Pokemon fics

Targaryen

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#1
Really been going on a bender lately, but I can't stand sifting through the shit any more. I'm looking for any decent pokemon fics, preferably of decent length. I've read a couple recently, most prominent was Digital Skitty's Pedestal, but I'm looking for more. I'd prefer one's focussed on OC's, and if it must be based around the canon characters, please, please, no fics that are just about a pairing. Any recs?
 
#2
"Travels of the Trifecta!". This is based on the Diamond/Pearl section of the anime, and specifically the American dub, so only dub names are present. Splits viewpoints between several characters.

I won't give spoilers for it, but it's quite long (250,000+ words), recently updated and in-progress, and I found it quite good.
 

Bill Felix

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#3
Tagging along on this thread so I don't have to start another one, I was wondering: are there any decent Pokemon fics that focus on Blue as the main character?

Preferably on Blue after Red unseats him as the Pokemon Champion. I got this crazy plot bunny in my head for an AU fic about Blue after Red beats him, but because I stopped following Pokemon after the original Gold and Silver, I couldn't even begin to write it. So I was hoping to find something similar to read.
 
#4
Bill Felix said:
Tagging along on this thread so I don't have to start another one, I was wondering: are there any decent Pokemon fics that focus on Blue as the main character?

Preferably on Blue after Red unseats him as the Pokemon Champion. I got this crazy plot bunny in my head for an AU fic about Blue after Red beats him, but because I stopped following Pokemon after the original Gold and Silver, I couldn't even begin to write it. So I was hoping to find something similar to read.
I think there's a Nuzlocke that's that focuses on him.
 

Reimu

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#5
Bill Felix said:
Tagging along on this thread so I don't have to start another one, I was wondering: are there any decent Pokemon fics that focus on Blue as the main character?

Preferably on Blue after Red unseats him as the Pokemon Champion. I got this crazy plot bunny in my head for an AU fic about Blue after Red beats him, but because I stopped following Pokemon after the original Gold and Silver, I couldn't even begin to write it. So I was hoping to find something similar to read.
<a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5251768/1/Champion' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5251768/1/Champion</a>

Red challenges the Champion of the Pokemon League.
But the story focuses on blue and his side of pokemon fighting.
 

zeebee1

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#6
Blue is a whiny loser. Or at least his is in that fic.
 

Inaba

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#7
What are the Pokemon fics out there that are worth reading? I can name Game of Champions and The Sun Soul, but is there anything else worth reading that isn't based on the anime and/or is based on later regions such as Sinnoh?
 

TC_Hazard

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#9
Honestly, my favorite pokemon fics are from Molliemon's Naruto/Pokemon fusion. Other Pokemon fics, I have been recommended are too angsty or depressing for my tastes.
 

Inaba

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#10
Targaryen said:
Pedestal.
I read at least part of that a while back - it wasn't bad but there was something missing for me. Thanks for the recommendation though.

TC_Hazard said:
Right, I forgot to mention those, ended up marathoning the entire series plus the stuff on DeviantArt.
 
#11
Inaba said:
What are the Pokemon fics out there that are worth reading? I can name Game of Champions and The Sun Soul, but is there anything else worth reading that isn't based on the anime and/or is based on later regions such as Sinnoh?
There's A Ralt's in the Moonlight, a fairly entertaining fic where Ranma turns into a Ralts and get's flung into the Pokemon world. Much better than it sounds.

Then there's A Pallet Pair where it details the journey of the other 2 trainers from Anime Palet town as they arrive in cities either just before Ash or after. Fairly interesting read.

And finally Unoriginality, a series of oneshots written to mock the cliches of Pokemon fics but occasionally has a nice prologue to what could have been an awesome fic.

Links not posted because I'm lazy. Just google it.
 

Inaba

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#12
Master of Squirrel-Fu said:
There's A Ralt's in the Moonlight, a fairly entertaining fic where Ranma turns into a Ralts and get's flung into the Pokemon world. Much better than it sounds.

Then there's A Pallet Pair where it details the journey of the other 2 trainers from Anime Palet town as they arrive in cities either just before Ash or after. Fairly interesting read.

And finally Unoriginality, a series of oneshots written to mock the cliches of Pokemon fics but occasionally has a nice prologue to what could have been an awesome fic.

Links not posted because I'm lazy. Just google it.
Thank you very much for those recommendations, they actually read pretty readable based on a passing glance.

It's a shame though that it sounds like there aren't many good stories with OC trainers and unusual starters - I would've loved a story about a kid starting out with a Feebas, assuming that the story didn't turn out to be complete crap.
 

Ashaman

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#13
zeebee1 said:
Blue is a whiny loser. Or at least his is in that fic.
Agreed. I can understand his first complaint about Charmander, but after that <_<

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Rec'cing Speak Up by Mya Latti. Its fairly interesting.
 
#14
Oh yes there's also some hillarious LPs of pokemon; FireRed, Crystal, & Emerald by Red Chocobo and Quartz by Zorak done in a similar style. (The order is E->C->Q->FR)

And also Check out the Nuzlocke website. The comics are good and if you feel like it you can do your own Nuzlocke Challenge, trust me it's fun to do so and make up your own story for it.
 
#15
Anyone know any good Brofics involving Ash and his Pokemon? More for the Pokemon then for Ash really (I can't help if I find their characters more interesting despite having no idea what they're saying), but they are hard to find under the heaps of Shipfics or the recent boom of Evil/Dark/Betrayal/Ash Leaves then Returns as a "Bad Ass" fics that if dominating the anime fandom currently.

"A Snap In the Right Direction" was overall enjoyable (could have included Pidgeot though). Also Time Travel Fic "Ashes to the Past" has been great so far (note: this is a fic that doesn't take itself too seriously. Ex: Squirtle is a Gurren Lagann Fan and regularly channels Kamina/Simon).

Really I'm just a sucker for those "A Boy and his Mons" fics. Very touching, funny, and generally enjoyable. It's the characters that make the story for me and this is one of the formats that do just that. Actually I'm fine with Original Trainer fics too-it doen't even need to be set in the Anime.
 

Inaba

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#16
Master of Squirrel-Fu said:
Oh yes there's also some hillarious LPs of pokemon; FireRed, Crystal, & Emerald by Red Chocobo and Quartz by Zorak done in a similar style. (The order is E->C->Q->FR)

And also Check out the Nuzlocke website. The comics are good and if you feel like it you can do your own Nuzlocke Challenge, trust me it's fun to do so and make up your own story for it.
I've actually read through those LPs - though wasn't there also a Diamond/Pearl one not in the archive? I seem to recall a couple of fanart of the rival with derpy expressions. Never heard of the site though, so I'll check it out - thanks again.
 
#17
Chaotic Symbolism said:
but they are hard to find under the heaps of Shipfics or the recent boom of Evil/Dark/Betrayal/Ash Leaves then Returns as a "Bad Ass" fics that if dominating the anime fandom currently.
don't you mean the Jerk Ass Fics where he suddenly becomes angsty, emo and hates the world, not to mention that he evolves his pokemon (and some of them suddely become shiny or where shiny to begin) goes to catch all the pokemons he 'let escape' and trains them to the point where his weakest one can beat Movie Lugia with his pinky,not to mention him changing his wardrobe to ridiculous unpractical combinations that make him 'cool' and 'yummy' or 'dark' (not really) and the sudden female interest over him and his 'alias' that are more ovbious than the Fandom AnBu!Naruto codenames?

"A Snap In the Right Direction" was overall enjoyable (could have included Pidgeot though). Also Time Travel Fic "Ashes to the Past" has been great so far (note: this is a fic that doesn't take itself too seriously. Ex: Squirtle is a Gurren Lagann Fan and regularly channels Kamina/Simon).?
i like it, but it could have been better without the Nasu Expy and the 'let's make a movie' arc, it felt pointless to me (for the story purposes anyway) and only served to see how many and what kind of movies the author liked and how the Pokemon world is the same as our own and he still fucked up in the UBW expy in calling the pokemon humans, when the freaking in-fic movie script were based on pokemon, being the soel protags of that movie.
 
#18
don't you mean the Jerk Ass Fics
Yeah those. Don't forget he'll have "cool" Pokemon like Dragonite or Scizor. Which irks me because he already has Charizard so seriously why give him Dragonite? Since I see his Pokemon as characters in their own right (and not just things to collect) I hate it when they give him more Pokemon then he actually needs. I remember this one fic where the author listed like 50 Pokemon he was going to give Ash-at least a Dozen were Legendaries.
 
#19
My favorite Pokemon fic is a really old one that never got completed called Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Depressing as hell, but incredibly well-written. You know Joker from Mass Effect right? Well imagine Ash has that disease and has to cope with it during his training journey.

I also love Quill of Molliemon's 'Shiny Demon' series. I check her DeviantArt everyday for updates. Shit's amazing.
 

Archanon

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#20
Chaotic Symbolism said:
don't you mean the Jerk Ass Fics
Yeah those. Don't forget he'll have "cool" Pokemon like Dragonite or Scizor. Which irks me because he already has Charizard so seriously why give him Dragonite? Since I see his Pokemon as characters in their own right (and not just things to collect) I hate it when they give him more Pokemon then he actually needs. I remember this one fic where the author listed like 50 Pokemon he was going to give Ash-at least a Dozen were Legendaries.
It's one thing if it's Mewtwo, because Mewtwo was an awesome character and I think a well written friendship fic for Ash and Mewtwo would be cool, but the fail writing makes even that terrible.
 

Ashaman

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#21
A Curious Stranger said:
I also love Quill of Molliemon's 'Shiny Demon' series. I check her DeviantArt everyday for updates. Shit's amazing.
Same.

Cliffhanger now though, which is a bitch.
 
#22
Ashaman said:
A Curious Stranger said:
I also love Quill of Molliemon's 'Shiny Demon' series. I check her DeviantArt everyday for updates. Shit's amazing.
Same.

Cliffhanger now though, which is a bitch.
Moll's pretty much admitted she doesn't plan out her Pokemon/Naruto stories at all. Which is amazing, because they manage to contain themselves well and have a strong plot. On this newest fic though, you can see that weakness coming into play. She's written so much she has no idea where to end it. Hence they delay for chapter 20 I think.

She's on record as saying these fics got way bigger than she intended.
 
#23
Archanon said:
Chaotic Symbolism said:
don't you mean the Jerk Ass Fics
Yeah those. Don't forget he'll have "cool" Pokemon like Dragonite or Scizor. Which irks me because he already has Charizard so seriously why give him Dragonite? Since I see his Pokemon as characters in their own right (and not just things to collect) I hate it when they give him more Pokemon then he actually needs. I remember this one fic where the author listed like 50 Pokemon he was going to give Ash-at least a Dozen were Legendaries.
It's one thing if it's Mewtwo, because Mewtwo was an awesome character and I think a well written friendship fic for Ash and Mewtwo would be cool, but the fail writing makes even that terrible.
Movie Legendaries AKA the ones who could either Talk or were fucking powerful, like Mr.Awesome times two, the giant talking Lugia, Suicune, the creation trio + Arceus, the Tao trio-or duo, however you want to see it- and Mr.Victory himself, can be worked as Ash's Partners, because they have established character (even if some of them can't talk) but they are Pokemons, not objects, even then they are pokemons who are fucking powerful and their growth mirrors the human behavior (except the creatio trio, but they made nice nice with Ash in the jewel of Life) so they are friends/partners and not 'superweapon of DOOM i choose you' like they are in the games.
and seriously, Charizard and Pikachu are fucking bosses, i mean who else could have beat the shit out of Legendaries (minor ones, because honestly i only ones i consider truly Legendary are the 2000 movie one, cuz the other apparitions of teh Birds were pathetically weak compared to their 'I control the global weather patterns' movie selves)
Charzar beat the shit out of an Articuno an Pikachi the shit out of Reggice, not to mention the Dick move that happened in Sinho as Ash ha to fight the Author fiat that had 2 legendaries AKA Darkrai and Latios (and Ash team beat those 2, with Pikachu getting a MAD out of Latios), even when the Movie latios would have nuked both copies (and movie Darkrai would have bitchslapped his copy into submission before taking a Luster purge to the face and then ask if that was all, subsequently severly maiming the fuck out of the eon overgrown iguana).
Legendaries can be your friends (Samuek Oak and Celebi can atest to it), but at least take time to develop them as characters instead of I Win Buttons or plot devices.
 

wagne51

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#24
I recommend <a href='http://members.iinet.net.au/~aceywacey/pokemon.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Pokemon Master</a> the first completed novel length Pokemon fanfic I found and liked. A warning though, it is an old one so it might be worse than I remember and it is very dark for Pokemon.
 

WizardOne

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#25
wagne51 said:
I recommend <a href='http://members.iinet.net.au/~aceywacey/pokemon.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Pokemon Master</a> the first completed novel length Pokemon fanfic I found and liked. A warning though, it is an old one so it might be worse than I remember and it is very dark for Pokemon.
No. Its fucking bad.

It has absolutely no redeeming features.


Standard Jerkass ash.

Take Ash, add Emo, get Pokemon master.

No.

I fucking have no clue why its recced everywhere.
 
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