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So, is Bark actually mute, or just the silent type? I really hope it's the former- we love to see that representation.

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I am livid in the most joyous way imaginable.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY-GIRL SUPREME!!!

(Yes, I know I'm half a year late)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY-GIRL SUPREME!!!

(Yes, I know I'm half a year late)

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Holy shit- it's a sonic chararcter taking off their glove

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Tangle's havin' a sippy

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As I read the Tails 30th anniversary special...

1: Sonic? Riding on rails?

Nah, it'd never work.

2: it's ya boi.

3: I've been there Tails. I've been there.

...

Have you considered getting a diagnosis?

This story was fun as well. Didn't like it as much as the Sonic/Series 30th anniversary special, but it was fun.

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Some random stuff as I read.

1: I love this bird.

2: like really, fuck- I wish these guys could show up in the main comics. Let whisper and Fang have a shootout, Sega!

I'm excited to get more of these guys in archie.

3: the Belle scarecrow is such a nice touch <3

4: god he's such a goofy bastard AND I LOVE HIM!!!

5: I appreciate that they gave him his car. Like, this doesn't seem to be malicious at all- he just wanted Eggman to leave, and giving him a vehicle was certainly more efficient, so... yeah, lol.

6: Eggman, you gotta stop with this lol. It never ends well.

7: I still need to get the DLC for Mania... more over though: how I wish they would just give us more Bean, Bark and Fang in general. Let us play as them!!! Please!!! :'''<

8: don't we all wanna know, Tails...

9: SILLY MAN! SILLY MAN! SILLY MAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!

Also, that's a technical term Bean. While I don't know for a fact whether what you're using is high explosive or low explosive, I would assume low explosive, given your bombs have casings like they do.

That said, I would love to see Bean play with C4 like it's play-doh.

10: Metallic Overlord, you say?

11: the sillies (Bean The Dynamite & Knuckles)

This special was very silly, very funny, very good. Not only did it have some fun references, and some FANTASTIC inclusions (between Sonic R and Sonic The Fighters in particular- all we needed was some kind of Rocket Metal), but it captured the image of the games great- Heavy basically spin-dashing into Bark, characters platforming around with their own abilities (clearly meant to visually invoke the games), just good shit overall.

Bonus:

12: oh, that guy's a deep cut reference, ain't he? Kinda reminds me of that concept art for "Sonic's Band," but that chicken was white...

13: This story has had a million fuckin' references (this page alone probably has at least 12), but I especially love the Sonic popcorn machine one (and also the 3D Blast flickies)

14: first off, contextually, why is there a break room? Secondly, the signs are hilarious; the idea of a robot washing its hands and getting screwed up because "water + tech = bad" is very funny to me.

15: I love how they did, in this, a dedicated Eggman birthday story. Because it's not just Sonic's birthday- it's his too. And this was just... a very fun way to play around with his character. It's great.

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There's a handful that I missed, on top of having fallen behind. Still gotta read all the 30th anniversary stuff.

I wanna read IDW again.

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I wanna read IDW again.

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We've got the answers! (only took them 6 issues...)

So, notes:

I accidentally put Julie-Su twice, I meant Lara-Su.

This is actually how we're learning the name Lara-Su, lol. Nice.

I somehow got Luger right. Fucked up Luger's son and first wife though.

At least I got the OG brothers and their kids right.

A later data file stated they came from the House Of Jordann, thus revealing to me I'd misplaced that name.

By complete fuckin' chance, I got Tobor and Voni-Ca right.

I'll be frank, I don't even know which one Sojourner is, but at least I guessed him right.

The fact that I switched up Kayla-La and Crystal-La I think is worth a half point. Like, just swapping the two names (as opposed to completely mixing things around)- it's better than most of my fuck ups here.

Step-Dad is Wynmacher, not Rembrandt, got it.

Happy I got Laral-Le right.

Aside from my guesses of Rembrandt, Moritory Rex, Kragok, and Jenna-Lu, I got all my high confidence guesses at least (discounting my naming mishap with Lara-Su).

YOU ARE JOKING.

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(2 down / 4 down) Had to check what Yanar's name was, but I recalled who he was at least. I also had to check the name of Sonic's mom.

(29 across) The fact they refer to overlanders as "mobian humans" is interesting. Are they trying to merge the two back into the same thing in the eyes of the audience (as opposed to basically the same thing)?

(10 across) Vector loves to "rap?" I mean, he was singing that one time, I guess...

(25 across) Vector is a "croc???" As in crocodile???

(22 down / 22 across) I was confused, but then I realized I got the down/across mixed up lol.

(13 down / 23 across) I don't know if it's standard issue to have completely isolated words in crosswords like this, but that's bad design.

(1 down) they don't have a clue for 1 down, just 1 across. I mean, it's a very easy guess- but still.

Anyway, that was fun, I guess.

Meh, sure, why not?

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Meh, sure, why not?

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Welp, I've had basically nothing to say about it, but nice to see this plot thread from... issue 28??? Somewhere around then- nice to see it finally get resolved.

Just a shame it couldn't have been solved 30 issues sooner (when they used this as an excuse to get him out of SA1), with a story that ACTUALLY focused on Rotor significantly.

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Okay, so like- the sword actually is talking to her.

Like, I was dismissive of it before, as being for the drama, with a bit of a fumble resulting in comedy- but NO. That sword absolutely DOES have seem to have feelings and such, and also, only Sally can hear it speak (except for maybe that one time, when it pulled her out of the canyon). That's WILD. What could this be?...

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I'm sorry Dimitri, but by all prior accounts, those who follow you seemed to be less of a technocracy and more of a fascist ethnocratic/technocratic cult? Like, again- your guys whole deal was wanting to conquer, given right by race and technology. The legion was depicted as actual nazis at one point.

Sorry if I'm just having a hard time accepting a change in direction from the writers end of things, but still, actual nazi echidnas. And again, explicitly a cult, something they didn't explore at length, but did meaningfully touch on, on occasion.

I'm not sure if the writers want me to trust him as far as I can throw him, or if I'm supposed to genuinely believe these supposed goals and nuances they're stating. I'm guessing distrust, given we know the legion wants to kill Knuckles still, but regardless...

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Okay, we saw Athair referred to as a mitre previously, but I was under the impression that it had more to do with his specific role of guilding that band of surface-echidnas about, rather than just a general echidna spiritual matter.

We've also seen Aurora mentioned... I forget who that is. She wasn't the lady from Avalon, was she? That was Gala-Na or some such, yes? Hopefully we can get a recap or explanation for some of this shit eventually...

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I appreciate some of the specific characters shown here. That chamelion is likely meant to be Valdez, given he was noted as a veteran of the war. It's also possible that the fox there is meant to be Amadeus Prower, Tails' dad and military man himself.

Not sure who that mobian with the sword is though... I'd like to know more about her(?).