Story Ideas Lounge

[Otter Mii-kun]

I have been on a kick recently with the Pokemon movies, or at least the first four (still haven't seen Pokemon Heroes, but am looking for it, or any of the advanced generation movies), and this idea came to me after watching Spell of the Unown. What would a journey fic look like with Molly Hale as the protagonist? I was thinking that it would be fun to see her travel through the Johto region (the anime's version of it) with an older Max, who would play kind of a Brock-esque mentorship role, and maybe another companion (Falkner, Bugsy, or another Gym Leader to go really old school on the traditional trio maybe?) and confront some of the deep-seated issues that were hinted at in the movie as well as maybe some sort of larger behind the scenes plot involving the Unown, and/or dreams becoming reality. The details aren't all there yet, although I have a hankering for a crazy trippy dream sequence in the Ruins of Alph that I think would be really fun to write.

I don't normally hang out in this section of PXR, but I'm here because Suicune's Fire mention-tagged me in this thread (which left me a notification to answer)...

I really love your story idea of Molly Hale traveling as a trainer! I also love that you plan on including Max in your story idea (although I know it probably won't involve SmartKidShipping). I'm perfectly fine with a Gym Leader as another of her traveling companions, but, if you can find someone else to tag along instead as Suicune suggested, that'd be even better. The 'deep seated issues' that you mentioned would also be a great fit.

(It's late at night, and I can't think of anything else to suggest other than to say "Go For It!" I know I shouldn't get 'greedy' and expect a single chapter let alone a completed story anytime soon, though. Take your time! ;) )

[Kentucky Fried Torchic]

Pff, we can go another 20 months, easy! XD

OH MY GOSH. Speak no more. I think I need to call on @Otter Mii-kun. LOOK AT PHANTASM'S STORY IDEA! That does sound really cool, Phant! I reckon it'd make for a pretty cool story, though I wouldn't default to the "mentor + gym leader" formula simply because it's what we're used to. Switch it up a little! :D If you want. Lol. I think that there's a lot that could be done with an underlying "deep-seated issues" storyline relating to perhaps her father and the unown. Interesting!

I don't normally hang out in this section of PXR, but I'm here because Suicune's Fire mention-tagged me in this thread (which left me a notification to answer)...

I really love your story idea of Molly Hale traveling as a trainer! I also love that you plan on including Max in your story idea (although I know it probably won't involve SmartKidShipping). I'm perfectly fine with a Gym Leader as another of her traveling companions, but, if you can find someone else to tag along instead as Suicune suggested, that'd be even better. The 'deep seated issues' that you mentioned would also be a great fit.

(It's late at night, and I can't think of anything else to suggest other than to say "Go For It!" I know I shouldn't get 'greedy' and expect a single chapter let alone a completed story anytime soon, though. Take your time! ;) )

I had to google what Smart Kid Shipping was and only found one picture on Deviant Art, but it was really cute. But alas, I don't think that this story would contain much of that, just because I think I want there to be a greater focus on how Molly creates and handles all of her relationships; familial, friendly, with her Pokemon, and even with herself. That's part of why I think there need to be travel companions for her to give her some sort of positivity to work with and to bounce dialogue off of. This decision not to make it a Smart Kid Shipping fic (adorable as the concept is!) also makes me want to include a third traveling companion to flesh out the team and balance the focus. Does anyone have any ideas? My first thought was Casey, but if this takes place about five or six years after the Johto saga (making Molly 10 and Max 12 if my cartoon math is in order), then Casey would be significantly older in a way that I think would damage the believability of the story. Come to think of it, a gym leader probably wouldn't work too well then either, unless they were around the age of Tate or Liza, which doesn't fit any of the Johto gym leaders...unless maybe Koga's daughter Janine is the third member of the trio? Anyways, that's just my ramblings on that particular subject.

@Lunar Latias

I watched Pokemon Heroes this morning, and wow what a beautifully animated and scored film. I can't say that I was the biggest fan of the plot as it kind of relegated Brock and Misty to pretty unimpressive side roles in order to focus more on Bianca and the Lati siblings, plus there were not as many good Pokemon battles like there were in the previous four films, which is a key criteria for my love. The notable exception was how Annie and Oakley used their Pokemon: just attacking people with them without a second thought. It was neat to see Ash, and later an old man, get blasted by an Espeon on purpose and a girl get strung up by an Ariados for a brazen daylight kidnapping. I honestly thought that Annie and Oakley were the best part of the movie's plot elements, and that got me thinking that there might be a way to tie more elements of the anime into this story bouncing around in my head. After all, Oakley was pretty darn power-hungry when given control of Alto Mare's DMA. What would happen if the reality warping powers of the Unown were in the hands of someone like that instead of a precocious young child?