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>There's this tragic element about Surge and Kit that makes them interesting outside of the "Anti-Sonic" deal, the question is what the fuck to do with them now since the Sonic franchise is bloated and they can't go down the obvious anti-hero route ala Red Hood and the Outlaws or Red Lanterns (since we are talking comic references). The glitch trio could easily work in a Team Dark kinda of way but they overlap too much with other characters.
Anti-Sonic, or Scourge, rather, was tragic because he was destined by reality itself to be a loser. That's what Surge has as well. And what makes it doubly tragic is that they could each actually overcome this just by deciding to not let their circumstances convince them to define themselves based on Sonic, but they can't do that. And the inability to do that is actually the thing that really sets them apart from Sonic, because he wouldn't give a fuck, and that's why he's cool and good and they're not.
So what to do with them? Do what Scourge was already doing before Flynn wasn't allowed to use him anymore. Rather than making Surge an anti-hero, make her an anti-villain. We sympathise with her to a degree, and can enjoy seeing her do cool villainous stuff, but that's very different from the story acting as if she is good. There is fun in revelling in a cool villain. And not only is it boring to make Surge a hero, but she has interesting psychology behind her villainy. And yes, it's the same psychology that drove Scourge. Because really it's not that they hate Sonic, it's that they hate themselves. They don't want to think about that, so they think they hate Sonic, or maybe they think they hate the world for cursing them to exist (which is itself at least a motivation that would set them apart from Knuckles, Shadow, and other characters that fill this archetype), but if they thought about it just a bit deeper than that, really they hate themselves because they know they're losers. That's much more interesting than "wants to be a hero so she can get the glory." That said, that motivation is fine for a story arc, so long as it doesn't become their whole deal, and they don't just become more boring hero OCs. But they've had that motivation for well over a year now. It's not that interesting and it's wearing thinner over time. It really seems like they're just slowly making them into full-on heroes.
And Kit at least has a bit of a different motivation than Surge (and Scourge) because his whole deal is just complete devotion to Surge. And this could be used to reflect upon Tails, but they haven't done anything with that. They've done barely anything with Kit in general. They still could, but with the way things have been going in the comic, I don't have my hopes up.
>glitch trio
I still don't really like this, because the "Blue Tails" "reference" that Flynn explains there is very flimsy at best, and while Finitivus looks like Wechnia, Starline doesn't. Also, he doesn't have the origin that would kind of relate to being a broken version of another character, like Scourge and Kit do. Really, the "reference" only works for Surge, and again it works better for Scourge, but I accept that Surge is legally distinct Scourge, and at least she's still green, so she kinda looks like Ashura.
If I wanted to get really autistic, but try to still stick to the rules and not just use Scourge again (and have him meet Surge), what I'd do is have Surge meet Nine. The IDW comics and Sonic Prime are both supposed to be game continuity. Nine could show up and worm his way into being Surge's new sidekick or something. Because he also has a lot of hating reality because he's just being a worse version of a main character. But yeah, the best thing would just be if Sega just let them use Scourge again. He's the original version of this, so he'd make both Surge and Nine realize they're even lamer copies than they thought. That would really break them, and be good motivation for them to go nuts and become much more threatening.