Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27441478-20160629142508

1. Denial and Isolation
The first reaction to learning of the mass purging of Pre-S.G characters is to deny the reality of the situation. We only think that this is only a mistake, an April Fools joke, a prank, or a temporary setback which involving parties will sort out and things would return to normal quickly. This is a temporary response that carries us through the first wave of pain.

2. Anger
We lash out at the first person we deem primarily responsible both hastily and rashly. We blame Ken Pender's actions for the fault of their taking, his 'greed' for taking action against Sega/Archie for what we deemed solely for only profit. Almost everyone was now after his blood. With further insight, we discover Penders was only a cog in the wheel (albeit a large one) in the predicament. We then shift our anger and blame to Archie Comics for not paying Penders enough or giving him enough credit or recognition for his contributions he deserved. We shift our anger and blame to Sega for their enforcement of new draconian mandates which placed the position of the continuem as it is now.

3. Bargaining
The reaction to feelings of helplessness and vulnerability is often a need to regain control. "If only Penders was busy with something else long enough to take his mind off of his (future) actions" "If only Archie Comics gave the sufficient credit and royalty to Penders to prevent this from happening... "If only they had tried to be a better person toward him, and him towards them...

4. Depression
No matter the cost and pointlessness, we keep buying, legally or illegally downloading and viewing each new release of the Archie Comics no matter how bad, cringe-worthy or boring they have become, in a hope that something no matter how small, might happen, perhaps another Genesis Wave which may bring them back, set everything right as it was. But deep down, we know this is all in vain, and is only a weak line of defense to protect us from the painful reality.

5. Acceptance
The dignity and grace shown by those before being ripped from our arms so suddenly may well be their last gift to us. 