#Rachel Sonic movie

[weirdozjunkary]

Updated designs for my species swap AU, as well as four more characters to add to it. Had fun designing each of them. More to come eventually (most likely after the third movie).

I designed Sonic and the others as humans a bit ago. You can look at them here.

[phasesgurl]

Knuckles to Rachel, who's about to get married: Today, two families are becoming one. Sonic in an ominous voice: Two families enter, one family leaves. Shadow: That sounds so threatening. Tails: The Wedding games... Maddie: May the bouquet toss be ever in your favor. Tom: Beautiful. Rachel: F#$% all of you.

[kaylatoonz]

Amy meets jojo

I like to think that if Amy were to meet Rachel she would be the only one who would actively try to make it up to Rachel for bringing so much chaos to her house. (Amy is a hopeless romantic so she would feel bad hearing that her wedding was crash by sonic). To make it up for her Amy offers to cook meals and clean the kitchen afterward. Rachel was a bit hesitant at first until she got a taste of Amy’s cooking and she has been sold ever since (they even trade recipes with each other).

Eventually it becomes the norm for Amy to visit Rachel’s family for dinner or lunch every so often with the visit becoming less transactional and more about sharing company. It also became common for Jojo to beg Rachel to adopt Amy right then and there. Although Amy’s company is 100 times more tolerable than the wachowski bros, Rachel is wary of the trouble that often follows these friendly extraterrestrials. Amy also seems to already have a home to go back to so there was no need to take such action(Amy lives off world with vanilla and cream).

So due to these reasons it’s alway a firm no whenever jojo pesters her about keeping Amy. After many debates with her mom, Jojo is almost ready to accept defeat until one of Sonic’s visits spark an idea. If Amy couldn’t join her family directly maybe she could join through other means.

Amy: hey sonic how you like my new chili dog recipe I add some new to the chili to give it a bit more of a kick I hope it wasn’t too spicy for ya

Sonic: (just finished his fourth plate of chili dogs) it was delicious as alway Ames and nothing too hot for this hedgehog keep it coming.

Amy: sure thing blue right after finishing clean up

Jojo: so sonic..

Sonic: yeah

Jojo: So when do you think you’ll put a ring on Miss Rose over there?

Sonic:(starts choking and coughing while flustered)

Amy: Sonic! Are you ok?! Was it too spicy?

[sonicgirlsmackdown]

ROUND 1

[mingot-studios]

Stella Is an Antagonist, NOT an obstacle

How do I put this?

Antagonists are characters that directly oppose the protagonists in some form, through their actions.

In Stella's case, she puts a hit out on Stolas because she wants to get back at him for humiliating her.

We also have a pretty good idea of who Stella IS as a character: She is a spoiled elitist aristocrat who has never been told 'no' who was stuck in an arranged marriage with a man who she didn't love but instead of trying to get out her unhappy marriage, she decided to take her anger out on him and only stayed with him for status reasons and because she liked having someone she could torment.

So when Stolas finally stands up to her, she takes it personally. She doesn't really seem to give a damn that she was cheated on, but that SHE was cheated by someone she assumed would always be submissive to her. Not only that, the person who her husband cheated on her with was an IMP. The lowest rank of demon there is, AND said Imp literally crashed a tea party she was having while trying to slip out after sleeping with her husband and, and telling her extremely casually, to her face, right in front her fellow aristocrats, quote; "Sorry, I f*cked your husband."

And just to rub salt in the wound, this was the morning RIGHT AFTER her "Not Divorced" (aka the anniversary) party she threw, just so she could gossip and vent to friends about how awful being married to Stolas is WHILE HE'S IN THE ROOM ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY.

So to summarize, Stella is a spoiled brat who is used to getting her way and no one standing up to her, so when someone does, she takes it personally and goes to extreme lengths just to get back at them, even if she gets nothing (other than satisfaction) from it in the long term.

Now Let's compare this to Rachel's character in the first Sonic movie;

( i couldn't find a gif of her in the first movie sorry)

While the sequel would give her a bit more depth, I'm going to be focusing on how her character was handled in the first movie, and calling her a 'character' in the first film Is saying a lot...

Okay so first off, we don't know ANYTHING about Rachel other than that she's Maddie's sister, she has a daughter, she lives San Francisco, and most importantly, she hates Tom. WHY does she hate Tom? idk, the movie never tells us! We are never given ANY context as to why she dislikes Tom, who (aside from being a cop) is a good guy! And she hated him long before he ended up becoming America's most wanted man for attempting to help Sonic.

For all intents and purposes, she hates him for no reason at all. And this is her defining trait in the first film, whenever she's on screen, she's usually telling Maddie to leave Tom, with no elaboration. Her hatred of Tom isn't even treated like a real problem, it's just a joke.

So when Tom shows up with an injured Sonic, she says she's gonna call the cops. And what happens to her? Tom and Maddie tie her to a chair in her own living room, take her car, just leave her there!

Rachel's presence in the first movie is to be nothing more than slight nuisance to the main characters without having a good reason to be there and no motivation for her actions, she's delegated to being nothing more than minor obstacle that the heroes have to deal with to reach their goals.

Rachel has no real agency in the movie she' just there to do two things; Hate Tom for comic relief and get in the way of Tom and Maddie helping Sonic. She's just there to be a nuisance to the main characters and nothing more. She is not an antagonist, she's an obstacle. An object with agency of her own and only there to serve at a minor road bump in the plot.

Say what you want about how Stella was handled, but you can't deny that she has an important role in the story, you can't remove her. On the other hand, Rachel could be removed from the story, and almost nothing would change.

The key to difference to me at least, between a full antagonist and an obstacle, is that an antagonist takes action to go against the protagonists ways that actively effect the plot, where as obstacle is someone the author throws into the the story just to slightly inconvenience the heroes who presence has real effect on the wider narrative, and may as well be something like a wall blocking the way that the characters have to climb over. And I don't mean like a giant wall I mean like a wall to a factory. It's a minor inconvenience that once gotten over has no real purpose in the grander narrative.

[sparkles-rule-4eva]

*slams fists on table* YES!!!!! THIS!!!! THIS EXACTLY!!!!! I LOVE THE WACHOWSKIS SO FREAKING MUCH AND WHEN PEOPLE HATE ON THEM I GET SO TICKED KDNDKAKDNND

Hot "Sonic the Hedgehog Movie 2" Take:

People who think Tom, Maddie, and Rachel were boring/"the worst" part of the movie

are wrong

If you can't see that the human characters provide safe and stable ground for Sonic to grow and mature from and that the found-family aspect is integral for Sonic's character as established since the first movie

Then like, we obviously have different priorities

I would die for the Wachowski family

[myymi]

if tails doesn't fully unlock his chaos powers in the third movie ill commit to writing my "tails series" idea

[twinsunstars]

what if these two met and were put together

[sparkles-rule-4eva]

If I see one more post trashing on the Sonic movies just because they're not like the games and because of the human characters I'm going to explode and then punt the sun itself into their faces

GUUUYYYSSSSS. THERE'S THIS MAGIC THING CALLED A MULTIVERSE. THE SONIC MOVIES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THE GAMES, THEY ARE IN AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE UNIVERSE. YOU SHOULD NOT BE JUDGING THEM BASED ON HOW WELL THEY FOLLOW THE GAME CANON, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT THE GAMES. THE MOVIES AND THE GAMES CAN COEXIST AS SEPARATE UNIVERSES OF THE SAME CHARACTERS LIVING THEIR LIVES IN DIFFERENT WAYS, MKAY??

Once you accept this I can almost guarantee you'll be a much happier fan. I can testify. 😘

Sonic Wachowski ≠ Game!Sonic. Because they grew up in different environments and around different people in different circumstances, and that changed the way they turned out. I believe that if Wachowski grew up the same way Game! did, he would've turned out like Game! did. I also believe that if Game! grew up the same way Wachowski did, he would've turned out like Wachowski did. The core of this character is the same. In both the movies and the games, he's the fastest thing alive, he LOVES running, he loves his friends, he loves chili dogs, he loves living, and he will fight for what he believes is right. 💙

Just take into account the different worlds, the different lives, the different influences, and the fact that the movies are not trying to imitate the games (I thought this was obvious from day 1?) and it'll be a lot more fun in this fandom for you. In fact, you'll find you're a lot happier when you're actually taking time to love and appreciate the things you're interested in rather than just nitpicking about everything. 👌😜

And if you don't like the movies, you can kindly leave them be as well as all those of us who DO enjoy the movies. If you only like the games, stick to the games. 💙

[katlyntheartist]

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[neurotypical-sonic]

anyone else heartbroken about rachel. someone has obviously hurt her in the past and made her incredibly distrustful of others and protective of her family - even if that protectiveness causes a rift between her and her sister. then suddenly in the second movie it's like shes a different person, randall has come along and broken down her walls and made her trust him and love him and marry him, have him in every part of life including her family that she is so protective of. broke down her walls enough to put aside her beef with tom and be willing to be friends with him. for that relationship to evolve it wouldve taken so much dedication and vulnerability

and then she finds out that it was a lie, a strategy, getting a man on the inside to keep tabs on an alien that she doesnt have contact with and doesnt really care about - but knows her sister cares about him deeply. her wedding is ruined her family was endangered she had a gun pointed at her. and then randall says something about accidently falling in love with her and he regrets using her, even though he's only apologising and admitting this now because she found out, and then she just. goes back to him. its fucking tragic

[welcome-to-green-hills]

Was it ever explained why Rachel hates Tom?

Oh! Y’all are asking big brain questions today! And I am HERE for it!❤️✨

I don’t think that it was ever explained as to why Rachel loathes Tom’s existence. The only thing that I can think of is that it’s for comedic purposes. I do, however, have an idea.

I think that Rachel is recovering from a bad relationship. In the first movie’s deleted scenes, it mentions that she’s a recently divorced mother who’s trying to get her life back together. This was said when she phone calls Wade to tell him to pick up Tom’s truck (or whatever is left of it). That, and Rachel warns Maddie to check Tom’s phone for dating apps. I definitely believe that Rachel’s been cheated on by her previous husband and is worried for her sister’s safety. But you and I know that Tom’s very devoted to Maddie. In the second movie, she felt comfortable with making amends with Tom. That’s because she in a good place.

I definitely believe that the tension that Rachel has with Tom is due to her healing from a broken heart.

[phasesgurl]

I decided to show you guys what I think the humans in the sonic movie should have as signature colors (note: not based on personality or anything, just colors they wear a lot or are seen on their posters)

[itneedsmoregays]

"uggh, that part in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 where Sonic and Tails suddenly disappear and it focuses on the stupid humans goes on FOREVER"

[sonicgirlsmackdown]

EXTRA GALS MATCHUP ROUND 1

Propaganda under the cut c:

Sonia the Hedgehog:

Sonic's sister!

I wasn't gonna submit her but I just found out that she accidentally made a cameo in sonic and sega all stars racing (mod note: WHAT SHE DID????)

The only movie girl who matters to me

[movie-robotnik-positivity]

Im genuinely tired about people hating on the humans and might make another post about it on my socials.

Like I get the Sonic stuff is amazing but people fail to realize humans are going to have a big part in the movie franchise no matter what. Like Tom and Maddie are Sonic's parents.

Also people complaining the wedding was stupid? The movies are meant to be silly and all complaints I see about that don't bring up actual writing flaws but rather fail to understand its meant to make people laugh. If you want a legitimate critique, I think Maddie should've been more relevant during it since it's her sister's wedding! But the wedding also is plot relevant and makes sense. Like G.U.N. wasn't expecting Sonic to come to the wedding their goal was to get a spy on the inside and wait for Tom or (most likely) Maddie to slip up or trust Randall.

Also the humans HELP SAVE MONEY! Like the movies aren't fully animated so they have a different budget than say the Mario Movie.

I think the problem is that many fans see humans as a necessary evil, something we have to put up with and endure before we get to the "good stuff", a compromise of sorts.

I really don't think that's the case. The humans are part of the story, they're not a side-plot like in a monster movie. If Jeff Fowler wanted to get rid of the humans entirely (or at least limit their roles more) he would, but that's not the story he's telling.

You can like it, you can dislike it. But there's nothing "unnecessary" about the human characters.