#i just. the people who spend so much timing hating IDW for things yhe writers can’t control is really tiring

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idk if you’re still doing this but 🔥 IDW sonic?

(heck yeah!! ty!!! sorry this is so long, i’m just rambling 😅)

hmmm, i really enjoy IDW so far, and the few things i have issues with i know the context to why they happened (like the amnesia plot being cut short at an awkward time so it was hard for them to rework it, it’s still sloppy in the end but,, it’s not worth harassing them over, i know they’re genuinely trying to tell the best stories they can) but for personal tastes? i think metal should get some emphasis again, that one story in the annual was amazing and i would absolutely love to see him in focus again, especially given SEGA’s recent treatment of him as a plot device instead of a character - he deserves the spotlight for a bit imo :> i know he was the main villain of the first arc, but the ideas they’ve already thrown around about his sentience and independence + the introduction of belle better before leading somewhere cool (or, if belle ends up becoming that female villain for a bit they were talking about i will be equally as excited)

in a similar vein but more actually unpopular like these are supposed to be (oops) i,, kinda get why they’ve adjusted shadow’s personality, i don’t like it per se, but i get why sega’s doing it: they’re trying to fit the cast back into archetypes like they started doing with sonic boom, and there’s a very big issue in that they way they currently characterize knuckles and shadow? they’re basically identical - they’re both the friendly, angry guy who sometimes works with the team but also has a duty to fulfill/some other responsibility. so they’ve adjusted knuckles to be more focused on team sonic instead of the ME and shadow to be more of the loner he (and knuckles, originally) used to be. it’s not a great solution, and it’s really irritating to the fandom who’s gotten used to their more nuanced personalities, but i think i get why SEGA’s pushing it

#this is all over the place but ty!! #sorry i’m bad at these but they’re fun agshdjd #i just. the people who spend so much timing hating IDW for things yhe writers can’t control is really tiring #here’s another unpopular opinion: if you’re not enjoying a story. you can just stop reading?? #no ones forcing you #go have fun with what you do enjoy!!!! #the IDW genuinely cares about these characters as much as we do #just read their work on archie!!! you want to see a fleshed out shadow? you’ve got tons of great content there and in Evan’s GotF comic #they’re just trying their best within the limitations of a liscensed comic #it could be a LOT WORSE #i’m having fun with it and i hope you are too <3 #sonic fandom’s lasted this long BC of how much variety of content there is #if you’re not enjoying the IDW take i’m certain there’s something out there you can find and enjoy #<3 #also i’m so sorry i know i’m gonna piss some people off with this #but like. i get you’re upset about shadow. but he isn’t the main character. he’s just not going to get the kind of focus you want bc that’s #not why he’s here??? he’s here to be sonic’s foil #he deserves better yes but keep in mind the context... this isn’t the sonic universe days where they had the page space for it sadly 😔 #okay this is really long sorry agshdjdkd #i have Many Thoughts and few are useful