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  • Our "Weird and Wonderful" one-shot contest is now underway! Pokémon are strange and magical creatures, and for our writing contest this year, we want to see you higlight some of their oddest abilities and features! From stories about luxray thieves using X-ray vision to scope out targets to those about trainers bewitching opponents with their stantlers' mystic antlers, any sort of fic featuring a pokémon's unusual lore is welcome! Entries are due at 11:59 PM July 13th UTC.

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  1. Dragonfree

    Non-Pokémon Hung Up [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly one-shot]

    Thanks for reviewing, all of you!
  2. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Nothing Fickle About Loyalty

    Looking forward to Applin eventually noticing the lack of that twinkle in his eye :copyka2: Oh, Kieran. This hurts knowing where it's going. Oh noooo :sadwott: Of course he puts it like that. Man. Man, that's kind of symbolic of where Kieran's relationship with his Pokémon is headed, huh...
  3. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Gathering Moss [Magical but Mundane 2024 Contest One-Shot, Pikachu Flight 1st Place]

    I didn't manage to finish before end of one-shot week, but I did read this, so it seems only right to still leave a review! I think you did a really good job on this one. Terra is very well characterized; their unwavering devotion to doing their duty and serving permeates everything and is...
  4. Dragonfree

    Blitz 2024: Hype and Rec Thread

    My Weekly fic rec goes to @kintsugi's kunāne, which is a slow-building, super evocative story about grief and moving on. It's quite heavy, and mind the content warnings, but if you like a good tragedy with a heavy dose of issues, it's a very stirring one. The narrator's depression and...
  5. Dragonfree

    Pokémon kunāne (oneshot)

    So this is a story I have wanted to read for a long time, having gathered the general themes were pretty me-core, but never got around to. I hope it's not weird that I'm coming to it now five years later; it was just something that came to mind now as I was thinking of one-shots I wanted to...
  6. Dragonfree

    Blitz 2024: Self-Promo and Review Exchange Thread

    May as well do a promo post, especially since I have a few one-shots for anyone who is interested this week! In general, I appreciate all feedback, but specific preferences per-story are noted below. I'm generally especially interested in thoughts on the characters in a story, whether their...
  7. Dragonfree

    Non-Pokémon Hung Up [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly one-shot]
    Threadmarks: Hung Up

    My accidental obsession for the past few months has been the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Sergio Leone's famous spaghetti Western about three men on the hunt for buried gold during the American Civil War, which is great and fun and I highly recommend it (you can find the whole...
  8. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 13 Very cathartic to see her write this after all this. Also just really good - that you had only moderately superhuman patience and what you concealed from me under duress hit really well, sort of getting at exactly the protestations the reader will have internally raised to Luke's...
  9. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 12 Oof, Luke. But I suppose that is the real proof it wasn't his fault. :copyka2: I guess it did end up being the worst thing Luke ever wrote, huh. Eughhhhhh AARON :screm: :screm: :screm: Screaming with you, Wendy (Love to scream with her instead of at her) Oh boyyyyy. The benefit...
  10. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 11 Really good and cathartic seeing these kids continue to ultimately be pretty good about communicating in their letters even when they have a lot of confused internal screaming going on before they write them. Though... I can't help but notice she mentions she's going to see Nadine...
  11. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 10 Luke, learning to accept a compliment! That's progress! ❤️ Aww. He's also good about this, bless him, which is perhaps one of Wendy's best signs that it's Aaron who was the problem here. Luke's trying so hard to be fair to him, and to Wendy, while still protecting his own wellbeing...
  12. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 9 Both a Pokémon battle that he can't stop, and him wishing he could just stop doing this, I expect. Of course Wendy is speaking with Aaron's voice :copyka2: Too bad he's going solo and can't do the thing with having her use Hypnosis and then someone else recalls her afterwards before...
  13. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 8 Enjoyed the egg-counting sequence - unconventional trainer activity featuring some fun use of a Pokémon. Gravity just having a nebulous hold on the Clefairy line is delightful. Fun detail! Aw. Continuing to bring these cute interactions. Without any full days of rest, huh :copyka2...
  14. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 7 :copyka2: Sure did do a number on him, huh! I enjoy the authentic dream quality of this cold open - none of the ways that he's supposed to be able to stop the battle work and he just has to keep going. Enjoy the logistics of medication - having to keep necessary Pokémon medicine on...
  15. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 6 Enjoy her overthinking this so much, when actually her letter was about the best thing she could have sent him. Haha, nice. Love the gym battle, Wendy sensing an opportunity for Gabriella to pull a win and encouraging her to go for it. It's lovely, adds to her characterization as a...
  16. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter 5 Enjoy how he thinks of the camera first and then himself. Enjoy this interaction as well - Luke wanting a natural photo, Wendy not picking up what he means, Luke figuring it'd probably make a good photo anyway. Amazing. Legitimately cute. Really want her to use some soap but I...
  17. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Chapter four: Honestly surprised Luke found it in him to write even that much on Aaron! Kind of nice to know he doesn't want to stop Wendy contacting him or anything, though he's obviously very eager to change the subject from that almost immediately. Definitely not the correct assumption for...
  18. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Continuing with chapter three, because I'm sick and have just enough brain to do this and less for other things I should be doing... Fun implications here - Aaron clearly did just walk in there thinking any old Fire-type and any old bird (the Hoothoot doesn't even have a name yet, so he has...
  19. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Just Hold Still

    Back for chapter two! Oh boy, a couple years into their journey together - guessing this is going to be close to the falling-out... Ah, guessing it's Nadine L'Enfant, and Wendy's cooking something she learned from her/her family. Adds more pain to all this. Some more delightful Pokémon...
  20. Dragonfree

    Blitz 2024: Rules and Information Thread

    Resetting it is fine, yes? The goal is getting into your account, not knowing what your password was set to? The problem could also be that you're entering the wrong username, though. The companion site doesn't allow spaces in usernames, so your account is BlackjackGabbiani, not Blackjack Gabbiani.
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