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>>23527 That sub sandwich looks really good. Also, giving Knuckles' mom super-strength is a really good idea. It makes her character more fun and gets rid of the microwave shit.
Knuckles is flustered in panel #4 because only Sonic is allowed to hold him like that.
On that note: Hey Thirstposter, do you ship Knux with Remington? I know you like SonKnux and Remington, but I'm not sure if you combine the two.
>>23534 1. Get back to drawing more frequently 2. Watch more movies/TV 3. Read more comics/books 4. Get back to playing on my 3DS more 5. Try to use social media less (keyword on 'try')
Random thing that always stuck out to me was when Mammoth Mogul was in a taxi, he was able to fit in it. And he was trying to be incognito. And nobody noticed he was there. I don’t know how that worked. Anyway, here he is with his disciples and boy does he like to say a lot of big, fancy words.
Happy New Year, Everyone! I hope y'all are doing well. I haven't been posting here much, mostly because I've been having an affair with /ztg/ over on the main site, and also, to be blunt, this thread has been hella slow and... dead as of late. BUT! one of my wishes for the new year is to try to contribute to these threads more again (in ways other than posting whatever Sonic fanart I found that day) and hopefully, the thread can become more lively again.
Since there's a new Tamers video coming out, I checked to see if the thread for it was active and to my surprise it's on page 2 and can't bump anymore so here's a link to the thread. If TP doesn't do it then I'll make a new thread. >>8926
>>23622 oh man what the fuck, they managed to put three other Sega IPs into Shinobi, but not into Streets of Rage 4 where something like Golden Axe characters actually would've worked well?
>>23623 They wanted to put Joe Musashi in SoR4 but Sega said no, so they wanted to do something like this for SoR. I guess since SoR4 was successful, they let them have a little more fun. But yeah, the Golden Axe guys fit way more in SoR. I'm kinda surprised that they let Majima be a boss. Personally, I would put Adder & Majima in SoR, keep Eggman and add Greedy from Ristar and someone from Gunstar Heroes.
In the Archie comics, Locke and Lara-Le were supposed to be soulmates but they divorced over his relentless training of Knuckles and their disagreements in raising him. While I don’t care for how he was written, I think a flawed man driven by duty to the point of ruining his relationships can be a compelling character. In these comics, Locke did love and take care of Knuckles but was more concerned about preparing him to be the next guardian rather than being a father to him. Knuckles didn’t mind as long as he got to spend time with his father. As for Locke’s relationship with Lara-Le, it was always contentious but she couldn’t help but be attracted to him. Love is one hell of a drug!
>>23628 >Penders wrote Locke as horribly flawed but claimed he was perfect, thus making Locke intensely unlikable >you intentionally wrote Locke as flawed-but-well-meaning and not the best father or husband, which makes him much more likable It's like pottery, or something.
Has anyone noticed the discourse surrounding character ages got ten times worse when SEGA removed the official ages from their website?
You'd think people take that as a hint that it's fair game to interpret the cast younger, older, or even those same specific ages. Instead I've had people imply I'm jacking off to underage characters because I think no 15 year old would act and sound the way Sonic does in Frontiers.
>>23637 >Instead I've had people imply I'm jacking off to underage characters because I think no 15 year old would act and sound the way Sonic does in Frontiers Holy projection, Batman!
During that interaction it hadn't even crossed my mind that they were so adamant about rebutting my points because they thought I wanted to jack off to him or whatever the fuck until they said it outright. When they said it, it just clicked and I disengaged almost immediately.
https://www.deviantart.com/charliegapperson2000 Someone on Deviantart has been posting a lot of AI comics with different pregnant girls. Sonic and Sally. Sonic and Amy. Shadow and Maria. And it actually looks good. Still weird and very samey but a drastic improvement over the cursed mobians.ai art I used to see. I of course won't post any of them since they're less welcome than full blown porn on a SFW board.
In the Archie comics, Geoffrey was all over Sally but literally, specifically ONLY when Penders was writing him. Even other writers had Sally say she didn’t care for him. I don’t always subvert expectations but this was one of two ways I was going to handle Geoffrey hitting on someone. My first idea for this encounter was going to be Sally telling Geoffrey once to leave her alone and then bashing his face in when he tries again. But this is more fun and gets to show Sally’s jealous side. Hershey? No thanks, I’m not hungry. Also, Geoffrey isn’t that much older as there’s a flashback written by Penders that shows him as a kid when Sally was born.
>>23527 >allow me to introduce myself, my name is Remington, constable of the Echidnapolis police force And the husbando of the great and powerful Thirstposter! Seriously though, the writing's great here. I like that Knuckles and his Mom steamroll over any potential girlfriend drama >>23528 >Damn ;_; >>23529 >spoiler Exactly! >also spoiler In Archie I liked that Remy is one of the few characters in the know that is straightforward with Knux, so I never really thought about them as anything romantic. The ship could definitely work, but I'd have Knuckles move to Knothole before he discovered Echidnopolis. I'd have him stay there for a few years so he'd be an established hero in his early 20s before they meet >>23534 Honestly, to post here more, (finally) update the website, finish a Sonic lore project I've been procrastinating on for ages, and move in with the BF >>23535 >I need to get away from the screen. Same >>23536 >>23561 Good luck! >>23553 Nice! >>23554 >>23560 >>23564 A belated Happy New Year to you all! >>23555 lmao Geoffrey and Cortez have to jump down from the seats >>23556 4U >>23558 I hope so too >>23569 Yeah, I really should make a new one soon >>23628 lmao, I love this take on Locke and Lara-Le! It's weird that Panders never did anything about how they met >>23635 Without getting too political, I 100% believe US government twitter accounts wouldn't be as meme-filled/spicy/etc if the Sonic twitter hadn't paved the way for it >>23637 Even Roger was surprised with just how older they wanted Sonic voice to be in Frontiers. He actually sounds in his late 20s to early 30s to me. Honestly there hasn't been a single change some subset of the fandom hasn't gotten absolutely rabid about since 1991. I'm still glad they got rid of the ages though, since it allows kids to think Sonic is only a few years older than them and allows the rest of us to read them as adults >>23647 >hey Konductor, I think you should give me a self-insert that can flirt with Sonic, Knuckles and Remington And another finger of the monkey's paw closes ;_; Seriously though, this is such a fun (and cursed!) direction to take Geoffrey in
>>23703 >In Archie I liked that Remy is one of the few characters in the know that is straightforward with Knux, so I never really thought about them as anything romantic Yeah, I get that. They're pretty professional together.
>I'd have him stay there for a few years so he'd be an established hero in his early 20s before they meet
>Remington is working one day >Dark Legion attacks >Remington gets everyone to safety >boldly fights off a bunch of DL goons >is gonna be overwhelmed >BOOM >the bad guys go flying >Remington looks up >his savior, Knuckles, looks back at him, wondering who this brave officer is
More things taken and changed from the Archie comics are the dingoes and the disappearance of the echidnas. Just like in those comics, the dingoes and echidnas were waging war on Angel Island. One of the guardians back then made a teleportation device that sent both to different dimensions. Oddly enough it wasn’t as though the echidnas couldn’t return as the guardians were able to go from one dimension to the other. There was a vague mention that there needed to be energy to bring the entire echidna city back but it was never properly explained beyond that. When it came to writing the Knuckles comics, figuring this part out was the trickiest thing. I actually like the general idea but it seriously needed a rewrite to remove the weirdness and convolution of the original.
>>23714 >The Echidnas were going to leave the Master Emerald by itself, just for any asshole to find. When LOCKE sees the Echidna Bullshit coming from a mile away, you might want to rethink things.
Reusing Penders' stuff has me thinking what I'd do if I was given full control over Knuckles back when all he had was Sonic 3 and Chaotix as reference materials. What kind of lore would I have created from nothing? What would you have done?
>>23720 Transfem!Sonic reminds me oddly enough of the headcanons that go the opposite direction.
Sonic being a trans man because unlike the other two guy hedgehogs we know he's very bare on fur. The Twitter Takeovers aren't canon, but you could take Shadow's comment of Sonic not looking/sounding masculine in one of them as further evidence (although it makes Shadow transphobic by proxy LMAO).
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Some have said that too many characters aren't straight so I decided to run through nearly every character and list what their sexual orientation is in my comics. If you disagree then know that these are for my version of these characters. Nothing I've written is official.
Oh man, where do I start? First off, Mr. X plays a big role in the phase three stuff (we’re currently in the finale of phase one) but I need him to be introduced earlier and occasionally making appearances. He’s a Mega Man character, with this version being from the Archie comics (I recommend checking out the Archie Mega Man comics, they’re very good). Trying to explain more would raise more questions and the only ones I’d answer (but won’t) can be found in any wiki about him. He’s also a “remnant.” What’s that? Not answering that either. Who’s he talking to? Someone else can answer that.
>>23707 Now that would be a fun way to do it! I think they took things too far in return to Angel Island having Remy practically worship Knux, but mutual admiration like this would work really well >>23713 It's very exciting! >>23714 Between the Dark Legion coming from the Twilight Zone, and Echidnaopolis and the Dingos being semi-phased out of reality due to the Hyper-zone Projector, the whole thing was just way too confusing. I'm glad you've simplified this while still retaining the whole "the Council are shortsighted idiots" thing >>23715 Slightly softening up Locke's rough edges while putting the focus on the Council's many dumb decisions really has made him a genuinely sympathetic character >>23718 It's a shame MXYL never got this right >>23720 So cursed! >>23721 lmao >>23722 A lot of the early Knuckles stuff was still in the lighthearted humor phase so I can see why they had things the way they were. Considering Knuckles literally chuckles several times in S3&K it would've been nice to see more of his trickster side in his early appearances. Long term I'd have introduced a hidden city of Echidnas, but with less Star Trek/Wars and more of a Atlantis: The Lost Empire vibe >>23723 It's kinda weird seeing him in a nice office and not a tent >>23724 >Sonic being a trans man I get that Sonic's the main character, but Charmy's right there! Only female bees have stingers, and he's never shown bare chested... >>23726 Fleetway's >>23729 If anything I'd have assumed Eggman was asexual in your comic (and probably in Archie as well). Dude only seems to like control and science >Remington = Straight Well that's just factually incorrect! Also, you had an entire issue where Sonic and Knuckles were flirting >>23732 >Mr. X You can just tell Ian wanted to do more with him >He’s also a “remnant.” Knowing smile!
I haven't posted about Penders in a while, and oh boy has he been busy! He's finished up Scott Shaw!'s Sonic Days, and is now threatening Shadow fans with the impending release of The Shadow Files. Fun fact: he's planning on including 166 & 167 (aka the King Shadow story) and paying Ian and Tracy royalties. I'm sure that'll all go well!
>>23734 And a "rough layout" for the non-variant cover. It certainly looks familiar! Don't worry though, Shadow won't be holding a gun in the final because Penders doesn't like guns
>>23735 In case anyone's wondering, that's a promotional rendering for Shadow's game by Daniel Rice. He also did this one, which was referenced by the opening cutscene
>>23715 >>23733 >Between the Dark Legion coming from the Twilight Zone, and Echidnaopolis and the Dingos being semi-phased out of reality due to the Hyper-zone Projector, the whole thing was just way too confusing. I'm glad you've simplified this while still retaining the whole "the Council are shortsighted idiots" thing As ill advised as it can be, I at least wanted to give the council a reason that can be understood. Getting rid of technology but still living in a technologically advanced city was silly. >>23731 Needs polyamory. Who will be the first triple? >>23733 >Considering Knuckles literally chuckles several times in S3&K it would've been nice to see more of his trickster side in his early appearances. As long as he's not reduced to an angry idiot stuck on the island all by himself. >If anything I'd have assumed Eggman was asexual in your comic (and probably in Archie as well). Dude only seems to like control and science Eggman's too busy to care for romance but if he slowed down or the right woman came around he'd be interested. He's not going to pursue but would instead have to be pursued or at least be in constant contact with a woman to bother. >Remington = Straight >Well that's just factually incorrect! Also, you had an entire issue where Sonic and Knuckles were flirting No comment.
>>23735 Okay, so I didn't post this one because I thought it was a repost of the original. I'm sure you can all see how I made that mistake! From the man himself: >Other than finish rendering areas on Shadow's boots & gloves, the Variant cover art is basically complete. Besides the previously unpublished M25YL scripts & 6-page story, it turns out Dawn Best has a Shadow piece from back in the day. Ethan will also have a spotlight piece. Penders pulls a card from an inside coat pocket and holds it up for their inspection: "KEN PENDERS, THE SHADOW FILES." Thirstposter swallows, speechless. The sound in the room dies down and all we hear is a faint heartbeat as Thirstposter stares at the magnificent card. Look at that subtle LSC billboard. The tasteful tracing of it. Oh my God, it even has messed up eyes... His hand shaking, Thirstposter lifts up the card and stares at it until it fills the screen. He lets it fall. The sound returns to normal. KONDUCTOR: Is something wrong? Thirstposter...you're sweating.
Oh, and the Dawn Best Shadow art he mentioned? I posted it here: >>4611
>>23737 >As ill advised as it can be, I at least wanted to give the council a reason that can be understood. Getting rid of technology but still living in a technologically advanced city was silly. Yeah, aside from leaving the magic rock with a mad god inside it completely unguarded, getting off world genuinely is the most logical course of action >Needs polyamory. Who will be the first triple? Sonic, Sally, and Knuckles or Amy >As long as he's not reduced to an angry idiot stuck on the island all by himself. I'm glad Sega seems to be moving away from that at least. One thing I do agree with Flynn is that a hypothetical SA3 should involve the permanent destruction of the Master Emerald so Knuckles is finally free of his past >Eggman's too busy to care for romance but if he slowed down or the right woman came around he'd be interested. He's not going to pursue but would instead have to be pursued or at least be in constant contact with a woman to bother. I've always seen Archie's Eggman as having an almost alien psyche, with a perfect universe for him being one where he is the only entity with free will, and where all other life has been sublimated into machines that serve only him. lmao, I just realized what you're referencing there and 100% support it! >No comment. Well if we can have a MXYL - Sonamy Edition, then I'll just have to make a SatFF - Remy x TP Edition!
>>23737 >Needs polyamory. Who will be the first triple? In a Shocking swerve, it's Tekno, Bunnie & Twan. >>23729 Starline should've had >What the fuck do you think his sexuality is?! >>23732 Xander?! Calling the Zone Cops! Also the guy in his head is:
Hey hope you guys are doing well, been ages since posted here but been busy with IRL stuff like finally getting a job again, RE7 and just my other interests. That said still had a sonic comm finally get done, was for my AU stuff I kinda neglect, specifically my take on Black Doom in the setting.
>>23739 Awww, thanks! >>23740 Definitely their nicest anniversary logo so far >>23744 If there's one (serious) thing I could ask Kazuyuki Hoshino, it'd be why he went for an evil wizard look for Black Doom instead of a more traditional alien overlord design. For those that don't know, Hoshino's the current creative director for Sonic Team, and is probably most famous for designing Amy, Metal and Shadow. He actually posted some of his concept art a while back https://www.eurogamer.net/sega-showcases-shadow-the-hedgehog-design-in-never-before-seen-sketches >finally getting a job again Congrats!
>>23745 I probably should've mentioned that he based Black Doom off of his Wiseman design from NiGHTS, specifically saying >I was aiming for a mysterious appearance, like some kind of object of religious worship. I'd still like to know why he went that route though, especially when there's no mysticism/religious aspect to the plot
>>23746 >>23745 Honestly the idea of Black Doom being sorta like this Saddler esque Cult leader to the Black Arms race does sound pretty cool even if they are a give mind. Plus it fits with how he's trying to manipulate Shadow to be either his replacement body or to be his disciple to fulfil his whims. Hell, Black Doom already has the whole earth and the Chaos emeralds was promised to us and even gets his horde labelled as terrorists so he's already halfway there.
Also job was Kitchen Hand which isn't exactly the greatest of employment but I'm proud I got it by my own efforts and also I can't be picky when was unemployed for a year.
>>23747 Yeah, from that angle it does make sense they'd go for the cultist angle, but not in the way Halo did it. >job That really is great to hear! Those sorts of jobs are a good way to build up a resume, since they demonstrate you'll consistently show up on time and do what's asked. Having sat on hiring boards, we're really just trying to work out if they are qualified, if we can stand working with them, and if they will actually do the job. The first two are fairly easy to answer but the last is pretty much impossible without knowing someone who's worked with them or seeing those sorts of jobs on a resume
>>23829 Makes sense, I already figured they were mashing Little Planet and 06 into the same story. I wonder how the sort of merging of the two characters will go through. Feels kind of fan-ficy to make them the same character somehow, although that might just be me.
Oh, that Locke! Just because he’s your son doesn’t mean you can abduct him like that! Seeing this story first might’ve made his sacrifice in the last issue more impactful, considering what he did for the sake of making his son the next guardian. Thanks to recency bias he looks even worse now. At least he later realizes he was in the wrong.
Good news everyone! Sonic M is updating again! Bad news everyone! It's only on Patreon! If you don't remember it's the comic where Sally, Bunnie, and Nicole are titty monsters going on adventures. The artist has a comic that isn't entirely paywalled but that's a non-Sonic, non-porn comic.
>>23827 lmao Hey! For the record, I don't do the HR stuff, and I do follow up with all interviewees. I've been on the other end enough to know how much that sucks >>23829 I got the a "Come with me if you want to live" vibe from her intro so it tracks she's from the future >>23830 They already had Knuckles deal with Iblis and absorb Flames of Disaster so any 06 adaption would have to be very different. They can still keep the part where the redhead holding the Flames of Disaster kisses Sonic though! >>23832 Well there's a surprise! >>23833 I mean, he could've had Knuckles split his time between Albion and Angel Island, but we all know Locke doesn't believe in half measures. Glad you're using Albion for their off-world home. Between, Echidnaopolis, Haven and Albion, the whole secret high tech Echidna society thing was way overdone >>23835 I was sure I'd posted the reboot, but it turns out it was a different comic where Sally has absolutely ginormous tits >>>/pco/467749 So far there's 11 pages up publicly so I could post them if you like I know, I know! I've got around infinity ongoing comics to update as well ;_; >>23836 I really liked his characterization in 06, he's just this delinquent twink from a nightmare future with absolutely no social skills, and absolutely no qualms about straight up murdering Sonic >>23839 Rude!
>>23833 There's the shithead Locke we all know and love! Though he's probably still not as bad as the one from Archie, since he didn't willingly abandon Knuckles.
>>23840 This version of Lara-Le would be real close to doing that. >>23845 >Between, Echidnaopolis, Haven and Albion, the whole secret high tech Echidna society thing was way overdone After this and the Knuckles Adventure arc, the whole deal with the echidnas will be revealed. >>23848 Yeah it's hard to top total abandonment and actually planning on killing his son when he was Enerjak.
>>23851 THE ONE AND ONLY PERSON with whom Remington can REALLY find happiness IS AND WILL BE ONLY THIRSTPOSTER!EVERYTHING that you SO WRONGLY AND UNJUSTLY write about him IT'S JUST BULLSHIT!Thirstposter IS SIMPLY THE RIGHT MAN FOR REMINGTON and NO MATTER what you can say about him WON'T EVER CHANGE THAT!SO,IT'S ONLY ONE POSSIBLE CHOICE:THIRSTPOSTER,THIRSTPOSTER,ALWAYS THIRSTPOSTER before all the others!I'm talking about Knuckles-the only one who could bear a comparison with Thirstposter,but only FROM A FAR DISTANCE-that Komi-Ko or how do you want to call her or other woman!Teri-Lu and Gala-Na DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION! They SIMPLY AREN'T TOO GOOD for Remington! With apologies to The Rose of Versailles fan community >>23850 >After this and the Knuckles Adventure arc, the whole deal with the echidnas will be revealed. Now that I think about it, Knux Redux is the only other comic that's tried to tidy up Penders' introduction of other Echidnas. Also, I can't believe I forgot the Dark Legion, bringing the total to four, each more high tech and secretive than the last! >>23852 4Kids sure did a lot of censoring back then! >>23857 >Copen from Gunvolt. Copen's so much fun to play as, it's really satisfying bouncing off the walls and ceiling while running and gunning
Mammoth Mogul is a very convenient character. He likes to talk and explain things so he’s good for information dumps without it being out of character for him. And his powers are vast and not that defined so he can do whatever a writer wants him to do. He makes my job so much easier.
>>23864 I've been thinking about why people get so weird about their ages my guess is it comes down to character stylization making things ambiguous (Sonic and Vector look the same age despite Vector being "20" to Sonic's "15"), inconsistent roles (Tails lives independently and goes on his own adventures while Cream and Charmy require adult supervision despite all being "8"), and Sonic Team changing their ages (is Sonic 15 or 16? Is Amy 8 or 12? What about Boom?)
By getting rid of their ages Sega don't have to explain that Sonic's true age is deliberately ambiguous in order to appeal to the broadest possible audience. For an energetic character like Sonic, that means he needs to be a few years older for kids, around the same age for teens, and early 20s for everyone else. Having Sonic be canonically 15 means he's really only appealing to 10-17 year olds and Sega obviously don't want that
To wit! I have developed pic related, the last (and 100% canon) word on the Sonic age dilemma! As you can see, Sonic's age now matches people's (i.e., my) expectations. As the main character, Sonic's age is the only one that matters, with everyone else's age being relative to his (Knuckles isn't 16, he's slightly older than Sonic, Amy isn't 13 but a few years younger, etc, etc). With this, we can finally see why some people get so weird about their ages. For some 15-20 year olds as well as those with arrested development, they see a character 3 years younger than them being sexualized and it gives them the ick
TLDR: No one should care about the ages of fictional characters, especially not anyone over 20
Some notes: I smoothed out the lines to make things look nicer. Most people assume Vector's around the same age as Espio, but he's actually 20. Canonically, they had Tails' age as 8 but I moved him up to Amy's age since they both live independently and because Sega originally had her age at 8 anyway. I also maxed out Charmy and Cream's age at 16 since that's really the oldest you can characterize them as since they act like kids and don't live independently. Also, the movies are their own thing since Sonic does act a lot younger than he does in the games
https://www.deviantart.com/b1uewhirlwind/art/Nicole-Vs-Sage-Pt-65-1217976190 After seeing new art from the artist of Nicole vs Sage, I decided to check and see when the last time that comic had a new page and that was July 25 last year. At least they're still putting out art and they're still doing Sonic art. >>23868 >You know, I think this Konductor guy really likes Sally! #KnowingSmile
>>23867 Damn, I checked it. More or less got the default ages I had for the character in my head right, although for course for things like fanfiction I'll make whatever characters ages be what I want them to be in order to fit the narrative.
>>23867 interesting thing, in Crossworlds when Cream meets Sage she gets excited about "finally someone my own age!" and when Cream is with Charmy they're saying "let's beat the grownups!" No age related thing with Tails though, seems 8 year olds are seen as more mature than the 6s and 7s.
>>23869 Yeah, there's something to be said for having a specific number of pages in mind before starting >>23870 Just according to keikaku! Yeah, with fanfics all bets are off since you're not stuck with the default anything >>23872 You know, I could've sworn Charmy and Cream were listed as 8, but it was actually 6. I guess that's why Tails and (classic) Amy are treated as more capable than them. Still, doesn't mean I can't redo the chart! It's kinda weird that Sage is placed at Cream's age. I figured they'd have made her around Tails and Amy's age
In the Archie comics, Albion was another echidna city that Knuckles led a nomadic group of echidnas to. Everything about it is… not worth explaining. Just more convoluted lore that is being repurposed in this comic. Now it’s a planet and much harder to bomb into the ground. Then again, Finitevus might have something to say about that.
https://www.deviantart.com/nekoamine Another OC comic that I won't actually do but throwing it out there. It's in French but the pages have an English translation in the description.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sonic-boss-says-hes-open-to-adding-deep-cut-sonic-characters-as-crossworlds-dlc/ >Wants to celebrate ALL of Sonic, allegedly Could it finally happen?
>My comic is back and it has a new cover. thanks to @dreddstar.bsky.social for his amazing work Sonic Resurrection staying true to its name. Now if only Sonic was actually part of it then the other part of the name would be true.
This was originally only a talk between Bunnie’s father, currently unnamed, and uncle, Beauregard. But I realized that nobody was going to be interested in just them so I cut and condensed most of their dialogue and added in two more characters! One thing that had been briefly brought up in the Archie comics was the hostility between the Acorn Kingdom and the Southern Baronies. There’s a lot of political stuff and there are wikis that go over it. All you need to know is that the two were not on the best of terms. The Southern Baronies is not only where Bunnie came from but also Vanilla and Cream, hence their Southern drawl. And there seems to be more to them than just that! Maybe we’ll check in on them earlier than intended in the future but this is the setup for the Hostile Takeover arc! It’s a ways off but it’s a doozy!
https://www.deviantart.com/sarkenthehedgehog Pretty cool account with an obviously DBZ inspired style. There's plenty of cool character art but I'll just post this one for TP's benefit but with one thing he might object to...
Would anyone be interested in the occasional storytime dump of comic / manga that isn't Sonic? I've been thinking of doing some Bone as a start later tonight.
>>23967 Done with that for now. I can do this more on friday and weekend. I'll again ask if anyone is truly interested in this sort of thing, or even that comic. This was done for you guys for something different, if no one cares, let me know, so I'm not wasting my time lol.
Sally voted to work with Mammoth Mogul because she’s desperate to get Mobotropolis and her family back. Sonic voted for it because he’s confident they can stop any attempt at a betrayal, he misses Uncle Chuck, and he knows Sally would be sad if they didn’t try. Tails voted for it because he knew that Sonic and Sally would vote for it. Bunnie has no attachments to Mobotropolis but she voted for it because she knows the others would as well. Antoine was conflicted with keeping Sally safe and the hope of getting Mobotropolis back, ultimately voting for it. Rotor decided to not vote but said he supported whatever decision the team made. Nicole didn’t want to vote but said that if she did she would choose whatever Sally chose.
>>23950 It is a little odd seeing everyone so well adjusted. Where's all the needless misunderstandings that lead to petty drama? Where's all the pages upon pages of secret grandpa meetings? >Everything about it is… not worth explaining. I mean it's just Knuckles leading the not-Israelites out of the desert into the promised land, walking on water, being betrayed, killed then resurrected. Pretty standard stuff for a comic with a blue rat that runs fast >Finitevus I do like the decision to give him knuckle spikes >>23951 I like the artstyle, very early 00s >>23956 They never really explored that avenue, but the Chaos Force was multidimensional in Archie. Knuckles can tap into it no matter what zone he's in. It does raise the question if there's only one set of Ancient Walkers, but pre-Flynn it was since their realm was described as a zone beyond time and space. Post-Flynn, each zone has its own Chaos Force, with some being more positive (the Prime Zone) or negative (Moebius).
Fun fact: The Chaos Emeralds' origin in Archie was as mysterious rocks from space that landed on Mobius during the Saurian age (when the Ancient walkers and Mammoth Mogul were just regular dinosaur-flavored Mobians), but one of the last things Penders wrote in Archie was to retcon them to being byproducts of the Xorda Gene Bomb's radiation reacting with subterranean beryl deposits that then exploded and rained down on Mobius because Penders wanted another Superman reference. The wikis say Flynn retconned Penders on this, but what he actually did was revert them to their prior origin >>23957 Come on Remington in an EST patrol car! >9-11 Ah yes, who could forget Frasier Crane day! >>23962 >Bunnie’s father, currently unnamed Isn't he just called Doomguy? Seriously though, I do like that they're from the Sothurn Baronies >>23963 Oh my! I'm fine with 3 toes, even if 4 makes more sense >>23964 Guilty as charged! >>23966 You know I've been putting off reading Bone for ages, so I'll definitely check it out. Great to see others storytiming!
>>23972 The shadiest riverboat casino this side of the Mississippi. >>23975 >Seriously though, I do like that they're from the Sothurn Baronies The one bit of Archie politics I would've actually wanted and we never really got it. >>23977 Congratulations. You're the first one to point it out.
>>23979 >Congratulations. You're the first one to point it out. What do I win? But yeah, one moment we was robbed due to the reboot was Uncle Beau meeting Antoine. And they didn't need to have a fight, just a discussion about their families and the marriage he's 90% apposed to(the 10% is because all he knows about Twan is that he's loyal and a decent dude)
>>23962 I always like Vanilla and Cream being understated monsters, sure they're not on Sonic's level but barely anyone else is. But by normal standards they're freakishly strong. But I always wanted to see more of the southerners so this is nice.
>>23974 Let's just hope this doesn't bite them in the ass too much...
Going against the grain and say I actually prefer how Elise looked before compared to this. How she looked in that other piece with Silver looked bad, IMO. Something about this art style I just don't like.
>>23981 >What do I win? A thumbs up. I actually thought people would figure out what was being talked about and what it would be used for but nobody is freaking out about it. I mean, it is an IDW (formerly Archie) thing.
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>>23977 >Eggman pokes a his Grandfather's research (and a variety of ancient deities!) with a stick, triggering the end of the world >Others poke Eggman's research with a stick, triggering the end of the world Ah, the cycle of life! >>23979 >The one bit of Archie politics I would've actually wanted and we never really got it. Yeah, everyone (including Ian Flynn) are all about exploring the Land of a Million Lights, but the Southern Baronies has way more going for it. Technically, we did explore them in the Duke of Anjou ;) >>23983 It's a pretty easy criticism to make that Elise looks like a Final Fantasy character, but the new 2d artstyle for the humans looks kinda uncanny. It seems to translate well into 3d though judging by Gerald and Maria's appearance in Sonadow Generations >>23984 I'm strictly no-spoilers for your comic unless someone has already pointed it out, but since you've mentioned it here's Flynn's original plan for the Metal Virus in Archie
>>23986 >Flynn's original plan for the Metal Virus in Archie Oh, and to clarify, it was Paul "it's all his fault" Kaminski that came up with the original concept. If he hadn't postponed it until after Afterlife with Archie (the zombie story taking place in the regular Archie comics), we probably would've seen it take place pre-cancellation
>>23986 I was thinking of posting that as a reply to the page on twitter, deviantart, and patreon but decided not to. Too much other stuff outlined on that page and people would think a lot more from that was being taken. It'll just be one of those things I'll have to dig up and post again in a few years.
>>23988 Yeah, there's a lot there that really only fits the context of late reboot Archie >>23989 After 10,000 years first4figures has finally released a Modern Knuckles statue! My Sonic one has been so lonely ;_; https://first4figures.com/en-au/collections/highlight-latest-additions/products/modern-knuckles Also, Sonic Mania Megamix will be released in a week, which is a fan remake of Sonic Megamix (the fangame from 2007 that laid the groundwork for Mania) Never Cancelled - Sonic Megamix Mania | Release Date Trailer | February 6th
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>>>/coq/418912 Alright, let's make the Konductor regret not having a comic to storytime! We'll just be doing the first 30 pages, and since it doesn't get explicit until page 28, it's almost like a regular storytime. Almost!
>>23995 And we're done for now! If the Konductor doesn't have a comic for next week I'll finish it off, or do it after the regular storytime. Oh, and here's some non-lewd art from the artist
The first half (25 pages) of Clash of Two Worlds is done and the artist says they're taking a break and will finish it later. It's been almost a year since the end of the previous chapter so it might be another year for the second half. Should I do the first half now and the second half when that's done or wait a year and do the whole thing which will be about 50 pages? If I do half then I'll add another comic after that.
After the Nocturnus Clan mention in the last issue, it was inevitable she was going to show up! Julie-Su’s Modius counterpart is here! What is she like in this continuity? You’ll find out soon enough! And wow, Finitevus sure is helpful! Definitely doesn’t have any ulterior motives!
>>24005 Gotta love Finitevus. I always loved how he combined an entertainingly evil cackling villain persona with genuinely clever evil schemes. I also like your idea for him and the Nocturnus Clan being the alt-versions of Knux and the Dark Legion; it's an interesting concept.
>>24011 I dunno why, but I empathize a lot with Phoney Bone. I always empathize with lousy, self-destructive people. I guess they just seem more human to me, and so I care about them more.
>>24013 >why one is better than the other Loved how the Mobius Encyclopedia just said that the Nocturnus were just the Dark Legion but better in every way and the DL were always shit.
>>23975 >I mean it's just Knuckles leading the not-Israelites out of the desert into the promised land, walking on water, being betrayed, killed then resurrected. Pretty standard stuff for a comic with a blue rat that runs fast I actually usually like fantasy stories that seem like they take elements from actual ancient myths, but with Penders it always just leads to more blabbering echidnas spouting vague nonsense.
This little story is now wrapped up! I never intended to focus more than a few pages on it. The Metallix Brotherhood has been dealt with, Grimer’s going back to jail, Amy had her little adventure, and Tekno’s going to upgrade her robot girlfriend! We’ll see Amy again in Sonic issue 11!
>>24027 They're trying to be like me but with the /sthg/ flair of unfunny negativity. Shame. Well I'd give the issue a 6/10. It's not horrible or worse, incredibly boring, and there's some action and adventure. It's definitely a massive improvement over the last story.
>>24028 I will say I do like Belle being snarky as fuck to her sister. Whixh, when you think about it, the Robotniks being asses to each other is a series standard across the franchise.
>>24037 >the usual customer continued to waste his lifespan. By his own admission, Tailscel hasn't liked this franchise since SA2. You'd think he'd give up and do something else already.
I had no intention of making them wait for a whole year. Sally’s resolve ain’t that strong! There’s something foreboding on her mind and this is the best way to ease said mind. Sometimes a PG-13 movie has a romance scene. You don’t see too much or otherwise it gets bumped up a rating (or two).
>>24046 >kinda sad how noone's reading or replying to this Eh? He posts to other places you know? I just don't have too much too say here most of the time.
>>24046 >>24048 >>24050 Yeah the number of replies, likes, reposts on Deviantart and TwiX is pretty high. And most people seem to really like it. >>24047 No sane person could refuse that face. >>24049 He's been seething over their PDA for quite a while. >>24051 Tails is 12/13, he knows about it.