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Bay January 2nd, 2017 7:02 PM

Thanks Taro Tanaka and bobandbill for your suggestions!

Spoiler:
Yeah, I thought about Nanu letting Grimsley know about Team Skull somewhere down the line. I originally thought about Grimsley going to Po Town also, but it might complicate things. But yeah, probably will just have him encounter grunts and some interaction.

Shadowchaos1010 January 21st, 2017 8:52 AM

Interest Check - Fire Emblem: Conjoint Souls
 
Greeting fellow users of Pokécommunity. I had started on a story based off of Fire Emblem some time ago, but deserted it. Then I watched the Fire Emblem Direct, downloaded four different FE roms and got inspired again. Here is a synopsis I wrote when I started to work on it again:

The continent of Ignis is split into five different countries: the empire of Cicerus, the kingdom of Veroe, the parliamentary democracy of Arnion, the warrior society known as Kinea, and the small theocracy of Moria. In the midst of an Industrial Revolution, the most recent Cicerusian emperor, Viktor, passes and his eldest son Alistair inherits the throne. Shortly after, his second eldest son, Charles, moves to the capital of Veroe to marry the princess, Lucindia. All is well for a time, until war breaks out between the two nations. Charles sides with his new bride, her family, and her nation, making him his own family’s enemy. After the war, Cicerus does all it can to fix the crippled Veroe, but the relief effort is interrupted by uprisings by the Feramil, a people with the ability to turn into various animals. The Feramil were slaves until after a was a decade prior, and still treated like second-class citizens. In both wars, many Feramil lost their lives, and some say more Feramil died than humans, despite the fact that they’re the minority in the kingdom. The uprising finds allies in select groups of Feramil from Kinea, and all of those involved have one goal: to wipe humanity off of the planet for all of the atrocities committed. Among some radicals, this goal then grows to include the extermination of the Nagamil, the people of Arnion, capable of turning into dragons, because they refuse to take a side. The new war rages, until a plot is uncovered surrounding The Fourth Order, the continent’s prominent religion, one which concerns the fate of the world.

Aside from that, I don't know much about what I'd want to do with the story. And for some reason, I have a cast of about thirty or so characters. In true Fire Emblem fashion, the vast majority have little to no plot relevance, but since this isn't a game, it makes their existence even more illogical. So, I decided to write supports for all of these characters, as well as paralogues in order to flesh them out more. I also think that it would be a good idea to 'feature' one or two of the other not as important characters into each of the main story chapters.

Anyway, I would like to know if anyone would be interested in reading this story once I've worked more on it. If you're interested, please either leave a response or simply vote in the poll. After a while I'll check and see what the people think.

Bay January 21st, 2017 4:02 PM

Hey so I moved your post to this thread as it seems you need some help with your idea/wanting to know if someone is interested in it. I don't know too much about Fire Emblem, so I can't help you there but I'm sure there are other folks that can. Wish you luck, either way.

User19sq January 24th, 2017 5:06 PM

All Fire Emblem is about war. I strongly advise you to make it... a little different. Like Pokemon did with the badges and trials this time around. It needs to stand out a whole lot.

But the things that drive FE are support-convos and action, both of which make it hard to write a full fic. Like when you see a movie of a game and hate that they cut out a lot. So, while I support your idea, I find myself hoping that you know what you're doing. -w-

Vragon February 1st, 2017 4:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadowchaos1010 (Post 9553518)
Anyway, I would like to know if anyone would be interested in reading this story once I've worked more on it. If you're interested, please either leave a response or simply vote in the poll. After a while I'll check and see what the people think.

The small snippit you gave sounds a lot in common with the Tellius series (I've played FE and also a fan so, Yah Ike!)

If your going to make a large continent with many kingdoms, I would agree with Taro Tanaka that it needs to stand out from the Tellius series, but there may be other ways around that.

Since your's has a group like the Grimleal (from awakening) I would suggest making them different at least in nature. Also, Support conversations are good, but you would need to make adaptions should certain plot lines fail. I would suggest creating your supports, after you know where this story will go.

I know it's hard to not have some FE (It's really awesome and even I have issues with not using some) but it good to have some originality. Your two brothers of the kingdoms Cicerus and Veroe was a differ in my opinion (unless there is one like this that I don't know).

But, I wouldn't advice you to give it up. There is good potential here and though the little bit of stuff you did show, is just what it is. A little bit of stuff of a bigger picture. FE fans like it for story, strategy, support, characters, and the genre. I am curious about how you plan to involve guerrilla warfare in the uprising and such. Though I am also wondering who your protagonist is. But don't worry about it. From the vantage point I have, it looks like a skeleton to the future GRIMA! (FE fan nerd I am).

*Good luck and have fun with it.*

Razgrey April 22nd, 2017 11:41 AM

Though i'm not asking about an idea I had, this is the only place I could ask this question because I don't want to ask on my own fanfic.
Though I did try asking somewhere else and I got no response.

I got a story about a Pokemon world(which has nothing to do with Mystery Dungeon, i'll have you know) and I can't think of a good pokemon that would be a sheriff.
He'd be like the type of sheriff that would sit in a rocking chair and play sudoku and help people when the mayor's out.

Bay April 22nd, 2017 3:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Razgrey (Post 9625923)
I got a story about a Pokemon world(which has nothing to do with Mystery Dungeon, i'll have you know) and I can't think of a good pokemon that would be a sheriff.
He'd be like the type of sheriff that would sit in a rocking chair and play sudoku and help people when the mayor's out.

Hm, maybe a Psychic type since they tend to be the most intelligent Pokemon types and likely to play sudoku. For some reason, Slowking is the first to pop up haha.

Vragon April 23rd, 2017 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Razgrey (Post 9625923)
Though i'm not asking about an idea I had, this is the only place I could ask this question because I don't want to ask on my own fanfic.
Though I did try asking somewhere else and I got no response.

I got a story about a Pokemon world(which has nothing to do with Mystery Dungeon, i'll have you know) and I can't think of a good pokemon that would be a sheriff.
He'd be like the type of sheriff that would sit in a rocking chair and play sudoku and help people when the mayor's out.

My suggestions would be a bipedal Pokémon considering the descriptive activities he does you supplied. My thoughts would be: Smeargle (is often underrated plus has uniqueness with his "sketch" to "Draw" the opponents moves, ignore pun.), Gengar (for that smile and I could see him in a hat), a bipedal rock, ground, or steel type, (like an Aagron, tyranitar, Garchomp, of Flygon), or maybe your basic Amphoros (nostalgia).

But yeah, with what your intend to use him for, I would advice choosing a mon that reflects or can reflect the persona and play it well. Or in other words, a mon that could play the character and make it work.

Razgrey April 23rd, 2017 6:58 PM

Okay I got something, thank you.

Bay April 24th, 2017 5:02 PM

Why am I amused this resistance is started by Celebi? The resistance's symbol can be that Pokemon too. Via la Revolution!

In all seriousness though, sounds like this could make for a very fun thriller/suspense story. Only thing is I would be careful with The Spymaster borrowing Nazi philosophy since it's a touchy subject. For instance, Marvel has been getting heat for their latest Hydra stuff. Otherwise, I would say go for it!

PsychoticMoonlight April 26th, 2017 7:24 PM

I haven't posted in this particular thread before but here goes. (And sorry for not giving input)

So a while ago, I wrote this short;

(Mention of death, poisoning)
Spoiler:
"Time never stops, it is an never-ending cycle that measures life."

Running. I'm running. Why? Why am I in a rush? Where am I going? I don't know. But something inside me urges me to keep going. So I continue, desperately trying to keep my pace. Something cool is on my wrist, it looks like a watch but it's counting down.

"It is precious to us, but we often don't realize how much."

Fifty seconds left? Why when I look at it do I feel nauseous? Why do I feel I have to go faster after looking at it? What does it mean? I want answers, I'm desperate... but I don't realize what the clock is. I see something rush in front of me and fear grips my chest. I feel adrenaline rush into my veins. I have to move. I have to remove the clock. But why?

"We will show those who take it for granted..."

How is time important, and why does it drive me forward? Ten seconds. Why did my heart drop? Oh right. I remember now. I was covered in dirt, and I tried to remove the watch as the seconds decreased. My clothes looked more like tattered rags. This clock. It counts life. We were puppets used for this pitiful experiment. I was screaming now, trying to rip off the watch before the countdown ended.

"Just how precious time is."

The watch counted zero and I felt the bottom shift and something prick my skin. The watch was a death clock, and only those who made it to the other side survived. My system was being poisoned and I felt it shutting down. I cried, trying to fight what was quickly killing me. And as my vision faded, I had one thought.

"What if time were to stop?"


And I thought about making a story out of it. My basic what if question was "What if clocks told people how long they had to live?"

I was thinking of a survival game type story. Originally I was going to twist it into a Pokèmon fanfic, but I'm not sure how well I could write Pokèmon. I've done it once on another forum and it was terrible. Admittedly I was way young, but still.

Either way, my question becomes do you think this is a good idea? Should I try for Pokèmon? Or do you think it would be better as an original story?

Bay April 26th, 2017 9:24 PM

I do like that short and I think the concept would make for a great survival game. As for whether you want it to be Pokemon or not, it depends. You think you'll need some stuff from Pokemon canon (setting, characters, items, etc) to make your plot work? For instance, a bit cliche but you can perhaps involve Dialga/Celebi in your story since you have this clock theme going on. Or maybe you're interested in a Pokemon character (or Pokemon characters) in that situation to see how they'll react? Perhaps you rather not restrict yourself to Pokemon canon and just go with your own setting/our real world setting? You can go either way to be honest.

PsychoticMoonlight April 26th, 2017 10:02 PM

Well, since clocks are involved I thought that the XTransceiver would be perfect. My first thought was for Sliph Co to be behind it, I just need a reasonable explanation. I.E. Something like testing the boundaries of the human psyche or something. If I did go with own world, my problem would be building said world. I'm not the best at world building. In all honesty, I thought about making it an OT Fanfic, but I don't know if I should. And I don't want to try using canon characters, only because I'm not familiar with their personalities.

Bay April 27th, 2017 6:56 PM

Ah, ok. To be honest, the Xtransceiver didn't cross my mind until you mentioned it, but that could work along with the testing the human psyche reason there. I think your idea could work as an OT fic, too.

Sonata July 10th, 2017 4:11 PM

I don't know if this has been done before, but I've been thinking about a short story dealing with the ghost of marowak and how it's possible that it could have defeated red and taken over his body, turning a somewhat carefree journeyed into a ruthless battling veteran bent on crushing team rocket and becoming stronger until he's become out of control and secluded himself before finally being defeated on mt silver, putting both Pokemon and trainer to rest.

Bay July 10th, 2017 6:33 PM

Even if that idea has been done to death (I'm not sure myself since I don't go my way trying to find fics with that idea), I think you should still for it! Could be interesting if you're able to have some morality conflict between Red and the Marowak, like Red aware he's being cursed but then it's harder for him to resist it.

Sonata July 12th, 2017 10:26 AM

Yeah I'd been thinking about having a lot of inner conflict with Red & his Pokemon versus Marowak since they would likely sense a change in their trainers character and try to help him out. I'm just not sure that it would be completely believable to have the Marowak possessing Red to also leech out into the Pokemon he's in control of? If it is, then that would mean the story could become a lot more interesting for more than a couple of chapters.

adelgirl August 15th, 2017 9:16 PM

This is exactly what I was looking for.

I have been planning a pokemon comic based on the pokemon sun and moon game, and I really need some feedback/suggestions.

So far I have decided to have the story revolve around Sun (the female MC) and Moon (the male MC). In my story I wanted them to be twins that had moved from Pallet Town in Kanto to Alola.

I was thinking about how I wanted the story to proceed, and came up with some ideas I had, and some things I could not figure out I would fit in. I really want some suggestions and feedback on some of my ideas.

1. When moving to Alola, should the family take a boat or a plane?

I am leaning more towards a boat, seeing as how their are piers everywhere, though I am not entirely sure.

2. I mentioned that I wanted the family to originally be from Pallet town.

That way near the end of the story they would be able to actually see their town's legends, Red and Blue. I would also have them go through parts of the Kanto region to go to Vermillion city, where they would catch their boat/plane (1). That way, as they go through the region I would show some of the original forms of pokemon with alolan forms before seeing the alolan forms later on.

3. I have two story ideas, I want to stick close to the actual game's story but still want some independance:

Idea 1- The characters travel together, but still do their own things. For the 2nd island they might split up and do the trials opposite of each other, then they meet up after finishing their first one on that island, either before or after their 2nd one on that island, I would have them battle.

Idea 2- On the boat/plane(1) 2 wormholes open up and suck each of them into them. They end up both on the island, but in 2 different time zones. They go on basically the same journey. I am still not sure how Hau would fit into this idea, he would probably get the opposite pokemon of the main character in that time zone. I also am afraid this would get very repetitive. I am not sure how I would show both of their journeys without it feeling like the same exact thing, with a different character.

I really like idea 2 since the whole wormhole thing would fit in more with the story of the game, but I feel like the first idea would be more practical and the characters would actually be able to communicate with each other.

4. I really want team skull to be the same as in the game, but if I do idea 1 (3) I'm not sure how I would be able to have both main characters fight them at the same time. I was thinking of having Guzma and Plumeria in all of the scene that only one of them was in the game, that was both the main characters could fight at the same time without having to always use double battles.

5. If I did idea 1 (3) I was thinking of having Sun be an early bird, and moon being a night owl, that way the world could still take place during the day and night, but the characters would still be able to interact with each other.

6. Should I stick with the original clothes and hairstyles? There are clothing stores and salons throught the region, and it would be interesting to mess with their looks throughout the story, but it could also be hard to tell which character is which for a reader.

7. final team ideas in order obtained

Sun:
1. rowlet
2. pichu
3. rockruff (midday)
4. eevee (espeon)
5. jangmo-o
6. Solgaleo

Moon:

1. litten
2. alolan meowth
3. rockruff (midnight)
4. eevee (umbreon)
5. bounsweet (trade lillipup)
6. lunala

What are your thoughts on the teams? I want only pokemon obtainable in Alola, and I really want rockruff with the different forms (it's my favorite pokemon in this gen).

I wanted them to have one alolan form each, I am not set on them but I wanted a pokemon to be available for the characters 2nd pokemon.

I also wanted them to end up getting the legendaries, though I am not sure how I would make it so both would exist in the same universe(maybe Aether was able to clone cosmog)

I really don't want to do eevee, but only put it since it is an egg you get in the game. I might have the eggs be different for the main characters, maybe a mareani for Sun, and a female salandit for Moon.

Lastly, I wanted them to have 1 new 3 form pokemon each.

No trade evolutions, or trading pokemon other than ones in the story.


Sorry for it being so long, just had a lot of thoughts and no one to share them with.

If anyone has any questions, feedback, or suggestions, please let me know. (I have the first chapter written, if anyone is interested. It's not that good, but it's a start).

Astinus August 16th, 2017 5:13 PM

I can try my best to offer some advice.

1.) I'd say to go with a boat. Only because Alola is a region where all the traveling is done via boat.

3.) While I too like the idea of using the wormholes (and especially since it would tie in the time difference that was in the games themselves), I can't really think of a way where you could tell the same story twice and have it be interesting. And I think the novelty of having the two characters being separated would wear off after a while. If they were kept in the same time zone, then you could have the extra worry of "this is my twin I must keep them safe" sort of thing.

4.) Do the characters have to fight Team Skull at the same time? Why not just have them trade off, or come up with a story reason each chapter on why only one can fight at a time. Like if one character's team of Pokemon are all tired, then the other could step in and fight. Or maybe Sun just wants to show that she can handle herself in battle if she had a rough time earlier in the chapter.

5.) That sounds fine. Though it might be a little more hilarious if Sun was the one that preferred the night and Moon liked the day.

6.) Depending on your art, it might be fine to have the characters change the way that they look, and the readers can still tell them apart.

I don't have much of an opinion on their teams. Hopefully this helped you out a little bit! Good luck with your comic!

Sonata August 26th, 2017 1:52 AM

I've got a few ideas for novelettes/novellas/maybe novels, I just don't know which to tackle first.

1. A superhero story which centers around a militaristic school sort of like my hero academy. All the current heroes/villains are descendant from a small group of 20 who split roughly in half, forming their own countries of Xouge and Brioge. The potency of the characters' powers would be based on their popularity with the people of their country.

2. There's the Demon Queen series I should hit up again eventually since I only have like, one or two posts in it on here.

3. My old series Dreams of a Peasant needs a reboot at some point since I have a better idea of what I want out of it and have progressed a bit as a writer.

Kung Fu Ferret December 10th, 2017 12:47 PM

Have a new idea for a story of forbidden love set in the Hoenn region.
It's basically a take on Romeo & Juliet featuring a son of Maxie and a daughter of Archie. Will be set in the ORAS universe.

Marcos and Athena are possible names for the two lovers.

Wawi2018 January 16th, 2018 8:41 AM

Pokémon Origins 2


Alola guys! I'm a new writer in here and my first fanfiction is going to be the sequel of the famous series: Pokémon Origins. My chapters would be relatively small, So small for some. But please understand my situation as I'm struck in my android and couldn't get a mobile. My android has a too low character limit. So when I post, I may split the chapter into Part - I and II, posting it in the same time sometimes. Now, Read the summary and review my idea!


[|Summary|]


Following the adventures of the legendary trainer Red, Gold, A young 10-year old boy sets off in his own journey after receiving his first Pokémon from Professor Elm. He is flooded with errands, rivalries and challenges. Along with the uprising of the defeated evil organization, Will he be able to succeed in his journey to the Pokémon League? Or will he face the fate like many youngsters out there?

Bay January 18th, 2018 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Wawi2018 (Post 9827623)

[|Summary|]


Following the adventures of the legendary trainer Red, Gold, A young 10-year old boy sets off in his own journey after receiving his first Pokémon from Professor Elm. He is flooded with errands, rivalries and challenges. Along with the uprising of the defeated evil organization, Will he be able to succeed in his journey to the Pokémon League? Or will he face the fate like many youngsters out there?

All right, to be honest this summary is pretty much Gold/Silver/Crystal/HG/SS storyline in its most basic form. As I mentioned in the other thread, while a retelling of the games isn't a bad thing there are readers that will expect you to come up with some twists. I can understand if you're still in the planning stages or don't want to say anything else about the plot yet, but something to think about.

0bs1d1ankn1ght January 19th, 2018 8:51 PM

Okay, so I'm gonna delve into a difficult and uncomfortable topic to talk about, so I'll have everything in spoilers for those who don't want to read it. Honestly not sure where else to put it. Whoever wants to help me out with this topic, just hit me up with a PM and I'll oblige the best I can.

Spoiler:
Okay, so before I get into it, some backstory: right now I have this character named Pecha. In my Explorers of Destruction fic, I plan on evolving her into a Cute Charm Lopunny later on. Before I wrote the original Explorers of Destruction, I planned on using her to play around with and explore how Attract and Cute Charm work in a more real world sense. They both more or less still work the same as in the games: they can only be used to infatuate pokemon of the opposite sex, with same-gendered and genderless Pokemon having a 100% fail rate, and Cute Charm still requires physical contact to trigger. But what makes them behave a little more different in my fic is: Attract allows you to control how attracted the receiving pokemon is to you; and Cute Charm's infatuation is proportional to the severity of the physical contact received.

With all this said, this is why I wanted to spoiler my comment: at one point in the story, I planned on having Pecha raped due to her Cute Charm activating. I wanted to do this for a few reasons: A) given the fact that I wanted to apply these moves in a more real-world sense, I felt this would be an understandable, yet very extreme outcome; B) it's something I wanted to slowly build up and foreshadow across the span of at least a few stories, so by the time it happens, it was expected beforehand, and hopefully won't feel like a sudden event done for simple shock value; and C) I felt it gives a real weight of consequence if used improperly or haphazardously (or in Cute Charm's case, since it still triggers outside the user's control: if someone is aware you have it, and plans to deliberately trigger it).

With all that said, there's the chance that it all could blow up in my face, which is why I'm also considering not writing it. Rape is one of those topics where, no matter how negatively and realistically devastating I portray it, no matter how respectful I am towards the victim or sympathetic I write them, if I make one little mistake, one little slip in information or syntax, I will be IMMEDIATELY flagged as a rape victimizer or rapist sympathizer or something along those lines. Keep in mind, I'm not just posting this story on this site- I post it on every site I can find that supports writing. I'm explaining all of this because out of all those sites, I at least trust you guys to provide a mature, respectable conversation about it; I'm probably not gonna be so lucky on sites like, oh, Deviantart or Tumblr.

I'm worried about my handling of this sensitive information because I am not a very educated person on the subject. As much as I would like to research it by looking up hands-on accounts and psychological studies by professors, I have difficulty discerning the good information from the bad. If anyone wants to help me and post a few good articles about it, I'd appreciate it. I'll even be open to feminist studies, so long as they're not from meme feminists like Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn, or Laci Green; I don't think they'd help the matter.

Verseity January 21st, 2018 10:45 PM

I was thinking of writing a Boku No Hero Academia cross-over with Pokemon. Not an exact cross-over, where the characters from the original series show up in the Pokemon anime, but where people in the Pokemon World are born with Quirks, and there are notable Hero's (like members of the Elite Four) whom Ash looks up to. Instead of being a Pokemon Master, Ash wishes to be a Hero, like his idol, Lance who teaches at a one of the worlds' best Hero-ing Academy's.

So sort of like Boku no Hero. Maybe a few cameos from the Bnha cannon characters, but really, most of them are pokemon characters with their own original Quirks and they use their pokemon to help them with their hero-work. Each aspiring hero who tries to get into an academy, or signs up for a hero-related course, gets a Pokemon. It's a must because of how dangerous the world is now - that everyone -must be - assigned with a pokemon for protection, if they don't have the money to own one, the government will assign one for free of charge or at a cheaper fare.

I was also going to mention - Ash is Quirkless. No. he doesn't go the Izuku route and get a Quirk like All For One. He's actually, really Quirkless. He's someone who trains -himself- and his -pokemon- to be the best he can be. But it mostly focuses on his own physical training, in order to become a Hero instead of a Pokemon Master. Also, comic-book references from Marvel & DC will be added for flavor.

This is a big project. It will have OCs, hopefully that others will submit and I will be allowed to use. Most of them will be cannon-characters from the main series, maybe characters-of-the-day or something, other than that, I hope to only use pokemon-based characters rather than others from other series, if not, i'll mention which ones they're from when using them.

-Everyone has a pokemon- Whether or not Ash has Pikachu as his starter, that's still something i haven't decided yet. I'm still in early development in this fic, and I would like your opinions on the matter. Thanks - Verse.


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