shoz999
Back when Tigers used to smoke.
Simple question. Probably long answer lol, how do you plan and write an action scene for your Pokemon fanfics.
So for me, this is either the easiest or hardest part depending on how much I grasp the action scene. Sometimes, I have an idea what each action, each blow or movement is going to happen in a battle and other times I just have no idea what the Pokemon or Trainer are thinking step-by-step when battling. You want to plan this out carefully because you want your audience to actually know what's going on and that can sometimes be the hardest part because what the writer sees is not always what the reader sees.
Then there's also how consistent your "magic system" could be and everyone has a different idea of how to handle Pokemon's battling system. Some people just focus on the moves, typings, maybe some abilities thrown in there but others go a little deeper than that and start to add stuff like the Pokedex entries, the Pokemon's biology into the battle. Like for example in Pokemon Adventures, Quagsire is a sturdy very strong Pokemon that is slow to feel anything and because of that it's able to lift a Pokemon much larger than it. When Quagsire performs such an action, it looks like it takes some time but it does it with a smile like it's no big deal and it gives off the impression that it looks like a bit of a challenge for Quagsire but it also looks easy for Quagsire. For some other people, they throw in the numbers and go for a more mechanical feel which are normally explained by various forms of electronics like the Pokedex and for some people, this is interesting and logical way to do battling but for others they see this as a way to take them out of the immersion because even though this isn't really immersion-breaking, the numbers and more mechanical focus does give off the impression that Pokemon are more like tools than friends.
Now imagine all of this but consisting of Pokemon battles where you have to switch in and out to around 3 to 6 Pokemon. Now suddenly it seems like a lot more work right and the thing is, it kind of is depending on how much your going for but that's just from my experience.
So for me, this is either the easiest or hardest part depending on how much I grasp the action scene. Sometimes, I have an idea what each action, each blow or movement is going to happen in a battle and other times I just have no idea what the Pokemon or Trainer are thinking step-by-step when battling. You want to plan this out carefully because you want your audience to actually know what's going on and that can sometimes be the hardest part because what the writer sees is not always what the reader sees.
Then there's also how consistent your "magic system" could be and everyone has a different idea of how to handle Pokemon's battling system. Some people just focus on the moves, typings, maybe some abilities thrown in there but others go a little deeper than that and start to add stuff like the Pokedex entries, the Pokemon's biology into the battle. Like for example in Pokemon Adventures, Quagsire is a sturdy very strong Pokemon that is slow to feel anything and because of that it's able to lift a Pokemon much larger than it. When Quagsire performs such an action, it looks like it takes some time but it does it with a smile like it's no big deal and it gives off the impression that it looks like a bit of a challenge for Quagsire but it also looks easy for Quagsire. For some other people, they throw in the numbers and go for a more mechanical feel which are normally explained by various forms of electronics like the Pokedex and for some people, this is interesting and logical way to do battling but for others they see this as a way to take them out of the immersion because even though this isn't really immersion-breaking, the numbers and more mechanical focus does give off the impression that Pokemon are more like tools than friends.
Now imagine all of this but consisting of Pokemon battles where you have to switch in and out to around 3 to 6 Pokemon. Now suddenly it seems like a lot more work right and the thing is, it kind of is depending on how much your going for but that's just from my experience.