-I thought we'd have to battle the Agate ringmaster either before/after beating all of the Triumverate (rip spelling) or that at least she'd be an option. Definitely thought she'd have a huge part in that arc.
Actually when I saw her sprite in the files I thought there was something crazy that was gonna go down between her and Radomus. Either she was his real daughter, or he'd die and she'd be a reincarnation, or the chaotic evil to his chaotic good or something??
-Thought Samson was going to be the traitor to Meteor, not the Queen O' Booty.
-Since Flo was a grass leader, and water is one of the other basic elementals, I figured Amaria would be a low-level leader, too, until... well... Deliverance...
-Thought Lin was canonically like eight or ten, since someone said she's younger than Anna...maybe that's still possible???
-Thought the Aqua/Magma disputes would end with everyone being arrested, so that the relationships with the leader (Archie and the other one; obviously I chose Aqua) wouldn't end well at all
-Also thought it was a possibility that Radomus would die/disappear and Gossip Gardevoir would just so happen to be the Reserve Leader. Somehow. Would Ame even let a Pokemon be a gym leader? Even one perfectly capable of scheming and communication?
-Oh! And that Shade would have a Drifblim on his team, because of the Drifloon event outside his gym!