#The password being the name of his deceased older sister figure

[blu-ish]

THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING LIKE?????

Clearing up something that no person on this planet has given a shit about since approximately 2012:

G.U.N isn't mistaking Sonic for Shadow in Sonic Adventure 2, they're fucking framing him.

like it's a subtle bit of storytelling, it's not explicit stated as far as i remember. But it's there.

for some reason everyone just takes sonic's word for it when he says this, and then they get really confused because sonic and shadow barely look alike.

But if you think about it for like 5 seconds, sonic is the least qualified person in the story to make this assessment, he doesn't know shit about project S.H.A.D.O.W, he doesn't know who shadow is or anything like that.

the military knows literally of this though, they know EXACTLY what shadow is because they've been keeping him a secret, frozen in their basement for 50 fucking years.

Then suddenly he breaks out and does so many crimes it's insane, and if word got out about this top secret government project they killed an entire space colony full of people to get their hands on, they'd be fucked, they don't want that to happen, so they throw their hands up and go "uhh it's probably this blue fucker who runs fast and does ecoterrorism. it's that guy who did all those crimes and we need to arrest him and kill him probably, please for the love of god don't look up what happened on the ark"

basically sonic's wrong as shit and sometimes in stories characters say things that aren't true because they don't know better

if you'll allow me to be a weirdo who gives far more weight to the narrative element of these children's video games where funny cartoon animals jump around, sometimes you gotta read between the lines

[danny-the-intern]

[[ Lets get reacquainted with our boy ]]

Daniel Talbot

Age: 24

Height: 5′10

Occupation: Electronics repair and programming, former recipient of the Monarch Intern Program (MIP)

Known Relatives: Helen Talbot (sister, deceased) San Lin (grandmother, deceased)

Known affiliates: N/A

Bio:

Daniel was born July 7th, 1996. Him and his sister spent most of their early life living with their grandmother Lin, who suffered from radiation poisoning and spent the remaining years of her life in and out of the hospital. She passed in spring 2005. Daniel grew up being raised primarily by his older sister, Helen. When Daniel was 16, he suffered another tragic loss when she was killed by a stray bullet during a police shoot out. Daniel, being quite tech savvy, fell into depression and started to engage in high risk behavior, including hacking into the mainframe of a certain monster researching organization. After being confronted by Serizawa personally, Daniel was convinced that his freedom was forfeit. However, Serizawa allowed him to go free, and even offered him a potential position with the secret organization ‘Monarch’ when “the time is right,” as he put it. After the events of the summer of 2014, Daniel applied for the newly introduced intern program at Monarch’s research facility, ‘Monster Island.’ 

Originally tasked with merely monitoring the operational functionality of the various systems used to monitor the monsters, Daniel’s curiosity led him to get closer (figuratively and literally) to an animal that would frequent visit the facility, Gojira. Being surprised by Gojira’s calm and somewhat melancholy nature, Daniel took this new opportunity to learn all he could about him in order to improve his quality of life, as well use his findings to search for and discover other hidden monsters. After making many new discoveries, and new friends, it was beginning to look like Daniel was rising to become a valuable member of Monarch. However, in 2016, for reasons unknown, Daniel resigned from the intern program and left Monster Island. He currently works and tech repairman and lives alone.

Gadgets (in order of appearance)

Laptop: Where the magic happens. Just like Dan himself, this thing has seen better days. Between getting dropped in water, crush under rubble, and tossed around like a frisbee, its a miracle this thing even turns on. Dan’s never given up on it though. Having gone through countless repairs, this device is his main source of data storage, research, and programming.

Electronic Keys (from right to left): Each of these insertable chip keys was programmed and designed by Dan, in the event that he ever saw fit to hack into someone else’s mainframe. The override key - used to rewrite and take control of outside systems. The bypass key - used to get through tough security programs and work around password protected computers. The virus key - name says it all, this key contains a powerful virus that is capable a bricking almost any device using today’s current forms of software.

Neural Interface Helmet: Originally intended to be used as a method to directly communicate with monsters without the assistance of the Shobojin, Daniel used this to inspect the mind of the SDF’s mechanized weapon, Kiryu. The results were.... unpleasant. Dan doesn’t really use this anymore.

Geiger Counter: Comes standard issue for anyone employed by Monarch. Used to pick up any changes in atmospheric radiation. Comes in handy when detecting a nearby monster.

Patient Data Watch (PDW): Another invention of Dan’s, originally conceived to store all data he collected during his time as an intern to help him better understand and help all the monsters he encountered. Capabilities include  storage space of 100 GB, hologram projection, voice activation, password/codename protection, maps of known and current locations of monsters, and direct links to Monarch satellite systems (which is probably illegal, but eh). Like the neural interface however, it no longer serves any real purpose for him, so he just leaves it lying around.

[impr0bablyhighrn]

Fallout OC Profile:

(Feel free to send an ask for any of this, I tried to keep it brief.)

Full Name: Sebastian Nathaniel Matheson III

Also Known As: Bass

Species: Human

Sex and Gender: Cis Male

Age: 32 (approx. 242)

Birthday: 19 April 2045

Birthplace: Boston

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Marital Status: Widower

Religious Beliefs: Agnostic

Notable Strengths:

He is incredibly charismatic and a very successful flirt. His good looks don’t hurt, but he can charm almost anyone if he tries hard enough. He has a talent for reading people and understanding their motives, which helps him tremendously in navigating the wasteland. He has a good tactical mind and is an excellent team player. Despite people’s first impressions of him, he is very focused, attentive, and dependable.

Notable Weaknesses:

If you’re on good terms, he’s incredibly patient with you, but gets very impatient once you lose that rapport. He has no time for people he doesn’t think are worth it. Bass is impetuous, short-tempered, aggressive in both positive and negative ways, and sometimes vain. He is…not great…with stealth. He’s capable of it, and historically successful with it, but his adrenaline can really get the better of him and usually it’s much easier for him to go in guns blazing.

Favorite Attire:

Currently, his vault suit with armor, his Minutemen General’s hat, and sunglasses. Bass is a sucker for a badass coat, though…it makes him feel like an action hero. He’s also pretty fond of his pre-war clothes.

Nuka World shirt and jeans. Ratty sneakers. Cappy glasses. Star Spangled Bandana.

Favorite Weapons:

Powerful energy rifles (plasma, gauss), Deliverer silenced, December's Child silenced, Cito's Shiny Slugger, a silenced ballistic sniper with a long recon scope or Reba II, Nuka Nuke Launcher, Partystarter, Broadsider, Spray n' Pray, plasma grenades and things that make BIG booms...all modded and upgraded for maximum damage and utility. (Updated june2018)

Personality Details:

Bass is funny. Like, really f*cking funny. He’s also a civilized human being with well-tuned situational awareness, so when you first meet him he’s all business. If he gets the quick impression that you have a sense of humor, it comes out immediately. If he senses you’re an a*shole, he roasts you mercilessly and will never stop. He is shameless and bold, and not afraid of asking questions. Bass knows how to have fun. He’s good at putting a humorous spin on bad situations, so people who don’t know him tend to think he isn’t taking things seriously…but really it’s quite the opposite. He doesn’t ALWAYS have the best moral compass and can find himself being swept up in criminal activity (he let both Paul and Henry die in Diamond City Blues, then killed Trish after getting her password), but generally he wants to be a good-guy and tries to do the right thing.

Backstory:

Bass had a pretty normal childhood with both of his parents and his two sisters. He got kicked out of his private school in the 8th grade for being a troublemaker and an incident involving cherry bombs and the girls’ restroom. After that, he attended public school, which is where he met Nora. He sat behind her in math, and she would help him when he struggled. They became friends relatively quickly, but Bass never saw her as more because he was a superficial snot and Nora was always a little bit plump. He dated basically anything classically “hot” with a pulse until senior year. He had decided not to go to prom, because he didn’t want to “waste the money just to be there 5 minutes”, but when he learned Nora was dumped by the guy she was seeing a few days before, he asked her, as friends, to cheer her up. He took her to a nice dinner before, and they stayed at prom the entire time. Their night was full of dancing and jokes, and that was the first time Bass realized he had feelings for her. When he dropped her off at home that night, he kissed her like a cheesy movie.

After high school, Nora went to work to save for college and Bass enlisted. He figured it was only a matter of time until he was drafted, anyway, and at least wanted the benefit of making the decision his own. He and Nora were able to stay together for awhile at first, but he broke it off with her when he learned he was being relocated. He slept his way around for a year or two, until his sister Shannon, her husband, and their toddler were killed in a car accident. Something in him changed almost instantaneously. He grew up. Nora was still close with the family and came to the funeral. Bass basically ran up to her after years of absence and kissed her like she was the most important woman on Earth.

They got married at 25. Within a year they had saved enough to put Nora through school full-time. Bass was honorably discharged just before his 30th birthday. They learned Nora was pregnant a week before she graduated. They named their son Shaun to honor Bass’ sister. He presumes the rest of his and Nora’s families died from the bombs or sometime before he thawed out.

Known Family:

Nora (wife, deceased), Shaun (son), Shannon (older sister, deceased), Sarah (younger sister, deceased), Sebastian Jr. (father, deceased), Isabella (mother, deceased), Lucille (niece -Shannon, deceased), Micah (brother in law -Shannon, deceased), Finn (nephew -Sarah, deceased), Asher (nephew, -Sarah, deceased), Rahim (brother in law -Sarah, deceased)

Habits: He’s a joker, a smoker, and, since leaving the military, a midnight toker. Licks his lips a lot when he’s thinking, but has no idea he does it. Drums his fingers on his legs to match the syllables of the words he is thinking of.

Likes: blowing things up. He gets weird enjoyment out of hunting radstags, so he sells meat and pelts to settlements and traders for extra caps. He looovvveeesss Sugar Bombs and hoards them.

Dislikes: Ferals give him the heebie jeebies. Tyrants.

Character Alignment: Chaotic good

Theme Song:

“Hopeless Wanderer” - Mumford & Sons

Life Philosophy:

“Don’t write a check that your ass can’t cash”