It's about time I made another thread here. I kind a missed this place while I was gone.
Hello everybody! As many of us here know, the characters in Pokemon fanfics are usually divided into two categories: OT (Original Trainer, sometimes used to refer to made-up, non-trainer characters) and characters that already exist in the Pokemon universe (which seem to have no fancy name). However, what I don't often see are revised characters - characters from the anime/manga/whatever that appear in fanfiction but are completley different from their canon selves except for name and often appearance.
No, I'm not talking about OoC (Out of Character) -ness here. What I'm talking about is basically taking a character, changing their personality, history, everything but the basics and putting them in a story. If that still doesn't make sense to you (and I won't blame you if that's the case), then I'll just give an example from a fanfic or two of mine.
Readers of the RSE manga may be familiar with a member of Magma-dan known as Hokage. (Yes, you all knew I'd use him as an example, didn't you?) In the manga he's basically your run-of-the-mill high-ranking villains, aside from the fact that his Slugma can create illusions. For a several of my fanfics, Reality's Crossroads and Love and Loyalty to a lesser extent, I revised his character. See below.
So the question is: Does anyone else use revised characters in their fanfics? Am I really alone in the world of fanfiction? What do you think of revised characters? Post please!
Hello everybody! As many of us here know, the characters in Pokemon fanfics are usually divided into two categories: OT (Original Trainer, sometimes used to refer to made-up, non-trainer characters) and characters that already exist in the Pokemon universe (which seem to have no fancy name). However, what I don't often see are revised characters - characters from the anime/manga/whatever that appear in fanfiction but are completley different from their canon selves except for name and often appearance.
No, I'm not talking about OoC (Out of Character) -ness here. What I'm talking about is basically taking a character, changing their personality, history, everything but the basics and putting them in a story. If that still doesn't make sense to you (and I won't blame you if that's the case), then I'll just give an example from a fanfic or two of mine.
Readers of the RSE manga may be familiar with a member of Magma-dan known as Hokage. (Yes, you all knew I'd use him as an example, didn't you?) In the manga he's basically your run-of-the-mill high-ranking villains, aside from the fact that his Slugma can create illusions. For a several of my fanfics, Reality's Crossroads and Love and Loyalty to a lesser extent, I revised his character. See below.
Hokage's "revised character" is still a member of the Fireheads trio, still looks basically the same and still has the same name. That's where the similarites end.
Here's the basics: Hokage in RC and LaL wears his hair over his left eye in order to hide a scar from a training accident that completley destroyed the eye. He can still create illusions, but since Pokemon have become exctinct he does it himself. His parents were killed when he was ten and he lived by himself until his teenage years, when he joined Magma-dan and wields a scimitar that is somehow linked to Celebi. He is quiet and sometimes moody, and he absolutley despises Bannai (for obvious reasons). Unfortunatley for him, he is in love with a member of Aqua-dan.
Here's the basics: Hokage in RC and LaL wears his hair over his left eye in order to hide a scar from a training accident that completley destroyed the eye. He can still create illusions, but since Pokemon have become exctinct he does it himself. His parents were killed when he was ten and he lived by himself until his teenage years, when he joined Magma-dan and wields a scimitar that is somehow linked to Celebi. He is quiet and sometimes moody, and he absolutley despises Bannai (for obvious reasons). Unfortunatley for him, he is in love with a member of Aqua-dan.
So the question is: Does anyone else use revised characters in their fanfics? Am I really alone in the world of fanfiction? What do you think of revised characters? Post please!