May 22nd, 2023 Question Timestamps: ------------------------------------------- 1:16 - Now that I think about it, was Sonic 06 a big meta joke where Silver went back in time to stop the game from ever happening for everyone except the audience who had to suffer through it? I kid, since I actually enjoyed the game, but can you guys talk about what stuff you did and didn't like in that game? I'm not sure if Ian can talk about what he didn't like, but I know Kyle can. 5:43 - What if sonic and pals had A journalist hater like Spider-Man's John Jonah Jameson Jr? Like Sonic most likely would be nonchalant about it but How would his other friends handle it like how would Tails, Amy, whisper, shadow, Cream and Big handle it? would his criticisms be fair or just as based on bad faith as Triple J? would you give him a reason to hate them or would you leave it a mystery? 10:35 - Ian Flynn… the supposed “Bumble King”. In the May 12th Q&A, you stated that Rouge’s curviness has become an afterthought. When do you plan to rectify this shortcoming?! 11:34 - In Sonic Frontiers, the Ancients were forced to flee from their homeworld due to The End destroying their planet with a single effortless strike. The Ancients would migrate to Earth tens of thousands of years ago and settle on the Starfall Islands, only for The End to arrive and attack them. However, instead of just immediately destroying the Earth like it did with their homeworld, it simply focuses on just the Starfall Islands, leaving the rest of the Earth untouched. (which, and no offense, invokes the Idiot Ball trope given the context of The End's ability to read minds) Relating to this are the legends of how the West Side Island Civilization and the Babylonians were brought to ruin by some unseen higher power. Both races had some connection to the Chaos Emeralds since the WSI Civilization used them to become prosperous and the Key to Babylon Garden needs the Chaos Emeralds' energy to reactivate the spaceship. With all of this in mind, my two-part question is this: Did The End attack other locations besides the Starfall Islands when it arrived and if not, then what destroyed these other civilizations? 14:16 - How should you outline a one year/12 issues of a comic? 18:00 - Hiya bumblers! How ya doing? I have discovered the wonderful world of blankets, and can now keep a decently warm temperature. Hooray! Anyways, onto the question: do the unique locations from Sonic Mania (Studiopolis, Press Garden, Mirage Saloon and Titantic Monarch) take place in any pre-established locations in the Sonic universe? I ask this, because the game seems to strongly imply that both Studiopolis and Mirage Saloon are on West-side island due to them visibly being connected in their level transitions to Chemical Plant and Oil Ocean respectively. This is especially clear in the Mirage Saloon to Oil Ocean transition, as Oil Ocean is right there on the very same landmass. 20:03 - If a chao befriended a wisp, could it absorb some of its traits? If yes, would it be like Sonic with wisp powers and be able to use those powers for itself, or would the chao act like a wisp and lend its power to others? *Do you prefer Chisps or Wao (pronounced “Wow”)* 21:59 - Oh Elden Ring! The Greater Will decides that the Tarnished is too slow, so to help restore order to the Lands Between, it summons a legendary hero who knows a thing or two about collecting rings. What would be Sonic's playstyle, and which boss would most likely give him a run for his runes? 24:18 - Hi Ian, I've been running some poll tournaments for IDW Sonic characters on tumblr and to hit the amount of characters required for a tournament, I've had to use some reeeally obscure ones, like the guy from the 5th anniversary bonus story who becomes inspired to defend his town after being saved by Sonic and the chief mechanic guy who Belle worked with. I was wondering, if it's within your power to do this, if you had any names for either of these two characters that you could share? Just because "Guy from the 5th anniversary issue" is a bit of a mouthful to keep typing out on polls. 26:30 - If the universe of Sonic could have many possibilities of ways to go, thus having quite a lot of possibilities, could you say these possibilities are potentially never ending? Perhaps, Endless possibilities??? 26:56 - What are the spoken or unspoken rules of writing a fan work for Sonic? Would something as trivial relating to OC/Canon shipping be a big no-no? Or even the idea that Eggman designed a prototype E-2000, hyper-focused on destroying the story's character for XYZ reason? Don't look into that second example, totally not taking notes. Payment will be momentary. 29:04 - Shadow is able to perform various chaos-related techniques when he's in possession of at least one Chaos Emerald that he isn't able to otherwise. That makes me wonder, though, is Blaze able to do something similar if she is in possession of at least one Sol Emerald? Surely as their guardian she should be able to utilize their power in a similar fashion, right? 30:40 - By using the dark and evil powers of FANFICTION!, Surge and Kit have gotten over most of their issues via it being hand-waved as just saying therapy + time + support and ignoring how it’s absolutely not that simple to help them out, they are now friends with sonic and co, Surge still being a chaotic “do what she wants” gremlin, Kit still with a concerning will to murder at the drop of a hat for his new friends, and surge is now dating either Amy or Sonic. In a scenario where Surge wakes up from a Starline trauma related nightmare, what do you think Sonic would do to comfort her and what would Amy do to comfort her, then what would they do later to try to cheer her up? What would be done for Kit in the same scenario from Tails, minus dating elements, obviously. 34:21 - If Metal Sonic didn't keep having their programming/ego dragged back to the same point, could they ever reach the same level mentally as Sage? 35:52 - In Sonic Rush Adventure, our heroes speculate on a potential connection between the sol and chaos emeralds. I know it’s a lot of macguffins to keep track of, but is this something that could be explored in a future story? Or, is it something else we must bury in the sands of time? *I was 6 when the game came out, and now I’m a university student. It is not “recent”.* 37:02 - Dear Mr. Flynn, what are your thoughts on "Trade Waiting." (the practice of avoiding the purchase of single issues of a comic with the intention of purchasing the collected edition instead) On one hand, it's cheaper and more convenient for readers but the loss of issue sales could cause publishers to cancel books despite reader interest. I know you're a free-lance writer and don't handle sales or marketing but I still want to know your opinion. 39:16 - In ‘Dark Mobius’, Julie-Su stayed with Knuckles for a long time, only leaving after she became pregnant. Were they still in love, that whole time? It seems that she allowed and perhaps encouraged a lot of his misdeeds, such as seemingly vapourising Eggman; were they just as bad as each other, up to a point? 40:44 - To clarify my previous question: How Starline would react to Antagonisto's "drawing out the full emotional bond fuelled power of the heroes through traumatising them, so we get more bang when we toss those kids into my soul juicer" plan? 42:10 - What if stories are fun right? So here’s a what if scenario. What if Eggman managed to kill Sonic? The catch? It’s in the Sonic Boom universe, and it was by complete accident! How does it go? Does Boom Eggman boast about it? Or does he try to hide the body before the cops arrive? And how do the other versions of Eggman react to the news that THIS is the Eggman that managed to kill Sonic? 45:05 - When Scourge arrived back on Moebius. How did the Suppression Squad react to him ? How did he beat them into submission? We saw Boomer holding his cybernetic part and patch still with his fake eye-patch, but how and why did he lose his eye? Can you give a little story about it? 46:59 - As a serious question, could Super Sonic destroy the Space Eggman made in IDW? Eggman implied at its current level it couldn’t stop or hold Sonic so I was wondering if Super Sonic could break his toys? (like he always does). 47:58 - If Shadow wanted it - would his name be Shadow The Hedgehog Doom Robotnik, Shadow Doom The Hedgehog Robotnik, Shadow The Doom Hedgehog Robotnik, Shadow Robotnik The Doom Hedgehog, Shadow Doom The Robotnik Hedgehog, Shadow The Doom Robotnik Hedgehog, Shadow Robotnik Doom The He... 48:31 - Hello Ian! I was wondering if you could sing the hit song “Peaches” from the famous movie Super Mario Bros. *LISTEN TO THIS* ------------------------------------------- 50:34 - Ian got too much into the villain role 50:48 - Thanks to those who support the show 54:05 - Outtake 1 55:12 - Outtake 2 55:41 - Outtake 3 56:42 - Outtake 4
@@Twilord_ I think it rolls off the tongue the best for me. Putting "Shadow" and "Doom" together also reminds me of how Black Doom/Devil Doom usually has his name arranged, so I preferred that over "Shadow Robotnik Doom".
Ian: (long explanation for marking out comic roadmap) Kyle: That sounds like a lot of work. Ian: It is. Or you could just wing it! Kyle: Just see what happens! Me: Aaah, the F around and find out approach. Always a classic.
Wisps in a standalone Chao Garden game would be great. Really easy to imagine Chao forms based on the wisps. Sega could make so much money selling cosmetic gacha for such a game, I'm surprised they haven't looked into it given their parent company
To Ian Flynn Here’s two different versions of the same "What if" question, What if Shadow the Hedgehog encountered The S6 Squad? Scenario #1. Shadow the Hedgehog (From the Game/IDW Modern Sonic Reality) enters the reality of the 1993 AoSTH animated television series, being in such a weird alien universe with cartoony physics (scratch n’ grounder may be weak, but they are still durable due to the toon force), shadow is a bit out of his element, but is still powerful enough to take on badniks. It’s Nighttime and Dr. Robotnik has ordered Scratch and Grounder to capture sonic this late at night (Robotnik would be the kind of guy to make his sentient robots work at night without being paid overtime). Because it’s so dark, they confuse shadow with sonic and try to capture him, it works out about as well as you think it does! Because of their cartoon factor making them extremely durable, how long do the AoSTH Version of the S6 Squad last against Shadow? Scenario #2. In a hypothetical alternate reality similar to the Archie Sonic Universe (Composite Pre and Post-SGW), Shadow is physiologically similar to his Pre-SGW counterpart (completely OP) and the S6 Squad is similar to their Post-SGW Counterparts (more mechanical, no toon force). Shadow and the S6 Squad both exist in the same reality, so obviously scratch and grounder would’ve heard about Shadow the Hedgehog and know just how powerful he is. The Phantom Ruby manifests out of an interdimensional portal and Breezie (The Manager of Casino Park) decides to keep it as a power source to slowly turn her casino empire into a literal empire. GUN knows that an extremely powerful extradimensional element has landed in their world and has ordered Team Dark to "acquire" it (E·123-Ω is on the fritz, so he’s out of commission). Breezie knows Shadow and Rouge are coming for the Phantom Ruby, she tasks Coconuts with guarding the ruby from theives, she tasks scratch and grounder with setting up several traps for shadow. What would a Coconuts vs Rouge fight look like, what traps would they set for shadow and would any three of the S6 Squad be successful in taking down Team Dark or would there incompetence be their downfall (again)?
5:43 Honestly I think weirdly enough the fandom is already the J. Jonah Jameson for Sonic and all the friends as is. Jokes aside, I could imagine it would interesting seeing entities like J. Jonah in Sonic's Earth, but I imagine it could end up with that entity being devolved into what essentially amounts to a soapbox character that exists to lampshade criticism from the fans if misused, and then we reach into Family Guy territory, and we really don't want that
Hi Ian! If Kirby were to absorb characters from the Sonic game + idw cast what copy abilities would he get from them? Note: they have to be already existing copy abilities from Kirby games
Hi Ian, I have a question about the Archie comics. When would you say the Sonic Boom comics take place within the show and games specifically? Are they even canon to the show and games at all? Personally, I'd like to believe that they take place at the end of everything, as the Worlds Unite crossover makes for a pretty good end despite the 11th issue continuing the franchise, as well as the comics featuring lots of elements of the show.
May 22nd, 2023 Question Timestamps:
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1:16 - Now that I think about it, was Sonic 06 a big meta joke where Silver went back in time to stop the game from ever happening for everyone except the audience who had to suffer through it? I kid, since I actually enjoyed the game, but can you guys talk about what stuff you did and didn't like in that game? I'm not sure if Ian can talk about what he didn't like, but I know Kyle can.
5:43 - What if sonic and pals had A journalist hater like Spider-Man's John Jonah Jameson Jr? Like Sonic most likely would be nonchalant about it but How would his other friends handle it like how would Tails, Amy, whisper, shadow, Cream and Big handle it? would his criticisms be fair or just as based on bad faith as Triple J? would you give him a reason to hate them or would you leave it a mystery?
10:35 - Ian Flynn… the supposed “Bumble King”. In the May 12th Q&A, you stated that Rouge’s curviness has become an afterthought. When do you plan to rectify this shortcoming?!
11:34 - In Sonic Frontiers, the Ancients were forced to flee from their homeworld due to The End destroying their planet with a single effortless strike. The Ancients would migrate to Earth tens of thousands of years ago and settle on the Starfall Islands, only for The End to arrive and attack them. However, instead of just immediately destroying the Earth like it did with their homeworld, it simply focuses on just the Starfall Islands, leaving the rest of the Earth untouched. (which, and no offense, invokes the Idiot Ball trope given the context of The End's ability to read minds) Relating to this are the legends of how the West Side Island Civilization and the Babylonians were brought to ruin by some unseen higher power. Both races had some connection to the Chaos Emeralds since the WSI Civilization used them to become prosperous and the Key to Babylon Garden needs the Chaos Emeralds' energy to reactivate the spaceship. With all of this in mind, my two-part question is this: Did The End attack other locations besides the Starfall Islands when it arrived and if not, then what destroyed these other civilizations?
14:16 - How should you outline a one year/12 issues of a comic?
18:00 - Hiya bumblers! How ya doing? I have discovered the wonderful world of blankets, and can now keep a decently warm temperature. Hooray! Anyways, onto the question: do the unique locations from Sonic Mania (Studiopolis, Press Garden, Mirage Saloon and Titantic Monarch) take place in any pre-established locations in the Sonic universe? I ask this, because the game seems to strongly imply that both Studiopolis and Mirage Saloon are on West-side island due to them visibly being connected in their level transitions to Chemical Plant and Oil Ocean respectively. This is especially clear in the Mirage Saloon to Oil Ocean transition, as Oil Ocean is right there on the very same landmass.
20:03 - If a chao befriended a wisp, could it absorb some of its traits? If yes, would it be like Sonic with wisp powers and be able to use those powers for itself, or would the chao act like a wisp and lend its power to others?
*Do you prefer Chisps or Wao (pronounced “Wow”)*
21:59 - Oh Elden Ring! The Greater Will decides that the Tarnished is too slow, so to help restore order to the Lands Between, it summons a legendary hero who knows a thing or two about collecting rings. What would be Sonic's playstyle, and which boss would most likely give him a run for his runes?
24:18 - Hi Ian, I've been running some poll tournaments for IDW Sonic characters on tumblr and to hit the amount of characters required for a tournament, I've had to use some reeeally obscure ones, like the guy from the 5th anniversary bonus story who becomes inspired to defend his town after being saved by Sonic and the chief mechanic guy who Belle worked with. I was wondering, if it's within your power to do this, if you had any names for either of these two characters that you could share? Just because "Guy from the 5th anniversary issue" is a bit of a mouthful to keep typing out on polls.
26:30 - If the universe of Sonic could have many possibilities of ways to go, thus having quite a lot of possibilities, could you say these possibilities are potentially never ending? Perhaps, Endless possibilities???
26:56 - What are the spoken or unspoken rules of writing a fan work for Sonic? Would something as trivial relating to OC/Canon shipping be a big no-no? Or even the idea that Eggman designed a prototype E-2000, hyper-focused on destroying the story's character for XYZ reason? Don't look into that second example, totally not taking notes. Payment will be momentary.
29:04 - Shadow is able to perform various chaos-related techniques when he's in possession of at least one Chaos Emerald that he isn't able to otherwise. That makes me wonder, though, is Blaze able to do something similar if she is in possession of at least one Sol Emerald? Surely as their guardian she should be able to utilize their power in a similar fashion, right?
30:40 - By using the dark and evil powers of FANFICTION!, Surge and Kit have gotten over most of their issues via it being hand-waved as just saying therapy + time + support and ignoring how it’s absolutely not that simple to help them out, they are now friends with sonic and co, Surge still being a chaotic “do what she wants” gremlin, Kit still with a concerning will to murder at the drop of a hat for his new friends, and surge is now dating either Amy or Sonic. In a scenario where Surge wakes up from a Starline trauma related nightmare, what do you think Sonic would do to comfort her and what would Amy do to comfort her, then what would they do later to try to cheer her up? What would be done for Kit in the same scenario from Tails, minus dating elements, obviously.
34:21 - If Metal Sonic didn't keep having their programming/ego dragged back to the same point, could they ever reach the same level mentally as Sage?
35:52 - In Sonic Rush Adventure, our heroes speculate on a potential connection between the sol and chaos emeralds. I know it’s a lot of macguffins to keep track of, but is this something that could be explored in a future story? Or, is it something else we must bury in the sands of time?
*I was 6 when the game came out, and now I’m a university student. It is not “recent”.*
37:02 - Dear Mr. Flynn, what are your thoughts on "Trade Waiting." (the practice of avoiding the purchase of single issues of a comic with the intention of purchasing the collected edition instead) On one hand, it's cheaper and more convenient for readers but the loss of issue sales could cause publishers to cancel books despite reader interest. I know you're a free-lance writer and don't handle sales or marketing but I still want to know your opinion.
39:16 - In ‘Dark Mobius’, Julie-Su stayed with Knuckles for a long time, only leaving after she became pregnant. Were they still in love, that whole time? It seems that she allowed and perhaps encouraged a lot of his misdeeds, such as seemingly vapourising Eggman; were they just as bad as each other, up to a point?
40:44 - To clarify my previous question: How Starline would react to Antagonisto's "drawing out the full emotional bond fuelled power of the heroes through traumatising them, so we get more bang when we toss those kids into my soul juicer" plan?
42:10 - What if stories are fun right? So here’s a what if scenario. What if Eggman managed to kill Sonic? The catch? It’s in the Sonic Boom universe, and it was by complete accident! How does it go? Does Boom Eggman boast about it? Or does he try to hide the body before the cops arrive? And how do the other versions of Eggman react to the news that THIS is the Eggman that managed to kill Sonic?
45:05 - When Scourge arrived back on Moebius. How did the Suppression Squad react to him ? How did he beat them into submission? We saw Boomer holding his cybernetic part and patch still with his fake eye-patch, but how and why did he lose his eye? Can you give a little story about it?
46:59 - As a serious question, could Super Sonic destroy the Space Eggman made in IDW? Eggman implied at its current level it couldn’t stop or hold Sonic so I was wondering if Super Sonic could break his toys? (like he always does).
47:58 - If Shadow wanted it - would his name be Shadow The Hedgehog Doom Robotnik, Shadow Doom The Hedgehog Robotnik, Shadow The Doom Hedgehog Robotnik, Shadow Robotnik The Doom Hedgehog, Shadow Doom The Robotnik Hedgehog, Shadow The Doom Robotnik Hedgehog, Shadow Robotnik Doom The He...
48:31 - Hello Ian! I was wondering if you could sing the hit song “Peaches” from the famous movie Super Mario Bros.
*LISTEN TO THIS*
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50:34 - Ian got too much into the villain role
50:48 - Thanks to those who support the show
54:05 - Outtake 1
55:12 - Outtake 2
55:41 - Outtake 3
56:42 - Outtake 4
I was in my mom belly when Sonic Rush Adventure came out in Summer 2007 (In other words my mom was pregnant of me), now I’m a 15 high school student
How would you format Shadow's extended name?
@@Twilord_ Shadow Doom Robotnik the Hedgehog
@@J.R.Unbound Interesting choice! Is it because it rolls off the tongue best for you? Or do you have some meaning behind it?
@@Twilord_ I think it rolls off the tongue the best for me. Putting "Shadow" and "Doom" together also reminds me of how Black Doom/Devil Doom usually has his name arranged, so I preferred that over "Shadow Robotnik Doom".
SonAmurge? 🤔
Also, great vocal cover of Peaches!
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Standing ovation and nothing but roses to be thrown on stage after that brilliant performance at the very end. Brava Ian! Brava!
For the darkest Boom episode pitch yet, we ride on the Algorithm Quest!
Ian: (long explanation for marking out comic roadmap)
Kyle: That sounds like a lot of work.
Ian: It is. Or you could just wing it!
Kyle: Just see what happens!
Me: Aaah, the F around and find out approach. Always a classic.
Wisps in a standalone Chao Garden game would be great. Really easy to imagine Chao forms based on the wisps. Sega could make so much money selling cosmetic gacha for such a game, I'm surprised they haven't looked into it given their parent company
To Ian Flynn
Here’s two different versions of the same "What if" question, What if Shadow the Hedgehog encountered The S6 Squad?
Scenario #1.
Shadow the Hedgehog (From the Game/IDW Modern Sonic Reality) enters the reality of the 1993 AoSTH animated television series, being in such a weird alien universe with cartoony physics (scratch n’ grounder may be weak, but they are still durable due to the toon force), shadow is a bit out of his element, but is still powerful enough to take on badniks. It’s Nighttime and Dr. Robotnik has ordered Scratch and Grounder to capture sonic this late at night (Robotnik would be the kind of guy to make his sentient robots work at night without being paid overtime). Because it’s so dark, they confuse shadow with sonic and try to capture him, it works out about as well as you think it does! Because of their cartoon factor making them extremely durable, how long do the AoSTH Version of the S6 Squad last against Shadow?
Scenario #2.
In a hypothetical alternate reality similar to the Archie Sonic Universe (Composite Pre and Post-SGW), Shadow is physiologically similar to his Pre-SGW counterpart (completely OP) and the S6 Squad is similar to their Post-SGW Counterparts (more mechanical, no toon force). Shadow and the S6 Squad both exist in the same reality, so obviously scratch and grounder would’ve heard about Shadow the Hedgehog and know just how powerful he is. The Phantom Ruby manifests out of an interdimensional portal and Breezie (The Manager of Casino Park) decides to keep it as a power source to slowly turn her casino empire into a literal empire. GUN knows that an extremely powerful extradimensional element has landed in their world and has ordered Team Dark to "acquire" it (E·123-Ω is on the fritz, so he’s out of commission). Breezie knows Shadow and Rouge are coming for the Phantom Ruby, she tasks Coconuts with guarding the ruby from theives, she tasks scratch and grounder with setting up several traps for shadow. What would a Coconuts vs Rouge fight look like, what traps would they set for shadow and would any three of the S6 Squad be successful in taking down Team Dark or would there incompetence be their downfall (again)?
48:45 Didn't know Starline loved Peach
What would a fight between The End and Big the Cat look like?
5:43 Honestly I think weirdly enough the fandom is already the J. Jonah Jameson for Sonic and all the friends as is.
Jokes aside, I could imagine it would interesting seeing entities like J. Jonah in Sonic's Earth, but I imagine it could end up with that entity being devolved into what essentially amounts to a soapbox character that exists to lampshade criticism from the fans if misused, and then we reach into Family Guy territory, and we really don't want that
finally a Sonic Man appreciation video, out with the Big and in with the Blue
Fun episode guys! I appreciate Ian's unintentional impression of a chainsaw around the Sonic-Man bit, lol
Hi Ian! If Kirby were to absorb characters from the Sonic game + idw cast what copy abilities would he get from them?
Note: they have to be already existing copy abilities from Kirby games
Wait a minute, we've done this one before.
Does chaos regeneration exist in the games universe? Or is it just X exclusive
So, going rom what you guys were doing with the journalist, how would they twist the other games?
9:24 Oh, so he's a Sonic fan lol
Hi Ian, I have a question about the Archie comics. When would you say the Sonic Boom comics take place within the show and games specifically? Are they even canon to the show and games at all? Personally, I'd like to believe that they take place at the end of everything, as the Worlds Unite crossover makes for a pretty good end despite the 11th issue continuing the franchise, as well as the comics featuring lots of elements of the show.
Well that wasn't the greatest song in the world... If anything I'd say it was more of a Tribute.
.... I'll get my coat.
PEACHES! :D
Hey man I’m a life long Grease head I and I want grease merch!
We need hub worlds and Sonic Man. Don't grumble Kyle... 🙄
I'd count that as 3 but I think that's intentionally making fun of the question so doesn't count.
if theirs a group is relive destroyed worlds by the end there most be one? The rest up to one and nice gods/goddess most feel bad what it have done.
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Sorry for the dislike.