Hello, reader! My name is MasterKnight2142, and I am a writer on the website! I rarely read other's stories, but when I do, I like to give helpful feedback to the writer through PMs or a review if I like what I'm reading! I am currently writing a story for Pokemon called: "City of Bagonias" and have written three other stories: one of which is the only one that was finished (History of Ganderosa). Read the first story before you read anything, as it is the latest and greatest of my writings!

I am currently looking for a PMD fanfic with original characters, a lot of mystery, and an original plot! If someone can give me something like this, I will be indebted to you!

I have a policy when it comes to reviews - a policy that I think would help everyone (writer and reader) if it was followed. If you're interested in how I review, check the bottom of my profile!

Begonias

Begonias are a flower that represents fear, which is what this entire world is based around: a city controlled by fear. That's all I'll say for now, other than it's the story I have poured my heart into creating for the past half of a year (I have the plot and stuff written... just not the story itself XP). Start with that one!

Shadows of Ganderosa

My first story on FanFiction. It's a story of action, mystery, and dramatic tension! I've dumped massive amounts of time writing for Ganderosa - from September of 2017 to September of 2019 - but, to be honest, had no real layout for how it would all work out: just a general plot-line to follow. As a result, I experienced burnout a few times, found myself wondering what I should write next, and had no clue what to do near the end of the story. I also grew as an author writing this story to the point where it felt to me like Ganderosa's characters and plot were all inhibiting me from growing any further. So, I stopped writing for it and have started on another, more thought out story (Guess which one).

Another lonely Day

For the one chapter I wrote, it's got a fun character and outlook on the world.

A Bisharp's Veil

A one-shot following a bisharp and his discovery that pokemon come in all different shapes and sizes - factors that create relational gaps some find it hard to wrap their minds around. Honestly, I was just experimenting with the concept of how a bladed pokemon could interact with anyone who's skin could be cut by his blade-like body.

A Snippet of my Writing

This piece of writing was something I did in response to a "Character Response Prompt" on a Discord Server I'm a part of, so not canon:

The tyranitar woke up each morning to the same routine. He would greet his wife with a kiss on the horn before gliding into his child's room with a bright smile. He would normally find a friend the child had brought home for the night. After waking the little larvitar up, smells would waft into the room across their nostrils - smells of berries mixed in with different herbs brought in from the Grass District, flambéed to perfection by the rhyhorn he called, "Honey". And as they sat down, Harry would discuss the day, laugh at jokes, debate political leaders, and act as though this were perfect. Yet there would always be that lingering thought in the back of his head that said all was wrong. Staring across the face of his child, he would always feel the crystal that lingered in the inner pocket of his rugged hood.

It was probably silly of him, he knew that. That was a life left to the vultures. He had to accept the friendly face of a magmar, suppress the primal urges to lash out. All because in this world, the atrocities of the past didn't exist. A smile had to dance across his face as gruesome images strangled his vision. In this perfect world, the old had never happened. So he had to pretend the same - pretend that this was his family. But no matter how hard he would try to forget, there would always be that lingering feeling in his heart. His hand would always reach towards his chest - towards that black-streaked shard of calcite.

Review Policy:

I think that a review for a story should have a balance between good and bad. Here's why:

If you only focus on the bad of a story, it seems like the story is only bad and no good, you know? It doesn't help the author to get fans (and keep fans when they're focusing completely on the bad).

I find that most "critical" reviews like to focus entirely on what's bad about the story, creating entire paragraphs on what the author is doing wrong. The issue with this is that it losses sight on the "why" part of the review. There are two reasons. A. To inform future readers on what they're getting into; and B. To help the author to grow in their writing (most of the reviews seem to be based off of the second part). Both of these categories rely on pointing out the good as well as the bad. If there's no good, then the author isn't going to know what they're doing right, creating more issues because they stop focusing on what's good with their writing, creating an endless paradox of looping errors. From the reader's perspective, the lack of good in a story means that they're going see all the bad in reviews, meaning they won't read the story and decide for themselves. This means if this story is one the reader WOULD like, it becomes irrelevant based on the view on one person who didn't bother to put in the part that they DID like in a review. That means the person who would have liked the story misses out on it because of that single review. It hurts the reader as well as the author.

Now, there are going to be stories that are lacking in a lot, making the bad outweigh the good, but I think the best thing to do here is to send a PM to help the author improve rather than send it in a review for everyone to see and start ignoring the writer.

The reason I don't ever want to discourage writing is because to me, the keyboard is an extension of the mind and soul. Everyone is creative in their own way whether it is when they create a plot for a story or write in such a way that I can't turn the power off for my device for the sake of the characters, even when the plot isn't very creative. There is some aspect of the human mind that wants to create, and some part of that creative side that is good at it. Maybe the descriptive part of you is lacking while your characters are full of depth. Why would I ever emphasize on your weak point and barely mention your strong suit? It discourages you from writing, and that shouldn't be anyone's intent.