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What’s worse: loving a character no one knows about or loving a character that everyone else absolutely hates?

Hmm...

Loving a character that no one knows about. At least when everyone hates them, they still get some sort of content. But if nobody knows about them, then you're the one making all the content for them </3

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The Grass Is Always Greener (W.I.P)

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"Ooh, what's this?"

Knuckles turns his head to look over his shoulder at Silver, who is bent down over...something. He can't quite make it out from his angle on the tree.

"Hmm, show it here."

Silver obediently picks it up with his telekinesis and floats it over to him, following behind the object on his crutches. Now that it's closer, he can clearly identify it.

"Ah. That would be a chao fruit." Silver's head tilts to one side at that, curiosity shining in his eyes. "It's one of many types of fruit that grow on the Island---and in other places, I'm sure. They make up a majority of a chao's diet, providing vital nutrients and vitamins."

The hedgehog's eyes examine it for a few seconds more, seemingly in awe of yet another aspect of the past that he didn't get to experience in his apocalyptic future. Knuckles, satisfied with his explanation, turns back to his goal.

That is, until he hears a loud crunch behind him.

"Wha---"

His head whips back around to stare at Silver, who is innocently chewing away on the fruit. A spike of fear runs down Knuckles' spine, and before he can register it, he's pinned the kid onto the ground and commandeered the fruit from him.

"Spit that out!"

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Anyway, yeah, that's all you're getting for now lmao. It's a Silver & Knuckles fic, obv, cause I love their friendship a lot <3

(Also this part of the fic is completely based off of @neurotypical-sonic's chao fruit posting lmao. That fruit do be lookin' tasty. Too bad I've turned it into the forbidden fruit in this one)

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some concept character doodles, trying to figure out how i want them all to look. based loosely on fleetway designs (more heavily in amy's case). i have a few notes on each of their designs and personalities, you can ask about them if you're interested.

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Starring: Mimic the Ocelot!

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Jennicka Jumpscare

I decided to try designing a ROTTMNT vers. of Jennicka. I think it should be noted that I haven't watched Rise yet, so I should probably get on that sometime soon.

(Also, ignore how melancholy she looks in most of them, that was an accident.)

A little information about her under the cut.

She's an old friend of Cassandra, the two of them met when they were in the Foot Clan. She left a while before the whole Shredder incident for personal reasons.

Despite the bad blood that was left between her and Cass due to her leaving, she gave Cass her location in case she ever needed/wanted to find her.

I'm thinking her introduction is something along the lines of the turtles needing information on the Foot for some reason or another, or possibly needing to find someone who was in the Foot Clan. Since Cassandra wasn't very involved with anyone that wasn't Lieutenant or Brute, that's where Jen comes in.

She still gets her blood infusion from Leo which is how she mutates. (Possible triplet shenanigans with Leo & Don?)

Her markings match Leo's except instead of red & yellow they're just yellow and they extend further than Leo's do. She also has more markings than Leo does.

Because of plot reasons (AKA Because I think it's cool and I can do what I want), Leo's blood also grants her access to Hamato ninpo. She unlocks it when she finally accepts herself as a part of the family. Before this, it is assumed that she has no mystic or spiritual powers.

Also, her and Cassandra get together eventually. (As much as I love Casey and April, I headcanon Rise!April as Aro/Ace and also I think Cass and Jen is really cute <3)

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thinking about sth character parallels rn.

sonic and knuckles as the sun and the moon, not only in that the sun is warm and loud and the moon is cold and quiet but also in that it is assumed to be obvious that the sun is useful and great and amazing and is therefore never told those things while the moon is often seen as neglected or overlooked and told about how much it is loved and appreciated and needed.

shadow and silver as the past and the future, not only in that shadow is from the past and silver is from the future and they were both thrown into the present but also in that shadow is the past forever looking forwards and silver is the future forever looking backwards.

character analogies, symbolic parallels, opposite metaphors, etc etc.

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Introducing my OC, Fuchsia the Mouse-tailed Bat.

A little bit about her under the cut.

Personal Desc.: World Famous Thief forced into retirement due to a field injury turned disability. She doesn't see it as a loss, though, as it gave her more time with her daughter Rouge, plus more time to spend on her hobbies. Neutral on all stances, she doesn't border good or evil, preferring a nice view to watch the show unfold. Her two most precious jewels are the engagement ring her husband bought her and her daughter, Rouge.

Physical Desc.: A female bat in her late 40s to early 50s. She has white fur with peach & light pink accents, a long mouse-like tail, one large bat wing on her left, two large bat ears on the top of her head, and medium-length styled back hair. Her clothes consist of a bright fuchsia-coloured dress and heels, a pair of white elbow-length gloves and a matching white feather boa, along with a pair of nylon stockings. She wears three gold bracelets on her right wrist and two on her left, a gold engagement ring on her left hand, and a golden necklace with a small green emerald, and an assortment of gold earrings on both ears.

Other Facts:

True Neutral - As long as you don't start anything with her then you're fine. This tends to be a detriment to her relationships, as she doesn't care what you do to anyone else besides her, including close friends and family (With the exception of Rouge).

Disabled - The injury she sustained in the field was a large laceration to her left wing, but while on her way to get it treated things quickly turned south due to an accident that left her caved in for days. With the injured wing heavily infected and barely hanging on, surgical amputation was the only option.

Wine Drinker - She'll only drink two things, wine and water, and you can probably guess which one she drinks more of. Despite this, she is an extreme heavyweight.

Likes Looking Good - You can always find her outfitted in a beautiful dress and adorned with jewelry from her old days of thievery, along with a nice touch of makeup and her hair styled back.

Trained In Hand-to-Hand Combat - Don't let her vanity fool you---she packs one hell of a punch, and if you try to create a problem with her then she won't let you forget it.

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Happy birthday to the one, the only, @authorleaandres!!! As a gift to you on this fine 15th of March I present to you: Patience the Bugbear!

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Sonic sighed, the copper-coloured medal in his hands light as he swung it around slightly.

He hadn't stood a chance in the end, he knew that. He knew it, he was going up against Tails (His amazing and awesome little brother) and Knuckles (His best friend, the first person he cared about that he didn't have to protect) but...

It didn't mean the feeling of losing so hard didn't sting. I mean, he hadn't just lost, he had completely flubbed it! Compared to those two, it was a wonder he was even included in the fight at all.

Suddenly, the medal was snatched from his hands.

"Wha- Hey!" His shout was filled with indignation as he looked at who stole it, "That's mine, go win your own-"

Something being shoved onto his head made him shut his mouth, and he confusedly reached up to see what it was.

"What the..."

Sitting in his hands was none other than the crown that had been given to-

"You know I don't like wearing things like that," Sonic's head snapped up to the familiar voice, "And besides, I know you aren't a fan of things that dangle off of you."

Knuckles' smile was warm and genuine, and warmth bloomed in Sonic's chest as he saw it.

"Y'know, what with your whole 'fastest thing alive' schtick."

A laugh bubbled out of him at that, and he playfully punched his friend in the arm, his bad mood and sour feelings long gone now.

"Pffft, yeah, thanks a lot, meathead. I guess the real winner should get the first-place prize, huh?"

Knuckles responded by punching him back, and right at that moment a familiar call sounded out and the sound of fast-paced whooping arose.

"Sonic! Knuckles! Look, the prize they gave me is so cool!"

He hissed under his breath as Tails showed off the trophy he got for second place, rubbing his arm slowly. Yeah, that was definitely going to bruise. Yeouch.

He didn't mind too much, though. The weight of the crown on his head, Knuckles' arm around his shoulder, and Tails rambling on about the texture and material of their prizes were worth all of the bruises he'd ever get in his entire lifetime.

...Yeah. He might've lost hard in the competition, but he'd definitely won a lot harder at life.

Its a 3-Way Showdown!

32 entered, and it came down to . . . three?!

Given how close the last round was for Knuckles and Tails, I have decided to make the final round a 3-Way Free-For-All of the original crew!

The man himself, Sonic the Hedgehog.

The boy genius Mile ‘Tails’ Prower.

The guardian Knuckles the Echidna.

What a fitting finally!

So, who’s it going to be!? There are three, but only one can take the crow! So get out there and VOTE!

Make sure to reblog and get the word out any way you can! We need as many people as possible, a tie will not be accepted!

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FINALLY FINISHED THESE SKETCHES FOR THE DOG&HOG SERVER (why must art take me eons to finish? idk god doesn’t give with both hands or smth like that)

Opal the Alcoholic is @authorleaandres​ women, and Becca the Bitch & Gemma the Germ are @bitter-sweet-coffee​’s creatures <3

Oh, and most of the characters were expression practice using this (Props if you can guess who was drawn based on which one):

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Here it is everybody, my first entry for Sonic Platonic Fairytales week. I'll be updating the fic and the tags as the week goes along, although I can't promise it'll be on time every time.

Warning, some of these stories may get a bit dark (like, for example, the first story, which has mentions of amputation and mutilation) although I never go into explicit detail. Anything gory or otherwise will only be told in the form of passing mentions or implications.

And, obviously, they all include friendship and comfort, because I'm a sucker for that sort of stuff (And also that's the entire point of the week).

@sonicplatonicfairytales

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The Ignorant Sleep Soundly

Summary: Maria is smart for her age. Sometimes, she wishes she wasn't.

Maria is a smart girl.

She may be sick, often bedridden, and extremely susceptible to sicknesses that healthy people wouldn't even remotely be so fragile to, but she is still an extremely smart girl.

She knows, deep in her heart---no, deep in her mind, that her grandfather doesn't truly love her.

Well, he does, but…but he doesn't love her, exactly. If one were to be specific, one would say that he loves the thought of her.

Or, more specifically, the thought of curing her.

Her grandfather is an incredibly smart man. While Maria is certainly quite smart for her age, her grandfather is exceedingly smart. He's won prizes for his intellect is how smart he is.

He's helped solve some of the world's leading mysteries, found cures and antidotes to a number of the earth's most devastating genetic illnesses, and was one of the main designers for the very first space colony, the Ark itself.

It's obvious that a man of his stature would take extreme pride in his work. And who wouldn't? A little pride is nothing compared to the wells of good he's done for the world.

And Maria has seen the files; knows that years before she was diagnosed, he was already researching and figuring out how to go about curing multiple of the world's most incurable diseases.

(Her grandfather often told her that incurable meant impossible and that the only impossible thing that truly exists is the impossibility of the impossible.)

And if, say, his own granddaughter was to be diagnosed with one of said incurable diseases?

N.I.D.S. is an extremely rare auto-immune disease; not only in that a tiny amount of people are diagnosed with it, but also in that it can go undetected for so long that it is often too late to do anything by the time it is diagnosed. Nobody, in all of the years since it has been discovered, has ever come close to finding a cure.

To be the one that was able to cure what is widely believed to be an incurable disease...

In short, they would be labelled a hero.

Her grandfather is intelligent. He is also prideful.

He is not --as much as he may like to believe otherwise-- subtle.

To him, she is akin to a broken toy.

Something to examine, to observe, to figure out.

Something to repair, to fix---to cure.

That's all she is to him. She knows this.

She knows.

But...

As she listens to her grandfather scold her and Shadow for running through the Ark and nearly getting hurt and "almost giving this old man a heart attack, you two!"

She can't help but pretend for a little bit longer that maybe, somewhere inside of his heart, he does love her.

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just finished reading ur headcanon post and oh my god it's so good <33 i smiled at a bunch of them i adore it

i have a headcanon for bean :D he has like, pretty bad hearing from being around explosives so much + auditory processing disorder

he often goes "what? what?" usually to nag people for fun but also. he genuinely did not hear what you said please repeat it </3

aww thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed reading it!! :D

also YESSSSS omg. yeah, you get it anon!!! this is such a good headcanon I may just have to steal this from you,,,,,,,

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My first big post on this blog and it's gonna be about -you guessed it- OBSCURE SONIC CHARACTERS!

These are my silly little headcanons about The Hooligans because I love them dearly :>

TRIGGER WARNING for the following things mentioned or explicitly stated in this list: Death, murder, unintentional self-harm, and swearing!

Oh, right, before reading this you should know that my idea of what Bean's mom looks like is adokle's version of her! You can see her here and here, along with Bin, Pin, and Lucy. And a few of my ideas for Bark are pulled from this fic, here! Now that we have that out of the way...

Let's start it off with the leader of this illustrious group of ne'er-do-wells, Fang the Sniper! Or Nack the Weasel. Whatever you wanna call him.

I believe he is a Jerboa/Wolf/Weasel mix!

He gets his Jerboa/Wolf genes from his mother and his Weasel genes from his father.

He had a really messed up childhood. Man's was not okay.

Was raised by his sister, Nic, for the majority of his childhood.

Fang was born on January 1st and Nic was born on December 31st. They were born five minutes apart.

He and Nic stayed together for a surprisingly long time, despite the fact that they absolutely despised each other.

He got his hat from his father on one of his earlier birthdays. He cherishes that hat more than everything else he owns.

Yes, including the Marvelous Queen. Awesome bikes are an easy fix, but a hat from the only family member that he actually loved? That's priceless.

He used to hold a very, very minuscule soft spot for Nic before he killed her.

He still hasn't processed that the two dumbasses he got stuck with have miraculously found their way into his heart (If you ever asked him, he'd probably shoot you).

Bark's moral compass actually has ended up rubbing off on him, more or less.

Bean beats him in soccer all the time. Fang will forever be bitter about this.

Despite how much he bitches and moans, he actually really enjoys hanging out with Bark and Bean. Even if their versions of fun include boring museum visits or blowing up bingo clubs.

He's Bisexual and Aromantic (either that or AroSpec, I'm not too sure).

He thinks that wearing cologne is just a "faster way to shower". He will not take criticism (Also, he wears the cheapest cologne he can find).

He always smells at least a little bit like gasoline.

Now onto the silent softie, Bark the Polar Bear!

You don't see many Polar Bears around, even in places like North Island or the Aurora Ice Fields. The species is largely thought to be extinct.

This leads to a lot of people being shocked/stunned whenever Bark comes around, either that or just not knowing what species he is (Only one of the reasons he has anxiety around people he doesn't know).

He refuses to talk about his family; the only person he's ever opened up to about them is Bean (And Fang to a considerably lesser extent).

He speaks Russian!

He's an extremely avid listener, he loves listening to people talk-- which is one of the reasons he and Bean get along so well.

He runs surprisingly cold, like, all of the time. Bean thinks it's magic but Fang is pretty sure it's just a polar bear thing.

Either way, it's heaven in the summer and hotter climates but absolute hell during the winter and in frigid climates.

This is also a good time to mention that Bark is a huuuuge cuddle bug. Bean loves it, Fang used to hate it but he tolerates it now.

Yes, he does think Bean is the funniest fucking person alive. What about it.

Smells like strawberry shampoo and campfire smoke.

He is Demiromantic and Asexual.

And last but most definitely not least, the dynamic dynamo, Bean the Dynamite!

Was raised by his uncle Pin and grandma Lucy.

He does have a wind-up punch like his father and uncle, but he rarely uses it.

His parents, Bin and Rin, were archeologists/explorers.

Pin is well-renowned in the wrestling industry and works a lot of odd jobs.

And Lucy is a gardener/librarian (Also a former wrestler).

He got his bomb-throwing ability from his mom! Well, not her exactly, but her side of the family.

He calls Pin and Lucy at least twice a month to catch up on stuff (He deliberately leaves out the part where he's been running with a renowned mercenary).

He also visits Lucy whenever he has the time or if he's in the area.

He has ADHD!

Of which he doesn't take meds for, whoops.

He's built up a lot of emotional walls throughout the years. He could count on one hand the number of people that have seen him cry.

Funny Man™

He always smells like burning chemicals covered in a layer of cheap cologne and strawberry shampoo.

He stims by pacing, flapping his hands, biting himself and tugging on his feathers.

He tends to cause harm to himself without realizing it. Pulling out feathers, scratching himself too hard, etc.

He wears black fingerless gloves with gold ring cuffs and black & yellow sneakers.

He got his bandana from his mom and his gloves from his dad.

Yes, he has done the cartoon anvil thing to someone. And the comically large hammer.

He can speak 13 languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Welsh, German, Norwegian, Italian, Barese, Vietnamese, Swedish, Russian, and Portuguese.

He is Aromantic and Asexual.

Alrighty, that's all of the ones I can think of right now.

If you want to hear more specific headcanons about any of them, or just any sonic characters in general, then shoot me an ask!

Either that or you can tell me some of your headcanons! I like hearing other people's thoughts on characters. :D

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Otherwise known as "Anxiety, Depression, and Clinical Insanity."

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Hello!

favorite color?

Any colour, I don't have a favourite. They're all pretty in their own ways.

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I just think he deserves to fuck shit up a little. As a treat.