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@Nitro Indigo And yet he had that experience of seeing Ho-oh, and the uniquely powerful pikachu, and was accompanied by not one, but two gym leaders. He was always Special. It was just balanced by him being a complete doofus as well. @Daren That's the first explanation of the phenomenon that...

Ah, but he is a chosen one.

@BackSet oh, sure. But I'd go find some media that was appropriate for that rather than weird takes on Ash Ketchum from Palette Town.

I think a lot of emotionally immature folks enjoy watching characters who are just, like, really cool and the best and so awesome. That's why they get mad at Ash being a peppy and well-intentioned but basically ordinary child. What they really want is a sexy genius badass with superpowers. Which...

I've never understood the appeal of longfic in which the protagonist curbstomps "every" region with a veteran team. What's the appeal of a story like that? The power fantasy? It's a very silly power fantasy if you ask me.

Pokémon does not portray bloodsports or slavery as a normal part of the setting, and to claim it does is disingenous. People may write AUs by all means, but I'm not interested in edgy takes on the canon. I feel like these folks don't even watch the show.

One of my earliest encounters with the term "Mary Sue" was on a pokémon fanfic forum. One user was talking about a character in her original fiction who was essentially the goddess of the setting, and whose dreams formed the world the protagonists lived in. Some tosser decided that this...

All character's are someone's OC, even canon ones. What makes characters from season five more legitimate and worthwhile than the protagonists of the best fanfiction? Nothing. Loyalty to canonicity makes no sense to me whatsoever. As for Mary Sues... I've probably gone on about that term enough...

The problem with protagonists obtaining powerful resources is the context, not the concept. Basically, if the powerful resource is a means for them to avoid difficulty or growth, then it's gonna spoil the narrative. Victory becomes a foregone conclusion. But it doesn't have to be that way! Hell...

I'd like to see a story where the rival is just genuinely a better person, someone to surpass in more ways than combat proficiency.

I don't read Ash fics these days, but I can believe that's a real cliche. It's the same vibe as "fix-it fics" where he never releases his pokémon and forces them to stay with him. When will people understand that "catch 'em all" is marketing to sell toys and not a compelling character...

"Dark types are misunderstood!!" is a cliche, but dark types being understood is not.

Aye, I associate dark tyes with unpredictability, self-interest, mischief, chaotic neutral vibes, stuff like that. You can easily have a hero with these qualities.

This really is one I've seen a huge number of times, and I honestly don't care for it. These are massive, primal creatures that generally react violently to ther problems. They are not civilised! And I don't want them to be. Nature isn't bureacratic, it's chaotic neutral. The exceptions I'm...

Here's a cliche. Dark-type pokemon or trainers of dark-type pokemon who are so moody and sinister and they did BAD THINGS and may or may not FEEL BAD ABOUT IT Jeez I've got half a dozen dark-type morphs in DE who are unlike this trope jsut to give myself the breath of fresh air I badly need

Ash's noctowl is extraordinarily powerful for its species. Noctowl are a fairly mediocre pokémon, but his is formidable.

Prose fiction is subjective, and I am not the arbiter of "right and wrong" in writing. Still, my opinion here is that it's about the rest of the execution. Your ptoagonist gets a shiny out of dumb luck - that's fine. Is this the only shiny in the whole fic? Do they get treated as if they're...

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...

Pokémon is a very repetetive franchise that uses a barely-changing formula for its games and anime seasons. This probably helps it sell well, but it doesn't mean it's good. Is that phrasing easier to understand?

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.