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The Compromise
Couldn't see another topic like this in the cafe. I remember one a while back, but it is long gone now. If it is not allowed, just lock this. ^.^;;
The question: How do you use/see legendaries in fics?
Do you think that they all should be simulair to how they are shown in the anime/games, or anything goes?
Phoenix readers, I would advise you to skip the rest of this post.
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In my fic, I use two. Five now that I come to think of it, but three of them are minor characters. The main two are Rayquaza, (However you spell it. @.@), and Jirachi.
Rayquaza plays an interesting role. He had a family, once, but lost them in his youth. He was not there at the time, but when he returned he automatically assumed it was Groundon. He hid away for a while in his old home, mourning them and nursing his hatred until it became to much to bear. He emerged and started invading groundons territory, waging a war with the fire titan. Kyogre came in to assist her brother, and a huge war began. Thousands of pokemon and human lives were lost, until celebi intervened and sent them into a temporary 100 year sleep. Rayquaza's experiences left him hard and cold, uncaring. For he fears that if he gets close to anyone again, they will be torn away from him like him family. He is proud and self rightious, and considers pokemon and humans as only food, not living, breathing, compassionate creatures.
And then there is Jirachi...
Jirachi was not always a legendary. No, he was born into a small, mountain specie, a specie with small mental power. The tribe, a group of creatures who named themselves the 'Jir', lived in the Eparog mountain range. After the tradition in the tribe, a certain baby Jir was named Jirachi, meaning first born. The specie were like monkeys today; intelligent, but not much so. Jirachi was different, however. Smarter than the others, with enhanced mental power. But it was a small difference, he had the intelligence and nature of a human child, and the ability to move small things with his mind. Grass, leaves, small stones, that sort. After his first year, though, he became separated from the tribe after getting crushed by a rockslide, whilst on a hunting trip. He managed to get free, but at the cost of his legs. He could no longer walk.
He dragged himself to a nearby cave, and dwelled there for weeks, surviving on a pool of water that collected in the heart of the cave, and fish from that very lake. His femurs were shattered, thankfully nothing piercing the skin, but the bone set crookedy, rendering him permanently crippled. (Or so he thought). As time passed, he honed his mental ability, stretching it, building it up, until he was able to use it to hover above the ground, slightly. But that was the limit of his tribes power, so he cast around for a different source of energy to boost his mental ability. He had small telepathic abilities, and with it he was able to delve into the minds of fish, and discover their wishes, their hopes, their dreams. It was not much, but somehow he figured out a way to harness that power, that will to make such things come true. And thus, Jirachi was born again.
He practised daily with his mental ability, stretching it out to the limit, increasing his range for leagues. With every metre he found new creatures, all harboring what the fish had. Hope. He grew stronger and stronger, and was able to move about freely, flying instead of walking. He abandoned his old cave, fondly liberating the fish from their neverending torment of swimming around in circles by pushing water up from inside the earth and creating a stream there once more. Retreating farther into the mountains, he found his current home, a large cave with a huge pillar of black onyx running through the center. Which is where he made his new home.
I was thinking with the legs, that he could heal them over time, that as he grew more powerful, he would finally be strong enough to heal himself. Then it would lead him to nowadays. =D
Quite a bit different to what the anime and games say, don't you agree? XD
Ok, there we go. I said it. The thing that has been worrying me for ages, and prevented me from writing Phoenix. I know I shouldn't worry about what others think of parts of the story like this, but it does...
Anyways, sorry for boring you all. ^.^;; Please do post with your interpretations of the legendaries, it will be intersting to see what you all think.
=D
The question: How do you use/see legendaries in fics?
Do you think that they all should be simulair to how they are shown in the anime/games, or anything goes?
Phoenix readers, I would advise you to skip the rest of this post.
XD.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
In my fic, I use two. Five now that I come to think of it, but three of them are minor characters. The main two are Rayquaza, (However you spell it. @.@), and Jirachi.
Rayquaza plays an interesting role. He had a family, once, but lost them in his youth. He was not there at the time, but when he returned he automatically assumed it was Groundon. He hid away for a while in his old home, mourning them and nursing his hatred until it became to much to bear. He emerged and started invading groundons territory, waging a war with the fire titan. Kyogre came in to assist her brother, and a huge war began. Thousands of pokemon and human lives were lost, until celebi intervened and sent them into a temporary 100 year sleep. Rayquaza's experiences left him hard and cold, uncaring. For he fears that if he gets close to anyone again, they will be torn away from him like him family. He is proud and self rightious, and considers pokemon and humans as only food, not living, breathing, compassionate creatures.
And then there is Jirachi...
Jirachi was not always a legendary. No, he was born into a small, mountain specie, a specie with small mental power. The tribe, a group of creatures who named themselves the 'Jir', lived in the Eparog mountain range. After the tradition in the tribe, a certain baby Jir was named Jirachi, meaning first born. The specie were like monkeys today; intelligent, but not much so. Jirachi was different, however. Smarter than the others, with enhanced mental power. But it was a small difference, he had the intelligence and nature of a human child, and the ability to move small things with his mind. Grass, leaves, small stones, that sort. After his first year, though, he became separated from the tribe after getting crushed by a rockslide, whilst on a hunting trip. He managed to get free, but at the cost of his legs. He could no longer walk.
He dragged himself to a nearby cave, and dwelled there for weeks, surviving on a pool of water that collected in the heart of the cave, and fish from that very lake. His femurs were shattered, thankfully nothing piercing the skin, but the bone set crookedy, rendering him permanently crippled. (Or so he thought). As time passed, he honed his mental ability, stretching it, building it up, until he was able to use it to hover above the ground, slightly. But that was the limit of his tribes power, so he cast around for a different source of energy to boost his mental ability. He had small telepathic abilities, and with it he was able to delve into the minds of fish, and discover their wishes, their hopes, their dreams. It was not much, but somehow he figured out a way to harness that power, that will to make such things come true. And thus, Jirachi was born again.
He practised daily with his mental ability, stretching it out to the limit, increasing his range for leagues. With every metre he found new creatures, all harboring what the fish had. Hope. He grew stronger and stronger, and was able to move about freely, flying instead of walking. He abandoned his old cave, fondly liberating the fish from their neverending torment of swimming around in circles by pushing water up from inside the earth and creating a stream there once more. Retreating farther into the mountains, he found his current home, a large cave with a huge pillar of black onyx running through the center. Which is where he made his new home.
I was thinking with the legs, that he could heal them over time, that as he grew more powerful, he would finally be strong enough to heal himself. Then it would lead him to nowadays. =D
Quite a bit different to what the anime and games say, don't you agree? XD
Ok, there we go. I said it. The thing that has been worrying me for ages, and prevented me from writing Phoenix. I know I shouldn't worry about what others think of parts of the story like this, but it does...
Anyways, sorry for boring you all. ^.^;; Please do post with your interpretations of the legendaries, it will be intersting to see what you all think.
=D
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