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>actually show normal people mistreating their pokemon. show spoiled brats kicking them around for not listening, show random poachers keeping them inside cages, show gym leaders punishing them for being too weak, show Cheren being a dick to them as well to avoid the trope of protagonists always taking the moral highground
>halfway through the game a civil war breaks out. team plasma are still the primary antagonists but there are still extremists on the opposite side of the spectrum who believe pokemon should have no rights. some gym leaders and E4 are with plasma, others are with the extremists and others still believe humans and pokemon belong together
>kill off N. since he indirectly started a war that probably killed hundreds he shouldn't be allowed to get away with that scott free
>change N's backstory to him witnessing his Darmanitan friend being killed by poachers and later being rescued by Ghetsis. Ghetsis still exploits his views of humans but now N has an actual motivation beyond being a retarded puppet
>make N gradually develop from antihero to full on villain. make Ghetsis's betrayal the breaking point where he believes all humans should die