>>536900564
It is rather telling that Mr. Kitching's creative process is lauded as some sort of genius. He identified a genuine problem only to propose a solution that was even worse.
One must concede that even Mr. Ian Flynn has a point about transformations. They are a slippery slope. Even Sonic Team understood this, which is precisely why Super Tails, Hyper Sonic, and Super Knuckles were abandoned. They are a narrative dead end. The entire concept is too derivative of shonen tropes, an unnecessary escalation for what should be a fun, action-adventure series. It is too much like Dragon Ball. It is too similar to Mr. Maekawa's writing and his mistakes of Darkspire Mr. Sonic and Knight Mr. Sonic, as well as his terrible decision to give his original character a Super Form.
Mr. Kitching's idea to separate Mr. Sonic and his super form is not a clever workaround. It is an admission that he does not know how to write the character. It is a cop-out, the same as complaining that the form is a cop-out to begin with.

We have seen this kind of thinking before. One need only look to the west-poisoned Archie comics and Mr. Penders' infamous "Chaos Knuckles." Mr. Knuckles was green for years because of that dreadful idea, a transformation that is correctly and universally panned.
Why do people praise this man? His proposed stories are the same kind of western nonsense that plagued Archie. Stripping Mr. Sonic of his powers so he can learn a lesson is tired. Making his own power his "worst enemy" is just another flavor of the same creative failure. It is not profound. It is simply bad. Typical of western writers who demonize power because of western morality. Japan understands master morality. Japan understands that power and strength is good. The wind is powerful, but it is not evil. Mr. Kitching made the mistake of villainizing the wind because of western morality.