[fic] [pokemon] [the story of nyx tyler]

[mccarthyism]

dramatics and deux ex machina
(otherwise known as the story of nyx tyler)

word count: 1,320

author's note: this has been a long time coming, really. it could still be unwritten if it wasn't for being in the right place at the right time with the right music. hopefully it's worth it. ♥

Comments

[antistar_e]

It's bugging me -- what happened to the Manaphy egg?

Um. At first, I didn't quite get it, but once it started to curl in back on itself, then I just put my hand over my heart because it got bone-achingly good. Like, at first I thought Volkner had come on to her and she refused (this is where my mind usually goes, regardless) and then later it's just a toss-away line that explains everything, but that toss-away line becomes important with time, kind of like life.

And the big with Rhea, and while she gets it, she doesn't, because Sinnoh is always going to be a part of her sister she doesn't understand, like how she agrees about change being good without realizing it was Cyrus who said it, and what that advice ever meant to Nyx.

And Pythia and Spenser and their intermediately inherited genes for hair color. Oh, the memories.

I think what got me the most was the truth of being a Pokemon Trainer expressed here -- the world narrowing to just you and your lead Pokemon, how that becomes metaphorical for the visual sequence in the game and

[mccarthyism]

I'm flattered. No, seriously.

I'm glad you liked it.

[goghoti]

I already told you how much I love this. It is just so.. gahldfkj. <3