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Pokemon Rebirth is a mixed media fanfiction series that ran between 2001 and 2021. For more information, visit the official site at pokemonrebirth.niftihalostudios.com -- (I still occasionally post observational Pokemon things on this blog)

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4th May 2021

Hello everyone,

Thank you for stopping by, and for enjoying Pokemon Rebirth over the last 20 years I worked on it. It was a pleasure exploring the concepts that make up Pokemon as a franchise, honing my writing skills which are now being used to make screenplays, and making long-lasting friendships.

BRINK is now complete and online to read in full, as a mixture of production notes and concept art.

BLANK PAGES is being reconstructed as a pdf file, for more convenient reading and distribution.

SONG OF THE TIMELESS will be getting a similar release as Brink, in the production notes/concept art format.

There will also be documents released detailing the synopses of a number of short stories that were never finished.

I hope this project brought something positive into your life, and perhaps got to you look at the Pokemon world just a little differently.

- Gemma

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It still feels weird seeing 'Kantonian' after the many years I used 'Kantoan' in my fanfic writing.

[sakkaro1959]

(I keep forgetting to post here. XD,)

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 3 · This is a comic I never finished, inspired by the ‘Hey Mister Wilson’ song from Game Grumps. And the first of this particul

I decided to give my digital inking and cel shading.

I had do minor edit. XD,

I need to adjust my smoothness next time to help with inking. (Took forever.)

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It's an old comic with a fresh lick of paint! Thank you @sakkaro1959

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Aww man! I remember this fic back in the day, it inspired my own work so much! Never thought I'd see this here on tumblr, even if everything seems to be finished up? Still great to know this is still kicking around in some form! I may just need to re-read the series for nostalgia's sake.

It's always encouraging to hear when Rebirth inspired other artists, so thank you for sharing that with me. ^-^

The project has ended now, but it'll stay online for as long as the internet allows, so feel free to give it another look through sometime if you wish! You may see new things with older eyes~

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Pokemon SV Thoughts

I finished the main game in Pokemon Scarlet.

Apparently not only mycunium is canon, but also taragirite. Haha!

But seriously, the stones that cause terastallization and are also somehow able to power a near-sentient android aren't that far off in function to what I'd imagined taragirite to be.

SV caught me by surprise in a number of ways. The plot went in directions I wouldn't have expected (were I not spoiled to them) and that also wouldn't have felt out of place in the Rebirth Universe. I appreciated the subversion of the 'evil team' and the main antagonist. I even got endeared to the main three characters you connect with throughout the journey. Honestly the only thing that really let the game down were the bugs and optimisation issues, and I still had a fun time regardless. (Would have been nice to also have voice acting, but that's more of a bonus than necessity).

It's cool to be playing Pokemon games that mirror, in a lot of ways, the ideas I'd had in that dream game document - right down to boss fights and battling things other than human trainers.

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Nearing the climax of the main plot in Pokemon Scarlet.

I'm...a lot more impressed with this than I expected to be - especially the atmosphere and presentation.

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If you missed getting to see how Pokemon Rebirth ended and want to find out... what are you waiting for?!

CLICK HERE TO READ "BRINK"

[teratobiter]

thoughts of home

[thatbuddie]

people telling you they reread your fic is the biggest compliment you could ever receive. there are thousands of stories out there begging to be found, to be explored, but your story meant so much to someone that they came back to it eagerly, they went over every word again. to love is to return and loving a fic is rereading it. thank you to all readers and rereaders <3333

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Look ma, I'm in an archive!

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Late to the Party - SV and New Announcement Thoughts

Which I shall put below the cut for those who haven't seen the Pokemon Presents video yet.

A new Pokemon Legends game?! Set in Lumiose City? Featuring ZYGARDE?

...I'm impressed at how this franchise keeps yanking me back in. ¦D

Granted, I wouldn't have played Pokemon Scarlet if not for my niece's interest. And not because I didn't think it was a good (if a bit chuggy n buggy) game, but rather that my interest had waned and time to do all things is short. But my niece really wanted to, and I had wanted to try the local co-op play feature (it was something listed in my dream Pokemon game document after all), so we finally started our combined adventure in Paldea yesterday.

And this is what I'd hoped Sword and Shield to be like.

The local co-op is so fun! You can finally go on a journey with someone else (or three someones), and it makes the experience feel more alive somehow.

Shifting between travelling and battling is also pretty seamless, rather like Legends, which I wasn't expecting and appreciate. Love the new Pokemon Center/Mart/Connectivity stops. The photo mode is entertaining and primed for plenty of silliness.

We've not even got inside the school yet because there's so much to do just...exploring. Feels good. I pretty much got my dream Pokemon game(s) in the end.

My character Antigua, and her lechonk, Erfum.

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Jon made an adjustment to a page of Altered Paths.

(I’ll be honest, I burst out laughing. XD)

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Earlier in the month, I was interviewed about Pokemon Rebirth by the generous person who publishes the Johto Times eNewsletter. It was a lot of fun and a huge nostalgia trip going back through 20 years of archive material.

Read the full interview here!

I highly recommend checking out some of the other articles while you're at it - lots of familiar things to reminisce on for older fans, and plenty for more recent fans to discover. One of my favourites was a chat with a member of the sound team for the original Pokemon Snap.

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I don't know how many of you have been following Project Voltage, but I found it interesting how ghost type trainer Miku had some glitchy elements to her design.

Particularly interesting because, in the Rebirth Universe, virtual Pokemon are just manmade ghost/ether Pokemon.

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Rediscovering old fanon that even I'd forgotten I'd written is quite entertaining.

Originally posted October 1st 2019

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[Originally posted on 8th May 2015: "Chapter list and sample of plot notes for an almost 14 yr old fanfic which I finish revising this year."]

[iamanartichoke]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a creator -

I am fine with "the audience" -

downloading my fics

printing my fics

copy/pasting or screenshotting my fics

sharing your saved copy of my fics with anyone else who might want them in the unlikely but never impossible case that my fics are no longer available on ao3

making a book of my fic(s) and running your fingers across the pages while lovingly whispering my precioussss

doing these things with anything I create for fandom, such as meta, headcanons, au nonsense like 'texts from the brodinsons,' etc

I am not fine with "the audience"

doing any of the above with the purpose/intent of plagiarizing my work or passing it off as their own in any capacity

feeding my work into ai for any reason whatsoever

Save the fandom things. Preserve the fandom things. Respect the fandom things.

Enjoy the fandom things.

[babycharmander]

ALSO I am not fine with “the audience”:

Posting my works to Pinterest in any way

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I created eBooks of Rebirth content for the purpose of what was stated above - printing and sharing - but please don't repost them on other social media, just redirect people to pokemonrebirth.niftihalostudios.com !