Destiny fics annoy me. Like any genre, they can be great reads if done well, but . . . the folks at Serebii don't seem to know how to do them well.
Word, although for me, you've got to replace "Serebii" with "FFNet." I haven't actually sat down to read a fic at Serebii since someone linked me to "Accidentally" by Mouse Tourmaline. (Which, incidentally, I admit I favorited out of fangirl reasons. Even though the disregard to canon kinda makes me cringe.)
Back on topic, I think destiny fics are just one of those things only a select handful of writers can actually do. Off the top of my head, I can only really think of two fics where this happens, and that has its own site and following anyway. (Ultimatum and Lucki, although does Lucki really count?) The others tend to initially follow a cookie cutter format at first (basically, Main Character decides to become a trainer, trains for several days, encounters Team Evil, finds out about their plot to take over/destroy/reshape the world, and decides to go fight Team Evil because there's no such thing as bystander syndrome in the Pokémon world apparently unless you're a side character). After that point, if it's not the usual "MC finds out (s)he's the Chosen One and fulfills the prophecy by encountering legends and whatnot," it's just that the main character wanders dangerously close to/into Sue territory.
That and the endings tend to be predictable. At least Lucki ended awesomely. With other destiny fics, you just end up assuming that not only will the main character end up saving the world, but they're going to do it by SHOOP-DA-WOOPing the crap out of Team Evil/an awakened and pissed legendary with magical powers that they're given because they're the Chosen Ones. While I'm not saying more Chosen Ones need to fail (although it's funny when they do), I'm just saying kids need to stop making characters who think SHOOP-DA-WOOP or magical Sailor Moon powers will solve everything.
This fanfiction.net place sounds horrible . . . I ought to have a look. Or maybe not.
Gonna have to agree with .Ozy with this one. If you've got enough patience to hunt around for good fic, you'll eventually find some really awesome stuff that you probably won't be able to get anywhere else. However, usually, this requires wading through piles and piles of crap unless you've got a fandom full of awesome people (which sometimes happens).
Oh, no! I've been lured into this thread!
>=D Hello,
Clarice my dear.
As for writing my own? HAH. Well, it's been awhile, is all I can really say about that, though I might be convinced to write something sooner or later.
Why, no, it's not because I enjoy Bill-torture. *smile*
And at this, you get my usual response.
DO EET. (And put it this way, Dani. Even if it's been awhile, we've
probably seen worse.)
