A pokemon-only society that’s not PMD, and a trainerfic that appears to be walking the walk on pokemon treatment and hints at an unusual plot to come.
Anime count: 6
Tag: Pokemon fanfic
[19] The Other Pokereviews, Part 107
A Pokemon Colosseum novelization that actually looks pretty good, and several other novelizations that do not.
Anime count: 5
Random Potshot and Obligative Review: Quivering Lips
Someone who was not Dragon’s Blaze left a counter-review on The Two Colors, Pink and Blue:
“Ok first off don’t listen to this idiot below me Elmo. He rags on every new writer and only targets people with smaller stats. If you look at the stories he’s written well let’s just say he doesn’t practice what he preaches.“
I hoped I could get some reviewing out of them or at least an explanation of what sucked about my stories, but alas this was not to be.
[16] The Other Pokereviews, Part 106
Something about an established trainer trying to summon Arceus to heal his daughter of magic sickness. Not much of note, otherwise.
Anime count: 5
[18] The Other Pokereviews, Part 105
A “parody” about hey did you guys ever consider pokemon training is really dangerous???? and not much else.
Anime count: 5
[18] The Other Pokereviews, Part 104
Mostly boring stuff today, though a story I reviewed a while back did get reposted with some edits and additions that are nice.
Anime count: 3
[14] The Other Pokereviews, Part 103
Today there’s what looks to be an interesting thing about pokemon personhood, though the first chapter is too short to really tell where it’s going. There is also a very disappointing pokeworld history headcanon, and slim pickings otherwise.
Anime count: 5
[18] The Other Pokereviews, Part 102
Some decent stuff today, though it mostly still falls into the standard OT traps. There is also a really beautiful and striking ficlet I believe is based on the manga.
Anime count: 4
[14] The Other Pokereviews, Part 101
As an experiment, I used a variation of Enki’s disclaimer paragraph in these reviews to see if it had any effect. During this period, some trolls also reviewed (nearly) every story telling everyone to block me, so I’ve noted stories I was blocked on to gauge their success.
Story content was unfortunately unremarkable. There is a decent novelization of the RSE opening, and a multi-trainer intrigue thing that might turn out interesting but I don’t know because it spent the first several thousand words on pointless backstory.
Anime count: 2
[43] The Other Pokereviews, Part 100
100th post! It is extra long in celebration, compiling all the reviews it took to get me caught up in early April after Enki’s reviews. As is to be expected this batch has a wider variety than normal, yet I could not find many notable stories. There is, however, a decent fic towards the end that actually seems to be engaging with the legendaries as nature gods.
Anime count: 7
[22] The Other Pokereviews, Part 99
An actually good story today with a pokemon protagonist in a world that actually treats pokemon like people! I am starting to wonder if we should start a C2 for “positive pokemon treatment” stories. Unfortunately, the rest is terribly dull, and contains a greater-than-average amount of gross porn.
Anime count: 7
[19] The Other Pokereviews, Part 98
Today’s theme was extremely awkward prose. There is also a platonic trainer/gardevoir relationship fic that still does all the annoying cliches.
Anime count: 4
Obligative Review: A Test of Will
A request from Cadenceheart117, last seen giving a revenge review and then furiously backpedalling. Not sure what prompted the change of heart, but here we go anyway.
Obligative Dragon Age Reviews
To jump fandoms for a moment…
[22] The Other Pokereviews, Part 97
“I run over to the Poké Ball and grab it. I could feel rumbling inside, probably the failed efforts of the Timburr trying to escape. Now I know this adventure will be a blast.” But in better news, there is also an XY novelization with actual good writing and characterization.
Anime count: 11, plus a lot more by the same author I didn’t cover. I took a week off and now suddenly there is a ton of untagged anime fic. Probably a coincidence, but still interesting.