History YMMV / InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus

* UncertainAudience: A big hurdle for the Crocusverse as a whole, at times even exceeding that of the original Blossomverse stories.
** The stories claim that they're a divergence from the original Blossomverse trilogy, implying it's for newcomers, but they end up taking [[AdaptationAmalgamation bits and pieces from the trilogy itself]] that will only be familiar to those who have already read said trilogy, which implies it's for veteran readers. Not only that, but there are ''several'' changes done to these known elements that could alienate those who were okay with the original version of these concepts.
** Many aspects of the main story require the reader not only to be familiar with ''Infinity Train'' and ''Pokemon'' to get, but also franchises as disparate as ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'', ''Silent Hill'', japanese Sentai series, and professional wrestling figures. If you are unfamiliar with even one of them, let alone several, their inclusion becomes an immediate hurdle to comprehend.
** As in the original Blossoming Trail, Pokemon fans are put off by the story by its treatment of its characters, setting, and core themes, making it hard for them to enjoy the series even when it does focus on their characters.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation/InfinityTrainBlossomverse Shares a page with the rest of the fanfics in the verse]].

* UncertainAudience: A big hurdle for the Crocusverse as a whole, at least for Act 1 of the main story: the stories claim that they're a divergence from the original Blossomverse trilogy, implying it's for newcomers, but they end up taking [[AdaptationAmalgamation bits and pieces from the trilogy itself]] that will only be familiar to those who have already read said trilogy, which implies it's for veteran readers. Not only that, but there are ''several'' changes done to these known elements that could alienate those who were okay with the original version of these concepts.

** Several moments in Act 1 have the characters question why Class 5-E and Sara didn't just straight up ''go on a Pokemon journey'' rather than stay in school, which sounds like a decent setup for a proper exploration of the failings of the school system after the original trilogy did a shoddy job at focusing on it, like showing how either the students didn't have the resources to go on a journey like most people, or even that attending the school was mandatory. However, no further focus is given to this plot point, with it ultimately coming across as yet another jab at how Class 5-E and Sara were too stupid for their own good.

** Speaking of ''Firefly Funhouse'', the school plotline and how everyone chided Goh not going to school like everyone else was already pretty hard to watch, given how Goh was being lambasted over not wanting to go to a place that the story has gone out of its way to paint to be as terrible as possible. Chapter 5 turns this entire plotline almost utterly meaningless when it turns out Goh has a special accomodation to only go to school for tests, and shows that he's been doing fine academically, meaning all the callouts he got before go from being mean-spirited but potentially well meaning, to people willingly ignoring a legal documentation just so Goh acts like everyone else.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation/InfinityTrainBlossomverse Shares a page with the rest of the fanfics in the verse]].

** Later down the line, the story does something with Simon and Grace that it didn't do in the original trilogy: [[spoiler:Simon is given a chance to redeem himself and realize how the Apex wasn't good, while Grace goes off the deep end due to the constant verbal abuse and misfortune that's befallen her.]] Is this a good way to subvert expectations and try to provide [[spoiler:depth to a character that was fairly paper thin]] in the original trilogy? Or is this yet another punch in the gut to [[spoiler:Grace,]] and another example of a DoubleStandard, as [[spoiler:Simon, a ''white'' man, is given a chance to redeem himself and not become the monster he'd later become in canon, while Grace, a ''black'' woman, has her sanity destroyed by a train and world who do nothing but yank her chain, with the narrative not so subtly indicating that she's ''this'' close to being beyond saving?]]

** Chloe [[AttentionWhore craves attention,]] has an [[ItsAllAboutMe inflated sense of self-importance]] as well as a [[LackOfEmpathy blatant disregard for other's feelings]], CantTakeCriticism (even if it's constructive) from third parties, blows up at the slightest offense, and is only friendly to people who stroke her ego while viewing anyone who disagrees with her as an enemy, which could indicate either Histrionic or Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

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