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25-29? Seems a little odd to suddenly start putting five issues instead of four in the trades.

Honestly I think from how he talks about it Ian still considers this Season 2. I believe he said recently he wasn't expecting Season 2 to be this long.

The cover is by Aaron Hammersrom not ABT. https://mobile.twitter.com/Ziggyfin/status/1221588843125600256

I doubt it since Ian confirmed that it ends this year.

I'm an idiot. I just realized that because #25 is a stand alone issue then #28 is the end of this arc so #29-32 is the end of the Metal Virus Saga.

I'm just gonna come out and say it stuff like Sonic's robot parents and Snivley being in jail would make more sense if you'd read Super Special 2. It's set between #52 and 53. As for Tails' age he was born the day Robotnik took over so he's 10 in Archie continuity.

I'm wondering if this means #29 will be the end or if #30-33 will be the ending arc? I mean honestly I'm betting 29 will end the saga and 30-33 will be clean up/starting a new one but still the wording there is interesting.

Not totally related I'll admit but I think we should all count our blessings we aren't Transformers readers here because the most recent issue that came out New Years Day was supposed to have come out in November. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Change_In_Your_Nature_Part_Three

Yeah pretty much this. I'll admit he doesn't really get a chance to actually do a lot of cool stuff though.

Which is ludicrous because Mobius 25 Years Later is canon in his mind so even if we were to believe him it wouldn't have lasted.

Holy fucking shit stop acting like it's coming out in the not too distant future if you're literally still coming up with plot points! Also I sincerely doubt he actually was thinking of such a plot because it would require writing Sally with literally any agency of her own.

I mean being totally fair being a joke is literally Fang/Nack's whole character even in Triple Trouble.

Literally one of the things she says at the end of Classic Sonic's last level in Forces is how dreamy it is to have 2 Sonic's. As for Boom her crush is played down but still clearly a thing. She keeps pictures of him and coos when he does something sweet and has a doll made to look like him which she "uses for not creepy reasons".

I actually like Julie-Su but I can fully understand not liking her here. The problem, one of them, is Penders doesn't know how to write women. He's trying to make a strong independent woman but is falling into tropes like having her constantly talk about how she is a strong independent woman who don't need no man instead letting her actually do things. As for how he writes Vector the big problem is that he writes him as an "Urban" character hence all the lingo he never stops spouting. The problem is he also made a basically black coded character loud, obnoxious, hot-tempered and later on a bit misogynist. It's...it's not great.

Eh, the only characters I really think are their given ages are Cream and Charmy. they act the most like actual children.

Ok admittedly maybe Infinite wasn't speaking in-universe but there's a general kind of attitude that everyone takes that makes it feel as if they've been doing this for a very very long time. Either way my point was more that there's not really any actual timeframe of events so it seems kinda unnecessary to say like "It's only been a year for them" when honestly there's nothing that really proves that. Going by the characters given ages to try and form a timeline of events would be a bit maddening since apparently several unspecified years ago everyone was in their classic designs and also the same ages they are now. Basically it's just best not to take the characters given ages too seriously.

Holy Crap that was a fast turn around.

Eh, that depends on if you take the characters ages seriously I guess. Personally I don't because almost none of them act their designated ages so Amy being mature for a 12 year old doesn't bother me because most 12 year olds don't live or shop by themselves which SA1 at least hints Amy does. And this is another reason I don't take the ages seriously. Even in the games they talk like it's been years (hell Infinite says it's been decades) but they're all still supposedly teenagers. This is why I'm glad I've never been too worried about Sonic lore.

Honestly I like a good mix of all 3. I feel Amy's been balanced out better in the comics and a bit in Boom than she has in the games but I'll give them credit for toning down her obsession with Sonic. Amy from like Heroes until charitably Unleashed always felt so one note to me with how much her personality was built around getting with Sonic and also how she had a hair trigger temper. I'll take more modern interpretations any day thank you.

Honestly this isn't even the first time Ian has said she was Bi. He's mentioned it on Twitter before. I personally do like to think that Sonic and Sally tried to date post-reboot but found that Sonic's adventurous attitude and inability to stay in one place made it hard for them to stay a couple so they just mutually broke up.

That's not really them brushing it away Mina and Nicole talked thinds out in a backup story in #237 I think it was.

Well she's supposed to be listening to Mina's music. Side note if you haven't already check out ThanksKenPenders. It's a great blog.

Really so long as you have an idea of where the specials and spinoffs go you should be fine now.

https://thankskenpenders.tumblr.com/post/186709096734/nicoles-a-jealous-girlfriend/amp?__twitter_impression=true Seriously I can't be the only one who thinks she's admiring a tad bit more than the music.

"Sally was made Bisexual after the Super Genesis Wave" *Remembers the panel of her "Admiring" Mina's music in pre-reboot* ...Yeah I'm not too sure about that Mr. Flynn.