Describe someone else’s fic badly.

[The Walrein]

Here's a few (may contain mild spoilers for various things):

Three teenagers go on a kidnapping spree across Alola in hopes of earning some quick cash.

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Broken Things by Persephone

Why raising Pokemon is generally a terrible idea

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The Alola Pokedex by Persephone

Voice-acting session goes way off the rails

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Communication by Sike Saner

Is It Wrong To Try To Make Babies Fight In A Dungeon?

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People And Humans by Keleri

Nathaniel and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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Salvage by Negrek

Hardcore anti-natalist activist is persecuted for his beliefs

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Places We Call Home by Windskull

Art commissioning somehow ends up even worse than getting paid by exposure

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Black Paint by NebulaDreams

The zany adventures of Team Rocket's Pokemon in their later years

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The Origin of Storms by Sike Saner

An epic literary masterpiece reflecting on mortality, betrayal, and the danger of hubris

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PokE mon: the quest of aLL the legendaries by SparklingEspeon

 

[Pen]

@OldschoolJohto Edgy boi and his collapsible expresso maker are out to light fires and change the world. Area girl just wants to find her brother and a purpose in life.

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Continental Divides

 

[Shadow of Antioch]

@Namohysip A Charmander dreams of becoming a berry farmer. (PMD: Hands of Creation).

 

[WildBoots]

Reading Role Call!

Envy of Eden by @kintsugi - Pokemon love getting hurt for the glory of their humans, and everything is fine. The writer seems to have messed up and written it backwards though? I guess when the entire thing is out, you can read it in the right order.

Salvage by @Negrek - Local child destroys public property, nearly kills a guy, and complains about not getting Transformozord sneakers.

Dragon’s Dance by @Pen - Area boy has big pants to fill, but might as well try because you can never go home again.

Drowning by @Starlight Aurate - Local girl slowly realizes she needs a career change.

The Long Road by Wolflyn/Panoramic_Vacuum - Steven loves caves, but they don’t love him back.

 

[Persephone]

Handfuls of Dust by @kintsugi - A woman feeds her pet, inspiring a nearby man to talk to a plant.

Envy of Eden by @kintsugi - A cat marks a rock her owner brought into the home.

Salvage by @Negrek - An imitation enthusiast looks for their mother.

Decoherence by @Negrek - A man decides to cut some old friends out of his life.

Legendarian Chronicles by @Chibi Pika Jade and Stracion enjoy a deep, romantic relationship. Flight protocols are violated when a mouse breaches containment. Later multiple very important people compete for the loyalties of a trainer with no badges.

Black Paint by @NebulaDreams - An artist slowly realizes his current client is not going to pay him.

The Curious and the Shiny by @NebulaDreams - Two friends make a documentary about their high school.

Hunter, Haunter by @canisaries - A man attempts to throw off a stalker persecuting him for the tenets of his religion.

Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor - After the last child leaves her home for college, a woman begins an experimental antidepressant treatment.

Broken Things - A girl takes her pet dog on a hike.

 

[SparklingEspeon]

Hands of Creation by @Namohysip - Anime but everyone lies

Salvage, by @Negrek - A child is a ruthless assassin, but throws a tantrum about reading the newspaper.

A Home Far Away, by @MadderJacker - Generic Riolu PMD story, but that's how mafia works.

PMD: Rebirth, by @Shadow of Antioch - A noodle, a charmeleon with paws, and a tsundere grovyle go dumpster diving.

Places We Call Home, by @windskull - DELICIOUS EGG

 

[Caliburn]

Do Psychic-Type Pokemon Dream of Electric Sheep? by @SparklingEspeon - Yes they do, counting Mareep is a great way to fall asleep faster.

Cosmic Reversion by @love - Turns out that saving the world isn't as easy the second time around :/

Go! Go! Pokecure Warriors! by @Bluwiikoon - Proof that we need more transgender magical girls in the world.

Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor - The unexpected psychological side-effects of genetically engineering catgirls.

Tales of Arrival by @Umbramatic - Grumpy angel dad becomes smol bat.

The Last Con by @Pen - Crime cat really doesn't wanna see the afterlife.

 

[Shiny Phantump]

Places We Call Home by @windskull:

One of those food blogs where you have to read 6 chapters of someone’s life story just to get to the recipe.

 

[WildBoots]

Find a Way Home by @Equitia - Local teen escapes into a cave to get away from other humans. Instead finds, oh no, a friend!

Those Who Will Inherit the Earth by @love - Local plant enthusiast runs for Ruler of the Free World. Actually, it's not an election: she's telling you.

Starfall by @Pen - In which collecting stars really does give you a level up and/or an extra life.

risk you - IDK it kinda reminds me of this one fic by @kintsugi in which someone bangs their head on a wall (almost literally--there's a tower!) until they learn a Life Lesson. Or another fic by kintsugi in which someone learns that instead of trying to save someone else they can instead save themself. Or another fic by kintsugi in which ...

 

[IFBench]

Making the World Go 'Round by VeniaSilente on AO3 - Foongus is all-knowing.

Irau's Journal by Polaricey123 on FFN - Chikorita gets a journal, becomes obsessed with writing in it.

Quenched Torch by Sudmensch on FFN and AO3 - Oshawott experiences racism.

Shattered by AG_Systems on AO3 - Pikachu lays in bed for a long time.

Warped Skies by Team Ion on FFN and AO3 - Meowth knows how to fix everything, makes things worse.

 

[RisingDawn]

Pokemon: Legendary Adventures (The Journey Begins) By @Flyg0n - Tsundere who wants to catch a legendary but lands a Zubat

 

[IFBench]

Dragon's Dance by @Pen - Why Kanto sucks.

PSMD Rewritten by ChingKittyCat on AO3 - Possession is an excellent scapegoat.

Envy of Eden by @kintsugi - Why trainers suck.

 

[spinaltapdancer3]

Not me. By Technomite on AO3 - Riolu learns to walk.

 

[Flyg0n]

Do Psychic Pokemon Dream of Magic Sheep by @SparklingEspeon (Great PMD story btw, everyone should read!)

Two kids find a smart phone they don't know how to use and skip school to play in the woods. Perfectly ordinary woods. Nothing bad happens.

 

[The Walrein]

Here's some more (once again, possible mild spoilers):

Rich segregationist crushes dreams of poor quarter-native girl

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The Envy Of Eden, by kintsugi

Thank you Swellow! But our Protector is in another island.

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Fledglings, by Spiteful Murkrow

I'd tell you about this fic, but the first and second rules forbid me from doing so

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Fighting Nature, by cynsh

Squabble between cat and dog gets really, really, REALLY out of hand

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Hands Of Creation, by Namohysip

Gang of savage predators exile elder due to his minority social beliefs

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Sutoraiku High, by Dragonfree

 

[HelloYellow17]

A Not-Bug Dragon evolves into a bigger Not-Bug Dragon, and believes she’s been ripped off.

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Home is Where the Hoenn Is by @Flyg0n

A seal teleports in from another world. He befriends a brave lizard and a smol happy dino plant. He has lots of anxieties about this.

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Eternal Shadows by @IFBench

Soft-spoken boy decides he’s going to fix the world. Many people have problems with this.

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envy of eden by @kintsugi

Conservationists decide to save nature by blowing it up. Meanwhile, the local Rich Boy goes treasure hunting and Only Good Things Happen.

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Continental Divides by @OldschoolJohto

Local teen takes up a new hobby that definitely isn’t related to several missing person’s cases.

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Hunter, Haunted by @canisaries

Young man sets his flying grass dinosaur free and continues on only to Have a Bad Time.

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The Suicune’s Choice by @Pen

 

[Bluwiikoon]

Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor - Good kitty gets pats and has a really nice time bullying nurses Nothing can go wrong!

The Legendarian Chronicles by @Chibi Pika - Lugia hires a new caretaker because he craves snacks but he keeps dropping all the money because his handwings are too big. He also can't fit inside a store, but the money thing is a bigger problem. If fate says he can't have snacks, he will defy fate!!

The Quest for the Legends by @Dragonfree - Small town boy goes to see a legendary that is currently renowned for killing one (1) person each year, and is very surprised when he gets killed! He dies but he's ok. Also the legendary has parent issues, but his parent is too busy grieving their best friend because they miss kitty friendship snuggles. There's a mysterious anime man with white hair but he's probably unrelated to the plot. They all have a great time! 😄

I, Isobel by @NebulaDreams - Very tall woman struggles to pay her rent and routinely deals with discrimination. Her inner demon is a regular user of Maybelline products. She also adopts a fox! May or may not have a crush on a woman she pummelled in a boxing match (but it's ok because they were both just doing it for the cash money).

Iktsuarpok by @NebulaDreams - A clinically depressed man sails to an island and befriends a rock. The rock is a very good listener!

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

For the Good of the Team by Indigo--Local catboy turns apocalypse cult into respectable business

 

[Spiteful Murkrow]

Throwing in one of these myself. Thar be serious spoilers for some of these, so click at your own discretion.

A furry, a kid with mommy issues, and 500 Unown fight aliens

Spoiler: Answer

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin

A washed-up pop star, an amputee, and a butler fight aliens with a missile

Spoiler: Answer

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Path of Valor by @Ambyssin

A bucolic village with a dark secret gets upended by a wanderer making an omelette

Spoiler: Answer

Places We Call Home by @windskull

Two royals and a drunk attempt to ditch a historical reenactment and repeatedly get cockblocked by the universe

Spoiler: Answer

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rebirth by @Shadow of Antioch

Amateur botanist befriends a bunny rabbit and gets into a series of property disputes

Spoiler: Answer

Those Who Will Inherit the Earth by @love

Two kids get sucked into a war with a voice that lives in everybody's head

Spoiler: Answer

Do Psychic Cats Dream of Electric Sheep by @SparklingEspeon

 

[Negrek]

Thought I'd throw a couple entries in this old thread for my enjoyment. Thinking about a couple fics I've been reading lately...

Two twenty-somethings seek new careers when their employers start warring over market share.

Drowning by @Starlight Aurate

Unexpected windfall dramatically expands the number of people local bird can annoy.

What the Gods Gave Me by @tomatorade

Postdoc stuns advisor by actually showing up to lab meeting (15,000 years) early.

Timeslip by @Nekodatta