Subject: ...I think I'm missing some context for this.
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Posted on: 2015-08-25 04:17:00 UTC

Because Zeb is the only name in the interlude that I actually recognize. I had a really hard time following the story, because I couldn't stop wondering who everyone was supposed to be. It's one thing to introduce new characters, but I felt like the default assumption was that I knew who everyone was, and I don't. Poking around the Wiki doesn't turn up any hits. It also loses a lot of its impact, because I don't really know anything about anyone. It felt like I tuned into an ongoing TV show without seeing any of the previous episodes, and given that I've been following this series pretty closely, I shouldn't be having this reaction.

On another note, I'm not super fond of the overly gritty tone used for the Pokemon battle. I know Zeb is from a Nuzlocke, but it's canon that Pokemon get knocked unconscious all the time and usually can recover perfectly well. I felt like it was trying too hard to make it darker and edgier, which wasn't really necessary. Maybe it's just personal taste, but I'm not really fond of the tendency to take lighter continua and darken them just to make them seem more "mature."

Sorry for being so harsh, but I feel like this one is a lot weaker than the rest of the LMM interludes.

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