“Oh Tangle just got caught up in the moment, she tried to talk to Whisper about it but Whisper brushed it off!” I’m shocked by the amount of defense they’re getting. Since #58 officially dropped and now more people are talking about it, I wanna expand on my point about Tangle and Whisper because they really are the biggest problem. If this is the quality they’ve settled for so far, then I’m scared what they’re gonna do with Team Dark. We’re only two issues in and this arc is already suffering with pacing problems and has shown no redeeming qualities. I didn’t even bother reading #57 until the leaks happened, my dash blew up and I went “SURELY there’s some context in #57” only to find there was none. I liked Scrapnik Island, but I am just growing tired of the mainline stuff. I’ll be honest, I don’t know if I even want to bother with this comic anymore. All of these points should be significant to the story, yet they are condensed to hell and no part of this plot is actively being played up in the slightest. There’s already this many things competing for focus and they’re just gonna throw more characters at it. They try to teach Sonic a “lesson” but it never actually bothers to show him having issues with that subject.Įverything is rushed and not getting enough time to fully cook, causing pacing problems. The expanding city, while being the main focus, is figured out way too fast on loose clues. Lanolin’s introduction and self-doubt as a leader comes and goes very quickly without any build up or foreshadowing. The Diamond Cutters fiasco played no role in anything, partly because there just didn’t appear to be time to show it actually causing any tension. There’s too many big subjects fighting for space on the page I want more small-group adventures with the game cast so they can truly be utilized in a meaningful way. It’s been a bit since the last huge cast clash, but it’s just not something I’m itching to see again, especially after the story has revolved around OCs like Belle and Surge for awhile. We’ve gotten some of those, don’t get me wrong. Is it too much to ask that some of the extended cast that aren’t named Tails get used in smaller, more personal ways rather than giant team ups? I am frankly fatigued by the amount of times they mash tons of characters together for a big ol’ Avengers-style gig. Of course, I’ve seen it said with this arc, “stop complaining about all the OCs, a bunch of the game cast is coming in soon, so just wait!” Oddly enough, that’s another issue I’m having with this arc and the comic in general. If you are frequently getting notes about your portrayal of a character that is not yours, the fault lies with you and not the person giving you the notes.Ĭreating a bunch of characters as a way to get around that process does nothing to address the actual issue. Of course, those restrictions –or “mandates” as they’ve been coined– exist for a reason and should really only be a constant hurdle if you refuse to learn, both from your own mistakes and other official media. Part of me gets it, there’s less restrictions on entirely new characters than there are on the pre-established game cast. I’ve already said my peace about why I’m not fond of the huge focus on OCs in IDW, so I won’t repeat myself here. Where the hell does Sonic fit into this universe if none of these OCs really need him for anything? All concepts of mystery and suspense are thrown out the window just to feed exposition to the reader/player. This is actually the exact same problem I had in Frontiers. The city expanding is solved way too quickly, for the convenience of the reader and not for the plot This was pointless to include and just wastes time. It only serves as a do-over on Whisper’s growth from their mini series. Seriously she gets about three pages dedicated to her apologetic speech while Tangle gets two panels.Īnd again, that’s all that comes of this. You can have messy apologies in writing, it’s more realistic and interesting for characters to have faults, but this whole thing was written around Whisper being in the wrong when she really didn’t do anything. Top it off with Tangle NEEDING to be told what was wrong when she had a VISUAL REACTION upon seeing how affected Whisper was, and that just makes Tangle a bad friend. Her side of the apology basically boils down to “I’m upset that you’re upset at me, I did what I did to help us” complete with waterworks, leading to Whisper being like “no, no, you were right, I’m sorry for being triggered, I need to get over my trauma” and that is just manipulative.
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