User blog comment:DJ Spenstar/New Collab Fic!/@comment-1874924-20100619194228

I’m flattered, Spenny. If you want me that much, I’m yours.

Actually, I said that a collab would probably my best bet for doing a competition story—not because of my schedule (although a collab might mesh well with my seasonal busy periods), but because of my muse’s limitations. I didn’t think I would be able to come up with large numbers of characters and challenges, because I’m better at refining than creating. I have since started work on my own competition story, but it’s just a TDI reimagining, so it plays to that strength. (By the bye, I plan to preview a scene from it when the time comes to write another Gilded Chris acceptance speech.)

Not having kids of my own, my knowledge of the Pokemon universe is limited; but I do know something about it. During the year I lived alone, the Pokemon TV series was a “guilty pleasure” of mine, so I saw at least half of the first two seasons in reruns. I’m not really familiar with most individual Pokemon types, though.