Metal and Mettle II & “Father and Son" - Sonic the Hedgehog #192
Today we have two stories, one issue, and a continuation of the plot threads started in the last arc.
In Metal and Mettle the Suppression Squad plot behind Scourge’s back while he’s busy fighting both Sonic and Metal Sonic.
We get an official confirmation that Scourge did indeed remove Patch’s eye.
He’s also now wearing a green outfit. I like it. It’s a good look for him.
And we learn that Miles is the real brains of the team and not just in a scientific way. He’s the true strategic leader and we see the ground work laid out for Scourge’s eventual betrayal.
Outside of setting up some future internal conflicts, Metal and Mettle doesn’t add much to the ongoing plot. I even skipped over the first part because it mainly was just a big fight scene with some cut away to Knuckles’s story. Sometimes this book is hampered by it’s insistence that little 12 year old boys only care about about action.
However the back up story offers up a little more meat. In "Father and Son” Scourge sneaks into Sonic’s house to kill him but is confronted by Jules. With the death of Armand and sidelining of Wynn, Jules has become the only competent father figure in this comic I swear.
We glean some important information about Anti-Mobius.
The anti world use to be a pretty decant place to live. At least on the surface of things. It’s hinted here that many of the suppression squad had neglectful or even outright abusive parents. Well I say many but mainly Scourge and Ali. Though it’s not a stretch to assume others on the team had horrible upbringings.
Which once again brings up the nurture vs nature dynamic of Anti-Mobius AU. Is Scourge a by-product of his upbringing or his selfish choices? Much like in real life it’s probably a combination of both. Neglect and resentment could be motivators for his attention seeking actions but in the end he was the one to make the choice to kill his own father and others.
But we’re here for Antoine not Scrooge. So what upbringing could Patch have had given this context?
Well my theory is that if everything is opposite then Anti-Armand must have been horrid. The real Armand is a sweetheart, a father to everyone, and super loyal to those he cares about. It makes sense that Anti-Armand would have been abusive and a backstabbing opportunist. What if everything Patch knows about manipulating, lying, and fighting came from him. What if Anti-Armand pushed his son to become a bloodthirsty and opportunistic assassin. Teaching him to view compassion as a weakness. Hoping all the while that he could use his own son a means of gaining the throne for himself.
Only for it to backfire.
I head cannon Patch’s past to be similar to someone’s like Gormora’s, Nebula’s, or Natasha’s. A child who was twisted into a monster. Only one who succeeded in killing his father and going on to follow in his footsteps rather then overcoming his abuse and becoming good.
But I digress. I could spend ages talking about potential backstories for all of the Antis. The only thing to really take away here is that all of the FFs were raised by Rosie.Therefore she’s the real reason why Mobius Prime isn’t utter complete shit.
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