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As soon as I figure out how to restore it. Sorry, I know I said it'd be done by now, but I didn't expect to have to put up with this DNS crap and other issues that popped up.
Or it might be because Bluehost *finally* got around to that server wipe (one week after we'd asked for it) and that wiped out our DNS settings. I'm not sure which and I don't really care. In any case, we've severed our last ties with Bluehost, so this will not happen again.
No kiddin' about that "Finally!", Shadow. I am *so mad* at Bluehost for never responding to our support ticket. I submitted it early Friday morning and they *still* haven't answered it!
Me? Meh. I'm a dedicated SatAM fan with an RP that entwines most of the universes but not in a way anyone else would ever do it, but it's cool. It's all the paths this world can take that makes Sonic so darn awesome.
For example, I love the interaction between Sonic and Sally. In that episode, she doesn't seem to have any feelings for him. She just finds him lazy and a show off. Don't get me wrong, I love SonSal, but I do like the fact the writers had Sally not warm up to Sonic right away. It made their relationship more realistic, instead of her being in love with him from the get go, which would've been like Sonamy. Ugh!
Also, this is the only episode where Rotor is shown with purple skin. After that, he's in blue, which I find distasteful, especially after the changes he was given in Season 2.
Another thing I liked was the fact it showed Sonic making that rock song for Sal, trying to impress her. Silly Sonic, thinking she would like that.
Lastly, I did kinda like the scene when Sonic tried to be friendly with his pet Mutsky. Although, I do find it weird he's the only dog in the show that's not a Mobian. It raises the question as to how did that happen?
I agree with this. I've come to the conclusion that when introducing SatAM to a non-convert, it's important to NOT start with the pilot, or even most of the first season; however, upon going back and re-watching, i've come to the conclusion that Laser is right and that there's a lot of purely canonical elements in there that are actually important to later characterization... especially the Son/Sal stuff, which honestly hadn't occurred to me before. While i still stand by the saying "Never judge a show by its pilot", i don't write it off as non-canon.
The existence of pets works in my mind thanks to the Chronicles of Narnia. While the sentient animals did not keep others as pets, there was a very clear distinction between talking animals and non-talking beasts. It's not a far jump in my mind for anthropomorphic animals to keep non-talking animals as pets.
Incidentally, does anyone know the rational for the total design change in Rotor in the second season?