amara seems okay, distinguishing the difference in use vs. love and having basic morals is pretty cool.

Fascinating, truly fascinating. From where this journey of ours began, never did I think that we would find ourselves at such a venue, hahahahaha. Quite the interesting chapter you have updated good sir, the cast have gathered, and the stage is being set for what sure to be an utterly wondrous play. Hahaha… though I must still provide an analysis as true and just as I can, twisted I may be, I still have a part to play.

Here in the opening act it is revealed to us why Juliet had approached Jack a few chapters back upon finding herself in a bind. Before it was a mystery to us as to why she had done so, now, however, we gain more insight with regards to her reasoning. While her initial course of action to go and bring Avery with her in rescuing the lad’s sister may be taken as her way of considering her boyfriend’s rights and what not to ensure the safety of his kin, there is another take to it that is now being made more apparent and crucial to Juliet. She wanted him by her side because she was afraid. We’ve all, I assume, gone through some unpleasant and perhaps even traumatic incidents in our life, the type the we would not wish to have a repetition or reminder of, and Juliet’s, again I presume, last encounter with Chip was something that would be very much classified as traumatic, her reaction to being told of Zoey’s affiliation and destination with the man serve as enough evidence to it as she was trembling at the mere memory and implications. Again, she found herself weak, powerless and alone. And so she tried to get her boyfriend by her side, to draw strength and assurance from his presence. However, due to their own plans to free another loved one of Avery from captivity, she was not able to even get into contact with Avery, and worse would continue to be so for a good amount of time. Unable to get to one of her lights in the darkness, she then decided to do what she needed to free the other remaining light she had, her sister, Amara. Glad to finally have that better understood.

Marissa’s current state of mind, having been brainwashed by Lady, is being well played out in my opinion. The cracks that we see here and there are to be expected given how inexperienced Lady is and how hasty the whole process was, not having much knowledge nor time to fully transfer the affection from Avery to Jack and fabricate a solid foundation for its reasoning to take root in. In real life brainwashing, the so called educational method, a person is exposed to ideas and beliefs throughout an extensive period of time with often times positive reinforcement to serve as encourage for the thoughts and traits to truly take root within a person’s mind, and while hypnosis is the more instantaneous method it also has the prerequisite of the target not being against the course of action. And so, while Lady’s psychic powers were able to temporarily divert Marissa’s affection for Avery to Jack for quite a bit, it’s obvious to anyone that she is breaking out of it and will soon be her normal crazy self, much to the dismay of certain people… hahaha, oh I can hardly wait for the reactions and backlash that is sure to occur once it is revealed that Marissa had been brainwashed by Avery’s Lady, hahaha!

Jack is, well, being Jack. Honestly, as much as I want to feel bad for the guy for being roped up into all this and what will potentially be his “reward” at the end, I’m also irritated at him for being so gullible… in a way you could say he is “innocent” but I think it is more of a case of ignorance and unwillingness to truly understand the situations, brought about by his spoiled and high class upbringing. As much of a good person Jack can be, his recklessness and stupidity are causing a lot of harm. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”, or something, what I’m trying to say is that even though he wanted to help Avery and Zoey, his actions in the end had a negative effect resulting in his lack of thought when enacting his “generous” deeds.

Amara is quite the character. I honestly don’t know what to make of her yet. Initially my vision of her was that of a strong and independent woman with a warm and caring heart for her sister and Pokémon, not an ice of sorts who seems to have quite the calculative and revolutionary mindset, the charisma was something I mildly foresaw though. I was very much surprised when she was let out of jail and the interactions played out as they did, now don’t get me wrong they were very much interesting and entertaining, just not what I expected from what little we have heard of her from Juliet. Speaking of Juliet, it made have been her placing her sister on a sort of pedestal that gave me the impression so, again, your wonderfully crafted stories make sense in that regard as the expectation I had would make much more sense if Juliet was talking about her sister with rose tinted glasses on. From what I have gathered here, Amara is the charismatic leader type who you absolutely do not want to mess with, she is cunning and intelligent, but most importantly has a passion for Pokémon rights that she is intent on fighting for, a fiery drive that goes along well with her charisma as I believe she will soon be a major force that will shake up the very foundations of the Pokémon world. I am slightly concerned though that she may or may not have some sort of psychic powers herself given how she was able to essentially charm the Wainwright siblings into joining her in this crusade of hers, for the moment, as well as that most Psychic and Ghost type trainers, who also have an affinity for that supernatural power, are rather eccentric as well. Only time will tell I suppose!

Overall, the chapter was greatly entertaining and set up the stage for what is sure to be a fiery development. However, it did lack a few things though. While there were indeed some clarifications and development, there were a few holes here are there that, though minor, felt off and empty to me. One of which that I’ll point out is the lack of show-don’t-tell aspect, instead of portraying Amara as a charismatic revolutionary you had Juliet say that she is one and made her give a pseudo speech regarding the corrupt state of their world. While you made an effort to show it to us, yes, it felt rather hollow to me and the message of Amara being what you say she is felt rather forced to me, in a way. Not sure if that’s just me though. Nevertheless, this was quite the entertaining update, can hardly wait for the next one, thank for all your time and effort good sir :3!

I've been binging this for the past few days, and I really enjoyed it. The mix of controversial and heavy topics, as well as the more light-hearted aspects of the book. I love it all

Since you asked for a review i decided to write you one. Im a big fan of this story as i started reading this a couple of years ago. Last year i was afraid you stopped writing cause i didn't see any new chapter uploaded for a long time and thought you maybe abandoned it. This year, just out of curiosity, i looked it back up and was glad i did! I'm happy to see you're still writing. I love this story and its characters! Its by far my favorite fanfic. I haven't wrote you a review before and i'm sure you have a lot more fans like me who have been secretly enjoying your fanfic.

I'm writing this in the hope you'll continue this story, or atleast until you get the protagonist to fuck that cute little eevee ;D

Best regards,

a big fan

Fuck yeah, it's all smooth roads from here right? Some lovely romance and adventure for our trainer and his companions...right?

Dont tease us like this man, give Avery his happiness.

Man when i saw that you update, i yelled. I fucking love ur story, i have re-read it so many times... So don't worry, i'll wait forever for u to update men.

this chapter as well as the last 33 were absolutely amazing. I do admit that a better update schedule would be nice but its understandable that its not possible right now considering the plague going around. that just means its easier for me to wait for it since im busy too.

Well this went from dark to demonic. I applaud you for making such an engrossing and realistic story. But this chapter is my time to book it. Have an excellent day...

I'm kinda upset with how much of a fucking entry mat the MC is, I mean really.

What the fuck is this shit, jesus

fucking love this story so far. I loved the interactions between Avery and angel. but I love the thing between Avery and Eva the most. I hope there thing goes on just a little longer at least. please keep the story going, you got a gem here

Man this story has me fuming, there is so many things i would do differently in his position. It feel like his hypocrisy it honestly baffling sometimes. How can he something so strongly only to immediately do the opposite its maddening. If he would just stand up for his own beliefs like a man he wouldn't be in this mess. At the very begining a simple no and a physical movement away and he would be good. As for his sister situation, im really trying to rap my head around it and not be too judgey of your story but good lord man, every conversation in your make me fill with anger for Avery. If would have just stood up for what he believed in, if he would be just accepting of other peoples preferences he be good but he just make bad decision after bad decision, as i saw from another review i dont see any light at the end of the tunnel either, i feel he either gonna kill himself, Or die trying to get back at rich people. Dude im really wanna read this story but if feel lile its just a downward of sadness and misery sorrow porn if you will, all i ask is can pm and tell wether or not its gonna get worse forever or its gonna later get better for him. Cause he feels like everyone bitch except for his mom.

I'm so happy that you're posting. I love your fic, not just for the mutt. You are a really good writer. You can FEEL the toxicity of Vanessa house or the first chapters. And it arouse u at the same time. Keep the good work

This was such a good chapter. Love the way in which you describe Avery's emotions in this story. Well done

i wish this story was updated as much as it has in the past week. except for the seriously dark stuff, i really enjoy this story.