Sonic and Sally probably only got together again because Sally was going to die anyway, yes. It was part of the buildup, rising her up to make the fall more tragic. But that doesn't mean the relationship caused the death; if anything, it was the other way around. We already know the mandate exists, so why would that issue even exist and get approved? Because it was already decided that it wouldn't go against the rules.
You seem to think Sega saying "Sonic can't have girlfriends" goes against what I'm saying about Sega not giving a flip about the Archie cast, so I'm about to drop a heck of a bomb on ya.
Are you ready?
Sonic the Hedgehog was NOT A CHARACTER MADE FOR SATAM.
They do care what HE does. They would care if he was with Sally forever: but they deal with that by saying "don't have Sonic be with any girl forever," not by saying "Sally has to die." Again, it's been blatantly stated by the staff that Sega did not order Sally dead, and they do not care AT ALL about what Archie does with those characters. You even know this (whenever it's convenient) so why is it suddenly NOW so hard to believe?
Maybe because of the fact Ian's trying to kill Sally off, when it was a bad move by Ken Penders even back in 47?
Quite a bit after, as far as the comics show. It's not like Home stopped the constant pining and attraction and romance focus that got cut out. As I said, Sega didn't really give a shit until around 2006. Sally and Sonic's breakup was just another part of the big mix up that was Sonic's OYL.
How ironic that's the same year Ken Penders got fired and they put Ian Flynn as their new writer.
You still think Sega isn't a dictatorship?
Except they think their two cents are good ones, even if you don't. So I guess to them it IS quality control and caring!
No, they're not. Most of their two cents are bad moves. And no, it's not caring so much as it is demanding their way.
It's like dictators of another country that's in shambles. They make moves that profit them, not the citizens.
Same here. Sega is demanding moves that they want done for their own ego and power trip, not what's best for the comic. Because if they were good moves, Sonic wouldn't have lost alot of his luster over the years.
Oh please, Ian brought Sally back onto the Freedom Fighters. He repaired their friendship and their romantic situation. He ended the relationship with Khan on the note of "I'll date Sonic." He's ended MxxYL with Sonic marrying Sally despite making the PERFECT opportunity to shake that up. He's blatantly stated that if he were to put Sonic with someone, it'd be Sally. His like of the ship is so obvious it almost hurts. The fact that he's able to shake up a sacred cow does not mean he's not a "true fan."
You ever heard of the phrase fattening up for the kill?
This is what I believe Ian might be doing with Sally. He's been slowly restoring her back to being likable, and just when things are looking good, he's there with a knife to kill her off.
If Ian were a SonSal fan, this so called, "Will Sally die or not?" arc would never happen.
You think it's just a coincidence that he's had two controversial stories with her in the past 25 issues?
No way.
You do not make characters you like do OOC things or maybe end up with a horrible fate.
Rattled, maybe. Shaken up, perhaps, but not this.
This is a writer who pretends to like Satam, but secretly hates it. Too many moves have happened under his watch to prove otherwise.
Maybe you should read his convoluted Other M fan comic if you actually believe Ian knows what he's doing.
As for the M30 Years later, that is "alternate future." According to Ian.
Funny isn't it that Ken said the 25 year one was canon, and now Ian says it isn't. Sega dictatorship anyone?
Again, he's stated multiple times that if he wanted, he could kill off the Archie cast and Sega wouldn't blink an eye. The fact that they get used so often, and so prominently (yes, even with the "Segafication") shows he clearly likes them. We didn't need to spend half the last year focusing on the Wolf Pack, Sally, Rotor, Bunnie, Naugus, King Max's legacy and NICOLE. But we did.
That's because Ian knows alot of his readers read the comic because of them. He knows better to kill them all off. He's seeing the controversy of hinting about Sally being no more.
Imagine all of them...
The fans would have his head.
The continuity of a comic is basically its past and history. Keeping continuity is respecting what's already happened, remembering old events and characters, and trying not to contradict that (which, outside of stupid characterization debates, Ian is fairly good at.) It's not keeping things the same as they were. Changing things up by adding new things, by twisting old forgotten things into something better, by pulling out the past from the closet and making it work for the present? That's not breaking continuity. That's embracing and expanding on it.
It is breaking continuity when the moves make no sense.
I'm not against new things happening, BUT THEY HAVE TO MAKE SENSE.
Pardon my caps speaking, but that is my main complaint with Ian's stories. Most of his moves don't compute at all.
That's why I'm calling him a mad scientist, because that's what they do, try new things without thinking things through.
A writer, when writing a story about anything has to make it make some sense. You cannot just throw darts at a storyboard and see if it fits.
HOLY GODS, that is a wall of text. I am not writing more of these, that's just annoying. Next time I'll remember and just throw some buzzwords and accusations around, hoping they stick. Can't believe they made Tails YELLOW in Generations!
I don't know why you put that in there, but whatever.
