#gonna do an ffnet and beyond deep dive eventually + very much open to reccs

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do you have any pkmn fic recs 🥺 looking at you so cutely 🥺

BOY DO I

these are all much more in the silly short n sweet genre (compared to my usual love for long drawn out canon tweaks) given how the franchise works but i adore them :) here’s a handful in no particular order

took our time and the time has flown series, first poke fic i ever read at the recommendation of my hardcore pokeani fan friend ann. it’s awesome

a duo of pikachu & meowth fics: Venting and don’t be like that both by LeDiz, huge recommendation for all their work - they also do a lot of alola stuff i think you’ll enjoy more than me considering i haven’t actually watched it yet lol

some pikachu pov fics: Gonna be a winner, the long way home (bookmark note: pikachu’s lost days)

i don’t know why i am the way i am series, long and incredible and very much in the alola vibe but covers a lot of ground exploring a take on ash i really like

Turn to Ash, slightly cliche chosen one fic that makes the list bc of my bookmark note:

Into the Pokemedia, huge lore dump of inuniverse battle fan culture disguised as a social media fic with ash’s accomplishments being recognized . goes so hard

single best battle fic i’ve ever read: Legendary Defense, ash defending the alola champion title from a certain someone. manages to go EVEN HARDER. doubly fun bc the author wrote a satirical version of these two battling as part of a larger fic mocking fic fanon stereotypes just a year before and i adore that they apparently enjoyed it so much they did it for real

probably my favorite of all: a champion’s path, speedrunning alola league registration AND well written battles, very much a WIP but you can see i adore league worldbuilding and champion stuff. sue me

these crooked little things ace ash real to me. incredible fic

gentle, immediately postXY fic about pikachu haterisms and protectiveness. i love it so much, other top five for me

watch me light up the sky, ash in hisui. exactly as silly and fun as you’d expect, also recommend the rest of this author’s work depending on your mileage with ingo and emmet

silliest thing here: The Graveyard of Stars, crack taken deadly serious take about meowth losing jessie and james. worth reading for the tragicomedy of the climax alone. jokes aside really nice ash & friends & meowth dynamics