#Farscape x Pokémon Crossover

[theimaginatrix27]

So I’ve been on a Farscape kick for the last few days. Can’t rewatch it because I don’t have the DVD’s (or a DVD Player in my computer), or Amazon Prime where it’s hosted online, but I have TVTropes and the Farscape Wiki. Which doesn’t help me as much as I’d like when it comes to the fanfic idea I picked up again.

The premise is basically the crew of Moya, sometime between Out of Their Minds (one of my favourite examples of body-switching in any media I’ve ever seen it in, if not my absolute favourite for how brilliant it is) and the Season 2 finale (I wanna save Zhaan, you know you’d do the same thing too), encounter a dimensional rift created by the Unown, and end up in the Pokémon Universe, right near Poké-Earth. Most of the crew go down to the planet, find out about Pokémon, discover that the translator microbes help them understand Pokémon, and they sort of become trainers. Except they only use Pokéballs to prevent their friends from being captured by anyone else and as transport. Also something-something a Poké-transfer link is made between them and Moya something-something. Crichton has so much fun, but there is the neural chip to deal with. Fortunately a Ralts joins his team early on and is able to keep the neural clone subdued until she’s a Gardevoir and can Psychicly remove the chip.

Oh, and the Unown make sure everyone can be understood by the inhabitants of Poké-Earth because the Unown can do really crazy awesome things in large numbers.

There are several big reasons why I don’t think this story will make it to publishing for a while, if ever.

I missed a lot of stuff in Farscape because I’m blind. I’m still trying to wrap my head around Pilot’s appearance and whether Rygel will have to have a rig-up to throw Pokéballs, as a couple of examples. Also the interior of Moya is not something I have a good grasp on. Spatial constraints are important when there will be Pokémon going up to her. Communication as well. There will be a period of about a year where the crew (and Crais too, because we need to keep things interesting) are stranded in the Pokémon world, and I’ve decided they don’t really participate in leagues or anything. That’s not why they’re there. So they travel all over the place and can get any mons I know about that I feel would vibe with them. But there have to be some limits imposed, especially where the amount of space on Moya (and Talyn too but Crais is only one person so he could probably be more flexible) is concerned.

Because this is Farscape, I can’t help but think there’d be some conflict in how Pokémon are treated. Unless I make it a version of the Pokémon world where humans aren’t a thing, but that kinda spoils half the fun of the idea (”It’s Earth, Aeryn, but not as I know it,” +kids throwing Pokéballs at Rygel until he snaps and yells at them, +very neat tech, etc). So I’d probably have some critique on Pokémon being a slave race (which I don’t really see them as but when the aliens show up and can understand everyone...), which I don’t think I’m mentally equipped to tackle in a thoughtful and respectful way that doesn’t do a disservice to either franchise. Farscape is very deep and complex and I do not wanna frell this up.

Names. The bane of my writerly existance. Frelling. Pokémon. Names. Not normal nicknames, like those bestowed by characters in Magina, but names that the Pokémon would conceivably come with, or if they didn’t get given a name (such as Starters bred in a lab), names the Farscape characters would bestow on said Pokémon. Names are so hard guys.

So. That’s a lot. Also there’s not much of a plot yet, just goals.

Zhaan doesn’t die. She ends up with a Meganium (able to revive dead plants with a breath) and a frelling Celebi just to make absolutely sure she’s okay. Also she attracts Grass-types. I’d be tempted to give her one of everything if there weren’t so many Pokémon now.

Aforementioned means of getting the neural chip out of John’s head.

Everyone gets a circle of protectors. I don’t know if I can guarantee how safe the Pokémon will be when they go back, but they’ll all be aware of the risks.

Crais redemption arc that doesn’t lead to his death. What can I say, two of my fave characters from other fandoms are Prince Vegeta and Seto Kaiba. I like this type of chara.

John and Aeryn get it together much sooner. Because their respective Pokémon teams set them up.

I’m also torn between whether D’Argo and Chiana break up or Chiana gets her shit together (but if she did that would she still be Chiana?)

Chiana gets Dark-types by the way. Lots of them. Including a Zoroark. And D’Argo has a lucario. If anyone was going to, it would be him.

But I’m going to stop yammering about this now. I just had to get it off my chest because it’s been sitting on it for days. I may never get it to the point where it’s worth publishing. I’m not that good at Sci-fi and I just noticed I had guessed. Multiple. Spellings. Not in this post but in the files I’d written up. I can fix that easily, but still...

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