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Not a requirement, more of a request, but if you are providing a recommendation please try to provide a link to said story. Thank you.

I can't do it. I just can't do it. Smoke Balls, Stealth Spray, time jumping, spawn camping... I maybe hit it one out of fifty on not being spotted. How the hell are y'all getting this task done?

Except for Barboach. That one is easy.

Because many people probably don't turn the camera to look at their character when capturing Pokémon, you may not know this. When you successfully capture a Pokémon, your character makes a happy face. If you fail a capture, your character makes a worried face. If you fail a capture that was a back strike, your character makes a surprised face.

There are so many cute little details in this game.

It's okay, not like I have thirty-three hundred hours in this game or anything and just never thought to try it until now. I've been using the stick like a peasant.

From the classics to the current, from the immensely popular to stories that only a few people have seen, what are your recommendations for readers, old and new alike? We'd ask that you please post your recommendations in the following format:

Story Title: What is the name of the story?

Setting / Universe: Where does this story take place? In one of the games, the anime, perhaps a unique world of the author's own creation?

Main Character: Who does the story revolve around? Is this Ash-centric, or perhaps the author decided to make a lesser-known character the star? Dare someone to even create an original character?

Genre: What genre is the story? Has someone written a sweeping romance or a deep mystery? Are we following characters on a journey, or perhaps it's a simple slice of life?

Summary: Tell us briefly what the story is about.

What Makes You Think Other People Should Read This Story? This is your sales pitch. What drew you into this story? What makes you keep reading it and what separates it from the rest of the stories out there?

Link: Of course in order to read a story, we need to know where to find it!

We also encourage you to make a recommendation even if it's already been recommended. While this particular post will be weekly, stories recommended will be placed into a Mega Thread and sorted by category, allowing other readers the opportunity to easily search for stories by genre or character... eventually...

To me (I'm male btw if anyone curious) the most romantic thing any male character could say to a female character is "my lady". There's just something in that line I can't explain that immediately makes me ship. Especially if he also bows slightly, if he's not a creep but respectful too. It's like my heart goes doki doki. And if the female character is also in a high position, or equal to him, and they have that formal yet something is going on beneath the surface stuff.

What about you? What's that one line or action that makes your heart flutter and immediately ship?

/uj Am I out of the loop again? Have we come full circle? Calling a woman "my lady" used to be the mark of a sad, lonely man who was a self-proclaimed "nice guy" but showed his true colors as soon as he was rejected.

This task is a bit misleading. The actually qualifier is capturing a Pokémon without it currently being aware of your presence. This means several things.

The first, and most obvious, is the Pokémon cannot be aggressive. If the aura around the Pokémon flairs and it starts chasing you and attacking, you have been spotted.

The second is that the Pokémon cannot be currently aware or suspicious. There are two different forms this takes, although one overlaps with the other.

If a Pokémon has a bubble above it's head then it is aware of you. It doesn't know exactly where you are, but it knows you are in the area.

If a Pokémon's head is shaking (this is very obvious) then it is suspicious. The main reason I differentiate this is because SOMETIMES capturing a Pokémon doing this will count as not being spotted and sometimes it won't. This also ties in slightly with certain Pokémon, like Sudowoodo, that have to return to their original location or they won't count some of the time.

The way around this is simple: feed them. If a Pokémon is actively eating, even if it has the dots above it's head, a successful capture will count as "not being spotted." Please note that they must be actively eating and not just walking towards the food. The icon above their head will be a brighter yellow than normal.

Sleeping Pokémon will also, obviously, count. And, as an aside, if you accidentally wake up a sleeping Pokémon, you have about two seconds after the icon changes from green to yellow to capture it for it to still count as sleeping.

Fairly simple premise. We have two characters who the story follows, with each chapter switching between the two character aw the point-of-view character. However, the first "chapter" is told by a third party that we never see again and is basically explaining to the reader the premise of the story, albeit in a good way rather than a massive infodump.

Think of it like the opening scenes in the movie Aladdin. The part I'm talking about is the opening with the merchant. He tells his tale, says "this is the story," and then we get into it.

Would you consider that to be a prologue or just make it chapter one?

I don't know why this isn't posting like it should. Formatting is rough as well. Eh, I'll figure it out at some point.

From the classics to the current, from the immensely popular to stories that only a few people have seen, what are your recommendations for readers, old and new alike? We'd ask that you please post your recommendations in the following format:

\*\*Story Title:\*\*

What is the name of the story?

\*\*Setting / Pokémon Universe Location:\*\*

Where does the story take place? (Examples: Kanto, Johto, Orre, Paldea, an original region, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon world, anime universe, game universe, etc.)

\*\*Main Character(s):\*\*

Who is the protagonist? Is it a canon character, an original character, a self-insert, or even a Pokémon?

\*\*Story Type / Genre:\*\*

What kind of story is it? (Adventure, romance, journey fic, darker/serious, slice of life, mystery, action, AU, villain-centric, etc.)

\*\*Short Summary (No major spoilers, please!):\*\*

What is the story about?

\*\*Why You Recommend It:\*\*

What makes it stand out? Great world building, character development, emotional moments, creative battles, unique premise, etc.?

\*\*Link:\*\*

Please share where it can be read!

We also encourage you to make a recommendation even if it's already been recommended. While this particular post will be weekly, stories recommended with be placed into a Mega Thread and sorted by category, allowing other readers the opportunity to easily search for stories by genre or character.

Sorry this one is late. I got banned for a few days. =D

From the classics to the current, from the immensely popular to stories that only a few people have seen, what are your recommendations for readers, old and new alike? We'd ask that you please post your recommendations in the following format:

\\\*\\\*Story Title:\\\*\\\*

What is the name of the story?

\\\*\\\*Setting / Pokémon Universe Location:\\\*\\\*

Where does the story take place? (Examples: Kanto, Johto, Orre, Paldea, an original region, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon world, anime universe, game universe, etc.)

\\\*\\\*Main Character(s):\\\*\\\*

Who is the protagonist? Is it a canon character, an original character, a self-insert, or even a Pokémon?

\\\*\\\*Story Type / Genre:\\\*\\\*

What kind of story is it? (Adventure, romance, journey fic, darker/serious, slice of life, mystery, action, AU, villain-centric, etc.)

\\\*\\\*Short Summary (No major spoilers, please!):\\\*\\\*

What is the story about?

\\\*\\\*Why You Recommend It:\\\*\\\*

What makes it stand out? Great world building, character development, emotional moments, creative battles, unique premise, etc.?

\\\*\\\*Link:\\\*\\\*

Please share where it can be read!

We also encourage you to make a recommendation even if it's already been recommended. While this particular post will be weekly, stories recommended with be placed into a Mega Thread and sorted by category, allowing other readers the opportunity to easily search for stories by genre or character.

Is there a story you've written that you, for one reason or another, have abandoned, but you'd still like to see it here? Or perhaps you've got an idea for a story but don't know how to write it. Offer up your plots here, and maybe someone will see your ideas to fruition!

Sorry this one is late.

Welcome to Summarize Saturday, a bi-weekly thread where you can post your story summary for feedback. Whether you feel it's too long, too short, or just perfect, let the community help you tweak your summary to perfectly capture the eyes of potential readers!

You can post here at any point during the week, but I will make every effort to get this thread up at some point every other Saturday.

Sorry this one is late. I got banned for a few days. =D

From the classics to the current, from the immensely popular to stories that only a few people have seen, what are your recommendations for readers, old and new alike? We'd ask that you please post your recommendations in the following format:

\\\*\\\*Story Title:\\\*\\\*

What is the name of the story?

\\\*\\\*Setting / Pokémon Universe Location:\\\*\\\*

Where does the story take place? (Examples: Kanto, Johto, Orre, Paldea, an original region, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon world, anime universe, game universe, etc.)

\\\*\\\*Main Character(s):\\\*\\\*

Who is the protagonist? Is it a canon character, an original character, a self-insert, or even a Pokémon?

\\\*\\\*Story Type / Genre:\\\*\\\*

What kind of story is it? (Adventure, romance, journey fic, darker/serious, slice of life, mystery, action, AU, villain-centric, etc.)

\\\*\\\*Short Summary (No major spoilers, please!):\\\*\\\*

What is the story about?

\\\*\\\*Why You Recommend It:\\\*\\\*

What makes it stand out? Great world building, character development, emotional moments, creative battles, unique premise, etc.?

\\\*\\\*Link:\\\*\\\*

Please share where it can be read!

We also encourage you to make a recommendation even if it's already been recommended. While this particular post will be weekly, stories recommended with be placed into a Mega Thread and sorted by category, allowing other readers the opportunity to easily search for stories by genre or character.

"Worldbuilding." Ugh! This tired old cliche is nearly as threadbare as magic MacGuffins and Orphaned Magic King-Lords Laboring In Farmyards. "Oh, the worldbuilding!" people whisper in hushed, reverential tones. "I loved the *worldbuilding*! Ya gotta see the ***worldbuilding***!" Poppycock, sez I!

Advising people to flesh out a world with the elaborate minutiae of a Form 1096/r at the Intergalactic Revenue Distribution Hub is like demanding people produce their vacation pictures before they go on vacation. The pictures arise from the trip, and not vice versa.

*You* don't build the world; the *story* does.

Look, Tolkien may have been a genius, but the guy was clearly a little weird. Had you met him in a vacuum, stripped of the air of veneration and awe invoking his name is supposed to automatically induce, you wouldn't have wanted anything to do with the guy.

"Hi, I'm Tim!"

" 'allo! I'm John! Me mates call me Tollers!"

"What do you like to do for fun, John? I'm a DJ myself!"

"Well Tim, I spend my days creatin' a made-up language for imaginary creatures from bloomin' fairyland! Would you like to hear me order a McFlurry in Sindarin?"

"Er..."

There's no way anyone on this entire forum would have hung out with this guy unless he was a Big Noise before you had encountered him at all.

Creating an entire mythology and an accompanying language is not something the majority of productive people do. I'm not knocking the guy. I read The Hobbit and LOTR *decades* before he became as famous as he is now, and in those days a taste for Tolkien was a thing you hid from other people. I loved the books. All I'm saying is that you are not Tolkien. And neither am I. Demanding that people begin by 'worldbuilding' is telling them to win the Mr. Universe competition when their only exposure to exercise has been 10 jumping jacks and a round of disc golf on Saturdays.

What these Grimas are constantly advising is impossible. In addition to his unique, 30 year set of ongoing obsessions, Tolkien was a student of languages. He could construct language because he was University educated in a way that is simply beyond the reach of 99% of the world as things stand today. That is why your invented names are so awful. Tolkien did not "make 'em up" — Tolkien had an elaborate toolkit that you cannot reproduce or reassemble in 2026. He was creating euphonious words in the same way Lamborghini was creating beautiful cars--from the frame upwards.

People apparently enjoy multi-volume tales of elaborate imitation of all this, and there is nothing wrong with that. But do you want to write? Or merely imitate? Mostly at a mediocre level?

What people call 'worldbuilding' is really just atmosphere. Without 30 years of elaborately developed mythology and University-trained philology, you and I cannot "build a world". But what we *can* do is write a story so good that a genuinely alien or mystical atmosphere emerges. Not because we drew up maps and included a glossary with definitions of the bowling-pins-in-the-washing-machine sounds we strung together to invent words in Gunghovian, but because of the power of the story.

For the best example of what I mean we must shift genres. Look at Frank Herbert's *Dune*. You must imagine it is 1973, and you just dropped your main squeeze off at the roller rink in your Barracuda. Now you're relaxing in your crash pad with a little Captain Beyond on your stereo (Mesmerization eclipse! Yeah! groovy!)

You have never heard of Frank Herbert. There's no movie. No fans. There's no "IPs", no "franchises", none of the imagination-killing machinery to rise up and choke the life out of everything. Nobody you know cares in the slightest about this book, and your dad thinks your 'sci fi junk' is a stupid waste of time he is ashamed to see his son spend his bread on. You snap on the lava lamp, lean back, and open the cover...

What's this? Kwisatz Haderach? What the--? Benny...Bennay? Bene Guess-uh-rit, is it? Jezzurit? What *is* this? I don't know, but...*wow*. The gom jabbar...ok, that's obviously some kinda poison...testing if you are human, wowzers, this is *out of sight!!* At 4 a.m. you put it down and snatch an hour of sleep before it's time to go to work...

That stuff worked because *the story was damn good*! No maps, no glossaries, no tired old inns and taverns and magical whattzits. Just a rock solid *story*. *That* is how you 'worldbuild' — it is not an end unto itself. It is a byproduct of imagination and skill and the determination to knock people's socks off with a story you have to tell.

Time to make worldbuilding as obsolete as spats and square dances. Let imagination and genuine experimentation take its place.

From the classics to the current, from the immensely popular to stories that only a few people have seen, what are your recommendations for readers, old and new alike? We'd ask that you please post your recommendations in the following format:

\\\*\\\*Story Title:\\\*\\\*

What is the name of the story?

\\\*\\\*Setting / Pokémon Universe Location:\\\*\\\*

Where does the story take place? (Examples: Kanto, Johto, Orre, Paldea, an original region, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon world, anime universe, game universe, etc.)

\\\*\\\*Main Character(s):\\\*\\\*

Who is the protagonist? Is it a canon character, an original character, a self-insert, or even a Pokémon?

\\\*\\\*Story Type / Genre:\\\*\\\*

What kind of story is it? (Adventure, romance, journey fic, darker/serious, slice of life, mystery, action, AU, villain-centric, etc.)

\\\*\\\*Short Summary (No major spoilers, please!):\\\*\\\*

What is the story about?

\\\*\\\*Why You Recommend It:\\\*\\\*

What makes it stand out? Great world building, character development, emotional moments, creative battles, unique premise, etc.?

\\\*\\\*Link:\\\*\\\*

Please share where it can be read!

We also encourage you to make a recommendation even if it's already been recommended. While this particular post will be weekly, stories recommended with be placed into a Mega Thread and sorted by category, allowing other readers the opportunity to easily search for stories by genre or character.

Good afternoon, I just want to make sure I am doing this correctly. Ages ago I bought Tales of Arise and it gave me the game for both the One and the Series X/S. If I purchase the DLC, does it work for both versions, or are there two separate versions of the DLC I need to get?