>>28778219That's a pretty interesting way to look at it.
I never gave distances any real thought in planning BStF, just that wherever it takes place has to be within 2000 nautical miles of both Hoenn and Alola (which is the fuel range of Michael's boat, see the picture in the fic recap post). That's an obscene distance; about the length between Bermuda and the Azores. But now, planning and writing this Flygon story, I find I need to figure out some sort of greater world layout. The map I'd been leaning on (pic related) when it didn't really matter had some good ideas but there's also a lot of bullshit there.
I'm starting to think I might fix the Kanto-Johto relationship in the middle, Orre north of Johto and south of Kalos, Hoenn offshore west of Orre, Sinnoh north of Kanto and east of Kalos, these regions together acting as a central landmass with most of the smaller island-based regions ringing it. I have no idea where I'd put Unova but I don't really plan on setting a story there.
Then again, I didn't plan on setting a story in Orre until people thought a story about a Flygon blowing himself up repeatedly sounded fun.
