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February 21, 2020 |
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Commentary for February 21, 2020: When Fort Orion first appeared in Eon’s Comic (with the much more ostentatious name of “The Frozen Fortress of Orion”), I had no idea where the backgrounds I was using were actually from. I mean, I knew they were from Mega Man X, but I didn’t know they were from Chill Penguin’s stage. I was just using some backgrounds I found on one of the old sprite websites; it might’ve been Background HQ, it might’ve been somewhere else. But I didn’t have a complete sheet of any stage backgrounds, just individual frames that were basically screenshots with any character sprites and HUD elements edited out. I made good use of them, but there is a lot to be said for having the actual stage as a complete sprite sheet. With a lot of locations in Eon’s World, I haven’t used the assets I originally used in Eon’s Comic, because they weren’t very good or I can do a lot better now; but in this case, Chill Penguin’s stage from MMX is still more-or-less perfect for Fort Orion. I can make better use of the assets now; but visually, it’s still essentially as it was. Anyway, how about this juicy lore dump Sora-Ya’s laying on Tikal? I can confirm that what she’s saying is essentially true; it’s spun, of course, to make echidnas look especially good, but she’s not wrong about the way humans have historically treated Mobians, or even how they sometimes still treat them. But wait, there’s more! Early on, I was reluctant to include some elements of Archie Sonic, mostly things from the pre-reboot continuity that were axed in the post-reboot continuity. Of course, I have relaxed on that since beginning Eon’s World Vol. 1 by including references to Mobius and Mobians and featuring Mina Mongoose, and there’s more coming just in this chapter alone. But there are some elements I’m still hesitant to touch, mostly the stuff created by Ken Penders. It’s not so much that he’s a litigious individual (there are fan comics based on Archie Sonic that include his creations without any issues, after all); it’s more that I don’t really have any use for his stuff in Eon’s World, because most of it is tied into the history and backstory of Mobius and the characters in Archie Sonic, which doesn’t jive with the setting I’ve created. Eon’s World is much more like post-reboot Archie Sonic, which is basically the games with additional material. So, while there are certainly elements created by Penders that I enjoy in Archie Sonic, there’s not much that can really fit into Eon’s World. So don’t expect to see Dimitri, Julie-Su, or Lien-Da popping up, much as I like them. The only thing you will see is the hyphenated names for echidna women. I’m getting off track. Overlanders! Overlanders were what humans were called early in Archie Sonic. It was only really after Sonic Adventure 2 that the name started to fall out of use in favour of just “humans”. But I rather enjoy that name, from a time when there wasn’t much game canon yet, so the Archie writers did a lot of world building of their own for the comic. So, you’ll find that a lot of things from Archie Sonic may start to pop up in Eon’s World, not as contemporary elements, but as historical ones. For instance, Mobius is what the planet was called in the past, and Mobians also called humans Overlanders thousands of years ago, when they were still rare and mysterious. Perhaps some characters who were contemporary in the Archie series will also pop up as historical or legendary figures, too. (Spoilers: Some definitely will.) |
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