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fic: pokemon: Trails in the Valley of Youth, Epilogue

Oct 21, 2011 11:56

Title: Trails in the Valley of Youth, Epilogue
Word Count: 432 words
Verse: Gameverse, Gen 5
Characters/Pairings: Alder/Cheren, appearances from Black and N
Rating: PG
Warnings: None for this chapter.
Summary: Cheren has spent five years under Alder's teachings, becoming a full time apprentice in learning what it means to be the strongest trainer in ( Read more... )

fic: pokemon, fic, big bang

Comments 7

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eleniatallah November 2 2011, 13:41:15 UTC

Aw, thank you! <3 I'm really glad you enjoyed! :3

ainbthech November 2 2011, 15:47:03 UTC

This is not a ship I would have ever considered without this story, and while it doesn't work for my headcanon Cheren I still really like it. The Volcarona burns are both a really nice touch in characterization for Alder and recovering from injury works well as a recurring theme.

I'm also really curious why Champions are appointed in Unova, or at least were for the last number of years.

Thanks for writing and sharing this!

eleniatallah November 2 2011, 19:25:47 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it and that the ship maybe intrigues you now? :3

I'm not really sure how they appoint Champions in Unova (maybe perhaps the same way the other regions do?), but I do know that Alder was supposedly asked by the Elite Four to be Champion because the one before him disappeared. At least that's what it says in his Bulbapedia article.

ainbthech November 2 2011, 20:14:15 UTC

It kinda does --- it would make a couple of things make more sense --- but Cheren is, like, my one straight guy in all of Pokémon. :P I dunno, we'll see.

Huh! I will have to keep an eye out for more information on that then. I should really read the manga or something; I hear they have more of the background than the games do...

Thanks again!

becky_barrett April 9 2012, 17:28:31 UTC

I've read this fic, like, 10+ times already since you first posted it, and finally, finally I've managed to gather strength to comment it.
And to say that I love what you've written to pieces. I've been fascinated by this pairing right from the start (and I think I still have scripts to every in-game Alder and Cheren conversation carefully written out somewhere lol), and I must say that the way you wrote them both quite true to canon and lifelike. Although my own interpretation of these characters slightly differs, I had no problem with believing in your Alder and Cheren, which by no doubt was helped by length of this fic, allowing greater character depth and slow, thoughtful build-up ( ... )

eleniatallah April 10 2012, 13:59:39 UTC

First off, this comment made my day. Thank you so much for the sweet comment! ♥ I'm blushing right now!

I'm so glad you've been enjoying this fic so much. And it's always nice to meet another person who loves the pairing! I have such a soft spot for it, I'm surprised more people don't seem to ship it.

May I ask how you found it? Did you participate in the Big Bang last year? I'm thinking of posting this elsewhere for people to read, since some seem to like it.

Anyway, thanks again! ♥

becky_barrett April 10 2012, 14:48:57 UTC

You're welcome. c:
I always seem to ship pairings that are not mainstream in any way, so it's not surprising to find that this particular pairing's not that popular. I wish it was, though.
Oh, sure, I tried participating last year, but it got complicated - let's just say that getting two masters degrees in two differen countries is hard - and in the end I had a very stressfull summer that had no room for pokemon, unfortunately. In the end I only read the results.
I signed up as a beta for the one this year, though, and I'm looking forward to it.
You should post it on Archive Of Our Own, I think. It's a nice place as far as I can see, at least for reading, I didn't post anything there myself.