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Chapter 2 There's a lot of great visceral sensory detail in this chapter; I can practically feel the cold rain as Steven tries to distract Kyogre. Little things like trying to hold onto Skarmory's rain-slicked wings, etc. It all just sells the action scene, and the action itself is beautiful -...

I wasn't really going to read this but I clicked it just to see what it was and then I did, whoops. I quite enjoyed the imitation of Negrek's style here, to start with; I think you've got some very Negrek-ish descriptions and turns of phrase in here, and there are some quite amusing Salvage...

Chapter 3 Enjoy Salem's relatable awkwardness - seeing the morphs and realizing they're all like her, wanting to wave but hesitating a bit too long. Dusk *grinning like a human who had grown up doing it*, with almost a note of jealousy to it. Salem's whole initial interaction with Dusk is...

I'm going to throw in a recommendation for @kyeugh's tarnishing, since it hasn't been done yet. Each chapter is a short but focused snapshot of the life of a canon character we all know, each giving a piece of the puzzle of who they eventually become and why. There's a lot to the story despite...

Chapter 1 This was a super intriguing opening! I've been wanting to read more of your work since the Friends and Partners contest results, but AQ in particular was of course a more in-depth introduction to your Steven, and you've talked about this particular fic being whumpy. So when it came up...

What a lovely, heartbreaking chapter. Silver's already very much becoming recognizable as the Silver we know, permanently on the defensive after all the cruel lessons she's learned from her life so far. Loved Professor Elm; he's so genuinely good, just wants to help this obviously troubled kid...

I'd been looking forward to reading this since you posted it, and I'm glad to have gotten the chance for Blitz! Covering chapter one for now, but definitely hoping to return to it. I thought you did a great job characterizing Andre; there's a lot going on in his head, with interesting bits and...

Ahhh, there’s the piece I was missing. I took the feeling she couldn’t describe, that she felt back then even though it didn’t make any sense and then feels again now, to be fear, the sense that he might actually hurt her if she abandoned him, triggered by the strange tone in his voice that she...

This was good read - very creepy, good twists, lovely minimalist writing immaculately structured. I liked the dungeon here and the unsettling vibe you went for in portraying the game's mechanics - the stairs that aren't stairs when you look back, the sense in the monster house that if you just...

For good measure, my current works that are eligible in week 3 are: Go - What if Pokémon Go was secretly created to prepare Earth for an interdimensional accident where Pokémon become real? Sutoraiku Legends - The sequel to the highly acclaimed Scyther dating sim, Sutoraiku High. (Playing the...

Glad this got posted! I've been wanting to read this since you were talking about writing a fic for the contest. The first chapter was a great, harrowing read. There's lots of good background worldbuilding in the TV battle, and oh, the irony of Gemma idolizing Red, the trainer who unknown to...

Thanks a lot for the reviews, all! Going to respond to some things where there were open questions or I had some rambling to do about it, but everything else is also much appreciated and taken on board <3 I'm glad this worked well for you! I wanted it to be very clear how much Kari genuinely...

This one's a short one, but a fascinating POV that you do a lot with in a short space. Matthias distances himself in a very methodical, deliberate, conscious way, one that he's clearly become very practiced at employing, and it's chilling in a pretty unique way. Occupant, occupant. We don't...

Another contest one-shot from you! You really leaned into the villain part of the theme here, with Alistair and Voleur having committed and shrugged off several murders, and I enjoyed their characterizations and the portrayal of their relationship here a lot. Voleur is absolutely despicable...

Author's note: This story was originally written for the Worlds Collide contest on the Serebii.net forums back in 2016, then posted with some very light edits on here in 2020. I was never super happy with it originally, but I've now finally gotten around to the further edits I always wanted to...

A fascinating story, as I would expect from you! Very much continuing to chew on the themes of the envy of eden, with Hayate performing a peaceful protest against the unequal treatment of Pokémon in modern Sinnoh and then turning it into a less peaceful one. I quite liked the buildup here; I...

Another contest entry, featuring Team Plasma's odd decision-making bureaucracy. I enjoyed this a lot; it's funny throughout, lampooning Team Plasma as portrayed in the games from basically every angle and providing tongue-in-cheek explanations for some of their less explicable actions. Ghetsis...

This was a lovely little story! My familiarity with DPA is limited (I only read up on it a bit when judging your previous DPA contest entry *Solar System*), but it works well regardless. You do a really nice job with the characterization of Mitsumi as this child who looks immensely up to Cyrus...

Weekly Fic Rec (week 1): Spun So Sugar Sweet by aer Despite winning the Mischief and Malice contest, this story seems to have been overlooked a bit since, so I figured I'd give it a little extra shoutout. While sometimes a little opaque, this bite-sized little story does a very memorable job of...

Hey! Another contest fic, and I quite enjoyed the look at interim Team Plasma from the point of view of a Plasma member who really believed in it all. My favorite part here was Yza's pure rage at Hilbert's description of events - N was the one who betrayed them, by doing this weird contest of...