Dude updated with another monster chapter.

Fucking Mewtwo you guys, holy fucking shit. And the egg finally hatches.

Spoiler

muhfuckin sneasel

 

I would wonder how the other Legendary pokemon would do against Mewtwo. I suspect they'd lose, but from the little we saw of Articuno in Seafoam, it might be a nice fight, but on the other hand, Mewtwo singlehandedly destroyed the Elite IV and their retinue of ACE trainers. We'd need a point of comparison between Articuno or Zapdos or what have you against an Elite.

 

The legendary birds plus Lugia vs Mewto would be a tough battle. Lugia is a strong pyschic, so I think that would play into it.

 

I'm actually curious how he'll portray Mew now. We know its basically a super powerful psychic kitten, but I wonder if he'll make it get serious at all or not. and the power gap between the original and number two.

 

Updated. Kingdra vs Gyarados is just as badass as you'd figure it would be.

 

Yes, yes it is.

I can't believe how much this has improved since it started. It's gone from being kinda readable to one of my favourite Pokemon fics over the course of the story.

 

The pacing at the first few chapters really makes it hard for me to continue reading the story. If the author decides to re-write the early few chapters, I might be able to enjoy this fic.

2/5

 

Updated. loled a bit at the dig at every other fic that has Ash buying up Lance cloaks.

 

I honestly can't explain why this story enraptures me so much. Now, I'm pretty fucking drunk right now, liquor drunk so I'm going, but I imagine that the reactions of the Pokemon are similar to what they'd be in real life, IE, Sneasel's reaction to learning Ice Beam, a reaction similar to a particularly malicious cat, or Pidgeot's reaction to learning Steel Wing as a particularly experienced bird. The fact that Ash wanted to "ask" Sabrina's pokemon for information on Mewtwo is awesome too. Also, I can see how the training sequences remind HP fanfic readers of the training sequences therein, but fuck, I love reading about how Tangrowth learned Solar Beam, or how Sneasel learned from Ash and his other pokemon how to behave as an adult. The fact that the "Legendary Pokemon" are truly special doesn't hurt either (i.e. Mewtwo being ridiculous, and Articuno nearly being able to kill Ash and all of his Pokemon by its mere presence in the Seafoam Islands). Another random point for me: I love that Sabrina's bade, the 6th badge is regarded as more difficult to attain than Blaine's volcano badge. I can't really explain why, other than the fact that I like that the arbitrary gym order is being spat on.

Man I love this story. Jesus Christ. Pretty much the textbook definition of, "what might be 5/5 for some, won't be for others."

 

One thing I'm loving about this is how type advantages are explained.

I'm sure everyone has seen stuff like this, or has justifications in their head - electric doesn't hurt ground because it is GROUNDed. Or whatever.

But this goes and gives reasons - grass types are weak to flying types because they don't tend to have anything that can damage them. Electric types are weak to ground attacks because the tremors that accompany such attacks disrupt their electric gland.

I also have no idea how this guy pumps out so much. I know it is a while between updates, but then he drops a 37K chapter after what, two weeks?

 

We also got another glimpse of a Legendary in this chapter, and Zapdos doesn't disappoint. At all.

And in the, "might just be a coincidence," category, Knot Island, where Ash will train with Lance, contains Mt. Ember. Moltres' roost. Yep, author responded to my review with dat spoiler, "I was wondering how many people would catch that. It won't happen immediately, but it's time to round out the set."

 

The legendary Pokemon are ridiculously powerful. Zapdos and Articuno are both forces of nature, not just powerful pokemon. I honestly don't know who'd win between Mewtwo and the Birds. They're equally intimidating.

 

The story has been updated.
I can't believe he keeps apologizing for being 'late' with updating while posting chapters this big.

 

I much prefer insanely powerful unmatched legendaries to barely above normal pokemon legendaries who can be easily defeated by a strong and well-trained normal pokemon. It might have been taken a little bit too far in this fic, though. I don't know how they're realistically expected to be defeated. Still, remember what Mewtwo did in his movie. This isn't that much beyond that.

 

That cliffhanger fucking blows, but damned if I don't love his descriptions of the legendary birds. Christ, seeing Moltres make volcanos erupt with its cries makes me want to see what Ho-Oh can do, just like Kingdra's vast manipulation of the sea abilities makes me wonder what Lugia can do.

That might be the point. We'll have a decent answer to that when/if Lance and Ash get their asses kicked six ways to Sunday in the next chapter.

That's also a good point regarding canon Mewtwo in the movie. Zapdos may have made a giant storm that influenced a wide area, but Mewtwo altered the entire planets' weather with a wave of its hand.

 

Considering how the Champion and three of the Elite Four as well as a large amount of elite League troops got totally curbstomped by Mewtwo, I'm pretty sure that the only thing that can check a legendary is another legendary. And you know what? I'm more than fine with that.

 

Oh, it's basically acknowledged that the beginning chapters are all not that great. It's really when Ash seperates from his friends that it gets good. And about Gary, to be honest, I completely forgot about him by now