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@Athena: That is where I'm thinking of heading with it. I am still not sure the specifics of it or how much it would really affect the plot in most stories, but I am just taken with the idea of it.
@The Booty Warrior: I don't think you should go in with the idea that you have to make it 'not your standard Journey fic' or what have you. Normally when people try too hard to make it different they can go too far in the other direction which doesn't really help. I think a slice of life-ish tone would probably be better suited to what you've described about the older trainer going with the younger girl, perhaps with an entirely original organisation/group as a threat that's more low-key/realistic than Team Rocket and with ties to the older trainer's past. If you are going to go with the game plot, you need either an original take on the plot or have some thematic reasons for doing a straight adaptation that ties into the characters.
@The Booty Warrior: I don't think you should go in with the idea that you have to make it 'not your standard Journey fic' or what have you. Normally when people try too hard to make it different they can go too far in the other direction which doesn't really help. I think a slice of life-ish tone would probably be better suited to what you've described about the older trainer going with the younger girl, perhaps with an entirely original organisation/group as a threat that's more low-key/realistic than Team Rocket and with ties to the older trainer's past. If you are going to go with the game plot, you need either an original take on the plot or have some thematic reasons for doing a straight adaptation that ties into the characters.