#If you were wondering why I'd post about this out of the blue😂

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

So I was mostly going through them for uh research out of curiosity

But I think it might interest Sontails fans to know that shockingly few of the English game manuals comment about either Sonic or Tails seeing the other as a brother/sibling.

For reference, as I went down the list of Sonic games on Wikipedia and checked the english manuals, I didn't see a single English manual before Sonic Heroes list them as brothers to each other (no mention of relationship at worst, and best friends/buddies at most). Funnily enough, the Sonic Heroes Manual was also the first English Manual I saw list that many ages at once. The only ones I could find before that listed Knuckles' and Charmy's ages. So as far as I've gathered, Sonic heroes may be the first English Manual to claim Tails as 8 years old (which also was the manual that changed Charmy's age from 16 to 6), and was the only English manual I found that listed Tails' age at all

And between Sonic Heroes and the Wii U/3DS Sonic titles (when manuals stopped having any extra info aside from controls in them), I found—what—like four that mention them being like brothers?

I did look at this a couple weeks ago but like. Those four I found were Sonic Heroes, Sonic Advance 3, Sonic Rush, and Sonic Rush Adventure.

*Four* Sonic game manuals from the plethora of games that released before 3ds/wiiu titles came out. 3 of those 4 are handheld nintendo exclusives. That's 1991 through about 2011 (3DS) or 2013 (WiiU)

Here's some shots I have of some of the manuals (aside from those four) that mention their relationship in any capacity.

From the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 English Sega Genesis Game Manual (Page 3)

From the Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble English Sega Game Gear Game Manual (Page 1)

From the Sonic Blast English Sega Pocket Arcade Game Manual

From the Sonic Adventure English Sega Dreamcast Game Manual (Page 20)

From the Sonic Adventure 2 Battle English Nintendo Gamecube Game Manual (Page 8)

From the Sonic Advance 2 English Gameboy Advance Game Manual (Page 4)

From the Sonic Colors English Nintendo Wii Game Manual (Pages 3-4)

From the Sonic Generations English Playstation 3 Game Manual (Page 4)

Is this...interesting to anyone else?

Let me tell you, I went through a lot of game manuals. Even for games Tails doesn't star in. The rest of the manuals I looked through only had one of either Sonic or Tails, didn't list character bios for them, or didn't note their relationship to each other in any capacity.

Given what I've heard about the Knuckles Chaotix Japanese game manual also listing Vector and Espio's ages as well as Charmy's (whereas the English Manual only lists Charmy's), I'd love to see translations of the Japanese versions of all the Sonic game manuals. It's hard not to wonder what changes there are between the versions.

But in any case, food for thought.

[studentinpursuitofclouds]

Mousey, I'm sure you've done the reaction of the vanilla and expanded spouses to the farmer's curse from Mr. Qi, but how about the rsv spouses? I'd be curious to see what they'd do about it ~~especially you know who *wink wink nudge nudge*~~ Also ngl I've been trying to come up with more silly ships with the vanilla and mod characters and having a blast in my mind. I've been throwing in Isaac, Jadu, Camilla, and Alesia there too for good measure because I think Isaac especially would suffer with certain characters 😂 istg it's like I'm a dog and he's my chewing toy

Hehee, I wouldn't mind hearing what other funny ships you have in mind 👀👀👀

Sorry for a long reply, it turned out WAY more than I had planned. Anyway, enjoy some headcanon, Lotus! And have a great day! 💕

RSV spouses react to the Qi fruit:

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Ian had been standing still for about two minutes now, keeping his eyes on the strange blue fruit that was ripening in the Farmer's seedbed. Because he could have sworn that the fruit winked at him.... with 'glasses'! And the handyman thought he'd seen it again. But at the third minute, Ian gave up and reckoned he was just wasting time. "I really don't understand anything about farming," Ian told Farmer, kissed them, and went to work.

Daia isn't the type to be surprised by strange magical fruits, flowers and berries. The Ridge Forest alone is filled with interesting plants with unusual properties. But this 'Qi' fruit... Hmph, even she hadn't seen anything like it. Being around this smirking blue fruit makes the ninja feel a tingling sensation on her skin - a sure sign that magic is involved. Oh, she can't wait to ask her dear Farmer to give her the fruit to examine, because she's so curious about it! She wondered if it would interest her Lady too...

"Wow... I knew you are a true professional at farming, hon, but to do something like this..." Honestly, Jeric was delighted at what his partner had grown and horrified at what his partner had grown. Because on the one hand - fruit with a face and sunglasses, that's awesome! And on the other hand.... why? He certainly wouldn't have imagined something like this on his own little farm in Ridgeside Village. And it's unlikely he had the knowledge to grow something like this. "....So, what does it taste like?"

Bryle was ashamed to admit it, but the first thing he did when he stepped onto the farmhouse porch was reflexively draw his service weapon and prepare to defend himself. Because the Governor's slightly sleepy bodyguard mistook the blue-faced crops in sunglasses for invaders or even dark spirits. Having already recovered from his shock and seeing the calm Farmer watering this very crop, Bryle felt that by asking what it was, he would get more questions than answers. So he was like: "Nope, not today" and went back to the farmhouse.

When some time ago Irene had only seen the sprouts with the not yet formed blue fruit, she was even intrigued to see what kind of 'unusual fruit' Farmer had planted and what the crop would taste like. Sweet, or maybe with sour notes? Only when she got the ripe fruit on the kitchen table, the Amethyne's personal chef was no longer so enthusiastic. This... fruits looks like a head and was looking at her. Irene's afraid to even touch the 'Qi' fruit, much less taste it. Her Madame would definitely not want such an.... exotic crop for dinner.

Sean decided it would be a hilarious to wreak havoc in the local social media groups with this fruit. So, with Farmer's permission, he took a picture of the ripened 'Qi fruit', posted the picture to social media without any description, and waited. An hour and a half in and Sean and Farmer were dying of laughter reading people's reactions, all sorts of conspiracy about the harvest and even memes (lol). He was also hoping someone would leave a comment about what the fruit was, because Farmer's explanation of "blue fruit from blue seeds from a blue man" wasn't a very clear answer.

"Alissa, my dear. What is this?" Alissa can't give a clear answer to her mother when she shows her the unusual fruit. It seems to Alissa that her dear spouse Farmer themself does not know the answer to this question. The girl was utterly perplexed, and neither her own knowledge of farming, nor a single book from the library about crops, helped her to find the answer. She hoped that Farmer had not used something harmful to grow this fruit...

"What's this abomination growing in your garden? Why is there foreign magic coming from that thing?" Jio is in full earnest preparing for a defensive pose with his katana, because that 'Qi' fruit looks like it's about to pounce on him and Farmer. Elf doesn't trust this crop, whatever it is in the first place. And when asked how Farmer grew this stuff in the first place, the answer struck Jio like lightning. "You... took strange seeds from a suspicious man and thought it would be a great idea to plant them?" Yeah, It's going to be a long conversation...

Not even strength and persuasion from Farmer will be enough to keep their spouse Maddie from her determination to get into the Water Research Facility & Laboratory with this strange fruit. Because the ginger girl has to find out what it is in the first place! After all, the lab assistant was also watching the process of the Qi fruit's growth, for she was curious about what Farmer was growing. And when the already ripe fruit showed its face with sunglasses, Maddie wants to show it to Aguar to see how to even classify it. Sigh, not Aguar, if he found out there was magic involved...

"Whoa... So creepy... It's like some kind of comic book villain." Phillip kept twisting and twisting the "Qi" fruit in his hands, looking at the "face" of the crop, and even tried to take off the "glasses". It didn't work, however, because it was like they were super glued on. Oh, well. And although the physical therapist is eager to find out what this miracle fruit tastes like, he still wants to take precautions and find some information about the Qi fruit, because maybe it's poisonous???

Blair nearly died laughing when she saw the face of the ripe blue fruit. "Yoba, what a bogeyman!" And how on earth did her partner Farmer manage to grow a fruit with a face like that? Oh, she wants to take a few if Farmer agrees. To taste it? No, the young fisherwoman had thought of a more fun use for this crop.... Such an ugly fruit would definitely be a good way to prank Keahi for the last prank, hee hee hee... Just a harmless joke, Blair promises!

...Anton thought at first that he hadn't fully woken up in the morning, and that he had just imagined a blue face on the kitchen table. Except that when the architect came back from the bathroom already fresh and invigorated from a cold shower, the face had not disappeared from the kitchen table. ...Ok, and then what? How should he even react? And should he even be reacting to this? Because Farmer is not perplexed by the strange fruit in any way, they treat it like a normal apple or banana. ...Alright, then. Anton silently hopes he doesn't get "sunglasses" from this fruit in his portion of salad.

Well done, Farmer, just great! Making Flor nearly faint because they decided to put some ripe Qi fruit on the dinner table before going to bed, without warning the red-haired spouse for doing so. The poor, sleepy girl wanted to drink a glass of water at midnight, but she ended up throwing it all on the floor and screaming, mistaking the fruit for human heads. Now Farmer is ashamed now... And rightly so - they shouldn't scare Flor like that!

Kiarra's face twisted at what she saw. "Honey, you didn't use any fertiliser or seeds from Joja, right? You didn't take anything from them?" Her first guess as to the origin of this strange fruit was immediately the much disliked greedy company with the blue logo. Joja always like to spoil pump vegetables and fruits with all sorts of harmful substances of unknown origin to make them bigger, and as a consequence - to sell them for more money. Even when Farmer explained to her that it wasn't Joja, the girl still remained sceptical. Because it's... not natural. Something is wrong.

Zayne thought that it would be at least tactless and rude of him to voice his first thought out loud when Farmer presented them with the 'fruit of their labours'. Especially since he loved his spouse and knew what a wonderful farmer they are, unrivalled in the entire Republic. But... What is it? The Amethyne family heir has seen some rather unusual and sometimes even strange delicacies on his own dinner table and on the tables of other noble families. But a fruit with a face... Someone, who apparently ordered Farmer to grow the fruit just so, has... a very specific flavour.

"Ew," was Ysabelle's only reaction, and to be honest - many would have agreed with her conclusion about the blue fruit with the snickering face and sunglasses. Even Farmer didn't argue with their partner's opinion about it. Really, ew (no offence, Mr. Qi). The girl simultaneously wants to ask what this fruit is and doesn't want to know anything about it, figuring it will be further questions than answers. People in the hotel have demanded stranger foods and delicacies, so the blue face fruit isn't too much of a shock to her. But still - ew.

"Hmm, why the face?" How does Farmer know, Paula? When they took the assignment from a, ahem, familiar person, they had no idea that the 'Qi fruit' would turn out to be exactly like this - a bit creepy, with a human face (but cool glasses!). The military medic wasn't too surprised by this weird crop (she'd seen much stranger food), and if the fruit wasn't poisonous and wasn't an allergy sufferer's worst nightmare, why not give it a try. "Heh, I wonder if anyone would dare to try this food on a dare"

"No, thank you, my soul. I'm good with an apple," June politely declined as Farmer, having harvested a ripe crop from the greenhouse, brought June a whole basket of different fruits and berries from all seasons to the farmhouse. His favourite apples, strawberries, oranges, pomegranate, a blue fruit with a face- Wait, what? Did he see that right? Yeah, the pianist's eyesight was not deceiving him. Later, he'll be asking Farmer questions about the blue weird fruit. In the meantime, he just wants to enjoy the apple.

When Faye thought of fresh fruit salad, she imagined cutting up a juicy and sweet mango, a ripe, with the sour notes pineapple, a delicious banana, and fill it up it with fresh orange juice. And at the sight of the Qi fruit, the waitress honestly lost her appetite. Is it... really a fruit? Why does it look so scary? It's also smiling... Oh, yuck! Farmer, that fruit winked at her! Brrr! No weird blue fruits on the dinning table, they're scary!

Shiro jumped up sharply, almost scalding hot, when he saw a field of a hundred blue smiling heads from the porch. Everywhere he turned his head, there they were: smiling, the light bouncing off their... Glasses? What the hell is that, anyway? "People want to buy fruit like that? With a scary face?" No, he's not going to try it, and the Farmer isn't advised to either. It doesn't look good, and it probably doesn't taste good anyway- No, Farmer, making this 'Qi' fruit into a smoothie isn't a good idea either... Just don't, please.

Corine never thought people could come up with something like this with crop. Well, she'd seen square watermelons, heart-shaped pears, and even star-shaped peaches on TV. But a melon-sized blue fruit that also had a human face..... Even she didn't expect that. Really, she doesn't understand why the Farmer glued it on. "Oh, I didn't glue the glasses on, dear, they grew with the fruit!" Sorry, the glasses did what?

"No offence, dear, but I'll probably pass." Oh, Farmer didn't grow this fruit for food, but for someone personally? Whew, what a relief... Um, Kenneth didn't mean to be rude or offend Farmer in any way, but the mere thought of that Qi fruit that very much resembled a head being cut with a knife made him cringe and disgusted. The inventor doesn't understand who needs fruit grown in this way, but he's not good at farming, so Kenneth will leave the matter to his spouse.

[kmomof4]

Fic Writers Asks -> 🍭 🤲

Thank you so much, babe!!! I'm sorry it's taken me a few days to get to it... it's been an INSANELY busy week... 😳🤦🏻‍♀️

🍭 Why did you start writing?

That is a good question... It was never something that I did growing up, even with as much as I loved to read. And even for the first few years involved in fandom, I often swore I'd NEVER write. It wasn't anything I'd ever desired to do. I was quite content to just consume all the wonderful fics and art produced by our INCREDIBLY TALENTED fandom! But one evening I was on the phone with @hollyethecurious and @winterbaby89 and I very suddenly and completely out of the blue decided to type up my head canon that unborn Emma was kicking up a storm when Killian sang during the musical episode. I didn't say a word to Hollye and Laura about what I was doing- since of course I'd often sworn TO THEM I'd never write- but as I sat there writing, in between talking to them, I had asked a couple of random questions so by the time it was done, they'd figured out what I had been doing. They were both thrilled and very proud of me, so they both looked it over and offered a few suggestions, and then walked me through how to post on ao3 and Tumblr. Once I'd confessed to them, I just kept mumbling to myself "I can't believe I did this. I can't believe I did this." I truly thought at the time that I'd never write another thing, because as I said, it wasn't anything I'd ever wanted to do. But here we are, four years later, with 36 fics on ao3...

🤲 What do YOU get out of writing?

That's another good question... 😂 I enjoy putting ideas I have down on a doc and telling a story, even if I'm basically adapting something already out there to CS. I also enjoy the affirmation from readers and other writers who are MUCH better than I am. Writing is something of a sporadic hobby for me. It's not something I'm constantly desiring to do. If I've done a lot of writing in a short amount of time, I'll often have to take a step back and not write a word for weeks or sometimes months. Even if I still have ideas percolating for something later on. All that to say, there's really something about writing that is inexpressible for me. When I write something, it satisfies an urge. An urge to tell a story. So I guess, that's what I get out of writing.

Those were some hard questions, my dear! But thank you for asking them!

[sarenhale]

(Am I really about to send one of my favorite artists on tumblr a rant about my ffxiv oc? Why yes, yes I am.)

Meet my WoL is Hina Kazehana aka Bug Girl (or Bug for short). Beloved by her FC. Menace to ascians, primals, and Thancred. At 4'11", she is voted most likely to go for your ankles and knees. She likes cute clothes, spiky large weapons, and Ishgardian men. Her current main classes are Dragoon, Astrologian, and Dancer.

Being from Doma and losing her family in the uprising, she has become fiercely loyal and protective of her new family with the Scions, and has done everything she can to help her people rebuild. While most of the Scions are like older siblings to her, she is really the heart and emotional center of the group, going above and beyond to take care of them. Which also means that there has been at least one occasion in which Alphinaud has accidentally called her "mom". He is her son now and she would die for him.

I was inspired by your post on how each of your characters echoes are different. I am still figuring it out, but I have always seen Hina's echo as an Indomitable Spirit. She may not be the biggest or strongest, but she will get back up on matter how many times she's knocked down, always relentlessly on the offensive.

She reminds me a lot of Aydee in many ways and I feel like the two of them would get along (and maybe commit crimes together...probably at their boy Estinien's expense). Funny enough, when my friends describe Hina the words they used have been "goblin" "la creatura" and "blue Aydee". Maybe one day when YoshiP let's us travel to different data centers, they can meet up.

I am sure you're about to get swarmed with many asks that probably have way cooler character stuff, but you were one of the people that got me playing in the first place so it's only right that I indulge in your wonderful request! Here have more pictures of her (in varyin quality thanks tumblr) because I think she's neat <3

OMGG miss Hina!! She looks beautiful! And that part about her being called "goblin" and "la creatura" got me laughing so much 😂😂😂 (And she definitely has incredibly good tastes!! Those ishgardian men really do be tasty!!!) I'd love to meet up once we have the DC travel feature! I definitely wanna do a meetup kind of thing so I can finally meet everybody with Aydee and just chill and hang out.

Hina looks beautiful, I love her blue theme and also the fact that Alphinaud called her mom 😭dshgchjdsh ALF!!!

Love her story and echo ability, thank you for sharing! I'm really happy I inspired you to play and you like the game :) It's really a great game, especially for creative people, to create and flesh out characters in! ! <3