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{{quote|''"[[Awful Truth|A war means money. Money in science, because if you use Pokemon they'll just beat each other to death until you catch some more.]]"''|'''[[Big Bad|De-Facto President Weiss]]''' to [[The Hero|Indigo Sepia]]}}
{{quote|''"[[Awful Truth|A war means money. Money in science, because if you use Pokemon they'll just beat each other to death until you catch some more.]]"''|'''[[Big Bad|De-Facto President Weiss]]''' to [[The Hero|Indigo Sepia]]}}


Imagine you took the world of [[Pokémon]] -- and put it into a very [[Studio Gainax]] [[Rule of Cool|style direction and narrative]]. With bits that seem to be a mixture of [[Chuck Palahniuk]] 's writing mixed with [[Cory Doctorow]] 's own style. The result might be close enough to the [[Fan Fiction]] [[Pokémon Sepia]], but only if you also added ''[[Doctor Who]]'' into the mix.
Imagine you took the world of [[Pokémon]] -- and put it into a very [[Studio Gainax]] [[Rule of Cool|style direction and narrative]]. With bits that seem to be a mixture of [[Chuck Palahniuk]] 's writing mixed with [[Cory Doctorow]] 's own style. The result might be close enough to the [[Fan Fiction]] [[Pokémon Sepia]], but only if you also added ''[[Doctor Who]]'' into the mix.


The pitch line is that there is a meteor headed on a path to destroy all of Earth. In fact, [[Stable Time Loop|it has done so]], [[Rubber Band History|a few times already]]. With the recent death of George Grau, president of Cyren (the Capital region in the nation of Spectrum), Vice-President [[President Evil|Jon Weiss]] steps into his shoes as de-facto President, nominating Stephen Schwarz, CEO of a supposed [[Mega Corp|Freight Company]], [[Peace and Love Incorporated|Rocket Logistics]]. In order to bring about the kind of funding to [[Apocalypse How|stop the Meteor]] headed [[Colony Drop|straight to Earth]], [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|he starts a war]], to justify more militant expenses.
The pitch line is that there is a meteor headed on a path to destroy all of Earth. In fact, [[Stable Time Loop|it has done so]], [[Rubber Band History|a few times already]]. With the recent death of George Grau, president of Cyren (the Capital region in the nation of Spectrum), Vice-President [[President Evil|Jon Weiss]] steps into his shoes as de-facto President, nominating Stephen Schwarz, CEO of a supposed [[Mega Corp|Freight Company]], [[Peace and Love Incorporated|Rocket Logistics]]. In order to bring about the kind of funding to [[Apocalypse How|stop the Meteor]] headed [[Colony Drop|straight to Earth]], [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|he starts a war]], to justify more militant expenses.
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* [[A God Am I]]: Krystal Spectrum (due to being a little too close to a mass psionic incident caused by herself, Lady Kiss Void and Schwartz), Lady Kiss Void, Pearl and Schwatz.
* [[A God Am I]]: Krystal Spectrum (due to being a little too close to a mass psionic incident caused by herself, Lady Kiss Void and Schwartz), Lady Kiss Void, Pearl and Schwatz.
* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]: Considering that they [[Apocalypse Wow|Destroy The Universe]] to save the universe from [[Logic Bomb|being destroyed]] this is typically a good assumption.
* [[Alternate Universe Fic]]: Considering that they [[Apocalypse Wow|Destroy The Universe]] to save the universe from [[Logic Bomb|being destroyed]] this is typically a good assumption.
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in a Can]] turns out to be very much this... mostly due to being [[Sealed Evil in a Can]].}}
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in a Can]] turns out to be very much this... mostly due to being [[Sealed Evil in a Can]].}}
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Usually the result of ticking off [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]].
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Usually the result of ticking off [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]].
** A result of not wanting to tick off [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]], as she did invite you to tea. Screaming would be very impolite.
** A result of not wanting to tick off [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]], as she did invite you to tea. Screaming would be very impolite.
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** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Max, a required part of his gangster attire.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Max, a required part of his gangster attire.
** [[Badass Normal]]: Roy, Wehc, Fuschia, Lavender, and pretty much any other average Joe who [[Took a Level In Badass|finds their way into]] [[Up to Eleven|Team Temporal]].
** [[Badass Normal]]: Roy, Wehc, Fuschia, Lavender, and pretty much any other average Joe who [[Took a Level In Badass|finds their way into]] [[Up to Eleven|Team Temporal]].
** [[Little Miss Badass]]: Celadon. In a fit of rage, Celadon nearly slaughters a Charizard.
** [[Little Miss Badass]]: Celadon. In a fit of rage, Celadon nearly slaughters a Charizard.
** [[Lady of War]]: Lavender.
** [[Lady of War]]: Lavender.
** [[Cool Shades]]: Everybody in Team Network
** [[Cool Shades]]: Everybody in Team Network
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* [[Beat the Curse Out of Him]]: Present in Krystal Spectrum going Shadow
* [[Beat the Curse Out of Him]]: Present in Krystal Spectrum going Shadow
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Stoenn Spectrum, Leader, Samuel Oak
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Stoenn Spectrum, Leader, Samuel Oak
* [[Berserk Button]]:
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** Sepia gets slavery / pretty much anything which can be seen as a violation of human rights.
** Sepia gets slavery / pretty much anything which can be seen as a violation of human rights.
** Celadon gets her sister.
** Celadon gets her sister.
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** Roy's Ego has improper handling of Pokemon as one... and cruel behaviour to Krystal Spectrum
** Roy's Ego has improper handling of Pokemon as one... and cruel behaviour to Krystal Spectrum
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Arguably Lady Kiss Void (alternatively, she can be argued as a [[Yandere]] due to her main motives)
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Arguably Lady Kiss Void (alternatively, she can be argued as a [[Yandere]] due to her main motives)
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Celadon, the dark-haired Psychic.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Celadon, the dark-haired Psychic.
* [[Big Bad]]: Shifts per chapter.
* [[Big Bad]]: Shifts per chapter.
** Birds: Samuel Oak.
** Birds: Samuel Oak.
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* [[Epiphanic Prison]]: What Krystal is stuck in, while going Shadow
* [[Epiphanic Prison]]: What Krystal is stuck in, while going Shadow
** Again, [[Pokémon Sepia]]'s explaination for Pokemon Trozei!
** Again, [[Pokémon Sepia]]'s explaination for Pokemon Trozei!
* [[ET Gave Us Wi Fi]]: The Daemon's Notebook was handed to Krystal at the age of five by [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]] with technologies not invented yet, to try to boost the situation.
* [[ET Gave Us Wi-Fi]]: The Daemon's Notebook was handed to Krystal at the age of five by [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]] with technologies not invented yet, to try to boost the situation.
* [[Evilly Affable]]: Perfection, Lady Kiss Void, Daebi/Celetwo.
* [[Evilly Affable]]: Perfection, Lady Kiss Void, Daebi/Celetwo.
* [[Evil Only Has to Win Once]]: See [[Enemy Civil War]] above.
* [[Evil Only Has to Win Once]]: See [[Enemy Civil War]] above.
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* [[No Periods, Period]]: Krystal Spectrum... who is pregnant one and a half times over the plot. {{spoiler|Palkia creates a pocket dimension two years in the future for Roy. So Roy could view his Wedding... and bait Roy into giving the lifeless doll to be Krystal in the Pocket Dimension the soul of his sister, to Squink Roy big time. That technically counts as half a pregnancy for Krystal.}}
* [[No Periods, Period]]: Krystal Spectrum... who is pregnant one and a half times over the plot. {{spoiler|Palkia creates a pocket dimension two years in the future for Roy. So Roy could view his Wedding... and bait Roy into giving the lifeless doll to be Krystal in the Pocket Dimension the soul of his sister, to Squink Roy big time. That technically counts as half a pregnancy for Krystal.}}
** Though the pregnancy during the final battle arc, it is revealed she just doesn't talk about it with others (and may possibly be on birth control that limits how this time affects her over all).
** Though the pregnancy during the final battle arc, it is revealed she just doesn't talk about it with others (and may possibly be on birth control that limits how this time affects her over all).
* [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend]]: Ego, Conscious/Constant (lil' c), Id and Logic.
* [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend]]: Ego, Conscious/Constant (lil' c), Id and Logic.
* [[Not What I Signed on For]]: Samuel Oak's reason for resignation.
* [[Not What I Signed on For]]: Samuel Oak's reason for resignation.
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]
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* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: Zigzaged when Leader comments on how poor Lady Kiss Void's chosen name is. Leader also being another example
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: Zigzaged when Leader comments on how poor Lady Kiss Void's chosen name is. Leader also being another example
* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: The source of Perfections' [[Villainous Breakdown]]
* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: The source of Perfections' [[Villainous Breakdown]]
* [[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]: {{spoiler|Lady Kiss Void pretended to be Stoenn Spectrum after Rocket Logistics took over. Citing grave errors in Rocket Logistics take over--that Titan Co. must return to "his" control. She pulled this while in her [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]] without anybody noticing too [[Flat What]].}}
* [[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]: {{spoiler|Lady Kiss Void pretended to be Stoenn Spectrum after Rocket Logistics took over. Citing grave errors in Rocket Logistics take over--that Titan Co. must return to "his" control. She pulled this while in her [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]] without anybody noticing too [[Flat What]].}}
* [[The Woobie]]: Constant MacKealan. She is put into a [[Brother-Sister Incest]] [[Bride and Switch]] situation and is often on the receiving end of the [[Memetic Molester|Memetic Molesters]]' [[Black Comedy Rape]].
* [[The Woobie]]: Constant MacKealan. She is put into a [[Brother-Sister Incest]] [[Bride and Switch]] situation and is often on the receiving end of the [[Memetic Molester|Memetic Molesters]]' [[Black Comedy Rape]].
* [[Word of Gay]]: Because the authors seem to detest [[Have I Mentioned I Am Gay?]]
* [[Word of Gay]]: Because the authors seem to detest [[Have I Mentioned I Am Gay?]]

Revision as of 10:53, 28 December 2014
"A war means money. Money in science, because if you use Pokemon they'll just beat each other to death until you catch some more."
—De-Facto President Weiss to Indigo Sepia

Imagine you took the world of Pokémon -- and put it into a very Studio Gainax style direction and narrative. With bits that seem to be a mixture of Chuck Palahniuk 's writing mixed with Cory Doctorow 's own style. The result might be close enough to the Fan Fiction Pokémon Sepia, but only if you also added Doctor Who into the mix.

The pitch line is that there is a meteor headed on a path to destroy all of Earth. In fact, it has done so, a few times already. With the recent death of George Grau, president of Cyren (the Capital region in the nation of Spectrum), Vice-President Jon Weiss steps into his shoes as de-facto President, nominating Stephen Schwarz, CEO of a supposed Freight Company, Rocket Logistics. In order to bring about the kind of funding to stop the Meteor headed straight to Earth, he starts a war, to justify more militant expenses.

Though, what nobody expects is for Team Temporal to appear. Driving the timeline, from The Loop, into one referred to as The Failure, Team Temporal is mostly just a confused group of teens that just happened to be near by when a city wide genocide occured, an enraged Moltres turned on its trainer and several buildings exploding. Which only a minority of them were actually their own fault. Things get even weirder when Daebi/Celetwo shows up. A clone of Celebi, with an insatiable capacity and desire to learn. Add a few Mad Gods, genetic engineering, Time Travel, computer hacking, corporate espionage, Send in the Clones and you are about halfway through. Somewhat Planet Eris mostly because Word of God says Daebi is modelled after the Discordian view of Eris.

You can still see the story at its Protagonize location: http://www.protagonize.com/story/pokemon-sepia-team-temporal-war-of-origins (provided the originally posting author hasn't gotten banned again)

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