Talk:SMG4: The Inkling Disappearances/@comment-36426936-20190511164216/@comment-209.58.149.11-20190511183257

Though I still think the antagonist is likely to be Eggman due to him being more adept at kidnapping than the guy famous for it in-universe, having the scientific knowhow to possibly refine Inkling ink to achieve even further than 50% quality, and the motive for kidnapping Inklings and Axol (world domination, Peach's hand in marriage, and/or just wanting to make friends by force), I haven't ruled out Jeeves. Jeeves does appear to be a successful (Mario's antics notwithstanding) businessman, so obviously he's got some capacity for planning ahead. I think that if it is Jeeves, his motive is going to be to sell people Axol's superpowered creations as both "waifus" and soldiers to rebuild his empire after Mario wrecked it. I'm also going to propose the suggestion that Hideo Kojima might be the antagonist hidden in plain sight, with his goal being to bring Death Stranding into the "real" world. I don't think the perpetrator will be Francis, though. It's way, way too obvious and just doesn't seem to line up that well - Francis does have engineering knowledge in his source material, but he's a mechanical engineer specifically and likely wouldn't know how to refine Inkling ink, not to mention it seems like he'd be satisfied by just watching anime.