RazerWritesXD

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So I’ve been thinking of how this Elements Collide rewrite will go, and I think I’ve found a pretty good solution to this whole thing: Simplification.
          	
          	The biggest problem with the old books (in my opinion) was how convoluted it was for no apparent reason, and having far too many characters that didn’t get the attention I wanted to give them within a reasonable amount of chapters.
          	
          	How am I going to fix this, you may ask?
          	I am going to be cutting out 32 of the original characters. The OC count will be going from a ridiculous 49, to a more compact but reasonable 17.
          	
          	Don’t worry, the primary OCs for both @korbinservergundam and @Shadow_an_Umbreon will remain intact. The majority of OCs that are disappearing are those created by me that got little to no attention.
          	
          	I think this is a vital step in me regaining my motivation and making the story less convoluted, so hopefully now everyone can have a less confusing time while reading it.
          	
          	oh yeah I’m also cutting out that “Spyro and Cynder are brother and sister” bullshit from the second book that was weird and awkward i dk t know what was wrong with me

RazerWritesXD

@Shadow_an_Umbreon It just had to be done. Kinda upset to do it, but it’ll work better in the end if I save some of the other characters for other stories or just removing them entirely.
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RazerWritesXD

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So I’ve been thinking of how this Elements Collide rewrite will go, and I think I’ve found a pretty good solution to this whole thing: Simplification.
          
          The biggest problem with the old books (in my opinion) was how convoluted it was for no apparent reason, and having far too many characters that didn’t get the attention I wanted to give them within a reasonable amount of chapters.
          
          How am I going to fix this, you may ask?
          I am going to be cutting out 32 of the original characters. The OC count will be going from a ridiculous 49, to a more compact but reasonable 17.
          
          Don’t worry, the primary OCs for both @korbinservergundam and @Shadow_an_Umbreon will remain intact. The majority of OCs that are disappearing are those created by me that got little to no attention.
          
          I think this is a vital step in me regaining my motivation and making the story less convoluted, so hopefully now everyone can have a less confusing time while reading it.
          
          oh yeah I’m also cutting out that “Spyro and Cynder are brother and sister” bullshit from the second book that was weird and awkward i dk t know what was wrong with me

RazerWritesXD

@Shadow_an_Umbreon It just had to be done. Kinda upset to do it, but it’ll work better in the end if I save some of the other characters for other stories or just removing them entirely.
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RazerWritesXD

I think I’m slowly developing a Pokémon problem.
          
          I first played LeafGreen, then started a Pixelmon server with my friends, and now I have Pokémon GO on my phone.
          
          Oops.

Shadow_an_Umbreon

@RazerWritesXD That's what happens once you get into pokemon
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GundamKType

@RazerWritesXD OH NO, Someone's having fun.
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RazerWritesXD

This is sort of a part two to the post I put up a few days ago.
          
          While reading through Galaxy Collapse again to re-familiarise myself with it, I’ve realised just how many characters are in this god forsaken book and how unfathomably difficult it’s going to be to try and fit them all in.
          It’s also awful knowing that I literally have no choice other than to kill a few of them off purely because of how many of them there are.
          
          W h y
          d i d
          I
          d o
          t h i s
          t o
          m y s e l f ?
          
          @korbinservergundam @Shadow_an_Umbreon

Shadow_an_Umbreon

The ones that aren't put into the writing that often
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Shadow_an_Umbreon

@RazerWritesXD Just kill off the ones that basically act as side characters.
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GundamKType

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@korbinservergundam Fuck spelling.
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RazerWritesXD

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I have only just realised that my profile background image is fucking sideways.
          
          I kinda wanna keep it like that lmao

RazerWritesXD

Nope, complete accident.
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GundamKType

@RazerWritesXD lmfao I thought you just did that for no reason
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RazerWritesXD

Looking back through my Spyro books has been a weird experience for me over the past couple days, and now I fully understand why I wanted to rewrite it to begin with.
          
          A lot of things simply don’t make sense, there are a ton of grammatical errors, and overall some of the “character development” is lacklustre or not present outright. And I’ll be completely honest, aside from a few places, these issues even plague Galaxy Collapse.
          
          Because of this, I’m now incredibly torn between either finishing Galaxy Collapse and completing the quartet, or rewrite the entire story from scratch and complete it that way. I’ve also been considering completely ditching that series and trying something else.
          
          I’m just kinda lost right now and want some suggestions from others, so reply with your thoughts.
          
          @korbinservergundam @Shadow_an_Umbreon

RazerWritesXD

@korbinservergundam Completely forgot that I even wrote that. 15 year old me was trippin.
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GundamKType

@Shadow_an_Umbreon Yeah but if he's rewriting it then you might as well cut that part out cuz he admitted any kind of thought it was cringe too.
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Shadow_an_Umbreon

@korbinservergundam He already said before they aren't or something of the sort.
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RazerWritesXD

I JUST ENCOUNTERED AND CAUGHT A SHINY ZUBAT WHAUNHVSXIJKVTXRINTCRV
          @korbinservergundam @Shadow_an_Umbreon

Shadow_an_Umbreon

@RazerWritesXD my first shiny I encountered in pokemon was a ficking pidgeoto, that was in let's go pikachu (or eevee, whichever one has the eevees you can catch.)
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RazerWritesXD

@korbinservergundam According to a Discord friend, it’s a 1/8000 chance in Leaf Green, that’s wild for the few hours I’ve played.
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RazerWritesXD

After discovering the luxury that is emulation, I have played a Pokémon game for the first time: Leaf Green (which is a remake of Pokémon Red).
          
          Only did the first gym so far but I’m already liking it.
          
          @Shadow_an_Umbreon @korbinservergundam

Shadow_an_Umbreon

@RazerWritesXD also be sure to watch all the animes as well I have only watched Indigo league, and Jhoto league (I warn you there are 3 episodes I recall between the 2 seasons that'll make you cry.) I have bits and pieces of the one with the greenhaired girl with the Oshawatt, one scene I seem to recall had something to do with some sort of clock. Any of the others between Jhoto and XY except that one I have seen nothing of, I have fully watched XY and Sun and Moon, they are on netflix. I have also watched most of Pokemon Journeys but lost my place in it so I stopped, I also stopped because instead of ash, the main character, catching a legendary, Goh did which kinda ticked me off but I wanna continue the series though.
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Shadow_an_Umbreon

But if you complete the pokedex u can get a shiny charm, increasing the chances of encountering a shiny.
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Shadow_an_Umbreon

@RazerWritesXD I don't know if it's a thing in that one bc I have only played Black and White (remember nothing about it) Pokemon XY and all the ones after XY. (Though I completed it I remember little about the end.) I have completed all the ones after XY except for sun/moon. Though I didn't complete S/M bc the projector in the top screen of my 3DS broke.
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