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Hi! What's the minimum/maximum word count that fic writers are supposed to hit? o:

Most ages weren't stated ingame, though some were hinted at (Hardy being 16 would mean Aya also being around that age, and Cain being younger than Aya would make him 16 at most, for example, and Hardy said Terra was probably too old for Cain back in E18, which implies a sizable age difference there), and others were at one point or another mentioned on the Discord or on Tumblr, and people have taken that as canon. I don't know how exactly the hints were altered, guess I'll see when I get there in my replay.

Kyra<3 Please tell Kyra I love her

Considering her dad's a gym leader and her mom's E4. she's probably been training Pokémon since she was old enough to talk. She's immature, yeah, but that doesn't mean she's bad at fighting; she's had a few years to train her Pokémon up, that's long enough to get it all the way to Salamence. As for obeying, if you're not a main character you have other ways of getting a Pokémon's respect than collecting badges

Heather may be in the wrong, but she's also 10 years old. She's a kid. Sometimes, kids say dumb things, and most of the time, kids think they're way, way more mature than they actually are. "Come on, I'm a super strong trainer, of course I should be allowed to take down an evil team, and everyone who says I can't is stupid!" is perfectly sound reasoning to a kid. An adult might know why it's, uh, kind of a bad idea to try and fight criminals when you're literally just 10 years old, but a child may not. As for Corey... I feel sad about him, yeah. He got dealt a shitty hand, and he tried to raise his daughter in the way he thought was best for her. He didn't actually do it right, though. Don't ask me what he should've done, I don't have kids and "I have no idea how to raise one" is one of the reasons I don't want any, but he definitely didn't do it right. I wouldn't call Heather a hypocrite though. Yeah, sure, "People who try to stop the evil team are dumb!" may be said by an evil team member, but it's not the point of them. They've got a goal ("Acquire more money" or "Make the oceans/landmass bigger" or "I want everyone in Reborn City to leave") that will hurt people, and sure, it's obvious people might try to stop them, but it's futile because they're stronger and have a big amount of members. Heather wants to save people and doesn't get why people would not want a 10 year old kid to go catch the bad guys. I'm pretty sure members of evil teams have said lots of things I've said, too, but that hopefully doesn't make me a hypocrite when I'm against them.

As for wins/losses, some gym leaders do react if you challenge them a second/third/etc time, though it's just a small dialogue. But then again, what else would change? For gym leaders, well, it's normal for trainers to need multiple attempts. For the evil team, uh... If you actually lost against them, you'd be. Dead. Though there are some fights you can lose and the story progresses. As for choices... They exist in Reborn. Some with small consequences (e.g. relationship with certain characters might go up or down), others with big ones.

I really hope that Taka does not die on Zekrom Route. Not just because he's one of my favorites, but especially because it'd feel kind of like invalidating the player's choice. Sure, there's other stuff the decision influences, but... My main reason for fighting Taka was "I don't want him to get hurt, which means nobody in Meteor can know he helped us." So, if he dies no matter what I do, it'd kind of invalidate the whole "Your actions have consequences" thing. Now, sure, "You can't save him no matter what" is a trope that's often used in darker pieces of fiction, but it doesn't feel right for this situation in particular.

What led you to Pokemon Reborn? Uh, good question. I think I was browsing TVTropes, one trope had Pokémon Reborn mentioned, and I got curious. What do you think about the battle system in the game? I like it! It's quite a bit harder than the main games, so I often cheese the leader fights with copious amounts of cotton candy, but I enjoy it anyway. I am really looking forward to Lite Mode though, might even try challenge runs with Lite Mode. I really love the Field Effects; it's always fun when you figure out how to use a gym leader's field against them (Or just replace it with a field that suits you better). But while I enjoy the challenge, I'm mostly in Reborn for the story. What do you think about the stories/narrative in the game? I love it. The world feels very "real" in a way, I love the varied cast, and that everyone has a well fleshed-out personality. And while it's dark, it's also strangely hopeful in a way? Yes, things are going to hell, no denying that. But Reborn City managed to get from a polluted, crime-ridden mess into a genuinely beautiful city. I think Reborn has a nice balance between Hope and Despair, if that makes sense? Some series, movies, etc feel like they keep trying to get darker and darker and darker to be more "real" or whatever; Reborn definitely has lots and lots of darkness, but there's always also hope. The orphanage is horrible - But there's people who care and break into it to save the kids. Reborn City is a mess - But it can be fixed. Pokémon have been stolen from their owners - But you can return at least some of them. There's a lot of gang activity - But many gang members end up reforming and getting a stable job. Maybe you can't save everyone or fix everything, but you can save some people, and fix some things, and that matters, too. In particular, what do you think about the queer characters in the game, like Cain and Adrienn? Every time an NPC refers to Adrienn with xyr correct pronouns I gain 10 years to my life span. Cain is my #1 favorite character in the game. His innuendos are fun, but what I like best about him is how much he cares about others. He sees a little girl with nobody to rely on, and immediately goes "I gotta be her friend and help her!". He finds out she's in big trouble, and stages a break-in to save her, a complete stranger. He may not alway go about things the "right" way (e.g. Heather feeling like he was just getting on her nerves), but his heart's in the right spot, and that's what counts. And then there's the Void bit. And Adrienn. Well. As a genderfluid person, having a canon enby character is just so, so amazing. Every time NPCs use "xe" or say "Mx. Adrienn" I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It's like being told, "Yes, you exist. I know. I see you." Every time. And even aside from that, Adrienn is just so amazing in general? Xe couldn't dethrone Cain from his #1 spot, but xe is my second favorite character. Kind, compassionate... Adrienn saw that Reborn city was a mess and decided "Well, I'm gonna fix this!" and then xe did. Being my pronoun buddy probably helped Adrienn jump up my list of favorites, but xe would've probably landed in 2nd place anyway. I also love being able to play as an enby. Even the villains are nice enough to use they/them pronouns, sure they might kill me, but at least nobody's misgendering me xD I never even knew how much I wanted representation until I got it, but now I really don't want to let it go, it's just so nice. You can pry Adrienn and the Enby Player Character out of my cold, dead hands now.

In my first run, my Arcanine named Sarah. Darling girl ripped through Titania, was a tremendous help against Adrienn, definite MVP in the gauntlet... She's great. In my second playthrough I'm just past Kiki, so I can't name anyone definitely, but so far the MVPs have been a Trubbish named Vero (Acid Spray was Arceus sent), Electabuzz named Noah (Charge Beam and a ridiculous amount of speed), and my starter, by now a Primarina named Max. This run though I've asked some friends to give me mons to use (& name after them), so Vero has already left the team and Max will leave it eventually... I'm pretty sure I'll miss Max when I get to Hardy. At least I will have him for Charlotte, since iirc Sneasel is only available afterwards.

Crunchyroll definitely has GX with uncensored official subs, so they might have some other series, too.

"Some people find it too easy" I have mad respect for those people, but I'm also absolutely terrified of them. Not quite as much as I am of people doing Nuzlockes, but it's close. My main method of playing this game is ridiculous amounts of cotton candy but hey it works I'm curious about Lite mode, might actually try a lite version of a Nuzlocke with that. And then probably cry a lot but it's Reborn. Thanks for all your hard work♥