I look forward for this as it will save me from needing to have direct contact with Flynn's writing. Considering issue #80 should be releasing in the following days, I wonder what page will this thread be at when you get up to date with this endeavor.
For now, enjoy this image from the letter section
Yeah, as a companion piece to the games, it fails at that, as it assumes you know these characters, with no explanation given.
Yep, nothing at all. Due to the comic mandates, relationships between characters range between non-existent to teasing, as the main cast can't have new relationships or interact with people further than what they do in games, and the OCs DO interact with each other... Unfortunately, it's usually between ugly lesbians, or an abusive older sister + younger brother stand-ins.
Since there can only be what's in games, the world effectively has no central government, or government of any kind, or any authority figure, nada. That's why the bad guys are pretty much plot-devices (even GUN is seemingly gone as they haven't reappeared so far and the comic won't bother to try anything with them)*. I also like how the no-name characters are always generic cowards, incompetents, or both at once.
To be fair, they were brought back for the promo material of Shadow Generations.
That one is a prequel of 10 years ago, and they haven't appeared ever since, probably because Sonic Forces implied they were destroyed.
That's my point. Anything that was remotely interesting or complicated has either been resolved or silently forgotten about.
How far we've fallen... all by the hands of the loud minority that is mentally ill retards that occupy twitter.
Not sure if it's their fault due to the insane mandate of the comics, which pretty much stop it from having any stakes, as the main cast are untouchable. Adding the GUN guys means the comic would have to immediately backtrack once/if they're reintroduced as to follow the new lore. That, or Flyn doesn't bother to risk anything. Same deal if a governor type is introduced.
I'm surprised it took so long. What they have been doing since the introduction of Literal Sonic and Tails Walmart Copies (aka Surge and Kit)?
Frontiers was released on November 2022. It's only be 2 and a half years. But still wtf, time moves like a blue blur.
I like to refer to calendar years instead of the actual amount of time it's been to better capture how it's been way too fucking long.
Eggman corroborated this during one of the Twitter takeovers as well. Couple that with the fact that GUN still appears in flashbacks in modern works, but not in the present and I think it's safe to say they're dead as of Forces. [Which means Eggman finallly got his revenge for the ARK incident... completely offscreen. Yay.]
You should not have to be in fucking Twitter to learn about important plot points, darn it.
The sole thing Eggman has to get revenge for related to the ARK is his extended family caring more about Maria than himself, if we are to take the audiologs in Frontiers seriously. Other than impeding his own goals, he doesn't have much against GUN.
So they effectively written GUN off. I guess they don't mind having it as part of the lore, but I don't think they even want to do anything with them anymore so not to have haphazardly interject weird Human stuff and make the setting even more convoluted. Seems like lately SEGA's been reworking the world of Sonic without trying to do a soft reboot.
Which doesn't work as humans ARE around, as seen by Eggman, Maria and co. If you were to judge from the latest games and IDW comics, humans are non-existent.
