Talk:Attrition of War/@comment-25298353-20140817003653

One of the very few mindfuck pastas that actually fooled me the whole way through. Re-reading, I noticed a lot of obvious clues I probably should've seen - and others here DID see - but I'll get to that in a minute.

Setting and theme was brilliantly put together. It was dark, grim, and really helped mask some of the clues as to the twist. I have to say, referring to the pokemon with terms like "psycho" and "brute" was an excellent touch that fit the theme very well. I imagined something similar to the Splicers, from Bioshock.

The story-telling elements could use a little bit of refining, though. The "protect" line was a dead giveaway for some, and could have been left out, considering most of the other moves weren't issued by command; Daria's double team, for instance. I also got confused at the "norms" line, which implies that Hel and the 3 soldiers could also be normal-type pokemon, and that's never fully explained.

Overall, 8.9/10, for the fantastic setting and legitimately surprising twist. If I was eligible, I'd definetely nominate for CPotM