My Issues with Pokémon Fanfiction.

Issue #6 MORE CHARACTER TROPES BABYYYY

Yup. Exactly what it says on the cover of the chapter.

Let's just get some more Eeveelution character tropes out of the way, some of which I had mentioned prior but perhaps given less light to.

Flareon - Often written as a pacifist, based likely off of Flare from ES. I like Flare, he was an alright character, the whole chocolate thing was fucking weird, if I'm honest, but I'm probably just turning my nose up at the ES lore as a picky reader like myself would do. Flareon's are often the more lax in the Eeveelution group, which leads me onto the next one.

Leafeon - This one depends on the gender. If the Leafeon is a girl, then they'll also join the Flareon in the more lax side of things, often has some form of a garden within their home and will frequently water flowers, also presumably has a soft tender voice. If the Leafeon is a boy, however, they'll often be more cynical, a little rough and crude, at times. I won't pretend like I'm exempt from this rule, hell, I'd put myself forward as a prime example. It's a fine trope if done right.

Sylveon - You don't really get male Sylveon, which is understandable when you consider the more effeminate design of the thing, clearly meant to appear cute and innocent. The female Sylveon is anything but, most of the time, a chaotic neutral, squeaky, childish, immature little cunt. I'll be blunt, I hate this trope. I've never really liked 'annoying characters' in fanfiction, but purely because they embody the essence of annoyance so well. Personal pet peeve, but I hate these characters for how well they do their job.

Vaporeon - My favourite (Fuck off) Eeveelution. With male Vaporeon, they tend to usually be quite smart and collected, or temperamental and unpredictable. I tried to make a blend of both, because I believe that these traits actually align well with Vaporeon as a species, when writing Kazekiri. As a result, he's one of my favourite characters to write. I might write something about how I personally write my characters, mostly because I love nerding out about this kinda stuff (even though I don't study English Literature or Language at A-Levels) whatsoever. For Americans, imagine your A-levels as your majors or something, I don't know, nor do I really care.

Female Vaporeon however, fall under the same prankster boat of the Sylveon, and thus, they too can piss right off.

Espeon - Espeon are also often stereotyped by their gender, which is a shame. Male Espeon are rare, but from the few that I have seen, they tend to be relatively grounded, if slightly dull characters. Being an Espeon, they're given high intelligence, regardless of gender, which I'd say isn't terrible, it fits with the typing at least. Female Espeon however are often perceived one of two ways, one is where they're already rather well off but are swept from off their feet by their love interest in the story, and then there are those who are in a miserable situation, and are then once more swept off of their feet by the love interest.

If a book with a female Espeon protagonist doesn't end up with them in a relationship of sorts, it usually means that the love interest was forcibly taken away from the Espeon in question. Not a terrible trait, but it would be nice to have an independent female Espeon protagonist once in a while.