#in fact that might be why gerald got attracted to her in the first place

[eat-a-dicker]

you guys do realize the reason sheila broflovski is such a huge censorship person for specifically tv shows with naughty language is because she's white trash from new jersey, right? she came from an environment like that and she doesn't like being reminded of it. her image of being a mother who cares about moral sanctity is all blocking and deflecting from the kind of person she actually is, which is white trash from new jersey. she and cartman have so much in common it's not funny.

[mobius-prime]

214. Sonic the Hedgehog #146

The Good, the Bad & the Unknown (Part One): Prototype

Writer: Ken Penders Pencils: Steven Butler Colors: Jason Jensen

We begin in media res, with Sonic and Shadow beating on each other in the middle of some hidden technological facility! Why? Who knows! After a bit of fighting, Sonic, who has been taking some bad blows, hits Shadow with a gush of water from a pipe to distract him and runs for it, leaving Shadow behind to take in his situation. He considers chasing after Sonic, but upon hearing voices calling for Sonic decides he'd rather not face multiple people alone in a fight and heads the opposite way. The voices turn out to belong to Tails, Bunnie, and Tommy, trying to figure out where their friend has gone and wondering if his disappearance means the facility is more dangerous than they suspected. Shadow, meanwhile, heads down a side path into a hidden room, where he meets up with someone quite unexpected - a golden clone of the E-100 series of robots, whom he addresses as Isaac. Isaac asks him why he stopped fighting Sonic, as he's apparently been tracking Shadow's progress through the facility, and this prompts Shadow to go into a lengthy explanation of just how he ended up here. It seems that after he left Locke's lab, he detected a signal that matched what he knew of Gerald's old digital signature, and followed it to this place. While arriving he accidentally triggered some kind of security measure, which accounts for the explosion that the Freedom Fighters' instruments detected, but survived, and upon entering the facility found an airtight compartment which, upon opening it, released Isaac.

Upon looking into the files of a nearby computer, Shadow determined that Isaac was a staggering ten millennia old, possibly even older, and that his creators were in fact humans from before the Xorda's attack on Earth, meaning this facility somehow survived that whole ordeal up until now. This is fascinating, because it essentially means that Eggman somehow has encountered robots like Isaac before, and used them as inspiration for creating his own E-100 line, even though he never met the first of them all. As this is going on, Rotor and Fiona find Sonic, slumped over a console and clearly winded from his fight with Shadow. He describes how while his allies were busy checking the computers he decided to take a solo look around the place, and found himself running straight into Shadow.

Come on, Shadow, why so violent? This issue suffers from the same problem as last issue, with Penders apparently somehow thinking Shadow isn't supposed to be a biological being but instead some kind of mechanical one. I mean, anyone who's played Shadow's titular game will know that he's part Black Arms, so I guess Rotor's comment isn't technically inaccurate, but seeing as they haven't made a single appearance in the comic thus far, fans of only the comics would have no way of knowing that. As the two teams regroup in the facility and figure out their next moves, Eggman arrives on the scene, having detected both the earlier explosion and the subsequent arrival of the Freedom Fighters. He's certain that this place either contains something that he could use against the Freedom Fighters, or conversely, something they might use against him, so of course he's interested in finding out what all the hubbub is.

Dun dun duuuunnnn! It's been a while since we saw Metal, huh? The last one gained a soul at the last moment before being buried alive in a torrent of lava, but who knows what this one will be like once Eggman sets it loose on the heroes…

Out of Your Shell

Writer: Romy Chacon Pencils: Ron Lim Colors: Jason Jensen

This story is simple but very sweet. So think about what we know of Tommy so far. He's… uh, slow, and he… gets captured a lot? Now that we think about it, we really don't know what he's like personality-wise. He's been living with Rotor since being rescued, but he's slowly slipping into a bit of a depression, as Rotor and everyone else are too busy every day to hang out with him. One day, when Rotor (whom he still refers to as "Boomer" - remember, he knew the Freedom Fighters during their very early childhood, back when that was Rotor's nickname) gets home, he dejectedly talks about how he feels useless and has nothing to do around Knothole, since everyone's too caught up in the war to spend time with him. Rotor tries to reassure him that everyone has something they're good at, and he's sure Tommy will figure it out in time, but for now, he really does need to get to work.

Ding! Can you hear the lightbulb going off above Rotor's head? Apparently Tommy's organizational skills are spectacular, and after admiring the new filing system for his work, Rotor invites Tommy to begin helping him out properly in his lab, offering to teach him everything he knows in exchange for Tommy keeping the place clean. And once he brings Tommy into his messy, unorganized lab, Tommy appears delighted at the sheer amount of things there are for him to organize. I suppose this story takes place before last issue, as by then we already saw Tommy helping Rotor out in his lab. But good for Tommy! Glad he's found a good friend in Rotor - or Boomer. *wink*

Circuit Me

Writer: Romy Chacon Pencils: Al Bigley Colors: Jason Jensen

One day shortly after the above story, Rotor calls Sally into his lab for some help. Specifically, he needs Nicole to run some tests on power rings, as he thinks he has a way to increase their power output as a clean energy alternative to Eggman's favored fossil fuels and pollutants. Sally walks over to help Rotor hook Nicole up to his systems, but trips on a wire on the way there, which zaps both her and Nicole silly.

Oh boy, it's one of these! That's right, Sally and Nicole have switched bodies - er, systems? - and while Sally is frustrated at suddenly becoming software, Nicole finds herself disoriented by being in a physical body. Rotor tries to walk Sally through the steps of diagnosing exactly what went wrong, something that doesn't come naturally to her since she's, well, not normally stuck in a computer, but Nicole, dazed by the experience, wanders outside in Sally's body.

Careful Nicole, don't go becoming infatuated with Sonic now! The body-switching effect luckily lasts only a couple minutes, and soon Sally and Nicole are back in their respective bodies, but the experience still leaves Nicole with some residual feelings of attraction to Sonic. Man, Nicole, you just got hit with the full force of angsty 16-year-old hormones all at once for the first time in your life! For someone who's usually only used to digital feedback, that's gotta be a trip.