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August 23, 2019 |
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Commentary for August 23, 2019: So this page is just a bit of a denouement to the story, showing Knuckles returning home with the Master Emerald at last. It doesn’t feel all that long, really, since the Echidna Empire stole the Master Emerald in Chapter 7, but it has actually been almost two months now, which is almost as long as it’s been in-universe, too. That’s probably the longest it’s ever been missing. This story is a remake of Eon’s Comic #28 and #29, which followed essentially the same story beats, but were less concise about it. The first part showed Knuckles infiltrating Eggman’s base to use his space transporter, and the second part showed him fighting his way through to Horatio’s lab to take the Master Emerald back, and he left the same way he came in. I felt that didn’t make much sense, though. Why wouldn’t Eggman’s base be on high alert, expecting him to return via the transporter? So, that’s why I made a point of having Orbot mention it in this version. I also truncated Knuckles’s infiltration of Eggman’s base to make the chapter focus more on his interaction with the Echidna Empire, as that’s the important part of this story. I completely altered the ending to have Knuckles be allowed to leave peacefully -- indeed, for Sora-Ya to even have an Imperial shuttle take him home. In Eon’s Comic, their relationship was much more adversarial by this point in the story, but in this retelling, they have not yet reached that -- at least, Sora-Ya hasn’t; I daresay Knuckles sees anyone who steals the Master Emerald as a mortal enemy. The real question is, how does he see Sora-Ya now that she’s willingly returned it to him? Well, if the final panel is any indication, he certainly doesn’t trust her or the Echidna Empire yet. But that’s the keyword, isn’t it? “Yet”. Oh, Knuckles, my sweet summer child... |
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