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txteclipse

The Last

Age 32
Riverside
Seen March 23rd, 2023
Posted November 2nd, 2016
2,322 posts
15.7 Years
Yay! I just slept in until two o'clock in the afternoon! Today, my plans are to play Pokémon Pearl, finish my segment of the Exquisite Corpse, work on my fanfic, and post around here. *Sigh of contentment*

Oh, and pizza. I'm going to eat pizza.

My DS is blinking. And so is my computer and it's peripherals. Aaaand my cellphone. Aaaand my roommate. Aaaand my roommate's computer and cellphone and clock and television.

I have just posted a fanfic it is called Pokemon:A Legend's Tale. Hope you all enjoy it.
I can't imagine how awkward that was to post. I can just imagine him coming in with his head down, typing that quickly onto the jumbo-sized screen we have at the front of what I am now imagining as our virtual lounge, and then walking briskly out.
Age 32
Finland
Seen January 27th, 2013
Posted January 28th, 2012
642 posts
14.8 Years
Oh, you misunderstood me. When I said "jundged by some odd criteria" (or something along those lines) I really meant it. You know, like... Ah! Now I have an example!
When the "judge" gives out the phrases and/or words, he or she also decides on the "winning" criteria. For example, the criteria could be the appearance of pies or flamthrowers. Or something like that. Now that I think of that, it seems way too weird even for me... All right, forget the whole winning-thing.

Besides, I don't like competitions either. I don't hate them as long as I have a possibility to win, but I never win any. They just make me feel bad. When I was younger, I thought myself as a somewhat good writer and draftswoman, so I participated in many different competitions. I never won any of them. Since then, I think I haven't participated in any real competitions... Exept for one national maths contest. I don't know how well I did in it, because only the best ten were notified. I also wish I shall never know.

To get to my high school, I had to take the entrance exam. We had to make three different drawings and paintings in three hours. It took me only about one and a half hours... I once went to the school office and asked how many points I got from the test.
I got 4 out of 10. The minimum amount of points people needed to get in was 13.2 or something, and I only passed that with 0.1 points (the points I got from my report card were 9.3).
Did I feel special after that. Our office clerk even noted something like "those aren't very good points at all". "I know", I answered to her, and crawled out of the office...

But, on the other hand, I was pretty lucky to get in. Our biology teacher is the best there has ever been or will be. It's a decent school, too. So, I guess I was lucky.

Fanfiction:Mama's Boy|World Saviour Sora-chan (parody)|
One shots: The Elevator|Once in a Forest Fire|

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Age 32
Male
Kansas City
Seen August 4th, 2015
Posted April 12th, 2015
2,006 posts
15 Years
Whaaat? Hoo're YOU, of ALL PEOPLE, CALLING MAD??!!! YOU?? CALL ME MAD? YOU CAN'T TALK, BUDDEH! YOU'RE HIGH EFERYTIME I SEEEE YOO!!

-hem-
Yeah, ok, I'm not on drugs anymore. Hmm, is the topic about parodies again? I LIKE PARODIES! THEY HAVE "PIES" IN THEM! PARODIES!

Hey, An-Chan, you getting sad your not here when most fun is? I'm NEVER here when the fun is! I live...uh...a long time away from those peoples. At GMT +10 or so. Across the IDL from them. So peh!
You where not called mad, you where called a stoner, or a junkie, a crack addatic, a pot head, etc.
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Age 32
Finland
Seen January 27th, 2013
Posted January 28th, 2012
642 posts
14.8 Years
This is too bad... I'm feeling so creative right now, but I have to go to sleep because I have to wake up before 11 AM (it's over 3AM now...). That really sucks, because now I'll never finish that stupid chapter and I know the moment I close my laptop you guys are all going to go nuts again. :laugh:

But hey, I got over my writer's block (sorta) and I'm going to go to a chocolate festival tomorrow. I have big plans: I'm going to take my army of Sentret equipped with flamethrowers and little helmets and steal all the chocolate! Some of it may get a bit melted, but hey, that does nothing to the taste. Then, I'll melt it all and make it into one, solid cube. I'll eat a hole in that cube and live there for the rest of my life! I can cut flakes from my choco-walls and mail them to you guys, if you want. I won't need any money after I live in a house of chocolate.
So, who's up for some chocolate?

If your character wanted to eat something delicious, would they go for something sweet like cakes or chocolate or rather have something like fine cheese or a gourmet dinner? Or would it be, say, a hamburger?
And what about yourself?

I'm one for sweets or a hamburger... I'm kind of non-sophisticated when it comes to food. I like fish though. Many people don't.
Good night, everybody. Or whatever time it is where you live.

Fanfiction:Mama's Boy|World Saviour Sora-chan (parody)|
One shots: The Elevator|Once in a Forest Fire|

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txteclipse

The Last

Age 32
Riverside
Seen March 23rd, 2023
Posted November 2nd, 2016
2,322 posts
15.7 Years
If your character wanted to eat something delicious, would they go for something sweet like cakes or chocolate or rather have something like fine cheese or a gourmet dinner? Or would it be, say, a hamburger?
And what about yourself?


I'm one for sweets or a hamburger... I'm kind of non-sophisticated when it comes to food. I like fish though. Many people don't.
Good night, everybody. Or whatever time it is where you live.
I just had a bacon cheeseburger with fries cooked in the same grease as onion rings. Super freaking awesome.

As for my characters, Latias springs readily to mind here. She really, really likes candy. Especially this stuff made by a butcher in Ren's home town. Otherwise, food in general is good enough for most of my characters, seeing as they don't get much of it.
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If your character wanted to eat something delicious, would they go for something sweet like cakes or chocolate or rather have something like fine cheese or a gourmet dinner? Or would it be, say, a hamburger?
And what about yourself?

Lauren would go for something Italian or sweet; a hamburger would be nice too.

Lord Wilkinson has a more sophisticated tastes; anything fine eating, he'll much it... of course, the occasional "uncouth" meal (burgers) will suit him nicely as well.

Collin... I'm not sure what he'd eat. Probably a lot of meat in his diet...

As for me, I can go for anything with chicken in it. Sweets (chocolate!) are really dandy too, and so is good, Texas chilli! Of course... burgers are a delecacy in my house as well. *shot*

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-"Hau hau! Why yes, your soul looks very delicious..."
Age 27
Male
Best City OCE
Seen October 18th, 2021
Posted April 1st, 2013
5,978 posts
15.1 Years
If your character wanted to eat something delicious, would they go for something sweet like cakes or chocolate or rather have something like fine cheese or a gourmet dinner? Or would it be, say, a hamburger?
And what about yourself?

Hmm...My characters aren't awfully developed in my story, but Mike would probably go for something with chicken or fish in it. Or anything. As long as it's edible. Except pot. Or crack. Or something like that (rhymed!). Me, I'd just go for the chicke or fish.
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Age 29
California
Seen May 29th, 2011
Posted February 4th, 2010
275 posts
14.9 Years
\Especially this stuff made by a butcher in Ren's home town.
... what exactly is it made of? I probably wouldn't touch candy made by a butcher, not that I have anything against them personally.

Also, I had a random question for all you fanficcy types? Two of them, actually.

1) Do you think of the regions described in canon (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orre, etc.) as the continents of a Pokémon world entirely separate (in a different solar system, galaxy, or even universe or dimension) from our Earth? Or do you think that they make up a small section of some alternate version of our planet, like a chain of islands where evolution produced strange and unique creatures Galapagos-style? Basically, how do you think our reality and its geography relates to the Pokémon reality?

2) When you write or envision more "official" Pokémon battles, such as gym battles and battles against the Elite Four, are they open to the public in the style of a spectator sport, or in a more private setting?

JX Valentine

Your aquatic overlord

Female
Harassing Bill
Seen August 19th, 2020
Posted December 8th, 2012
3,276 posts
19 Years
Will answer the latest topic later. Just too lazy to think of my city of characters right now.

1) Do you think of the regions described in canon (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orre, etc.) as the continents of a Pokémon world entirely separate (in a different solar system, galaxy, or even universe or dimension) from our Earth? Or do you think that they make up a small section of some alternate version of our planet, like a chain of islands where evolution produced strange and unique creatures Galapagos-style? Basically, how do you think our reality and its geography relates to the Pokémon reality?
Personally, I see the Pokemon world as an alternate universe to ours. It's still Earth, but there's just another classification of life form on it.

So, on that note, I see the regions as being versions of exactly what they're based on. Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are all parts of Japan. Orre is Arizona (despite what people say about it actually being part of Japan or China). The others I haven't entirely decided on.

Of course, then I have to figure out how culture works, but the simple answer is that the Japanese culture in that world isn't at all like the actual Japanese culture in the real world. As in, they're Japanese, but world unity is so awesome that everyone borrows from every other culture and possesses the ability to speak a common language. (Like Esperanto, only taken seriously.) Or I'm too lazy to think it entirely through.

2) When you write or envision more "official" Pokémon battles, such as gym battles and battles against the Elite Four, are they open to the public in the style of a spectator sport, or in a more private setting?
I go with canon-style rules here. Gym battles tend to be private because they're mostly spontaneous (with no time to get a good audience). Tournaments are massive to-dos.

You know, with that much enthusiasm for what is essentially cockfighting anyway, it's no wonder I think the Pokemon world is secretly sick and twisted.
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Posted December 5th, 2016
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17.8 Years
1) You can make this out almost any way you want, really, provided you put enough thought into it. I've done both the alternate earth and totally different planet approaches (the latter is what's used in most of my chaptered works). In one of them, the pokémon "world" is actually set on this earth, but farther into the future and as a purely artificial "theme park." Canon does make reference to real-world places several times, but people have found many a way to explain these away.

2) Tournaments would definitely be public, unless they were organized by a closed society or something. For example, perhaps Team Rocket has internal tournaments to determine advancement within the organization, where the only spectators would be admins evaluating the battlers' performance. As for gym battles, it depends on how the gym schedules them. If they're done in advance and they try to fill out a "full roster" of fights for any given day, I could see people coming to sit in on the day's challenges; it's less likely if you just kind of walk in and fight people, but even then, there might be some bored fans, or maybe gym trainers, who would hang out and watch in the off-chance that someone comes in to challenge but spend the rest of their time sparring with the gym leader or each other or something.

Venia Silente

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on the second floor's nest
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If your character wanted to eat something delicious, would they go for something sweet like cakes or chocolate or rather have something like fine cheese or a gourmet dinner? Or would it be, say, a hamburger?
And what about yourself?


I don't know about my characters (not that deep of characters development yet!), but I myself have a dictioary definition handy for when I want something "delicious":

Delicious: n. —
  1. spaghetti
  2. rice
  3. ice cream
Anything else can be at most simply "nutritive".

1) Do you think of the regions described in canon (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orre, etc.) as the continents of a Pokémon world entirely separate (in a different solar system, galaxy, or even universe or dimension) from our Earth? Or do you think that they make up a small section of some alternate version of our planet, like a chain of islands where evolution produced strange and unique creatures Galapagos-style? Basically, how do you think our reality and its geography relates to the Pokémon reality?

I personally see the regions as being part of an alternate universe, like what Xanthine said, but set in an alternate future timeline. So when people refers to known landmarks such as Hollywood, I have it as place of that Earth that are called differently, but happen tobe still known for their "ancient civilization"name. It also helps with the portrayal of technology.

So in that sense, Kanto, Johto and all those regions are part of a large country or continent, and are located in a part of it that "used to be called Japan".

2) When you write or envision more "official" Pokémon battles, such as gym battles and battles against the Elite Four, are they open to the public in the style of a spectator sport, or in a more private setting?

In my interpretatin of canon Gym battles are definitively private, although people can sign-up for a limited number of spectator positions. Also they must be scheduled beforehand, with at least 24h in advance. It's not just burst into a Gym and get a free battle against the Gym Leader. The referees are not trainers who happen to be in the Gym, but rather official Pokémon League representatives who rotate from one town to the next, maybe once every week or so.

Tournament battles, of course, are public, and for the final rounds of the most famous tournaments, they are televised worldwide as well as by the Intertubes. Battles against the E4 are held in a semi-private manner, with only a ring of trusted media channels allowed to record the event live.

...everyone borrows from every other culture and possesses the ability to speak a common language. (Like Esperanto, only taken seriously.) ...
Wow... I can't believe you just mentioned it! I happen to be a former speaker of that language! (I left it because of having no one to practice with) -- I think it rocks as a workable, realistic solution to that kind of problems in the anime or stuff like that where suddenly your average french citizen-made-hero happens to perfectly understand the instructions written on a tibetan nuclear lancher console: the world in question had settled into a common language like Esperanto, Ido or maybe good ol'Klingon... And even the more for Pokémon: after all, Pokémon names seem to be stardarized. Noone calls a species differently between regions, it only goes to trainer to nickname individual Pokémon.

I even remember a movie where the world was half-Esperanto, half-English, as a metaphor of the ubiquity of certain myths, urban legends or tokens of common knowledge (as in, why in pretty much every culture there are dragons, Great Deluges or things like that). But I don't remember the name of the movie itself.

That interculture thing was a pretty neat matter to point out, Xanthine. Thanks.
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txteclipse

The Last

Age 32
Riverside
Seen March 23rd, 2023
Posted November 2nd, 2016
2,322 posts
15.7 Years
... what exactly is it made of? I probably wouldn't touch candy made by a butcher, not that I have anything against them personally.
It's made of candy ingredients. I think it's mostly berries and sugar. Mostly. Heh, it was her first meal, too.

1) Do you think of the regions described in canon (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orre, etc.) as the continents of a Pokémon world entirely separate (in a different solar system, galaxy, or even universe or dimension) from our Earth? Or do you think that they make up a small section of some alternate version of our planet, like a chain of islands where evolution produced strange and unique creatures Galapagos-style? Basically, how do you think our reality and its geography relates to the Pokémon reality?

I think of them as a completely separate universe/reality/what-have-you.

2) When you write or envision more "official" Pokémon battles, such as gym battles and battles against the Elite Four, are they open to the public in the style of a spectator sport, or in a more private setting?

Spectator sport, most definitely. I'm going to be tweaking this idea in both of my fics with some interesting results.
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Guys, give me time to move AshandPikachu's post. These forums suck. For many reasons.

If your character wanted to eat something delicious, would they go for something sweet like cakes or chocolate or rather have something like fine cheese or a gourmet dinner? Or would it be, say, a hamburger?
All of my characters are apparently health nuts. They eat salad. Lots of it. Aden, my OT, eats processed traveling food and whatever crap she can find while wandering the woods.

I also eat lots of salad, vegetables, and fish, since I have a very sensitive stomach to spicy, greasy, and fattening foods.

1) Do you think of the regions described in canon (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orre, etc.) as the continents of a Pokémon world entirely separate (in a different solar system, galaxy, or even universe or dimension) from our Earth? Or do you think that they make up a small section of some alternate version of our planet, like a chain of islands where evolution produced strange and unique creatures Galapagos-style? Basically, how do you think our reality and its geography relates to the Pokémon reality?
Also a member of "separate universe/planet" camp. Though the only thing so far similar between my fic's version of the Pokeverse and the real world is the positioning of the stars in the sky.

2) When you write or envision more "official" Pokémon battles, such as gym battles and battles against the Elite Four, are they open to the public in the style of a spectator sport, or in a more private setting?
See Jax's answer, for she can read my mind while I'm away.

The only tournaments that I write that have many trainers competing in them are all done privately though, for a few reasons. But the tournaments my characters don't take part in are all publicized events.

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Age 33
Male
Within the synapses of the internet and my own mind.
Seen May 9th, 2022
Posted February 20th, 2012
212 posts
14.9 Years
I'm posting in the fanfiction lounge after... how long exactly?
Me too ._.

I mean, good lord, what the hell has happened here? Seriously, I hate you guys, you know that? How can you all go and talk so much, aye. X_x I mean, aren’t we supposed to be writers? Get to writing people! I can’t keep up with this insanity!

Surprisingly, writing is actually what I’ve been doing lately. Only, not for TRINITY or TFC -_- Nope, it’s been for my super secret stuff that is so totally not porn. Seriously, it’s not. If I told you what it really is, I’d have to kill you. Just know that I actually finished proof reading the second part of this two parter. Part 1 was finished and posted months ago, while part 2 was written about two months ago and procrastinated on until today when I dragged my sorry ass over to it and proof read the monstrosity finally. Good god, 20 pages... Those stories aren’t supposed to be as long as TFC chapters, dammit!

I then went on to rejuvenate myself by writing a quick two page story, on the same super secret subject of course. Doubt it’ll be posted (not like any of you normal people care) since I didn’t take it very seriously, but hey.

Now, what do we have on the agenda... Ah, quotes and answers! Always fun.

The way I have chosen to go about this is to use pseudonyms for members here and incorporate them into the parody. Yes, that means that many of you will appear in my parody. However, some of you may not.
I’m not popular enough to get in, am I? ;_; I could make a good character, the one who slips in out of nowhere, does something which no one even notices, and then slips away again for ten more chapters. And then at some random point I’d pull out this huge gun—no wait, two huge guns and kick some ass with them Rambo style. I’d then disappear again and everybody would be left wondering “Who the F was that guy?” And Astinus would go “Hey, don’t worry about him, he’s cool.” And everyone would be like “Oh, okay; if you say so, oh great and revered Goddess.” And all would be well with the world. The end.

I should make a movie.

SPPf does have it's own good reviewers. It also has it's ff.net type reviewers.
It also has Yami Ryu, who is always good for a laugh so long as you don’t incur her rage or find her yelling at people who actually don’t need to be yelled at (it happens).

(I demand that all the time zones are united into a single one (preferably GMT+2)!!!11111
NEVAR! GMT-6 or I’m moving to the moon!

I can't imagine how awkward that was to post. I can just imagine him coming in with his head down, typing that quickly onto the jumbo-sized screen we have at the front of what I am now imagining as our virtual lounge, and then walking briskly out.
I...I’m not the only one who imagines this place as an actual room? :O I do it for chat rooms too, specifically this one I go to that I admin it. Of course due to how insane the chat is it never has any one shape, has been destroyed and instantly rebuilt countless times by now (the best time being when I performed an orbital bombardment from the starship Avalon that will be featured in TRINITY in order to destroy a giant rampaging Milotic. More common is the whole universe imploding after I mess with the spacetime continuum), and is armed with dozens of automated turrets that I can target to fire at anyone I want. Naturally everyone godmods and somehow destroys them, leading me to have to put new ones in all the damn time... Oh, and there are plenty of corners to sulk in, closets that hold unknown horrors, and so on.

This place...is a little more toned down. Lots of curves and really no corners since no one needs to sulk here. Couches, coffee tables, huge TVs... NO guns (if there were any some people would have a fit since they don’t believe they exist)...

Have you ever been injured in a sport? Have you been bitten by anything before? If so, what?
My sister. She be a vicious one.

Also, both our old and new cat. In fact, with our old cat which we no longer have, the very first thing she did to me on the way home was bite my finger. The bastard. But what a cute little bastard she was. :D ...It’s so hard to be angry with cats. Unless you don’t like them, which can only mean you’re heartless.

If your character wanted to eat something delicious, would they go for something sweet like cakes or chocolate or rather have something like fine cheese or a gourmet dinner? Or would it be, say, a hamburger?
They would try to eat the tasty cake, but then realize that they’ve been lied to and that, in fact, the Pokémon Center does not serve cake and that it is all one big lie.

Shrike would then go on to eat whatever is in front of him, Aira would try to eat healthy but sneak in a few sweets, and Rayne would eat meat. Lots of it. She needs lots of protein to kick ass like she does, you know!

Do you think of the regions described in canon (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orre, etc.) as the continents of a Pokémon world entirely separate (in a different solar system, galaxy, or even universe or dimension) from our Earth? Or do you think that they make up a small section of some alternate version of our planet, like a chain of islands where evolution produced strange and unique creatures Galapagos-style? Basically, how do you think our reality and its geography relates to the Pokémon reality?
Overall the world is an alternate universe with many similarities in places, people, and things but with the addition of Pokémon and an overall heightened level of technology compared to our time (even more so in TFC since it takes place about 40 years in the future, around 2042). As for the islands, I see them as an island chain positioned somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean between the US and Japan. The Japanese inhabited the islands first with the Americans following shortly, leading to a blend of the two different cultures on the islands but leaning more towards the Japanese side. It’s noteworthy to add here that Pokémon are not confined to the Pokémon Islands; rather, they’re found the world over. The Pokémon Islands is just the area with the highest concentration of them; so high that they have effectively wiped out normal animals, respective Pokémon taking their places on the ecosystem of the islands. (The people there obviously know that normal animals exist though even if they have never seen them in real life, thus allowing me to use Pokémon-animal comparisons without feeling guilty :D)

When you write or envision more "official" Pokémon battles, such as gym battles and battles against the Elite Four, are they open to the public in the style of a spectator sport, or in a more private setting?
Mostly I see them as a private thing, with the gym leader occasionally doing an exhibition match that may be an actual gym challenge as well. For most trainers their battles are private and with the only audience being any companions they have. If they seriously want an audience, they have to arrange it far in advance with the leader since they only have certain dates when they do exhibition matches and they can fill up fast. Even for normal gym battles you may have to sign up, unless the leader doesn’t mind fighting you on the spot and isn’t busy or such.

Tournaments like in the anime are public and kind of like their version of the Olympics, while formal challenges against the Elite Four are far more private. For the actual E4, the match is recorded and televised and some people may be allowed in to watch, but it’s definitely not a public thing. Champion challenges, however, are completely private. They are not televised or even recorded, and no one is allowed in the chamber except for the champion and the challenger. What goes on in there is known only to the two of them. Of course all of the E4 and the champion have public exhibition matches as well; it’s sort of a requirement to keep people happy.

Until next time, whenever that’ll be... Please, just...try not to churn up five pages, okay?
Age 32
Finland
Seen January 27th, 2013
Posted January 28th, 2012
642 posts
14.8 Years
You didn't go nuts this time! You didn't even get a full page done! Are you all right, guys...? :paranoid:

Oh yeah, serious questions! Now I can come up with weird theories again!
1) Do you think of the regions described in canon (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orre, etc.) as the continents of a Pokémon world entirely separate (in a different solar system, galaxy, or even universe or dimension) from our Earth? Or do you think that they make up a small section of some alternate version of our planet, like a chain of islands where evolution produced strange and unique creatures Galapagos-style? Basically, how do you think our reality and its geography relates to the Pokémon reality?

I think the Japanese just don't tell us everything. Satoshi Taijiri can't just have made up the whole thing. The first region was named Kanto by accident - they remembered to change the names of cities but forgot to rename the region. This was later corrected, so Kansai is Johto, Kyushu is Hoenn and Hokkaido is Sinnoh. Why, I ask you, did they make regions so similar to the ones actually excisting in Japan? Also, why are there so many demons and other unearthly creatures in Japanese folklore that resemble Pokémon?

This is because there actually are Pokémon in Japan.

The fact you don't see them in the wild nor hear about trainer or competitions is because Pokémon and Pokéballs are extremely expensive. Because people of the past eras were afraid of Pokémon, they were almost extinct by the time Pokéballs were invented. That is why they are so insanely expensive. To prevent theft, everyone who owns Pokémon keep the fact secret. This would include Japanese millionaires, high government officials, the princes and princesses of Japan and many other filthy rich people. They have their secret contests and tournaments. Pokémon rangers catch wild Pokémon for secret Pokémon shops.
This is the reality of Pokémon.

Satoshi Taijiri just modified the idea so that it's impossible to tell Pokémon actually excist in Japan. But I know... because I have my army of Sentret.
I bought them from e-Bay.

Of course, I am also a member of the "separate universe"-club (that's because they had cookies). That nice little conspiracy just popped into my mind. I just can't resist conspiracies, except if they are about 9/11 or man on the Moon (I'm completely fed up with those). I'm sorry for annoying you with this kind of stuff again :laugh: I just can't help it!

On another note, I just got a serious urge to draw the physical appearance of our lounge. The only problem is I'm not completely sure how I see this place. I know there would be huge, comfy sofas and a carpet covering the whole floor... Also, I think this place might be situated in some basement. There'd be a massive bulletin board with tons of tiny notes, some of which are serious and appropriate and then some "BEWARE MY ARMY" and "CALL ME IF YOU WANT HOT COMPANY" and "PLZ RED MY FIC OR ILL TAKE OVER THIS PALCE AND MAKE U MY LSAVES".
And in the middle of the room, there'd be a table with cookies that pop out of thin air.
If you tell me what your opinions are, I might even draw this. I really feel like doing so.

Fanfiction:Mama's Boy|World Saviour Sora-chan (parody)|
One shots: The Elevator|Once in a Forest Fire|

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JX Valentine

Your aquatic overlord

Female
Harassing Bill
Seen August 19th, 2020
Posted December 8th, 2012
3,276 posts
19 Years
Okay, so, now that I'm awake...

[B]If your character wanted to eat something delicious, would they go for something sweet like cakes or chocolate or rather have something like fine cheese or a gourmet dinner? Or would it be, say, a hamburger?
And what about yourself?
So, Midsummer Knights is fairly easy. Imogen actually owns a restaurant that's a bit laid-back but isn't quite a dive. In fact, I would say it specializes in fusion -- Asian-Cajun. Yes, Asian-Cajun. Even though Imogen has an accent that implies she's from Jamaica. (WTF, me.) So, uh, everyone who knows her actually get her to cook, and when she does, she uses her own recipes. For that reason, Sebastian at least eats very well. Viola enjoys Imogen's chicken too, but oftentimes, she's too shy to ask and opts for eggs she makes herself. (Viola apparently makes a mean omelet.)

The Trio like to assume they're high-class, so they tend to go for something salty and great with wine.

Mercury, Romeo, and the gang like diner food, the greasier the better. And pizza. With beer.

With AEM, you've got Nettle, whose guilty pleasure is probably ice cream and frozen yogurt. Bill is of the opinion that it's not a tasty meal if it doesn't include noodles, Rose is very fond of cake (particularly of the strawberry short variety), and Heather eats like Misato Katsuragi (as in, beer and instant curry on white rice). So, uh, no. The AEM cast doesn't quite believe in the concept of healthy eating as much as the Midsummer Knights cast does.

As for myself, sushi. Mmm. Alaskan maki. It's like eating Sarah Palin! ...Wait.

Wow... I can't believe you just mentioned it! I happen to be a former speaker of that language!
That's cool. =D Yeah, I'd have to say it'd be a really cool language to learn if it was actually taken seriously. (I'm pretty sure Incubus is to blame for this one. I'm not sure if it's the one you're thinking of, though. It starred William Shatner, which is probably why it's the only fully Esperanto movie I can recall.)

Thanks for the support. I was afraid it sounded like a cop-out, myself. XD

See Jax's answer, for she can read my mind while I'm away.
Actually, we're the same person. That's why you never see us in the same place at the same time. *sage nod*

On another note, I just got a serious urge to draw the physical appearance of our lounge. The only problem is I'm not completely sure how I see this place.
It's a broom closet. With chains. *second sage nod*
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Posted November 2nd, 2016
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15.7 Years
If you tell me what your opinions are, I might even draw this. I really feel like doing so.
I was considering drawing it, as well.

Lessee here...I actually am kind of thinking of a pokemon center type deal, except with lots of white and aquamarine (we're next to a beach, you know). There's a counter directly opposite the front entrance (an automatic sliding glass door), which is where we can get cookies/milk/pencils/paper/food/booze/cocaine/pretty much anything. Everything's warped in via teleportation pad by an extremely well-dressed Bill. The currency is Astini, of course, but most of us are so acquainted with the bartender that he lets everything slide. He's getting payed enough as it is, after all. This is degrading into non-visuals.

Back on track, there's a study pool dominating the center of the room: it has multiple tiers, each roughly a foot high, and is strewn with ridiculously comfortable bean bag chairs, armchairs, and sofas. And a few beds. But let's not get into that. The very center is literally a beautiful, teal-colored, pokéball-shaped swimming pool/jacuzzi (one half is warm, the other cool). Astinus is the lifeguard, and her seat rises from where the button would normally be on this pokéball. Said seat has hydraulics which allow her to swing around to any part of the room, and is simply covered in various types of heavy weaponry.

We all are splayed about the room in various poses of utter comfort, and we all have Porygons that follow us around and act as our computers. We also get floating screens and holographic keyboards and mice.

There's also some tropical plants in wicker planters dotted about the perimeter of the room, a chocolate fondue fountain, a punch fountain, a soda fountain, and a water fountain.

The walls of the room are white, and are divided horizontally by long fish tanks filled with various fish pokemon. Except for the wall with the door, which is completely glass and overlooks the ocean.

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Okay, so, now that I'm awake...


That's cool. =D Yeah, I'd have to say it'd be a really cool language to learn if it was actually taken seriously. (I'm pretty sure Incubus is to blame for this one. I'm not sure if it's the one you're thinking of, though. It starred William Shatner, which is probably why it's the only fully Esperanto movie I can recall.)

Thanks for the support. I was afraid it sounded like a cop-out, myself. XD
Heh... don't worry. Remember the saying: "there is a thin, dashed, horribly curved line between genius and craziness... and no one knows exactly which side each one is."

Well... UNICEF and UNESCO do take Esperanto seriously, but, both organizations being UN derivatives, we all know quite well what that means...:tired: -- hey! I'm not saying UN is useless! I'm just thinking it! :D

Maybe I should shut up and do something useful, like writing more FF or trying to come up with questions for this section...
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If you tell me what your opinions are, I might even draw this. I really feel like doing so.
I actually thought of this place as some sort of secret club, filled with secret things, like secret cookies. What would a secret cookie look like? Or a secret cake. But the cake is be a lie to lure people into our trap of doom. I kinda like the idea of a bulletin board, like An-Chan said, and it would probably have all those crazy things she mentioned. There are vents in the floor that blow air out so fast, it can lift a person up. Those are the chairs. There is a giant lava lamp as well. With real lava. But that might hurt if it broke. The entrance has sliding doors, and some sort of receptionist who gives you those secret cookies I mentioned. The whole room is white, but glowing somehow. And there is a big sword in the corner for smiting those noobs who dare venture in and say something like "I ON THIS SIT! READ MY STRY NAO!" Translation: "I own this site, read my story now! Astinus would definitely do the smiting.

I am done now *stares at lava lamp*
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Posted January 28th, 2012
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14.8 Years
You know, I'm going to draw one ultra-secret hi-tech VIP super-lounge one of these days, but now I only had the time and energy to do a little excercise. I'm currently trying to learn how to use this thing we call USB drawing board (actually, what is it really called in English? In Finnish, it's a drawing table...), so I made this because it was easy but still good practice.

This, I think, is the most probable picture. With PC being relatively poor and all, I thought this would be the only thing they could give us. It's three seconds before I open my browser now, and the party has long since ended. No-one's around.
So, I present you:
FFL in a cellar!

I knew it was going to turn out crappy anyway, so I just drew this quickly. I had to get my peace of mind back so I can write. A couple of explanations:
1) The bottles have only contained water, juice and soft drinks. Not alcohol. Definitely not alcohol. This is a family-friendly board, so no alcohol. :paranoid:
2) The books are there for looks. One of them is a huge catalogue of all maths-related material that was published in 1987 and the yellow one is Writing for Dummies.
3) In case you can't read what's on the bulletin board, the three words written in big letters say "POT HEAD" (again, this literally means someone with a pot in their head and therefore this picture contains no drug-related themes), "HELP" and "APUA", which is Finnish for help. I don't know why I wrote those, but never mind. Also, the RULES-note on the other wall has a drawing of a snowflake in it, with a big cross over and next to it. They're bit too small to be seen, aren't they?
4) It's messy, because it's not very much fun to clean up after a huge, insane party.
5) The windows have yellow, transparent curtains, so you can't tell what time it is. This is convenient, since we all live in different time zones. No matter when you come in, it's always daytime here. Or nighttime, however you want it.
6) You now know why I got only 4/10 from my visual arts entrance exam...

Oh, and by the way, I was really close to drawing some noob blood on the walls. Then I thought it might not be such a good idea after all...

And yeah, I'm going to draw a bigger and better one later. I really liked the secret-thing Hippy talked about... So, there's going to be lots of hi-tech devices, secret cakes and sliding doors. Now, I'm going to start writing.

At least I hope so.

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Awwww no noob blood! This secret lounge needs Astinus' noob-blood-smeared mod stick in it. And trap door where noobs fall to their death. And Sentrets with Flamethrowers. I got it! A pile of charred noob bodies surrounded by Sentrets wielding flamethrowers! Genius! I kinda want to draw now...
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