#Sonic Destruction

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sonic designs based on the descriptions in sonic destruction the descriptions i wrote under keep reading

[colorsisgoodactually]

I gotta say one of the biggest casualties of AI art is one of my favorite things in this fandom, SnapCube's Sonic Destruciton.

For those unaware Sonic Destruction is an AI generated Sonic script that is maybe one of the most batshit insane things to ever exist. I love it. It's my comfort video. I've seen both episodes more times that I can count and will constantly quote along with them. My backup choice for the name of this blog was going to be a Destruction reference.

With the movement to AI art actually putting the livelihood of real artists in jeopardy it adds a horrible, ugly cloud over something that was once very easy to enjoy. And the worst part is that destruction actively proves WHY AI writing isn't the future.

Destruction is NONSENSE. Complete and utter NONSENSE. The only reasons it KIND OF makes sense is because Penny Parker works extremely hard to tie the script into some cohesive narrative. But the joy of Destruction is that there is a very specific KIND of nonsense that can ONLY come from AI. Things that NO HUMAN IN THIER RIGHT MIND would write.

Things like there being two Shadows for no reason, the endless repetition of "large", "Sonic I think you should sit there" Shadow points to the bathtub, Charlamaigne Bee, Shadow the Hedgehog for the PS2 being a documentary but also Shadow isn't Shadow it's Silver that's Shadow and ARE YOU CONFUSED YET?, Sonic is a human for no reason, Tails and Knuckles have gone feral for no reason, and whether or not this takes place on earth or if "Earth" is a simulation inside a PS2 game.

The point is that AI can't be trusted to write a cohesive narrative. It's not smart enough. So the fun comes from watching it make the wildest creative choices possible and watching Penny struggle in vain to make it make SOME kind of sense and watching the cast react.

It's a beautiful commentary on why AI can't replace writers and also brilliantly funny and like all great Sci-Fi cautionary tales, major corporations have looked at it and gone, "actually lemme get in on that action."

Not sure what point I was trying to make here, just that it sucks that the world is a little less bright now that people are actually trying to push AI beyond what it's capable of to the detriment of other humans.

The threat was never an AI turning evil, it was AI empowering already evil humans.

[p12lysanderdelanne]

Charlemagne the Bee

hey is this heresy

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THE REAL-TIME FANDUB ROADMAP GETS A NEW UPDATE. VERSION 4.

this is your guide to projects that range from mainstream to underrated to deep cuts, involving the RTF and SRTF casts. go through the fandub whimsy and enjoy the journey.

[version 3] [version 2] [version 1]

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[catholic-character-tournament]

Round 5 - Catholic Character Tournament

Jason art credit @Reincao

Propaganda below ⬇️

Jason

Okay it's cannon but like in an alternative universe because Comics. I just think the fact DC made Known Murderer and Reblious Teen with Daddy Issues a Catholic priest in a different universe. Just. Casually.

Jason Todd is may or may not be Catholic in the main timeline of DC Comics, but I the Flashpoint storyline, my man is a priest! He was a drug addict, thief, and in the Blood Brother cult before dying, only to come back to life and decide to become a priest in the hellhole that is Gotham. In the main timeline, he comes back after dying and stuffs a duffel bags full of heads! The common trait before all Jason Todds is that they all have to be as dramatic as possible. Dying and coming back as the most unexpected thing. Unbelievable. I love this man.

Shadow

In sonic destruction (the AI generated fan thing snapcube made a while ago) shadow was catholic or something which I think is reallyyyyyyy funny

Ok listen. I know this is a stretch but hear me out. He says “oh my God” in the Twitter takeovers so we know this is a possibility. I see him as a Christ-like figure because I saw his whole confrontation with Mephiles and was like “this is a thing that happened in the Bible??” and the pose Mephiles shows him in is literally like a crucifixion and Mephiles is meant to be a demon / false prophet reference. And also he’s called a demon in Shadow The Hedgehog 2005 then the guy who calls him that is like “I was wrong I’m sorry” and that also reminds me of a thing with Jesus in The Bible. But the biggest reason is his whole thing with Maria cause I think he’d come to earth and hear Ave Maria once and convert to Catholicism idk he’s like we’re comforted by a female familial figure named Mary sometimes called Maria?? And her color is blue????? Heck yeah I’m in because I Will Cry. Also feel free to share this as propaganda obv even if he doesn’t get in the bracket just. It’s funny.

I feel like he’d battle a lot with being seen or portrayed as a demon and how the aliens he’s related to very much look and act like demons idk lmao- and also I feel like confession would just be good for him I think he needs it for his mental health

There is a debate on the lovely website tunblr that Shadow T. Hedgehog is an allegory for Jesus Christ.

He is Jesus, idk what to tell you. He lived, he was sealed away, he was awakened again and deemed the ultimate lifeforms, he’s angry but not evil, does what he believes is best for people and the world at any given time. Total loser.

[sawnickrings]

ok I really want to redraw scenes from the Snapcube Sonic Fandubs/Sonic Destruction, but who should I use?

here's an example of my au designs and human designs

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Sonic Destruction Full Semi-Coherent Lore/Plot Summary

Had to extrapolate a lot in some places but I'm happy with how this turned out. Please watch the original videos.

Please feel free to share any questions about contradictions or plot points I didn't cover.

Years ago, an unknown government began the Daedalus Initiative, a project to produce a super soldier. Headed by Gerald Robotnik, who saw it as a path to his personal goal of creating the "Ultimate Lifeform," the Initiative aimed to achieve this by creating a being that combined the attributes of a human and a hedgehog. In order to achieve this, though, they had to collect hedgehog genetic material…so their eyes fell on Soleanna.

The kingdom of Soleanna (which was maybe ruled by a royal family of humans? I'm not 100% convinced Destruction!Elise isn't a hedgehog herself) was a haven for hedgehog-kind. The kingdom's young princess, Elise, was very close friends with a young black hedgehog named Shadow.

One day, though, when the two were on a class trip, the Daedalus Initiative sent their country's military to kidnap hedgehogs. The military was led by Gerald's son Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.

While they technically succeeded in this, Shadow among those captured, the mission went south and Soleanna ended up razed, which Eggman became the scapegoat for. Elise was left behind in the ruins, left to lament the loss of her home and her best friend.

It's unknown how many beings were produced by the Daedalus Initiative while it was active, but at least three would be created and go on to live through the Initiative's destruction. All three were at least partially clones from Shadow the Hedgehog and possessed some of his memories, particularly of Elise.

First was an exact duplicate of Shadow. Second was a being who, despite not being considered the Daedalus Initiative's biggest success, grew fiercely devoted to the Initiative's mission, to the point where he named himself "Daedalus." Third was the culmination of the Initiative's work--Silver the Hedgehog. Despite appearing to be just a white hedgehog, he apparently possessed enough human traits to be considered the first true success of the Initiative.

There was something more to Silver, though. Somehow, he developed psychic powers that led the Initiative--composed of scientists, remember--to conclude that he was an incarnation of Satan himself. It's unclear how and why this happened--if this was the natural result of a "hedgehog with a human mind," if Satan deliberately chose to manifest through Silver, or if it was a freak coincidence--but in any case, Silver the Hedgehog was the Devil himself.

Despite this demonic hiccup, things proceeded well enough for a time--until Daedalus interfered. Deciding the Initiative's leaders weren't harnessing Silver's psychic powers enough, he set about testing and training Silver to unlock his full potential. However, this ultimately resulted in Silver's powers going haywire and obliterating much of the Initiative--not just destroying it, but wiping most of it from existence.

The only known survivors were Gerald Robotnik, Shadow, Shadow 2, Daedalus, and Silver himself. Daedalus used his own powers to make the others think he had died, while Silver's memories were scrambled further through psychic trauma from the event.

The government collected what few files remained and wrote off the Daedalus Initiative, successfully covering it up--with one exception. As a fun side project, some of the Initiative's staff had created a video game with Shadow as the protagonist, and this game was eventually leaked to the public. The government took advantage of this and had it officially published, hoping it would help muddy the waters around the Initiative further--though they were perpetually annoyed at this symbol of their failure.

Gerald would go on to become the right-hand man of his son, Dr. Eggman. Since leaving the military in the wake of the Soleanna disaster, he had become a scientist himself and now sought to conquer the world through robots. On the side, Gerald continued his mission of creating the Ultimate Lifeform, now deciding to create a brand-new creature rather than a derivative of pre-existing species.

The Eggman Empire was opposed by the hero Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends, who would eventually be joined by Shadow and Silver. Shadow 2 decided he wanted to live a normal life and stayed out of the action and adventure. (Sonic, incidentally, would become the protagonist of a series of video games spun off from the Shadow game.)

Daedalus, meanwhile, began to study magic (inspired by Silver's demonic powers) through the writings of the Harbingers, a cult that worshipped the evil god Dark Gaia. He became obsessed with prophecy, concluding the Daedalus Initiative's mission was a divine one and that a "human hedgehog" would be the herald of the end times. He also came to believe, though, that Silver was only a stepping stone to that.

Daedalus composed a "Book of Prophecies" and set about gathering resources and allies to fulfill his prophecies and bring about doomsday. In particular, he killed Shadow and impersonated him to manipulate "Team Sonic."

Daedalus's chance came when Eggman began preparing his most elaborate and dangerous plan yet. Princess Elise had learned Shadow was still alive and tried to find him, but she was intercepted by Eggman and brainwashed into thinking Shadow had destroyed Soleanna.

Eggman prepared for an attack on the city of Station Square--Elise, riding a robot dragon, would lead an army of his newest robots, with Gerald's complete Ultimate Lifeform in the wings as a secret weapon.

Daedalus manipulated Sonic into infiltrating the Gunhold alone while his friends fought Elise and the robots. This led to Sonic fighting the Ultimate Lifeform on a ship en route to the city. As Sonic's friends weren't prepared to fight without him, the battle went poorly and Station Square was decimated.

Eggman, already having doubts about the effects of his efforts on the world, was horrified by the level of destruction and made a truce with Team Sonic and Jason King, the mayor of Station Square (who had previously defended Eggman when he was on trial for Soleanna's destruction, despite believing Eggman did do it).

Ultimately, Sonic sacrificed himself to destroy the Ultimate Lifeform and Elise's dragon in one fell swoop, his body carried off into space by Eggman's ship afterwards. Elise was freed from her brainwashing and asked to go back home to Soleanna with "Shadow." He complied in order to keep his cover.

Eggman's ship was intercepted by Daedalus's minions. Sonic, in his current state, was vulnerable to an unholy ritual that would both revive him and transform him into a human, which Daedalus believed was the true way to fulfill his prophecy. The resurrected human Sonic was returned to Station Square while Jason King met with Eggman and some of Sonic's friends.

Thanks to some brainwashing making him more evil and vicious, Sonic was compelled to kill Jason King and take over the city (as the prophecy's next step regarded the human-hedgehog killing "a king standing among his burning kingdom" and conquering said "kingdom"), but Sonic resisted enough to leave King alive and fled.

Later, Sonic managed to rendezvous with "Shadow" and Chaotix. Sonic was overwhelmed with everything that had happened, especially the alterations to his mind he still struggled to resist. Daedalus, set off by Sonic's "self-righteousness," accidentally exposed himself and subsequently revealed the real Shadow was dead.

Daedalus, despite his anger at his prophecy being subverted, had other matters on his mind. He needed to find and kill Gerald, who knew the most about the Initiative and had the best chance of devising a plan against Daedalus.

He used his connections as Shadow with the government surveillance group Chaotix to track down Gerald, who had fled during the Station Square attack to a research station called Skygard. Gerald managed to escape, though, and fled to Station Square.

While this happened, Silver's exposure to the Shadow video game sparked some of his memories about being a clone of Shadow. Silver explained Shadow's history to Knuckles the Echidna, though since his memories were still scrambled, he couldn't recall all the details and his explanation was very confusing.

Eggman then used a device of his to hook the minds of Sonic's friends into the Shadow the Hedgehog video game, hoping they could comb through the code to find secrets about the Daedalus Initiative, but something went wrong and everyone present save for Jason King was knocked out.

Gerald arrived and explained the full history of the Daedalus Initiative to King. While King questioned whether he should kill Silver for being the Devil, Eggman and Team Sonic woke up. However, the accident caused Knuckles and Miles "Tails" Prower's minds to devolve into bestial, non-sapient animals.

[elixsio]

sonic destruction lines/exchanges i randomly think about sometime s

SILVER: hey, dipshit.

JASON KING: hello, devil.

GERALD: the government spent millions of dollars on that project, and all they got in return was a FUCKING JOKE!!

ROUGE: they're children!

SHADOW: so were the soldiers that died under my command. we all make sacrifices in the name of victory.

VECTOR: what the hell are you playing at, shadow?

SONIC: what would elise think of this?! killing children, even if they ARE monsters... it's not what she would want.

SILVER: the king and queen of epirus were on that meteor. they died upon impact.

SILVER (shouting): doctor!

EGGMAN (shouting): what?!

SILVER: what if it doesn't work?

EGGMAN: it'll work.

SILVER: but what if it doesn't?

TAILS (shouting): IT WILL WORK!!

SILVER: can you at least give us a percentage on whether or not it'll work?

TAILS: NO!!

EGGMAN: let's try to get along, shall we?!

GERALD (muttering): and those idiots think i'd kill them over a few stupid mistakes... you know what? i would!

ELISE: ♫ steroids, steroids, does whatever a spider can! ♫

GERALD: and it's what gave me the idea. [...] the idea that by creating life, you can avoid death.

SHADOW: avoid death? you can't avoid death. you can only postpone it.

GERALD: precisely!

I'M

SO

SMART.

[sonicspeeddemon]

Remembering when penny parker snapcube in the sonic ai script reading was confused about the phrase “bat like wings” because in her mind that could mean

A) standard bat wings

Of

B) WINGS THAT ARE LITERALLY SHAPED LIKE THE ENTIRE BAT!

[thefakehedgehogaroundhere]

sonic destruction is actually the only good ai thing ever and it's just because half of it is written by penny parker and the rest of it is garbage

[dizzybevvie]

"They're children!"

"So were the soldiers that died under my command. :/"

is like. my fav line in all of sonic destruction and its criminal that no one ever talks about it

[effable-as-f]

The reason Gerald Robotnik is alive is that the storyline the movie is actually adapting is Sonic Destruction

[cawareyoudoin]

I can't believe the fucking Sonic Destruction lore is canon in the movieverse.

[the-sky-queen]

Nah, there's actually THREE Shadows in Sonic Destruction.

There's the Shadow who was the Prince of Soleanna who ended up becoming Silver.

There's Green Eyed Shadow (Who might be the Shadow who Daedalus says is dead???)

And there's the Shadow who's really Daedalus in disquise.

I just made Sonic Destruction even MORE confusing. >:]

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Semi-Finals - Catholic Character Tournament

Propaganda below ⬇️

Sister Michael

She drives a DeLorean. She does judo on Fridays. She likes a good statue and despises the French. Her full nun name is Sister George Michael, after the guy from Wham!. She is the fiercest nun you’ll ever come across and, if you’re attending Lady Immaculate College, she’s the woman in charge. So whatever you do, if you’re feeling anxious or worried or just need a chat: don’t come crying to her.

joined the nunnery for the free accommodation?

she does love a good statue it has to be said

She is the headmistress of a catholic school <3

sister michael so reminds me of the nuns who taught me. they're tough and sometimes a little harsher than a woman who dedicated her life to god should be but they're also wonderful people. i had a nun teacher who was 60 years old and would do handstands. another nun (also in her 60s) told me god was nonbinary. another was really mean and made me cry. (so did the handstand nun.) while the catholic girls school is The Catholic Experience, the school wouldn't have been the same for me or the derry girls without at least one nun who seemed to have sprung up out of the ground fully formed, ageless.

Shadow

In sonic destruction (the AI generated fan thing snapcube made a while ago) shadow was catholic or something which I think is reallyyyyyyy funny

Ok listen. I know this is a stretch but hear me out. He says “oh my God” in the Twitter takeovers so we know this is a possibility. I see him as a Christ-like figure because I saw his whole confrontation with Mephiles and was like “this is a thing that happened in the Bible??” and the pose Mephiles shows him in is literally like a crucifixion and Mephiles is meant to be a demon / false prophet reference. And also he’s called a demon in Shadow The Hedgehog 2005 then the guy who calls him that is like “I was wrong I’m sorry” and that also reminds me of a thing with Jesus in The Bible. But the biggest reason is his whole thing with Maria cause I think he’d come to earth and hear Ave Maria once and convert to Catholicism idk he’s like we’re comforted by a female familial figure named Mary sometimes called Maria?? And her color is blue????? Heck yeah I’m in because I Will Cry. Also feel free to share this as propaganda obv even if he doesn’t get in the bracket just. It’s funny.

I feel like he’d battle a lot with being seen or portrayed as a demon and how the aliens he’s related to very much look and act like demons idk lmao- and also I feel like confession would just be good for him I think he needs it for his mental health

There is a debate on the lovely website tunblr that Shadow T. Hedgehog is an allegory for Jesus Christ.

He is Jesus, idk what to tell you. He lived, he was sealed away, he was awakened again and deemed the ultimate lifeforms, he’s angry but not evil, does what he believes is best for people and the world at any given time. Total loser.

Vote for Shadow the Hedgehog

There seems to be some confusion in the notes. He is Catholic. It may not be explicit, but it can be inferred.

Shadow was created by Professor Gerald Robotnik, and for the early part of his life, lived with Gerald and his granddaughter, Maria Robotnik.

Robotnik is not a made-up name. Google Search results may only bring up pages related to the Robotniks of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, however, it is a rarely used Polish surname. Poland is a historically Catholic nation, and… come on. Maria is the most Catholic name ever. The Robotniks are Catholic. Shadow was created and raised by Catholics.

Now you may be wondering to yourself: Does Catholicism even exist in Sonic? The answer is yes, at least in the Archie comics, where Protestants are explicitly mentioned.

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Couple this with the fact that several characters, including Shadow, have canonically taken the Lord’s name in vain, it is reasonable to infer that Christianity, and therefore Catholicism, exists.

So… while Shadow’s own religious beliefs may not have been explicitly addressed… at minimum:

Catholic is a cultural designation that Shadow will always be allowed to claim based on the family that made him.

Whether he’d actually want to claim that designation is a different conversation, but the other propaganda does a fine job of explaining why it may be appropriate to headcanon him as a practicing Catholic.

Now that we’ve established that Shadow has as much of a right to be in this tournament as anyone else, there’s one very important reason you should vote for him:

It would be funny if he won.

Thank you.

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Essays are done!! Here’s some Shadow propaganda because the propaganda we currently have sucks and I need to fix that. While yes, Shadow being Catholic is a meme, there is more to outside of the simple “fandub said so” and its not quite stated its Catholicism but just how he behaves and his actions. There’s a lot of Sonic content so I will try to keep this brief. Gonna get headcanons out of the way.

Shadow is Chilean and so are Maria and Gerald Robotnik because I fucking say so and they’re Catholic. He definitely had un rosario next to his like. Bed or test tube whatever he slept in. So did Maria btw. Alright let’s move on because I am 100% correct.

Let’s start with some background for Shadow. Shadow was created as a cure for a girl called Maria and he grew to care for her as a sister and loved her deeply. He was artificially created but still holds a soul that is similar to Maria’s. Long story short, Maria is killed protecting Shadow who watches as she’s shot in front of him. He has his memories tampered by Maria’s grandfather, Gerald, who manipulates him into carrying out revenge on the Earth, even if Shadow ends up as collateral.

Shadow struggles with frequent identity crises, even before Maria’s death and always wondered what his purpose was, what he was made to do. Was he a weapon? Was he a cure? He’s the Ultimate Lifeform, but what does that truly mean? ? He’s Shadow, but what more is there to him? He doesn’t know what his purpose is other than what others have prescribed to him, and he guides himself through the will of others (something that he breaks through afterwards but not yet). Shadow at his core is self-sacrificing and constantly punishes himself. This is where you can see some of that good old guilt that everyone has been using as propaganda, but we also see someone who is giving and kind.

He is snarky in the game, especially when interacting with Sonic, but he’s having what is essentially an ongoing mental breakdown but keeps moving because it is his duty to his sister. He doesn’t believe himself important enough to continue on after her and sees it in himself to act out on “Maria’s wishes”. After the revelation that Maria’s final wish for Shadow was for him to make those on Earth happy and to protect them, he immediately sacrifices himself to do so.

Okay, that’s a lot and you’re probably asking “Okay, you mentioned he is a giving person and yeah he has guilt, but that’s not really Catholicism” and yes you would be right! So let’s go into the more important part of being Catholic. The charity, the community, the kindness, etc. Shadow is a very reserved person and has the habit of being a dumb teenager because well. Yeah. Anyways, he definitely has a soft spot for those he cares about and while his whole arc (in my opinion) is about finding the freedom of self-autonomy, it is also Shadow growing as a person and deciding not to save people because others have told him he needs to, but because he wants to. It is born from his soul and its his nature to care for people. It is who he is, and he knows it now. He’s not doing it because he’s a hero or because he is told to do so. Shadow is a very giving person and I think people tend to forget about that especially due to bad writing from the past decade or so. He is also stated to help out at food shelters and volunteers a lot. He is proud and a bit prickly, but he cares so deeply about those he loves. He is stronger with his loved ones and will always do his best to protect them. These are minor, yeah, but you don’t need sweeping and enormous acts to get attention for the good deeds you do. Most of what you apply of Catholicism is done at the personal level, between your friends, family, and community.He also goes to Mass whenever he can and if he can’t he goes to the capilla and also does the sign of the cross whenever he runs by a church. Cutting this off because this is already 740-ish words and I had to send these across multiple asks I am so sorry Catholic mod