Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27441478-20170412045049/@comment-679780-20170413093423

Megalodon Commando wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Megalodon Commando wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Megalodon Commando wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Distant Shadow wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Distant Shadow wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Distant Shadow wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Myself 123 wrote: So many echidnas died that day. Which given game canon, they were suppose to be dead to begin with.

I'm honestly glad it's all gone. All the echidnan lore over the years became confusing and convoluted while the games kept it simple with Knuckles being the sole survivor of aztec echidnas.

My only lament is Shade and the Marauders can't replace Julie-Su and the Dark Legion, that would of been a beautiful insult towards Ken Penders for all he's done. You mean you want to insult Penders? Just because I'm not as much of a fan of the comics as I am for the games doesn't mean I approve of what Penders did. Yes he has rights to his OCs and I am supportive of his rights to keep them just as I would be for any Sonic fan with OCs, but going so far as one lawsuit after another, especially when he signed a work for hire contract which makes his OCs property of Sega, this contract just so happened to be missing when normally such lawsuit would obviously be foolish if it was still there. Instead of talking it over with Archie and Sega like adults, he went ahead and threw a wrench into their production which upset both the comics and the audience.

His first lawsuit was because he believed Shade and the Marauders was too much like Julie-Su and the Dark Legion. I think it would be poetic justice if the comics did indeed replace them because of the characters Penders had removed. I'm not saying I approve of what he did, I'm just saying that what's done is done. I don't see any point in trying to insult him when I'm sure the lawsuit was insult enough. I'm ready to let it go. Yeah, but I still think Sega should replace Dark Legion with Marauders. Not just to annoy Penders but because they have rights to the Marauders to begin with. I agree that Marauders should replace Dark Legion. And Julie-Su with Shade, though they don't have to be dating, but could spin an interesting love triangle with Rouge. Mina Mongoose wasn't his creation. Why did they remove her too? I believe while Archie had to remove Penders characters, they took it as an oppotunity to clean up and remove characters they believe are no longer needed for anything major. Post-SGW certainly butchered out most of the history down to Eggmans Invasion being just a few years back with no major events between then and now.

I honestly liked Mina before she met Ash than afterwards where she was just some diva. Yeah, I didn't like Ash much either. Probably the only character I don't miss. I'm gonna go out and admit this, I had a bit of a nerd crush on Mina Mongoose. While the comics were not sold where I lived I still found out about her and what she got up to and thought she was very cute for a Sonic OC.

Aaand I purposely crushed my crush when Ash showed up. Both because I found Ash a jerk and that I hate legit canon shippings where one character is shipped with another character that could pass off as their sibling. (Mickey and Minnie Mouse as well as Donald and Daisy Duck for example. Couples that look freakishly too much a like and share the same exact surnames.) If Mina is to ship with anyone, it would be with an unknown character. That would at least break the tension slightly. They should of treated her as a japanese idol.

It’s widely known in Japan that idol singers are often contractually prohibited from engaging in romantic relationships. The reasoning goes that if word gets out that an idol singer has a boyfriend, her fans will feel betrayed that she isn’t solely devoted to her role as a musician and entertainer, that or it ruins the fans romantic ideals for them.

It's sort of true with Mina. When she started dating what looks like her punk brother, she was only popular in the show.

In fact now that I think about it, Mina Mongoose is a lot like a Japanese idol. Yes she is dating her manager, but only a select few outside the Forget Me Knots know of this. I can't recall if it was common knowledge to her fans if she was dating her manager. But with the Manager dating the Idol means he could have more control over Mina's lovelife and business.