>>529271972
I hate Ian as much as the next guy, but nothing you said is actually bad. World-building for its own sake can be viewed as pointless filler and as a crutch for writers who can't create interesting stories.
The best use of world-building would be to make it clear that the world is much bigger than the main cast, and to set up circumstances for the main cast to deal with.
World-building doesn't work in Sonic, though. Cause if we go into some history or backstory, windfags will screech "WTF, WHERE IS SONIC?!!". Sonic's Gary Stu nature makes it so he is not part of the world, he IS the world. As in, any and all important events happen because of him, but no events affect him directly. No one can be as powerful or more powerful than him, have as much or more impact in the world as him, or be as famous or more famous than him.
And Ian loves Windnic, so of course he'd make it so there is 0 world-building in any of his comics. The world isn't the world, it's Sonic's world, his playground.

>>527824012
Because the unreachability is directly contradictory to the inspiration.
Sonic is nothing but a wish fulfillment fantasy to you, and you don't realize it.