I write theoretically.

"Vergil would be the scariest motherfucker I know, that is, if I hadn't met his goth twink half sooo" - Nico

“I don’t want to die.”

during a fight, Antoine sacrificed himself to save the life of the king (I think. didn't read it properly) and was critically injuried

sonic took him to a hospital where he is now in a coma

next issue, sonic has locked himself inside room, thinking about antoine, and just generally feeling like shit. then outside his window he spots silver, and he's like hey. the fuck you're doing here

and silver says that he has discovered the identity of the traitor (apparently there's a traitor and silver loves to come in, accuse sonic's friends of being the traitor and then being proven wrong) and sonic doesnt want to hear it and tries to brush silver off. But silver stops him and is like "no I really know who it is this time!! It's ANTOINE!!"

and sonic is not happy that silver just said that about his friend who might not ever wake up because he sacrificed himself

so he attacks silver, and then grabs him by his quills and drags him to antoine's hospital room where he throws him down by his bed and is like "he was willing to give his life for us he is not the traitor he is nothing but a hero"

WHICH LEADS TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE PANNELS IN THE SERIES WHERE SONIC SPINBALLS AT SILVER AND THE GUY HAS TO TELEKENETICALLY RESTRAIN HIMI FROM SPINDASHING HIS GUTS OUT

LOOK AT HIM!!!! 10 YEAR OLD ME WAS DROOLING AND SNARLING WHEN I FIRST READ THIS THE FUCKING CONFLICT IS SO !!!!!!

silver reveals after this that he's stranded. he can't go home. this was literally his last shot. sonic's words are, and i quote, "Then get out of my sight."

afterwards geffory st. john (the-guy-who-overthrew-the-king-and-is-now-the-current-king's right hand man) comes to pay his respects to "a fellow soldier." sonic reflects on the current situation and the fact that half of the freedom fighters are either exiled, incapacitated, or actively working for the enemy.

AND THEN COMES WHAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE MY FAVORITE PANNELS IN THE SERIES

JUST !!!!!! THE ONLY TIME I CAN RECALL SONIC EXPRESSING THIS MUCH EMOTION IS #175 (aka one of my other favorite issues) LIKE LOOK AT HIM!!!!! THE KID WHO HAS BEEN THE INDOMINABLE HERO SINCE HE WAS LIKE 8 IS FINALLY CRACKING!!!!!!!!! FHDSLKJDFSHJ

Both options are great.

Because the thing is, when bigots pick fights, they are 100% counting on you to get louder than them. Or meaner. They want you to react emotionally and provide fodder for their ‘You’re Too Emotionally Immature To Understand’ cannon.

What they aren’t expecting you to do is say one of the following phrases in a polite, concerned tone:

Are you okay?

That’s not the kind of language I was raised to use with others.

Do you need a moment to think on why that wasn’t acceptable?

This is no way to engage in intelligent conversation. Please try that again in a kinder tone if you’d like this to continue. (I really like this one because it lets you turn their public-shame rhetoric around)

For those of you who’d are spiteful and/or dealing with Fundamentalists/Evangelicals/generally shitty Christians:

What’s happening in your life to cause you this much anger? I can’t imagine hurting so badly that I need to hurt other people.

Who taught you it was acceptable to treat other people this way? Certainly not the Jesus I remember.

Whatever happened to ‘judge not lest ye be judged’?

If I talked like that in front of my parents or grandparents I would be ashamed.

I think there’s something you need to pray on before we try and have this conversation.

And my all time favorite:

“It sounds to me like there are some seriously dark and angry forces at work in your heart.”

(Nothing stops a Christian bigot in their tracks faster than implying the Devil is causing their bigotry. But you MUST be calm, polite, and gentle with your tone and wording. It is absolutely fair to twist the rules and play them at their own game, but you gotta play hard.)