#they are good pokemon i promise you. just be careful and do not try recreating what i do as i am a trained professional.

[tossdoll]

how do shuppets… this is gonna sound weird, but how do they eat emotions? is it like a bite on the head or something else? i thought they eat emotions of evil people because of the negativity

in my universe and experience, they use the little point on their head to very gently poke you, not to puncture, but just poke you. think of it as a cutiefly or any other pollinator with flowers. you will know a shuppet is feeding when the negative emotions start subsiding, and if they're eating a lot of your emotions, they have a very faint glow to them. the glow color is different depending if shiny or not.

also no. just because they eat negative emotions, they do not "go after evil people", that is a negative stereotype. i have been allowing shuppets to feed on me for decades and it is not because "i'm evil", i just have mental disorders which i will not get into for privacy. they're like any pokemon trying to find food, anyone can encounter one. while being ghost types and still having their mischievous behavior, they're the most popular for being used as emotional support and service pokemon for people who are into ghost types. i one time met a service banette who's job was comforting children during family court and therapy when i was younger, she was the sweetest and has been doing that ever since she was a shuppet herself.

[atrainernamedradish]

Top 10 Least Favorite Pokemon

You know what’s harder than making a top favorites list? A least favorite one. I was particular about this list because I wanted my own personal opinion on the matter instead of adding to the echo chamber that can be the fandom’s. I don’t hate these Pokemon. These are the ones I care for the least. Also, the placements kept changing for this list, but I feel like I finally put everyone on here in the right order now.

10) Whismur Line

The only reason this line is the Normal typing is because Game Freak hasn’t made the Sound typing official. Hell, Electric, or even Steel, would have made more sense. But nope we got these weird fleshy sound-based things that I’m never excited to see.

9) Greedent

I take back everything I said about Diggersby (still wished it didn’t have the belching model cry though), and I’m directing that towards Greedent. It looks like your typical fat, lazy, and not particularly bright cartoon character. Almost feel like they were a bit lazy in this design. Like… they could have done something more, or less since it’s large enough. I feel like Game Freak is trying to recreate a likeness to Snorlax, since it’s the poster child for obese Pokemon, but keeps falling short by giving us the ugliest designs. We don’t need more fat normal types. We’ve got plenty.

8) Electrode

Hey guys, let’s make this Pokeball based Pokemon flip upside down, make it less pissed off and call it an evolution! Also, it’s going to be crazy fast as well explode, most likely killing anything nearby, because why the fuck not? Boring and dangerous… what a match made in hell for a design!

7) Pheromosa

It’s an almost 7 foot tall sentient cockroach with legendary stats. Nope. Just nope. *flees*

6) Grimmsnarl Line

I have been disappointed with this evolutionary line since seeing the leaks of Impidimp. I know a lot of Faerie lore and it ticks me off that they chose a Goddamn Goblin for the first Dark/Fairy type. Also, and I know not all Faeries are cute and cuddly, but why does Game Freak keep trying to sneak in ugly Fairy types? About 95% of the Fairy typing has a cute or pleasing ascetic. That’s one of its themes, that and trying to throw pink on everything, so why give us this ugly line?

The only indicator of this thing remotely being Fairy typing at a glance is that it’s pink. I would have never gotten Fairy otherwise from it. Goblins might be in Faerie Tales, but they aren’t Faeries.

The only one in this line that remotely gives off the Dark typing to me is Morgrem. The other two not so much. Putting black on a Pokemon is maybe another indicator of the Dark typing, but even then it ain’t helping…?

Overall to me this thing is goofy to ugly looking with its design and typing a complete mess. It irritates me that our first combination of Fairy and Dark is this line…

Also, using it in a playthrough and it pisses me off that I’m not getting a Fairy move until it reaches its final evolution! That’s if I don’t want to grind up watt points in the Wild Area for a Fairy TR, or beat Opal before getting said evolution!

5) Shiinotic

Fairy typing makes sense for Morelull when you realize what it’s based on. Hell, even Ghost does. But Shiinotic? I don’t care if mushrooms are a big thing in Faerie Culture. You can’t just design some ugly ass alien mushroom hybrid then slap the Fairy typing on it because of mushrooms or lore from a pre evolution! While we’re at it let’s make the Amoongus and Breloom line Fairies too!

Morelull should have been a single stage line. It would have made sense. But no. They just wanted to make an ugly Fairy type just to prove they could say: “hey fandom I know you’re sick of all the cute and pink Fairy types so here’s an ugly one to change things up!”

And don’t get me *started* on that ugly ass shiny! Game Freak: bright yellow and muddy browns are a terrible color combination! Guess why?

4) Spinda

You know how I praised Alcremie for having multiple forms because of what it was and why it made sense for it? Well I have the opposite opinion regarding Spinda.

If I didn’t believe in the golden rule of everyone having a favorite of each Pokemon then I’d very much assume this thing wasn’t liked by anyone.

Everything about its design annoys me. Why is it a panda? And before anyone tries to tell me otherwise, it’s in its American/English name. Why is it in a constant state of vertigo? I literally was trying to think of a typing it would be better off as instead of the Normal typing and none come to mind. So it’s normal because a) it’s an animal or b) because they needed to give it a typing and no other typing fit.

And out of ALL the Pokemon why does this one have an almost endless possibility of “forms”? This thing has got to be a living dex collector’s worst nightmare!

3) Archeops

This Pokemon is on here for pure personal reasons. Technically there are a few other Pokemon that I feel the same towards, but this one was the worst about it.

You know you have a stupid powerful stat as a non-psuedo legendary and legendary when you need an ability to nerf you. What’s worse is when you need a pretty bulky Pokemon to soak up the damage you reap before said ability does nerf you.

It was always Goddamn terrifying to run into this Pokemon in White 2. Not only was a good chunk of my team weak to Flying, but my Samurott couldn’t take more than one hit from it. Not to mention it didn’t do enough super effective damage to OHKO this thing. So I was never happy to run into this thing because I would only get out of the fight with a lot of collateral damage to my party!

This wasn’t the only Pokemon that was this fucking difficult to deal with in Unova. There is definitely a power imbalance in these games which made playing them a pain in the ass. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE Black 2 & White 2, but fuck me if this wasn’t my biggest issues with those games…

(Some of y'all are probably wondering about Slaking, and Slaking is actually easier to deal with thanks to its typing and ability readily triggering.)

2) Pelipper

This Pokemon was originally going to be my least favorite Water type on my favorite and least favorite typings lists, but I think its placement on this list suits it better.

I honestly don’t mind its pre-evolution Wingull. Wingull is kinda cute. Wonder Trade had me groaning every time I saw one, but that was more the player’s fault than anything.

Pelipper is just such a poorly designed Pokemon. Like, what were they thinking when they essentially fused the beak and stomach together? How can this thing carry its front heavy, well front? I assume it can handle all of that weight being airborne since I doubt it can get around any other way with its stubby little feet.

Then they gave it the Drizzle ability and suddenly people give a shit about its ugly ass…

The only time I’ve “willingly” used one was in my Wonderlocke, which was only due to the fact that I was in dire need of a water type, and I'll tell you that right now that I didn’t want to resort to using it. I’m pretty sure it died at the very end in the Champion battle… wasn’t all that sad to lose it if I’m being honest.

This isn’t just reserved for this Pokemon, but I absolutely hate the dual typing of Water/Flying. Nothing says “throw a rock at me” more than this typing combination. 

Overall I just don’t like anything about this Pokemon.

1) Greninja

This Pokemon used to be a lot lower on this list, but as I mentioned right before the list that the order changed as I was making it. I can promise you that this Pokemon isn’t on here because of how popular it is (there are others that would be on here if that was the case). There are many other reasons I will go over as to why this one is on the list.

The first is my experience using a basic one in XY. It’s learn set of moves is terrible, and that’s because it learns a lot of physical moves despite having a much better Special Attack. When I thought about the aspects of a ninja’s special attack being higher than physical it made much more sense. It had little to no options for Dark type moves with one of the best moves for it not being available till you’ve gotten the 8th badge for Waterfall. Greninja was the weakest member of my team with my Aromatisse putting in much more work than it! If Greninja is not competitively trained as well as has any of its hidden abilities then it’s not really that useful. I kept the one from that playthrough because I don’t have the heart to release it or get rid of it…

The second is its design. I very much don’t care for it (its tongue scarf is gross!). Its middle evolution looks so much better to me, and it made me sad evolving it into this ugly thing…

The third is its typing. I’ve had some time to think about it and I’ve wondered to myself: why is Greninja a Dark type? Thinking of the history, and to some extent the mythology of ninjas, nothing screams Dark type to me. I’m also taking into account of Dark being Evil in Japan, and nothing about ninja inherently screams Evil or Dark typing. Then I found myself thinking about its other typing in Water which brought me to the conclusion that the only reason Greninja is a Water type is for two reasons: 1) It’s a starter and 2) it’s a frog.

So you’re probably thinking by this point: “well Radish if you don’t like its typings then what would you change them to?” Unfortunately, I’d keep Water since it’s not the only Pokemon to have a typing based on the animal it is (looking at you Poliwag line!). Dark typing would be replaced with Ghost since ninjas in their lore and mythology can traverse and interact with the spiritual world.

I will address the elephant in the room for my closing thoughts on this Pokemon: Greninja and the fandom. I wholeheartedly believe that if Greninja didn’t have the hidden abilities that it did that it wouldn’t be as favored as it is among the fanbase. As someone who used a basic ability one in hopes of giving it a chance I was greatly disappointed, and didn’t understand why this Pokemon was so popular. That’s why I feel as though the competitive scene is where it has gotten all of its fame from. People give Charizard so much shit for being overrated but do they for Greninja? (Not a big fan of Charizard for those who wanna accuse me as such.)

[greekowl87]

9🤭 for the ‘i found you’ prompts

9. Hand buried inside of your underwear, my name whimpered on your lips

A/N: Insomnia brings fic. I started this yesterday and finished at two a.m. The prompt threw me off because it is not the usual tropes I write but hopefully it turned out okay. Oh and it’s slightly smutish…smut lite?  Oh, and angst. Plenty of angst. Thanks for the prompt! Apologies for any typos…I tried to catch ‘em all like Pokemon. 

Spoilers: Post ep ‘The Truth Pt 1 and 2′

Tagging @today-in-fic  

You’d forgotten what it was like. To be near him. To have him in the passenger seat as you speed out Quantico and northern Virginia on all the backroads you spent discovering with him those few months after New Years when things seemed promising and hopeful.

You’d forgotten how much you had missed him and how much he steadied you. Just being here, sitting next to him. You remember how agonizing the past couple of months had been. At least during the abduction, you carried a part of him with you, feeling your son within you, wondering if he would look more like him than you. If he would develop that boyish smile or have your blue eyes. After he left in order to protect William, you still had that reminder of him. But then the day came you had to decide, alone, whether keeping William was worth the risk of his life.

Oh, how you wished he had been there when you signed the closed adoption papers. Each initial of ‘DKS’ burned like a brand to remind you of your failure. Failure to be a good mother at William. Failure to make your mother and family happy. A failure that you would one day have to look into Mulder’s eye and tell him that you gave William up. You thought of maybe that is why you had been abducted and God decided to take away your ability to conceive. You must have done something horribly, horribly wrong. That’s why He had decided to take Emily from you too. She suffered too much. That’s why He contorted and fixed it so that you had to give up William. You’d fail your last test. A sob escapes your lips and the sheer weight and emotion of the physical moment. You’d lost your son but find Mulder. Where’s the irony in that?

You bring the back of your hand to your mouth. A vain attempt to shield your true failures and weaknesses. Now’s not the time. You have to be strong. For him. He’s the one that needs you now. Despite failing everything else you have, the past nine years evaporating until all that’s left is him: you won’t fail Mulder like you did your son.

But the emotions. My God, those emotions you have kept hidden so long, walled behind the dam of your own heart…you can’t hide it anymore. You’ve tried to be strong for so long but you can’t. You’re just so tired. You glance at Mulder as his face is barely recognizable from the green dashboard lights of the SUV. You might catch a glimpse of the partner you knew you all pass under the occasional streetlight but fortunately, he hasn’t noticed yet. He didn’t hear you. You try to shake it off. Play it off as causal. Shake your head. Loosely push a random piece of hair behind your ear. Everything’s fine. He doesn’t need to know that your breaking from the inside out. But he does. He always knows. Mulder doesn’t need to be psychic; he’s always known. It doesn’t go unnoticed though.

He avoids looking at you and you keep your eyes trained on the road. But you feel it, for the first time in months (aside from that brief, rash moment in his jail cell), you feel him touch you and not out of obligation. Well, you try not to think of it like that. It could be because you’re so broken as it is and he feels like he needs to take care of you too. But he’s touching you. For the first time in months, he’s holding your hand.

“Mulder,” you try to say but his name comes out as another strangled sob.

It continues like this for miles.

You don’t know if you’ve been driving for an hour or twelve hours as you drive south through the Blue Ridge Mountains. It’s all beginning to blend together like those long trips on the road that you all would take during your cases except the silence is deafening. The only thing that you can hear is the engine. Your sobs had vanished somewhere along the state line between Virginia and North Carolina.

“Pull over, Scully,” he orders.

That’s the most he’s spoken since the breakout and as if on autopilot, you do as requested.

It’s a small scenic overlook. There had been no traffic for hours. Just you and him and the road. As soon as the car rolls to a stop, he’s already let go your hand and out of the car. Wait. What? It’s not supposed to be like this. What is he doing?

“Mulder.”

You get out behind him. You notice the scenic overlook faces the east and you are beginning to see the first light of a new sunrise. The reds, oranges, and purples in the sky remind you of the bruises, cuts, and orange jumpsuit he still wears. “I wasn’t going to come back for you,” he finally replies. “I thought…I thought it would be best…protect you and William. But I see you couldn’t even do that. I couldn’t do that.”

You blink.

“That’s how this conversation is going to go? You tell me you were never coming back and you finally blame everything that happened to William on me?”

Yes. Let that anger flood into you. At least you finally feel something because of the emotional numbness that has plagued you from the day you signed away your rights as a mother. 

“No,” he backtracks. He sighs and slams his fist into the side of SUV. All fight leaves him. “No. I didn’t mean it like that, Scully.”

Your fight is extinguished like the flickering of a match. “I missed you. So much, Mulder. I had given up hope.”

You had given up hope. Those nights after your mother learned of your decision. How truly alone you felt. You thought God had finally forsaken you now that you had failed your final test. He hated you and He hated everything you loved. You had let your thoughts drift to a darker place that you had never been before and sheer will and spite pushed you to continue on for Mulder. You still had Mulder to live for.  But now look where that got you. No son. A partner who just admitted he had no intention of ever coming back to you. And now, to top it all off, you’re a fugitive.

“You still have time to make this right, Scully. For you. You can still get away from me. The next gas station. The next town. We’ll call Skinner and make something up. We’ll send you back to Georgetown, to your career, to your family. I can’t risk your safety because of me.”

“No.”

No, no, no. You aren’t losing him again. He’s not getting rid of you that easily.

“It’s not negotiable, Scully. I told you would be better off without me and I mean it.”

“You don’t get to decide what is best for me, Mulder! I am not leaving you again and risking you running off forever. Don’t you get it?”

He doesn’t. He doesn’t get it. Maybe he’s running away from you too because you gave up William and he can’t bear to face you. You understand that. But you aren’t letting him go because you love him and one crazy night after filled with champagne, Hollywood vegetarian zombies, and wild sex, you all made a promise to one another. You would never leave each other, in sickness and in health, to death do you part. You both recited the vows over drunken laughter and the mapping of each other’s bodies with endless kisses but you both meant it. Like hell you were going to break it.

“What?”

“I’m not letting you go. I have lost everything, Mulder. Our son, any hope for the future. It had gotten to the point where I believed I was truly alone. But you came back and I let myself hope again.”

“I never meant to come back,” he repeats.

“Accidents happen then,” you continue as your heart rushes to keep up, “but I’m not letting you get rid of me.”

He moves like a blur and suddenly he’s right there, invading your space. You have to tip your head back a little to retain eye contact. You can feel his breath on your face and the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. It’s been so long your body reminisces. Too long. His body must feel the same thing.

You grip his shoulder, digging your nails into the flesh. Please, your body begs. He surges against you and any pain from the impact of the SUV is ignored. One greedy arm comes around you and you cry out suddenly as his hand buries inside your underwear, making expert work of playing its favorite instrument, as he whimpers your name with such longing. It’s been so long you realize as tears trail down your cheeks. He’s here, holding you, controlling the sails with you on the waves building. You kiss him and try to burn this into your memory so you can recall it as effectively as every bone, pieces of muscle, and nerve in the human body. You want him to be a part of you. Forever.

“I’m so sorry,” he chokes. “I’m so sorry, Scully.”

“No,” you plead. He doesn’t pull away from you. He continues to play you with his expert hands. “I’m sorry about William but I can’t lose you, Mulder. Not again. I don’t think I could carry on.”

Your hands want to touch him too but settle for touching his hair and running them up and down his back. He won’t let you go. He nods hurriedly. “Okay, okay.”

There it is! Oh sweet, Jesus. A promise and an experience your hands had failed miserably to recreate at for the past year. There it is.

He holds you like your the most precious thing in the world and you are. He pulls back slightly and his kisses your forehead and then your lips, each a silent promise and affirmation. He pushes back your hair and rests his forehead against yours. “Just the two of us.”

“Always the two of us,” you echo.

He nods again. “Um, I should change and let me do the driving for a while, huh? One of us should rest.”

“Sounds like a plan.” Neither one of you move. “Do you remember that night in Hollywood, Mulder? With the champagne and being on the beach that night?”

“How could I forget?” A ghost of a smile manifests on his face. “I discovered sand in places I didn’t know existed.”

You smile at the happy memory. “Do you remember what I told you? Of what we promised each other?”

He nods after a moment. “I remember.”

“I don’t plan on breaking it.”

“Me either.”

You nod in satisfaction. “Clothes are in the back.”

“I’ll only be a minute, Scully.”

You watch him like one of his old exotic cryptids and you’re still afraid if you blink, he will vanish. But you feel a familiar warmth in your soul seep back into the desert as you watch him undress on the side of the road. You should be watching for cars or cops but you can’t take your eyes away as you silently trace his anatomy with a lover’s eyes recommitting everything to memory…you don’t remember him looking so lean, but it’s in a good way as you watch muscles flex and contract…new bruises and cuts from the Quantico guards you’re going to have to check eventually. The orange jumpsuit disappears into a black trash bag as he stands before you, a remnant of a previous life, dressed in jeans and a gaudy old t-shirt. You can’t help yourself. It’s just so long. You rush forward like you did in the jail cell and kiss him. He holds onto you and is never going to let go. You turn to watch the sunrise while still in his arms and for the first time in a long time, you let yourself feel hopeful. The whole world is against you but you feel hopeful.

“Let’s get going, Scully.”

“Yeah.”

In the SUV again, Mulder carefully pulls out back onto the road. He finds some old classical music on the radio station because he remembers you like driving with it. You have the jacket he had been wearing and fold it up to use as a pillow. He gives you a weak smile out of the corner of your eye. “I’ll wake you when breakfast is close.”

He takes your hand again as he drives not letting go. You let yourself go and relax into a catnap knowing that he’s close and you’ll be right there with him.

[snkcrackpolls]

SnK Crack Poll Results [Ch. 110]

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WHATS GOOD GUYS WE GOT A COUPLE HOURS TILL SPOILERS SO LET’S GO OVER THE POLL RESULTS. THANKS TO THE 297 OF YOU THAT CHOSE TO WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS!

As it should be, Eren’s lack of a shirt managed to beat the rest with 72 votes, snagging that epic victory royale.

Okay this one is a basic question so I don’t really need to talk about this I assume. cool? cool.

The only pledge everyone agrees to stand up for has won with 121 votes.

"CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE EREN A SHIRT AND SHOES, THANKS"

That seagull meme

Sans undertale

BOI IF YOU DONT GET-

Dang Dave, I gotta admit. Having no nose is kinda hot.

A roasting session seems to be what people are headed towards. Who knows? Maybe Eren and Floch will get involved next chapter.

Zeke’s Bigass tree forest Great Escape

who said they will talk ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Zeke will reveal his original plan for getting captured was so he could play Pokemon Go on Paradis

Zeke will tell more lies and half- truths and shit and it will be up to the fandom to decipher what percentage is shit

Yelena’s height seems to be compensating for her lack of grabbing skills.

Not Armin

Certainly not floch

You, op

n-no its not. no its not

She's a 'Liar'. Ha! Get it! Because its...the name.....of the chapter........get it? 

thanks for getting the joke guys.

It was a close tie between whether or not Eren wants to look cool or is sleeping in a destroyed house.

They're going to start an emo band.

Bc it reflects well their mental state

#edgelords

yep, I love this completely unedited image of the love Yelena gives everyone. so pure. so loving.

They were so blessed they couldn't handle it and died

Me next please 

Honestly I just kinda want to try whatever Levi would give me if I asked him for pig p*ss? is that weird? probably.

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Yeah I don’t really see a difference between them. Guess the crystal really is like cryogenics. 

Wait... This isn't how I remember this panel...

It's not the nose which got bigger, it's her face who shrinked 

knowbody nose for sure.

bikuuen

Sounds like something off from Bakugan.

it is an Armin thing you probably wouldnt understand

Okay Time To Get Serious, Let’s Offer Respect For The Beautiful Fallen.

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R.I.P Zackely. You truly were the greatest artist of our generation. May you feed people their own shit in heaven, you funky lil psychopath.

Goodbye Darius Zackley. 10/10 would yeet out of a building again.

Shit really hit the fan there lmao rip

Dear Zackley-sensei. We promise to you that we will keep your legacy by recreating the art you have taugh us, the SNK fandom. Our shrine will be you legacy. Rest in piece soldier.

My dear Zackley, I loved nearly as much as I love Zeke. You deserved so much more time with your beloved art, but I hope Kiyomi will take care of shitmachine to the best of her abilities. Floch did that from his undying love for you, my dear. I hope Isayama will give us proper memorial just like he did after serum bowl.

Bip bip letuce

Shirts and Shoes don’t matter to a god like Ellen Yeger. 10000/1 would let him eat food again. Still wondering why he doesn’t eat the chocolate bars he has for abs. 

I would put some of the other comments here, but most of them aren’t suitable around a 75ft radius from children.

Zackley and His Custom Chair appeared to be the shining stars of this chapter, going out in a blaze of glory.

Armin/Mikasa

Armin/Crystal  

Armin/Hitch

Eren/Sh*tmachine

Any Additional Thoughts On This Chapter?

I'm mourning the lack of Jean and Connie.

Without the shit machine I think we can safely say all hope for Eldia is gone. A strong nation defines itself not by military might, but by its contribution to art.

I do apologise but my last brain cells and ovaries were obliterated by half naked Eren...again...

Disappointed. I wanted to see my horse-face love, but he didn't even appear once.

WHEN FLOCH WILL BE ON A COVER? I NEED TO KNOW IF HE'S GINGER IN THE MANGOO!!

Eren grows 2 abdominal packs every 20 chapters

Poor mikasa tbh

NOICE

4-Chan, everybody’s favorite website

Any Predictions For ONLY The Next Chapter?

Jean and Connie will do something relevant.

Someone will transform into a Titan and people will die. Back to basics y'know?

Floch and Eren bonding! I hope Gabi and Falco show up too, want to see if Nicolo reports them if they go to his restaurant or if they can keep the lie going, my sweet baby fugitives. Also Eren and Floch will have sex.

Kiyomi abducts Mikasa back to Hizuru.

Eren still won't have a shirt

Eren STILL won't have shoes on

We will go back and see what gabi and falco are doing.

Mikasa gets taken off to the other clan place right after she and armin see agsnty-Eren, chat on the field,more like shoutings and wrens face goes to Titan-ish like before with hange, then dun dun dun, Marley fight, lmao. Also MAYBE we will get jean Connie gabi and Falco

The battle of the orphans vs the dwarf

[changeling-droneco]

#I always thought people wanted you to tell every part

I feel like some people do genuinely enjoy it but I am not one of those people. It just feels cleaner and better paced for it to happen off screen for me especially if the story is supposed to be more character driven then event driven. If I clicked on your story because I’ve been promised a specific dynamic or specific plot point being explored, then 100% I feel like you should skim over canon plot beats that aren’t important to this promise. Time skip over it, put chapters in between the canon plot beats, montage it if you must. Just remember that your story and the people reading are there for a specific reason and time spent focused away on that reason is time the audience isn’t fully engaged. If I get a new chapter that is a one to one recreation of a canon event with only a few lines of dialogue changed I am absolutely scrolling at light speed looking for the next genuinely interesting and new bit is because I already know what’s going to happen here and thus I have no reason to actually read it again.

Full rewrites have a place and can be REALLY GOOD, but unless the point of your story is a butterfly effect change everything, and I mean everything, you don’t need to show everything because we already know it. Sure, sometimes it can be good to retread known ground to establish something in the audience minds or remind of something that happens during this, but most of the time it just feels like the author is writing it just because they feel they have to and not because they want to.

So if the writer doesn’t really care about it, and the audience doesn’t really care either, why is it being written? It’s a trap that’s easy to fall into but once you realize that you can just skip to having a character go “man this palace is rough but we’re almost done, anyways-” at the start of a chapter and move the fuck on instead of wasting thousands of words on what is essentially a pointless filler your pacing and your engagement is going to get a lot better.

Of course like all writing advice this should be taken with a grain of salt, if you prefer to write or read stories that cover every plot detail even if not needed who am to get in your way! At the end of the day this is my own take and should be taken as just another perspective and not gospel, but this is permission to anyone reading to just, skip that yugioh duel, or persona palace, or pokemon gym, or whatever if you want! I’ve started just skipping over yugioh duels that don’t actually matter to the story I’m trying to tell and I’ve never felt freer!

I feel like a very common mistake people make with aus with very long canon material is that they feel like they need to rewrite everything. Sometimes it makes sense to do so but more often then not it’s really really not needed. Everyone reading persona 5 fanfic for instance knows how the palace trips go, so unless you have a genuine idea on how to change a palace trip into something relevant for the fic and genuinely interesting, you can pretty much just skip it.

I don’t want to read through madarame’s palace for the millionth time with barely any changes, you don’t need to write it. You can time skip over it and your story will be much more solid because then it’s more focused on its actual narrative and contained story. Unless a canonical scene is actually important to the narrative you are trying to build you should be sparse with how you include it, trust that your fanfic audience already knows the original story. No one’s here for Madarame’s palace so if you don’t have any good idea to twist the palace into something unique or contain important and interesting plot points you don’t actually have to include it.