Recent content by zion of arcadia

Sett is a good word. Anyway, I’ve had my eye on this story for a while. Honedge is a pokémon I want to write about, and I’m very interested to see how the pokémon is interpreted by someone else. There’s a long tradition in fantasy regarding swords, with Arthurian legend being the most obvious...

The rabbit poked cautiously through the thick, illuminated prairie grass. He was much smaller than a pokémon like bunnelby, fur bluish-black in color and nose quivering as he scented the air. He had been driven from his burrow near the river by a great cacophony of hooves and bright-heat light...

Hello, Hello! Took a bit longer to get this review out than I expected, and yet, here we are! Sorry about that, better late than never I suppose. Anyway. I read 11-16, but I'll probably focus mostly on 11-15. We'll see how it all shakes out. I might have been more caught off guard if I'd read...

Interesting, you're the second person who thought this was a oneshot. I suppose I do mostly write oneshots these days. But no, it's a long-form story, I would have structured a oneshot very differently. I'm honestly clueless about threadmarks lol, I'll try to figure those out if it makes things...

Ello, Fobbie. Here for Catnip. This made for an interesting read. It's another examination of the trainerverse through the lens of pokemon, granted a far lighter variant compared to what I read from you last. But there's still that lingering sense of alienation--once again, we never see an...

Pick clean the bones of Pokémon caught in the sea or stream. Thank them for the meals they provide, and pick their bones clean. When the bones are as clean as can be, set them free in the water from which they came. The Pokémon will return, fully fleshed, and it begins anew. The...

Hello, hello! Here for Catnip. :) So admittedly I bounced off gen 9 hard, which means a lot of context probably flew clear over my head. But the opening does a good job grounding us in the particulars of this story and the most important elements of it: these two AIs and their relationship with...

And I'm back! Here to chat about chapters 5-10. And hoo boy, is there a lot to talk about! All the best cowboys really do have daddy issues, eh? Heh. So I'll start by saying I I really enjoy how there's not really a central plot tying the narrative together. Obviously, the mystery of Solder's...

I've read chapters 1-10. I'll be honest, I haven't been feeling the best recently, so this was my 'feel-good' read. I appreciate it a lot for that, but it also means I probably won't have the most insightful stuff to say. (I might have reviewed the first chapter before but I don't remember...

What's up, Tomato! Gonna talk about chapters 2-4, because I want to. :) When I first realized there was going to be a typism angle, I wasn't sure how to feel about it, because it felt so absurd. But that's part of what makes it work: bigotry isn't rational, and this is a story about irrational...

What the fish-sticks is going on, lol. I worked with someone who, instead of swearing, always said ‘shut the front door’ and those types of euphemisms always amuse me. Anyway, hello! The first chapter made for a light, breezy read, and I had a lot of fun! The prose is conversational and...

Hello, hello @Fennel ! Thanks for sharing such an atmospheric oneshot, I quite enjoyed it. It's interesting, because I just re-watched In the Mood for Love, and a lot about that movie reminded me of this story. I'll be vague since I don't know if you've seen it (although I'm not sure it's really...

Here for catnip! And wow, what an enjoyable read, maybe my favorite story of yours I've read? I'm not sure, would need to think about it. But it's up there! This feels perfectly paced and ends on a perfect note, an uncomfortable anticlimax. I had a lot of fun with it, even if the characters...

Some of my favorite covers for children's books:

The Dinosaur Knights by Victor Milán The dubious honor of the coolest cover for the worst book I've ever read. Seriously, don't read it. Anything you can imagine from the cover will be better than the book. A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos Fun, inventive YA fantasy. Would...