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  • Before: Feb 19, 2023
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  1. Dragonfree

    Pokémon redundancies [oneshot]

    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...
  2. Dragonfree

    Pokémon redundancies [oneshot]

    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...
  3. Dragonfree

    Blitz 2022: Self-Promo & Review Exchange Thread

    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...
  4. Dragonfree

    Pokémon tarnishing

    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...
  5. Dragonfree

    Pokémon Curse (one-shot)

    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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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:
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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