anime Misty
Have you seen sugimori art of Misty on FRLG?
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>>59339284
>>59339785
NTA I would read a depressing/sadboi oneshot but not a long fic, at least not one related to Pokemon.
I was watching Natsume Book of Friends last month which despite the title, is a very "mono no aware" type of series (maybe you would like), but personally when I want to engage with Pokemon I have a bit more of a shounen brain and want to see progression towards something.
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>>59339796
Tomboyish doesn't mean a girl turning themselves into a boy. Only artist with no understanding of Tomboyish can not differentiate between tomboyish girl and a non-binary girl.

A Tomboyish basically a girl who is more optimistic, sport & likes to run around a lot.
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>>59339478
It wasn’t going to be elaborated on in the narrative but while encountering some resistance fighting on some AU Poke’Earth, RR Sabrina got hit by a Weavile’s Night Slash. Unlucky side effect for her enemies is she ended up honing her psychic abilities way more and became far more powerful. This isn’t happening anymore though. But I’m now headcanon-ing this happened while AU Rhys was fighting an epic last stand against them.
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>>59336669
What kind of title would fit a girl with terminal chuunibyou?
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>>59340117
>>59336787
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>>59340117
>Queen
>Empress
You have stupid shit there already, nobody will care.
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>>59339383
I can't tell you because after everything ends my MC is gonna make a wish
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>>59339451
tax evasion is fucking based (if you know how to do it)
t. penfriendsfag
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>>59339544
I'm not sure I can frame it in such clear terms, but I would say the message is something like: "tragedy need not define the rest of your life" or "things will never improve if you never try to improve them." Those would be the key lessons the MC learns over the course of the fic. Also, as much as I've emphasized the depressing parts of the story, I do try and squeeze in a fair amount of levity where appropriate and the ending I do have planned is (maybe even excessively) hopeful. The world of pokemon is not our own, after all.
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I LOVE MY WIFE GREEN!
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>>59339383
Does that fence ornament around its hips hurt to wear?
>>59339275
actual money laundering with how terrible the jannies are there
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>>59338736
Please stop slandering Celot, it's pride month
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@59340278
Green is built for BBC.
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We succeeded in stopping Shadow Deoxys.
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>>59340297
Fun fact: BBC is a jew psyop, on average BWC is bigger
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I love Green. She makes me so happy.
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>>59339072
We get it. You are genuinely schizophrenic and project it onto others.
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That's nice and all, but...
Does she love you?
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Green and I are perfect partners.
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lmao, green's a loser, she probably pays all her taxes
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Green is built for BBC and trans btw.

Verification is not required.
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lmao, green's a loser, she can't even do RCT (Reverse Capture Technique)
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>>59339383
>If your MC could talk to Arceus, what would they say?
They would ask Arceus to repeat the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah but in fanfic spaces. Shadow Deoxys destroying Unova and Kalos was just a nice warning apparently.
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>>59339383
Wol: Would ask for help in his quest.
Tobio: Would try to play it casual friendly as he is very wary of powerful supernatural entities.
Josalyn: Would crash out.
Ryukuro: Would SUPER crash out.
Joshua: Would ask it to teach his Bulbasuar to use Judgement.
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>>59066805
This has had me thinking, if Nemona is straight in IMO's parallel universe does that mean the 'version differences' for IMo are Straight/Gay?

>>59339927
>But I’m now headcanon-ing this happened while AU Rhys was fighting an epic last stand against them.
So she's still blind then? Either way a pretty heroic end for the alternate Universe where Rhys joins Team Rocket. I guess ny version differences are Mahogany(Clair)/Rocket(Sabrine), then lol.
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>>59340392
>quoting a post from 3 months ago
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>the glowie bots are circlejerking again and trying to drive away human traffic from /vp/
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>>59340405
That's because you guys keep not falling for our tricks.
I mean nigger.
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>>59340127
>>59340130
How about Hexer?
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Still not writing.
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Green and I are taking a break from writing the latest chapter of our story. AO3 still hasn't sent an invite.
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>>59340309
It's covert bestiality, bro.



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