>>58523754Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed it!
Having someone in the tower to react to Miirym would have been fun. The kinda unfortunate side effect of dropping the two in an incredibly isolated location is that you miss out on those human reactions and interactions. I realized that like halfway through writing chapter 2, which is one of the main reasons why I started up the Larson and Kurt stories. Still trying to figure out a way to introduce some human and human-mon characters into the story without making it easy for Simon to just ask them where the nearest town is and just leave. I have some ideas, but need to stew on it for a while.
I love the mental struggles in these types of stories, so it’s a big theme for Simon. Herding Cats was a great inspiration for me, actually. You’ll see more human vs instinct stuff in chapter 3, and how Simon warps his perspective of those to cope. And yeah, he’s a chronic worrier, so this stuff is nightmare fuel to him.
Yeah Pokémon are typically emotional creatures, so having an internal strife about your own nature makes using your new powers with any amount of control impossible. It’s why people who accepted what happened are way more capable of using their new bodies and moves, at least in my head.
>>58523979Hell yeah, we got a beam clash!! Super cool sequence, and awesome art! Very fortunate that Kartanon has some hidden strength enough to part a hyper beam, or that could have ended horribly. Now we need him to fight a mecha-paradox with blade mode so he can rip out its fuel cell and make a metal gear reference.
>>58524115Maaan I wouldn’t be able to contain myself either, Val. Gotta pet ‘em all. He needs a little notebook so he can tally off what ‘mobs he’s pet. Make it a bucket list for his road trip.
>>58524671Thank you!
