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It's finally official, this group is now defunct after over a decade of operation. I announced this two weeks ago in this blog, and now that time is finally here.
Of course, this group will stay up for archival purposes as I will never delete it, as people may still join to show their gratitude for Hershey the Cat/St. John. But there will be no more new picture submissions or blogs for the group. Maybe I'll think of new pictures myself, but I don't know. I also noticed some members left the group sometime after the announcement I made two weeks ago. I don't know if anyone else will leave, but that would be their decision, not mine.
Now regarding my loss in interest in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, I actually liked Sonic the Hedgehog before I really got into Archie Sonic. My first issue I got was issue 93 of the original Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic line back somewhere in 2001. When I saw all of those characters in that issue that were never in the games, I wondered who they were. In 2010, I started to see more of the comics, and eventually decided to read every issue, from the original comic line, the mini series lines, the Knuckles line, and so on. The lore these comics created were very interesting to me. I even watched all episodes of the classic Sonic the Hedgehog shows, which included AoSTH, Sonic SatAM, and Sonic Underground.
Of course, I would really get into the character Hershey the Cat, as this group pretty much shows that. Even though she wouldn't appear too much, I felt like she had good potential to become a great hero. However, with issues 219 and 220, I became concerned on what happened to the character. Then came issues 223 and 224, as she was said to be dead. Even worse, she wasn't given a appearance with dialogue since issue 134. On March 27th, 2011, I joined Ian Flynn's BumbleKing Comics Forums, and would be a pretty prominent member there until the forum's shutdown in early 2016. Admittedly, I did impulsively make multiple topics bringing attention to the issue of Hershey's alleged death, with this topic in particular being my most talked about one. Initially, it was another rant on Hershey's alleged death, and it met with near universal negative attention, and on the second page, Ian Flynn at one point agreed with Darkfox's (later became Vampfox) succinct point/counter-points at the top of the said page, and looking back on that, that didn't feel good to me at all. Of course, Ian Flynn did get people to simmer down and did defend my disappointment. I did foolishly take the comment about Darkfox's out of context, but did fully understand it later. I did make some more foolish comments in the topic I made, which eventually got the topic locked.
Months passed, and issue 233 was released in January 2012, and it looked like good news for Hershey the Cat. Then the solicit for issue 237 came out, which was even more good news as a mysterious figure would appear in Soumerca, especially how a cat legionnaire in Sonic Universe 37 that resembled Hershey appeared in 237. It seemed like Hershey would have a bright future, but then it would be stated that Hershey would not be appearing anytime soon due to circumstances beyond Ian's control, as discussed in this video I made, as Ken Penders would be pretty much revealed to be behind that. Of course, Hershey never appeared in issues 237 or 238. Her last ever appearance would be in a flashback in Sonic Universe 43. While it did seem like Hershey could appear again someday, the issues with Ken Penders would get worse and worse, especially with the Endangered Species arc with issues 244-246. Then in 2013, issue 247 would come with the Super Genesis Wave, and with issue 252, it was the end of the old universe as well as many character such as Hershey the Cat. Even worse, the surviving characters would forget that they even existed, thus the deaths of all of those characters would mean nothing to them. I even made a petition to try to save the pre-reboot universe, but that didn't do well despite all of the signatures it got. All of that buildup was for nothing.
In late 2013 however, Lost Hedgehog Tales was announced, and it would give out information of old plans of the comics. Over time, we would get plenty of updates with the project, and would even get the first chapter in October 2015, but things would get bad in 2016, as the project would be placed on the shelf due to problems. However, we did get an "update" in 2017 with some encouragement, as this was a few months after the comic's cancellation. But alas, the project would be indefinitely placed on hiatus in 2018, and would never get a big update ever since. To make matters worse, the pre-reboot universe was pretty much confirmed to be dead forever in a BumbleKast made on August 10th, 2020, as seen in this clip with some edits I made. As for the post-reboot universe, I would read the Shattered World Crisis arc out of curiously, and would stop after that in late, as the comics would ironically stop production in January 2017, as Sonic Universe 94 was the last issue to me released, as the Archie Sonic universe would come to an end in July 2017. The post-reboot cancelled plans would become part of Lost Hedgehog Tales, and given to what happened to that project as I stated before, it shows that Archie Sonic fans of both universes can never seem to get a break nowadays. With IDW Sonic being more successful that Archie Sonic, there seems to be no hope for Archie Sonic anymore. And given how it would be stated that the Freedom Fighters were said by Ian Flynn to be retired (which I discussed in this Twitter/X thread I made), it pretty much spelt doom for the Archie Sonic and SatAM universes. I even sent letters out to Archie Comics Publications, Ken Penders, and various Archie Sonic creative team members over time, but nothing good ever came out of those.
So yeah, I'm pretty much done with the Sonic the Hedgehog community, as I lost interest in that overall. I really wish I made more intelligent posts back when I joined the BumbleKing Comics Forums, so maybe people would see how Hershey could have had more potential. I also wish I could have done something to stop the fall of the pre-reboot universe. But alas, it was all in vain, as I pretty much fought for nothing when it came to my posts, petitions, and so on. I've given up all hope at this point, and the reason that I didn't give up hope even after Archie Sonic's cancellation was because that maybe something good could happen for Archie Sonic fans, even if was unlikely. But I was a fool for holding on. Also, if I were to never look into Archie Sonic and SatAM more back in 2010, my perspective on the franchise could have been much different, and maybe my interest in the franchise could have survived.
I also noticed that many users that were once part of the BumbleKing Comics Forums seem to have disappeared from the internet, especially with how Archie Sonic is dead now. For example, I remember that BlackHawkOmega used to be active here on deviantART as well as on tumblr and Twitter/X, but his accounts here and there disappeared. thejcfreak and MegaHayzer also seem to have disappeared from the internet. dantemustdie00 (NextGrandcross on deviantART) isn't active here anymore. SimonSoys seems to have disappeared too. TheFatPanda (Big Panda on the Sonic Stadium Message Boards) deleted his deviantART account and was last on the said forum in June of 2021. There are so many people I've known there that seem to have disappeared, and I hope they're OK. If you know where they're whereabouts could be, then please let me know.
Of course, not all of them have disappeared. Damasca Ramza, SonicBlueRanger, Ziggyfin, and SirBertLeaman (now 9T8T5) are still active on Twitter/X. MightyRay and Konnichibot are still active here on deviantART. GentlemanX is the Co-Editor in Chief, Story Lead, and a writer of Archie Sonic Online as of this blog, so he's definetly doing good it seems. There are probably more that are still active that I don't know about.
Archie Sonic Online has still been going, and it gave a pretty nice ending to Hershey's mystery and the Ixis Naugus storyline with some surprises, but that comic takes a damn long time to get an issue out, but of course, I'm not mad at them for that. SONIC RETOLD by glitcher hasn't seen an update as of April of 2023, and I don't have a good feeling about how her fate will be in that comic. If she somehow gets a satisfying story arc, even if it's pretty small, maybe I'll get glitcher a new gaming computer since he had troubles in the past with his computer. Hell, if there were some miracle with the Archie Sonic universe in the far future, I would probably celebrate by giving away Steam gift cards to random former BumbleKing Comics Forums users.
OK, I was tempting fate with those last two lines in that last paragraph. 😂 But what do I know?
Well, that's pretty much it for this group's final blog post. While I myself won't leave the internet entirely with this group stopping activity, I bid all of my members of this group farewell. There's plenty of other things I still am a big fan of, and I also really like to play games on Steam. I should also mention that have other more important things in my life that I'm more anxious about, so there's that too. It's been a pleasure bringing you news related to Hershey the Cat/St. John as well as other Archie Sonic news throughout the past 13 years. It was fun while it lasted, and I wish this group's run would have a happier ending.

Thank you all, and goodbye. (2011-2024)

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:iconneohydra77:
NeoHydra77 Featured By Owner Feb 14, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Cool! A club for Hershey! Once I get done with some of my other works I'm currently doing I'll be sure to make a picture of her!
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NitroactiveStudios Featured By Owner Feb 14, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Sounds cool! And thanks for joining!
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NeoHydra77 Featured By Owner Feb 14, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
You're welcome! I'll try to see about getting around it as soon as possible but it may be a while.
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Momoksha Featured By Owner Sep 22, 2012  Student
I Hope You Like it -
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Thank You :iconbummy1::iconbummy2::iconbummy3:
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Blackwind06 Featured By Owner Jul 27, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
thanks for the invite but I'll let you known later if I'll join your group
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danee313 Featured By Owner May 9, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Thanks for the invite! :thanks:
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:iconnitroactivestudios:
NitroactiveStudios Featured By Owner May 9, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
You're welcome! And thanks for joining my group! Submit as much art work of Hershey the Cat as you like!
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Digi-artist101 Featured By Owner Feb 27, 2012   Traditional Artist
Hey there,
remember when you asked me what I thought about Geoffrey's betrayal? Well after finally catching up with my issues ( starting from the dragon kingdom arc which was cool )I FINALLY,( after so much reading :reading: and seeing sally be turned into a robot ) made it to the story where Geoffrey stood trial and seen his back story and all I can say is....wow :faint:

what a traitor.
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NitroactiveStudios Featured By Owner Feb 28, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yeah, and we got no evidence that Hershey actually died. We'll have to see what future issues got in store for us.
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Adamoshii Featured By Owner Feb 26, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I freaking love Hershey the cat!!!!!!!!!!!!
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