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  1. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Stable, Predictable, Safe [PMD Oneshot]

    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...
  2. Dragonfree

    Pokémon To Speak Again [Mischief and Malice Contest One-Shot]

    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...
  3. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Go (one-shot, v3)

    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...
  4. Dragonfree

    Pokémon the bonepicker [oneshot]

    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...
  5. Dragonfree

    Pokémon The Problem Of The Pidove (Mischief And Malice Contest One-Shot)

    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...
  6. Dragonfree

    Pokémon A Sense Of Self (DPA, Mischief And Malice entry)

    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...
  7. Dragonfree

    Blitz 2022: Hype & Fic Recs Thread

    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...
  8. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Rebirth (2022 one-shot contest entry)

    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...
  9. Dragonfree

    Pokémon New Moon

    Ooh, Cubone fic! I wasn't quite sure at the beginning what was going on here, but once it became clear, definitely a story that tugs on the heartstrings. I quite liked the somber atmosphere here, and I was touched by the themes it tackles. Taking a story about a child whose mother has been...
  10. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Journey

    Reviewing "What We Do for Our Children"! Another contest entry, and I don't believe I've read any of your work before, so this was fun to sink my teeth into. This definitely feels like a pretty different interpretation of Giovanni than most I've read - he's practically sentimental in his...
  11. Dragonfree

    Pokémon The Quest for the Legends

    Thanks for reviewing! I believe I responded to IFBench on Discord before, but answering a couple of questions here for anyone else who might be wondering:
  12. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Spun so Sugar Sweet (Mischief and Malice Oneshot)

    Well, this was deliciously unsettling (ba-dum tssh). I thought you did a great job with rich sensory imagery here; the prose feels almost sticky with all the sweets you describe lovingly (while making them sinister). The prose veered into confusing at times, but it was evocative and effective...
  13. Dragonfree

    Blitz 2022: Self-Promo & Review Exchange Thread

    Going to link my fics as well, for anyone who might be interested. 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 actions feel like they make sense from their...
  14. Dragonfree

    Review Blitz 2022 Kick-Off Thread

    Like in previous years, I'm available to do an arbitrary number of art prizes, since I draw something every day anyway. You can see samples of my work on my artblog; for prizes, I'd do a single character, human or Pokémon, colored with no background, probably in a style resembling this although...
  15. Dragonfree

    Vs Despot King, Orzo

    And it was over. Xavian safe, Orzo back in the bottle. They'd be able to go home. May stood, Spirit back at her side, and looked at Tyranitar where he stood sheepishly on the battlefield. He was glancing furtively her way in between looking away again, like he wasn't sure he was allowed to...
  16. Dragonfree

    Vs Despot King, Orzo

    Reinforcements were arriving. May blinked as people reunited with friends, partners, lovers, heart thumping, not sure what to expect. Whether to expect anyone. An ear-splitting roar sounded over the crowd, somehow bone-chillingly familiar before she had even identified it. Her head snapped...
  17. Dragonfree

    Vs Despot King, Orzo

    Spirit didn't exactly comment on growing suddenly huge, but May suspected she was enjoying it. The battle raged on, chaos and several gigantic Pokémon and fancy form changes she'd never seen before (Espeon and Umbreon with wings?). More legendaries came out and got made short work of. In the...
  18. Dragonfree

    Pokémon No Quarter

    Read this yesterday and quite enjoyed it! Loved the worldbuilding flavor and characterization from small details, the touches of humour, and in particular the different ways you show bigotry manifesting. Ada's whole noble savage thing, a sort of admiration for Sierra while also deciding clearly...
  19. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Salvage

  20. Dragonfree

    Pokémon A Perfect World (Mischief and Malice)

    Hey! I read this in the Google Doc back when the results were published, then gave it another skim now since it took a while before you posted it and then before I got to it. I think you did a lovely job on all the creative, unsettling apocalyptic imagery throughout - the mutant monsters, the...
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