| Yada, Yada, Yada Rules and Guidelines |
| Okay, I know the title is "Yada Yada Yada" - because that's what everyone does when there are rules - but please take them somewhat seriously. I didn't write them as a practical joke so I could go "haha, fooled ya!" to you. They consist on one, count 'em ONE (not two, not three, ONE) rule and four guidelines. The difference? RULES MUST BE FOLLOWED OR YOU WILL FEEL THE WRATH OF ME! Guidelines are something to go by, and can be stretched to fit your needs. I'm not picky with the guidelines. The rule I am super sticky with. |
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| Pikachu's Must-Haves (aka: Those Boring Guidelines . . .) 1. If you're writing a "Pikachu & Everybody Else" story, please make a Pokemon character part of your main cast. This IS a Pokemon web site. If you want other characters from other games, I'm behind you all the way! Just please include our buddy Pikachu! (or any Pokemon, for that matter!) 2. Considering that these are based on video games, I really don't care about violence, but there are a couple of things. You can have fights (for example, a Super Smash Bros. competition). You can describe a Pokemon battle, and the attacks a Pokemon uses. You can have a Pokemon get hurt, if you want. Ever seen the battle between Pikachu and Raichu when Ash battles Lt. Surge in the tv show? Do that kind of stuff! If you're writing a "Pikachu & Everybody Else" (General Nintendo Fan Fic), you can make the heroes actually FIGHT the villains, and describe the battle. You can have subtle violence in these stories. Did you read "Attack of the Writer's Block?" That huge section on "Clashing Characters?" You can have them actually fight each-other, if you like. Often times, in many stories, all the stress from a mission just builds up on one character and they take it out on another. Like the idea? Then go for it! Just think of how it would be rated if your story was a game. We're looking for "Everyone" or "Teen" (at the worst) rated stories. I mean, the chances of saving the world and not receiving so much as a scratch are so small they're like . . . nothing. Let's put it this way; if you're afraid to bash your characters around a bit, your readers are going to catch on - trust me, I'm a reader and a writer, I catch on to these things - and then every time you have a battle or a fight, your readers are going to think "Oh, nothing's going to happen here that will endanger any good-guys, so I have no need to fret." Then they won't pay attention to what happens next. You've lost 'em. Just don't make it . . . gross. I mean, gushing blood doesn't exactly go with "E Rated" games! If a character is hurt badly . . . they're hurt badly, but please don't plant a picture of Yoshi bleeding to death in my mind, I'll be depressed for the rest of my life. Think of the Pokemon tv show - how many times has Pikachu been checked into the Pokemon Center for critical injuries? Thousands! The animators have found other ways of showing it. You can refer to a character being hurt, or bleeding if you think it makes your fight more interesting, I don't mind. Say how they feel - if they're hurt, describe it, just make sure that when I read your story, I don't go, "Eeeeeeewwwww . . ." (I only go "eeeewww" if the violence is brutal) Don't have overly serious, realistic stuff which I can see on the news, okay? 3. THIS IS THE RULE! R - U - L - E!!! MR. EVIL RULE HIMSELF! Keep it tasteful, guys. There are three things I WILL, I repeat, WILL be sticky about. Corse language, drugs/alcahol, and sex. It's a fan fic; let's be serious. If you DO have one of these, depending on my mood when I read your fic will determine whether I bug you into submission and you change it, or I delete your e-mail and I never look at it again. If I'm in a bad mood; too bad, so don't put it in to begin with and I'll have no reason to hit the happy little Delete button and send your story packing to the Recycle Bin. Allow me to clarify Corse language. Let's be serious. Have you EVER heard any Nintendo character come out and swear when things weren't going their way? Nope. I know "Oh darn," may sound a bit weak in a life-threating situation, so I will accept minimal minor words. It's the four-letters I do not - repeat, DO NOT - want. Drugs/Alcohol. C'mon, let's think for a sec . . . have you ever seen a Nintendo character drink anything that packs more punch than a milkshake? Nope. Fancy banquettes in those old-fashioned countries (i.e. from Zelda, Fire Emblem, etc.) may include spiced or chilled wines - I read alot of that type of genre, and wines are a royal and sometimes religious drink, I know. But other than that; keep it dry. No drunkeness. No use of illigal drugs. Sex. Kisses and hugs are sweet, but sex . . . ewww, let's be serious. Romance is nice, but let's only take it so far. We don't need any of that . . . stuff . . . in a fan fic. Don't make me throw up while reading. Okay, so, most normal people will be thinking right now "Well, duh, all that's obvious," but for those of you who thought you could get away with it because Pikachu Online is a minor website, I'm sorry to burst your little bubble there. Actually, no, I'm not sorry. This is a RULE - R-U-L-E - not a guideline. Even one teensy-tiny litte slip and you will feel my wrath. If any of you have seen "The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring" and remember Galadriel when Frodo offered her the Ring, you have an idea of what facing my wrath will be like. If not; it ain't pretty. Don't do it, I don't flip on you. Simple as that. 4. Length is your choice. The only problem is that I have to type your story by hand . . . so if you're writing a story the size of the Oxford Dictionary . . . just think of me and my wrist cramps . . . 5. More for the Pikachu and Everybody Else Writers. Okay, how shall I say this . . . ? Try not to . . . kill any Nintendo heroes. Villains have to die, and you can kill as many minor characters as you want, but don't kill Ash or Mario or Link, please. It's sad. I choke up, and you don't want me writing a review of your story while I'm crying unless you want it to be described as an "AWFUL STORY THAT HAD ME IN TEARS!" Yeah. Believe me; you do not want me in anything but a happy mood while writing your report. I've read fics where characters I know and love bite the dust. I get this little stormy raincloud over my head for a few days afterward, which isn't a good thing for me to be writing about your story with. It makes other people who like the character you kill mad too. I don't care how close to dying they come. If they're on their deathbed rasping out their last, fine. You had just better think up a miracle or an astonishing coincidence or something and save 'em. Just a note. Since this is my website, I get to pick and choose what I display and when and on what page. If I do not post your story do to inappropriate content, don't blame me. Blame you; you put it in there. Feel free to re-submit your story to me after you fix it up. Also, I have limited space on my webpage. Sorry, but Yahoo only allows me so much space to build in, so I rotate stories. Older stories will be TEMPORARILY deleted in order to accomedate for new ones. I rotate old ones, however, and they will resurface. If your story is deleted before another one that was originally posted on the same day, don't take it personally. I just chose yours. Tough. It's not because I don't like it as much as the other one; I just happened to pick it. Someday, I might have them all up, who knows. I CHOOSE when they resurface, and if your story disappears for a while, again don't take it personally, it just happened so. Thank you, and get writing! Back to Fan Fics |