thankskenpenders:So yeah, here’s a minor letdown. While I’ve been arguing throughout this arc for wh
thankskenpenders:So yeah, here’s a minor letdown. While I’ve been arguing throughout this arc for why most of Knuckles’ actions totally feel like things he would do of his own accord, here we get confirmation that Finitevus is influencing him with magic. It’s not full mind control, but “his intentions have been bent to Finitevus’s ideals.” Which, admittedly, we did see earlier when he was like “if you guys aren’t gonna side with me then maybe Finitevus was right about needing to burn everything down”This feels like a bit of a copout, but… I guess I can see why it’s necessary. Knuckles is a fan favorite character in a licensed comic, and he’s gotta go back to being a good guy soon. While turning him into a villain is a fascinating evolution of his character arc in the Archie comics, we need an excuse to quickly reform him and turn him back into Sega’s Knuckles, and we also need an excuse to have his friends continue trusting him after pulling this stunt. I guess it’s just a miracle that any of this got approved by Sega in the first place. But again, the things Archimedes said about Knuckles turning into the exact thing he and Locke had raised him to be makes it clear that this STILL isn’t a story about Knuckles getting brainwashed into being a completely different character. And it’s not like Knuckles’ actions are gonna get completely swept under the rug after this issue. His heel turn will still have repercussionsWe don’t have long to dwell on all this, though, as Finitevus makes the dramatic reveal that someone will have to die to undo his hex on the Master Emerald and Knuckles. I think we all know where this is going…Fini also lampshades my question about how Sonic could tap into the power of the Master Emerald when it has a hex placed on it. It’s kind of a copout, but… eh, it has precedence. Sonic’s always had some kind of special bond with the Chaos Emeralds in both the games and the comics. In SA2 he was able to flawlessly perform Chaos Control with a fake emerald, and when Shadow is like “what the fuck, how did you do that, what’s your deal” Sonic’s just like “I’m just a guy who loves adventure!” Him being the fastest thing alive has also never gotten a canonical explanation, and probably never will. Him being this unshakeable hero who’s inexplicably stronger than anyone else is just a core part of his character. Like Goku. Or maybe a better comparison might be SaitamaInteresting thing about this page is that it not only has ramifications for Knuckles and a certain other Echidna, but if you look close enough, it just may affect a certain spiky haired time traveling hedgehog down the line -- source link
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