This week, Dawn rallies from a rough start in the Appeal competition to power past Ursula and win her fourth ribbon!

The Little Mermaid references continue in this episode--Ursula's surname is a reference to her namesake's VA, her ID number is a reference to "The Little Mermaid's" original release in theaters, and Dawn's ID number is a reference to the movie's 30th anniversary Blu-Ray release

I originally wanted Dawn to wear Sapphire Glow, the coord she picked...

The story will come back on Dec. 7, and release on the 14th and the 21st before going on a holiday hiatus until Jan. 11

Once the story returns, we will go back to two episodes a week.

Currently, there are 51 episodes remaining in the story, but this may change because there may still be room for cuts.

This week, Dawn crosses paths with a vengeful rival from the Wallace Cup, and Brock has to rally from a bad start in the Fantasy Stage!

There were a lot of big changes in this episode--first, remixed coordinators do not battle, so when we pick up next time (on Dec. 7), Dawn and Ursula will be facing off in the Appeal competition (and I can actually build an appeals competition out of the original battle!) This was also a good place to put in a Fantasy Stage scene for Brock (You'll find...

This week, the Phione finds the group and Lola, where it challenges Lola to battle!

The Phione looking for Lola and the group allowed me to do a little worldbuilding of Chocovine Town and actually detail the gang coord shopping for Dawn (she will wear the coord she chose next time, in the contest itself)

Team Rocket was cut and replaced with a gang of delinquents, which still allowed the episode to work. Even then, I dialed back the role they played because I wanted...

With the holidays coming up and multiple challenges (my kinda-NaNo challenge, my ongoing yearly challenge, a possible holiday challenge and planning for next year's challenges), I'm reducing Shine Diamond down to one day a week until the holidays are over.

New episodes will come out Saturdays--once the holidays are over, I'll likely bump it back to two days a week.