Hi everyone!
2025 is officially here!
It already, unfortunately, feels like 2024 was months ago.
And that isn’t usually a good sign for a new year.
On the bright side, soon we’ll be celebrating 4 years of my blogs!
And the thing about looking back on 4 years is that you find a LOT of things.
Things you now wish had had more thought put into them.
So, let’s look back on my major writing projects I’ve posted on this website!
I’ll be offering the things I still like about the blogs (if any) and the things I dislike (are many), also a basic summary if you don’t want to read the whole dang thing.
Au contraire, I will be providing a link to all of these, so feel free to read them ad libitum tuum (at your pleasure).
So, let’s dive in!
If I had an actual name for this series before, I don’t know.
So let’s call it The PokéBlog Saga now.
This was my first big writing project here, and what do I have to say?
It’s a written play-by-play of my first Pokemon Sword playthrough (I had started Pokemon Shield prior) that consists of pretentious titles and a whole lot of redundancy/grammatical errors.
Worth mentioning that in the first installment the tag “champion” is spelled wrong (chapion), so that should give you a good idea of the level of intelligence we’re dealing with.
Also the fact that the Enter key is used exactly zero times in the first blog, so it looks very…condensed.
What do I like about this series? The concept of the thing, and there’s some humor?
What don’t I like?
ohhh this is a long list.
It’s written very much like Dork Diaries (yuck) and it’s just… bland.
The dialogue is written like this (here’s an actual example, so help me Lumera):
So I gave him my Endorsement, and the he [the guy at the check-in] said, “Fancy that, This is the first time we’ve ever had a challenger endorsed by the Champion!” Then classically, Hop ruins the moment. “Well now you’ve got two, ’cause I am too!” Then follows with, “I’m Hop, your next Champion! Get me all signed up, will you?” Then the guy said, “Now choose the preferred number on your uniform, if you would be so kind?” I chose 0, So I was the best of the best!😁 Then he said, “Go rest at the Budew Drop Inn.” Hop then said, “I’M OFF TO CHECK THE FANCY DIGS!” Classic Hop.🤣
…
First of all, is “classically” even an adverb? This was the only time he’d ever done this that I can think of, and I probably should have been nicer to Hop considering that the whole game is just one big Break The Cutie moment for him.
Second, the dialogue is bland. No action beats, reads the same as:
“Hi,” Bob said.
“Hi,” said Anna.
“How are you?” Bob said.
“Fine.” said Anna.
Get my point?
Third, why would I choose the number 0? If the numbers in-game have a range of <0, wouldn’t that technically mean I’m locking myself out of existence?
Fourth, unneeded tense change (said, ruins, follows, said, chose???). Also, “and the he said”.
…
no comment.
Fifth, emojis. Why.
Sixth, I was writing this as a Bratty Half-Pint. Expect some blocked-out words (I watched adult comedy far too early) and mild narcissism. And misplaced apostrophes/typos (gym –> Gm). Also fat shaming Gordie and age shaming Opal.
(HE DIDN’T DESERVE IT I’M SORRY GORDIE FANS)
(I still think Opal’s weird but I shouldn’t have called her an old geezer)
I could go on and on, but I’m going to stop here. Too much.
(Also there’s slight Hop x Self pairing. Icky. The only excuse you have to do that is making an OC based on yourself, but even then…I mean, unless you age everybody up, don’t. WHY WAS I WRITING A RELATIONSHIP AT AGE 10–)
But anyway. You can read it, but tell me what you think, okay?
Quick warning–it’s very, very, very, very, very long. It “ended” (id est, I quit writing it because FNF existed) in a year, but a child writing every Saturday. For a year.
…
yeah.
My first FNF fic surrounding the Neogang–circles around an idea I had after watching RuvStyle’s Phantasm cover!
This blog, just to warn you, gets pretty…edgy and dark. Somewhat based on Percy Jackson (at least one part).
What do I like about it? Again, general concept. Characterization and all that. Two endings! And y’all can choose which one you wanna read! (Probably read both.)
What don’t I like about it? It’s kind of boring. It’s dark, but to be fair, Manifest is a demon. Can’t expect it to be all pretty. I probably wrote this either as an experiment or in a bad mood. Still–dark. A bit of a pretentious title.
I really hated Girlfriend, so her character is…very ugh. She’s a bit of a Hate Sink.
You can go read that, but only if you’re not sensitive to any of the triggers (death, self-offing, trauma).
Well, here we are again.
I wrote this in Nepal when I was extremely bored.
I thought my Pokéblogs were cringe (rightfully so) and decided to rewrite them.
…
THEY ARE STILL CRINGE, BUT I GUESS IT’S BETTER NOW LOL
What do I like about the story? I tried putting my own spin on the game(first headcanons/plot change waa haa), and it’s…actually good story-wise? It’s also more humorous.
My self-insert isn’t a Mary Sue/Gary Stu like they were before–they show signs of beating themself up, it kind of gets in the way of what they do…? I’m not sure. Still could be too perfect.
What don’t I like? Unrealistic injuries. I nearly kill Allister and Piers, but I guess it’s okay because they get healed? It seems really clunky in terms of wording, and some of the headcanons are…far too angsty and written poorly.
I honestly have just progressed too far in writing to be pleased by the style here, but it’s otherwise okay? I guess?
I have mixed feelings here. I do recommend you go read it though.
Note to self – do not start stories when sad/in a bad mood unless the work you’re making calls for such.
This was an edgy Pibby fanfic series centering the Neogang (ah yes cringy phases) and them trying to defeat the Darkness. I was very much influenced by the bajillion other Pibby mods.
Each blog features a cover, and the series has 10 parts.
What do I like about it? The writing is actually really good, as well as the covers! Interesting how I decided to write some lore for the Neogang dudes–and it pretty accurately portrays grief/loss and such. It was honestly kind of fun to write–and it’s written really well!
What don’t I like? It’s not that I don’t like stuff about it, it’s just…stuff could be improved.
Parts of the fic could be read as potential pairings, and for all I know, they could have been. I don’t really like that?
However, they can also be read as platonic, so I’m gonna go with that.
But anyway–that was all of my major writing from all these years? Now that’s I’m engaged in the *pursuit* of Fire Emblem: Engage (hehe), what do we have in store? My skills have developed…what will I create next?
Thanks to everyone who’s been reading these blogs! May the new year bring inspiration to all of us!
-Solus