Lame Kiddos by Spyro9 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Everyone has a character(or characters) that they just hate, right? Sometimes we hate their design, how they act, or the fact that you could replace them with cardboard cutouts and a story would remain largely the same. No matter who you are, there's always that one character from that one thing that you just can't stand. Sometimes, you hate a character so much you just can't help but think you could do such a better job than their creators.

This is one of those times.

I'd like to think that I'm a pretty big fan of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic. I'd also like to think that I'm one of the fans who can realize that not everything before the Super Genesis Wave was completely perfect and, while there's definitely gonna be a few characters and stories I'm sad won't get revolved, there's some stuff we're better off without. One of those things is Light Mobius, or Mobius: X Years Later. Especially all the paper-thin clone children. While the post-Penders XYL was much better than the original story a lot of the kid characters were still awful, with Sonia and Manik taking the cake; either two boring generic teens who look exactly like their parents or two annoying, hyper-active, completely interchangeable children that look exactly like their parents except for their eye colors.

Here, Manik is fairly mild-mannered and does his best to be a good example for the rest of the kids in New Mobotropolis, but sometimes slips up since he's still just a kid himself. It doesn't help the that he also feels like he's got to live up to the legacies of the great Sonic the Hedgehog and Sally Acorn, even though they've tried to assure to him that they'd be proud of him no matter what. In terms of abilities he's got super speed, but he can't run as fast or as far as Sonic. He also has a pair Ring Blades that form into a rapier or falchion, depending on which one he activates. He was taught how to fence by Antoine, who insisted he train the boy when he was old enough to learn how to defend himself.

Sonia is the older of the two Royal siblings. She's more outgoing than Manik, and isn't affraid to act on her need for excitement and adventure. Though Castle Acorn remains her home, she's generaly not around much since she's busy traveling around the world with the Future Freedom Fighters. Even if she's halfway across the planet she does her best to keep in contact with her parents and lil bro. She likes to carry around all kinds of useful tools to aid both herself and her teammates, ranging from the usual fare like grapling hooks and climbing picks to hacking devices and Chaos sensors. Like her brother she inherited super speed, but to an even lesser degree; she's capable of running at a higher top speed, but can't maintain it for very long before tiring out or tripping up. She can, however, do a Spin Dash since her "mohawk" is actually quill-like in nature.

I know those descriptions are kinda basic, but what do you expect me to do with two characters I don't give a damn about?