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The double-dose of Q&A continues with today's Standard Q&A edition!

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Ian "BumbleKing" Flynn - Head writer of Sonic the Hedgehog comics for IDW Publishing and Mega Man for Archie Comics, Narrative Director for Rivals of Aether, writing for Archie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more

Kyle "KyleJCrb" Crouse - Founder & Administrator of the KNGI Network, host of the Nitro Game Injection video game music podcast

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RedScarfUK

For both Ian and Kyle: If you could insert yourself as a character in the Sonic universe, what species would you be and why?

Tik Tik

Now that modern merchandise for Super Tails exists, do you think you would approach using other super characters, or would you still avoid trying just to play it safe?

Gawdzilla

Shadow seems to be the character everyone has an opinion on these days, especially comparing the Archie days to IDW. I think the part people tend to overlook is the impact Hope Kintobor had on Shadow in the Archie run as almost a “therapy human”/Maria 2.0 for him while the Shadow of the Games/IDW just had to move on from his past on his own. In retrospect, do you think that Hope’s presence may have hindered Archie’s Shadow’s healing progress more than helped?

Mike B.

Do you think the freedom fighters, in their most current iteration, are better suited to go along with the game cast but have more supportive roles or do their own thing with the game cast supporting them from time to time?

Liam B.

Why was it chosen that Sally had to see somebody else (Monkey Kahn) in order to realize that she wanted to be with Sonic again? How does the time progression in that scenario work?

starline simp for life

Hey Ian, as someone who absolutely loves #HarleyQuinn and #drstarline I couldn't help but notice the similiarities between them (these two being the most noticable of the parallels) @BumbleKast were you inspired by Harley or the BTAS story Mad Love when writing Starline? https://twitter.com/smoresboi/status/1297597592042315776?s=20 Note: Tweet linked as it contains pictures for context.

SonicBlueRanger

I don't know if this has been asked before but what was the writing process for you contributions to the IDW TMNT comic like? Did you have to break the stories with Tom Waltz?

Breezy

There’s been a lot of animosity directed at recent portrayals in the comics: Shadow for being an arrogant jerk and Tails for cowering in fear as he does before Chaos 0 in Forces. A lot of naysayers have pointing fingers at Ian for this, which is unfair because I know he cares about the (proper) personality and characteriz...

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It's another double-dose week with a patron/Ko-Fi focused episode today, and standard Q&A coming Wednesday!

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PATRON SPOTLIGHT

Tik Tik writes fantasy stories for the 18+ crowd. Tik Tik's main series is "The Adventures of Tik Tik," the continuing journeys of a curious kobold wizard who seeks to meet as many friends (with benefits) that she can find! The current story arc is The "Tournament of Pleasure," (featuring a collection of characters from Tik Tik's series and other 18+ creators from around the net) going face to face with winners decided by reader vote. Tik Tik also accepts commissions and loves working with other creatives to collaborate on stories. Find out more at patreon.com/tiktikkobold and @TikTikKobold on Twitter.

Show Information

Your hosts:

Ian "BumbleKing" Flynn - Head writer of Sonic the Hedgehog comics for IDW Publishing and Mega Man for Archie Comics, Narrative Director for Rivals of Aether, writing for Archie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more

Kyle "KyleJCrb" Crouse - Founder & Administrator of the KNGI Network, host of the Nitro Game Injection video game music podcast

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Get some BumbleGear at the BumbleStore

Original music in this episode composed by Ken "coda" Snyder, used with permission – Check out his music on Bandcamp

Special Thanks to our friends at Noise Channel! Pay what you want for the theme song and more great music as part of their charity compilation Noisechan & Nugget: Adventures in Chiptunes

Want to have your product promoted on the show? Check out the Patreon site to find out how!

Want to ask us a question? Ask at:

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Ink Pants

Has there ever been a moment where you found yourself really hitting a wall in your Sonic writing (Archie or IDW) that was just preventing you from making any progress, and how did you overcome it?

Scruffymatt

I've got a hypothetical question for you today. In IDW Sonic #29 we saw Sonic and Silver transform into their super forms at the last second and save the day. What I'm wondering is... what would have happened had Zavok been just that little bit quicker and managed to stop them?

tKoS

There have been a few things you've told us that were originally intended for Archie reboot, such as the Metal Virus and Mimic. It makes me curious to know if there's anything else we've seen so far in IDW that was intended for Archie? Or even things that appeared in reboot but were originally planned for pre-reboot?

IanWaffles

...I don’t think you’ve ever truly topped your work on Eggman during the Pre reboot days of archie... Would you agree with this observation or do you think IDW Eggman is portrayed the same as his archie counterpart? And what has informed the way you write the character in both series? Do you think you ever went to far?

AWF

I'm just going to ask what everyone's thinking and chuckle when I get an ambiguous, dismissive answer. So.. when is Tangle and Whisper's wedding?

Groovy[K]2000

It's been stated in the Sonic Comic encyclopedia that the original robotnik was the only one erased by the ultimate annihlator thanks to Snively targeting his DNA.

The KNGI Network is the home of radio shows and podcasts dedicated to the promotion and preservation of video game music, independent music communities, and gaming culture.

This Commodore-heavy episode explores new tracks from both AmigaRemix and KWED, as well as some C64-inspired works from OverClocked ReMix, a lot of Mega Man, and all sorts of other game music arrangements for your listening pleasure!

PLAYLIST:

WillRock - Nitroglycerin Injection (Theme of KNGI :: Bandcamp)

Lacey Johnson - THE BADDEST [K/DA] (League of Legends [PC] :: YouTube)

Nestalgica - Hell March (Command & Conquer: Red Alert [PC] :: YouTube)

Ferdk - I'll Face Myself -Battle- (Persona 4 [PS2] :: YouTube)

Dinnick the 3rd - Wrapped in Black (Sonic Rush [NDS] :: YouTube)

Andromeda - Thesmophoria [Freedom To Love] (Project-X [AMI] :: AmigaRemix)

teo - DeNitro Edit (242 [AMI DEMO] :: AmigaRemix)

Slaygon - meow! (Drunk Cat [AMI] :: AmigaRemix)

OverClocked University - Femmes Fatales (Street Fighter II, Street Fighter IV [ARC] :: OverClocked Records)

Metal Fortress - Main Theme (Super Mario 64 [N64] :: YouTube)

Andross - TT's Theme (Diddy Kong Racing [N64] :: GameChops)

Eino Keskitalo - One Must Fall 2064 (One Must Fall 2097 [PC] :: OverClocked ReMix)

Leandro Abreu, Leo Quintão, Helton Lima, Marco Lima, André Pastore - Gravidade (Mega Man 5 [NES] :: OverClocked ReMix)

Glyn R Brown - Galaheart's Journey (Firelord [C64] :: OverClocked ReMix)

The Consouls, benciomusic - Air Man (Mega Man 2 [NES] :: YouTube)

J-MUSIC Acoustic - Kass's Theme (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [SWI] :: YouTube)

Extra Lives - Cosmo Plant (Gradius III [SNES] :: YouTube)

Makke - Futurepop mix (Amyloid [C64] :: KWED)

Johan Andersson - Central Park Loader [sim live mix] (Last Ninja 2 [PC] :: KWED)

Carl Larsson - Barbarian [Remix64 v2] (Barbarian [C64] :: KWED)

Project Genesis - Pursuit (Cadillacs And Dinosaurs [ARC] :: YouTube)

Vurez - The Desert World of Motavia (Phantasy Star IV [GEN] :: Artist website)

Emi Jones, Trey Nobles - Sonic Heroes (Sonic Heroes [XBOX/PS2/GCN] :: YouTube)

Thennecan, salomeanjari, Barbara Usagi & Gabriel Vizcarra - Makenai Ai Ga Kitto Aru (Mega Man X4 [PS1/SAT] :: Bandcamp)

itsRavey - Astronomiia (Mii Channel Music) but it's the Nintendo Theme (Mii Channel [WII] :: SiIvaGunner)

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You can have portable Monster Hunter but it's going to look like it came out in 2013!

0:18 - Ubisoft, a company that for years has knowingly harbored and protected abusers and sexual predators, changes Gods & Monsters' name due to a trademark dispute with Monster Energy

8:42 - Microsoft's selling points for its new Xbox are weird

27:11 - Sony had another PS5 games presentation. There was even some gameplay!

1:08:12 - Two new Monster Hunter games are on their way to the Switch but I only care about one so that's the one I'm gonna talk about

If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube.  Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes. Molehill Mountain streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night on RandomTower!

Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by Andrew Eisen.  Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.

Chat Transcript:

7:08 PMKageNekoSamax​i just came in :v

7:08 PMS.O. BEAST​whats up andrew,what did you think about monster hunter rise?

7:09 PMKageNekoSamax​i have two accounts, this one was created by youtube automatically

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Ian & Kyle prompt you to sing along with today's Q&A!

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Show Information

Your hosts:

Ian "BumbleKing" Flynn - Head writer of Sonic the Hedgehog comics for IDW Publishing and Mega Man for Archie Comics, Narrative Director for Rivals of Aether, writing for Archie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more

Kyle "KyleJCrb" Crouse - Founder & Administrator of the KNGI Network, host of the Nitro Game Injection video game music podcast

Subscribe and listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Play

RSS Feed for podcast apps and readers

Check out BumbleKing Comics and the KNGI Network

Like BumbleKing Comics & KNGI on Facebook

Follow @BumbleKast, @IanFlynnBKC & @KyleJCrb on Twitter

Get some BumbleGear at the BumbleStore

Original music in this episode composed by Ken "coda" Snyder, used with permission – Check out his music on Bandcamp

Special Thanks to our friends at Noise Channel! Pay what you want for the theme song and more great music as part of their charity compilation Noisechan & Nugget: Adventures in Chiptunes

Want to have your product promoted on the show? Check out the Patreon site to find out how!

Want to ask us a question? Ask at:

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PRIORITY Q&A

Chris A.

Will there ever be a crossover of Archie Sonic, idw sonic and sonic the comic once everyone agrees to this?

Papadripopolous

I feel there's a generational divide in the fan and public reaction to Metal Gear.... Do you have any thoughts on this notion of a generational divide in the reception of this game series, and were you to do that story connecting MGSV and MG, would you lean more towards a Kojima-like real-life political commentary, or a game-lore 90s thriller approach?

Diane W.

Who do you think is the best thing to happen to Pokémon, Dawn (from Diamond & Pearl), Serena (from XY), or Lillie (from Sun & Moon)? For whatever answer you pick, do you think it was the best season of the Pokémon anime? If so, please explain why.

Scruffymatt

Quick question for you: did Thrash the Tasmanian Devil still exist post-Genesis Wave? We never saw him again after the Endangered Species arc. I was wondering whether he might have ever shown up again had the ArchieSonic series continued, or if he got Thanos'd out of existence like so many others did.

tKoS

In issue 44 of Sonic Universe (part 4 of Secret Freedom) there is a small scene that I thought was peculiar. While Silver and Shard are fighting Naugus, the latter realizes that Shard is a robot and asks Geoffrey to toss him his Chaos Emerald wand to crystallize him. I find this odd because I thought Naugus was capable of crystallizing things just fine without the need of it. So why did Naugus ask for his wand in order to do this?

This may be another case where you don't remember because it's been so long which I understand but I hope you can answer to the best of your ability.

STANDARD Q&A

PC-The-Unicorn

Ian, if you were given the chance, how do you think you would incoporate the Metarex and Cosmo in the IDW Sonic series?

Gawdzilla

More Kaiju in Sonic the Franchise yay or nay? And who wins in a Destroy All Monsters Brawl: Perfect Chaos, Ilbis, Biolizard,

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