Commentary
for August 9, 2022:
So I mentioned at
the start of the chapter that this story, originally created for the
2018 remaster of Eon’s Comic, was adapted from a couple of
vignettes from the original 2003 Christmas story. I can now
elaborate on that.
Like in this and the 2018 version, the original depicted Sonic
returning the Tornado, previously captured by the Echidna
Empire, to Tails as a gift for Christmas (or the winter solstice in
this case). However, in the original version, it was Brabanzio who
turned the plane over to Sonic, not Kari-Ya, and the joke was that
Sonic had got him drunk at a Christmas party. That’s pretty out of
character, considering
the role he would later play, and
it just seemed kind of silly to me. Even drunk, a loyal Echidna
Imperial isn’t going to lose all sense of reason and turn over a
valuable captured asset to the enemy just because he asked them to.
So I made the story about Kari-Ya instead and changed the reason for
acquiescing to Sonic’s demands to her desire to protect her people.
Of course, one thing I did keep from the original was was Sonic
running into some Imperials who’d gone AWOL to enjoy the seasonal
festivities in the nearest town, but in the original version, that
was all tell and no show. But this chapter was a good opportunity to
explore Kari-Ya’s character and her feelings about the Echidna
Empire and the role she is expected to play. She’s also an important
character with big things ahead of her, after all. |
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