Slendytubbies and STC fan (She/her)

Well I figure for Mighty and Ray, they first met when Eggman kidnapped them all and tossed them into Get Fucked Island.

Do you think that’s the ‘main’ reason why the Sonic Characters’ Ages were removed just for the sake of there not being an “Expiration Date” on them due to their obvious mortality (Minus Robots/immortal characters)? This also makes me think of The Simpsons who are whatever their ages are forever for the sake of the show continuing forever.

Honestly that sort of sounds ageist. There's no reason sixty or seventy year olds can't be action hero protagonists. If anything, it's considered even more badass when they're an old fuck. Look at Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. Jonathan Banks is almost fucking 80 years old, and nobody questions him doing the stuff his characters are written to be able to do.

But in terms of your Sonic question, no I don't think that had anything to do with it. The characters have existed for 35 years and their ages were always kept the same. Sonic was 15 years old since the beginning. They're like the Simpsons, they're on a floating time scale.

For all of you who wanted to know where Pearl was for 6,000 years in this AU (or just wanted more Insane Ballerina Pearl) here ya go!

I get asked about the backstories for Pearl and Spinel in my ‘ol Switcheroo AU and I wanted to try to convey them in a purely visual way. 

Just in case these ageists didn't notice, most of the adult fans in pretty much any franchise were once kids too, and they were younger than you when they started following their favorite series and characters.

While you brats only joined into something because it's currently the popular thing and don't want to feel left out, these adults stayed for the long run since the very start. They are the ones who remained loyal both in the up and downs when others left. They are the ones who continue today for no other reason than the love they feel for something that was a dear part of their childhood, and now share it with their daughters and sons. They are the ones who will go the extra mile and put the effort for those rare, expensive collectibles that kids cannot afford on their own nor without their parent's money.

It's the adult fan who doesn't have the childish need to self-censor their thoughts and opinions to please and "fit in" with these so called "communities" that demand you to submit to their biased views if you are to be "accepted", because yo the adult fan, acceptance begins with our selves.

"Yes there are contradictions with past games, but that's just trying to make sense of something that doesn't make sense"

Implying the games don't make sense? I don't know how else to take that.

"For the characterization, that also doesn't decanonifies it because it's the same in games"

Again, "it's the same in the games" makes it sound like you're saying the characterization is inconsistent in the games.

Both of these fall under the category I refer to as "the games are bad anyway, so shut up" which is a fairly common argument from IDW fans. In oh so many different ways, they basically insinuate that any criticism of the comic is invalid because the video game source material is deficient.

"The games have that problem too" doesn't strike me as a compelling defense of this comic. Because A: no they don't, the video games do NOT have the problems you're saying they do, you are wrong. And B: even if they did, that wouldn't magically make the comics not dogshit. You're not invalidating criticism of the comics by saying that something else is bad.

You're basically agreeing with me that the comics are bad. But your position is essentially that I'm not allowed to criticize them, for whatever reason. You cannot refute the criticism, so you instead attempt to invalidate it. And your method of doing so is to attack the games. Which does not endear me to your supposedly good faith argument.

"as of 2026 there have been SOOOO many canon references to IDW"

and it's literally just a single optional missable rarely triggered piece of ambient dialog from Sonic Frontiers that the majority of players will never naturally encounter. And that's it. Wow, truly your cup overfloweth.

I have already made another video about Tangle and Whisper being in Crossworlds. Them being added in as post-release DLC makes them about as canon as fucking Goro Majima and the Red Angry Bird. Your desperation is showing.

"The difference with Archie is that Ken Penders and co were basically writing fanfics with no correllation to the games, when IDW fills in holes between games that make sense"

Incorrect. There is literally no difference between Archie and IDW whatsoever. They are exactly the same. Frankly I don't understand why you IDW fans dislike Archie. It is the same comic. If you love IDW, you should also like Archie. They have everything in common and no distinctions.

"I understand your argument, but you're only saying those things because it's about the comics. "

Yeah?

So?

"The same could be said about Superstars, for instance, adding a new character and retconning some old stuff."

Except no, you can't. Because Superstars is a video game. And Sonic is a video game franchise. The video games are the source material. Sonic Superstars is the canonical source material. The comics are not. This isn't rocket science.

"just don't say we're insane for wanting them to be canon. "

If you wanted it to rain chocolate milk, could I call you insane then? Wanting something to be true and it being true are two different things. You want to be delusional, go right ahead. But don't complain when I call a spade a spade.

"but SEGA and Flynn are factually strengthening the continuity between games and comics."

You SAY you've watched the video. And yet, you use an argument that I already addressed and refuted in the video. And have done and said nothing that counters my argument from the video. You're just reiterating an argument that I already addressed, as if I haven't done so. Without even acknowledging that I did so. Which doesn't support your initial supposition that you watched the video game.

"Yes there are contradictions with past games, but that's just trying to make sense of something that doesn't make sense"

Implying the games don't make sense? I don't know how else to take that.

"For the characterization, that also doesn't decanonifies it because it's the same in games"

Again, "it's the same in the games" makes it sound like you're saying the characterization is inconsistent in the games.

Both of these fall under the category I refer to as "the games are bad anyway, so shut up" which is a fairly common argument from IDW fans. In oh so many different ways, they basically insinuate that any criticism of the comic is invalid because the video game source material is deficient.

"The games have that problem too" doesn't strike me as a compelling defense of this comic. Because A: no they don't, the video games do NOT have the problems you're saying they do, you are wrong. And B: even if they did, that wouldn't magically make the comics not dogshit. You're not invalidating criticism of the comics by saying that something else is bad.

You're basically agreeing with me that the comics are bad. But your position is essentially that I'm not allowed to criticize them, for whatever reason. You cannot refute the criticism, so you instead attempt to invalidate it. And your method of doing so is to attack the games. Which does not endear me to your supposedly good faith argument.

"as of 2026 there have been SOOOO many canon references to IDW"

and it's literally just a single optional missable rarely triggered piece of ambient dialog from Sonic Frontiers that the majority of players will never naturally encounter. And that's it. Wow, truly your cup overfloweth.

I have already made another video about Tangle and Whisper being in Crossworlds. Them being added in as post-release DLC makes them about as canon as fucking Goro Majima and the Red Angry Bird. Your desperation is showing.

"The difference with Archie is that Ken Penders and co were basically writing fanfics with no correllation to the games, when IDW fills in holes between games that make sense"

Incorrect. There is literally no difference between Archie and IDW whatsoever. They are exactly the same. Frankly I don't understand why you IDW fans dislike Archie. It is the same comic. If you love IDW, you should also like Archie. They have everything in common and no distinctions.

"I understand your argument, but you're only saying those things because it's about the comics. "

Yeah?

So?

"The same could be said about Superstars, for instance, adding a new character and retconning some old stuff."

Except no, you can't. Because Superstars is a video game. And Sonic is a video game franchise. The video games are the source material. Sonic Superstars is the canonical source material. The comics are not. This isn't rocket science.

"just don't say we're insane for wanting them to be canon. "

If you wanted it to rain chocolate milk, could I call you insane then? Wanting something to be true and it being true are two different things. You want to be delusional, go right ahead. But don't complain when I call a spade a spade.

"but SEGA and Flynn are factually strengthening the continuity between games and comics."

You SAY you've watched the video. And yet, you use an argument that I already addressed and refuted in the video. And have done and said nothing that counters my argument from the video. You're just reiterating an argument that I already addressed, as if I haven't done so. Without even acknowledging that I did so. Which doesn't support your initial supposition that you watched the video game.

Time to go for a run!

Iasmin continues their absolutely shameless SonKnux shipping material.

Seriously like 90% of the comics they've written for Sonic so far have just been explicit sex scenes between Sonic and Knuckles it's ridiculous.

Thomas Rothlisberger's art is so good =)