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torchickentacos · 12 days ago

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do you have any pokeani fic recs for the classic vibe (read: the content is unhinged and wild)

Referencing this post- long reply but I give a few pointers in these fics' direction at the end!

I'm gonna be so honest anon, I'm not sure I want to actively rec some of them 😭 A lot of them are very of-their-time (usually 2007-2013) and, while HILARIOUS, often contain things that I really don't want to 'recommend' (homophobia, sexism, a lot of slutshaming, some REALLY out of pocket stuff that is not properly warned for, etc). OBVIOUSLY I am not reccing the yikes of things so much as the rest of it (the hilarious unhinged side), but the current fandomscape leans bad-faith and assumey and I'm just not keen to fuck around and find out tbh. Ye olde fic reccing takes a level of understanding of other time periods and attitudes and customs in fandom and on FFN that I'm... not sure that all of tumblr is always very good at tbh lol. If you guys really want me to and if we can all understand that it was a different time and that enjoyment of batshit insane fics does not equal agreement with everything said or depicted in them, then come back and I'll consider it again. But for now, I'm MORE than happy to tell you guys the best ways to find them on your own lmao. It's not hard once you get it down, and anything I'd rec, I've found through this method.

First off, FFN's search system is just frustrating imo. Between a less-than-intuitive UI and people not bothering to tag characters and ships and genres properly, using it the same way you'd filter stuff on Ao3 is a fool's errand (unless you're doing it by word count/completed/etc, which is objective and automatically tallied I think). You're better off using key words. I usually ignore the filters. The only thing I filter by is fandom at the start page (all of Pokemon is under 'games' in FFN and I don't bother narrowing it down to animeverse personally due to aforementioned mistagging or an entire lack thereof).

So, what key words do I use? When looking for that specific brand of insane campy 2000s kitschy wild unhinged stuff, I usually default to searches like "PS CS IS" (poke contest ikari, there's a lotta stuff in there, sometimes there's ORS/LGS/OS/ES/AS etc and you won't always know the acronym and it's just a surprise tbh) or trope related searches like "Assassin" or "High school" or "Vampire" other words you might find in a summary. You can also search by character names (in the search bar and not in the actual filters, which are not reliable in my experience). I'd say to go for tropes and AUs as far as keywords go. I'd ALSO say to not filter by completed, because that'll filter out a lot of two-week-passion-projects that someone dropped as soon as it got flamed, and there's some fun ones in there.

That's about it, but if you find one good fic then it's worth checking the rest of what the writer has. A lot of them have a bunch of unfinished fics and there's some hidden gems. Have a good time reading, and the search is half the fun! Come back with any funny lines you find if you want :)

#it's so hard because I truly love these classic era insane fics but you've gotta understand that they're from like 2008 #and I'm just not going to open myself up to any possible bad-faith interpretations.#it's also hard because like while I'm not a big blogger #there's enough of you guys that I am hesitant to do name/title-dropping for this sort of thing specifically.#I don't want someone to see this and think we're doing it to make fun of the fics #and if someone went and did that from a rec of mine then I'd be really fucking sad about it.#I love these insane 2000s fics even though a lot of them are flawed and a little yikes sometimes.#it's not an ironic enjoyment at all. it's genuine. They're nostalgic and fun and unreserved (albeit-again-a lil' yikes).#they're from when a lot of people wrote only for themselves and leaned fully into that level of self indulgence #and it's really sweet in a way to read them so much later and to see how much fun someone had writing it #now that we're all older and more aware of what we make and more nervous about how it's perceived and aware of quality.#you also tended to see a lot of author's notes about school and summer camp and writing between life #and it's just. idk. it's got such a specific feeling to it. like damn I hope [author] had a nice choir rehearsal in 2009.#I hope their swim meet went well and that their dad stopped being annoying or whatever.#none of this is ever to make fun of the fics or to be mean-spirited. i would hope that people know at this point that I LOVE cringe #thank you very much lol.#I am cringe's number one defender. go be cringe and genuine. it's better than being condescending and bored.

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idle-muses · 4 months ago

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Hoard of information for Reiwa for a single layout.

With longer explanation of his Narrative + Soft Canon AU below the cut cause it's alot, but charts and things above are an easy glance!

NAME: (Master) Reiwa 励和 [encourage / inspire + harmony] AGE/APPARENT AGE: 67 / Looks about 27 as that's his current halfbreed maturity HEIGHT: 6’6 SPECIES/RACE: Half Human (Japanese/Mediterranean) + Half Demon 天使 (Tenshi) Classification PRONOUNS: He/Him ORIENTATION: Bisexual / Demiromantic BIRTHDAY: Jul 1st, 1939 HAIR/EYE/SKIN COLOR: Pink/Sakura/Carnation hair, curled/wavy like his mother's - (With Glasses On - eyes are Chestnut)/(Without Glasses you’ll notice they’re a sharp Red) - Naturally Tanned/ light-brownish closer to his father's complexion Favorite things: Cooking / Gardening / Tai Chi / Being around people / Sparring or Physical exercise / Animals / Laying in the sun and napping / Giraffes Least Favorite things: Drinking / Fighting (Having Actual Violent Intent) / Anything that takes his sense of control from him (Without his consent) / Having his ears touched without warning (They’re sensitive due to the charms) / Doesn’t like overly violent movies Original Lore Information: Reiwa is from a version of Yu Yu Hakusho known as The Bittersweet AU. Explained below the cut in full; Those bulletpoints are very tame and lax compared to the scale of violence that was present in his series. [Short explanation OG Series is like 13+, Bittersweet is 18+ for more dangerous content/violence/consequence due to Healing Abilities.]

Personality and things used for icebreakers: Reiwa as a character is a bit of a strange one, as on the surface he is easily mistaken for a very ‘happy and bright’ personality and very polite in conversation with respectful honorifics or terms at all times. He’ll usually be trying to be chipper or funny, and make sure everyone around him is okay. Usually though, his internal thoughts can be pretty dour or self isolating;; he wasn’t always like this and he’s just putting on a face to be ‘normal’ as he was before. The Gauntlet events fucked up his emotional health to a drastic degree. His mother can pin those thoughts down without issue and will usually pry it outta him; without her it became more difficult to manage who to burden those thoughts with. When push comes to shove however, his personality can swap easily into a much more serious demeanour - something more focused and responsible than his usual joking would assume. He’s very very good in dangerous situations for this reason, and hardly ever panics when things are happening. ((If it relates to him however and his structure of control, there will be some internal panic))

For icebreakers, you can just generally say ‘Hello!’ to him and he’ll find something to talk about. He likes to get to know people, but it does take a good deal of trust to see his more serious side of conversation for how he really is. -- also the spoken version of Rei is a joke for the pun of 霊 (Rei; Spirit) but his name is spelled with 励 (Encourage/Inspire)

Any additional information!: Part of him is able to naturally ‘pacify’ emotions (Not take them away, but to feel comfortable around him) as his overbearing Ki (That is mostly locked behind 4 Ofuda Charm Earrings, two the shell of each ear, with normal accessory on the earlobe) naturally has some calming effect on most people. This is his influence of his desire to ‘help’ or ‘protect’ someone. If he were to lose these Earrings, his control on his abilities would start to go a bit haywire and his own mental state would probably have a hard time of it as well (depending how many are lost) as he quite literally cannot contain the amount of energy that he has and that is the problem. If he were to lose all 4 then he would be put into his full ‘demon’ state and it would take the most self-control he can muster to keep from being a danger to those around him. Reiwa has a human heart, and if that is taken from him [as it has been in The Gauntlet] He will lose all rational ability and become a True/Full Demon. (This in essence will turn his personality into cold, selfish, and revels in the joy of violence and power; just like his father had been corrupted by his own Demon Wish.)

Though he is not a fighter, but he is trained in combat by his mother. His skills lie in Reiki Healing, and Youki Healing. This is his primary role through the series, oftentimes working alongside Yukina - Or instead being in situations in place of her where she would not be safe otherwise (Non-Canon Content). Smaller tidbits of these abilities are used within his healing, mending, and defensive skills.

The two clasps on the shells of his ears are Limiters for all forms of his Energy. He never takes them off, and some of them are sealed with the help of his mother’s incantations. With all limiters removed, he is above S+ Class Demon. (Given the non-canon classification of Tenshi 天使 )

His ‘Demon From’ (Which has very little sense of moral control and is actively detrimental to himself and those around him) is more aptly described as ‘An Entity that warps perception’. Being as overpowering as his spirit energy is in the human world, he quite literally cannot be allowed to do that there. This version of him is what Genkai has tried to lock away.

Below is Yu Yu Hakusho Specific information; if you don't know the series then this won't make sense to you sorry \o/

-The AU is called Bittersweet; For all intent and purpose imagine the ‘’Film Rating’’ to be 16 or 18+ for Extreme cases of violence, gore, dark themes (Such as Death/Dismemberment / mental scarring / trauma and traumatic breaks / imprisonment / forced combat to name a few) - There is no Sexual Content. (Similar in function to the YYH Live Action)

-Canon events from start to finish remain unchanged and character arcs are untouched. (Or in some cases further developed/expanded on) →‘’Villains’’ are still defeated by their original victor. Example of above; Despite Reiwa’s inclusion in the Dark Tournament the events are unchanged of who fights who and why - Kuwabara still ‘plays dead’ and Yusuke still defeats Toguro. → Changes are small and simply expand on events and character interactions/development are added.

-Additional Arcs are included between others [Or in Addition too] to provide breathing room and levity to the change in ‘rating’ quality. Hence the name Bittersweet.

Reiwa as a character is not introduced into the narrative until just before Yusuke goes to see Genkai for the first time.

They come across each other during the testing, and He’s introduced as Genkai’s groundskeeper. He does not interfere with events. Botan 100% already knows what’s up but says nothing. They’re dorky friends who >:3c at everyone.

Reiwa at this time is just over 50 in human years, but due to demon genetics he would be closer placed towards 17. Similar notes toward Hiei if that helps (Who is similar in age being about 48-50 as well, but racially 15-16) -> It is also noted that the cast ages have been adjusted to start at 17 ending at early 20s, as opposed to being 14 as is canon.

Within the story Reiwa serves as a sort of ‘chill mentor’ towards both Ivy and Yusuke - and 100% the wingman for relationships offering advice from his many [Offscreen] relationships before the series starts. This won’t be expanded in the short summary.

Additional Arcs are created for Training for the cast; usually with Genkai passing the gang off on ‘easy training’ with Reiwa. It’s not. He’s almost as bad as she is. Even with limited power he, at that point, still outclasses most of them. (He is unable to structure this power into proper fighting use without testing his control over it. He does not often participate in combat.) His training is for patience, self healing, and spiritual control.

More soft arcs and characterization between the cast, good happy things, balances out the violence of minor Spirit Detective Arcs against rogue Demons.

Events remain relatively unchanged until the Dark Tournament. The structure of how and why they go there is unchanged. Reiwa accompanies as part of the Team Urameshi Medical Unit.

Up to this point Reiwa has not known directly who his father is, it is only on meeting Toguro in the halls that his father recognizes him as Genkai’s child (It’s hard to ignore.) They do not know they’re parent and son.

The Dark Tournament takes place over a longer span of time with more smaller matches and fights. These include sub fights for the cast, as well as sub brackets other Canon Characters who are not on the team. More relationships are given time to develop. (Example being Jin and Touya given more screen time and development on fights of their own vs other teams.)

Genkai and Toguro have a short conversation in the halls where he puts two and two together that Reiwa is his son. There’s a monster’s pride in his smile.

-> It is noted that Toguro as a character has been more drastically altered by his 'Wish' to become a powerful Demon. His active humanity has atrophied due to this, and it is only in very specific moments that it shows through again [Such as his death]. It is only once he is no longer tainted by his ‘wish’ that he changes or understands properly what he’s done.

Kurama was near this conversation and knows, and discusses it with Genkai, wondering why she hadn’t told him. “How would you react if you learned the fantasy of a father your mother created was nothing more than heartless lies?” She had hoped to see some of that humanity still within the man she had loved. At this point, it was no longer there.

Events continue as expected; It is on the death of Genkai by Toguro’s hand that both Yusuke and Reiwa learn of their familial connection. Despite Reiwa’s ability to heal her, his mother denies it - not for a desire to die, but for a parental need to protect her child. As just from the small sparks of his spirit energy, his father is made instantly aware of the unimaginable scale of power his son could reach.

Toguro does not hold back in fighting his pacifist son alongside Yusuke, trying to force Reiwa to fight, and only earning disappointment at how 'weak' his supposed Child is.

“I expected better from you. Genkai was a fool to seal away your powers. - Don’t look at me with her eyes. My son is a coward and a waste of potential.”

Genkai dies watching Toguro beat their son to death, with Yusuke trying - and failing - to stop him.

Reiwa lives wholly on the fact that Yusuke takes one of the seals off after Toguro is gone purely in desperation and hope; it’s a secondary wave of agony and unknown pain from the breaking of one of the Ofuda charms. But he heals. He’s alive. He also remembers everything that happened; the damage his father did is why his hair is cut the way it is, as the scarring (from Ki) made it grow patchy with scars on his skull, so he changed his hairstyle accordingly

Events continue as normal from there forward with a higher rating of violence.

Afterwards, one Toguro is defeated, everyone is (as Okay as they can be) but physically well enough to go home. Reiwa is very not okay by all events, but spent a great deal of time with no communication to anyone at all. By the end of recovery he’s trying to push it aside and pretend to be his happy self as they leave for the harbor - but instantly breaks down when he sees Genkai is alive again.

Short Summary for Minor Arcs (Comfy Filler and Therapy)

General daily things together and conversations about feelings after the events of DT - Reiwa is not good at this, but helps the others over himself. He’s mixed up about how to feel about Toguro, about his Mother, about himself and what he is. - Yukina is the one who gets him to open up again.

An entire summer arc about everyone pretending to be camp counsellors to find a demon artifact. Many hijinks ensue. Lots of fluff. Kuwabara and Reiwa bond and Reiwa is ‘Oh NO’ about it. (No heavy violence; Hiei is Ride or Die for the kids by the end of it,)

Very small interpersonal arcs for each of the characters and their families and family matters. (Including but not limited to Kurama spending the day with his mother and they have a very good time - Hiei and Yukina bond but just in ‘yup we’re just allies totally’ way - Yusuke checks in on his mother with Keiko and gets dragged out for normal mundane tasks) Sorry short summary right LOL. lots of family time w everyone. It overlaps into hijinks.

That leads into The Gauntlet Arc.

The Gauntlet Arc in premise is a midpoint between ‘Save my family and friends’ (Dark Tournament) and ‘Save the world’ (Sensui/Three Kings) Stakes for the series.

A case is handed to Koenma’s desk and on the understanding of it being a small venture, sends the cast to investigate. Premise being ‘Demons are being trafficked into the human world through small smuggling rings. > Oh turns out that is MUCH BIGGER than we thought.’

Beneath the earth and hidden away in soundless caverns, imagine a dome of a room - within it a large carved across the floor X that has sealed cages on each point, and one within the center. This is The Gauntlet.

Within additional hallways beyond the dome [within walled holding cells] are demons - of any shape and size. Children and mothers are included. They are not fed and are almost expected to devour each other if they do not get taken to The Gauntlet first.

In The Gauntlet’s Cages all manner of demons are being made to fight to the death, but this is not a bloodsport like the DT - this is not a normal demon show, there are no announcers, this is wholly a human audience who are capturing demons from all over in order to force them to fight against their will using the music that is playing through the echochamber. There are no scores, there is only one winner; and then that winner is ‘put down.’

When someone dies in The Gauntlet, their soul is unable to be taken to the afterlife due to an enchantment and object created and gifted by The Coven. (See my wife's character Ivy for more Information) and is ‘suppressed’ in a gruesome way.

By the time the reality of the situation is known each member of the team is systematically separated and sectioned off in their own fights. It is a large roster and it is instantly understood they will have to kill to try and make it out. Some don’t have a problem with this, others do. (Remember, demons of all kinds are present.)

Only those with Demon Blood/Soul are affected by the music; They are still in full mental awareness and knowledge of what they’re doing. Their choices are their own and it is haunting.

Kurama is one of them as well despite his body as his soul is ancient. Very much not a good time with bloodlust and panic. Hiei has the hardest time resisting it. The most easily violent. Reiwa is brought to the Gauntlet cages against his will, the handlers using a variation of 'cattle rods' to control the demons, which have enough power in them to leave deep electrical scars on Reiwa's back.

This arc is the point where Kraven (An Eikyo Demon-Parasite bonded to her human body) in Ivy’s narrative becomes reality. any demon that is put into the cage with her recognises what she is, and they kill themselves in fear. She watches each and every time, covered in gore by the final round.

That final round is with Reiwa (Who had to fight Yusuke prior and it was not a good time for either of them), who this whole time has been forced to fight on his own - reminded each time of the strength his father gave him, of how easy the bloodshed comes to him. (His Spirit is unstable due to the way Yusuke revived him, and the Ofuda charms are not in balance anymore with only 3.) His abilities are starting to be outside of his control, reacting on that bloodthirsty instinct he relates to his father. His own body is healing far beyond normal capability.

Kraven is fully aware of the danger Reiwa poses and finally takes control of Ivy's body - and the two fight in untold violence - both able to take seemingly endless wounds with their healing. Kraven gets desperate as Reiwa’s Demon traits take over - turning the fight in his favor just by Ivy's mortal limitations. Kraven removes Reiwa’s still human heart and crushes it before their eyes in order to actually kill him.

Kuwabara is the one who saves the day (As he is unaffected by the charm.) with the assistance of other human allies present. Botan is reviving everyone of the cast and it is at the last moment that they come beaten and bloodied to see the end result.

Kraven returns control to Ivy, leaving her holding the gore of her friend and teacher as the charm-of-violence wears off too late. There is no measure of agony for her screaming at what she’s done seeing him kneeling before her.

Without his human heart, a demon core slowly takes root, and Reiwa’s existence is beyond control while within the human realm. Air bends from the pressure, metal rots, sounds quiver.

No one knows what to do about the shadow of their friend. Yusuke tries to do the same thing he did before, but Botan stops him and properly explains why the seals were there. Yusuke understands that he was part of the cause of this by imbalancing him. - Kuwabara pushes everyone aside and does everything he can with his own without hesitation to jump into the fray of spiritual fire; - his human spirit energy and conviction proving a match for the building pressure. That same desperation not to lose someone. It’s with the attempt of them all - with what little they have left - that Reiwa's overbearing soul can be brought under control and a new human heart is made.

When Reiwa opens his eyes and sees his friends, he cries.

The humans who ran the ring are ousted by both the SPD and the human side that work with them. They cannot promise that it won’t happen again, as they would have never caught this on their own.

Past this point there is a LOT of Character interactions and Arc Time dedication to dealing with all the Trauma of everything that is happening. Canon Events continue as per usual from this point with not enough changes to mention here at this time.

Genkai Notes Bulletpoints (As this relationship is important!)

Genkai is the most treasured person to Reiwa no matter what, she's been the one stable thing in his entire life when he literally was unable to make human friends due to how he was growing up - when people began to question him as she grew older with 'isn't he too young to be your son?' she would always defend him and never hide how much she was proud of him.

She worked very hard to help him learn to be a good man and treat others with respect at all times, and how to not be an idiot - but he's still basically an idiot.

Genkai would only tell him the good things about his father growing up (Even in her unique way of 'he was the most stubborn and idiotic man I had ever known. Loyal too.' ) which is why meeting Toguro as he did was such a traumatic shock. Genkai never thought they would meet.

Reiwa, like most kids, will always think of his mom the way he knew her growing up; young and kind, strong and beautiful. There is no degree of age that he doesn't see the woman who raised him.

When Genkai dies of old age, she doesn't make a fuss about it, but spends the weeks before it making sure everyone is okay in her own special way. She makes sure that Reiwa will be okay without her and that he has the support he needs to live his life without her. He says goodnight to her like any other day, she tells him that she loves him and he's made her more proud than he could ever know. She dies in her sleep peacefully.

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