CrazyVulpix55
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Is it considered cliché if the protagonist of my fanfic has a Kantonian Ninetales and a Shiny Glaceon?
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Ah, luckily the Glaceon is just sassy by nature and not because of her coloring, the Glaceon was hatched, it's the child of the protagonist's parents' Eeveelutions an Umbreon and a Jolteon, the parents' teams were technically chosen by my parents.Some people consider shiny pokémon to be a cliché, but I think that much like Mary Sue, its infamy outstrips its ubiquity. I really think it depends more on how they're written. When authors treat a different colour as being the same as a personality trait (Much like some authors insist in doing with hair colour), then I start to have a problem with it.
Some point out, not unreasonably, that a different colouration is rare in the games, so it shouldn't be commonplace in the story. And while that does have some merit, there are a couple of counterpoints to consider. First, rare isn't the same as non-existent: somebody's going to have captured a shiny pokémon, so why not the protagonist. Second, from the perspective of fanfiction you can argue that if anything it's more unlikely that pokémon of the same species are going to have exactly the same colouration.
I tend to agree with the latter point more. I like to see and to write a whole range of physiological differences in pokémon, beyond the "official" standard and shiny colouration. Hell, when the Alola games rolled round they were doing what many authors already were with regional variants
Thanks. Yeah. I agree. That's part of the reason I stopped watching the anime. Also, the charm of the main games has worn off for me. I played through Shield once, then tried to do a challenge only to get bored. I feel that may be why I was never invested in the anime rewrite/reimagining.Honestly, most of the franchise is pretty bloody formulaic at this point. Perhaps to the benefit of its sales, but to the detriment of its merit.
I don't even know why this is a thingsome that come to mind:
the main character is/has...
has a special connection with their pokemon
randomly has a mythical as a partner
starter was disobediant at first
easily catches a legendary
what do you mean?I don't even know why this is a thing
I read fanfics for some reason this is a very common thing in most Fanficswhat do you mean?
You could make the shinyness important to the plot. There's a fanfic where the main character rescued a shiny Growlithe from poachers.
I guess that works, but Krystal the shiny Glaceon was hatched when the Protagonist was nine years of age, but yes Krystal is important to the plot, in chapter 11 Leah sends Krystal to her parents to tell them that she's trapped in a villain's lab@CrazyVulpix55 @Beth Pavell You could make the shinyness important to the plot. There's a fanfic where the main character rescued a shiny Growlithe from poachers.
What @Nitro Indigo is reasonably suggesting is that if a character has a shiny there should be a narrative purpose to the fact that they are shiny. Example given: their shiny status made the pokémon a target for poachers. @Lightning Flame Blast made some similar suggestions. Otherwise, the impression given if that a pokémon is shiny only to indicate that they are special, in a way that is narratively unearned.
One of the most prevalent and significant weaknesses in fanfiction is the presentation of a character as important or special or good in a way that is unearned.
Well, you could choose a Pokemon which has a shiny variant that is barely distinguishable from its regular form such that the character doesn't even realize it's shiny until something happens or someone brings it up.Would it be wrong for my character to get a shiny because of dumb luck, that's how it works for me.
Like a Shiny Glaceon persay or the Garchomp evolution lineWell, you could choose a Pokemon which has a shiny variant that is barely distinguishable from its regular form such that the character doesn't even realize it's shiny until something happens or someone brings it up.
Would it be wrong for my character to get a shiny because of dumb luck, that's how it works for me.