[Blade Raider]

Alright, going to try to get back on track this week. Let's start season 2.








-First cold opening. Until I turn over to the page format, most of the comics have one from now on. Here it's just the recap, but later one are normally short 2-4 panel scenes that focus on a character(s) or world building.

-The last time segment turns into Robot Chicken for a little bit. Problably goes on a little to long.

-Remember how I said Agent X had a comic on the same forum? That's what the last "channel" panels are from.

-The proper last time is just highlight panels from season 1. They are unedited and you can see how some things became hard to read over the years.

-If this comic had Trump instead of W. it would be too real.

-This is when I made Scarlett's real name officially Renee O'Hara because calling her Scarlett in a world without GI Joe didn't make since to me. Nega-Scarlett

-I really like this intro for Springer. Shame he does so little in this season.

-All things consider, that wasn't a bad effect for the gun firing and hitting the Night Creeper.

-I definitely overdid the motion blurs here and there.

-Technically a new Kai Blast here: Flash Step. This is a common anime thing that doesn't always get a name. I know the name itself is taken from Bleach, but it's meant as a catch all for all those anime super speed/teleporting tricks.

-Remember the tower from the very first arc? Well there's one in New York city to and it's DE-MOS' main base.

-"the virus" is Mega-Byte from ReBoot. I highly considered him for the role, but he never ended up appearing...maybe one day.

-God, Lord Zedd is huge in that body.

-Oh yeah, Cobra Commander changed toys. It's still the one from lat season, I just liked changing it up since I had a bunch of variants.

-Holy crap! I just suddenly remembered where that Red Crystal/Stone came from! It's from Agent X's comic. He used it as a macguffin and when he was done it was sent for my universe. I don't remember the context of it in that comic. If said comic is out there, it's pseudo-canon at best.

-I still like the "no unstable crystals" line.

-New-ish Character: Dr. Mindbender. This is the one from GI Joe, though may version ends up with a couple of running gags. The main one is the diner gag. Also, like CC he goes through a toy or two. It took a while to get a modern era Mindbender.

-I love Springer stuck in the manhole.

-I decided the resistance needed 4 original characters and one pre-existing character. The original characters are Clamcake, Roz, Jugdement, and T-8X (he's in the next comic). The pre-existing character is Donatello, of course. Most of these characters' backgrounds are in future comics, so I'm going to stick to the real world origins here.

-New-ish Character: Donatello. I do sort of regret doing this paradox so early as characters like Donatello are introduced backwards. Anyways, this was a what if Donatello based on the 2003 series. I based the custom figure on the episode Same As It Never Was where Donnie is sent to an alternate future where he disappeared and the others are in very bad shape. This was generally designed as what if he didn't disappear and lived through the same crap. It's a little different in TAOWAR, though.

-New Character: Judgement. He's not named until the next comic. He exists mainly to fill the role of a silent strong type. In fact he's mute. I probably could've used Snake-Eyes here, but I'm glad I didn't due to future events.

-New Character: Roz Proudfoot. Roz is inspired and named after by two characters played by Peri Gilpin, Roz Doyle from Frasier and Jane Proudfoot from Final Fantasy The Spirits Within. I needed a grounded character that thought we were full of it and I needed a weapons expert. She's among my favorite characters created for TAOWAR.

-New Character: Robert Clamcake. This character was named from a joke. I bought the 25th AWE Striker and I could not remember the driver's name (It's Crankcase) and started calling him Clamcake. When customizing him into Clamcake I decided I wanted him to be older so gray hair and I decided to change the figure into a black man to get some more diversity.

-Kai Blast: Fist of the Ice King. It's a punch Kai Blast that's an Ice Element. It's based on Fist of the Beast King, Leomon's special attack from Digimon. Also, the photoshoped arm in the effect is actually my arm.

-New(?) characters in the last panel as a cliffhanger. I think you can tell who the center one is from the catchphrase alone, which can only mean the infighting at DE-MOS is going to get fun soon.

Next Time: The search for the timeline negatives begins!