Yeah but that's the thing, you don't know them. You don't know any of the creative team behind that comic and you're just going by what you think and what you believe of them. You are just pissy at them over this current story arc and what they have done to Sally.
That's a big part of it, yes, but it's not just that. I'm seeing a pattern now that's really getting disturbing to me.
Do you really think that they'd hold this character with such small regard if they didn't keep her around. They can do whatever they want with the character and if they hate and despise her like you think they do, they'd of gotten rid of her ages ago. Flynn has been writing this series for the best part of six years, going on seven now and you really think he has waited all this time to get rid of the character now? Hell, he planned on getting rid of Mina because he was open about how much he didn't like that character and yet she's still around. And it was Ian who gave Sally a purpose for being in the comic again after how well Penders and Bollers botched things up starting with #134.
Need I remind you Ian himself said on his own forum the only reason he even bothered to restore Sally from her 134 farce was because he knew the best way to make her fall that dramatic was to have her back to normal, including getting her back together with Sonic?
I'm paraphrasing here a bit, but that's exactly what he was driving at when I read his explanation.
So, tell me honestly... Do you really think that sounds like someone who's a fan of hers? He built her up just to tear her down even worse than EndGame?
I seriously doubt it.
Don't pull the whole "well the fans would stop reading and sales would drop!" excuse because in the world of comics characters die all the time and the books keep selling. They could of killed her off, seen how things went and if by some chance that sales did drop, they could come up with an excuse to bring her back because in comics, if you die, you'll probably be back in less then a year.
That's precisely why I'm starting to hate comic books more and more, because of the fact they cheapen the dramatic death scenes again and again.
What's the point if you're just going to undo it 6 months, or even 3 years later?
And hell, they still continue to include Sally on the covers for the upcoming graphic novels with new artwork. Let's see... On the cover of Best of Sonic the Hedgehog comics Volume 1 we have Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, Metal Sonic annnnnd Sally. She's the only comic character on there with the rest being game characters. They could of easily of put Amy or someone else in place, but no they put Sally there. She's also on the cover of the upcoming Super Sonic Digest #1. Does this mean they love the character? No. But if they hate her so much, why go to the trouble of including her in there when they could put another game character on there to appeal to the much wider video game fanbase?
That could be done for nothing more than trying to appeal to the large Sally fanbase, but I admit that's a guess on my part at best.
Yeah, the current arc has pissed off a lot of people, you're not alone in that regard, but there are people who are fans of Sally that have been enjoying it. I know a couple of Sally fanboys who are loving this arc and are eager to see how it all comes to it's end.
Well, that all depends on how this so called climax wraps up. There's a chance it will tick off even them if my suspicions are confirmed, but we'll have to wait and see.
Not trying to start a fight or anything, but seriously, constantly hearing you complain about how much Archie/Sega/Flynn hate Sally and the other SatAM cast members with no real evidence to back this claim up is has gotten stale.
No real evidence? You mean like when one of the lead staff members of the book arrogantly said last year they could kill off the whole Satam cast and the book would still go on?
Yea, some accommodation ...
Anyway, fine, I apologize if I appear to complain too much about the current story. I'm just really getting fed up with the, "Well, we can't save Mecha Sally because... (fill in blank)" excuse.
Seriously, it's getting more blatantly obvious every issue they are padding this thing to 250 because of the fact it's a big milestone number. This thing ending by 241 seems very unlikely the more I look at it.
But, that's just my opinion. As I said before, we'll have to wait to see.
And again: 250 is explicitly part of the Sonic/Mega Man story. They're not saving Metal Sally for it.
You don't know that for sure. Do you have any evidence to confirm that?
