#AMY IM SO SORRY FOR HER

[badnikbreaker]

@heroichedgehammer​ : "Surge! Surge, wait!" Amy had to shout from there, but she was giggling as she plodded her way down the snowy hill with her snowboard under her arm, closing the distance between them.

"You have a pinecone in your quills," she tittered, rising daintily up onto her toes (and sinking a half-inch into the snow by doing so) to reach past Surge's ear for it. "Let me just—!"

Surge keeps thinking about it — has she ever heard anyone use her name like that?

Not fearful / Kit, Sonic, Starline at the very end / or furious / Sonic, Starline / or judging / Sonic / or holier - than - though / Sonic / or WORST OF ALL, PITYING / Sonic.  Not horrified or disgusted, but — happy?  And without the edge of frantic drowning that Kit’s voice so often held.  Happy / happy / MAYBE JUST NORMAL, like Amy and Surge are just friends, like Amy is less than a hero and Surge is anything more than a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

Her head jerks up at the sound of her name, and she thinks her tail is wagging — she does her damndest to tamp down on that, GAIA BELOW THAT’S HUMILIATING — and a brow quirks, her own board shifting under her arm.  This boarding thing’s been a breeze, and FUN, too — running should be fun, too, but it’s just another way for her to be a weapon — and she smiles, easy and cocky and almost relieved, as the hedgehog makes her way nearer.  She smiles, right until —

A reaching hand / her smile drops, eyes widening and teeth barring / she winces back and away from the other, eyes wild.  MIND BREAKS / NOT AGAIN, NOT FUCKING AGAIN — a reaching hand / a vision of a cruel smile and a glove around his fingers, the hissed, mocking syllable of SLEEP.

Amy’s hand snaps back / AMY’S HAND, NOT STARLINE’S.  Amy’s hand, who’s never hurt her / but it’s just a matter of time, isn’t it, because everyone and everything exists to hurt Surge / the way Starline or Sonic have.  Amy’s hand.  Amy, who’s looking at her like —

Who’s looking at her with an expression Surge can’t name and doesn’t want to.

(  she’d hurt kit for flinching, once, ‘cause that was WEAK and they weren’t allowed to be that.  but she’s just as fragile.  pathetic.  never enough.  )  

“S - Sorry,” the tenrec mutters, struggling to force the panic out of her voice, and Starline — the one who lives in her head — is back, of course, as if invited by the brief memory.  He stands at her shoulder, tutting, disapproving.  NOT REAL.  SURGE IGNORES IT.  “Jus’ startled me, I’m all good.”  She tugs the pinecone out and fries it in her trembling hand, just for good measure.

Beside the panic, Surge is surprised to realize she’s afraid — not of Starline or Sonic, but of AMY ABANDONING HER FOR SOMEONE WHO ISN’T SCARED OF BEING TOUCHED.

“I’m good.  We’re good.”

[cupothi]

hiiii everypony

[couch-house]

literally everyone was there for knuckles' suicidal freakout EXCEPT the guy who got a whole character arc about how badly he deals with his friends dying

[mother-of-houseplants-2]

fiona gallagher // "i bet on losing dogs" by mistki

[bi-scottsummers]

Hi, hello, just came here to say that I love your fic "trending in Japan". I was wondering if you had headcanons regarding Kenji or Emi or interpersonal relationships and stuff. Many hugs for you.

hi hello, thank you for the encouragement and hugs! After some thought ive realized I do in fact have some hcs about some of the character dynamics in the movie as well as just kenji himself, cause hes captivated my entire brain:

Kenji & Emi

Emi does not have teeth but she does inexplicably have a teething phase. kenji is forced to hide all his (salvaged) fancy cars in the garage bc the corvette's already been chewed to hell and his heart is gonna give out if he has to watch any more classics get wrecked

he reads her bedtime stories. A lot of aesop's fables, because theyre short and fun and hes trying to raise his monster daughter with good morals. emi goes hogwild for these but its unclear if she actually understands what hes saying; kenji's pretty sure she just likes the silly voices he uses for different characters

they go flying together! they go first thing in the morning before breakfast - it helps kenji shake off the grogginess of sleep and emi gets to stretch her wings. shes not able to go very far for very long initially, but as she grows and gets those cardio gainz she almost gets to be quicker than him. they have races and play air tag :)

while she doesnt have the vocal range to speak english herself, it becomes clear that emi does understand it well. (kenji also develops an ear for her chirping/squawks, though body language & facial expressions play a big part in communication for both of them) during her (much later) rebellious phase she'll simply pretend not to know what's being said when kenji is telling her to do something she doesn't wanna do, which frustrates him to no end

Kenji

developed a pretty massive chip on his shoulder after moving to the states. it wasn't just bitterness over his dad staying behind, though that was a part of it. this is canon but he was picked on in school for "how [he talked], how [he looked] and what [he ate]." he felt like he had something to prove to both his father and the world. he threw himself into sports - specifically baseball - and his academics, and he did so well that it forced everyone to shut up about how he was different from them and focus on how he was better than them

^ playing off this: kenji had a bonkers fucking yonkers routine when he was a kid/in highschool. he'd get up hours before school started to practice his swing, go for a ~1hr run, workout, study, etc. He'd go to school, come home, and do it all again. this is exaggerated but my point is that this kid was DETERMINED and had the discipline to see that determination through to the end

didnt have many friends because of all aforementioned things. he had acquaintances, and he was invited to parties and outings and stuff (never went), but he spent most of his free time hanging out with his mom. he never really had a "parents are so embarrassing" phase. he always liked to do anything with his mother: going to the bank, going grocery shopping, watching cheesy telenovelas till ungodly hours in the morning, etc. she was his no.1 supporter, confidant, and best friend

he played for his university's baseball team and got scouted at 19. his mom forced him to finish his bachelor's first so once he graduated with his degree in kinesiology at 21, he was drafted to the dodgers

Kenji & Ami

both of them, up until meeting each other, were totally dedicated to their career (and child) so they had basically 0 time for friends. theyre both borderline losers but theyre juuust good enough at what they do for people to admire them instead of finding them sad and lowkey pathetic

kenji is way more into the idea of being friends than ami is. hes pretty enthusiastic about it; he thinks that they have a kind of rapport, since they share a similar work ethic and are both (unbeknownst to ami) single parents. he calls her to chat abt random things. ami initially isnt superrrr into it; she thinks kenji is kinda lonely and desperate for human connection, & it isnt until her mom points out that she has not spoken to anyone outside of work-related reasons in 10+ years that shes like oh shit, i am also lonely and desperate for human connection. so she grudgingly acquires a friend. theyre both really bad at it

need to clarify that in my mind their dynamic is 95% kenji yapping about work and drama in his personal life (circumventing the 8m baby kaiju hes raising) while ami goes "mhm mhm" and takes notes until kenji notices and is like What are you doing. at which point ami is like...... right . nothing. im listening. and forces herself to put the notepad away. she has a hard time disengaging from the reporter mindset and just hearing something intriguing without turning it into an article. the other 5% are the rare moments where theyre connecting super well - ami's psychoanalyzing the hell out of whatever kenji just said and hes like what are you my therapist. over time she starts opening up to him, too, and eventually theyre comfortable enough to be having philosophical discussions over breakfast just for funsies

before kenji reveals that hes ultraman, ami thinks hes in a gang. he keeps showing up to their lunch "dates" with like bruised eyes and fractured bones and gets all shifty when she tries to ask about what happened. when she eventually confronts him about it, hes so offended that she thinks hed be involved in something like that that he tells her about being ultraman

thats about all i can think of rn, though im sure ill think of more after rotating all the characters in my head for a while. thanks again for stopping in, i appreciate the support :)

[liaazhang]

I know that the vackers are the most common example of a messed up sibling relationship but like. what if it was amy and sophie

sophie is extremely smart and beautiful (because she's an elf) and she lives in a world where quite a few boys are in love with her. Younger siblings are often compared to or compare themselves to their older siblings so what if amy was jealous of that and it drove a wedge in their relationship... sophie could also be jealous of how normal amy's life is compared to hers..

[candycatstuffs]

TRICK OR TREAT! (+ have a good day)

U too!! (Gently hands u a witch amy)

[sonknuxadow]

you know i do wonder how many sonic characters actually have living parents. like knuckles is the last of his kind so obviously his parents arent around anymore. both guys who could be considered shadows dads are 100 percent confirmed dead. sonic is canonically an orphan im pretty sure. and on the other side of the coin cream is like the only character in the game cast who has a living parent we actually see onscreen. but what about everyone else i dont think theres a straight answer for any other character. other than rouge's mom being mentioned a couple times i Guess but we dont even know anything about her or if shes still alive just that she existed at some point. are these kids constantly putting themselves in danger because they dont have parents around to stop them or because their parents just dont care

[harmoniouseclipse]

MLP Violet doodle bc burnout has hands (her outfit is like an elden ring boss)

[the-ghost-rat]

Its always weird to me to have ppl act lik amy no longer being boy crazy is ruinning her character-im sorry but even as a kid the jokes abt her forcing herself onto sonic was never funny to me, it just made me hate her alot 😭

Its esp more frustratin when ppl treat it as “media not allowing girls to like boys” lmao girlie since when?

Lik im sorry but lines like “now theres no way of you escaping marrying me” werent funny

Theres nothing wrong with boy crazy characters but amy to me personally was just tackled horribly, i much prefer how draculaura from monster high(g1) was tackled-she ofc was boy crazy but it wasnt too much , her relationship w clawd was legitmently cute-unlike sonic n amy

[larabar]

Pride hcs you say???

My favorites are quoiromantic Amy and Surge (Quoiromantic means you have difficulty differentiating platonic and romantic affection)

I also really really love transfem Silver and her friend he/him girl Blaze 😌

oh these are so good,, you win

i could only do two of them but man i love all of these, tysm for sharing !!!!!

[vonlipvig]

she wears this beautiful, sexy dress, and all she does with it is act incredibly wet and pathetic. she's such a girlfailure and i love her.

[malusienki]

excuse me while i stare at these and relive saturday night all over again

[mummer]

a good man goes to war probably the Most doc who episode of all time. The epic highs and lows of moffat. it’s possible that trying to combine your screwball high flying funky star wars homage episode with your self serious very important character and plot development episode is stupid and does not work… or maybe it does? But of course combined with one of the most insanely dumb plot reveals of all time, to have ever happened on this earth. But also karen gillan acting down. But also… flesh baby. Look how they impregnated my girl literally probably the most fucked up and evil thing to happen to a companion like whatttt is this? BUT ALSO THE INTRO OF VASTRA AND JENNY AND STRAX. But also flesh baby…..Unless flesh baby is secretly awesome? im coming around to flesh baby. But also amy trapped in a well george lucas gave his girls more agency in the 70s moffat you freak. Is this episode legendarically terrible is it Really cool and awesome and ambitious and doing the most all the time are there themes. Can we unpack this. No. Like it’s literally all in service of some stupid bullshit really.. But what if it wasnt

[77ngiez-archive]

screaming and crying and clenching my teeth [trying extremely hard to make nana sing in russian]

[cartoonrival]

actually i lied popular ships i dont like are anything with amy especially surgamy sorry ..... its because im an aroace amy truther and i think its sus when ships with zero canon support are somehow extremely popular. not to be like “this fandom is obsessed with shipping” cause i think ppl like that are lowkey annoying but like come on. you can just not ship them with anyone . and i dont think surge would have a crush on amy i htink shed think amys kind of a stick in the mud and find her psychoanalysis really infuriating because surge has problems she doesnt like people pointing out