Ha, I only just remembered the VM you left asking about what to do early in Johto and Sinnoh.
Also, I only asked about the rival because that (naming my rival Luke after the guy here) was what I did in a huge White 2 challenge I did recently (a Wedlocke on Challenge Mode with no bag items in battle). As for my Mono-Color, I did Y a little while back, and blasted my way through Fire Red a week and a half ago, so now i'm in the middle of Ruby but i'm not feeling too motivated to continue it because three of the Pokémon I can get there (Vileplume, Electrode and Seaking) are ones I just used in Fire Red.