#going on a rant here because i re-read is1 and it was painful

[beevean]

I'm fairly certain we'll see more versatile tricks from Surge in future. I do think it would have been best if she weren't a speedster, but maybe the logic is coming up with a way for her to even hit Sonic with how fast he is. Weird as it sounds, she kind of does remind me of movie Sonic who is pointed out to be somewhat unskilled but strong.

It's true that Surge isn't done yet, and we don't know how long she's going to stick around. Admittedly I lost faith in the writers to follow up what they've set up, but yeah, I may have jumped the gun with my post.

I wish the story put more emphasis on the fact that Surge only used her powers in controlled environments, while Sonic actually fought in real situations, to justify how weak she comes across and how she has the potential to grow stronger. The majority of Surge's dialogue in IS is "wahhhh let me fight i'm bored of tests D:", it would have been nice to prove that she was right to whine. Instead we're supposed to think that she and Sonic are on equal foot, because god forbid we put an OC in a bad light, am I right? Instead she’s not even mad that she lost to him in #51.

The fact that the next arc might see her stealing Wisps to get stronger doesn't help matters. Really? You need Wisps to be threatening? Like... they don't sound like a big source of power. The Cyan Wisp makes you nyoom, but she can do that already. I hope the covers are lying and she only has the Wisps in her hand to bully Whisper lmao.

I do think it would have been best if she weren't a speedster

How so? Being a Sonic clone is, to steal IDW Sonic's favorite word :P her whole schtick. How else could she be?

Weird as it sounds, she kind of does remind me of movie Sonic who is pointed out to be somewhat unskilled but strong.

I made the comparison too. Movie Sonic's speed comes from electricity, and his arc sees him going from a naive, scared kid, to a confident hero. He doesn't really know how to fight in SM1 and he discovered the Spin Dash by accident lol.

It makes sense for Movie Sonic, because he's meant to be a younger version of Sonic. Surge is meant to become Sonic's replacement in-universe, so I'd expect Starline to do a better job. When you think about it, he made some seriously sloppy mistakes, like this and:

not coming up with an excuse for Surge to hate Sonic and for Kit to be loyal to Surge. You can manipulate memories, come up with a tragic backstory! Say that Sonic killed Surge and Kit's parents and Surge raised Kit since he was a kid! Something! No wonder they have an existential crisis every week!

making Surge a rebellious arrogant showoff punk and then expecting her to obey Starline and listen to Kit, only because "Sonic has attitude :)". Dude. C'mon.

not coming up with better excuses after hypnotizing them - you really telling me that Surge would accept that she's so fragile that an argument overheats her?

This is the guy who thinks he can be better than Eggman, by the way. When Metal Sonic had his teenager moment in Heroes, Eggman immediately reprogrammed him to be loyal, and it stuck. Just sayin'.

(and this is not even getting into the absolute mess that is his Operation: Remaster plan. It makes literally no sense. My brain hurts everytime I try to understand how Surge and Kit are supposed to be his tools to "reshape the world" by "controlling the hero-vs-villain narrative". What the hell does that even mean???)

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