well, the kind of note you mentione would have been added by the editor and not written by me. I'm afraid I never asked what respone this got.
I also don't remember what I had in mind for pacifist Super Sonic to be honest but if you can tell me what was was the list issue I wrote Super Sonic this way I'll take a look and see if it jogs my memory.
Hi! I loved the Pacifist Super Sonic/Maniacal Loon Split Situation that diverged from the original Sonic/Supersonic Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde Parallels.
I also liked the Cheeky Mirror Universe King Sonic Dictator with his Mellow Hippy-esque Super Sonic Alter Ego.
Did you have a hand in that One Shot Story?
If yes did you have any plans to revisit the Mirror Verse or it's Characters?
If you were not involved in that Story I'm curious if you liked it and saw further milage with it's ideas?
Was an Alternate Robotnik of a different sort ever considered like maybe a Female version of Robotnik? Hell we could even go the Red Dwarf Holly Hop Drive Route and see what all the STC Characters are like as the opposite Gender in a Parallel Universe!
Could be great for Laughs or Played Straight.
I know you said you had no plans to bring Johnny Lightfoot back which incidentally I concur with but that being said....
I did have a Delicious but Evil Thought!
What if the Broken Neural Scanner used by Brutus was repaired.... And a Neural Copy of Johnny Lightfoot was made possible to reproduce due to his Mind being the last Neural Pattern Scanned ergo maybe a Brain Scan still has an Imprint within the device.... Although probably with some errors and gaps after Brutus Crushed it.
Maybe Johnny's Mind.... made manifest.... In a Badnik!!!
Or A Mental Clone of Johnny that is mingled with bits and pieces of Grimer, Robotnik and Brutus's Memory Fragments and Personality Quirks?
End result being something like Brutus during his Episodes of conflicting drives ala Dr Strangelove?
I have not read STC Online yet so I'm sure many surprises are in store for me though.
Good and Bad! Lol!
I'm curious about your Echidna and Floating Island Plans mentioned in this thread so far.
I loved the Laputa Influences for Both the Robots and Island.
The Weapon that took out the Death Egg was amazing and reminded me of the Indras Arrow Scene in Laputa where the Pseudo Nuke Weapon is used by Muska and I'm curious what other Technological Secrets of the Ancient Echidnas you envisioned for the Floating Island?
The Comic back then hinted at Shields which at the time were Not Fully Operational and he Jokes made regarding why no one noticed a Huge Floating Landmass made me think perhaps a Stealth Field/Cloaking Device might exist too.
The Floating Island being a Mobile Battle Fortress makes a lot of sense.
If it has Shields then maybe as well as defence from Weapons it can also Allow Travel amidst the very Stars!
Sonic Adventure was only loosely adapted in STC which I think worked.
Did you regret not playing it yourself to inspire your work or are you content with the end result?
I ask because although Sonic Adventure had issues and jarring elements there were also things I liked and thought could have blended well into STC with some tweaks like the Mystic Ruins Locale and the Echidna City which had Geothermal Power, Heat and Lighting.
Ok.... So not Guardian Robot Tech Level but there were some fun things in the South American feel and Mayan, Aztec, Inca themed Architecture and Aesthetics.
You mentioned in an earlier post here that E-102 Gamma was of little interest to you as an STC Character and while I like some of the Aesthetics of the E-100 Series but not all I do feel the Storyline for them was overly simplistic and a wasted opportunity but I am unaware of your reasoning for lack of interest. Please could you elaborate?
I myself had some thoughts on how to adapt the E-100 Premise, Story and Characters for STC which I will post below.
Would these Ideas and Speculation be something good if STC had Pursued them or as an option for STC Online now perhaps?
Was it you who designed the Guardian Robots Nigel?
Or was it a Collaborative back and Forth?
Or someone else entirely.
The Robot Design was THE most Iconic Visual from STC for me which lingered in my memory for many Years alongside the excellent Brutus, Your Supersonic Interpretation and the Metallix Brotherhood.
I especially admired the fact the Guardian Robots were Pilotable but also capable of Autonomy.
I have often imagined how the Awakening Robot Scene in the Fort in Laputa would have gone if the Laputa Robot had been swapped for the STC Guardian Robot.
I think a STC Comic Parody/Homage of some of Laputas Scenes with STC Characters and Locales could be very Fun.
Would you read such a Creation? Would it appeal?
As to Knuckles's People among the Stars.... It's been a long time.
Maybe some Echidna's if Liberated or Rescued may not be that grateful.
Either due to lost faith due to how long it took Knuckles to begin fighting the Drakon Empire.
Or Due to never knowing anything but Slavery and not wanting to leave it due to either Stockholm Syndrome or Cultural Conditioning.
What if a Splinter Faction of Echidna's Collaborated with the Drakon Empire after their Civilisation's Defeat and Enslavement. They might work as Janissary Soldiers or Privateers or perhaps in some R&D for less Militarily inclined and more Scientifically Focused Echidnas.
Or maybe Rescue is not enough and some want not just freedom but Vengeance and Full War and or Tit for Tat Enslavement or Genocide.
Or perhaps the Echidnas want to take the Island away from him.