So I’ve been going through all of The Bumblekast, Ian Flynn’s and Kyle “KyleJCrb” Crouse’s podcast, and cherry-picking the questions that interest me (as it’s a QnA podcast). One question answered in the April 24th, 2023 episode (source) was the following:
“The IDW original cast are all great characters, but it feels like they haven't had a lot of chances to have their relationships with the main game cast explored much so far. So to keep it fairly concise, let's stick with the core four for now(Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles). Which member (s) of the IDW cast would you personally like to explore their relationships with and what kind of dynamic do you think they would have with them? For example, I think Tails and Tangle would have a really fun dynamic.”
At timestamp 18:30, Kyle asks Ian, “What about Lanolin and Amy?” and Ian’s response was so validating:
Let’s just say that I’ve been cooking with someone in my DMs and I think we’re on to something based on Ian’s seeming intentions—and I think we’re gonna see it soon, too.
I’m not nearly as angry about Lanolin as a character existing in her current state if the intention is for her to be put in her place. Because that’s means there IS an intention for her and she IS meant to irritate the reader because she IS supposed to be in the wrong.
If the comic ultimately plans to make a statement against Lanolin’s behaviour to teach some lesson about how you shouldn’t impose yourself/your opinions on others, then I am all for it. And for all the reasons Ian notes, I think Amy to be the one to take that stand makes a lot of sense (and is something that I actually predicted).
Here’s hoping Lanolin gets the development she deserves and that she’s not just a wasted character.
Gonna love how stupid Kyle (Bumblekast) sounds making Laviarray " stupid one" to asking Flynn an questions with his writing and his visual ideal of the characters storytelling as Flynn didn't have right answer give him. As usual Kyle being white knight for Flynn.
Armor design commission for Kylejcrb Been quite a while since I last did an armor of this style. Took a bit to build things up so that it looked like she was wearing plate armor, rather then merely typical mail. Since the character is a Paladin, but her primary outfit color was green, I tried to keep some of the paladin feel in the ray of light like motif on her chest, gauntlets, shoulders, belt cloth and boots. Figuring out how to arrange the colors on the armor once I had it done was it's own challenge. XD For more of my works, follow me @ genisay.deviantart.com