Articuno

Hey-lo, Butterfree! I was kind of confused about this, (And also a little miffed) that I still haven't found a Exp. Share in Soulsilver or Heartgold. Am I just too blank to find it, or is Nintendo deciding to be stupid and not put one in the game?

[07/02/2011 22:54:10]

Kevin

Yeah, Morphic already has Loads and Loads of Characters.



From the TV Tropes Page:



Eight Pokémorphs distributed across six homes, with each home also having (usually two) parents and optional extra siblings, though not much tends to be seen of them. This wouldn't be that much in, say, a TV show with several seasons, but this is a fourteen-chapter fanfic. This in combination with the slow progress of the fic has led to many readers forgetting who everybody is between chapters.



More characters would make that even worse!

[07/02/2011 21:19:18]

Butterfree
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No, I don't. As I already said, it would be pointless, bog the story down with even more characters than the loads and loads it already has, and furthermore your idea is just to have them be "Mia But More", which would be even more extraneous than otherwise. One sociopathic cloud cuckoolander is plenty.

[07/02/2011 14:04:54]

Mew

Sooo… you're saying you don't like the idea of making a Gible morph, with its possibility of being an overly-violent companion for Mia? with about the same psychological problems, just a bit more willing to break the rules and bite someone?

[07/02/2011 13:02:40]

Butterfree
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If I were to make a new morph, I'd pick it the same way I picked the originals (aside from Jean): identify a major animal/creature group different from those already represented by a morph, then pick some typical Pokémon fitting that group at more-or-less-random (allowing for "oh, hey, a morph of this Pokémon could be screwed up in interesting way X"). Because that's how the scientists picked them: to demonstrate the power of the method we've discovered, let's try mixing a human with a mammal, a fish, a reptile/insect, a slug, a plant, a bird, a ghost, oh, and it would be funny to make a copy of this children's book character.



The thing is I don't like Pokémorphs in the first place. I like animals non-anthropomorphic and the same applies to Pokémon; I wrote a Pokémorph fic because I thought there was potential for it to be interesting, not out of any fondness for the concept. I have zero inclination to make morphs of any particular Pokémon species; I don't exactly resent the idea and I enjoyed making up these morphs, but asking which Pokémon I'd pick for a ninth is just sort of like asking what age a human character would be if I were to create another one. If I'm actually creating one they'll have a specific age, sure, but that would be picked when the character is actually created and depend completely on where they would fit into the story and what would serve my purposes best; I don't have an "age queue" of the next character ages I'd want to write.

[07/02/2011 10:37:34]

Linoone

I find it amusing that your website is more popular than your mom's health counseling site and you need to put a link of it on the bottom of your disclaimer just so you can get Google to notice it.



Yeah, I just noticed that.

[07/02/2011 04:36:06]

Kevin

I know that it is unlikely for you to make a new Pokemorph (as you discussed below), but, out curiosity, if you were to, which Pokemon would you choose for the morph?



I know it's pointless speculation, but still.



Well, actually, speculation isn't quite the right word, but I think you know what I was trying to say.

[07/02/2011 03:25:48]

Sandstone-Shadow
Commenting on: 02-06-11

Nice extra. Dave and Mia's conversations are interesting. =3



Out of curiosity, this scene takes place before Brian is killed, right? Dave's reluctance to continue talking because it upsets him is ironic.

[07/02/2011 03:03:23]

Butterfree
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No, Will couldn't have turned badass and hurt his siblings because he didn't have claws or significantly sharp teeth. Morphic is not a wish-fulfillment fantasy. It's about eight Pokémorphs who are very screwed up and have very screwed up lives. The only reason I would ever write him hurting his siblings into the story would be if I thought that would have interesting awful consequences.



There is no point in a new Pokémorph, either. Eight is already many enough to be quite difficult to deal with; adding another one just for the hell of it would be silly (and pointless; the only reason I'd add a new character is if there were a serious gap that needed a new character to fill it).

[07/02/2011 02:31:27]

Mew

And yet he could have turned badass and hurt his siblings, much like Gabriel. I imagine him goring his siblings with newly-found claws or teeth. Additionally, how about a new pokemorph, maybe one with Gible DNA (maybe?)

[07/02/2011 02:10:59]

Butterfree
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Sorry, but no.



1. Will could never play Peter's role in chapter 13, because Will can't dodge bullets.

2. If you meant merely switching which of them actually dies, Will is a better character to kill than Peter exactly because he is so completely powerless. Having him standing around the entire chapter and surviving it would just result in his presence feeling extraneous and his survival unrealistic, whereas killing him is that much more heartbreaking because he should never have been there in the first place. Peter made himself useful; if he died it would be a heroic sacrifice. The whole point of Will's death was that it was utterly pointless, and that's what hits Jack the heaviest. Peter dying would not have the same impact in this regard.

3. The only one of the villains who would make any sort of a sick pun is Isaac, who doesn't actually get there until after Will and Peter have both been taken out. The others were all nervous, frantic and had no idea what they were doing - not exactly conductive to puns. Rearranging the situation heavily just so the villain can be in a position to make a pun is not something I do, largely because I dislike puns.

4. What does it honestly change that your favorite character died? It's the second-to-last chapter of the fic; if he'd lived it would only have meant one extra scene for him (and probably a rather depressing one at that, since his life sucks and his siblings hate him and unfortunately a brush with death wouldn't change that). If you want to imagine he didn't die, be my guest, but I don't see how it would help you any if the rewrite changed it, honestly.

[07/02/2011 01:35:49]

Mew

Butterfree, if you do a rewrite of Morphic, could you switch the end roles of Peter and Will? Will is my favorite, and he's about as pointless as Peter. I find it odd that you did not have Peter die and therefore have had a chance of making one of the villians say a sick pun about shooting a bird - I would have jumped at the chance, personally.

[07/02/2011 00:27:49]

majicfrog
Commenting on: 02-06-11

I didn't need to do anything, I just tried again and it worked. Must have been a bug on my end.



I do find it amusing that in the Morphic world Mia, a scyther morph, cannot comprehend wanting to commit suicide while in the Quest For Legends world that suicide is one of the biggest themes for scyther. I realize they're too completely different worlds, and it was more Scyther culture than Scyther instinct as evidenced by Scyther not wanting to commit suicide, but even so I think it's an amusing contrast.

[06/02/2011 23:26:10]

Leafpool
Commenting on: 02-06-11

fffff that was great fun to read. Mia's take on suicide was really interesting to read about. I love this series so much.

[06/02/2011 21:45:26]

Butterfree
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Website: The Cave of Dragonflies
Commenting on: 02-06-11

Change the character encoding in your browser.

[06/02/2011 19:39:29]

majicfrog
Commenting on: 02-06-11

Is it just me, or is the text file full of that odd black questionmark block?

[06/02/2011 18:53:01]

Mudskipper
Commenting on: 02-06-11

What do you know? It's also my birthday. :D

[06/02/2011 13:48:12]

Butterfree
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Website: The Cave of Dragonflies
Commenting on: 01-14-11

I realize there was a leak and the fact it's proved accurate so far means it's highly likely to be accurate about the rest, but I'm not putting names on here until they're officially confirmed, as a matter of policy.

[05/02/2011 23:50:45]

Charon
Website: Click here
Commenting on: 01-14-11

In case you didn't see, all of the new english names have been leaked a month ago:

pokebeach.com/2011/01/more-english-names-further-confirm-previously-rumored-names-list

:)

[05/02/2011 23:15:28]

Stefan Ly

Hi Peps!

[05/02/2011 05:35:22]