>>36289359The first one. I don't know if I should just ignore them and make Pokémon destroy obstacles like they do in the anime or if I should go with something more original. Seeing the artwork from Red and Green of a HM, I was thinking I could make them work like hi-tech belts that, when equipped on a mon, instruct it which field move to use. If a trainers wants to, they could also permanently teach one of these moves to their mons, but then again, no idea if that sounds good or nah.
>>36290433I have a close friend whom I send my fics to. I know it doesn't sound like much, but when he reads them and tells me he enjoys my writing I really get my motivation up. I also like to draw (very poorly though) some of the scenes I describe in my fics, and this always leaves me excited and wanting to write more.