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Hello. I hope I am in the right thread. I saw lot of Pokémon fans to worry that Youkai Watch will become (or maybe even already is) more popular than Pokémon. However, that is when my idea came: what if those two franchises merged? So, I came with the idea of Keita, Whisper, Jibanyan and Hikikoumori (that shy bat-like Youkai who lives in Keita's wardrobe), to be somehow send to Kalos Region, where they will meet with Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie. Ash will be able to see Youkais even without Watches, thanks to his Aura Guardian thing previously mentioned in anime, but none of his friends will. Soon, Keita and Ash will find there are Youkais in Pokémon World too and are causing problems.
I plan for this to be oneshot which will end with Keita returning back home, but I still don't have the end fully thought yet.
Also, I still try to think of a way for Keita to get to Pokémon World, which wouldn't be totally unbelievable. Should it be Youkai, Pokémon or some natuaral phenomenon like wormhole?

Also, I have to say that I am more comfortable with Japanese names for Youkai Watch characters and English names for Pokémon characters, but do you think it is such a good idea to mix them? Wouldn't that be too confusing?

Thanks for all reactions and advices.

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Hi, Horn! While I haven't watched the Pokemon anime in a while and haven't played Yokai Watch, that could make in interesting crossover. Onto your question what causes Keita to come to the Pokemon world, hm is there any Yokai that can do that? Otherwise, I guess you can use a legendary Pokemon like Giratina for that to happen.

Also, I have to say that I am more comfortable with Japanese names for Youkai Watch characters and English names for Pokémon characters, but do you think it is such a good idea to mix them? Wouldn't that be too confusing?
Personally I think go for English names for both Yokai and Pokemon characters so people don't get confused.

I don't have much more thoughts as I mentioned having not played the Yokai Watch games before. If someone did, though, and want to put in their thoughts then go for it!
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Thanks for your input. I too did not play Youkai Watch games yet, since they will not be released here until the end of April. But I watch Youkai Watch anime and that's where my problem with names came from, since I watch the anime subbed. While I saw some episodes dubbed, I am more familiar with Japanese names and with the way the characters comunicate with each other in Japanese version (from what I saw from Eglish dub, they especially changed the way Whisper and Jibanyan are talking and I must admit I prefer the way they talk in Japanese version). So, I don't know. I'll probably wait to see what others have to say about this.

As for Youkai that can send Keita to Pokémon World, I was thinking about using Ungaikyou (Mirepo in Eglish), which has ability to warp people from one place to another, but it has to be placed on both of such places. Plus, I can't come with believable way for Hikikoumori, who doesn't leave Keita's wardrobe, to be send anywhere by this Youkai.
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There are also Kin and Gin, who send Jibanyan and Whisper back in time, and I think if their time travelling ability malfunctioned, they may send people to another world. The problem is, however, they did not meet Keita until first movie, in which they were killed and I'd like to avoid twisting canon.

As for Pokémon, I am afraid Pokémon like Palkia or Giratina are too big to be used in Kaita's room, and thanks to the inclusion of aforementioned Hikikoumori, I need for Keita and the others to be send from his room. Now, maybe Hoopa could be an option, but would it be believable for Hoopa's rings to work outside of Pokémon World?

Also, I would like to know your opinion on the posibility and believability of Ash's Aura Guardian skill to allow him to see Youkais. Do you think it is plausible concept? Or sould I better go diferent way.

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Ah, okay. I haven't watched the anime version of Yokai Watch either, but you can always mention the crossover is the anime versions for both series.

As for Pokémon, I am afraid Pokémon like Palkia or Giratina are too big to be used in Kaita's room, and thanks to the inclusion of aforementioned Hikikoumori, I need for Keita and the others to be send from his room. Now, maybe Hoopa could be an option, but would it be believable for Hoopa's rings to work outside of Pokémon World?
I haven't gotten the chance to check out the Hoopa movie, but it could be plausible. I think it might be better having a Yokai do it, though.

Also, I would like to know your opinion on the posibility and believability of Ash's Aura Guardian skill to allow him to see Youkais. Do you think it is plausible concept? Or sould I better go diferent way.
It could be possible Ash's Aura Guardian skill could sense the Yokai, could be another interesting world building concept. I think that ability of his got shafted after the Diamond and Pearl series ended, lol.
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You are right, that Aura Guardian thing of Ash wasn't mentioned since Sinnoh and if I remember right, it wasn't even mentioned in that two-parter involving Riley, the only other confirmed living Aura Guardian in anime world.

As for the way for Keita getting to Pokémon world, well I decided to go with Hoopa, at least for now. If nothing else, it gave me time period in Pokémon anime canon, where this story will take place, as it now is dated shortly after the events of Hoopa movie. Thanks to this, I have definition of what Pokémon team Ash and Co. had back then, as well as in what state of character development they were. That makes further writing of this story a little easier, to be honest.

I am going to put the beginning of the story as I have it for now to the Share your writing thread, so decide for yourself. Thanks for your input so far. And sorry about the confusion, I thought it would be clear I am making Anime x Anime crossover, but obviously, I was wrong and should have wrote it in the first place.

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Rebooting my Eric Damon series with a prequel that tells his origin story. When he's a baby.... His biological parents are killed when their small plane crashes near a remote island inhabited only by Pokémon. However, the protagonist miraculously survives in his cradle, and is raised by a pride of Litleo and Pyroar.

All I really need is a Pokémon to be a Shere Khan sort of villain.
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Alright, so I've been developing this idea for a couple days and I figure it's at a decent enough stage for me to check in with some of the FF&W regulars to see if it's viable and would work.

So I frequent the RPT, and am currently GMing a Pokemon RP. The plot for the RP, for the most part, is planned out and this would act as a sequel to the events of the RP.
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Three years prior to Team Cinder's successful conquering of the Kalos region, the land has been left abandoned. Barring the leftover members of the triumphant evil team, Kalos has been fully evacuated of both humans and Pokemon. Dominance has only made them stronger, with even the champions of the other regions struggling to rival their foes.

Fortunately, professor Sycamore has devised a plan. Three prodigious students of the next generation of academy students have been called up, and are about to be given their fist pokemon and will be guided, with the help of one of the students who originally halted the plans of team Cinder. Can Sycamore's plan really be the best course of action?

So besides the underlying plot of "these kids need to retake the Kalos region from a big evil team", the story will initially be your A typical journey story, but from three or maybe even four different perspectives

Thought there'd be more to tell to be honest, but that's about all that needs to be said prior to the actual story

For anyone interested, here's the link to the RP that this would be a sequel of - Z: A Kalos Journey (OOC | IC)



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Hi, I've been having these ideas in my head for a while now. I was browsing the internet when I, out of curiosity typed in google, 'super strength Ash fanfiction'. From there, I learned that there were blogs talking about Ash's ' super strength'.

One of the comments mentioned that Ash must be an alien in disguise considering Ash threw a log. Yeah, there was a video of that. And he also carried a larvitar, threw primeape up and down and carried this pokemon that has hippo in it's name on top of his head.

My point is, what if Ash actually does have super strength? This lone wild card could change the whole interaction Ash has with others! He could be ostracized by the townspeople besides his mother and Professor Oak. He could have the most nastiest temper surpassing all bad tempered pokemon.

Or, he could be regular Ash who has godly strength which continues to grow as he gets older. And, since Ash has super strength, his pokemon has to train to get stronger so they won't be hurt by a simple flick of a finger. Ash could fling rocks at them too to help their training. Which means, training hard + super strength trainer = strong evolved pokemon!

What do you think? I don't know if this idea has been thought already but I just want to get this out of my head.
"Why in all things that is holy would you do this?" the male MC cried to his rival/friend/brother/whatever, in hopes he could understand why his Rival decided to go bat sh!t crazy towards everyone.

The rival's back faced the male MC, long luscious hair dramatically blown by the wind. "Because..." he started, then turning around to face the MC. His face was zoomed in dramatically as he shouted, "THE DIRECTOR SAID SOOO!!"

DUN DUN DUN...

"DIRECTOORRR!!" MC roared at the sky.
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I like the idea, but may I suggest you third variant? What about "Clark Kent" approach, where only few people (like Ash's mom and Professor Oak) know about Ash's powers, hiding it from everyone else, but once Ash will start his Pokémon Journey and start to travel with new friends, this hiding will be more and more difficult, not to mention he could hurt his Pokémon, if he misuse his power? Of course you could totally ignore my suggestion, I just think, knowing Ash's personality, this may work better then any of your variants. But of course, you could even change Ash's personality, but I don't think I would like to read such a story, sorry.

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I like the idea, but may I suggest you third variant? What about "Clark Kent" approach, where only few people (like Ash's mom and Professor Oak) know about Ash's powers, hiding it from everyone else, but once Ash will start his Pokémon Journey and start to travel with new friends, this hiding will be more and more difficult, not to mention he could hurt his Pokémon, if he misuse his power? Of course you could totally ignore my suggestion, I just think, knowing Ash's personality, this may work better then any of your variants. But of course, you could even change Ash's personality, but I don't think I would like to read such a story, sorry.
I'll take your advice to mind! It's just an idea that has been floating around. And it make sense for Ash to hide his powers too, or Gary would make his life harder and harsher than canon. Ash would be call a monster if he starts gallivanting his powers around town, not a good thing to do.

And this could be one of the road blocks he has to overcome in his journey. And to find people/pokemon who would accept him as he is and to try controlling his enormous strength.

Originally, it was supposed to be a gag story but with a dash of drama and hurt/comfort, this could be better. And we could see how Sabrina would react to Ash. Or the general population too.
"Why in all things that is holy would you do this?" the male MC cried to his rival/friend/brother/whatever, in hopes he could understand why his Rival decided to go bat sh!t crazy towards everyone.

The rival's back faced the male MC, long luscious hair dramatically blown by the wind. "Because..." he started, then turning around to face the MC. His face was zoomed in dramatically as he shouted, "THE DIRECTOR SAID SOOO!!"

DUN DUN DUN...

"DIRECTOORRR!!" MC roared at the sky.
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I've posted this before, but I'd like to mention it again.
I previously mentioned a story titled Pokémon Anthology, and another related story I wanted to write.
Said story is titled Pokémon Anthology: International Peace Corp, or IPC, taking place in a time before Pokémon Trainers. While watching an episode of an anime in which the main character write a light novel with is being considered for an anime, I got the idea to write IPC as a Light Novel.

Basically, the story would revolve around agents of the International Peace Corp, an organization that works to prevents war. The main characters would be people known as Philosophers, basically people who've gained the ability to use the same kind of attacks as Pokémon. A Pokémon is also one of these, but he has the ability to talk like a human.

Here is a synopsis and several terms important to the story for anyone who wants to read about them: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iwGqINENnWi9nLKIQ_l6MSPyckAkYG-WWldAu_ho53w

Now that I've explained the story, I would like to ask a question. Assuming the story comes out good, would it be worth attempting to get published? I'm 99.9% sure it would involve contacting, or at least trying to contact, Gamefreak and Nintendo. Would it be worth a shot, or something that shouldn't be considered at all?

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Shak:

Spoiler:
Three years prior to Team Cinder's successful conquering of the Kalos region, the land has been left abandoned. Barring the leftover members of the triumphant evil team, Kalos has been fully evacuated of both humans and Pokemon. Dominance has only made them stronger, with even the champions of the other regions struggling to rival their foes.

Fortunately, professor Sycamore has devised a plan. Three prodigious students of the next generation of academy students have been called up, and are about to be given their fist pokemon and will be guided, with the help of one of the students who originally halted the plans of team Cinder. Can Sycamore's plan really be the best course of action?

So besides the underlying plot of "these kids need to retake the Kalos region from a big evil team", the story will initially be your A typical journey story, but from three or maybe even four different perspectives
I'll put this in spoilers since you did yours for your plot.

Spoiler:
This is probably me not knowing what's going one with the on-progress RP, but I take it after one person halted Team Cinder's plans, Team Cinder came back like Team Rocket and Team Plasma? One other thing I'm curious about is why Professor Sycamore thought some academy students are good candidates to go against Team Cinder even though the Champions themselves weren't able to. Then again, it's Pokemon lol. There's also the advantage of the students having some help, so that should be okay I guess.


Edhea Edheart: Horn brought up a good point with dealing Ash's powers similar to Clark Kent, so that could work. One thing I'm wondering is will you have Team Rocket and/other evil teams find out about his powers too, and if so how will you approach that? Will the evil teams want to use him for their gain, that kind of thing. You don't have to answer that right away, but something to consider if you want more conflict.

Shadowchaos1010:

Now that I've explained the story, I would like to ask a question. Assuming the story comes out good, would it be worth attempting to get published? I'm 99.9% sure it would involve contacting, or at least trying to contact, Gamefreak and Nintendo. Would it be worth a shot, or something that shouldn't be considered at all?
I apologize for not going over your plot bunny as I haven't look through it carefully yet, but you mentioned that and I thought I should respond. I personally strongly against doing that as I think both companies can be harsh if you're trying to self-publish and then trying to sell it. I'm also pretty sure it would be illegal that way too due to complicated copyright laws. You can still like post your story here, ffnet, and such as you're not making profit. If making profit isn't your intention, though, then I apologize.
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Shak:



I'll put this in spoilers since you did yours for your plot.

Spoiler:
This is probably me not knowing what's going one with the on-progress RP, but I take it after one person halted Team Cinder's plans, Team Cinder came back like Team Rocket and Team Plasma? One other thing I'm curious about is why Professor Sycamore thought some academy students are good candidates to go against Team Cinder even though the Champions themselves weren't able to. Then again, it's Pokemon lol. There's also the advantage of the students having some help, so that should be okay I guess.
Haha, it being pokemon is no excuse, of course I have a plan for that ;) I may or may not have only got an idea for it yesterday
So my plan for that was something ridiculous, like "They were born during some war between Yyvetal and Xerneas, where Zygarde stepped in, and so "they were created(Xerneas) to destroy(Yyvetal) something that would eventually bring order(Zygarde) back to the world". It's cheesy, but it's the best I got for now. There will be a lot more to the plan of course, but thats the main idea behind why it will be them. Plus they'll have to beat the champions before they can go take them on anyway, so there's also that.

Team Cinder weren't necessarily stopped before, they were just slowed down, I guess. It took more than 9 trainers to do it, but those 9 would be the 9 main characters from the RP, since this is a sequel to that. Team Cinder are basically a much more ruthless reincarnation of Team Flare tbh



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Edhea Edheart: [/B] Horn brought up a good point with dealing Ash's powers similar to Clark Kent, so that could work. One thing I'm wondering is will you have Team Rocket and/other evil teams find out about his powers too, and if so how will you approach that? Will the evil teams want to use him for their gain, that kind of thing. You don't have to answer that right away, but something to consider if you want more conflict.
I did think of Team Rocket but the comedy-kind of way. Jessie, James and Meowth has superhuman endurance and thus, they barely feel pain. Meeting Ash however, changes their lives in not only seeing a strong Pikachu but also witnessing Ash's strength.

Yeah, it sucks. I didn't think of anything to add drama or conflict for this idea because my heart can't handle intense situations. Like reading angst fanfic, for example. But it doesn't mean I will not consider, though.

Anyways, as for other evil teams... they already have the tools to control Legendary pokemon so I don't think so. And I don't think Ash's powers would reach them considering they are too busy with the Legends. Maybe Team Rocket is the only team that would do something since Ash frequently meets their members(Jessie, James, Meowth and Cassidy, Butch)

I don't know... I haven't think this deeply yet.
"Why in all things that is holy would you do this?" the male MC cried to his rival/friend/brother/whatever, in hopes he could understand why his Rival decided to go bat sh!t crazy towards everyone.

The rival's back faced the male MC, long luscious hair dramatically blown by the wind. "Because..." he started, then turning around to face the MC. His face was zoomed in dramatically as he shouted, "THE DIRECTOR SAID SOOO!!"

DUN DUN DUN...

"DIRECTOORRR!!" MC roared at the sky.

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I did think of Team Rocket but the comedy-kind of way. Jessie, James and Meowth has superhuman endurance and thus, they barely feel pain. Meeting Ash however, changes their lives in not only seeing a strong Pikachu but also witnessing Ash's strength.

Yeah, it sucks. I didn't think of anything to add drama or conflict for this idea because my heart can't handle intense situations. Like reading angst fanfic, for example. But it doesn't mean I will not consider, though.
Oh by conflict I don't mean it has to be intense. Just some challenges, particularly an antagonist or some antagonists, Ash will be dealing with along the way. Having Jessie, James, and Meowth as their comedic selves is totally fine. The anime is more or less lighthearted saved for certain situations so it should be fine. You're probably right the other teams will set their sights on the legendaries. I apologize if my mention of conflict confused you.
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Oh by conflict I don't mean it has to be intense. Just some challenges, particularly an antagonist or some antagonists, Ash will be dealing with along the way. Having Jessie, James, and Meowth as their comedic selves is totally fine. The anime is more or less lighthearted saved for certain situations so it should be fine. You're probably right the other teams will set their sights on the legendaries. I apologize if my mention of conflict confused you.
Oh, so that's what you meant. Hehe, sorry. There are still several problems I have regarding of the story and one of them are the battle scenes and training sequence. How do you write a battle scene? Even after reading other fanfics with good pokemon battle I still don't know how to write one.
"Why in all things that is holy would you do this?" the male MC cried to his rival/friend/brother/whatever, in hopes he could understand why his Rival decided to go bat sh!t crazy towards everyone.

The rival's back faced the male MC, long luscious hair dramatically blown by the wind. "Because..." he started, then turning around to face the MC. His face was zoomed in dramatically as he shouted, "THE DIRECTOR SAID SOOO!!"

DUN DUN DUN...

"DIRECTOORRR!!" MC roared at the sky.

Bay

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Oh, so that's what you meant. Hehe, sorry. There are still several problems I have regarding of the story and one of them are the battle scenes and training sequence. How do you write a battle scene? Even after reading other fanfics with good pokemon battle I still don't know how to write one.
Writing battle scenes is hard to explain. The best advice I can give is plan out which attacks you'll be showcasing and describe the moves the best of your ability along with the actions that happened after. Instead of "Pikachu used Thunderbolt on Seadra, Seadra faints," have, "Pikahu let out a stream of electricity that engulfed Seadra and caused her to scream in pain. Soon after sparks of electricity stopped and Seadra made deep pants before collapsing onto the water." Not a great example, but that should give a decent idea of showcasing a Pokemon attacking and the opponent being hurt. You can also check some comments me and some other folks did in this thread on improving the story's battle scenes. If you're still unsure if your battle scenes are good, you can have some friends or a beta check those out and give suggestions on how to improve them.
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Well, considering that I'm basing my story on Pokemorphs, the anthropomorphic forms of Pokémon, I've got a Mystery Dungeon idea.

I thought of a love story between my character in game, Fang, who is a Cyndaquil who evolves into Quilava, and her partner, a Grovyle named Green. The two have bonded over a few missions and became best friends, and always pulled through every challenge along the way, even Zapdos itself. But when the time came, Fang asks Xatu about what her being human-turned-pokemon and the disasters were all about, and why they're related.

As Xatu explains the reasons, Gengar hears everything and tells everyone at Pokémon Square. Soon, the two friends get packed up and ready to go, and their friends/clients see them off. Soon, they're thrown into uncharted territory, and forced to live their lives as fugitives.

As time passes, however, Green soon develops feelings for the one he's trusted for so long, and he doesn't know how to deal with his feelings. Eventually, he blurts it out, and Fang soon realizes his feelings. Not knowing how to react, they simply stay silent.

Upon meeting an Absol named Yami, they soon find themselves closer to their goal, and the partners talk once again. They soon properly confess their feelings for each other, due to their unbreakable bonds and unbelievable amount of trust, and they have a magical moment.

After Fang realizes the truth, she finally comes back to Pokémon Square to tell Gengar everything she had learned of herself, and soon, everyone gangs up on Gengar. But that's not where it ends.

After much work was done, the threat to the world was near, and only Fang and Green could go to Sky Tower to ask Rayquaza to destroy the threat. After a long battle, Fang makes the request, and soon, Green, scared of how close the meteor is, slips and falls off the edge of the top of Sky Tower.

Fang soon jumps after him, catching him as she knows that he must live. Hitting the ground, the lovers survive, and then... Fang begins to glow. She soon realizes that she's going home.

Sooooo... Let me know what you guys think


Hey! I've got 2 fanfics in the works right now! Check them out if you want to!

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=367584
http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=368655

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I haven't played any of the Mystery Dungeon games so I can't comment on the finer details from the games, but I read a couple MD fanfics before and I can at least comment on the basic plot. It does sounds cute having the story explore the reveal of Fang being human kinda backfired for a bit and how her relationship with Green developed. I take it during the time the two are fugitives there will be several instances of the other Pokemon recognizing them and trying to catch them? That would make good conflict until they needed to go against Rayquaza. I'm also curious over the importance of Yami (unsure if she was a character from one of the MD games or your own). Otherwise, the plot seems good to me.
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I'm basing the character of Yami as a major support for their team, based off of the part of Red/Blue Rescue Team when the characters meet an Absol, so she's somewhat of both a character in the game and my OC. And as for the chase, yes, I will feature teams that will bravely confront them, and engage them in battle.

Thanks for the feedback!


Hey! I've got 2 fanfics in the works right now! Check them out if you want to!

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=367584
http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=368655

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Spoiler:

So last year I posted an idea in the idea exchange about a person who finds some random object and hears a voice in their head saying their wish has been either granted or is being considered. If it's granted then they'd go about their life trying to figure out just what their wish was, and if it was being considered then they'd go through a bunch of 'trials' over the coming days/weeks/months as the entity tried to decide whether or not to grant the person's wish or not.

Now the idea is that you're not consciously making a wish, so the thing being considered or granted would be an innermost desire and would come to light through the progression of the story and the character's actions... or perhaps not?

Now, I'm having some issues with a few things as I try to get started. I don't know if I should make it into a few related short stories under the same title, having the first person hand off the item to some friends/coworkers and have them all have separate wishes and actions that weave together to create some great big story where everyone gets screwed over except for one person who ends up depressed and hating themselves when their wish is realized, or if I should just stick to one person trying to figure out what their wish was/is going to be over a novella length series of events. I know the first one would definitely be more complicated and would definitely take some proper planning beforehand but I think it would also be more interesting seeing the different character's viewpoints in the overarching plot.

Irregardless I think I'll go with the first person pov since with the three shorter stories it would be more interesting seeing how one character feels about another and how they see them, then turning over to that character and seeing how they really are in comparison. Also I'm unsure if I should make the mystical wish granting object disappear completely from the story after its use is fulfilled or if I should have it be recurring, popping back up in the hands of the character/s to say things or even just be an indicator of things to come. Like if the trials that the character/s underwent only started/ended when the object reappeared.

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Finally posted the very first part of my Eric Damon origin story. The next chapter I am thinking of will fast forward about seven or eight years. I need a semi-comical/semi-badass Pokemon to be fill the niche that Baloo had in The Jungle Book. I was thinking Krokorok or Scraggy, maybe Sandslash.
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I've had this idea for a while and I'd like to run it past people before I start on it.

Basically it's a Mystery Dungeon fic that takes place before anything like the Guild/Exploration-Society existed, so rescue teams are basically bounty hunters, not all of them good or moral. A lot of the lesser legendaries/mythical pokemon aren't well known is most places.

The rest of the post is really long because I have a lot of the first part thought out, so I'm going to put in a spoiler:

Spoiler:
The main characters are a litleo, Rex, (who is basically the equivalent of the partner) and a manaphy, Mori. Mori is basically like the player character in the main games - he looses his memory and ends up saving the world, but he is NOT a human-turned-pokemon. Slowly, over the course of the story, he starts to regain his memory. The two are part of a rescue team (which are called missioner teams, and the mon in the teams being referred to as missioners) called Team Malite. Later on another character joins their team, a pichu named Kala who is a love interest for Rex.

The story starts off in a battle between Rex and Mori. The battle is played out like a serious battle, but at the end of the battle it's revealed to be a practice battle. Then there's a flashback to when Rex found Mori passed out on the beach after a storm. Mori had woken up without even remembering his name or any of his past, and after a conversation with Rex, decides to find Jirachi so that he can wish for his memory back. Rex is surprised, because no one alive has encountered Jirachi, but Mori is really confident so he decides to go with it. Rex suggests that they form a missioner team to help them get strong enough to find Jirachi and defeat him in battle. (Because legend says that if you defeat Jirachi in battle then he will grant you a wish.) End flashback.

After a mission, Mori is attacked by a mysterious stranger. He shouts for help, which sends the attacker running, so Mori is able to get away. Afterwards, Mori and Rex speculate on it, and Rex wonders if it was someone from Mori's past who wants vengeance. The two decide to look up information on recent attacks to see if it's a coincidence that Mori attacked at their local town, Soumel's, Archivary, which is similar to a library, but also has articles, rumors, and missions that have been reported archived in it. This is when they meet Kala.

They find several reports of strange activity, including attacks on several pokemon and some pokemon going missing. They decide to investigate more at other Archivaries, which will require several days travel. Kala decides to go with them, because she has a large knowledge of the locations of Archivaries.

After several days' travel, they are attacked by a pokemon that Mori (but not his teammates) recognizes as Diancie. Strangely, Mori's water moves don't hurt it very much, despite it being a Rock/Fairy. They manage to flee using a device called the Escape Cube (the predecessor to the Escape Orb).

Waaaay later, they find out that the one behind the attacks is the soft-spoken's sister, Nenna, who, after months of research, she realizes that all the times the world has to be saved is a result of legendaries. She decides that it would be better for the world to kill all the non-important legendaries (ones that don’t control a major aspect of the world, e.g. kyogre and groudon aren’t important to keep the weather under control; they just mess it up, but rayquaza is, because he destroys meteors) who have, in the past, caused a world disaster.

Nenna was also behind Mori's memory loss, she blew up his underwater palace, and the resulting blast and chunks of rock knocked Mori out and he lost his memory.

Nenna actually has legends behind her cause, so defeats anyone in her path. Mori is convinced that they have to stop her, so he finds Jirachi and wishes that his team was strong enough to defeat her and her cause. Something simlar to Mega Evolution happens - they evolve to their final forms, and then gain powers of legends and become larger and more powerful, as well as changing in appearance to match their new abilities.

A huge fight begins, and Team Malite wins, but Mori's new abilities end up creating a very severe weather problem, and Mori is too exhausted to fix it. Eventually Kyogre is convinced to dissipate the weather, as she is the only one who is able. Nenna realized that all the legendaries are important, and after the legendaries vow to be more careful and guard the world from calamity, she leaves in peace.

Epilogue: Nenna has decided to help the world by setting up a rescue office to help regulate rescue teams. Mori has returned to his underwater palace, and, even after learning that his true name is Pharoris, still opts to go by Mori. Rex and Kala have decided to travel the world together as rescuers and guardians, since the Legend Evolution that happened to them makes them ill-fitted in normal society.

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Reading your plot idea, Solar Snivy, even though I don't know too much about Pokemon Mystery Dungeon except the basics it does sound very interesting. Some little concerns, though.

Spoiler:
- You have plans for Kala's roles besides love interest and knowing some locations? You don't have to tell me in full detail if you already thought of that.

-You mention the characters will be in their final forms similar to Mega Evolution. In the case with Kala and Rex, will they be in their final forms (Kala as Raichu for instance)? Or is it more similar to Mega Evolution's concept?
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You have plans for Kala's roles besides love interest and knowing some locations? You don't have to tell me in full detail if you already thought of that.
Yes, but I don't want to spoil anything so I didn't mention it.

You mention the characters will be in their final forms similar to Mega Evolution. In the case with Kala and Rex, will they be in their final forms (Kala as Raichu for instance)? Or is it more similar to Mega Evolution's concept?
They will be in their final forms, but also gaining more traits similar to Mega Evolution. Basically they evolve all the way, then become permanent OP Megas.
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