The Jest

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Whatever you want, Skye. ^_^ Now then, on to the next one. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sonic and Knuckles Special As I stated in the first part, this is one of the three comics I actually had a physical copy of. Bought mostly because, well, It's Sonic and Knuckles, the adaptation to one of my favorite games at the time. The cover of which indeed caught my eye. Looking at it now though, one's got to wonder what Knuckles' plan was for the dashing Sonic. Because he has a leg out to trip Sonic, yet he's getting ready to outright deck him with that fist of his at the same time. It'd be one heck of a knock-out uppercut if he intended to trip and then shoryuken the hedgehog while he's still falling. One's got to wonder where Sonic's going though and why, since it looks like he's heading straight for a junkyard of swatbots and a....is that a Sega Saturn? Anyways, he could just be heading around that corner but there's no indication since his eyes are squarely forward towards the junk heap. I like Robotnik's shadow on the wall there, though one has to question how his eyes, mouth, and cross-belt are essentially all transparent. On that note, while I do like what Spaz was going for with this, one must question why the big guy is anywhere near him in this continuity. The last time we saw Knuckles, he was ready to stab the fatso with those spiked knuckles of his for tricking him and being close to nabbing his emerald. This makes perfect sense in the game, but not here. Also, the lumberjack's a nice touch for me personally, since that guy was one of the things I remembered most about the game. Also, really nice touch that said Lumberjack's rocket fire actually makes him look like he has legs. However, I am going not by nostalgia, but essentially reading the comic now as I do this review. So just because it's a comic of my childhood, doesn't mean it gets any advantage over any of the other comics I'll be reviewing. This goes for the other two as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story 1: Panic in the Sky We open to the western coast of the "Great Continent" that, though prone to Earthquakes, floods, mudslides and fires, (So basically California in a nutshell.) is one of the most peaceful places in the world as no fighting between Eggman and the Freedom Fighters has touched it. (Can't help but question that, a little.) During this, we see Sally's freedom fighters apparently enjoying a nice game of beach volley ball. ...Because I guess Sally didn't have anything better for them to do after that whole robo-sally mission. Anyways their game get called on account of a giant floating landmass flying over their heads. ...Yep, just another day on Mobius. Oh, and because I will probably never find a better place to put this: "UNTIL TODAY!" Credit where it's due though, the Freedom Fighters, or at least the prime members of said freedom fighters, assembled pretty quickly as they're already in the briefing. ...Ironically enough, Sonic and Tails are the only ones that are late. Knowing what I do nowadays, I don't know whether to laugh or face-palm at Sally right now though. We'll get to why that is in due time. "What do you two know that the rest of us don't." ~ Sally ...Heh, remember these words, I'll get back to that in another review down the line. Anyways, Sonic and Tails give a brief summary of what happened during This Island Hedgehog, and ending it off by noting how mysterious Knuckles is. Oh, and Sonic says this: "For an echidna, he's one strange dude." ~ Sonic Just an odd and admittingly nit-picky question here: By both the game and comic's logic, the Echidna race are carefully hidden at best, and at worst, all but extinct. ...To our knowledge even going by his backstory he has never met any echidnas before Knuckles, and Knuckles he met on accident on a floating island. So how would he know what's strange for an Echidna? He's the only Echidna he met. Anyways, since they have no idea what side Knuckles is on, they decide to fly up and knock on his door with Antoine at the helm of what seems to be a giant military cargo plane, ...Because the walkers wills it. But the Island decides to greet our heroes with anti-air cannons, to which they avoid and find rocket thrusters installed in the back. Knowing that Knuckles would never have any technology on his island (...To his knowledge, ;)), they head topside to figure out what's going on, jumping out of the plane and landing on the island without much issue. "Need a lift, Sonic?" ~ Tails "No thanks, pal. Being piggy-backed is bad for my image." ~ Sonic ...Uh-huh. They walk from their landing spot with Knuckles watching them Solid Snake style behind the bushes. "Everyone wants a piece of the Floating Island. But all those two are gonna get is a piece of the rock!" ~ Knuckles The two heroes enter the first stage of Sonic and Knuckles, Mushroom hill...which is debatably where Mario apparently gets his own mushrooms from by the looks of these. As Sonic thinks about having Mushroom pizza, something comes down and whacks him in the head to...errm...make him hallucinate the Mushrooms wanting to grill him. ...There are so many jokes and memes I can make about this one panel alone. But as someone who does not condone illegal drug use, I'll simply show you this little treat of what most likely SHOULD have happened. Doesn't make sense you say? One, Carnival Night Zone. Two, MJ. Three, and most importantly, They are not suppose to make sense! So after that mini-hallucination, he wakes up to find he was knocked out cold by a pendulum. ...One has to wonder why there's a pendulum in the middle of a field of mushrooms, but it was in the game, so...Walkers wills it. So they use the Pendulum to climb to the top of the mushrooms and make their way through until they stumble across the Lumberjack bot...Well, I'll give them effort for trying, it's not a bad design, it's certainly closer to the original design then the one on the cover. But looking at it from this perspective, ...am I the only one who think he looks a bit like a Jay Leno parody, that orb-like body looks like a giant chin. Anyways, After beating him...rather quickly, they're about to run off, presumeably to the next act of the zone when suddenly, Sonic falls into a trap door and almost into a bottomless pit if not for a cliff he found. As if things couldn't get any worse, in comes a certain angry echidna, ...somehow, who looks ready to retell the death of the Lion King's Mufasa. ...So Sonic, care about that image now? :) In Part 2 we see Knuckles smiling for a panel...Not a clue why, especially when he's not smiling in any other panels on the page. Anyways, jumping to conclusion that Sonic is starting something on his island he prepares to actually re-enact the death of Mufasa when Tails comes in to try and drop a large boulder on his head. Knuckles of course evades and falls down with Sonic as the cliff collapses from the sheer weight of the dropped object, pretty much implying that Tails would have KILLED Knuckles with that rock if he didn't. The two tumble down the tunnel, making a bit of small talk about Tails' side, when they land right in the middle of what I can only assume is Lava Reef Zone. ...Apparently the level select code must have been activated when Sonic was on that Pendulum. Knuckles is about ready to outright kill Sonic with that spiked fist of his until Tails comes in to save them both from a rumbling volcano, and Sonic takes back what he said before, ...Hey I'd be taking back anything negative I said too if I was standing in the middle of Nature's furnace. After they were saved, which begs the question of why Tails would save Knuckles when not even a minute ago he was about outright to kill him with that rock, but hey, I guess he must have realized that rock almost killed him and is saving him as an apology. Once on nice solid land that's not over a volcano's mouth, Sonic and Tails explains to Knuckles that somebody hijacked his island and is currently hovering it over Knothill Village. "Course, it's dark so nobody'd notice." ~ Sonic It's a clear night sky with all the stars alight and the Moon out in a village that doesn't use much to light their forest town. I'm pretty sure they'll notice when a giant shadow blots them all out. Besides that, I'm fairly certain everyone knows about it by now, because of the same reason the Freedom fighters knew of it: It made a bit of a noticeable entrance, and caused some of the volleyball playing freedom fighters to sound an alarm and alert the others into bringing you here in the first place. So after Knuckles realizes he got tricked...again, He decides to show them into...The Chaos Chamber? ...Ok, so NOW it shows up. I must ask the question then of why Knuckles placed the Chaos Emerald on a wide-open stone altar last time, as oppose to this place? The island should have been falling as Sonic and Tails were traveling on it. But I'm going to assume we were expected to forget about that. As Knuckles explains, the Chaos Chamber is where the energy of the emerald is harnessed and keeps the island afloat, and spots some kind of device syphoning up the emerald's power. As he tries to pull a dumb move by touching the live energy sapper, and get shocked for his efforts, ...because science, when an incoming message from the giant floating head pops up. Yep, it's Robotnik, able to apparently project his head on the wall without any projector...because science, and as usual for any villain at this point, explains his evil plan. ...I think it's best that he explains this. "Since discovering its existence, literally hours have been devoted to Operation: Flying Destroyer! Phase one involved attaching a mobile command base to the Island's foundation and unleashing a series of paradroids--complex, automated mechanisms designed to refashion its shape from tropical paradise to engine of destruction!" ~ Dr. Eggman .., First off, ...When did you have the time to pull this off? In the last issue in the comic series, according to Skye's timeline, you were kidnapped along with Sonic by a giant alien bio-researcher who thrown you onto god knows what area of the planet when he was done. Secondly, assuming this is a few days after that and you were essentially closed off for hours if not days figuring out how to work this plan out, (Which actually might explain the reserve taking a vacation.) how exactly did you do this without Knuckles suspecting a blasted thing? It must have been one heck of a drill if it can break an energy syphon into the chaos chamber without causing even a small earthquake. He just broke through a wall of crystal that Knuckles just said redirects and amplifies the power to keep the island afloat. I'm fairly certain that a hole in an area of that much importance would at least result in a small vibration. (*Sees the panel showing it breaking in there causing a rumbling.* THAT DOESN'T COUNT!) Finally, ignoring the schematics and how off the placement of the shock cannons look, since that could just be the result of not a lot of space to put them onto, How exactly is he powering these things? I mean, yeah, he's syphoning the energy from the Chaos emerald, I understand that, but how is that energy directed towards the weapons and engine? They couldn't make some small thin lines from the back of the mobile base to the engine and cannons to use as wires or cables to move that energy to them? Now don't get me wrong, this is a fairly decent plan: Sneak in and start sapping up the infinite energy of the Chaos emerald to control the direction of the island and add weapons to make a fortress, all the while making it look like Knuckles is the one doing it and starting another fight between him and Sonic&Tails, potentially removing one if not all three threats at the same time. It's a fair enough plan, it's just that there's a few things about it that really starts to stretch the SoD (Suspension of Disbelief) a little. One more question for Robotnik though: ...Exactly what part of this plan of yours involved a legless lumberjack cutting trees down in a forest of giant mushrooms? Anyways, back on topic, Robotnik has the island in position to fire the shock cannons to absolutely devastate Knothole Village and outright kill all of its inhabitants, thanks to Sonic and Knuckles' fight buying enough time to pull it off. To which Knuckles responds rather admirably...by destroying the Chaos Emerald, depowering Robotnik's stuff, but ultimately dropping the island right down on Knothill. I'd complain about this idea, but the comic already addresses it, ...by waiting out the Doctor and pulling a spare chaos emerald out of his...wall. Ok, that was a fair enough resolution to all of this, and that actually explains the reason why Knuckles would risk holding an emerald out in the open when he knows that would mean the Island shouldn't technically be floating since the emerald powering it would easily be stolen and drop the island. ...I actually kind of like this, you managed to dig yourself out of a hole Pen, I'm impre- "What spare? That was the real one I put back."~ Knuckles ...   "Removing it caused the Island to fall but I smashed the fake!"~ Knuckles "I didn't see you make the switch!" ~ Sonic "Neither did Robotnik!" ~ Knuckles Pen...You, REALLY should have just stuck with the Spare idea. I'll admit the idea is a bit "Deus-ex-Machina"-esque, but this is the 90s, you can get away with this, plus it actually made sense considering the last issue. You just got out of a hole by dropping into an even bigger one. It'd actually be impressive if it wasn't so sad. But the thing is, if you were really going for that approach, ...at least provide a hint as to how he not only switched it without anyone looking, but managed to put BEHIND A FREAKING WALL...OF CRYSTAL...without anyone noticing. ...Apparently Knuckles managed to use Chaos Control years before it was a thing. O.o; To wrap it up, the three say their good byes the island somehow moves back into its flight pattern...I think, as Sonic and Tails return to their friends below and they all live happily for a while. "Think he'll ever join the freedom fighters?" ~ Sally "I doubt it Sal! I think now and forever... he's on his own." ~ Sonic To quote Noah "Spoony" Antwiler: "HA-HA! Oh my God, You guys don't even know how funny that is yet." (Well, Sonic Scanf does, but the point remains.) As you may have guessed, like Noah, I'm going to be using this line and the line Sally used probably throughout all my Reviews. They probably won't be the only ones either. Overall, Panic in the Sky isn't as good as it was when I first read it. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's bad. The plot is simple enough, and much like the series after the 20th issue, art work is actually improved since Issue 13. It's just that some aspects of it pulls it down from being really good, and as a result it just becomes Ok. 6/10 (Before you ask why I'm giving this a worse one then This Island Hedgehog, I was being merciful to that since that was the first comic involving Knuckles. Not this time.) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Story 2: Fire Drill We open to...the beginning of Knuckles game in Sonic and Knuckles? No, not really, but kind of close to it, huh? Kudos, Pen. So like the game, Knuckles was enjoying his time of relaxation in Mushroom Hill when suddenly a bomb goes off a few meters behind him, as oppose to exploding in his face like in the game. So Knuckles, being the type to not let things that breaks the silence of nature go unpunished, rushes over to...erm, the beach of Angel Island? An Oasis of some kind? No, it's Sandopolis zone, but it does apparently have an Oasis. By Oasis, of course, I mean an excuse to put green lively bushes in the middle of a Desert. Knuckles heads for the spot where the explosion happens, but only sees a crater with nothing in it. "Whoever it was must've took off out of sight, out of mind, hoping they wouldn't be spotted by the top dog. ...Or should I say, top echidna?" ~ Knuckles Hmm, Nice try Pen, but if you're going to make a pun, you have to just assume that people get it, and make it fluent with the sentence. For example: THIS is how you do puns. Whatever landed there decided to then take a few steps towards the bushes, leaving footprints for Knuckles to follow, but when he jumps towards it, they're nowhere to be seen. "Nobody-but NOBODY-makes a fool out of Knuckles the Echidna and gets away with it!" ~ Knuckles Says just about every Knuckles fan upon reading the Sonic Boom comic's first issue. (Ok, I said I TRY to keep them to a minimum, it's not as easy as it may sound. X_X ) Figuring out that there's nowhere else he could have went, he goes to Sandopolis ruins. Figuring out who could be fast enough to run from the bushes to the ruins, he assumes it's Sonic and yells at him to come out. ...Ok, if there's one thing I can at least say for Pen, it's that he knows Knuckles, or at least, he knows the difference between gullibility/naivety, and stupidity. Sure he's wrong, sure he's jumping to conclusions, but Knuckles made those two decisions because they were the only explanations that made sense to him, and it's not hard to see why he hit those conclusions. He's sheltered on this island, yeah, but he has street smarts and knows how to use them. Since he believes Sonic is hiding, he enters in to find him and hopefully give him that spiked knuckle to the teeth that lava stopped last time. But as soon as he enters, he gets to reenact his near-death experience by dodging falling rocks again, brought on by someone in the shadows. As he progresses through the ruins, dodging traps along the way, he comes across a door revealed from a green wall...somehow...because the Walkers wills it. He opens it to reveal...errm...Sandopolis Act 2? Rectangle land? ...The grand hall of random picture frames? "For once, I'm stumped!" ~Knuckles You and me both. I get that Sandopolis ruins might not have been an easy thing to draw, and indeed it WAS filled with rectangles in the background, but this is so lazy that I'm not even sure what Pen was trying to do with this room. (What I meant was that I can't quite picture what he expected from the Artist.) The ONLY detail are four undetailed torches atop one of these rectangles. The rest are just random blank rectangles of random sizes and random colors. Even when I was a kid, this didn't make any sense, and I assumed it was some kind of special stage. I'm so tempted to use the Egoraptor "WHAT IS THIS!?" rant, and I probably would if I wasn't saving it for another time. I understand leaving them blank when you move the camera far from them, but even in the close up they're all blank squares of random colors. ...You couldn't have made at least ONE hieroglyph on one of those rectangles? Last I checked the walls of this place weren't blue either. NOTHING about this room gives me the feeling of an ancient pyramid's interior, it makes me think Knuckles was eating one of those giant mushrooms before coming here. ...Actually, that would explain alot. Anyways, Knuckles is getting ready to explore more of the divine throne room of psychadelic geometry until suddenly he gets hit from above by a sandfall...I think, as it looks more like the sand exploded behind him then from above, and makes him slide down the hall...I think. Desperate to get out, he glides off of the sandfall to a random ledge by a random wall that he punches through and reveals it just happens to lead him outside, and apparently just happens to be where the stranger walked from, leaving footsteps behind him. Errm, Knux, are you sure you still think it's Sonic? Sure Sonic's fast, but I don't recall him having the ability to phase through solid matter. *Gets shown this* ...Nevermind, it still fits. So Knuckles chases the foot prints down to the beach that Sonic the Hedgehog 3 started at...wait, what? During that one panel the water looks super close to the land like a beach but its still floating in the air away from the waters. ...Then again that was the case in Sonic 3 as well. Anyways, he notices that the trail ends at the edge and he ends the chase with that, our story ending with the stranger he was chasing hiding in yet another set of bushes, proclaiming that Knuckles still has much to learn, and that class is now in session. This story is...Pretty good actually. Knuckles is something of an interesting challenge to write stories for during these early days, since he and the Island are really the only thing you can work with at the time of this comic. He's all alone, he's been alone for pretty much almost his whole life, (Save the time he spent with his father.) so of course he talks to himself to keep himself company, and he's shown to be intelligent at least in regards of common logic. It starts off almost exactly like it does in the game, and shows one more stage of the game with Sandopolis. (Apparently you can go from a forest of mushrooms straight to the desert, just like there's a volcano underneath said forest.) The art is a bit odd to be sure, but looking at it from a whole, the plot is simple enough and does what it's suppose to do, display Knuckles' skills, and as such, did its part well. 8/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Story 3: Lord of the Floating Island Ah, but the special wasn't satisfied with just one crossover and one Knuckles Solo comic, so they added one more Knuckles Solo comic. Why? Well, I guess to show that there actually ARE inhabitants on this island besides him. We open to Knuckles gliding in the rough air as rather harsh winds are making it difficult to properly glide. As he attempts this, he spots a little kangaroo that's apparently lost and looking for its mother. To which Knuckles responds by flying over him and kidnapping the little guy. Look at this without speech bubbles and tell me you don't see that. Then he simply lands after noticing the kid's making a fuss anyways. He introduces himself, but the Kanga already knows from his mother that Knuckles is apparently, as Guardian, the Island's local hero and protector. He then asks Knuckles if he can do something about the sky, which is currently undergoing an Eclipse. ...Of course, because in comic logic, whenever there's an eclipse, all hell breaks loose! I should point out that it's also a total eclipse, so both the kid and Knuckles should pretty much be blinded since they're staring right into it. Anyways, Knuckles explains the nature of an eclipse and that normally the winds blowing the island aren't as strong as they are right now, but something's changed about this case. But before he could elaborate, in comes a stampede of Dingoes, to which Knuckles responds by jumping on a branch with the kid and watching them go by. "Aren't they Friendly?" ~ Benjy "Usually." ~ Knuckles "HA-HA! Oh my God, You guys don't even know how funny that is yet." ~ Noah "Spoony" Antwiler He explains that the Dingoes are pretty much going wherever the winds take them, but they can only go so far without, well, falling off the edge into the ocean. When the Kangaroo, named Benjy asks if his mother will be alright, Knuckles assures him that the island has been in a rather long state of peace for some time now, recent intruders not withstanding. As if to correct Knuckles' statement, or laugh him off, the wind blows even harder as Knuckles hangs on to Benji to make sure he doesn't get blown off the island. As the eclipse passes and lets the sun shine on as Knuckles puts it, they find the mother Kangaroo and, like a typical superhero, leaves by saying he's just doing his job and flies off. Definitely the shortest of the bunch, and probably not as canon as the other two are. But to be fair, it's also another rather simple but good plot that's designed to show what it is Knuckles does on this Island besides standing by the emerald all day, and confirms that there are actually other inhabitants of this island besides Knuckles himself. But he only communicates with them when he's needed to, due to, well, being a guardian and having to protect the entire island. The Eclipse was kind of random, but it's not everyday you get windy valley weather on an island like this, and what better thing to blame it on then blame pin cushion that is a solar eclipse? 7/10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- This comic, overall, is a good throwback to the Sonic and Knuckles game that it was adapted to. But like some of the other old comics, it doesn't age that well. The first story is ok but has its fair share of problems. The other two stories are good at their job of displaying Knuckles in his glory, but are pretty simplistic in their plot, and the third one is particularly short. The special as a whole gets a 7/10. Fairly decent, and almost definitely a step up from Sonic's first encounter with the Rad Red, you just gotta suspend your disbelief a bit more than usual with the first story, and take in the simpleness of the later two with stride. I recommend giving this a read if you're curious about how Knuckles lived before his life got lively...and then consequently drained of that livelihood. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Issue: Sonic Triple Trouble!

57.7% on my part. ...So I'm pretty much right there with Eliza in this regard.

Hehehe....Can't help but be reminded of this little scene. Nice work so far, mate. Keep it up. :D

If you want to. If you want to add anything about them, I won't stop you. ^^

Huh...I honestly did not notice that until Gabe said it. ...Excuse me while I process that... But yeah, an alternative way is to put it between a "

You've been hit by, You've been struck by, a Smooth Criminal.

The Hitman Tutor, Reborn! Ciaossu!

First off, I'd like for a Mod or Admin to please stick this and the rules of RPing for me please. ...Or Pin if that's what it's called here. God-modding is a bit more detailed then invincibility, perfect accuracy, etc. There are higher and lower grades to god-modding. Some are practically kick-out worthy, some not too much to worry about unless in an absurd amount. ...I'm about to show you a list of these God-mods, made in a site dedicated to RPing, by skilled RPers. I'm going to also rank them from 1 to 5. 5 being the exact definition of God-modding and should NEVER be done...EVER. 1 being something that, if you see someone do it, it's not too much of a problem unless they start spamming it to hell. If there is a ? on a Rank. That means, I can't for the life rank it, need it be unsure of severeity, or just not knowing what it even means, and so I'll give it to you guys to rank. Types of Godmodders: 5- The very Definition of God-modding, these should never be allowed, and those who do it, should at least get a strike or massive warning by the GM. 4- While not as extreme, these causes concerns, and should be addressed. It should cause no problems should they never do it again. But if they do, they will of their own risk. 3- Right in the middle. It's certainly a cause for alarm, but not to be taken too seriously so long as the factors aren't extreme. These can also be pardoned, if the victim gave them permission to do this. 2- Not as light-hearted as ones, yet not as bad as the higher-ups. These are something to take a quick second glance at and that's it. They're not worth a strike or a warning unless they are taken to extreme heights 1- Do not worry about these ones at all. At worst, they're minor annoyances that bug people to death if spammed, but nothing too damaging to the RP, even if spammed. IF, by some god-forsaken reason they become extremely overused, that's when you have to say. "Alright, enough is enough, just stop." And should they refuse, increase it to level 2, and so on. ?- I cannot for the life of me rank these ones. Need it be because they're unclear, or because I'm unsure of the level it could cause. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The people who never miss a single shot no matter how hard it is (Aim-botters). [5] The people who can't be hit or just shrug it off (god-modders). [5] The people who never are without a weapon and ammo (idkfa-ers). [4] The people who have absurdly strong powers (twinks). [5] The people who 'balance' their characters by having a massive but irrelevant weakness and massive powers (min-maxers). [4] The people who use Out Of Character knowledge to get an edge (Miss Cleos). [4] The people who do things in hindsight (McFlys). [?] The people who RP other people's characters for them (Puppetmasters). [3] The people who RP completely irrelevant things (Daydreamers). [2] The people who RP actions and time against others while the others aren't present OOC, but are IC (Shoe elves). [?] The people who ignore or alter RPs that they don't like (Revisionists). [3] The people who RP an absurdly time consuming sequence occurring between other people's actions (Speedhackers). [?] The people who play as characters that are completely impossible (Oxymorons). [4] The people who arbitrarily declare themselves the winner with instant death attacks (Baghdad Bobbits). [5] The people who've taken actions before they start RPing (Gaseous Snakes). [3] The people who pull-in elements that were approved in an unrelated RP (Augustines). [1] The people who use an existing persona and only RP them when it helps (Batmen). [?] The people who alter their character as needed for the situation (Zoicite). [1] The people who declare their IC threads safe, but readily attack others (NIMBYs). [4] The people who gain abilities as they need them with no prior exposure (Trinities). [4] The people who pick-up things that spawn from seemingly nowhere (Quakers). [?]

I see. since she can't use all her powers, that would imply she's no different to empowered immortals, a demi-god so to speak. In that case just consider this: If she is capable of fighting, she is capable of losing. If you can accept that fact, then she is allowed. If not, then it is god-modded.

Ryoko Hakubi (What say we step it up a notch by actually giving images of these characters as well? That way no one has to run over to google whoever the crap we're talking about.)

Hmm...Well then it depends on how powerful both of these two are. One of them's a goddess, so I assume she's exceptionally powerful, and this other OC in turn, I can assume is also powerful in his/her own right. In that case, it again turns to the power balance, so that way we don't have the Goddess using said God-like power to constantly protect this person who is her weakness. If she is able to protect him/her, then she is able to get hurt to protect him/her. Otherwise, common sense would depict her an all-powerful shield that wouldn't allow anyone to kill him/her, because it would then kill her too. Also, if that IS the case, that she can get hurt, then the exact same weakness she has, so too does this person. Granted, there IS an effective strategy against her to be had if ever used in an RP: Distract the Goddess away from her weakness and strike at it, but then, who or what would be capable of distracting a Goddess to kill someone who could very well also protect herself. ...Especially since if this goddess feels every pain and emotion the weakness does, unless the one who kills him/her was an impressively skilled that can kill the weakness in one blow (Which, in itself, is god-modding), she'd spot him/her in trouble well before his/her death and come to his/her aid.] Also Granted, it also varies depending on this Goddess' personality. To distract a goddess like this requires quite a lot of effort after all, including perhaps a tragic destructive cataclysm she has to keep in line to ensure the protection of everyone within the area. A goddess who is Benevolent and caring usually goes the selfless route of putting faith in her partner and focus entirely on whatever's distracting someone like her. On the other hand, the more sensible route, be it good or bad, is to head to and protect the partner the instant she spots he's/she's in danger. Because even if she's good, the moment she dies when keeping something under control, the control on perhaps a dangerous catastrophe will drop dead with her. Overall, It depends on a few factors. How powerful she is, if she, in of herself, is invincible, her Personality, and how much trust she has in her partner to survive.

  Skye said it best to a degree. But like Survivor, most of my arsenal also consists of Immortals with weaknesses.   The way I see it, if it's a God that can be beaten by mortal hand, and used by someone player-wise who is humble enough to allow such a thing, then it's allowed. But there is a bit of a balance to consider...   To put it simply, the more power they have, the less they can do with it. Only Final bosses are an exception to this when they become final bosses, mostly because usually they are facing a party of characters with enough experience and power to warrant it.   As such, When you have a character that is actually Omnipotent, Almighty and all-powerful, ...To balance that out, that God can't be allowed to interfere or use that power at all for any interloping reason, UNLESS their power is reduced to the point where it's allowed.   In regards to the Rare Weakness, or Mystical Force against said god, or in this case Goddess. Unless this entire RP revolves around this Goddess and finding this rare weakness, need it be for a hero or a villain to use against her, then it probably would not be allowed in any other RP unless this Goddess, again, isn't interfering with life to warrant someone needing to use said weakness.

...Well, it's been a while since I've reviewed an issue of the main series.

First off: THIS is Cloud Strife. As for your next question: ...That's actually a good question. ...Well, I still feel that'd be too much of an easy way out, so I'm thinking no. But if there's a song from another character that you REALLY think will work 100% perfectly for another character, like with the Mainstream, ...then I guess you can give it a shot, but I seriously recommend avoiding that if possible.

Washu! :3

Hmm...Well, If this really is now pretty adapted to the game's universe, then I would LOVE to see an actual flashback to the Genesis on Sonic's part. ...I guess like the actual Genesis Arc, but minus the fact that it's an alternate timeline. What I want is an actual flashback. Because in the games, Sonic's home was an Island if I'm not mistaken. I'd be very fascinated to see Flynn's take on how it really all started in the game universe. Yes, that does include a Sonic and Knuckles area of the arc as the Topic Creator wanted. But what I REALLY want, above all else, is an Original Arc. An arc that isn't from any games whatsoever, and is essentially letting Flynn of the leash to do what he wishes. Because how many games do you suppose he has left in after Unleashed? Colors, Generations, Lost World...Then until Sega creates another Sonic Game (Not counting Boom) You hit a wall, and the only thing you can do is go backwards from there. It's the same problem with Megaman, after Megaman 10, where do you go? If it goes like this, you put the writers at a halt and that's not a good place for them to be in. I'd like for at least one Arc, one MAIN Arc, centered around Flynn displaying some creative freedom.

Like Hulk over here, I'm also late to the party when it comes to this comic, but in my case it's because I was a bit hesitant...

I 100% agree with this statement. ...Actually, I would prefer if she was both. Because why not? Considering the Anti-Hero trope, it'd be interesting to see a laid-back anti-hero.

I theorize that the reason there wasn't a thread on it in the first place is that the majority of this site probably doesn't know what Gamergate is, and those who do know about it, like myself, prefers not talking about it. Me, I've been informed about Gamergate for about a few weeks at least. Though with my admittingly horrid memory, I seem to have forgotten the details. So what do I think of it? ...No comment. Honestly, I'm both cases of Knowledgeable Neutrals. It's true that I indeed fear the idea of stepping on a proverbial landmine in a somewhat sensitive subject, but it's also true that I'm not the kind of guy to jump on either side of a war if it doesn't have any personal effect on me...and Gamergate honestly doesn't. I will say this though: Is there corruption in the Industry? ...Possibly. I won't yell corruption as an absolute in the interest of those on here who might believe there isn't. However, It wouldn't surprise me if there was.

Watch those numbers burn. XD

Right, Since it hit 11/1 just an hour ago in my case, alas, this day has plenty to celebrate about: Halloween is over, and with it, the Autumn begins to fade. Passing the night of horror and mischef, we now unofficially enter my favorite season of all: The Winter Holidays. (Unofficially because technically it begins on Black Friday...Kind of ironic when you think about it.) But more importantly, on the same day as the beginning of my personal joy, comes the birthday of our sweet little Eliza. Happy B-Day Eliza, I hope your day's a good one. Hee-Ho! ^_^