Talk:SMG4: The Splatfest Incident/@comment-38522711-20190506110926/@comment-68.101.68.195-20190507052540

Now, you might wonder "But anonymous user, how the heck would Eggman be able to pull this off?" Simple, really - he got one of his myriad of Omega copies to do it, since Omega is completely subservient to Eggman in the SMG4verse, thus explaining the claw marks. He's also 6'1", which isn't that big a stature but definitely large enough to eclipse Meggy. Why was anime left at the scene of the crime if it was Omega perpetrating, then? Because Eggman may be dumb in the SMG4verse, but he's not stupid enough to not pin the blame on somebody else! Also, Meggy expresses vague familiarity with her kidnapper, seeming to recognize them but not precisely who they are, which I feel would rule out Axol and Francis since she's been around them long enough to the point where she should have a stronger reaction to their presence.

But all this leads me to the question of what motive does Ivo Robotnik even have to kidnap Meggy? There's several: he could just be lonely, since he sees kidnapping as a way to make friends. But he could also desire to exploit Meggy in some fashion - either using and refining her ink to make a more powerful Inkweaver or converting her into/using her as a template for his robotic minion(s) - in an attempt to take over the world and/or forcibly win Peach's hand in marriage.