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I asked this somewhere else but: Is it wrong to kinda draw inspiration from say, a video game or such? The story that I am planning is going to inspired from that Mario game (Super Princess Peach)... somewhat but yeah.

The more important question is, is it okay for be to portray a legendary Pokemon as not being strong? Meaning the Pokemon can only save the day with help? It's Palkia. The thing is... like the game where Peach defeats Bowser but only with the use of the magic parasol, Palkia defeats Ghetsis and rescues Dialga, but she can only do so with the use of the Adamant Orb; which this orb contains some of Dialga's strength. Which he lends to Palkia to guide her. And with the last villain, Palkia can only defeat him with the move Assistance, which she needs to use Dialga's Roar of Time to defeat it.

tl;dr, how can I make Palkia reliant on others' powers or portray her as weak without readers looking at me weird?
 
Well, the only suggestion I could think of would probably be that maybe Palkia's powers were somehow drained from her? Unless you were planning on portraying her as always having been weak, in which case, I'm not so sure how it could work out.
 
Gothitelle. said:
Well statistically, Palkia is pretty weak.
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*coughs* I call bullshit.

HP: 90
Attack: 120
Defense: 100
Sp.Atk: 150
Sp.Def: 120
Speed: 100
Total: 680

Palkia is tied for the second strongest Pokemon in terms of base stats, so 'statistically' be damned. It has the same BST as Dialga and Giratina, so you're going to have to come up with a better reason than that, sweetie.
 
No need to like... be rude :p

Alot of others think Dialga is stronger, That's why I protray him as being the strongest of the couple. Palkia still doesn't have alot of resistances and she's not as sturdy as everyone says. (plus she's dainty)
 
It's not bad to draw inspiration from anywhere. It's when you copy something event for event that things get bad. George Lucas copied every aspect of Star Wars from an older story or movie, and save for Jar Jar and ANGST, it's an amazing series.

With Fan Fiction, you're already taking a Jesus-load of material from whatever the fandom is for. Your main worry should be keeping the story original enough to keep it from being Super Princess Peach: Pikamonz Deluxe Edition. So go ahead and draw some inspiration. Just don't make it the basis of the story.

Edit: When you do publish it on BMGf, it would be a good idea to ditch the pink text in your prose. It doesn't really matter in something short like a post, but in something long, it can really wear on the eyes.
 
yeah I don't do the coloring when I post a story so yeah.
 
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