"Well," you counter with a wide grin, "I *may*, if you convince me."
So guys it is good to see the activity.
As usual.
Mizan Nix Zamnie said:
I can't leave this, I must counter you somehow.
How about this...
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I just love (in a COMPLETELY PLATONIC WAY) people who reference xkcd. :D
I've been seriously thinking about the "promote fics" issue. It was a short discussion with myself, that went along the lines of:
(
Yes, short discussions with myself are kinda like that)
Bottom line, while I should agree with the people who don't promote others' fics, I have a hard time agreeing some of the reasonings, particularly those who expose the
"We shouldn't reward those who do good because those who do bad will complain" sort of attitude. That's a personal problem, however, that stems from the fact that that kind of attitude was what got my English language classes for almost all of my elementary education stuck at "This is the door, this is the window" levels of exercise.
The existence of the
Fanfiction Index partly solves that problem (having a ranking w/o having a ranking, sort of). I respect what others say, and I respect what others
do; that is why I would promote my favourite fics. The authors managed to pull me away from my life (note: not that that
should be happening at this point of my life) into a fun and nicely crafted world, so the least I can do is to help others
notice In case they are looking for the kind of thing I was.
Thanks Elite, Bay and Mizan for your particular answers. Helped me a lot.
Now, entering on to another matters...
If you could write your fic in another language, what language would that be, and why?
Esperanto, all the way. Man that would be fun and educative.
Fuducative! Edutainment!
The reasons? Well, educative. I'm trying to relearn the language. Having to describe stuff and expand on vocabulary (since the grammar is definitively non-complex) seems the best way to do it since it will be a time until I can find other people with whom do actual
conversation. That, and being able to use such symbols as ĉ and ŭ would be totally worth it.
Only problem is that I hardly think I would find a market for Esperanto Pokémon fics, though... :\
Failing that, there's always the alternative, which I am actually doing now, of returning to the mother language. It's been almost 10 years since last time (first time) I published a fic in my own language.
Do you follow the normal rules of battling when writing a Pokemon battle, or do you hold a no-rules fight that can involve guns and the such?
So long as is a legalized (Gym or tournament battle, or a "gentlemen's challenge"), I pretty much follow the "normal rules". Only the Pokémon do the stuff and they tone it down if necessary to ensure spectators won't sue. OTOH, for anything that is more underground (which is the subject of the fic I'm planning for next year), then anything goes. There's a particular scene I'm writing where two Trainers' Pokémon duke it Battle Royale style (ie.: 6-on-6 at the same time) trying to get their hands on a Plot Coupon. Then when they're too tired to continue, the Trainers go against each other with some martial arts, asphyxiating spray, tasers, butterfly knives and ye olde wooden log.
But when it comes to "rules of nature" as Bay says, type effectiveness and the like, I try to remain the closest to the canon while making sense. While there is no way that Dig is going to hit a Swellow on the fly, it is also tru that getting hit by a friggin' Rollout Miltank who managed to propel herself surface-to-air style is going to hurt, in any universe.
*nods to HG&SS*
The RPG in the title
Sounds like a nice idea. I gotta sign up.
