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Published: 2015-02-20 22:32:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 2792; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 3
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Description What can you say about Phage?

The most popular theory was that she was Nicole's mom. Scurvy also had a theory she was the dark part of Nicole's mind. There were other rumors too...But I have an own interesting idea for Phage.

In the comics, Nicole is not exactly a virtualized Mobian, but she was a program created in the image of the late daughter of Dr. Ellidy, Nikki the Lynx. As with the release of Sonic 73 there are hints Phage is Nikki the Lynx, Ellidy's daughter? Nicole being a copy that became her own person and Phage being the original, corrupted by Eggman.

Now, in my future works, Nicole is not a virtual copy but Ellidy's actual daughter, and it was Robotnik who turned her into a handheld. And Nicole erased her and Robotnik's memories. Closer to the intended Satam. But Dr. Ellidy is still Nicole's dad, and he's still a power ring expert. However, it is my OC Ellen the Lynx, that is Nicole's mother.

Well, Ellidy and Ellen didn't know their daughter still lived on as a computer and in secret tried to virtually recreate thier daughter...which became Phage. But Phage turned out defective...aggressive...insane. So she was locked away in the digital world. But like Nicole she learned and became too powerful and by the time that Dark Gaia showed his ugly mug she managed to free herself. 

So my Phage is a total flip of what is in the comics. Nicole as the original and phage as the copy.

She is vengeful towards her 'parents' for locking her away and she is vengeful towards Nicole because not only she is a shadow of Nicole, but also dislikes her because she got Ellidy's and Ellen's love. 

Since Nicole still bears her pre-reboot design, Phage gets a modified version of Nicole's post-reboot design. The mask is a reference to the Cheshire cat, hence her toothy grin, and its a fairy tale Phage will be quite obsessed with. 

EDITED WITH THE RELEASE OF SONIC 73
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Comments: 37

MasterFusion [2015-02-27 22:35:18 +0000 UTC]

Cool Edit! I like the fact that you're basically flipped the origins around and made sure that Phage has no connection with Eggman.

I just think that if every villain has a connection with someone like Eggman, it would get kind-of boring.

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Mixedfan8643 [2015-02-27 09:09:04 +0000 UTC]

Nice edit.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to Mixedfan8643 [2015-02-27 10:39:42 +0000 UTC]

The comic's reveal has just made my Phage backstory more relevant to what I was going for.

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Mixedfan8643 In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-27 12:06:14 +0000 UTC]

Yep.

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TheTodStar [2015-02-27 08:45:15 +0000 UTC]

Man, seeing Phage slowly assuming Nicole's shape in SU73 was creeping me out... and yet I could see Phage looking just like this if Nicole hadn't stopped her...

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to TheTodStar [2015-02-27 08:46:21 +0000 UTC]

Nicole didn't do much fighting in the issue, which is the only gripe I have. Seriously, did she get weakened by the reboot or is Phage just ubercharged by the fact she already had infected many systems?

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TheTodStar In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-27 08:54:15 +0000 UTC]

Possibly both. Either way, we get to see Sally being awesome, right?

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to TheTodStar [2015-02-27 08:57:13 +0000 UTC]

Indeed. Sally is probably the best she've been in a long time.

I miss her old design though...

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TheTodStar In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-27 09:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Not gonna lie; I found it weird when she realized that she & Ellidy were under Dark Gaia's influence... I was kind of hoping Big would have picked up a camera during the issue!

Me too, but I've gotten used to her new look. And Sally did look good with just the black top on (without the vest).

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to TheTodStar [2015-02-27 10:33:06 +0000 UTC]

Big had a few moments where he was actually funny, or good.

'I don't care what she is, as long as she's nice' when asked about Nicole. That is how they would have written him from the start!

I can't help but shake the thought that her new design was originally intended to be the result of the mods on her her done by Eggman when she was Mecha sally...mind you that she was not deactivated during the procedure and Robians can feel pain...I feel uncomfy thinking about it.

Actually I'm not fond of most redesigns, aside from Nicole. Bunnie is lacking her cowboy hat and jacket, which fit her to a tee, Antoine's uniform was a symbol of his devotion and duty and it is healthy for a walrus to have some blubber on him, you know.

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TheTodStar In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-27 11:10:33 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, the comics have made me grown to like Big, as well as Cream & Cheese. I did like what Big said about Nicole in SU72. To quote Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory; "In your own simple way, you may be the wisest of us all..."

I think I remember reading that somewhere; That Sally's redesign was due to Eggman's modifications when she was Roboticized.

I may have to agree there (even though I'm getting/gotten used to them). Antoine without his uniform, Rotor with goggles instead of a hat, and Bunnie without her cowboy hat and jacket. Seemed a little weird at first, but the weirdness is fading/has faded...

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to TheTodStar [2015-02-27 12:36:34 +0000 UTC]

I still question why they let the six year old bunnie girl on the team. She neither has combat experience or other skills aside abusing her chao. she has flight, but so does Tails but he can fight, his namesakes can smash through metal, he can invent stuff and he doesn't abuse his pets.

If it wasn't the reboot...then sally would be wearing the outfit as a reminder of the torture eggman inflicted.

I liked the outfits because they reflected their personalities so well. Rotor has fitting goggles. But seriously, in nature a walrus without blubber is unhealthy.

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TheTodStar In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-27 12:43:27 +0000 UTC]

While I don't know why they joined, but Cream did prove herself somewhat in STH257, while Sally was freaking out and Nicole comforted her.

Sounds about right.

There's some things that can differ the Sonic characters from the animals they're based on. Like Sonic himself.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to TheTodStar [2015-02-27 12:46:00 +0000 UTC]

Maybe but that's a role anyone could fulfill; She is not going to have a place in any of my future projects.

For rotor it may not be as bad since he no longer lives in Holoska. But the original design, like i said, had more...personality to it.

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TheTodStar In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-27 13:05:26 +0000 UTC]

Maybe not in any of your projects. Mine, however...

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Mixedfan8643 [2015-02-21 09:09:48 +0000 UTC]

Now THAT is what Phage SHOULD be like.

Much better than the generic Archie Comics version.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to Mixedfan8643 [2015-02-21 11:55:23 +0000 UTC]

I'm quite proud of it myself. She'll be the main antagonist in Nicole's arc in Mobius Greatest Heroes.

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Mixedfan8643 In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-21 13:39:30 +0000 UTC]

Glad to hear.

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DarkCatTheKhajjit [2015-02-20 23:44:19 +0000 UTC]

Wow, now that's more like it ^^

Even though she looks like Nicole's evil counterpart but that's okay ^^

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ToaArcan [2015-02-20 23:03:39 +0000 UTC]

Nice update.

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Erin-Gamer-90 [2015-02-20 22:52:32 +0000 UTC]

Wow, your Phage is 10 times better than the official Phage.

Looks like she's also, a dark counterpart to Nicole.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to Erin-Gamer-90 [2015-02-20 22:53:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

That's what I was going for.

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Erin-Gamer-90 In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-20 22:55:22 +0000 UTC]

No problem.

And you did a great job.

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StacheHand [2015-02-20 22:45:17 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, and Ian Flynn has been known to take a lot of risks that deviate from Sega's realm of ideals and make for a lot of surprising and exciting twists and turns, but now with Phage's big reveal, it's like he just decided "she's one of Eggman's inventions!" and called it a day. Mandates or no mandates, what has his Sonic work become?

I dig this idea for Phage, but mostly because I like how her normal form is still simple to draw, and her Lynx form takes after the Post-SGW Nicole.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to StacheHand [2015-02-20 22:47:01 +0000 UTC]

Not all risks paid off, but Ian had good ideas at times. But this was a waste...just leave him with only Megaman, I think he got the Penders disease from working on the comic for way too long.

Nicole's post-reboot design is the only one I liked and I didn't want to waste it. But I prefer Nicole's original form. 

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StacheHand In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-20 23:00:32 +0000 UTC]

Maybe... I've heard good things about his Mega Man work, though.

I like both equally.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to StacheHand [2015-02-20 23:11:56 +0000 UTC]

Yes, he does better for Megaman. I like his Megaman comics.

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StacheHand In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-26 22:18:46 +0000 UTC]

You should probably change the description of this deviation, now that you know the truth about Phage. Not the FULL truth, but a good amount of the truth, like she isn't actually a McNosehair virus, for one thing.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to StacheHand [2015-02-27 08:42:37 +0000 UTC]

Done.

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MasterFusion [2015-02-20 22:43:01 +0000 UTC]

I like her. Phage is just downright creepy, add that with her insanity, and you've got something that's scary and dangerous.

She meant to be Nicole's enemy in Mobius's Greatest Heroes. So good job recycling the new design for Nicole into this terrifying monster.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to MasterFusion [2015-02-20 22:45:03 +0000 UTC]

I needed to update her, and as a generic virus she could not be the rival we all know she could be for Nicole. 

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MasterFusion In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-20 22:55:29 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, you did a good job, making Phage into a fitting villain for Nicole.

Speaking of new designs, are you going to be recycling the new designs for rest Freedom Fighters? It would be great to see the MGH versions of the Freedom Fighters kick the crud off of some impostors.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to MasterFusion [2015-02-20 22:56:36 +0000 UTC]

Nah. Can't think of a way to include it anyways. 

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MasterFusion In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-20 23:36:29 +0000 UTC]

Maybe as clones created by an evil villain (Doesn't matter who) in order to kill the Freedom Fighters, only the clones will be the ones that are killed/arrested.

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to MasterFusion [2015-02-20 23:45:23 +0000 UTC]

Too cliche.

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MasterFusion In reply to KivaTheDCWizard [2015-02-20 23:59:11 +0000 UTC]

Okay, how about an off-panel special, where the MGH Freedom Fighters chase the impostors with a monster truck?

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KivaTheDCWizard In reply to MasterFusion [2015-02-20 23:59:54 +0000 UTC]

That'll do.

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