>>43354094How would you handle Iris?
>inb4 I'd swap her for HildaNo you can't do that.
Personally, I'd make her Ash's League rival but when she joins Ash she already has 7 badges to spare the viewers from another league quest. She gets to battle Drayden's gym(BW Ash never did iirc) and her battle development is more thought out. I'd make her kind of like Rukia from Bleach. She teases Ash, but her kindness would overshadow her teasing.
Also Iris wins the Unova League(forshadowing the Champion thing) and as such the Unova League would be treated MUCH more seriously with a lot of tactics etc involved. Hilda would be the finalist opposing Iris and Cheren/Bianca's friend. Then Iris leaves the show to achieve greater heights and gets replaced by based Rosa. Also I'd highlight the shoujoai friendship between Iris and Shobu more.