Thread:Redfork2000/@comment-30384301-20180707030921/@comment-26888167-20180913130155

Don't say that. You're not a bad writer just because one story didn't go right. You're a very good writer. In fact, I would argue that some of your best stories are the ones you wrote without me, such as The Forbidden Legacy. Don't feel bad Pea. Look, the only reason why you think I'd do a better job with this story is because I've been writing stories for a few years. But guess what? When I was starting, I was simply terrible at this. You think Chilly's stories are bad? You should've seen what I wrote when I began writing stories about 5 years ago. It's been a progressive learning curve. I've been slowly getting better. But even now with that much experience, I can still mess up with a story every now and then. But that's ok. Because even when your story doesn't go as you want, it doesn't mean you're a bad writer.

And let me say, this story isn't terrible. I know I've been a bit hard on this story, but believe me, it's by no means terrible. It might be one of the weaker stories, but it's not terrible. The main problem here was that some moments of the story required the gang to be nerfed down in order to work. You see, whenever I plan a story where your characters will play an important role during combat, I try to make sure that what happens in the story fits with the character's power levels. I'm sure that if I made a story where Kyoji would somehow have to lose against Blade, that wouldn't be a good idea, right? We know where our characters are in terms of power, that's why we made the list. I believe that alone was the main problem in this story. I understand the purpose of the story turning Re-Peat Boss into a bigger threat, but as I mentioned before, that's pretty hard to pull off after how much he's been picked on by so many other villains in previous episodes.

The idea of having evil counterparts to the plant heroes is a good one, but perhaps it wasn't the perfect way to turn Re-Peat Boss into more of a threat. Since these are evil counterparts of the plant heroes, it's ok for them to be stronger than their good couterparts, but not by too much of a difference. The idea to turn Re-Peat Boss into a greater threat isn't bad, but that's something that will have to happen gradually. Like when Akasha used to mess with him back in the previous seasons, and how that led to other villains doing so as well? He didn't become a lower level threat immediately. It took time for the gang to see him as a lower threat than other villains. Therefore, no matter what's going on, it's pretty hard to think that the gang will suddenly consider him a larger threat. It's a reputation he will have to win himself gradually. However, there are a few tips to how he might be able to do that.

1 - See him put his intelligence to good use: If the villains themselves consider him below their level, why not have him make a plan where he pretends that he will be another villain's assistant, only to then take over all of that villain's machines and turn the tables around on the bigger villain? That would earn him some respect for sure.

2 - Bring in even lower level villains to the scene: As I said before, there's few ways to make a villain look bigger than to have him take out other villains without any effort. In fact, I'm planning a group of low threat villains that might appear later in the season. If Re-Peat Boss messes with them, well, that might mean something, right? It's like when Discord messed with Bright Spark in the Battle Tournament. Villains look bigger when they make other villains look smaller.

3 - Give him time: No tips are going to completely change his reputation in  a single episode. For Re-Peat Boss to gain the reputation as a bigger villain, it will take some time. Remember, we have to undo the reputation he earned himself during season 1 and season 2 when several villains did whatever they wanted to him.

But most importantly, don't doubt of your own abilities. You are a good writer. I've seen great stories written by you. One story that didn't go right isn't going to turn you into a bad writer. What you need to do is to learn from your mistakes in order to improve as a writer. That's how I learned. That's how everyone learns.