Prince ByTor

Maybe Max and previous monarchs have supported the Wolf Pack before due to some common interest and that has lead to a strong bond. Any ideas on what that could be?

 

 

That was a very in depth evaluation of my take on The Great War; I really liked your insights.

 

The two cultures have very little in common and it would be rare for the a primitive culture to be loyal to a monarch from a much more advanced one; the cosmopolitan way of life in Mobotropolis and with the more agrarian and simplistic one of the Wolfpack are in opposition with each other. However, at one point there must've been some interaction in the past, possibly the distant past.

Since religion was never discussed in SatAM it would be interesting to know more about the overall belief system of the Mobotropolians; maybe they have a common belief system. A bit of mythology is hinted at throughout the series, a couple of examples would be The Void episode where Sally mentions the ancient race of giants called the "Mundaras" that she was studying as well as the ancient city of "Maga" in The Secret Scrolls episode. This begs the question: who were these ancient cultures and people? Since it's generally accepted as cannon in SatAM that Mobius is a future Earth and that the Mobians are advanced forms of animal life as seen on Earth today, perhaps some sort of a mix of animal and human DNA. This is hinted at in the Sonic and Sally episode where Snively says he has enough memory to match Human Complexity when installing the memory module in the robot copy of Sally. If this is the case, then maybe these myths could've been about more older forms of their species, or perhaps the last bastions of humanity before they were snuffed out and out of those myths came their belief systems that the Mobotropolians and the Wolfpack commonly share. 

On the other hand, the Wolfpack could've been used at one time as a line of defense against outside threats, like how Rome employed the Goths to fight their battles, or perhaps they both had a common ancestral enemy and decided to work together for an equally beneficial goal. However, in this case there was most likely a treaty(s) in place that gave the Wolfpack autonomy in exchange for non-aggression against Mobotropolis. It's just another one of those unanswered questions that was never correctly answered.

I don't know how much the original creators thought about it other than a plot device for a means for Robuttnick to weasel his way into a position of power with King Max. The overall ambiguity of this ominous "Great War" does give me a feeling of wanting to know more; I pretty sure that they were going to cover more about it in the third season that never happened.

 

However, you can be assured that it would probably be involving two or more factions vying for resources or religious beliefs. When you get down to the nitty gritty those two factors are always at the very basis of all human conflicts. In Sea3on we know of at least one, or possibility of the only the main adversary of the Mobotropolian people: The Warclaws. Though not much has been revealed thus far about the hows and whys of the conflict, either or both of those factors could be the cause of the conflict.

I get the feeling from SatAM and Sea3on that The Great War wasn't going well for Mobotropolis and Julian came in, and with his technology, turned The Great War to their favour. With the order of King Max to "dismantle the military" in Blast to the Past leads me to believe that Mobotropolis might not have had more than a meager defensive force to begin which would leave them wide open for conquest until Julian came to the rescue.

Mobotropolis, just by how it's always referred to as a city rather than a country might be a city-state similar to something found in Ancient Greece; i.e. Athens. Perhaps they were a small "utopian" oasis in an otherwise hostile world filled with many factions that were at eachother's throats and were caught in the fray.

In both Cry of the Wolf and Fed Up with Antoine we were shown two other factions: The Wolfpack and The Nasty Hyenas. Now, it does mention that the Wolfpack is loyal to The King "Max," but The Nasty Hyenas are a pack of wild vagabond cannibals; perhaps they were somehow allied with The Warclaws? Other than the Terapods, which I really wouldn't call a faction, I don't remember any other groups that were not somehow affiliated with Mobotropolis or The King.

As far as geographical areas in SatAM, most seem to be uninhabited by name: The Great Unknown, The Great Forest, The Great Swamp (that has a prison that has been abandoned for over a millennium: Ironlock). Come to think of it a lot of things have "The Great" preceding it in name; perhaps that in and of itself might tell a lot about the Mobian psychology.

 

Anyway, that's my 2 cents on the topic.

 

The crossover would have been acceptable if it were 4 issues, maybe 6 at the longest, but 12 issues so too friggin long and I think what hurts it more so is it's 12 issues over the course of 4 months, not as much time to invest in the idea and develop it proper. Might have worked better if the crossover was a seperate special, a maxi-series published 1 issue a month for a year.

Agreed, specifically since 3 Comics got put on HOLD to tell this story.  That's 4 months of what should have been a side story or a miniseries, not the main focus.

 

Well...I guess 2 comics, since Universe is mostly side stories and miniseries. 

 

The thing the burns me the worst is you have to buy from three subscriptions to get the whole story.  What if a reader didn't like MegaMan?  Or maybe they're a MegaMan fan and not a Sonic one.  They still have to subscribe OR buy extra issues just to complete this story arc.

 

Lastly, it was SEGA Sonic.  There weren't any Non-SEGA characters from the Sonic Universe.  No Sally, No Rotor, No Snively, none of them.  Why did it have to be part of the Main Comic if it isn't featuring anything really from the main comic? 

 

 

You took the words right out of my mouth; not only have they been taking too long with this story arc, but like you said they keep on interrupting. For me personally what got me P.O.ed was issue 242. All hell is breaking loose in this story that just won't end and what do they decide to do... that's right an f-ing Olympics special! Which by the way excludes the SatAM cast once again! That's right, Sonic's girlfriend is in peril and they take time out for a wasted month.

Anyway, that's the end of my rant.

Welcome to the fold!

Sorry, I deleted this post for a personal reason concerning the moral viability of this site. Again, I apologize.

I've read it, and to tell the truth all I can say is 'meh.' I mean, it's okay and all; I'm sure there are many out there chomping at the bit to read it, but for me most of the humour and story line seems forced and somewhat cliché. Being that I am a Sonic fan I am enjoying it to a point, but I am more looking forward to its conclusion than anything at this point.
I completely agree with Uncle Ben, these 'specials' have been getting in the way of the main story line. I really wish that they would've used Sonic Universe entirely for this and left the main comic alone to continue the main story.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents.