>>28646268There's a story about a group of housewives got together, and they were sad that there was no longer any bird song in the lowlands after the Mosquitos forced the native songbirds into the mountains. This was a bit after contact, but long before biology was understood well enough that what they were about to do would fuck shit up. They studied along with some scientists to find songbirds that might do well in Hawaii in order to fill the silence. They ran campaigns and even had a schoolchildren sponsor a bird kind of deal. They eventually got the funding and released birds from across the pacific, Asia, and Americas. A vast number of the species couldn't settle and fully establish a foothold, but those that did replaced the former birds and all but barred them from moving back down. Plus some also made it to the mountains to compete up there as well, which spread the avian malaria vector upward a bit.
Some good came from it. There's a small colony of Mariana swiftlets here that are critically endangered over there along with a few other examples, but the bad outweighs the good.
That one controlling line Lusamine said about loving mons from everywhere and the vibe of Aether in general just remind me of this story. Well intentioned and motherly, yet way over their heads with a not really savior complex, but they think they're right and clueless that they aren't. I'm not even trying to be /pol/ or nativist here, as soon as Lusamine said that line, I was reminded of that story. Ironically, something like aether paradise would be like a godsend for the native species. Completely enclosed, isolated, and climate controlled.
This is all of course ignoring the whole rescue Pokemon from team skull angle as well as the it's a pokemon game you autist angle.
