>>129075539The guys who came to write for Archie originally started off as autismos who made original fan comics or were working on their own original projects. Yes, even Ian. His most famous one was called Other M, it was predictably atrocious.
Naturally when you spend that long self-inserting as Sonic being an insufferable Gary Stu harem protag for you to live vicariously through on your own stuff, and then get to work on the actual stuff, some of it carries forward.
Can't blame em too much though, if we're being fair. If I were handed the same chance I'd 100% insert my fetishes into Archie.