A competent but otherwise unremarkable novelization, two instances of weird untagged porn (including totally-not-incest between adopted siblings), and what looks to be an actually good grimdark Rocket takeover AU.
Anime: 6
Tag: Pokemon fanfic
[13] The Other Pokereviews, Part 150
A decent story about an autistic kid, a Mary Sue/Mewtwo romance, and a story where Lusamine spends all her time sobbing over her losses instead of doing anything about it because she’s so pathetic and ineffectual.
Anime: 4
[22] The Other Pokereviews, Part 149
A weird story about what appears to be a self-insert replacing Lillie’s role in the plot of SuMo, a decent story about the creation of Porygon, an amusing story about an incompetent spoiled brat trainer, and a lot of grammatical incoherence.
Anime: 7
Obligative Review (Salvation)
A while back I reviewed the story Salvation. The author has since rewritten the story, and asked me to review the new version.
[17] The Other Pokereviews, Part 148
Another nice pokemon story from NebulaDreams, a painfully cliché crime drama where everyone is incompetent, and a lot of nothing.
[16] The Other Pokereviews, Part 147
Experienced some writer’s block, so I figured it was time for some reviewing. There were a few decent fics, but nothing terribly notable aside from a pokemon rebellion fic that was actually just an edgelord post-apocalyptic story about wizards in pokemon costumes.
Anime: 4
Obligative Review (A Blessed Life)
[17] The Other Pokereviews, Part 146
A lot of decent but not terribly remarkable stuff. Also, another fic of humans in pokemon costumes.
Anime: 12
[28] The Other Pokereviews, Part 145
Some decent stuff today, including a pretty interesting anime AU where Ash is raised by Mewtwo. Most of the trainer fic also at least has nonstandard openings. There is, however, a lot of weirdness around pokemon treatment, including a heartwarming story about a guy using his brother’s ghost for dogfighting.
Anime: 17
[21] The Other Pokereviews, Part 144
A cute Yueltide fic with delibird, and a really awesome opening about a shiny hunter tracking legendaries WHO GET “IT” PRONOUNS I’M SO HAPPY. Mostly just standard openings otherwise, including another entry into the reincarnation-through-Arceus subgenre.
Anime: 13
[22] The Other Pokereviews, Part 143
The Curious and the Shiny got a reboot! I unfortunately fell behind on the original, but the new version is looking great. There are a few good openings, otherwise.
Anime: 9
[23] The Other Pokereviews, Part 142
An interesting story playing on the replacement of Kris with Lyra. Some okayish openings otherwise.
Anime: 11, plus one manga fic.
[25] The Other Pokereviews, Part 141
One of those worldbuilding primers with “realistic” pokemon that I used as a jumping-off point to explore various possibilities. It was fun! Not much of note otherwise, though.
Anime: 13
[18] The Other Pokereviews, Part 140
Some interesting speculation into Ghetsis’ backstory and motivations, and a game novelization that actually looks decent. Lots of tiny first chapters that go nowhere, otherwise.