Pokemon Fanfiction General and Writethread

>>29118702
ToTT: Yes, it was a lime based in the MMBN universe. I was 13. My mother found it; she wasn't pleased.

I don't know what the first fic I read was, but I read an awful lot of lemons at first and that stilted my writing pretty terribly. But the old "middle school fanfiction" trope isn't just made up so, you know, you live and learn.

13 years went by so fucking fast. I'll be over thirty before I know it.

>>29118702
Fic recap

Gorgel's Desolate Sea Chapter 3
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12148633/3/Desolate-Sea

Lost track of Mimiga's PMD stuff, but I assume to be new chapter
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GUUVp3hcqDacerrxFn0LjABqI-tFzQL79DYmcg2Nag0/edit?usp=sharing

Snapath's Female Combee adoption fic. SFW
http://pastebin.com/HcA6q6BN prolugue
http://pastebin.com/SRBR6iGW chapter 1

Gallanon's Curiosity chapter 4
http://pastebin.com/7Hgfdn8n

Completely exhausted, so make sure to note anything I missed

>>29119098
>Lost track of Mimiga's PMD stuff, but I assume to be new chapter
"solid" link here;
http://archiveofourown.org/works/7771954/chapters/18909013

Citrin posted a sort of split-chapter double-update for Ch.2 of First Contact.
Pt.1: http://pastebin.com/sQp6PEmE
I don't know where Part 2 is. Was it even posted? Still in-progress?

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Doggobug jamoree tomorrow

>>29119166
Aw. Yus.

TotT: Heck no. I have no idea what the first I read was, since I don't read it often and the first was probably a long time ago. Doesn't help some properties I love have really vague borders between fanfic and canon, to the point many official licensed stories could be called 'fanfic' (including all its most famous entries)

Also I've only ever wrote fanfic for 4chan and BStF is probably going to be the first multichapter work I complete, so there's that.

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Question:
I plan on making a typical first person adventure story, but how would do you define the pronouns for the pokemon? Do you call them by the he or she, or do you just continuously call them it?

And then battle scenes. Any advice? Links to good battle fics?
I wanna make a good story

>>29119201
If the pokemon has a gender, refer to it by gender
If it doesn't, don't.
Seems pretty straightforward to me.
though sometimes I slip and call the Ninetales 'it' in my story

Please dont remind me of my bad my little pony fanfics

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You think its out of place if I made pokemon fanfic thats in the surrealism category?

Will it be too much? Or will it not fit in the universe?

>>29119735
do what you gotta do

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7796608/1/

just a random find, but try reading this in Critikal's/Penguinz0's voice

>>29119735
the thumbnail looked like a tied up sylveon getting fisted

anything new?

>>29120857
Hold your horses I'm comin

>>29119843
What kind of surreal ideas you guys have?

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>>29118702
How 'magical' do you think some pokemon are?

I'm in a semi-freeform RP and amongst the cast is a small debate.

Some feel psychic-types, namely delphoxes (and theoretically any pokemon) are capable of legit magic.

Another feels that actual magic is only in the realm of ghost and fairy types.

A third is says ">implying magic, psionics, and science are separate disciplines"

>>29122227
In any non-bullshit setting, "magic" follows some sort of internal logic and thus can, at least at the author level, be explained in a scientific/fantasy-scientific way. Thus, whether any Pokémon is capable of using "actual magic" depends on what that actually means, how it works, how anyone could be able to use it and how it is different from regular Pokémon powers.

Deus ex machinas and the excuses for enabling them (e.g. vaguely defined "magic") should be weeded out, freeform or not. Your group should figure out how the world you're working with functions.

Leaks bump. More waifus confirmed

>>29122227
I tend to treat all pokemon as being roughly equal unless they specifically have a special ability due to species. They can all already use "magic", why should some get extra?

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Storm is coming
Will try to doggo before

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Cute story about a Ribombee accidently wandering into Vespiquen territory and becoming her favorite bee when, along with jealous hive?

Alternatively him getting /ss/'d by the queen when?

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>>29124583
>more Dom pokemon
Tell me about it

Is the Wicke writefag still here?

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>>29122227
/tg/ here, about to drop some stuff on you.

First off,
>DEPENDS ON THE SETTING
It's a meme, but it matters what you consider magic.

Basically all Pokémon would be some sort of caster, at home in DnD 4e and 5e with little change. Delphox and Braixen already fit into the Sorceror class, since they can cast their spells without needing a book. Fighting and even Normal Types would have access to Ki, Dark and Ghost types are connected to the Shado fell, and a few 'Mons are literally the Primal and Divine power sources.

However, I don't think we have a proper Wizard Pokémon, who casts from a spell book. Pokémon known for their intelligence would have an advantage in reaching that class, such as Porygon and Alakazam, and any other Pokémon who you could imagine being the one who teaches others moves from HM's and TM's. Even the HM's and the like could be changed into Naruto style scrolls that they can read.

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>>29129415
Oh, and one more thing.

Pokémon you would consider to be more Bard like, such as Popplio here, would also wind up dangerously close to Wizards. Many can already Read Magic and are often educated/learned enough that they can give a Wizard pause.

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TOTT: I can't remember the first fanfic I ever read; I don't read too many of them in the first place.
But in terms of writing: if we're talking about Pokémon, then I do remember my first, considering I only started writing Pokémon fanfics a month or two ago. I very rarely wrote any fanfiction before that--only two stories come to mind, in fact--but I believe the first I ever wrote may have been a Bionicle one from around 10 years ago. I was only like 10 at the time and thus it sucked, but I like to think I've improved since then. Hopefully.

>>29126947
Out of curiosity, what's with all the Mienshao pics lately? Is someone working on a Mienshao story, or asking for one to be made? Or just picking a Pokemon to bump the thread with?

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>>29131880
I'm sitting with a fuckhuge Mienshao folder and nothing else to do with it.

>>29132003
Well, I like Mienshao, so I'm not complaining. Dump and bump away.

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In before the storm ravages my power lines

http://archiveofourown.org/works/8282332

>>29133300
Oh...goodbye anon.

>>29133944
I ain't no anon, I'm a very well-known and respected individual who also just so happens to be on a hospital's grid of power

>>29133300
stay safe, doggowhisperer

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Hey /vp/

I wrote a fapfic centered around buttjobs focused around the new plant waifu.

http://pastebin.com/dtRHS3W3

>>29134442
You are doing god's work anon. Thanks for the bountiful booty. Are you doing any more regarding the new pokemon or was it just on a whim?

>>29135529
That was kind of just on a whim, but if anyone wants to request a Pokegirl or a cute Pokeboy engaging in some weird fetish, I might be willing to write it if it gets me going enough. Pretty deep pool of fetishes here, so don't be afraid to request /d/ stuff and worse.

>>29135625
I got something. Involves Calem and Florges.

To keep /d/ contained. The idea/suggestions are linked herehttp://pastebin.com/Zx3Uj2QY

tl;dr Main character dominates Florges by making her embarrass herself via teasing/lewding her to fart

Feel free to pick and choose how it goes down

>>29135767
I'm actually pretty reasonably into fart stuff, but a Pokemon doing it doesn't do much for me. Are there any human characters you'd like to see doing something like that instead?

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>>29135901
Well, I guess the XY beauty trainer can do considering the large size of her ass. It's still be nice if the guy retains the Dom position as described on the pastebin though

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>>29133300
Overly long response incoming, here we go

That was pretty nice overall, and enjoyable to read. I liked how all the Fennekin came up with unique plans, and it all panned out logically. The ending was quite cute as well.

Though I do have some nitpicks and things like that. First: some typos here and there, but nothing too major.
>The fields coinciding Route 7
Should be "The fields coinciding at/in Route 7" (I think)
>it were distracted
it was distracted
>"Why wouldn't it?" said the forth
said the fourth
>Not to the know of her superiors
to the knowledge
>more conflicted than she's been in years
she had been (to match the past tense of the rest of the story)

And a comma splice here, unless I'm mistaken:
>The barrier between them was literal, just outside the porcelain wall of the tub pouted the second Fennekin before their caretaker knelt down to address the pouting.

Also, it seems like you start off referring to each Fennekin as "it" but then shift to using the singular "they" for the rest of the story, so that should be fixed.

One last thing: when they were each coming up with their plans, the tense seemed to change a lot. Now, I'm not perfectly well-versed in grammar rules, so perhaps it actually was proper, but it seemed to me like it improperly jumped between the usual past tense and the future tense a lot. For example:
>The second and third Fennekin tried hard to come up with their own plans, but would end up sneaking behind a bush in discussion of how difficult it was before accidentally managing to form a plot together. It was from their combined efforts that they figured out...
The story went from past to future to past again, with "tried", then "would end up sneaking", then "figured out". It stood out to me as not looking right, but again, maybe it actually is proper and I just misread it. If so, disregard this message.

Besides those things, it was a good story. And as a side note, good luck weathering that storm.

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>>29135901
Either Beauty trainer or Shauna. Those two will do for me as long as they're being embarrassed by an eager Calem

>>29122227

As a Pokemon Professor I can assure you that all Pokemon types, including Ghosts and Psychics, have abilities which can be entirely explained through modern science while "magic" remains the realm of the ignorant and uninformed. Many water types, for instance, were once thought to "summon" their namesake projectiles seemingly out of thin air, but scientists now know that they naturally use an application of Pascal's Law from a contractible internal water reservoir through a series of tightly bound pressurized fluid tubes in order to expel water at enormous speeds. Psychic types on the other hand are a little more complicated and would likely require a degree in metaphysical biology to understand fully, but I can give a brief explanation if you'd like.

>>29118949
>MMBN smut
Little you had good taste.

>>29136703
>>29136051
if you're still there, my preference is Beauty
also bump

>>29137262
Fun series of games. I should finish my playthrough of 3:White.

>>29133300
Cute story. A few changes in addition to what >>29136427 pointed out:
>There were little places in the world most of the pokemon
"few places in the world that any"
>she'll take me with anyway
"take me with her"
>chosen to come with her
"go with her"

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>>29118702
>Topic of the Thread: Do you remember the first fic you ever read

I do, actually. It was a fic called "The Curse of Missingno" on a fucking Google Groups board back in like 2002.

I don't really remember too much about its plot except that it directly adapted some of the glitches Missingno could cause in Red and Blue, particularly Pikachu getting infected by fighting it and slowly beginning to turn into a Missingno.

>>29141226
But that's not something Missingno could do. I want to say you may have been thinking of this, but I doubt it'd been discovered back then:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/ZZAZZ_glitch

>During and after the battle, the player can see that every Pokémon in their party except each third one has been changed to a level 153 Bulbasaur whose first, second, and fourth moves are all Explosion; the player's name except for every third letter has also been overwritten with capital Z's (hence the name of the glitch). All of these correspond to index number 0x99.

Now there's a glitch I'd read a fic about.

>>29142312
>Now there's a glitch I'd read a fic about.
Idea bin time?

>>29142312
No, it was definitely Missingno. I think it may have been referencing this:

>Encountering MissingNo. has been known to interfere with the save game data in various ways, such as adversely affecting the Hall of Fame data. The Hall of Fame is corrupted because of its proximity to a buffer used to store decompressed sprite data, which is too small to properly hold MissingNo.'s garbage sprite data.

ZZAZZ definitely has fic potential though.,

ToTT
The first fic I have ever read was possibly cge's Love lost.
Either that or 50 shades of gardevoir as a joke.

>>29119153
Forgive me for vanishing for the past 48 hours but yes, part 2 is still in progress. Its nearly finished but I have some things in the next two days that will take up so much of my time that it probs won't be posted until Sunday/Monday.

Also, was Part One decent? At this point I'm just winding this thing up for the main story to begin while trying to set the scene and build some of the characters a bit.

>>29143208
>Also, was Part One decent?
it definitely felt like Part One of a chapter. Honestly putting out the whole chapter at once would have been a better course IMO. And I say this as someone who's merged chapters of their story multiple times now. As soon as it felt like it was getting somewhere, it was over.

>>29122689
>>29129415
Well the GM himself has established magic as a thing, and then even proceeded to back the idea my delphox was legitimately magical. Still, only backed via narration which, naturally, characters cannot see.

Also:
>Depends on the setting
The setting is pokemon.

>>29118702
he's another question: how do you settle one which version of certain settings to use?

Especially between original RSE and ORAS different Hoenns.

In my group we opted to split the difference, namely like Mauville is MOSTLY contained in a giant Arcology type building, but there's still plenty of buildings outside of it.

Similarly, the Sea Mauville and Abandoned ship both exist, though the Abandoned ship is crashed into the Sea Mauville.

>>29142430
>The first fic I have ever read was possibly cge's Love lost.
That must leave an impression

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>>29143252
Sorry about that. I'll keep this stuff in mind for the future. Also, what is your opinion on pears?

>>29143392
As long as I don't have to eat them
The pears you post are adorable

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>>29143392
Underappreciated.

>>29143630
>my potions are too strong for you, traveler
>you cannot handle my strongest potions

>>29143371
So far I've been using the most up to date version of each region, with modifications I make myself based largely in headcanon and what not. Technically speaking, everything I've written so far happens a couple of years after X/Y, which is why Emma gets vaguely mentioned and so does the hex maniac that sells you milk, but I have something else planned for her.

>>29143371
If I remember correctly, the Delta Episode heavily supported the multiverse theory, implying that RSE and ORAS Hoenn may just be alternate universes instead of one being a retcon of the other. And that could well extend into other regions too, meaning that there is potential to make any version of any setting usable as canon. So in the Hoenn example, I think it's equally valid to choose to write a story set in either the RSE or ORAS canon, or do what you and your group did and take a third option: reject their reality and substitute your own.

>>29119201
I've had my protag call them it if they don't know their gender, and sometimes even after they've learned the gender if the poke belongs to a stranger (forgetfulness is also human nature). Problem comes when she starts talking about her own Pokemon, a lot of them are gender neutral, but continually using "it", while accurate is awkward, impersonal, and hard to keep track of. No satisfactory solution, I think.

>>29118702
>First fic
I got into the Pokemon fanfic scene sort of late compared to my general Pokemon fandom.
If I remember correctly, it was about Sabrina operating a brothel inside a skyscraper in Saffron, basking in her rooftop penthouse and using her psychic powers to enjoy all the hanky panky going on down below.

>>29144065
>but continually using "it", while accurate is awkward, impersonal
I think this is one case where a problem lies on the "subtle but important difference between character and reader" where it's overall better to come down on the character side.

A lot of times it might be more effective to 'translate' some subtle difference for the reader. Here, in the character's mind they not going to see 'it' as impersonal, because unlike reality they're every day confronted with living genderless things. They would be accustomed to using the word this way. But for the reader it might come off as jarring, because they haven't had that environment.

If the inaccuracy bothers you, don't do that translation step. Write your dialogue as your characters would actually speak. Personally, I have my characters use 'it' for genderless pokemon.

>>29143379
It made the impression that it will be a long time before we see part 2

bedtime bump

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>>29134442

booping

So many bumps, so little content. I guess this has been the nighttime hours for everyone, not just me.

Which reminds me: bump.

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So I'm thinking of writing something that Maxie/Courtney, because it's so hard to find. Would you read it? Maybe I'll doodle some things for it, too.

ideas? I was thinking something that was just really self indulgent, but maybe some smut, too.

>>29152235
maxie is like twice courtney's age that's a little weird to me

>>29152235
Go for it son, no reason to not be self-indulgent if that's what you're in the mood for.

>>29152409
It just means more experience, my dude

but in all honesty: have you seen some of the tropes in fanfiction? this is kinda tame, compared to the usual tropes seen there

>>29152757
thank you I needed this. Had to write ten pages for a paper this week and I need this

>>29152235
I support any and all Courtney smut. Although I do prefer her to be with Brendan, anything goes, as the poor girl is underappreciated.
>Ideas
Maxie comforting Courtney after rayquaza incident.
Or Courtney wanting Maxie sempai's attention, but him being distracted by May's antics

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>>29153199
the second one
That is one of my favourite tropes I am on it

have this comic because I don't know where else to put it

>>29153127
Ah yes, good old paper fatigue. Those were the days. I kinda miss them actually.

>>29153876
protip: Don't study law. You will hate yourself.

weird that to relax from writing, I write?

>>29154070
*is it weird fucking hell it's time for bed

>>29154070
>>29154126
Yeah law studies are something else, or so some old college friends told me. I just studied Lit.

Not weird at all though mang, I spend all day writing copy sometimes and come home and write more. Work versus play.

>>29154273
That's a good explanation. honestly I just like mindless things, and it's kind of that. I just want to relax after that fucking paper. If I have to look up anymore copyright law, I'm going to throw my computer out a window

>>29154602
>copyright law
I am more familiar with this feel than I have ever wanted to be. Copyright law training made me want to kill myself.

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>>29154813
and don't EVEN get me started on fucking education law. You read it, and you're like "oh okay this makes sense" and then they slam down like 700 revisions. I mean, I love law, but this is just fucking ridiculous.

makes me want to live in the Phoenix Wright universe where law is as easy as shouting objection and BSing your way to an acquittal

>>29154070
That's the sort of thing my father says. He's a lawyer--workers comp, though, not copyright--and he always says being a lawyer is not for the faint of heart, or for the lazy. Which are both of the reasons why I don't want to be a lawyer. But don't give up, anon.

>>29155150
I'm going to be in court and the defense is going to be like "YOUR HONOUR THIS FUG RIGHT HERE USED TO WRITE SMUT" case closed my career is over

Thanks though. I do enjoy it at times. But honestly, it's usually just a freaking hassle

>>29155212
>THIS FUG RIGHT HERE USED TO WRITE SMUT
>FUG

I'm not sure which is the more ridiculous mental image - Rayquaza writing porn or Rayquaza being dragged into court.

>>29155472
Rayquaza being dragged into court for writing porn, an absurd marriage of the two.

>how does the defense plea
>fug

>>29155472
>>29155580
Is it weird that I want to see a comedy oneshot about this now?

>>29155643
Please tell me that it's kyogre in the defense, and groudon on the prosecution

>>29155695
>Arceus renders Judgment

>>29155695
"Your honour, the prosecution has a FIREY temper"

"YOU WANT TO SAY THAT TO MY FACE YOU FUGGING FISH"

>>29155643
Only a little bit, trust me. I feel like it could definitely be a decent surreal humor story, but I'm in no position to write it. I'm already too busy with reading assignments and trying to write this other story of mine, and I have very little idea how criminal cases work in the first place. But I feel like that idea could certainly become something good. Silly, but good.

>>29155695
And maybe somehow add in a Pangoro issuing a motion to quash, by using the move Quash.

>>29155720
>it's a jury of all the legos from every game

A high profile legal proceeding watched around the world. Millions look on with bated breath as families are torn apart over what they feel the verdict should be.

"The Trial of Fug, A Thrilling Tale of Crime and Censorship in Four Parts"

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>>29135625
If you're still taking requests, why not a femqle lopunny receiving a jiggling spanking session from Lucas for fucking up a contest big time?
it can accumulate to anal sex if your heart desires, mixing the two together to make a huge mess

>>29143371
You need to give more details about 'magic' in the setting. I mean, just because she's your Delphox doesn't make her more magical than Joey's Weedle or that /pmdg/ guy's Poochyena.

For example, do you come home to see the kitchen in a mess, with dismembered Quagsires, Rattatas, and Frogadiers strewn about?

Does your Delphox feel old when she sneaks out to punish evildoers and sees all the Vulpixes and Braixen?

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time for storm bump

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Now presenting: Chapter 2 of "Outcast of Comb Island"! Read it here: http://pastebin.com/zA02gyz3

And I think I should mention that the recap >>29119098 isn't completely accurate: the story's not exactly an "adoption" story, as the Combee's not rescued or adopted or anything, she's just caught in the wild.

Anyway, like usual, feedback is much appreciated. I'm still feeling a bit unsure about how well the story is turning out, so positive or negative criticism alike would help.
and hopefully more than one person reads it this time

>>29157886
THE DOGGO WHISPERER YET LIVES

>>29158091
Not for long, it's coming at any moment from now til the next hour. Trees are gay.

>>29158149
Stay safe m8

>>29158149
good luck

>>29158149
Well, clearly the best course of action is to cut down all the trees around your house before that storm arrives. Get to it.
Really though, best of luck to you. We can't have you dying on us, so stay safe.

>>29118702
can you guys recommend me some NSFW fics with really weird human x pokemon pairings?
something with people trying to bone things like metagross or giratina without it being resolved in a "it had human-compatible genitalia all along!" way.
just asking out of morbid curiosity

>>29153538
alright that comic is qt

>>29153876
No you don't. Go fuck yourself.

>>29160090
Hey man, I said "kinda." I'm sure I'll be just as sick of at as I always was if I had to start up again. But it sounds better than writing ad reports does right now, I can say that much.

>>29160336
Understandable. 10 pages are acceptable, since most research papers break 10 pages without effort, but 20 pages is entirely unreasonable. Honors teachers take themselves way too seriously.

>>29160735
The honors program at my college had some pretty crazy demands, so yeah, I can definitely sympathize with you on that. I think I was fortunate enough to only land one 20 pager though, most everything else was between 5 and 12ish.

>>29161030
It's not as bad, it could certainly be worse. It's just fucking pedantic and I hate having to write formal papers. I can form arguments, but I hate formatting and citing sources and losing points when my teacher decides i misinterpreted my own opinion

which yes. I've been told this.

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>>29161626
>misinterpreted my own opinion
I...w-what? How? I didn't know that was a criticism you could receive unless you went from having an opinion that leaned one way and then leaned the other halfway through the argument.

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>>29118702
I requesting a story about a trainer following this guide.

>>29161626
>>29161840
The teachers in our program only care about LA and Humanities. The business and science programs? No worth to the honors professors. You work with literature or school children? Automatic best friends with the program director.

One teacher gave a student a D on their paper because the student, who wrote about a science topic unrelated to stem cell research, did not take the professor's suggestion to include stem cell research.

This storm's a pussy, there hasn't even been a tornado warning

>>29162488
I am upset

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>>29161840
Okay it's a long story. This teacher was a fucking monster and told me that he hated me and I'm here thinking 'well fuck this was a shitton of money wasted', and at the end of the semester, he decided to give us a '''break''' with an easy paper. All we had to do was right a formal essay about the meaning of a song, and he assigned them. And of fucking course I got Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash. My argument cited his biography and autobio as to the meaning of the song

and he still told me I was wrong. I said it was about temptation, and he was just like "Nope. Wrong. You get a 60 on it" (thank god I followed the basic requirements). And that's how I nearly failed my fucking prereq english class in university

>>29161840
but there are ways you could work that into a paper, isn't there? I've started stating the tennants of one position, and done the ol' switcheroo. it's something you would do in debates, to try to preempt the other side, and show why yours is superior

>>29162589
>I said it was about temptation
Nope. It's all butt sex and hemorrhoids

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>>29162488
>>29162589
Man, stories about evil teachers always make me sad. It really sucks to hear about that kind of stuff.

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>>29162900
I passed by the skin of my teeth, and I dont have to deal with him anymore, which is nice. I also got him into big trouble, because i recorded him calling me Nazi one time (I speak German) and I gave it to admin. Fucker was tenured, though

>>29162488
>>29162589
I detest awful educators. I'm sorry to hear this shit happened. I wanted to go into education but schooling is absolutely fucked in Cali right now, between the tenure and teacher/student relation scandals and resultant paranoia. Kinda glad I didn't now.

>>29162149
How so? Just breeding and training a gallade? Maybe a bit of bonding between them, ending in a battle between him and Entei?

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>>29162947
>i recorded him calling me Nazi
Oh geez, that's messed up. Good on you for reporting him, even though it seems like it didn't do much. And at least you passed in the end, so that's good.

>>29162947
>i recorded him calling me a nazi
That's fucked up. I had a teacher threaten me with bodily harm when I was in middle school, but nothing has happened since then. I certainly wouldn't expect it from a university professor.

>>29157886

has vallion ever tried pulling on panne's ear fluff and did panne beat him up over it

>>29164308
When you get tenure you think you can get away with anything. Though, my freshman year of highschool, a teacher threw a stapler at me.

i've had a lot of adventures at school, tbqh

>>29164618
He brushes her ear fluff affectionately

>>29164643
Tenure isn't supposed to make teachers completely immune from getting fired. They can still be fired if there is "just cause" for it, and I would assume battery falls under that category. But I don't know much about the subject so don't quote me.

>>29164927
The guy was a real dick about it. Said that if you went to admin about the way he treated us, that we'd fail his class. I was the only one to stand up to him.

I def got the one who threw that at me fired. I've had some teachers do some real shady shit to me, it's probably why I'm so introverted now.

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Bored on a Saturday night with nothing to do.
Shoot me requests and I'll pick a few to do in order to give this thread some life.

So, cge has his personal canon with the speech TM, but does anyone have any headcanon about pokémon learning human speech normally? I'm tempted to touch upon it in what I'm writing, but I don't know if it's considered the height of autism or something. Realistically, I'd say a pokémon's ability to learn spoken language is up to physiology or reality-warping powers (like aura or telekinesis).

I think it would be ___cute___ for a poké to want to speak hooman talk with its trainer

>>29166883
An adult Human is turned into a Pokémon and winds up in a PMD setting. Spends the time before the big quest appearing helping around town.

>>29167155
Just go the Meowth route, since it's canon thanks to Yellow version. All it takes is a METRIC TON of effort. They start off being able to move some words of their name around, and work their way up from there.

Here, a jokey result would be Axew saying "Ask You" whenever something confuses it. With connotation, and story progression, they work from there. Eventually, it becomes a mini-Matlock. Jumping on to the table, saying "ASK YOU" as authoritatively as it can, and arranging all the evidence so that culprit has to confess.

>>29167155
I've made all Psychic and Ghost types innately capable of speech to varying degrees. Xatu and Gardevoir speak eloquently, while Metagross and Gastly have more broken speech for example. I'm still figuring out all the specifics for the rest and coming up with exceptions in other types. It's tied mostly to intelligence.

>>29167155
I personally feel like it's not possible for the vast majority of Pokemon to speak the human language, due to biological differences compared to humans. Their tongues, lips, vocal chords, etc. (assuming they have any of those) may not be set up to speak it properly. I believe psychic powers like telepathy would be required to communicate, though such powers need not be limited to Psychic-types. Pokemon like Lucario and Zoroark are occasionally shown to use that sort of telepathy in the anime and games alike. In addition, certain Chatot, Doduo, and Murkrow can speak vocally in the games, implying they're like parrots and are able to mimic sounds. That might extend to other birdlike Pokemon as well, but perhaps not all of them.

And of course, there is the famous example of Team Rocket's Meowth, who learned to speak Humanese (or whatever the language is called) through sheer determination. One might imagine he had a random mutation in his vocal chords or something that enabled him to emulate a human voice unlike other Meowth, or perhaps he was just so determined that he overcame his own biological limitations. Alternatively, it's just creative license without any in-universe justification.

>>29167155
World-breaking implications aside, something people tend to forget when it comes to the subject of Pokémon learning to communicate with humans is that it doesn't have to be the ol' "learning to speak human" approach. If Pokémon are smart enough to learn a human language, they could probably learn a sign language compatible with their anatomy, or use text-to-speech devices.

>>29167426
According to the anime, it took up his move slot to learn how to talk. It's the reason he doesn't have Pay Day.

Fun note, he is a very good ramen Chef.

>>29167623
Aren't there a few more robot/computer like Pokemon? I can see Porygon being the Pokemon to Human translator like Rotom will be in Sun/Moon anime.

>>29167374
>saying their names
I'm sticking with the more realistic sounds pokémon make in the games and Generations, as opposed to the silly kid-friendly language they have in the anime. It's cute, but it's just so unrealistic, even for pokèmon.

>>29166883
SFW or NSFW?

Either way, requesting >>29126228 to happen

>>29164736
hnnng

>>29167155
My story (stories) have it a couple different ways. Most pokemon can't vocally replicate human speech because different mouth structures. Some birds can because their unique tracheal structures like IRL, but there's no birdmons featured in my story.

Latias can because she basically rips the words from Michael's mind and constructs sentences in his head, making them sound like they're spoken in her own 'voice'.

Flygon can approximate human speech through wing vibrations, but can't make certain sounds, and he's not super motivated to work around his limitations so he speaks super laconic. He also is trained in using colored lights, flags, and flares as communication methods while he works with his trainer on their engineer stuff.

In Latias' case at least it's a major part of her character. She values her ability to speak highly. She gets jealous of the Flygon. The physiological speech limitations between the two become a minor plot point later.

>>29167673
>Aren't there a few more robot/computer like Pokemon?
Metagross is said to be basically a living supercomputer.

>>29167891
I had the Ninetales at one point 'speak' anime-style with their names in the earlier drafts of the first couple BStF chapters, but when I rewrote them I eliminated it, because it didn't make a lot of sense and I wasn't using it anywhere near consistently anyway.

>>29167947
>living supercomputer
Oh for fuck's sake, this makes my portrayal of Navin really awkward.

>>29167891
I don't blame you, I understand. I'd probably have them sound closer to the animal they are based on, with the rest being simple expressions of emotions.

>>29167947
Have you considered that fennecs maintain their body head by having most of their blood flow directed to their ears as coolant fins? If something in the Fennekin line were to blush, the difference in temperature when touching an ear would be entirely conspicuous.

>>29168452
>If something in the Fennekin line were to blush, the difference in temperature when touching an ear would be entirely conspicuous
I knew the former, but I never thought of this implication. Adorable. You truly are the doggo whisperer.

>>29163081
Yes

>>29167942
Either is fine, just want to see what kind of requests'll turn up and if they'll interest me.

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>>29169688
Well, I'll link you to the ones that interest me then.
>>29156211
You could jump on the new hype Mon train and try out more fics of that grass type at >>29134442
Or if you're into /d/, >>29135767 + >>29136703

And then my request for some maractus lovin'.
If you need an idea, perhaps the trainer could end up asking his Maractus for dancing advice to get a lady (or get into a club). However, as they practice he could end up making his own dance that unintentionally garner's the pokemon's love interest (mating dances and whatnot). Anything goes after that, until the two share a duet or something before she makes her move on him...and then vice versa...which then turns into a prickly but lewd situation. Emphasize on that cactass if you can.

>>29167155

If there is anything I have learned critiquing fanfics it is that lore should follow the needs of the plot and not vice versa.

Part of what makes Pokemon training an interesting subject is that stories about it revolve around people/Pokemon of different species learning to overcome their instinctual and social differences and learn to cooperate. It takes effort to write a story where a trainer and their team figure out ways to help each other and communicate to some extent when they may not even have the same concept of language let alone the ability to speak to each other, but that's what makes it compelling. Using some magical gadget to let all Pokemon speak English cheapens the whole experience immensely and has the danger of forcing human personalities onto exotic Pokemon even when it doesn't make sense.

Personally I'm willing to accept that most Pokemon with Psychic powers can communicate thoughts and ideas mentally with humans to a limited degree, that Legendaries can pretty much speak telepathically whenever they wish (though not always in the clear well-formatted English trainers are used to), and that particularly intelligent trained Pokemon (say, the top 1%) can learn some form of sign language or writing which gets basic ideas across. It can't be done though as a shortcut for character development but more as a long term objective for Trainers and their Pokemon to work on.

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>>29168397
It's trickier when you're working with a pokémon that's based on a human. What the fuck would a bisharp sound like but an adult human?

>>29169085
/Vp/ sure took a liking to her

>>29170230
>particularly intelligent trained Pokemon (say, the top 1%) can learn some form of sign language or writing
Now I'm imagining Joey's Rattata trying learn sign language

>>29172499
Personally, I can imagine them making weird grunts and clicks and other vocalizations as their noises.

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>>29175236
Stop, it's all too cute, I get into this shit and then I can't think straight

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>>29167947
Latias and Flygon meet up? So those two stories of yours are connected, then? That's interesting, if that's the case. I like it when multiple stories have some sort of overlap or reference each other, since it creates a sense of an interconnected world.

Also, now might be a good time to mention: I finally finished reading your Latias thing like I said I would two weeks or so ago (though it's been so long I wouldn't be surprised if you don't remember). I enjoyed it, and I didn't see any major flaws to speak of. Unless somebody points out something I missed, I think it's a good story as is. Keep up the good work.

>>29176405
I'm hoping to have it finished by the end of the month. We'll see if the next couple chapters give me as much problems as this one. Then it's Flygon time.

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

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Page 8 bump, along with another request for readership and feedback on my story here >>29158084. It's been almost a whole day without anything of the sort, so I feel like I may as well ask now.

>>29158084
>>29177814
I didn't see that you made another chapter sorry mate I will go read and give my opinion on it now.

>>29143630
Godspeed, Mr. Stake.

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There's a potential for another fic of the new pokemon, so have an anchor post

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>>29158084
I'm no writer but for right now I did not see anything wrong with it the ending was cute and comfy, the part where combee got one shot was in my opinion hilarious and the characters personalities are great. Good job on this chapter I cant wait to see where you will take this. Also don't worry about people seemingly not reading your story they probably are its just that they either dont have anything to say about it or are just too busy. Besides the fanfic thread is kind of slow anyway so dont expect anything directly after releasing a story.
I also get the impression that weavile is a jealous little girl type of poke and scyther an always happy kind of ignorent type of poke am I right? Anyway don't get discourage Snapath your story is great dont worry about it, if you were really doing something wrong I'm sure someone would have told you already.

>>29179513
Thank you for reading it, and thanks for the kind words. That all means a lot to me.

Your mention of the personalities of Vincent's Pokemon got me thinking that I really haven't given very much thought to that subject, which is probably a bad thing, come to think of it. Your ideas aren't exactly what I was going for, but they don't sound too bad nonetheless.

Really, the only consideration I'd given to them was to make Weavile the sort of gruff yet kind character, but I never thought much about Scyther. I really should do more with him, other than make him just a random Pokemon for Vincent to use. In fact, I like your idea of him being somewhat oblivious or goofy, and that might be how I decide to make him. I might even go back into chapter 2 and edit it to try and make that personality more apparent, before anyone else reads it.

>>29180561
I'm just happy to help in some way.

>>29136051
Oh, author of the tsareena thing here. Forgot to mention, I'm attempting this.

>>29182017
Nice, can't wait!

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bummmp

>>29183991
Are you going to bump the thread tonight Snapath?

>>29184034
I might unless someone else does. I don't claim responsibility as the designated bumper.

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Man, the thread seems rather slow today. Quite a contrast to the lively albeit sometimes off-topic and depressing discussions yesterday.

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>>29185637
Things seemed to pick up in the wee hours last night (they were the wee hours for me at least), so I'd say to wait for that.

In other news, bisharp a cute

this is why I don't post with my name

>>29185637
I'm school anon and i'm still here ;)

makes me want to write about an oc living in the pokemon world. Would it be too Mary-sue ish to give them a shiny? it would be something stupid, their shinx, but still. Don't want to seem like that, you know?

>>29186174
>Would it be too Mary-sue ish to give them a shiny?
Are you making it shiny for a marysuish reason?

>>29186300
No, it's just the one they caught. They were a stupid kid and thought it looked cool. They aren't the 'chosen' one or some shit.

Can I just complain for a moment?

I'm really sick and tired of grimderp fics, and to another extent, Gen 1.

I understand, I get it, we all have our grimderp moments and think we have the best idea ever, but it gets tiresome to see so many of ff and other places.

The most annoying is when people complain about Pokémon not being dark enough for them while Colosseum exists and the makers of Danganronpa and 999 present Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.

As for the Gen1 pandering, I actually don't mind when Nintendo and TPCI does it. It's their property, it started it, it's special. It's when people still keep making jokes, comics, and macros as if they have never been done before. We talked about this stuff when I was in a sandbox in elementary school, I'm worrying about the economic viability of my state and making sure I am properly investing for retirement now. Show me some Gen 2 stuff, what happened there? Gen 3 must have made some mistakes, but did they improve the series? Use those Pokémon, make some jokes about those. I'll actually find those interesting!

>>29186518
I mean, do they realize there is usually a graveyard in every region? I mean, it's kind of a staple to find ghost pokes there. There's dark stuff if you look, but this is a franchise for children. CHILDREN. people need to chill about it not being edgy enough. It has plenty of edge for what it is

>>29186356
I looked it up, and while 'Urf and the Pokémon world aren't exactly 1 to 1, there are reintroduced groups of white lions running around in Africa. If anyone bothers to ask, just say the MC lives close to a Safari Zone dealing with them.

Now that it has your scent, the mother will never accept it back.

>>29186654
That's actually a good idea. I was just hoping that shinx is a dumb enough pokemon that people won't be shouting mary sue at me. I mean, if I gave her a shiny black charizard, thats kind of overdone at this point, don't you think?

Now to figure out how the hell to draw him.

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>>29186654
Better yet, a Friend Safari Zone, because of the 1/500 chance of shinies there as opposed to 1/8000 (or 1/4000 in Gen VI) in other places.

>>29186783
How dare you call Shinx dumb.

>>29186831
NO no you misunderstand. Luxray is my favourite pokemon. it's just that it's not some overpowered beast in the meta.

>>29186518
What qualifies as "grimderp" to you exactly?

>>29186864
Yeah, I understand, I'm just joking around. I really like Luxray too, and I agree that it's a good idea to use a more obscure Pokemon for the concept you're going for.

>>29186969
shinx is dum but luxray is the best desu
what can I say, i'm a huge sucker for yellow. Yeah, i'm tired of reading fics where the titular character has a team of legendaries and is the CHOSEN one. I titled this one 'friend fiction' because it's about two pals and their adventures. and I just like writing, while I'm grinding for shinies. wake me up this is taking forever

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>>29187014
WAKE UP
What a coincidence, I've gotten back into shiny hunting lately too. It's been over a week since I got anything, though. I'm starting to think I may have actually encountered one or two along the way but ran from them without noticing because I was so bored that I didn't pay attention.

>>29187142
I'm using the friend safari, and I got a shiny haxorus, and a shiny sliggoo, and all I want is noibat. I just want this cute lil fucking bat. but NO, I get the shit mons.
What's your methods? I'm doing the FS constantly, and I've gotten two in two days

also: nearly ran from the haxorous. I would have kms if that had actually happened. I start to doubt myself too.

>>29187189
I'm using the Friend Safari too. It worked well at first--I got a Dedenne and a Pupitar in three days--but it's been a over week since then. Still, I believe the Friend Safari is the best method.

>>29187189
*no fucking haxorous, it was a fraxure fuck me

>>29186949
Anything I don't like.

Being more serious, mostly stories that go "this is how the Pokemon world actually would work!" or "My story is based on the superior direction the original creator wanted!" I'm from /tg/, so I understand people wanting to put their spin on something, and I'll even support the entertaining threads, but it has been 20 years. Stop telling me how Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, or whatever other crayola color you pulled out of the box should have been the TRUE PROTAGONIST.

I'm just being whiny tonight.

>>29187289
it's tricky like that. It's all down to that RNG, I'm doing it constantly. while I study, while I work on my Thesis, while I'm playing fallout 4. I wish you the best of luck in hunting, it's all luck based.

and yeah, it is. I'm too lazy to get the shiny charm so this is going to be how I get them, I guess.

>>29187316
I understand what you're saying about protagonists, but I guess I'm not understanding "how the world would actually work." You mean like a complete retooling of infrastructure and stuff, or just changes to mechanics of capture or what?

>>29187430
not him, but it sounds like "how the world would actually work." is those moments where a character goes 'this is real life, not a videogame/comicbook/other media franchise' after something threatening is about to happen or has happened.

>Topic of the Thread: Do you remember the first fic you ever read.

Yes, I think it was called "Pokemon Master" or something like that, and it was super edgy, and super super long. It was post-apocalyptic junk, Ash and his shadow pikachu were the main characters, in particular I recall a scene where a trainer has an enemy trainer in his onyx's mouth, and the onyx ate him, there was also this thing about Gary being a clone of Ash and Mewtwo. It was certainly something.

Actually, I did find the TV tropes page for it http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/PokemonMaster

>>29187430
Mostly when they go into blood and gore during the fights. When Joey's Ratata explodes all over his face and the Pokemon have to fight to the death like in a rooster battle, I tend to tune out.

I'm okay with tales of people having to deal/work with Pokemon, that stuff is fine.

>>29187567
I accept those. People have expectations of how things work, and then they don't exactly work that way. It's when you go Urobutcher on them after and limbs start flying that gets to me.

>>29187333
Good luck to you too. In the end, it's really just a war of attrition, a matter of not dying of boredom until you find a shiny.
Then you have permission to die.

>>29187675
Ah, yeah, I see. I don't mind it when it's applicable (i.e. during actual fights to the death, hunts, etc.) but seeing it crop up during what are supposedly friendly/competitive trainer battles is a bit of a headscratcher. Thanks for elaborating.

>>29187828
thanks. i've been thinking about writing something involving maxie , because he is so under appreciated, but his character is not easy to nail. and I don't want to screw it up.

and then when you find one, you get that adrenaline and you need MORE

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>When a "strong female character" is just Mary Sue who's a bitch to literally everyone
>When the author tries to show how caring the trainer is by having them lash out when someone casually offers a trade for their rare pokemon
>When the antagonists have no discernible motive except for being evil
>When a mother character's only trait is "motherly", and a father's is "unsupportive asshole"
>When a story averages less than 1000 words a chapter
>When a story opens with an exhaustive description of the main character
>When the main character was supposedly a friendless, unpopular, outcast loser despite being a perfect human being that spends the entire story making friends and being loved by everyone
>When you can make a drinking game out of the word "bond"
>When the main character does something unimpressive and nearby authority figures mention/think that it shows how much potential they have
>When a "good" character manifests that trait by becoming unreasonably angry and taking stupid risks without consequences when "bad" characters present
>When the main character just happens to have a unique ability with no explanation

>>29188865
>when the story opens with an exhaustive description of the main character
I'm so terrified of doing this that I've gone too far in the other direction. I think there's next to no information about what any of my characters look like despite me having a document with their descriptions.

I never know when to bring it up outside of the mention I gave of Ignace's hair color when he put a wig on. I "know" how to strike a happy medium but I never do.

>>29189077
I'm a decent artist so I usually just include a photo with mine. I will give little things here or there, but overall, I am terrified of starting out with some big monologue about how they look. I also never start with a dream, or anything epic. I feel like a fug whenever I write a story, so I start from where I would be if I were two pages in. I write introductions last.

also I'm terrified of the 'outcast loser who is perfect' trope so usually in my fics my characters are called out on their shit and they acknowledge they prob did something wrong

>>29188865
>When the main character is described using subjective terminology in a third person narrative
Fortunately fags tend to do this early, so I don't loose too much time.

>>29189236
What about subjective term description in a third person limited narrative?

I mean the idea is that while it's third person, we're still seeing the world from another character's perspective and first person is cancer.

>>29188865
>When a story averages less than 1000 words a chapter

I'm okay when other people do this, but I feel like such a shit when I write a 'chapter' that's only around 2100 words or less.

>First paragraphs of story is a play-by-play of MC's morning routine and a description of the character's appearance.

>>29189077
I tend to be pretty concise in my physical descriptions too. Case in point, the description of my current story's main character is
>He removed the hood of his big yellow raincoat as he walked along, revealing his long blond hair
and that's it. I have no clue if that's too little but I can't figure out how to naturally explain the rest of his appearance.

>>29189152
>I usually just include a photo with mine
Maybe I'm alone in thinking this, but I believe that while including a picture is nice, it's important that you don't rely on it to do your explanation for you. An image can help readers understand what you're saying, but I feel like it shouldn't replace textual description.

>>29189361
>>First paragraphs of story is a play-by-play of MC's morning routine
The character's piss-shower-toothbrush order is vital to understanding who he really is.
All three at once = college student.

It's time for another chapter of Pokemon Flash Platinum. Today our hero reunites with a friend.She challenges him to a three v three battle but claims she can 3-0 him with one pokemon. to his surprise, it's a pikachu.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12024240/11/Pokemon-Flash-Platinum

One last bump before bed

>>29189236
>SHE
>WORE

>>29191204
>Pikachu
I swear if this is Ash's level of Pikachu...

>>29154070
Lawanon?

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>>29194838
Have I been summoned

>>29194871
But are you THE lawanon?

>>29195022
[Spoiler] would you like to read my paper about the Romeo and Juliet clause in Arizonian law, and the cases it has affected? [/spoiler]

>>29195040
Yes, I would.

>>29195066
I've basically been relegated to the 'hey is this ILLEGAL' in my group of friends. So.

is that what you need? I'm used to it, my dude

>>29195100
Seeing someone familiar with law got me excited. I figure there's only so many people of 4chan that have studied law, but I doubt you're who I'm thinking of, but I need to ask, and I don't mean to offend, but:
Have you ever been to Fire Emblem General?

>>29195170
I have failed you anon that is not me. but I am always happy to talk about law.

seriously. I'm so lonely in my studies. But I'm also a drawfag so I guess I can make friends that way

>>29195199
You're not alone. I'm going to study law. I figure it might be useful.
Just remember;no mater what, you're never alone. I'm always here for you.

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>>29195245
good luck, anon. Prepare for lots of coffee, and no sleep. you're going to hate yourself. A lot.

pic related

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>>29195245
It's not as terrible as people think. Depends on whether you decide to litigate or do transaction/corporate work. The latter is my preference. Good luck fellow lawanon.

noon bump

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Seeing people mention Mary Sues makes me think it's time to make a question, it's something that's bothering me a lot

I really want to give my character a Type : Null that later down the road evolves into Silvally, but I'm afraid of people saying that she's a Mary Sue because of that. Silvally might not be a legendary, but it's basically a mini Arceus.

What should I do?

>>29197562
Stop worrying so much about what people think. It's just your ingame team; who cares if Silvally ends up being "mary sue"-ish.

I mean, you could argue the same thing about starters. For when you get them in-game they have stellar stats, usually pretty great movepools and are unique to a playthrough, unless you trade online.

Use who you want, Anon.

>>29197697
You're right and it's not rare to see OCs owning more than one starter!

>>29197562
>What should I do?
Learn what a Mary Sue is, why people complain about them, and judge for yourself if your story suffers from that condition.

Buo

Sadly its in spanish cause i was lazy to write it in english...

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11663371/1/Aventura-en-Johto-Gold-Silver-y-Crystal

>>29199569
Sadly?

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A reminder for all fledgling writers.

>>29200082
B-but anon I don't think I can, that's why I lurk to learn on these threads

>>29200209
This thread at its best yields nowhere near as many learns per hour as does justdoiting does at its worst.

>>29200209
>he lets his dreams be dreams

>>29200510
They're waking for the dreamer to WAKE UP and set them free.

I just received word my battery should be in today. Then I can reassemble my laptop!

Going from Word 2013 to gdocs is suffering.

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>>29195245
>no mater what
NO MATER WHAT GIT ER DONE

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>>29201092
>Using WYSIWYG for literature.
>mfw

>>29201092
That's good to hear. The part about the battery, not the suffering, I mean. Good luck putting it back together. But if by chance it happens to explode, be sure to tell us how sick it was.

>>29201302
Lemme get my typewriter
>just because he can see the future doesn't mean he likes it, even long after it became the present

>>29201325
If it explodes, at least I have backups on my desktop now!

>>29201302
You know, that image reminds me of something I've been wondering for a while: if you don't mind my asking, how did you get your tripcode to say Xatu in it? I refuse to believe you just typed something random and happened to get a Pokemon-related one, and the same goes for Ee4ee. Is there a website out there that tells you what you need to type in order to get a certain result in the tripcode?

>>29201386
You'll also have a fetching paperweight to show off to people, so other than needing a new laptop, it's win-win.
>and this is my exploded laptop
>as you can see, it also doubles as a piece of modern art
I actually like modern art and it drives my artist friends mad.

>>29201521
Tripcode explorer.

>>29201325
>if by chance it happens to explode
I don't think it's a Samsung.

>>29201386
>Lemme get my typewriter
No tab can stop me. #yolo #typingbeyondtheding

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>Some musing thoughts before I go back to work.
It's no surprise being "productive" can mean a lot more than simply typing out a lot of words. The editing process itself is a critical part of making a fiction worthwhile to a reader. If you can somehow defy the laws of nature and pump out thousands of words a night, that's wonderful - seriously you deserve kudos. Just keep in mind that neglecting to pay attention during the editing process will not do your craft any favors and you might leave in some ugly mistakes. I understand there can be an irresistible, almost impulsive urge to release a new chapter/story "hot-off-the-press" but patience is truly a virtue. So, please, take that little extra time to reread what you write. Shout out to anyone who reads and helps proof for writers. And if you DIY, that's cool too.

peace out /vpwt/

>>29201631
Thanks. I'm checking it out now. Seems like a neat program, actually.
Now don't mind me, Imma test one out real quick and see if it works here.

>>29202175
Hey, what do you know, it worked. I'm probably not going to use it permanently, though. I don't think there's much risk of someone stealing my identity because nobody would want to be me anyway.

>>29202224
You're a tripfriend now. There is no going back. Unless you forget it. Especially since you are now marked forever as a U2 fan.

>>29202425
>Especially since you are now marked forever as a U2 fan.
His tripcode explorer still hasn't found what it's looking for; an escape from popular musicians.

Also is it just me or did this thread fly by?

>>29202490
255 is the new 245.

>U2
>Popular
This is why we can't have nice things.

>>29202425
I would forget it but it keeps appearing in a dropdown menu whenever I type in my name. Looks like my computer will remember it for me.
To be honest, I don't dislike the way it looks, though. Maybe I will keep it on.
But I should mention for the record that I don't even listen to U2. I can name like three of their songs and that's it

>>29202490
All the discussion on Saturday did a lot to move it along, I'd wager.

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>>29202956
>Looks like my computer will remember it for me.
Pic related: "I wrote it down in my diary so I wouldn't have to remember."

>>29203098
At least my computer has a much lower chance of getting stolen by Nazis than that diary did.

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Requesting this with Ballio and the text unchanged.

>>29203915
I think you're looking for the fine folks over here?
>>29190524

>>29200209
do it you fucking pussy

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>>29201918
>Allot an entire day just for the process of proofreading my own shit
>After making an entire rough draft on paper with roughly the same amount of words and translating it over to text
>The process of proofreading only gets more intensive and longer as I start doubletapping the entire thing.
>Still need beta readers

I swear it'd be like writing in a different language if I just scribbled something down and threw it into visible existence.

>>29204845
Methinks you're making this more difficult than it needs to be.

>>29204845
Why don't you use your translate-to-digital stage as your proofreading and editing stage?

>>29204845
mimiga when am I gonna get to look over your next chapter

>>29205317
It is, though. I need even more editing stages to make something half-decent.

>>29205393
When it's done, probably.

>>29204845
Is there a PM system on AO3, or do you have a FFN account? I'll try to beta-read for you

>>29205498
>I need even more editing stages to make something half-decent.
You need to proof better, not more. I've tried more in the past, errors will still pass through.

>>29205510
AO3 doesn't have PM's, and that's what's preventing it from taking over.

>>29205779
That and the supposed wait time some people experience for invitations. Damn shame too.

>>29205779
How do I proof better, then?

>>29197834
I have heard about Mary Sues for a long time, I'm just afraid of what people would say, you know? I don't want people to assume that I'm giving my OC a Silvally to avoid giving her an Arceus when that's not the case, I would never go that far!

Btw I'm so honored that you replied to my post

>>29206042
Read each sentence, slowly, deliberately. Out loud if you want to. Your eyes will always want to go on ahead, chasing frantically for that period at the end of a sentence. So your job is to slow that process down a bit in order to capture mistakes that would otherwise be hiding in plain sight. Don't worry, you'll get better with practice.

>>29205965
A little promotion would take care of that bit of old news. But a PM system would require them to create some sort of mechanism by which people could upload text and a way for somebody else to read it.

>>29206042
Foremost, categorize your errors to learn what is your major malfunction. Be vigilant as you write to catch yourself making that mistake until you learn not to make it. Then, eliminate your next bad habit. Soon, your proof-reading effort will be more about improving the subjective quality of your story than chasing down sloppiness.

>>29206168
>>29206835
I dunno, maybe I'm just really bad at proofing in general still, cuz that's what I've been doing for the last two years. It might not help that the rough draft is MUCH rougher than what it should be, and the second is simply me revising paragraphs in different and more purple ways as to build depth and better structure, thus making it harder for myself to actually keep track of what then fuck is going on. What fucks me mostly is just the way my head perceives what is correct structure, which I am often completely oblivious about.

I think I have more trouble with shitty design choices and mood more than anything, which don't really have anything to do with traditional error.

>>29206955
>the rough draft is MUCH rougher than what it should be
>the second is simply me revising paragraphs … making it harder for myself to actually keep track of what then fuck is going on.
You have identified your major malfunction: You whip off text carelessly, then you fuss over it.

Slow down a little and hold yourself to one content revision (technical as needed) on any particular line until you've revised the whole thing and taken a look at what you really have.

>>29206835
>But a PM system would require them to create some sort of mechanism by which people could upload text and a way for somebody else to read it.

Always with the subtle jabs, you

>>29207470
Their system for letting people send money seems to work. Perhaps, if we wrote our PM's in the margins of dollar bills.

/r/ing >>29197831

Also does anyone know if there's any zinnia/rayquaza smut?

>>29207442
Can you critic stories? If so could I ask you a favor?

>>29208652
You're free to ask.

>>29206835
>>29207785
Maybe I should offer to set up an AdWords campaign for them so they get money and use it to invest in a fucking PM system.

>>29209075
>Selling soul to buy two cans and a string.
No thanks. I'd pull my mirror there.

>>29208726
Could you critic this guy story? >>29158084
He's been looking for somebody to give him advice I think and I feel bad that I can't give it a proper critic.

I get that it's stupid not to have a pm system in 2016, but author-reader communication is still possible in the comments section. I think what's really holding the site back is the mess of a search system.

>>29139977
not choosing the superior Blue (even though Bowlman sucks compared to Mistman)

>>29142416
I've written a trainer-fly/missingno. fic once, but that gave me a lot of ideas. End of college is taking a toll, since I have to finish a 40+ pages monograph in order to graduate (don't know if it works the same way everywhere, in my country it's a default)

>>29170230
THIS. I've created a soul-link between a trainer and her crossbred Ralts to justify some things (at the start he could communicate with her because telepathy, but made it that way later in order to create a simpler way for her to communicate with the rest of her team). It ended up making my plot point even more powerful she developed schizophrenia after a childhood trauma, the Banette-part of her Ralts actually amps it up to eleven and causes more harm than good, draining her energy while she thinks her objectives are real

>>29188865
>evil antagonist
this would trigger me if they wouldn't want to be the only ones controlling pokémon while the other go dead. Also b/c they're not mentioned up to ch.30
>much potential for unimpressive
Fine, you got me. Gym leader's daughter is a bias, and the only thing it matters for is giving the starter anyway

TotT: First fic ever read was a parody of a well-known HP fanfic. My 12-yo self thought it was a reasonable idea to write something on that line.
Pokémon-wise, it only happened when I already had sense of criticism, and as such were decent things.

Also, is there any HUEBR-fag here, or am I lurking alone?

>>29209640
gib fic or i report

>>29210422
Don't know if serious, but here it goes

https://fanfiction.com.br/historia/654203
>isshushipping, _sfw

https://fanfiction.com.br/historia/696960
>trainer x ninetales, _sfw

https://fanfiction.com.br/historia/690079
>trainer fly glitch in a fic

https://fanfiction.com.br/historia/702907
>pokemon go was a mistake

https://fanfiction.com.br/historia/682214
>pokemon + thg crossover

https://fanfiction.com.br/historia/616704
>the one with the ralts I mentioned in my post.

Keep in mind that the last two are unfinished

>>29210616
Thank you. Hue hue.

>>29204845
>>Still need beta readers
>No PMs for AO3
>No FFN account
>email address associated with his gdoc leads to a dead mailbox
How is a beta-reader going to send an application, should they wish the position?

>>29210674
Why don't you create a FFN account? The more, the merrier.

>>29210630
Feedback is appreciated

>>29210750
>Why don't you create a FFN account?
I have one. Mimiga doesn't.

>>29210674
But google docs IS beta reading, or at least close enough for me, considering it's the step where people read it and fix it. I only ever use my A03 email for anything, and I don't check any of them at all.

>>29210871
Sounds like you have plenty of beta-readers then! Just not any -dedicated- ones

I'll make sure to stop in next time you throw one up.

>>29210901
Yeah, I didn't mean that I needed beta readers as in I had none, I meant that my editing is so shitty that I need beta readers after spending a day or two dedicated to hurting my eyes concentrating way too hard on black text with white background.

>>29209486
I had time to speed through Chapter 1 and skim over 2.

The copy has a few errors (missing line break, a wrong conjugation, etc.) but reparable defects aside it's fine. Narrator is a little heavy on presumed and inconsequential details (if somebody reaches for a tablet computer, I think it's safely unsaid that he picks it up), immediate reiterations give a sense of lacking confidence in the portrayal, and some paragraphs run rich on passive telling.

The work of the writing seems to be nearly A-grade, but there's no mystery and no hook in the introductory material. The text tells me what they are going to do and then they do it. It doesn't intrigue me. I think part of the problem is that you're making Combee the POV character, yet all of the activity is driven by Free, so he and Narrator are taking turns delivering soliloquy. Were Free the POV character, a lot of the wordiness could fall away and the reader would understand Combee's experience the way Free does.

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>>29210972
>black text with white background.
I found your problem.
You're accidentally using a writing-on-paper virtual reality simulator instead of a word processor. Use a word processor with either light-on-blue or, even better, mid-tones and you'll forget about eye strain.

>>29211963
I'm not the person you're talking to, but I have astigmatism and white text on dark backgrounds strain my eyes excessively. It makes me have real life ghosting, it's terrible and I hate it.

>>29211963
Hm, I've never seen anyone use blue. Mine is white on black, and it seriously helps with strain. I don't even feel it, nowadays.

now, if there were a CT solution, we'd be getting somewhere..

>>29211963
Next TotT: Word processor preferences?

>>29211963
I'm using Notepad with a really shitty graphics card that has a broken driver, so yeah.

>>29212090
Before 16-color monitors, you had either green on black or amber on black.

>>29212157
You need more Linux.

>>29210616
>A mtrainerxmpokemon fic
Savoir of the m/m crowd right here

Thankfully Google translate is helpful for once

>>29213521
Which one?

>>29213886
Trainer x ninetails

Leaks happening as we're in the final stretch. We have some good timing.

looks like there won't be much to hype over anyway

>>29214021
Sorry to burst your bubble, but
>Desiree
>Camille
>Anette

It's likely F-trainer x F-pokemon

>>29213521
I believe I've read one good one, and one that had so much potential to be good but turned out shit. I think m/m is only popular if it's between two pokémon, for furry reasons no doubt.