u/YustarRes

The Main Character ("Aurora") is reincarnated as Dawn's twin sister. There's a few brief seconds where she's terrified that she is Dawn, that she replaced her, but the misunderstanding barely lasts a minute. Neatly sidestepping that depressing route, Aurora faces her new life with passion and love and excitement.

I plan for her to encounter a Spinarak in her youth (prolly around 7 y/o), who will become her Pokemon Partner and starter. By the time Aurora and Dawn set out on their journey, the little fella will be an Ariados.

I'm simply debating on whether or not the baby arachnid should be shiny. Canonically, there was a shiny Ariados near Route 201; theoretically, she could encounter it even earlier as a Spinarak. Frankly Ariados doesn't NEED to be shiny; I just really adore the color palette of shiny Ariados. Thoughts?

When you're writing/ reading a Pokémon story, do you prefer "closed ecosystems" that focus on the Pokemon originally introduced in that generation or a "living ecosystem" in which Pokémon that could plausibly live in certain environments exist. For example, a port city like Vermillion might see Pelipper, Kilowattrel; a heavily industrialized Kanto city might see Trubbish, and so on.