Absolute Law

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08/15/24 • 59 min

After Ash Ketchum was betrayed by his friends and family, who told him to give up on his dream of ever winning a championship, Ash fled to Mt. Silver. This next chapter starts with a fifteen-year time jump. But, despite more time passing than he had previously been alive for, starting a family, and mastering the use of his "aura" to literally talk to pokemon, that fateful childhood disagreement is still the defining moment of Ash's life... and it's only a matter of time before that wound is reopened.

We also begin a new series this episode: The Neopets epic "Faerie Wars I: The Six Kingdoms," which was published in the Neopian Times. While you can listen to it in the full VODs, the edited version of this one's a podcast-exclusive. The story follows sisters Uriele and Nereza, a Light and Dark faerie, respectively, who are each gifted in different ways and are being trained to one day lead their tribe. The Light faerie Uriele has a habit of disregarding the rules, however, and indeed certain ethical boundaries as well...

Music featured in this episode includes tracks by Beat Mekanik, Komiku,
and Jo Wandrini. The Fanfiction Theatre intro and outro music
are by Visager. These tracks and most of the other sound effects and musical
cues were sourced variously through The Free Music Archive, Freesound.org, and EpidemicSound.

Ultimate Betrayal, Sweet Revenge was deleted from Fanfiction.net years ago, so we have chosen not to reveal the author's username.
“The Faerie Wars I: The Six Kingdoms” was written by DrewDrop26.

Ultimate Betrayal, Sweet Revenge was deleted from Fanfiction.net years ago, so we have chosen not to reveal the author's username.
“The Faerie Wars I: The Six Kingdoms” was written by DrewDrop26.

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Ash Ketchum F*cking Snaps

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In our inaugural episode, we read the accurately titled if not accurately spelled “Junko Enoshima Abducts Evey Fireside Girl Except Katie and Isabella,” which was submitted to us by the author, Taeko Yasuhiro, a.k.a. MyNameIsCelestiaLudenberg. The sentence structure may be poor, and there may be only a handful of punctuation marks and capital letters to be found, but you're sure to be moved by its story of an evil mastermind being conquered by the love and determination of about 23 characters, all of whom are listed by name. And "the beak suit." The beak suit did most of the conquering, I think.

THEN, we press on to read the beginning of one of our most seminal series: “Ultimate Betrayal, Sweet Revenge,” a Pokemon story in which Ash Ketchum's friends and mother hold an intervention to tell him to give up his dream of being the very best like no one ever was. He does not take it well. Whom can Ash trust? Where will he go after being rejected by 82% of the people in his life? Why does Mewtwo have an Irish accent? All will be revealed.

Theme music by Visager. Additional music performed by Neal O'Doan and Mauro Tortorelli.

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Keep Reading Until Somebody Gets Murdered IRL

In "Ultimate Betrayal..." Ash muses about the dark emotions he feels towards those who told him he would never be the very best like no-one ever was, and, when they meet again in a heated confrontation, he doesn't need words to let them know exactly where they stand.

Then, in the Neopets epic "Faerie Wars I: The Six Kingdoms," dark faerie Nereza learns what her light sister Uriele is capable of, and finds it deeply disturbing.

Finally, we read a one-off "possible first chapter" of something called the "Dr. Who Harry Potter Crossover Challenge." Will we be able to rise to the occasion? Will we even be able to decipher the parameters of the "challenge" it puts forward?

Music featured in this episode includes tracks by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen and Rayo Z.
The Fanfiction Theatre intro and outro music are by Visager.

Ultimate Betrayal, Sweet Revenge was deleted from Fanfiction.net years ago,
so we have chosen not to reveal the author's username.
“The Faerie Wars I: The Six Kingdoms” was written by DrewDrop26, and
“The Dr. Who Harry Potter Crossover Challenge” was written by Darth Tython, who, to their credit, did go back and fix some of the grammar at some point.