The Quest for the Legends

Opinion poll! There will be quite a few of these here, I assure you.

Okay, so chapter 37 has a Gym battle of sorts. Carl vs. Mark, May and Alan (yes, Alan too; Carl wants to see his Pokémon, so to speak, for the sake of not revealing anything important). The question is, should he do this individually (with possibilities for a scene with Mark and Alan together while he battles May, possibly a continuation of their battle from chapter 36, and a scene with Mark and May while he battles Alan - not sure exactly what should be happening here, though, since I've already planned when their next battle will be)? Or should he do a big six-on-ten fight (why it's ten, again, will be explained in the chapter) where all the Pokémon are battling at once? I'm really undecided, so yes, your opinions will count for something. Which do you think would be more interesting to read?

All out battle would be awesome. Plus, I'm not sure on this 'O couse, but All-Out means less time to do. Plus, we don't have much of All-Out madness battling D:

For each person to have an individual fight will stretch the chapter out quite a bit, but to have an Ultimate Showdown takes a lot of thinking; either some Pokemon will be forgotten or they'll all fight in a substandard fashion. On the other hand, the Volcaryu and Suicune fights were amazingly executed, so what can I say? :3

Either way, the resulting chapter should be totally awesome <3

Doing the battles individually will not be quite as drawn-out as it sounds, since they would not be six-on-six battles - more like three on three and four on four. Aside from that, I would not be writing all three of them out. On the other hand, I think it would make a little more sense and be more characteristic of Carl to just go with the six-on-ten.

6 on ten. Obviously.

Sorry, but I really like the big battles, they're probably more fun. But those individual scenes are good too.

Six on ten would be really cool and it gives more oppertunities for creative group combination attacks.

I would not recommend a full six-on-ten melee, as I have written several five-on-five melee battles for my 'fic, and each chapter that contained one was at least twenty-five pages long. They're very fun to write, but they are LONG, and you're talking almost twice the pokémon at once.

Well, my battles have never really been that long, although I do worry about it being very hectic and even harder to keep track of all the Pokémon than during the legendary battles. :/

Now I'm toying with the idea of having May battle Carl alone, leaving Mark and Alan to maybe continue their battle in the meanwhile, and then the boys take on Carl in a slightly easier six-on-six mêlée. Or maybe I could make it essentially two three-on-three battles, with three of Carl's Pokémon taking on Mark's three and three on Alan's…

Well, much as I love the excitement of your big brawls, it can get confusing. More than one battle may take longer, but it'd be easier to keep track of, and like you said, it may not be as long a read as we think. I vote more than one battle.

When you did the Thundaryu battle, there were too many Pokémon active at once to follow properly, and I personally got a little confused. Maybe it's just me, but I'd prefer reading three individual battles to one massive one. Besides, we'll get enough of those massive battles anyway with fighting the legendaries.

So, bottom line, I'd go with the individual ones.

I say individual battles, just because my little brain can't really stay with a big one. :-)

Hm, that's tough. Six-on-Ten would get hella' confusing, though it may suit the character better, and it's be good character flaws/development to see how Mark copes with such a huge battle when he can have so much trouble with just two pokemon - but three individual battles would be a lot easier on the readers.

…Six on ten, I suppose. *shrug*

Now you have you´re chance to put in the only thing that accualy is missing in this fantastic fic *dramatik music*
love. Personally I think that while Mark is battling there should happen something between Alan and May, but its you´re call. Anyway your fic ownes everything!!!

We'll see about that. :P

I like the suggestion of the May vs Carl, then the six on six melee battles. I like medium-sized things, so I don't want a large battle,but I don't want a small battle, either. I'm also suggesting this because so far, nobody has.

And so, I'd like two battles with May vs Carl and boys vs Carl.

"Well, my battles have never really been that long, although I do worry about it being very hectic and even harder to keep track of all the Pokémon than during the legendary battles."

IMO, doing it as a large melee would take away the some of the significance of the legendary battles. I'd say Carl using three, and each Mark, May and Alan use one, and there's a 3 on 3 for ya. XP You know, maybe I'll use that one. o.O;

Anyway… I like that idea of May Vs. Carl, then Mark/Alan Vs. Carl. May doesn't exactly seem the type to enjoy teaming up for things anyway, so this way wouldn't go against that. *shrug*

Single battles, it allows you to put more detail into the fight, with less work on your part.

And I think it would be a better read, rather than having to remeber what 16 Pokemon are doing at one time ><

x.x those all-Pokémon-out-at-the-same-time battles are quite confusing in my opinon, so I'd rather see smaller battles. But if that is what Carl likes as a person, you go on writing it.
My idea would be two normal battles, one with Mark, and one with Alan and May co-operating, but I don't see how they would.
If there should be any romance, I don't know what - Mark/May and Alan/May would be boring (especially Alan/May, as there are those "signs" about them, and it would be kinda Ron/Hermione-ish). Sorry that I'm excluding Alan/Mark..
It would be okay if any of those fell in love but then broke up though.
Sorry if I am confusing/stupid or something, I tend to act like that when commenting fics.

Shippers amuse me. Oh, yes, they do.

Psst. A hint. Just how much fluffy romance have you seen me write so far since I started writing fanfiction?

Oh, dear GOD, I would close the window and block the site immediately if you give this fic fluff, Butterfree. It'd be bad enough for me if there was romance anyway, but fluff would simply drive me insane. Fanfiction relationships are nearly always horribly cliche and unrealistic.

…I'm on my knees BEGGING you here, man, no AlanxMay fluff… I honestly can't stand either of hem anyway. >>;;