Honestly, Starline if he did survive which the comics seem to imply he might of lived...would be laughing how thanks to his actions sabotoged Eggman's city.
IDW Sonic: On the identity of the mysterious coffin villain, or what exactly is he
I haven't really kept up with IDW Sonic for a while, since the book doesn't offer me much in the way of theorizing or the like, and the books have kept their mania for references in check. Weirdly though, the series has been playing with a "new" mysterious villain for the last few arcs. You may have a guess about who this character is, but I want to discuss what they may be.
Issue #86 just came out, and we have Sonic meeting face to face with the mysterious stranger... and he recognizes who he is. However, this villain uses a strange artifact, and it seemingly makes Sonic forget what he just saw. The artifact takes the form of a STAR. At the end of the issue, Sage tells Eggman that the only suspect with that modus operandi has been long dead. What a curious LINE of dialogue.
Yeah, let's get this charade out of the way: it's Doctor Starline.
In the same issue where he died ( #50 ), Eggman confirmed his death under the rubble. Issue #52 has Surge finding his glove near the furnace of Eggperial City. Starline was confirmed dead by Eggman, and possibly cremated by him the same day.
There is no way Starline is alive.
This is where my theory comes in. Let's recap a bit:
After being fired by Eggman during the Metal Virus arc, Starline decided to become a pest to the world, working in the shadows to obtain information for his projects, which would later turn out to be Surge and Kit. He worked alongside other villains in Bad Guys, stole DNA from Tails and the AI data from Belle, and helped himself to Eggman's technology. Along the way, we discovered a peculiar habit of his: recording everything he could. A "wannabe influencer," in Surge's words.
I believe when this was written, Ian Flynn didn't intend for this to be anything more than a character flaw of Starline. He was so prideful that he couldn't help himself ; he needed to hear himself talk.
But with a bit of retroactive continuity, that can change.
What if all these logs were for a different reason?
I doubt the doctor who was so critical of Eggman for his lack of foresight, wouldn't have the foresight to use these logs for a reason of his own that wasn't just narcissism.
What if Starline was making a copy of himself? An artificial intelligence based on his own records, and that AI took the form of an android.
This is possible. While Starline never built a robot of his own in the series, the process he used to turn Surge and Kit into cyborgs proves he's a genius, something Eggman himself acknowledges post-mortem.
And issues #85 and #86 show the villain using a hypnotic device to confuse Sonic. No different from the device Starline used to gaslight Surge and Kit's memories.
It's an incomplete theory, I know. But it would explain why this guy has the fashion sense of a grim reaper with a coffin. Artistically, it symbolizes the return of a ghost; someone who comes back to haunt the heroes.
I conclude this theory of mine with the following thoughts:
Is this android a perfect replica of Starline, or a flawed one? The villain's grim attitude lacks the flamboyant theatrics of the platypus.
Was this android perhaps Infinite's benefactor in the Chaotix Casefiles?
...Okay, that one is very likely unrelated. But still.
what if we both have to inherit godly powers from extraterrastrial beings and we were both hedgehog AND boys??????? 😳 But in a, two sides of one coin way,
So I was looking at Surge and Kit's design references, and something struck me. Why do they both wear yellow? It's kind of a distinctive choice. It's very bright, it stands out. I don't think we know many characters in the universe that wear yellow. Can't really be a coincidence. I suppose it makes them "match", like a uniform, which would make sense since they are supposed to be a pair. But is there a reason beyond that?
I mean, why yellow? If you just wanted them to match, they could have been any colour. So what does it say about them? Starline created them, and likely dressed them like that, but he doesn't have any particular association with the colour yellow. If anything, he's more associated with dark reds and purples. So why?
Vector is such a good guy. Instead of focusing on Starline as he escapes, he's worried about Belle's well-being and does everything he can to comfort a heartbroken little puppet girl. 🥺
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