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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    Thanks for the review! Thanks especially for checking out both prologues and the first chapter. It is canon to this, though it ended when his journey did, around six years ago. I'm very glad to hear this! I hope you like what's to come - it does go a bit lighter for a couple of chapters after...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted
    Threadmarks: Chapter Ten - Can't Remember

    only two months for a new chapter this time! nature is healing. anyway - welcome to act 3, the final one. thank you everyone who's read this far, special thanks to all reviewers, and i hope you enjoy reading until the end. (and the bonus chapter, too! and the sequel but it's way too early to...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    I don't think I can really say or even call attention to it without spoiling things... but it's there. It may be clearer in retrospect. Totally! From the beginning, I designed Samson to be as much of an opposite of Red as possible - cheerful, sociable, altruistic, great relationship with...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    Loving the analysis! I'd say it's accurate save for the part of Red not being excited for killing itself - the power is a big part of it, but so is the gore. I'm very glad that Red's mental distress is coming across well - he talks shit and all, but he's actually miserable and afraid. While he...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    AMERICAN PSYCHO MENTIONED :quag:HELL YEA I'm so happy to hear this!!! I'm excited for the original version, but I've also been nervous, and words like this give me more confidence. This is pretty much true, and it is something that I feel a bit conflicted about. On one hand, I love what I've...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    I'm a bit worried that this would make people erroneously assume that HE is Kohath, though, when Kohath was just one of HIS servants and a form HE likes to take when talking to Red. Well, at least it isn't the end of chapter 10. You'll find out why in due time. Some years ago. Feel too much...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted
    Threadmarks: Chapter Nine - The Mareep

    it took four months to revise a chapter again. wahoooooo. well, let's get to the point. this is the last chapter of act 2! and boy do things happen. read on to find out what. rated mature for extreme psychological distress, fear of death, body horror, blood and generally disturbing imagery...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    Heyyy! Thanks for the review! What a nice surprise. This is an interesting interpretation, but if I understood right, it's not really what I was going for? It's not really insecurity as it is frustration over the human form being as "weak" as it is, when he feels like he deserves something more...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    Oh! In that case, you might actually enjoy Seiren, a story that comes before Hunter, Haunted. It's practically goreless (hence its lower rating), much lighter in tone and Red's phobia of technology (due to PCs being basically death machines on his original journey) is a major plot element. Helix...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    The opening line is something that has been kind of a thorn in my side for a longer time. The thing is that it is supposed to be "breath", the noun, since it's meant to be observation/narration rather than an instruction he'd be telling himself, which using "breathe" makes it seem like - but a...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    It was basically different paths the conversation and Red's freaking out about the spider would have taken. So both in a way, I suppose. Well, I would argue that she was trying to de-escalate the situation once Red apologized and seemed to come more to his senses, which made the situation seem...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    I'm really glad to hear that went well! I spent so long going back and forth with that. Probably about half the outtakes I had for this chapter were the spider parts done slightly differently. This is true and it annoys me, but it is indeed because of plot reasons. I also think of Jordan as...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted
    Threadmarks: Chapter Eight - Illness

    EDIT: I've been thinking about some things and I've decided I want to put up a disclaimer regarding the psychiatrist scene and about Red's "diagnosis" in general. Catch it under the spoiler. --- IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS AHAHA how did that happen? well, i guess summer job and a really difficult...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    Cannibalism is mentioned in the content warnings, I think you happened to miss it: "disturbing/disgusting concepts and imagery such as intense body horror, cultism, torture and cannibalism, as well as depictions of vomiting" That is the origin of it, actually. This is based on Twitch Plays...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted
    Threadmarks: Chapter Seven - The Houndoom

    wow, this took pretty accurately one month. if i keep this up i might even have some kind of a schedule. anyway! it's time for the chapter i've been memeing so much about, chapter 7. i wonder what gives it its reputation? you'll have to read to find out. rated mature for gore, body horror...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    I was thinking of the latter and wasn't sure what noun to use. Exactly why in a parallel universe he'd be crazy into theater. I wasn't actually thinking of moves at all, but rather some real life birds' tendency for mimicry strengthened by this universe's mon being quick to learn human...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    big review!! i am quagging!! it's also a fantastic excuse to describe one's own take on a mon's appearance. red does know a bunch of pokemon due to watching nature documentaries, but he's no expert on ghosts so a rare, mainly unovan species would not be something he'd know. yep, that was the...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    Oh, yeah, this is definitely one of the many ball-and-chains this fic has on its leg. The version of the Pokémon universe used here is better described in the fic that comes before this chronologically, Seiren, but I've really tried to avoid having that be required reading since its story is...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted

    Therapist, certainly, but Dr Marsh is a psychiatrist who's more interested in diagnoses than consoling patients. Granted, her behavior is still somewhat unprofessional, but I'd like to think Dr Marsh isn't like that with everyone and knows more than she lets on in this case. Furthermore, she was...
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    Pokémon Hunter, Haunted
    Threadmarks: Chapter Six - Rebirth

    two months this time, huh. well, i shift part of the blame on the oneshot contest. and most of it on my mental health that seems to have had the stability of a house of cards lately. anyway! first chapter of act 2. we have reached the fun zone. and another milestone: in this chapter we meet...
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