#Sonic Musing

[greenyvertekins]

If NIDS is congenital as suggested by its Japanese naming, I wonder if that means that the Robotnik family line carries the mutation, if Maria's mother (Who wasn't a Robotnik by birth as Maria's father was the Robotnik.) carries the mutation or whether the congenital deformity was spontaneous and only occurred in Maria.

There's also the question of whether it's autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant. If it was inherited genetically and is autosomal recessive then both her mom and dad need to carry a copy of the faulty gene. If autosomal dominant only one parent needs to carry it to have a chance of passing it on. If it is genetic and autosomal dominant, perhaps Dr Eggman is an unaffected carrier and therefore could pass it on to any offspring of his had he cared to have any.

Hell for all I know it could be sex-linked i.e Only affects a specific gender with extremely rare exceptions. Like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy only affects boys with a 1 in 50,000,000 chance of affecting a girl.

[pleasantstarfishnerd]

Amy is a twist on the damsel love interest trope

Now that I think abut it, Amy is a cute twist on the "Damsel In Distress love interest" trope in videogames.

Normally the damsel shows up at the end of the game (or at least after the hero defeats a boss) to reward the hero with a smooch fr rescuing them . Amy on the other hand shows up near the beginning of the game and makes heart eyes at her hero (and gets kidnapped AFTER chasing him).

Amy throws herself at Sonic FOR FREE, while most damsel love interests just stand there waiting for the big strong hero to make the first move. Amy proactively chases her love interest Sonic (to his dismay) , though is what gets her kidnapped by evil robot Metal SOnic who holds her captive for the rest of the game .

At the end of Sonic CD, Sonic succeeds in rescuing Amy l , carrying her bridal style until they reach a safe spot. This is the moment in most platformers where the hero would receive a smooch from the damsel he rescued. Sonic instead of getting a smooch, puts Amy down gently and runs away from her . He actively flees her advances instead of embracing like most heroes would

[hismercytomyjustice]

oh my fucking god

i am in TEARS

[eiramuses]

Main villain stone in sonic 4 but its an "im either going to bring him back or kill you trying to" type deal

[tophthedaydreamer]

[greatdenimbeast]

Diamond castle au- introducing: Sonic, Muse of Dance, Comedy and Poetry

Sonic’s the only Muse that became one against his will (lets be honest, Sonic would never choose to become an immortal deity)

Mortal sonic:

He was a nomad, travelling wherever the wind took him. He loved seeing and learning about the different cultures and traditions he came across, and along the way he became quite the dancer, having learned from different places how they dance and adding parts of it to his own style

But at some point he became a ring fighter

I imagine that he caught the eye of Apollo during a sports competition but im not too sure about the specific details yet tho lol

Sonic definitely didn’t wanna be a muse and was grouchy about the whole situation but decided to try to make the best of it, and after a while he begrudgingly admitted that it wasn’t so bad, specially when he starts a rivalry with the muse of history and things start to get more interesting

[year2000electronics]

GOT ME FEELIN’ HOUNDED

AND SURROUNDED

[thewrittenpaige]

There are two kinds of aromantic headcanons:

Characters who want nothing to do with romance.

Characters who are so over-the-top longing for romance that they HAVE to be coping.

[saphstories]

Now I might be stating the obvious here but...

Ya think the reason Shadow is so offended by Sonic calling him a Faker is because it's the one thing Shadow is most afraid of? That slim chance that he isn't...real? That he's artificial...a fake?

[couch-house]

essential part of my stc sonic characterization is that hes gay and so so repressed about it. hes got some internalized shit to work through and it really bothers him when gossip rags start suggesting he's gay for not publicly dating any women. so he does that. for funsies, i designed sonic's six comphet girlfriends, and yeah, he's a piece of shit to all of them.

btw those lines next to them are sonics relative height. short king.

[joycrispy]

In 2022, Sonadow was #69 on the Tumblr Wrapped Top 100 Ships. In 2023, it jumped up to #46.

I am genuinely curious to see how The Year of Shadow is going to impact their ranking this year.

[greenyvertekins]

Saw this question in a Sonic poll and I'm curious on what you think, How long do you think Sonic and Tails have known each other?

Since they met on Westside Island. If you consider the Classic versions of the character 3-4 or so years younger than their Modern incarnations then 3-4 years I guess?

[pleasantstarfishnerd]

Sonic's cause of death

I don't know why, but i just can't see Sonic dying from natural causes.

I can see him dying from choking to death on a chilidog, experiencing death by misadventure or simply dying in combat though. If Sonic were to die it would most likely be through accidents or murder.

[hismercytomyjustice]

Can I just say how much I adore the domesticity Lee Majdoub brings to his role as Agent Stone?

Especially knowing how he approached the role as him and Robotnik both being orphans, which gave them a point of connection from the very beginning.

Sure, his character could look at him and just be in awe of his brilliance (even tho our boy Stone canonically has 1 IQ point higher than him) or just fall over himself to appease him. But he doesn’t.

It might look like he does. He’s constantly bending over backwards to accommodate him and take care of him, but it’s not because he’s a mindless sycophant. It’s because he knows what it’s like to be alone and he doesn’t want Robotnik to feel that way anymore.

When we first meet Robotnik, everything about him is all shiny and chrome. But as Stone becomes more involved in the series, we see all these soft little touches being added. He takes those sterile spaces and makes them an actual home with additions like the granny square blanket.

(It’s not confirmed but regardless the man has shown he’s proficient in the textile arts, dammit. And who else is that crab is gonna make a granny square blanket?! WHO???!!!)

He cooks, he cleans, he tailors, he makes coffee, he helps him with his evil plans, he supports him and his dreams, he takes care of him.

Most importantly, he’s there for him, no matter what.

Robotnik consistently laments the fact he never had a family throughout the series, but he does.

Agent Stone took the time to learn how to do all of these things and also to share them with Robotnik. Because he understands home and family are what you make, not about who you share genes with.

And like, even when Robotnik bounces to go hang out with his long lost grandpa, Stone’s only concern is that he’s not being completely honest with him and that Robotnik could get hurt and he’s right.

He doesn’t tell him to stop spending time with him or that he shouldn’t care about him. He knows how much Robotnik has always craved a familial connection and now he has one! He’s willing to step back, even though it pains him, so Robotnik can realize that dream.

And when he’s proven right, he doesn’t gloat or act betrayed (even though tbh he has every reason to). He’s still there for him. Because Robotnik is his family.

The movies are all about found family and how, even if you lose the people important to you, that doesn’t mean you’ll never find someone to love and be loved by in return. We see that with both Sonic and Shadow. And especially in Maria’s quote about how “The light shines, even though the star is gone.”

Love is a choice. How you express love is a choice. This is especially true in the third movie. Robotnik’s grandfather is ready to burn everything to the ground so everyone else knows how Maria was taken too soon and feels his pain. But he had an opportunity to build a new relationship with his other grandchild. To take the love he had for Maria and her love for him and to share it with Robotnik. He can choose to love and be loved in return.

It’s not like Robotnik doesn’t freely give him his love. Even when his grandpa is about to straight up murder him, he still has a moment where he wants to tell him he loves him. Even after all his grandpa has to say to him is “You’re no Maria.”

(TOP TEN ANIME BETRAYALS OF ALL TIME)

Stone and Maria are great parallels too. Robotnik in the first movie feels so removed from humanity. His #1 priority is himself. And I think if he’d met his grandpa in the first movie, before he’d built his relationship with Stone, he truly would’ve believed his grandfather when he said, “There’s no one down there who cares about you.”

Instead he sacrifices himself (hopefully he‘s still alive somehow, please please please) for the sake of humanity. Or, tbh for the sake of his real family. He murked his grandpa without batting an eye the second he realized Stone was in danger.

We see this paralleled with Sonic too after Tom is hurt. He lets his grief and fear get the better of him and he initially makes the same decision as Shadow and Gerald did. He chooses to act in hurt and anger. Shadow calls him out on it too, telling him he made the same choice to take revenge, regardless of what the people he loves would actually want him to do.

IDK MAN. I just love these movies so much and I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS. T^T

[zippityzap]

Taking back the throne

[buildoblivion]

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