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julie-su · 7 months
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Sojourner: ... REALLY, truly? Locke: Yes. Really, truly. Shut up.
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fyeahsonicthehedgehog · 7 months
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what do you wish we got to see more of in archie?
Knuckles calling out his dad and the grandpa brigade.
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tired-old-men · 3 months
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Lore
The Brotherhood of Guardians, protectors of Angel Island, overseers to the Master Emerald. A legacy of an echidna family devoted to protecting echidna civilization for generations. A secretive group residing in their headquarters, Haven, hidden in the Forbidden Zone. Their lives have been quiet for the most part, with The Dark Legion residing in the Twilight Zone, and the current Guardian Knuckles stationed in a secluded area of Angel Island; Watching over and protecting the Master Emerald, as his ancestors work from behind the scenes. 
All has been going accordingly ordinary until the Guardians encountered a strange intruder in the impenetrable Forbidden Zone. They found a rather confused teal hedgehog hybrid named Iris, who has some very unusual abilities of which they have limited knowledge on. While initially seeing this as a great threat, the Brotherhood was surprised to discover not only was this hedgehog no threat but rather an admirer of The Guardians and the history behind the Floating Island. A Lore of which Iris had long forgotten about and had even been convinced that the Guardians themselves had ceased to exist. When asked what the hedgehog wanted from the Brotherhood, Iris’s only request was to dedicate themself in service to the Guardians personally. 
While hesitant about the concept, it was ultimately the oldest member Hawking who found an interest in them, allowing this hedgehog to stay; if anything to keep an eye over their strange abilities as well as an opportunity to give these old men some much-needed companionship. 
Needless to say, Iris has thrown the Guardians for a loop in the few months they have been residing with them. The Guardians tend to have quite solitary and secretive lives for the most part, distancing themselves from most of society besides their duties to the Island. Having this foreign occupant around has been quite the adjustment for these tired old men, although they’ve grown to find it a rather pleasant change for once. The only caveat to their arrangement comes in the form of Iris’s strange assortment of friends, which they’ve surprisingly made through their interdimensional zone travels. 
As the goofy little hedgehog tends to find a friend in any place they go, their friends tend to find a way back to them in return. Leaving much room for The Brotherhood of Guardians to get tied up in the hedgehog’s wacky little adventures. 
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skarebrap · 2 years
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all the echidnas in sonic are black. if you draw them as white you bad
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Oh look! The redesign I delayed by 3 years due to unreasonably high standards!
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I promise Tumblr washed this out. So disrespectful!
But yeah! I combed every issue I had to scrounge up some form of character. The wiki was absolutely no help so I just had to run with any plausible concepts.
Here is the base version. I think I might do Sojourner next since he will undoubtedly be the toughest to redesign.
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sally-mun · 2 years
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Any regrets about anything in the story so far?
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Most of the time regrets aren't a big issue when it comes to things like my stories, because if I want to change something I just plain go back and do it. I'm the boss, I can change things if and when I want to.
And technically that IS what I did when I went back and edited a couple of the episodes after my hiatus, when I replaced the Council with the Governor so that the Council would come about as a result of the White Comet. After having had a few months off to reflect on the story as it currently stood, I realized that I'd just taken the notion of Echidnaopolis being run by a Council as a given, instead of considering the fact that this story is set SO far back in time that such a governing body might not have been formed yet. Once that epiphany hit me, I realized that it made a shitton of sense for the Council to form as a way of ensuring that multiple voices get heard should another major emergency arise. I'm not usually one to do major retcons like that (rest assured that I've gone back and tweaked old eps as new things cross my mind before, just on a much smaller scale), but this issue just seemed WAY too critical for me to ignore, and the idea of knowingly telling an inferior story is unacceptable to me. So, I went back and adjusted two prior eps to have Kayla and Jarvis duking it out with the Governor instead.
However, I still have regrets in this regard, because I would've preferred to give the Governor an actual characterization instead of just a title and a bad attitude. The main reason I didn't was because this was a BIG retcon and I couldn't ensure that everyone was going to go back and get on the same page. That means that, as the story moves forward, there's a potential for new readers (or even old ones that just didn't catch the update) to come across a new character that, in their eyes, has no lead-in. By leaving the Governor as more of a stand-in for a normal character, it allows anyone who missed the memo to keep up with the rest, because we all know at a glance who a governor is and what they do. This is also why the prose is VERY careful to dance around every needing to refer to the Governor with a pronoun; I was trying VERY VERY HARD to avoid characterizing this person, because if I were to put in anything more than was necessary to move the plot forward, then it's not a matter of the Governor not being characterized, it's a matter of the Governor being poorly characterized.
WITH THAT SAID... It's still not what I want. What I plan to eventually do (probably before these stories eventually migrate to AO3) is develop the Governor into an actual character, BUT it's not just going to be an OC character; what I ultimately intend to do is research echidna characters from other continuities that can be adapted into the role in BH:O. I don't know what it is, but the idea of making up the Governor from scratch just gives me an unsettled feeling? Creating a new character and then putting them in a position of power just feels wrong. I'm not opposed to adding OCs to these stories, as evidenced by the fact that Thunderhawk has two sisters (and there will be more OCs in upcoming episodes as well); the difference is that they're on a level playing field with the others, so it doesn't feel quite so... I don't know, conceited? That's why I would most prefer to adapt someone from another continuity. It's not me throwing a fancharacter into a position of power, it's a further appreciation for the Sonic fandom and a little Easter egg for anyone that picks up on the reference.
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jakemorph · 6 years
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theres really only been 2 echidna designs so far that have remotely caught my eye and theyre not even like hugely relevant main characters
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charleecat-bat · 6 years
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Thunderhawk Moodboard/Aesthetic. 
His was a bit hard honestly, just tried to find his interests and what he likes, vehicles, going fast, metal working and engineering. Did have beer barrels on here but I prefer the chains over them. I also HAD to give him one that had swearing in one picture, I imagine he swears quite a bit.
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the-blind-geisha · 2 years
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very random question, but I was wondering if you drew Sonic art at one point? There was a comic with a human chick and some of the characters from the old comics and Spectre with a blood orb or something. I could have sworn I saw some of it on your DA page but it's gone missing. I might have the wrong person tho. Sorry if that's the case.
I did a looooooooong time ago, yes. Do you mean this Spectre image:
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If so, that and the comic you're probably talking about: Chaotically Intertwined, have all been storaged on my DA account.
Out of sight, out of mind. lol Not for any bad reason, mind you. ♥ I just know when I went to the next fandom, people kept finding my Sonic stuff and following me for that. I didn't want to give people the wrong idea that I would continue with my Sonic stuff is why it got storaged.
So many folks kept wondering if I'd continue Chaotically Intertwined or at least spoil the ending, but I sadly have no intentions in continuing it. Ruining the ending? Sure. I can do that at some point if people are still around who want me to. I just didn't think anybody remembered that comic anymore. xD;
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erictmason · 5 years
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“THE ACORNS” by @sally-mun​
EPISODE NINE: “Deeper Wounds”
Though the rest of the Acorn Family is enjoying a happy reunion, Elias’ anger at his father continues to burn.  Even as “King Acorn” attempts to convince him to return, Elias instead returns to Albion...and the Brotherhood who helped to raise him.  Can they ease the pain in his heart and help him find a way forward? 
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BONUS:
Because the idea of Alicia giving Sonic parenting tips for the wee babbeh Derek gives me life
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mobius-prime · 4 years
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137. Knuckles the Echidna #29
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My Special Friend
Writer: Ken Penders Pencils: Art Mawhinney Colors: Frank Gagliardo
We have another standalone issue this time! Sally is pissed, as apparently she's just found out that Antoine was a part of the mission to retrieve her mother and brother from the Floating Island a while back, and is yelling at him for never having told her. He guiltily responds that it wasn't his place to tell her, and so she stalks off to see her father. He tries to speak first, but she, to her credit, cuts him off and insists that he listen to her first before he says anything.
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I don't know how much the "I was only trying to protect you" excuse flies when she's literally talking about his previous orders to murder all Robians and force her into an arranged marriage. However, for whatever reason she listens to him, and he orders her to the Floating Island to hopefully negotiate some help in the renewed war against Robotnik. Meanwhile on said island, Knuckles is chatting with Catweazle, a face we haven't seen in a very long time, but in case you don't know him he's a cockatoo with a stupid name and a stupid appearance who first appeared very briefly in the Triple Trouble special. He's mostly come here to cheekily complain at Knuckles, first about him spending so much time in the city as of late, then about his own family, the possibility of Lara-Le and Wynmacher producing a new child of their own (which is a subject Knuckles carefully avoids), and finally, about recent sightings of Overlander craft flying around the island.
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Gee, I wonder who those could belong to? They spot one flying towards the island at this very moment, and inside is Sally, presumably having "borrowed" it from Robotnik to take it out here. She's apparently feeling very guilty now about questioning her father, which is really something she has absolutely no reason to feel considering the BS he's pulled ever since coming out of the Zone of Silence. Nicole points out that his sickness and trauma from said zone has probably contributed to his irrational behavior, but then Sally says something I find to be extremely out of character, namely that her father's suggestion to dismantle the Robians was an "arguably pragmatic solution," that he must have done it in case of a situation like this where Robotnik was able to turn around and use them against the citizens of the kingdom once more, and that if she'd been through what he had, she might have done the same. Just, what? This is not like Sally at all - sure, she's an intelligent leader who knows how to make the hard decisions when she must, but that has never included literally murdering over four million unfortunate people just because they had the bad luck to be captured in the war. All I can chalk this up to is either her father's frankly quite emotionally abusive demeanor getting to her head, or - more likely - Penders doing a terrible job at writing Sally. This is just not the Sally we've known for over a hundred issues, this is not how she thinks or acts, and it's honestly a really messed up thing to try to write her as endorsing.
But anyway, Nicole advises her to activate a beacon in the ship, which the Brotherhood, still watching from inside Haven, recognizes as broadcasting the king's digital signature. They allow the ship to land, and she plops it down on the grass at the edge of the island right next to Knuckles, who she immediately marches up on and begins yelling at as well. Man, Sally just loves yelling at people this issue, huh?
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Okay, that is a genuinely hilarious excuse to give for her coloring changes in the beginning of the comic. I'll accept it because that is amazing. Anyway, she confronts Knuckles about the existence of her mother and brother on the island, prompting him to retort that even he didn't have any idea they were here, and that if he'd known he would have gone straight to her about it. She just responds that she's here to see the Brotherhood, heading off any ideas he then has about her keeping that secret from him by saying she only learned of their existence today through her father. As if on cue, Spectre poofs in with the help of Deo Volente, and in comparison to his edgelord attitude in past issues he's very warm and welcoming to Sally, escorting her to Haven along with Knuckles to introduce her to the family.
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I have to point out that the family line given here is in dispute - for whatever reason, several different issues disagree with each other on the placement of Sojourner and Thunderhawk, with some saying Thunderhawk is the father of Sojourner and others having it the other way around. I think the final order decided upon was the one depicted here, with Sojourner being the son of Spectre and the father of Thunderhawk, but even that isn't fully clear. Boy, it sure is fun keeping all these names straight, isn't it?
As Spectre ushers everyone into a meeting room, Knuckles quietly confronts his father off to the side about how his secret-keeping has now led to his friends, as well, being affected. Locke simply retorts that Sally and he shouldn't have been friends to begin with, and when Knuckles irritably challenges the idea that Locke should be able to decide who he can and can't be friends with Locke dismissively states that Sally's "people" try too hard to coexist peacefully with the Overlanders, which has only led to them being constantly embroiled in war. Geez, Locke, any sympathy? Any at all? Neither the Great War nor the previous Robotnik War were the fault of Sally's people - in fact, they were both almost entirely the fault of Robotnik, with the Great War having Kodos share some of that blame - and this current war is hardly their fault either. His assessment of the situation is downright cold. But it turns out, in a sense, he's just following tradition, as evidenced by the response of the other members of the Brotherhood to Sally's petition for aid.
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Because she refuses to agree to the use of literally all kinds of technology, which knowing these guys probably includes nuclear weapons, they decide to give her precisely no help at all, and she leaves Haven in an understandable state of anger and disappointment. It's like these assholes don't even consider the fact that Robotnik will hardly be content to stop at the surface world - we already have evidence from more than one incident where the original Robotnik was planning to extend his rule out into space once he was finished with the planet, and considering the new Robotnik literally dimension-hopped to find even more places to conquer once he bombed his home zone into oblivion, I highly doubt he's just going to leave the island alone if you guys try to remain neutral.
Ugh, this whole issue is just a mess. Knuckles visits the Colonel's compound, asking about Sally, and soon finds her sitting at the edge of the island alone. He tries to talk to her, but when she brushes him off again he points out that just as her own father hid a lot of secrets from her in the past, so has his own. He reminds her of their friendship, how they spent many days together as kids and were able to relate to each other over their duties under their respective fathers. Sally is still upset, and asks him why he didn't support her when the rest of the Brotherhood was shooting her down back there, and he points out that he can't buck tradition any more than she can, given their positions.
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The Colonel and his wife (still creepily referring to each other as "mother" and "father") watch the two of them argue through the window of the compound, lamenting that they're so young and should be able to play and enjoy life, not have to fight wars and carry the weight of the world on their shoulders. I've already gone over this, but that's kind of the point - that these wars have left the world so messed up that child soldiers are the norm now, not even because a regime forced them to fight against their will, but because they had no other choice - that if they didn't fight, the world would have fallen.
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As Sally leaves, Knuckles watches her go, sadly thinking to himself about how the commonalities that once brought them together and made them able to relate to one another were now tearing their friendship apart. He ends up feeling torn between his childhood friend and his duty to his family and people. Honestly, it's a hard choice to make - after all, as much as Sally would like it, he can't just leave the island and come help her out in the war. Even if he did want to ditch tradition and reject his place as part of the Brotherhood, at this point, given everything that's happened in his comic so far, there's so much keeping him tethered to this place, so many ties he'd have to cut if he wanted to go help in the war. It's a rough position to be in, for sure.
Coming up after a few more issues, we actually have the final arc of this series - the Knuckles the Echidna comic was cancelled not long after this, meaning there's only room for one more three-issue arc. To be honest, I'm a little sad to see it go - I know I've been over this many times, but despite the many problems with how he writes, I am genuinely fond of a lot of the characters, plots, and worldbuilding that are in Kenders' works, and it was interesting to see those things shone in their own dedicated comic. We've still got several more issues before it ends, though, so time to move forward!
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julie-su · 1 year
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"Ooh, burn."
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tired-old-men · 3 months
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"The everlasting presence of the guardians is once again among us. Pray tell, what got you all crawling out of your little cave?"
-A low growl can be heard coming from Spectre-
Thunderhawk: Truthfully, our duties tend to keep us from the public eye, with the passage of time we eventually become secluded from the very people we protect. We’ve recently come to realize that our absence could be felt. The Brotherhood often being thought of as mere legends of old, the idea that the sole responsibility of guarding the Island falls on the shoulders of one individual, couldn’t be further from the truth. We are here, we’ve always been here, working behind the veil to keep Angel Island safe. Now we step forward not for any recognition, but for the opportunity to connect with our people. 
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thankskenpenders · 5 years
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Archie presents Ken Penders’ Knuckles the Echidna: A Postmortem
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At long last, we’ve come to the end of the Knuckles solo series. Again, this is far from the end of the Penders Knuckles stories, but he no longer gets a whole series to himself. And thank God for that
While a 32 issue run (or really, 35, counting the first miniseries) might pale in comparison to Sonic’s nearly 300 issues, it’s a pretty impressive feat. That’s a lot of comics! A lot of series these days don’t get to enjoy runs that long. Hell, a lot are lucky to even last a year. And assuming that’s 22 pages of story in each issue, that means Penders got a whopping 770 pages of Knuckles comics where he got to do whatever he wanted
What did Penders spend those 770 pages doing? Well, he sure introduced a lot of new echidnas, that’s for damn sure. Let’s break down the Knuckles series arc by arc and briefly summarize what each one actually contributed to the world of Archie Sonic
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Sonic’s Friendly Nemesis Knuckles miniseries #1-3
Characters Introduced: Enerjak. Knuckles also first meets Archimedes, who had been previously set up
Summary: Knuckles meets and begins to work together with Archimedes, who he inexplicably trusts right away. Enerjak comes back and announces he still wants to take over the world. Knuckles beats him up
Lasting Impact: Archimedes and Enerjak/Dimitri stick around as important-ish characters
Knuckles #1-3: The Dark Legion miniseries
Characters Introduced: The Dark Legion, Kragok, Steppenwolf, Christopholes, Menniker
Summary: The Dark Legion returns. The founding of the Brotherhood of Guardians is touched upon, as is their dumb pro-/anti-technology feud with the Dark Legion. Locke uses some sort of Chaos Emerald magic from afar to stop the Legion’s guns from firing so Knuckles can beat them up
Lasting Impact: The Dark Legion and the Brotherhood would be major players for the rest of the story
Knuckles #4-6: Lost Paradise
Characters Introduced: Julie-Su, Lara-Le, Remington, Helmut von Stryker, Gerbil, Hawking, Sabre, Wynmacher, some other fire ant whose name I forget
Summary: Ex-Dark Legionnaire Julie-Su suddenly defects from her faction to seek out Knuckles, because they “soul-touched” and now they’re destined to be lovers or something. Echidnaopolis suddenly comes back because reasons, and boy do they sure still have a lot of technology for people who said they renounced it. The dingoes are apparently evil fascists, and Hawking explains how racist he is to Knuckles.
Lasting Impact: Julie-Su and many of the characters here become mainstays in Knuckles’ supporting cast, and obviously Echidnaopolis becomes the main setting of the comic
#7-9: Dark Vengeance
Characters Introduced: The Echidna High Council, High Councilor Pravda
Summary: Enerjak comes back (again) and immediately becomes the new leader of the Dark Legion. Hawking is on life support. Enerjak kills Knuckles, but then the Ancient Walkers bring him back so he can be a Christ metaphor. Enerjak is defeated and turns back into Dimitri, who ages rapidly. Mammoth Mogul shows up so he can be trapped in the Master Emerald in the following Sonic issue
Lasting Impact: Dimitri’s old now
#10-12: The Other Road Taken
Characters Introduced: The Lost Tribe, Yanar, Athair’s mom (I forget her name), Rob O’ the Hedge and friends, Mari-An, Zax, Raynor, Gala-Na. Athair makes his first appearance in a Knuckles comic
Summary: The Lost Tribe is introduced. They’ve apparently been searching for the ancient echidna homeland of Albion in a big caravan for centuries. The Day of Fury happens, which doesn’t amount to much here compared to the literal apocalypses that share the title in the lore. They make a pit stop over in Snottingham in the Sonic series for some Robin Hood shenanigans, then Knuckles walks on water to lead them to Albion and continue being a Christ metaphor
Lasting Impact: These characters and locations are EVENTUALLY revisited, but not in the remainder of the Knuckles solo series
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#13-15: The Chaotix Caper
Characters Introduced: Harry the cab driver, Mello (while dying), Unnamed(?) Echidna Doctor and Nurse, Downtown Ebony Hare, his fox girlfriend, his bulldog goon, the scientist guy who was making the drugs, Charmy’s family, Saffron, Jeepers the Bee Butler, a bear biker gang, Bimmy
Summary: Charmy’s apparent best friend Mello dies of a drug overdose. To investigate, the Chaotix all go to an amusement park, eat the drug-laced food, trip balls, and almost die. Charmy’s past is expanded upon so that he can then go home and get written out of the series. Knuckles starts to show off his Chaos powers
Lasting Impact: Harry sorta stuck around. We know more about Charmy, who is now gone
#16-18: Reunions, Deep Cover
Characters Introduced: Tobor, Moritori Rex, Spectre, Sojourner, Thunderhawk, Tobor’s family
Summary: Knuckles finds out his mom is getting married to Wynmacher. We find out that Lara-Le had major problems with the way Locke raised Knuckles, which goes nowhere. The Brotherhood convenes. We find out that one of them has been replaced with someone evil for years through one of the dumbest twists in the history of these comics. Knuckles beats up Kragok in jail, then Kragok and Tobor fuck off into a “quantum beam,” apparently killing them both. I didn’t even realize they died when I first read this. That may be a retcon
Lasting Impact: Tobor and Kragok died I guess. Lara-Le and Wynmacher’s marriage is teased
#19-21: The Forbidden Zone
Characters Introduced: Prince Elias Acorn, Queen Alicia Acorn, the bulldog colonel and his wife, a baby
Summary: Geoffrey and pals show up from the main series to rescue the Queen, only to walk right up to the Acorn family compound on Angel Island with no trouble and meet Sally’s long lost brother Elias, who nobody knew about. The Queen, meanwhile, is in a pod. Locke and Lara-Le meet up and he tries to kiss her for some mindboggling reason. Knuckles gets mad about all the secrets and finally meets the Brotherhood, but his dad isn’t there at the time. He also fights Moritori Rex (fake Tobor), who gets away 
Lasting Impact: Elias would become quite important... over in the Bollers stories in the main series. He had nothing to do with Knuckles.
#22-24: Dark Alliance
Characters Introduced: Lien-Da, Benedict, Xenin
Summary: Echidna/dingo tensions rise in the runup to the election. Dimitri is a cyborg now. Lien-Da is apparently the new leader of the Dark Legion, and she kidnaps and brainwashes the High Councilor so they can rig the election. Tons and tons and tons of tasteless allusions to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust are made. Knuckles shows off his Chaos powers a little more. The fact that Remington is Kragok’s son is alluded to, but Penders never actually remembered to reveal this in a comic
Lasting Impact: None
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#25: Childhood’s End
Characters Introduced: Harlan, Rembrandt, Aaron, one of Robotnik’s ancestors
Summary: Knuckles finally finds his dad... because he didn’t run away fast enough when Knuckles spotted him. Locke tells him the baby microwave story. He also tells him about a vision of the future he had, which scared him into doing all the horrible things he did, but this future never actually comes to pass in the comics. Knuckles immediately forgives his dad for experimenting on him
Lasting Impact: Locke’s not hiding from Knuckles anymore
#26-28: The First Date (feat. Friend in Need)
Characters Introduced: Raynor (not to be confused with the other echidna named Raynor), a bunch of nameless furry girls for Vector to ogle; Nic the Weasel, the real Fiona Fox, Ray the Flying Squirrel
Summary: Julie-Su is mad at Knuckles, so she goes out with some other guy for half a day. Vector tries to get laid and acts like an incel. Locke gives Knuckles the talk. Knuckles finally actually asks Julie-Su out, then has his 16th birthday party. In the backup story, Mighty, Nic, and Fiona rescue Ray from a time anomaly, and Fiona’s past is explained
Lasting Impact: Knuckles and Julie-Su are dating now. Nic, Fiona, and Ray stuck around as important characters in the main series
#29: My Special Friend
Characters Introduced: None (but this is only one issue)
Summary: Sally tries to get help from the Brotherhood now that Robotnik is back in the main series, but they refuse because Sally won’t use guns. Knuckles is a centrist who won’t firmly side with Sally, so she leaves angrily. Along the way, Sally rationalizes her dad’s attempt at Robian genocide
Lasting Impact: None
#30-32: King of the Hill (feat. Espio the Chameleon)
Characters Introduced: Monk, Hunter, Snowpidgeon, Aryu One-Two; Barney, Liza, and several other unimportant chameleons
Summary: Knuckles’ childhood bully, a large purple gorilla, returns to Angel Island after being yeeted into the ocean by the Brotherhood years ago. A human hunter named Hunter shows up to reenact The Most Dangerous Game. Monk falls during the fight and dies. Hunter is captured. In the backup story, Espio has a run-in with the roboticized Valdez, his apparent best friend, who he then murders
Lasting Impact: Hunter eventually made a minor appearance in a Bollers story years later. Valdez dies
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Are you noticing a trend? Things keep happening in these stories, but it rarely has much of an impact. One of the Guardians was a traitor all along? Eh, doesn’t affect much. The Dark Legion candidate in the election ends up being a robot and dies? Eh, they had a replacement ready--but also, the election didn’t matter anyway.
Rarely do we learn anything of value about the characters. Knuckles doesn’t grow much as a person, and he never gets much of a personality. Julie-Su’s whole life revolves around being soul bound to Knuckles with only the faintest hint of her own personality. The Chaotix never contribute anything of value. When something comes up to make us question Locke and the Brotherhood, Penders then goes “No, no, it’s fine. Don’t worry about it.”
Supporting characters and subplots that go nowhere keep getting introduced just so it can feel like a lot is going on, but it’s all shallow. Knuckles has like 12 grandpas, most of whom are still alive, and only maybe three of them are distinct in any way. They all just talk like Penders, just like every character in these comics (except for Vector, who gets to be Urban). Things just keep happening around Knuckles, often without his actual involvement, while Penders says that every other arc is the biggest most important thing that’s ever happened.
It’s the oldest trick in comics. End on a cliffhanger. Say that NEXT ISSUE something interesting will DEFINITELY happen. Promise that the story is going somewhere. Just keep buying more issues! But the payoff never comes
While Sonic’s better stories have him sprinting around the world, the Knuckles series just plops him down on a treadmill for 35 issues. In the background, he’s listening to a boring documentary about echidna lore and genealogies
His life is in shambles
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Been mulling over Thunderhawk’s design a bit more than the others. To me he looked the most rugged(not counting Spectre since he wasn’t a willing participant in his changes). We don’t really know much about him and I really want to lean into that. Like, we hear nothing about his thoughts on Janelle-Li’s passing, his own daughter. Is there a reason for it?
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