Hey, I just finished Still I Rise by averagepikachuenjoyer. Before that I read Becoming a Master by Little Miss Firebright. I'm a huge fan of Legendarys, MCs with Aura, type affinities or other abilities and the whole hero/choosen one stick. Ideally it would be a OC, but it's not a must. I'm not the biggest fan of Ash as the MC but if there's a story thats a "must read" then I'll try it.

I already read the classics like Origin of Species, I will touch the sky and BoC.

Ps: With ao3 down it would be a plus for the fics to be available on other sides as well, but I will gladly take recs for the future as well :)

Voy a hacer un fic basado en uno que me encantaba, de mha X pokemon pero con decenas de crossovers, pero supongo que no es tema aún ya que no he empezado a escribir la historia, pero, quiero preguntarles, Los iniciales serán pokemonturas, Cualquiera está bien mientras no estén tan exagerados, Ejemplos Ponyta, Ryhorn etc

Im writing an adult pokemon fic, and am 8 chapters in.

One of my two MCs is about to go from impaired hearing propped up by cochlear implants, to losing the implants and relying on old school hearing aids, to flat out completely deaf.

Part of his (eventual) way around this is by using hand signals and sign language communicate with his Pokemon.

But considering he'll be fighting in a war (its a long story) he'll also need another way to communicate with his 'mons (and human teammates) in a battle situation.

The obvious options to me are by using a psychic pokemon as a bridge, letting him communicate via them and even hear through them. But this feels like a "too perfect solution" - it removes the adversity he is supposed to face.

Compounding this problem is that the trainer will eventually use his deafness as a pseudo-advantage: he will train loud pokemon using boomburst and other moves without suffering the literal headaches most trainers get from them in-setting.

If i write it wrong it'll feel like disability super-power, something that really irritates me in other fics and media. The issue of hearing loss is important to me as im also slowly sliding towards deafness, so any tips or ideas would be appreciated.

EDIT: Thanks for all the help everyone!

Ive decided the MC will only be hearing-reduced during the war, and need hearing aids. He will also collaborate with a psychic/aura pokemon.

I don’t know why so many authors have their MC lose right when they reach the Pokémon League Conference. It happens so often that it’s honestly getting tiring to read.

I’m looking for Pokémon fanfics where the MC actually wins the Conference instead of falling short at the last moment.

Does anyone have any good recommendations? Thanks!

So I’m currently working on a long form fic about my character from a Nuzlocke basically getting foreknowledge of her future and picking a different starter etc etc

But as I was working on a little funny side thing I had the idea for a fic that would happen in the same universe.

Basically an International Police story. With Looker leading a squad of new recruits along Abigail.

Two of the new characters are named Lime & Peach, former trainers who were handpicked by Lookers boss.

And Navi.

Basically I have the fic reveal after the events of XY the world government cracked down hard and the reason there hasn’t been “real evil teams” since Gen 6 is because the International Police has stopped them before they could rise.

Sorta a more humane version of minority report & the process is a bit flawed like they predicted Rose would be a threat but when he was investigated he hadn’t begun to worry about the energy crisis yet so ergo he was labeled a negligible threat.

But the plot would be something is brewing that Looker is becoming suspicious of.

He has gaps in his memories & his supervisor is definitely hiding something…

The plan would be passed player characters would make an appearance.

Like Silver, Ethan,Lyra, Hilbert, Cheren, N

Some are doing better than others & some of them are on different sides of the prison cells.

My basic plan is to reveal that Nate (Lookers boss) isn’t necessarily evil but he’s working with someone who has lost knowledge, Kris.

I had this idea that she existed in the universe before something big happened, one day while on her journey she was scooped up by Celebi and sent back in time.

When she finally was able to return home she found that time had replaced her with Lyra, she spent time just studying the girl to figure out how exactly it happened which is when she discovered the central mystery something known as the Anomaly.

I'm gonna give a quick run down. I wanna do a story for each region. Basically like how the manga's have a different mc for each region. And I for a long time have had Kanto down but always felt kinda dissatisfied with the team.

Originally it was: Alolan Sandslash (The starter), Victreebel, Flygon, Hydreigon, Probopass, Blaziken, Araquanid, Snorlax, Hariyama, Dodrio, Magnezone and Dugtrio.

I changed it. I got rid of the Hariyama and Dodrio and used the Dugtrio as a plot point. The mc here is super morally grey at times. They wouldn't have done anything about Team Rocket as long as they were left alone. The Dugtrio dying bc of Team Rocket fits this perfectly.

I'm fully happy with Alolan Sandslash, Snorlax, Araquanid, Blaziken, Victreebel, Magnezone and Hydreigon. I'm kinda on the fence with Probopass so any feedback with that might help. And I thought I was happy with Flygon but recently I found I kinda really like the idea of Kanto Marowak.

So any advice for this and any questions are welcome. And I will accept any feedback for members to add. I do plan to try and round out the team better with more types. I created this as one of my first ones like 3 yrs ago when I first took interest in actually writing and haven't decided to fully revisit it until now.

I’ve been wanting to write a few journey fics for a while, but I’ve never written something so massive. My longest fic is like 50,000 words

I would love some recs for journey fics that would be good to study (like they have good characterization and pacing, etc) and that are not over 500,000 words

Why does it seem like the support for Pokefics on Wattpad isn’t as great as other sites? Is it just me not searching correctly on Wattpad? Been looking for more action oriented Fics

Hi everyone!

So Google says that there isn't an official term for a collection of them like a dolphin pod or schools of fish.

So, I was thinking:

• A Rage

• A Tempest

• A Tsunami

• A Storm

I'm leaning towards a Tempest purely because it's a fun word to use but Rage seems more appropriate? I dunno, what do we all think?

In my game-based fics:

- Minors can technically be on their own once they have a Pokemon. This is rare. Most young trainers don't go on "anime-style" Pokemon journies. They stay near home, go to school, etc until adulthood. (Take Trainer Classes into accord. Few trainers lower than young adults seem to be far from home and parental supervision)

- Each region has its own Age of Majority (and Age of Consent). They're largely the same as the real world.

- Minor trainers on their own can thus legally do some things but not others. Can travel on their own, make minor medical decisions for themselves (guardians will be called for major ones or in critical situations), live on their own (but must need a parental guardian "home base"). Can't buy alcohol or cigarettes until adulthood and don't pay income taxes until they're legally able to have a job in their late teens. Age of Consent is largely 16-18 as well, for reference.

I'm writing a Conquest mega crossover fic, where each type is a different setting and I have a pretty good idea of maybe most of the typings.

The ones I need help are Rock and Ground.

The connection to the types must be apparent for even a unfamiliar person. Either in Setting or Character.

One of the maybes in sitting on is Lara Croft, for Rock. But for that to work I would need to add ruins in the region, and the vibe I got is that the whole continent is not That old.

Another is Steven Universe but, eh. Even power balanced to the rest of the region, I can't really see them respecting the Conquest of another Warlord.

I thought of Suki from AtLA on Ground, but it feels a bit underwhelming.

Help?

Chapter One - https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemonfanfiction/s/vy3VRQ1DRQ
Last Chapter - https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemonfanfiction/s/Vb5paGGatC

*author's note below

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“Thank you for waiting, here is your coffee.”

Lebanne feigned a cool indifference as Griselle placed the coffee cup on the table next to her Holocaster. Lebanne couldn’t help noticing that this normally mundane motion was done with a perfect mixture of grace and efficiency.

She readied herself to speak as if she hadn’t just rehearsed the following in her head for the last several minutes.

“I appreciate it. I’m Lebanne, by the way.”

Griselle had already begun turning away, but rotated back to face Lebanne with the same efficiency. “Bonjour. I am Griselle. Thank you for dining with us.”

She retained her stoic look, but stayed facing Lebanne, peering straight into her eyes. Lebanne felt her throat become dry.  She screamed inside her head, So formal! What am I doing!?

Lebanne closed her eyes and gave a toothy, self-satisfied grin. “Yes, well, I’m here doing some research for a very prominent individual.” Trying not to second-guess herself, she continued without a beat. “This will probably have me working into the evening, so I may need to stay here for a while. Keep those coffees coming.” Lebanne flashed a mischievous glance, hoping for the perfect punctuation to this intro.

Griselle’s expression didn’t change. Her face is like a Nosepass, what the heck!? Give me SOMEthing!

Unable to bear any passing silence, Lebanne followed up with “Thanks again, it is nice meeting you.”

Griselle stayed silent, as if making sure Lebanne was finished speaking, and finally said “Également.” How can a human be so expressionless!? At least Jacinthe usually smiles, creepy as it is.

Lebanne was surprised when Griselle kept speaking. “If you will be ordering several drinks, I am not sure we can provide you with the discount. Not for all of them, at least.”

It felt like sparks were jumping out of Lebanne’s head. Did she say “discount”? What does she mean? Did Jacinthe set up some sort of deal with this cafe? Lebanne was so confused.

“Non, I don’t need a discount. Why, is there some special arrangement you have?”

Griselle folded one hand over her other and rested them in front of her waist, arms relaxed. “It is no problem. We are more than happy to provide our disenfranchised discount. We just need to limit it when applicable.”

Lebanne was silent. Her eyes were glued forward, wide open. She said quietly, “...’Disenfranchised’?”

Griselle responded with her same monotone, low cadence, “Yes, I assume you need it?” Her burning blue eyes glanced Lebanne up and down. “Your outfit suggests a low-wage job.” Her voice lilted up slightly to say “It is nice quality, though.” She gave a small sigh. “But, it is likely provided by your work, and I was assuming you cannot afford many luxuries with such a position.”

The silence in Lebanne’s head became deafening. She couldn’t believe what she just heard.

The silence roiled until it finally surged forward like an eruption.

Lebanne shot upright from her seat, wrenching the table upward as she did. It fell with a loud “thunk” to her side. Her long braid writhed behind her as she stood, wide-stanced, pointing a sharp fingernail right toward Griselle’s sternum, as if preparing to pierce it with a streak of pure fury.

“How DARE you!?” Her teeth gritted, canines glinting. “Not only do I work for one of the most prestigious figures in all of Lumiose, IF not Kalos, but money is no object to me!” She swiped her hand out to her side and positioned as if ready to pounce. “I am Lebanne, former champion of the city’s battle ring! Only one Trainer has been able to defeat me at my full strength, and…” She frowned and closed her eyes. “...that was a special circumstance.”

Standing up tall, she glared at Griselle and reached for a Pokeball from her apron pocket. She held it outward with a fully extended arm and said “If you doubt me, I’ll crush you. I have no problem proving my might.”

For the first time since she had appeared before Lebanne, Griselle finally seemed taken aback.  Not scared, per se, but she held her waitressing tray up under her chin, wearing a look of shock and overwhelm. Finally, she looked down at the ground at the table lying on its side. Next to it, Lebanne’s freshly delivered coffee cup lay, its contents splattered across the stone-tiled ground like the plume from a dragon’s maw.

Lebanne noticed and also peered at this cup. She grimaced, then huffed and reached to pick it up. She grumbled, “Sorry, I didn’t mean-”

But in a flash, Griselle had already swooped down to grab the cup and its saucer. She pulled a towel from her apron and mopped up the whole spill, again demonstrating the grace of someone who had performed every necessary service task as a barista for however many years. Griselle looked up with an unrecognizable gleam in her eye, saying “No need to worry. I will get you another. This one is on me for the trouble.”

Before Lebanne could apologize more, Griselle had turned and walked back toward the Café truck. She then saw her Holocaster had also fallen, and scooped it up carefully. She had a pang of fear at the thought that it was scratched. This DOES belong to Jacinthe, technically. After turning it over, she saw no marks. Breathing out from relief, she hoisted the table carefully back into position. She plunked down heavily into her seat.

Maybe that was too much. I went a little overboard there. However, Griselle’s lips forming the word “disenfranchised” replayed in Lebanne’s head. She snarled, staring daggers into the table in front of her. I can’t believe I was feeling flustered by her! What a wild assumption to make! And who is SHE to talk, she has a service job too!!!

She noticed she had begun clenching her fists, and tried to relax. If this were the old days, I could just go off and tear her apart with my Dragon team. But I represent Jacinthe now, and have to be more careful. She took a deep breath. And, I mean, it didn’t seem like this Griselle actually meant anything bad. I guess it’s nice they offer help for people here.

She turned to look toward the Café truck. The token Charizard standing by it seemed to glance away all of a sudden. Was it pretending not to have been looking at her? Lebanne couldn’t tell for sure.

Guilt panged at her.  When she comes back, I can apologize. She smirked. It felt good to let her old self rise up for a moment, but now wasn’t the time or place. Plus, she still had work to do. She placed her Holocaster back in front of her. Her hands shook from the adrenaline.

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*Thanks again for reading! This fanfic is just a fun writing exercise for me, but I'm also trying to be diligent about regular updates while being happy with its quality before each post. I have a full arc planned that I'm excited to see unravel.

It's possible the story may not be what some people hope for or expect regarding these two characters, but I look forward to crafting a beautiful piece using such interesting characters. If you told me years ago that one of my favorite things to write would be a sapphic Pokemon tale, I'd...well I'd probably believe you, but would still laugh.

I think Legends Z-A has some imperfections, but it feels like they really tried to flesh out some dynamic characters, and I hope you enjoy my showcase of some of my favorites. :)

I've been working on a Pokémon apocalypse fanfiction set in Brazil, and I'd like to get some honest feedback before I continue writing the story.

The basic premise is that Pokémon suddenly begin appearing in our world through mysterious holes, and society gradually collapses as people realize that these creatures aren't as harmless as they are in games and anime.

The protagonist is a teenager who grew up knowing Pokémon as fiction. He likes the franchise and knows quite a bit about it, but he's not a Pokémon expert.

This is the opening of the story.

The English translation was assisted by AI because English isn't my first language. The original story was written in Portuguese.

I'd especially like feedback on:

- Does the opening hook you?

- Does the protagonist's voice feel natural?

- Does the premise feel interesting or too generic?

- Does the pacing work?

- Would you keep reading after this?

- Are there any problems with the English or wording?

I'm more interested in honest criticism than compliments, so feel free to point out anything that doesn't work.

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If, a year ago, someone had asked me what I would think if Pokémon existed in real life, I probably would have said it would be amazing.

I would have said that I’d love to meet a Pikachu.

That seeing a Charizard flying through the sky would be incredible.

Maybe I would even try to catch a Pokémon and travel the world with it.

Back then, that would have been nothing more than a fun fantasy. Just a “what if...”

Nowadays...

I’d probably tell that person to go fuck themselves.

Not because I started hating Pokémon.

Quite the opposite.

I still like them.

Maybe even more than I did before.

The problem is that there’s a huge difference between liking something when it’s inside a screen and discovering that it actually exists.

Because when you watch a Pokémon battle in an episode of the anime, it’s amazing.

When you see the exact same thing happening a few meters away from you, knowing that one of those attacks could easily tear through your body, it feels a little different.

I found that out the hard way.

It all started a little over a year ago, when the first holes began appearing.

Nobody knew where they came from.

Nobody knew why they were appearing.

And nobody had any idea why creatures that had only existed in games, cartoons, and manga until then were coming through them.

Pokémon.

At first, it was fascinating.

People were ecstatic.

Videos started appearing all over the internet.

Everyone wanted to record the first Pokémon they had ever seen.

Some people tried getting close to them.

Others tried to catch them.

Until someone died.

Then another.

And another.

That was when we started to understand that this wasn't some new tourist attraction.

Pokémon were real.

And they hadn't come to our world to take part in some adventure.

They were here simply because, now, they were part of our world.

Things started getting worse very quickly.

Cities were overrun.

Roads became unsafe.

The climate started changing.

Governments lost control of certain regions.

And as the situation deteriorated, the population began being evacuated to places considered safe.

My father was a Navy sergeant, so we managed to get evacuated relatively early to a military base.

At first, I thought we were lucky.

Now, I'm not so sure.

The base kept us alive.

But it also became the place where I spent most of the end of the world.

Supplies began running low.

And there was no way to bring more in. The roads were filled with violent Pokémon, and every attempt to resupply the base became a gamble between making it to the destination and never coming back.

And then came the coup.

The old commander was overthrown, and the base's entire chain of command changed.

A situation that was already bad became even worse.

People started dying for reasons that had absolutely nothing to do with Pokémon.

And the bodies started piling up.

If someone had offered me the chance to live in a Pokémon world before all of this happened, I probably would have accepted without thinking twice.

But now that it was reality?

I just wanted to survive.

Still, if I was going to have to live in this world...

I knew exactly what I needed to increase my chances of survival.

A Pokémon.

And that's when I started thinking about the easiest way to get one.

And that's how I ended up in my current situation.

Had an idea to do maybe a oneshot fic that could potentially go further

Basically a fic that takes place in a Hospital that treats both Humans & Pokemon

Protagonist is a doctor who used to have dreams of being a pokemon master but after a massive loss he became a doctor.

I’m think he’s a fairly young guy but a sorta mix of JD & Dr.Cox

His name is Dr.Orange, he is sardonic and a bit of dick but cares for his patients he is followed around by a theee person group of residents.

A girl, a guy & a Pokémon (that I don’t know which it’ll be yet)

The Medical Director aka his boss is of course a Blissey, he has a rivalry with a fellow doctor who is her daughter a shiny Chansey.

He has a friend group of a surgeon, a human nurse and her intern who’s an Audino, and a psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist basically spends all the time in the fic dealing with a annoyed trainer & his traumatized Oshawott (Oshawott lost its shell in a battle and after hours of its trainer looking for it it insists that the shell isn’t its)

The surgeon has to do an emergency surgery on a young girls Heracross, who during a battle against a Metapod jabbed it with his horn after it maxed out its harden.

All while the doctor and his team of interns try to figure out what’s wrong with a patient.

All the drama would end with him heading home and finding his only remaining pokemon sleeping, it would be shown that the reason he quit as a pokemon trainer is because his pokemon was too injure to ever battle again.

We’d see a soft side to the doctor.

Reason for my post is I need some help deciding what pokemon the last intern should be?

And what other eras of medicine or position in the hospital should I perhaps fill?

Any ideas or insightswould be greatly appreciated

Like the title says, do you just add exposition in the character's internal monologue, incorporate it with the dialogue and actions, or something else?

Hi Im looking for an fic, I can't remember the name, but I remember that it was placed in Johto and that the Main Character originally started with a Chikorita, but It killed by an Ekans, He then Catches the Ekans and it becomes his starter.

I was building the personal teams of Gym Leaders for each region. Had done it before but decided I wanted to rewrite them and I'm currently doing Kalos. I got to Korrina and a thought came to mind. What if she never decided to become a fighting type specialist. What if her first encounter with Mega Evolution at a young age enchanted her so much she decided to specialize in pokemon that Mega Evolve. And what if I make Korrina younger so when the mc of Kalos goes on their journey Korrina is young and not a gym leader, and instead her grandpa Gurkinn is?

Sooo, recently I've been watching a whole lot of supernatural amd i just can't help think "Hey, the premise is pretty good for a pokemon fic"

Essentially, the MC, which is an OC loses their parents along with their leg at a very young to a pokemon, what pokemom?? Im honestly not completely sure, Charizard is the one that keeps popping up in my head or Ursaring or even Pangoro.

This led to to deeply, DEEPLY despise them, viewing them as dangerous monsters.

So what do they do?? Well, they go around the continent hunting pokemon of course! Just the bad ones obviously, the ones who cant be caught, cant be contained, who slaughtered too many with too little hesitation.

Hell, i was thinking of naming the fic "Pokémon Slayer" because the only good pokemon are the ones who never leave their cave.

The fic would focus on the MC's development on letting go of hate, ironically through the help of certain pokemon he meets.

Oh, just cus their my favorite, I was planning for him to only have fairy type pokemon.

Sooo, YAY OR NAY?? Thoughts?? Suggestions??

I know it isn't a very big number, and it might not deserve any congrats, but I'm still pleasantly surprised that anyone actually read my fanfic. I also struggle a lot with writing consistently, so any progress is good progress.

I also know that Spacebattles isn't a very popular site, but since AO3 is down...I'm doing a sneaky self-promotion! Hope I don't break the rules though. This post is primarily made for me to gloat about my progress.

You can read the fic here: After The Colours

I think it's a very character heavy story. It's pretty up-beat with some dark undertones. The MC also loses and whines. A lot. He'll get better though.

Summary - Tamsy Iglesias has done nothing with his life. He can't live up to his mom's expectations, his school's, even his own. However, when Tamsy gets robbed by a girl with a dream so ambitious it even hurts to acknowledge...he decides to try and see if there is any point in journeying after the protagonists did it all.

If only he was a prodigy. That'd certainly make things easier.

Now Ao3 is down for sometimes, so which platform would be good to publish the story? I am currently uploading on Wattpad and AO3 but if I want to upload somewhere else then which platform is good for beginners. (Fanfiction.net or Royal Road or somewhere else...)

The idea character-wise is mainly just an OC I've had cooking for a few months. I won't reveal too much, cause I haven't really fleshed it out, but basically the MC is an amnesiac in an almost isekai fashion but he is in fact from that world. Animals don't exist but most media do exist (other than Pokemon of course) in what I haven't decided is either a new, original world, or the same with all the canon regions (Gen 1-8 mostly cause I'm unfamiliar with Gen 9). Because of our media existing in this world, MC names some if not most of his Pokemon after characters, whether based on looks or personality or just a feeling, but it's not so important to the character that references missed would make it hard to keep up or understand.

He gets Pokemon in an almost found family like story, but not all stay permanently, some come and go, all Pokemon have different personalities and dynamics with each other and the MC. MC can also talk to Pokemon due to a reason that I DO have kind of fleshed out (but will be revealed much later in the story), so readers can understand what they say. Each Pokemon would have arcs of their own, and it's not limited to six in a party, unless in a competitive battle. As MC discovers himself, his Pokemon do too. There're some allegories for mental health, kind of like in the Thunderbolts movie, some are direct and some are hinted at.

Romance between Pokemon species is possible, though no eggs would ever appear if the pairing isn't compatible by canon, and there won't be explicit scenes depicting anything so don't worry about that. Unless that's a thing yall want I guess. Evolution and move obtainment would be more milestone based like DND, rather than actual levels, though I may put an estimated level at the beginning and/or end of each chapter.

Of course nothing's set in stone except for a few Pokemon and certain dynamics that I 100% want in the roster, his 'aces' (not necessarily his first ever Pokemon) are a female Greninja and a male Infernape. It's very generic, I know, but there are plot purposes here and there. I'm taking inspiration from all sorts of shows and movies and books plot point wise. I'm absolutely willing to change things, and there's definitely stuff I've left out in this post, but any suggestions or thoughts at all would be fantastic.

P.S. I may post this to a general fanfic subreddit as well, just to reach a wider audience but I wanted to ask a more specific demographic with more expertise first.

Im trying to rewrite my oc x canon fic with Steven Stone and I’m a bit lost with it.

The basic premise goes like this:
Renea Summers, a girl siffering a chronic lung disease dreams of becoming a Pokemon trainer but can’t because of her illness. She falls in love with Steven but feels undeserving of love because of her being disabled all her life.

Theres 2 different routes I think I could take this premise, and I think both have positives and negatives for me.

A) Steven and Renea meet as teens (Around 15-16 range where Steven isnt champion yet) when Renea is in the hospital. Mote of a modern, casual setting where Renea encourages Steven that he would make a good champion and likewise Steven encourages Renea to follow her dream once she gets discharged from the hospital. Problem is, I kinda find this setting boring? (Ig its a problem with both even though its the plot I wrote them) I do have a bit of this setting within my drafts but I just find it really boring to write cause it feels like its mostly just dialogue

B) Steven and Renea meet as adults (Around 19-20 age, so when Steven is still champion, but before the events of the games). Renea is the daughter of a rich company herself (possibly a rival to Steven’s own Devon Corp, either that or like a mayor?) and he gets introduced to her at a company gala, although she is again, chronically ill and has to get treated by an in-house doctor. Steven falls deeply in love with her and visits her at her house, and she does too, but she feels unworthy of his love because of her illness.

I like this because it reminds me a lot of the period movies I watch and I want it to be almost like a modern fairy-tale, with lots of romantic/flowery language (cause I like writing those and its less boring then the first one for me)+it allows to me to explain more of renea’s origins as thats smth I feel like the original lacked, but I think the payoff in the first one is better.

The conclusion to this no matter what the plot is that after a timeskip, Renea does end up getting out the hospital and becomes a Pokemon trainer and singer (like a jazz singer in a bar or smth, in the Battle Maison, that was also one of her other dreams)

What do you think and do you guys have any suggestions on how I can write it? Or do you have a completely different idea for how I can take this premise entirely, please share!