Review Exchange Thread!

[StolenMadWolf]

Right, since I'm hungry for feedback to make my fic the best it can be, here I go, plus some info on my own feedback.

Title: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Guardians of Balance
Summary:
The world is entering a new era. Travel between the continents is easier than ever, the towns are growing ever larger and Pokemon are more closely connected than ever before. The Teams have become more numerous as ever, and have become a symbol of the progress and resilience of the world. However, as a new wave of colonisation spreads to the rapidly rising islands of the seas, tensions rise, threatening to fragment everything apart.

As a new wave of natural disasters begin to spread around the world, a human wakes up to find himself transformed into a Pokemon. Thrown into an increasingly fractured and endangered world, the human known as Sam will find himself thrust into an adventure unlike anything he could ever imagine. An adventure where there is far more than meets the eye...

Currently Guardians of Balance is in it's first episode, and is primarily focused on the events around the Sea of Wonders itself. Deeper worldbuilding will come in future episodes.
Rating: M
Content warnings: There is strong language, strong violence/gore and other potential dark themes including abuse, substance abuse, self harm/suicide, and possible suggestive themes (although the last one will be avoided if possible). I will provide updates and warnings well in advance both here and in a seperate posts.
Word count/chapters on offer: There are currently twenty-two chapters in GoB, compiled into a single episode. That totals out over 80,000 words and that might well top out at 100,000 words by the time the Episode comes to an end (and that is not talking about future episodes). Individual chapters tend to vary in word count, with early chapters being only a couple of thousand words to around 3,500 words max. But starting from Chapter 14 onwards, the chapters have consistently been over 4,000, with the very latest topping out at 8,000.
What feedback I'm looking for: I'm looking at general feedback for the entire fic if possible. However, I can understand how that is a big ask given the size of some of the chapters alone. If you want to offer feedback for specific chunks, that is perfectly fine as well. I would perfer feedback on later chapters, but early chapter feedback is welcome too.
Link: https://forums.thousandroads.net/in...dungeon-guardians-of-balance.1092/#post-55893

Feedback information:
What feedback I can offer: I'm not used to giving out feedback, but I could offer general feedback regarding the fic. I do feel that I tend to be more of a worldbuilder, so I'll often provide comments on the worldbuilding of your fic, but I'll try and point out any details that I notice. I will do my best to be constructive, so even if I make a note of any issues, I'll point out stuff I liked as well.
Preferred types of fics: I tend to perfer PMD stories. As how light or dark they are, I do not really mind provided they are SFW. I particularly like serious stuff that has no shortage of light-hearted moments here and there.
Preferred method of contact: Thousand Roads and Discord are ideal, I'm present on the Thousand Roads discord.
Availability: That is highly dependent on my present circumstances, best to actually get in touch with me first to see how free I am.

 

[Theboxcatgamr]

Title: The great Krungler’s foods and services!

Summary: a regular human man has been living in the Pokémon world for three years and has spent them building reputation in treasure town and making his dream store, the people is he told them he was a rare Pokémon called a “Krungler” and has been avoiding dungeons ever since one of his early dungeon runs went poorly. With the actual human of prophecy finally in town his whole charade and livelihood is threatened. This is the story of his reluctant roll in the prophecy

Rating: T for Too much swearing and also teen

Content warnings: blood use, swearing, narcotic reference,

Word count: 3100 words. As of December 9th

What feedback I’m looking for: Im trying to figure out if the comedic moments are actually somewhat funny and if this is a good prologue, as well as some ideas as where I can take it next. I know some things but that’s 2 chapters ahead

Link: https://forums.thousandroads.net/index.php?threads/the-great-krungler’s-foods-and-services.1306/#post-62942


feedback information: as a speed reader I specialize in blasting through content quickly and efficiently (weather I want to or not), as I’m new I have difficulty picking up flaws in story’s however I enjoy thinking about the plot and story itself and usually can pitch a few ideas for future content (completely optional however. Never forget that in the end it’s your story.)

Preferred types of fics: although I enjoy story’s that involve the author themselves (I find those are usually quite passionate) I can and will read anything you throw in my general direction.

preferred method of contact: Thousand roads, discord, and especially the Thousand roads discord

Availability: immediately until further notice

 

[133TFR33k]

Fic information:
Title: Trading Card Game 2: Doduo Adventures (Complete)

Summary: The protagonist has dueled his way all over TCG Island becoming too famous for people to want to duel, so he creates a deck of nothing but basic cards as a handicap to get people to duel him again because playing the Pokemon TCG is the way he makes money for a living even though he also enjoys playing it. It's about his exploits on TCG Island and later on GR Island where he finds himself increasingly wrapped up in events beyond what he could have imagined.

Rating: T (Could perhaps be K instead, but rating T just in case.)

Content warnings: Reactions of gambling addicts to gambling. Mind-replacement without consent. Abduction.

Word count/chapters on offer: Approximately 55,000 words not counting the authors notes which help describe how to play the Pokemon Trading Card Game in its old original format and some basic things about the world of the gameboy color games that the story takes place in. The author's notes are probably about 2,000 words in total if I was guessing. I would be willing to trade up or down with someone else, but I don't want to review anything over 85,000 words.

What feedback I'm looking for: I'm looking for feedback on anything the reviewer wants to review or provide feedback on. If the entire review would be critical, I only ask that there be at least something positive in it as well. I prefer feedback that is lengthy because I enjoy reading reactions, fixing errors, potentially implementing ideas from the reviewer, and discussing the feedback and the fic in general. I don't have any expectations regarding how fast one provides reviews and feedback for my chapters. In general, the faster someone provides reviews for me, the faster I will do so for them without sacrificing quality or length of my reviews.

Link: https://forums.thousandroads.net/threads/trading-card-game-2-doduo-adventures-complete.1859/

Feedback information:
What feedback I can offer: I try to do everything I can think of with every review I do. That includes grammar, spelling, reactions, thoughts, feelings, and speculations. I am not experienced with conducting reviews, but I will give it my all to deliver the best most enjoyable/useful feedback I can.

Preferred types of fics: My fanfic is about the Pokemon Trading Card Game. No one writes fanfic for that. As such, I am in no position to negotiate on the types of fics I am willing to accept in terms of maturity and genre. My only requirement is that it be a Pokemon fanfic. I will list my preferences anyway though just to provide some further insight for you but again, these are not deal-breakers for me: I prefer reviews on fics that have little to no reviews already. Being appreciated is part of my motivation to post reviews and I crave feedback from the author on it too. I prefer genuine appreciation though, so if I'm doing something in my review that you don't like, please tell me and I'll try to avoid it for future reviews. If you as an author aren't getting anything out of my review, I'm not ok with that and would prefer to fix it if I can. I prefer fics that have either been completed already or that are getting close to it and expected to be completed soon. If I love reading your fanfiction, I don't want to be in cliffhanger limbo. (Note: I stopped playing the mainline games at HeartGold and have only played the 1st Mystery Dungeon game so I am not familiar with much of the modern Pokemon landscape, but that will not prevent me from accepting a review exchange for something more modern.)

Preferred method of contact: Thousand Roads (you can try to reach me on Discord too but I would rather it be on Thousand Roads)

Availability: Most days of the week except Saturdays. It can vary due to life but I'm very motivated. I am currently involved with exchanging chapter reviews with matt0044 and will prioritize his reviews over others since he is the first one I started doing that with, but I can dish out reviews at a faster pace than he is currently going, so its easy for me to provide timely, long, quality feedback.(At least to the best of what I can do.)

Bonus: If anyone is able to and willing to draw any high quality fan art, I would be willing to read and review a fic for that! I'd like at least a couple good bits of art to include in my fic. I have no idea what a fair trade for that would be though and am open to negotiate.