Is there a trope name or term for this unique sub-genre of antagonist who enter a story and who’s whole motivation is to question the seemingly backwards logic said series operates on?
Dr. Starline points out how stupid it is that Eggman keeps losing to Sonic when actually it’d be incredibly easy to just kill him (Something even Eggman himself admits he knows but it’s about his pride) and eventually Starline’s motivation becomes to be a better villain and show Eggman how easy it would be to just stop messing around with kooky deathtraps and to just and WIN, Frank Grimes was literally written to be a “normal person” entering the world of The Simpsons and being frustrated by it’s idiot logic, Bradford loathed the “Adventure of the Week” logic of Ducktales and wanted to erase every magic and supernatural being in the world so there would be no more adventures and the world would be at “peace”
It’s not exactly fourth-wall breaking, I’m not sure what to call it
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You ever think about how extremely traumatic the first two arcs of the Archie reboot would've been for all the characters?
They're just living their normal lives, when one day Sonic starts babbling about a completely different history where most of them were in extremely dire straits, and starts using Nicole to overwrite their extant memories with those of the previous universe.
Like, imagine being Sally in that situation. You come home from a dangerous but routine mission to find all your friends acting like you've just come back from the dead. They hand you your computer and suddenly your mind is filled with memories of a much different world to this one, a much darker and more painful one, filled with death and constant betrayal. Your last memories are now filled with weeks of watching your mechanised, vivisected body mindlessly serve your nemesis, and try to kill your friends and family. You were (probably) awake when Eggman carved you up with a blowtorch, while monologuing creepily about how smart you are, right before he crammed a cannon in where your brain should be. You almost died because Eggman designed your new form so badly that you ran out of power on your first mission as his pawn, only to be 'saved' by someone who loved you, and now doesn't exist.
But it's not just that. That would be bad enough. You also remember that this other version of you had a living mother. A mother who loved her and supported her and tried to be there for her. Yours has been dead since you were a child. You're still a child, but you've never felt less like one than you do right now. You had a brother too. He had a wife and a daughter, you had a niece and and a sister-in-law. They're gone. In fact, they're not just gone. They never existed. You have memories of people that never existed. All your friends apparently do. These other versions of them all had families. Here, they're all orphans, except for Rotor, who now remembers a world where his father wasn't an abusive bastard that serves Eggman out of some warped sense of social darwinism, something he can never have in this one.
On the other hand, your father, whom you know as a kind, generous, and reasonable man, was in this other world a controlling, emotionally abusive asshole, a major factor in a massive mental breakdown you endured and struggled with for months on end.
And then shortly afterwards, these memories begin to fade. Maybe you're okay with forgetting Mecha Sally. Maybe you're okay with forgetting that Nigel was ever Maximilian. But now you're also forgetting Alicia and Elias and Megan and Alexis, people who only existed in your memory. You won't remember how many people Eggman killed with the Super Genesis Wave. There will never be justice for them, and in a few short days, you won't even remember their names.
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Archie Sonic Reboot - Egg Bosses Maryell & Syntax
Maryell: "Prepare for trouble-"
Syntax: "No, Mary, we're not doing that!"
Maryell: "Aww, why not?"
Syntax: "Because, dear, it gives them more time to attack us!"
Maryell: "Oh! Good point, darling. KILL THEM!!"
Maryell the Jackalope - Egg Boss: Experimental Research, Medical Doctor, & Cyberization Overseer
Syntax - Egg Boss: Training, Ground Forces, & Strategic Overseer
Maryell the Jackalope and outfits by @wpk12art
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Last but not least, Starfire! The live! The wire! Requested for pink by her biggest fan of all, my littlest niece!
Now the color wheel is finally complete!
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