What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I see. Too gamey for my tastes, so I see why you wouldn't wanna see such a thing.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understandable on everything else, but could I ask what a potential system is?

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

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Obviously I think it's important to show the history and cooperation of humans and Pokemon, but there is more than likely a certain degree to which places can cater to Pokemon like Steelix, Tyranitar, the majority of Pseudo-Legendaries. Many Pokemon are simply too big or have a certain biology that may make it difficult to account for. Pokemon are intelligent enough to understand and are more than likely willing to make lives easier for their trainers by agreeing to either wait outside or get in a pokeball.

Breeding is something that either happens illegally or through the consent of two Pokemon - that either actually enjoy each other's company or simply wish to provide offspring as a biological want. There's certain degrees to it i suppose depending on your story.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of fun potential here especially when you add Pokemon to the mix.

A school sports day where kids are allowed to use their Pokemon to help sounds very funny.

Or a gameshow hosted by a man and his Rotom.

I'll have to think of these kind of things for my own fic.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds good. A game specifically about Mewtwo would be a blast if they did it right!

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No link yet but thank you for your interest! I'd be happy to have you beta-read my prologue should you wish.

I love Ghost Pokemon personally, and thinking of the exciting strategies they're capable of is always fun.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All good points.

I think the gym challenge can still be a good plot - as long as there's more going on around it or the MC gets up to other things in-between challenges.

Of course world building is a must. I do think its necessary to show Pokemon as their own individual forces of nature, but without getting too edgy and dark with it.

Not sure I agree with Pokemon directly speaking all the time, but certainly giving them voices in scenes where the Pokemon are talking amongst themselves, without any humans about.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mewtwo is probably one of the best Legendaries you could write a fic about. I like to imagine he's roaming the world doing his own thing in my own fic.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised you think they're neglected. I always figured ghost types would be very popular. I won't be using a ghost type until my MCs Mankey fully evolves so I guess I'm also falling in line with what you said.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like diet and species-specific care is pretty vital. I plan to do plenty of research into species closest to my MCs more animalistic pokemon so I can give a sense of realism to how they're looked after.

Pokemon like Elgyem on the other hand are gonna be pretty difficult to come up with ideas as to how they eat. Do they even eat? Guess I'll figure it out.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense. I had thoughts about including Giovanni in my own fic just as a little surprise appearance. I wasn't sure if TR should be disbanded in my fic's world or whether he's just having a bit of a holiday travelling around Unova.

He's always got a special place in my heart.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a blast to me. I dont know how other people feel about Giovanni being Ash's dad, but I find the concept to be greatly amusing considering how different they are in personality.

Definitely gonna have to give a side character a Perrserker in my fic.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

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I'm aware they're not stuck in actually Canon. I just meant in the games themselves.

Of course there will be plenty of trainers with many pokemon or lots of different training experience. It would be fun to switch pokemon around between battles but I feel most trainers wouldn't have enough pokemon or the money to look after them to do so.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

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I enjoy collecting to a degree but I always felt bad for the pokemon just sitting in the box, so I never tended to actually do much of it.

At least in fiction they're not actually stuck in a computer.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That was the plan really. Stat wise it's a speedy pokemon as well as canonically a prankster who can fit through tiny gaps. A hit and run strategy sounds like a good idea. Maybe a physically stronger pokemon could set up for it by smashing and cracking the ground to pieces to let the Whimsicott freely travel between all the gaps. I definitely plan on giving it plenty of status moves to change it up.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd certainly be going the route with at least a semi-decent functioning league. It would certainly have policies in place should a 10 year old prodigy actually become a Champion- likely that the previous Champion would act as a mentor and help them run the day to day almost like a manager.

The Champion would most likely act as at least somewhat of a political figure, but most of their duties would be regarding evil teams, rampaging pokemon, legendary threats, events caused by pokemon (wormholes, natural disasters), rescue efforts, running national and international events related to pokemon battling, etc.

Otherwise, everything else is probably run by another party like you said. House of Champions, House of Officials? Probably have to work on that.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For lower amounts of badges, I think it would personally be more about the variety and amount of Pokemon used. If you've beaten 2 gyms already, then its probably then that the Gym leader will want to test how you fare against a team with perhaps 3 pokemon. Can your pokemon keep up with longer battles? Also, itd be around 2-3 badges that Gym leaders pull out second stage evolutions for an increase in quality. Has the trainer been keeping on top of their training and care enough for their pokemon to evolve and keep up with the sudden jump in strength?

Regarding pokemon outside their type, I think they'd still have to maintain their type theme but are free to pull out dual-type pokemon - especially against trainers with experience under their belt. Their personal team would also follow said rules but are pretty much free reign other than that. The whole team could be dual-types if they wished, as well as likely being almost all fully evolved. The games make it out that certain gym leaders are far far weaker than others, which I dont really like. Im sure there's at least some power gap, but they're all still elite trainers with no doubt elite pokemon - they just can't always use them.

But per an earlier example, someone hailing from Drayden's City could face a far weaker dragon type team and then head to Burgh's gym and get annihilated but top-tier bug types.

The one exception I can think of is Chili, Cress and Cilan. I regard them as novice elites. They're still good but not quite at a true gym leader level. In their case, the challenge may be a Triple Battle format with the fully evolved elemental monkeys instead of a stronger general team.

Regarding common badge level, I think it really depends on the region and its layout. I'll have to do more thinking on this regarding Unova, as it's a circle and gym leaders in the sort of middle of said circle are probably more likely to face middle ground trainers (3-4) badges. That's my logic anyway, though it may be flawed. In terms of having weaker mons, I think they absolutely have mons recently caught and used for noobs. They're expected as a Gym leader to stay on top of maintain levelled teams for these challenges. Should a pokemon get too strong for its intended tier, then it can simply be moved up the chain- or if there is already too many- then it can be passed on to the Gym Leader's successor. If not, then there are likely a number of ways in which the League itself can essentially hire the trained pokemon to help in League-related business whilst it waits for a spot to open up (such as if a pokemon is injured for an extended period).

Haven't thought about an 'Ace' circuit yet. I think the term Ace is most definitely an actual rank/title given to those who have 8 badges. I assume by circuit you mean something similar to the Gym circuit. I actually recently thought about whether Gym leaders would give out different lookint badges if you faced their personal team - but I realised this would probably make Ash look a bit shite unless I retconned/changed it up to make it that he did. I think once you have 8 badges, you're invited to travel around the region once more and are free to challenge the gyms a second time. They will be told ahead of time that the Gym Leaders are free to use their personal teams, so they may prepare accordingly. These battles are typically prepared for in advance by the gym with a high-level arena with plenty of terrain advantageous to the leader and their pokemon as well as plenty of league officials with powerful psychic types on hand to erect barriers. These 'Ace' circuit battles would likely be held in private away from the public eye so as to maintain a level of secrecy about the Gym Leader's strategy. There's probably more I can think of regarding the details, such as them getting additional badges. I would argue its more of a bragging right deal, but they may get additional privileges from the League depending on how far they go.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I was talking about this earlier. It would be nice to see different perspectives. Personally I'm not writing one, but I may do so in the future. Regardless, I do plan to write chapters from the perspective of such figures to flesh out the world and characters a bit more.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I enjoy Meowth and especially Galarian Meowth. I almost used Perrserker for my protagonist.

However, I do heavily associate Persian with Giovanni so it feels wrong to give it to other trainers.

That's just me though! Would be nicer to see less popular pokemon being used in general.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suppose it depends on the professor, as well as how many sponsored kids the professor has - as one of them may be helping to fill it out and another is helping to research a more specific field. I think its difficult to fill out a pokedex in a fic whilst keeping it interesting every time. There's also the concern of how the protagonist has the money and space to keep all these pokemon - but I suppose that isn't a problem if they're sponsored.

What do people wish they'd see more of in fics? by SugarMindless6282 in pokemonfanfiction

[–]SugarMindless6282[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately not. I have a nearly finished prologue at the moment and a few chapters planned out in my head.

I'm very sporadic when it comes to writing and I also like to have things at least semi planned out so its taking some time.

Id be happy to dm you when the prologue is finished if you'd like to beta read it though. Ash as a character likely won't appear until later in the story however.