...Snively still got taken out in a dramatic heroic end. Really, how much bigger did you expect? He played four armies like a fiddle. He nearly squashed Dr. Eggman, and got the love of his life back. He proved that he had the strength to do more than run away (certainly more depth than the show gave him,) he showed off his love of family and his pettiness. He got an entire four issue arc just dedicated to celebrating the relationship between him and Robotnik before it ended. And then he lost... which obviously, he was always going to do. The only way to have made this any bigger was for him to have defeated Eggman and taken over the Eggman Empire, and really. Did ANYBODY think that was what was going to happen?
Like the others, I didn't expect Snively to win, but I was slightly hoping at the least he would have been able to run away and come back later in the story.
But yea... no chance of that happening with Snively being portrayed so ridiculously.
I mean, if he had to be given the role of being squashed, couldn't Flynn have given him a bit more dignity and make it less obvious what was going to happen?
Anyway, to answer your last question, the only way this could story have gone bigger, and I think it could have been done if handled properly is if Snively used Hope and Regina to get the forces of G.U.N and the rest of the unlegionized Dragon Kingdom clans on his side to try and take out Eggman in an all out assault.
I didn't expect him to take over the Eggman empire, nor did I expect him to kill Eggman. But winning the battle against Eggy (sending Eggy running home with his tail between his legs) and escaping with Regina, or perhaps establishing a base in the Dragon Kingdom would've been nice. Ian could've still had him disappear for a while, or forever, and at least it would've been more satisfying.
But instead my favorite character put everything on the line to break free and what happened?
1 Disowned by his sister
2 Doesn't get the satisfaction of kicking Eggman's ass. He really didn't beat Egghead down at all.
3 Is separated from the woman he loves (which, btw, it's still not made clear whether she even loves him or not)
4 Ends up in a box with fate unknown.
How this is supposed to be satisfying to a Snively fan? Could've just spared me the four issues and had him get caught right away and shoved into the box
Yea, Ian was really brutal to Snively here. I almost wonder if this was a Sega order behind the scenes because they wanted their pathetic Sonic Colors stooges of Eggman's in the comic now.
I've really been on the fence with how Ian writes Snively and the situations he writes for him. In some instances, I like it. In others, I really don't, and I really don't think he portrays him well. He did so many stupid-ass things in the Scrambled Arc. If he'd simply disabled the tracker from the beginning, all the nonsense with Eggman would've been avoided. He looks like a tool in front of Hope because he suddenly can't control what comes out of his mouth. His plan with the Dragon armor is ok, but of course Eggman squashes that nearly instantly (epic battle, my foot!)
I was basically referring to how he was portrayed in the latest SU arc, but yea, Snively at least wasn't written completely asinine during Ian's run.
