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I do remember some anons talked about what writing is to them, and I wanted to respond then, but I didn't have time. So I'll just throw it out here, since I have a feeling my view on writing is very different than most.
I always focus on the reader, as anyone should. For that is who will read your work. But I have a different sort of respect for the reader than most. I view all interaction with my work as transactions. Someone in the world gave me something as precious as their time and undivided attention, they opened their heart up to my story, and in return it is my duty to make the absolute best story I can to reward that attention.
But why were they drawn to my story? Well, because it is fanfiction. "Pokemon" is written on the cover. A specific game too. Characters are mentioned. There are things promised in the description. Those "things" are the details of the transaction. I get readers for including them, and in return I must deliver on their promise. Those elements, that make my story popular are as close to sacred as can be. I cannot shirk or change them. To betray my readers' expectation of these elements is to betray their trust in me as an author.
So this is why my stories don't include OC's, except the MC, who has to be one. There are no custom moves, states, evolution, no nothing. No plotlines that aren't in the games. Not even any pokemon not from the region. Everything not from canon has to fit with everything from canon. I will not burden my readers with my own bullshit when they're here for "Pokemon". I write what needs to be written, not what I'd want to see.
This doesn't mean I only work FOR the readers, there's still a story to tell, the best story I can muster within all the limitations of the medium, and I'm always excited to tell it. But I'm not some great "auteur" that thinks he's too great for the rules of pokemon while he couldn't get a single viewer without attaching his work to it.
