I tried writing a story in a pokemon-like universe a few years ago. Now that i've gotten some writing experience under my proverbial "belt" i suddenly realized a story in a pokemon universe would be pretty perfect with some western like tropes. So i was wondering what sort of western tropes would other people here use?
I just remember it from Western Movies and TV shows and Yosemite Sam in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series.
pokemon
Looks like a combination of poke and mon.
"Poke
Hawaiian dish
Poke is diced raw fish served either as an appetizer or a main course and is one of the main dishes of Native Hawaiian cuisine. Traditional forms are aku and heʻe. Heʻe poke is usually called by its Japanese name tako poke, except in places like the island of Niʻihau where the Hawaiian language is spoken. Wikipedia
Place of origin: Hawaii
Main ingredients: Yellowfin tuna, sea salt, soy sauce, inamona, sesame oil, limu seaweed, chili pepper"
Mon has so many definitions you may not want to read them all.
"mon
ˈmän
Definition of mon (Entry 1 of 5)
dialectal chiefly British variant of MAN
mon abbreviation (1)
Definition of mon (Entry 2 of 5)
monetary
Mon noun
ˈmōn
plural Mon or Mons
Definition of Mon (Entry 3 of 5)
1: a member of the dominant native people of Pegu division, Myanmar (Burma)
2: the Mon-Khmer language of the Mon people
Mon abbreviation (2)
Definition of Mon (Entry 4 of 5)
Monday
mon- combining form
variants: or mono-
Definition of mon- (Entry 5 of 5)
1: one : single : alone
monoplane
monodrama
2a: containing one (usually specified) atom, radical, or group
monohydroxy
b: monomolecular
monolayer
First Known Use of mon
Noun
1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology for mon
Combining form
Greek, from monos alone, single — more at MONK"
I suppose the easy "poke mon" would be the Hawaiian dish made by a British man. The Poke man.
@blackjack2145309
pokemon
Looks like a combination of poke and mon.
The actual derivation is an abbreviation and concatenation of "pocket monster"
The actual derivation is an abbreviation and concatenation of "pocket monster"
So, not the singular of 'poke mons' then ;-)
Is that a banana monster in your pocket or are you pleased to see me?
AJ
It might be better to go further east and use Wuxia tropes instead. The Japanese pocket monster theme would fit well with the Wuxia beast tamer cultivation theme.
Every time I think of a Pokemon story that would fit my ideas, it comes down to an all-girls monster girl school where a boy with an androgynous name (Like Kelly or Alex) name ends up being mistakenly transferred and becomes the collector and feels he's got to bag them all.
Yea i can kind of relate to that, for me its somewhat between an isekai and western theme though. I was somewhat inspired by a story i read called "virtual reality pokemon" by deathlynx. Then i realized an R rated pokemon universe could get pretty interesting.
Allow me to present some of my logic
First let's assume for various reasons this pokemon universe is being run exclusively by scientists.
Second with pokemon battles being televised in this universe i don't believe for a second there isn't some sort of gambling going on.
Third it seems to me these pokemon criminal groups ie "team rocket" either have unethical scientists in charge of them or on their payroll.
Now with these assumptions in mind there are a couple of things worth considering.
If you do any level of reading about the creatures in this universe you'll learn there are "psychic" pokemon with attacks like "hypnosis" Now if we consider the earlier assumptions i mentioned does anyone else besides me think we're a couple steps shy of a criminal sex slave ring where the victims get their identities erased or put under mind control?
Another thing is that some pokemon just have kinky potential, like my favorite example the electric type pokemon "rotom" which if you reverse the spelling becomes "motor."
Now what you need to understand about rotom is that it can "possess" electrical devices and basically control them. In the tv show it's usually portrayed as possessing various electrical appliances and in one case a lawn mower (flimsy excuse for giving it a grass type)
I don't know about anyone else but the primary question i just had to ask myself was "why stop with appliances?" I mean what's to stop multiple "rotom" from possessing various kinds of electrical driven sex toys and on a playful whim descend like piranha on some poor female pokemon trainer to make her sexually submit?
Then there are all the Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys, which if we go with the earlier assumption that this universe is being run by scientists i have to assume they are "clones" or "stepford wife" like types on a practical level. After all the "star wars the clone wars" anime i've seen, I kinda want to explore the dynamics of environment vs. nurture.
If you do any level of reading about the creatures in this universe you'll learn there are "psychic" pokemon with attacks like "hypnosis" Now if we consider the earlier assumptions i mentioned does anyone else besides me think we're a couple steps shy of a criminal sex slave ring where the victims get their identities erased or put under mind control?
Or the pokeballs supposedly have something built into them that helps the trainer control the pokemon. What if someone ins such a universe modified the pokeballs to work on humans.
Actually, way back when during the age of "Flash" if i remember correctly there was a porn game along those lines done by a company i forget the name to.
Heck, why not add in some other Japanese tropes?
Throw out the ball, and from it appears a tentacle rape monster.
Or from it appears a crowd of "Salarymen", who then surround and molest the opponent or handler as if they were on a crowded subway.
Or the seductive neko-kitsune, which then seduces them and wins the fight after exhausting them through sex.
Or if the creature is summoned is male, the one pulled in opposition is an amazingly sexy nude female version of the same creature, causing the male one to burst into a spontaneous nosebleed and losing all its hit points.
There are a ton of Japanese tropes that can be pulled.