#acorn ramblings

[inquisitoracorn]

Sad Dragon Age feels hours for Varric and Hawke and Veilguard spoilers for end game!

Listening to You Have Everything That You Need off the soundtrack, which a lot of people will recognise as the song that plays during the moment where our hearts get shattered irreparably into pieces in the fade prison 🫠. I noticed it has this acoustic guitar motif which tends to play when Varric is around, and it stands out a bit because we don't get that many plucky strings in either Inquisition or Veilguard soundtracks, so Varric's quiet acoustic guitar bits resonate quite loudly especially compared to the bombastic tracks in the rest of the soundtrack.

Anyway coincidentally I also listened to the Hawke Family Theme very close to that and noticed both acoustic guitar and harp bits, and it made me think of Varric in Veilguard.

I am one of the players who left Hawke in the fade and I always had a lot of sad feelings about the sort of grief Varric has to go through after that, working for a cause that was so closely tied to him and Hawke before the Inquisition even began, then choosing to continue working for the organisation and person that ultimately got his friend killed.

But then I compare it to Varric's speech about acceptance in the fade prison, "my choice, my sacrifice, and you don't get to take that away from me" and I just think of how many years it must have taken him to work on getting to that stage after losing Hawke and accept his friend's sacrifice. To look past the blinding grief, the self-blame and resentment towards others, and ultimately risk it all to save the world and his friends just like Hawke did.

This ofc only works if you left Hawke in the fade, but it was too painful and beautiful for me not to cry about it a little bit 😭

[rayroseu]

"Because i want you to live a long and happy life"

[marichild]

being a luka fan is so funny because aside from all the posts interpreting him in bad faith on surface level there's not a lot you can do to defend him. "he manipulated the round and won" yeah he did and I'm sure acorn died as a result of losing in a completely fair and subjective manner. anyways luka sucks and we all love him for it

[misteria247]

Thinking about the thought earlier and how Sally would feel being in a place that's full of familiar faces and yet also full of complete strangers.

The constant reminders that the people that are her family are not them at all.

Sally going to tell Knuckles a joke only for him to give her a blank stare because he's not her Knuckles who shares that inside joke.

Sally going to ruffle Tails' head only for him to give her a confused and uncomfortable look. Addressing her as Sally or Miss. Sally instead of Aunt Sally.

Sally trying to communicate with Amy like she always does, briefly forgetting that this Amy isn't her Amy, and she'll be met with an awkward smile.

Or the worst one.

Sally going to reach for Sonic's hand, an unconscious thing because she's so used to doing it with her one true love back home. Only to feel him flinch away in surprise. Because Sally isn't his childhood friend or lover here, but instead of complete stranger.

Those moments that brutally remind her that she is very much alone in this sea of faces of people she loves. And the reality that her friends, the people she knew in her Mobius don't exist here.

There is no Nicole, no Bunnie or Antoine. There's no Rotor. They don't exist here. These people that she grew up with and who she, Sonic, Amy and Tails love more than anything are nothing in this reality. There is no Julie Su or any others of Knuckles kind. There is no her or her family in this place. The kingdom of Acorn isn't even a thing. Eggman doesn't have a nephew, nor does Sonic have his uncle Chuck. There's just nothing left of Knothole.

And the most painful part of it all.

Seeing Sonic and Amy interacting.

It's little details Sally notices. The way his emerald green eyes soften when they look at Amy. The comfortable way they tease and banter. The way Sonic leans into Amy's touch whenever she hugs him or holds his hand. The sense that they're in sync. It becomes crystal clear that the man she loves in her world is not the same as the one here. In this world her beloved hero, her heart, her soul, his heart belongs to Amy Rose. Her dearest friend in the world.

The pain Sally would feel, the heartbreak she'd experience seeing them together. The poor princess having to constantly tell herself that Sonic isn't Sonic. That the man in front of her isn't the one back home. In a way, she'd unknowingly be in her Amy's shoes. Pining for the blue blur and just wanting him to look her way with that soft, fond look. Happy for Amy but at the same time jealous and hurting at the entire situation. Added with her feelings of guilt for her crimes while under Eggman's control, Sally would start wondering.

Does she even deserve to go home?

She's hurt her family, nearly murdered Antoine, attacked Amy, Tails and Cream, and terrorized her kingdom that's protected by Nicole and Rotor. She's hurt Bunnie deeply. And....she tried to kill Sonic. The man she's loved since they were children. Would her loved ones even want her back? Could they ever forgive her for everything she's done?

[mirrorcatcreditcard]

Why won't my brain leave me alo-

Y'ALL I'M FINALLY WRITING THAT ALIEN STAGE HISTORICAL AU AND MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS GOING *DEEP* AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE EMOTIONS WELLING UP INSIDE OF ME THAT I CAN'T EXPRESS BECAUSE AHDLSBSKSBSK

I have everything I could ask for in a fic and more because I do what I want.

MiziTill dated as teenagers but they're now friendly exes.

Sua killed her fiance.

HyunLuka is in the fucking trenches but they're so perfect for each other I want to bash my head into a wall

IvanLuka is thriving in toxic yaoi as they play this fucked up dance of bargaining information and making out.

Ivan and Mizi are best friends in a contract marriage and pretty much have weekly sleepovers where they make crafts and rant about their crushes/relationships.

Till wasn't even assigned a gender at birth and is nonbinary.

Dewey bombs the clock tower at the capitol because he misread the mission before eating the paper.

The entire cast is queer; ¾ of the cast is trans (or maybe all the cast idk); ¼ of the cast is intersex (Sua, Luka, & Acorn [yes, Acorn is important]).

The fucking plot relies on discussion of aphobia and aroace erasure due to the empire's religion. (The entire main cast is under the aro-spec, ace-spec, or aroace-spec umbrella.)

Hyun Woo is alive and frequently swaps out jobs with his sister because they're near identical with enough make-up. Yes, they're spies.

Hyun-A is a revolutionary leader.

Multishippers, in case you're worried, polyamory/polygamy is encouraged. We have room for everyone.

You guys are going to love to hate the emperor.

Multiple different culture references because I'm afraid of just using one country and doing something wrong and pissing people off so all the countries are fictional

I'M GOING TO CRY ALL I WANT TO DO IS WRITE BUT I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS AND I'M WILLING TO MAKE ANYTHING OR DO REQUESTS BUT AKDVSKDBSKSB

I don't care who. Please go in my inbox and ask for something about this AU so I can center my tasks. Please, I'm begging y'all moots and strangers and followers alike 🙏 y'all can just ask for ship content if you want I'll feed you, prommy

(I'm supposed to tag someone but I forgot their user sksksks lemme go find it and add it)

[mei-redacted]

Acorn and Marty?

I don't know if anyone has brought this up but I'm pretty sure these two kids are Acorn and Marty...

I like how Vivinos does keep track of the background characters that die in the first few rounds, I think it puts an extra layer of tragedy to the whole thing. It really makes it feel like actual human lives where lost and not just like a prop that appeared out of thin air that are never seen again.

Idk man I got sad when I saw them in Karma :(

[thatonesillymomfriend]

THIS MF(my brother) THROWING ACORNS AT ME >:(

[introverted-ghost]

Ask and you shall receive @railway323

[bithegarden]

some of my snails :3 🐌💕

[sweetlittlevampire]

Obviously my grandmother's green pendant is still my pride and joy, but this is my new favourite daily combo. The acorn is silver and very tiny; the oak leaf is (modern so no lead) pewter.

I've had both for ages. They remind me of an old fave ship.

[wereh0gz]

Ppl hate on Lanolin for being a shitty leader as if that isn't Literally The Point of her character

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

Taylor Acorn is basically punk pop Maisie Peters idk why y'all are sleeping on her

[cornmazehater]

someone needs to take jenna and fli as a whole away from me this game is feeding the autism demons

every song I recognize in game is another song I need to listen to in it's entirety and then need to weave it into Jenna's backstory

also I keep getting jumpscared by bosses. I have never been so back

[r0ckyreck]

Sally and Shadow have a similar amount of depth to their stories.

A lot of Sonic fans don't like Sally, and a lot of them attribute it to her Lore being complicated

Even though we have Shadow's story right there

Not to dis on Shadow.

Shadow and Sally have really over complicated backstories. And they both work inside the Sonic universe.

They both talk about how lost you can feel when someone manipulates you, and breaking away from people's control over you will make you whole again.

They do take one different meaning and different goal for each: Sally is a lot more focused on helping her people be free even if it kills her, Shadow's honors Maria's wish to portect humanity but will do it in his own way following his path.

Their plot lines are so strong that a lot of the comics/games stories have a big focus on them, considering how detailed their stories are. So much so that you can say Shadow & Sally have their personal Villains (Black Doom, Mephiles, Infinite) & (Ixis Naugus, the SoA, King Max).

Now, they aren't inherently tied to Shadow or Sally, but they connect to their backstories that they have a bigger connect that even Sonic does.

End of my rambling

But yeah, this is all to say that Sally works in the Sonic universe, be it JP or US.

[misteria247]

A bit of a thought I've had for awhile bear with me here-

So during the robotized Sally Acorn arc I'd began to think about the Genesis wave and how it reset everything the first time. And it got me thinking this, what if the second time instead of resetting everything it instead sent Sally to the IDW verse? Like-

In the Archie verse she's still a robot, but when she's taken to the IDW verse Sally returns to normal. She wakes up, confused and with memories of her time as Metal Sally and she sees all this destruction around her. And with this sinking horrible feeling, she thinks-

'Did I do this??? Where's my friends??? Where's Sonic????!!!'

And with this dread, this guilt she gets up on wobbly legs, to see this damaged town. Sally doesn't recognize it but Mobius is vast. And it's then one of Eggman's rouge robots comes out, ready to rip her to shreds and Sally braces for it when a familiar blue blur takes it down. A familiar voice, belonging to a pink hedgehog calling out and the blue blur stops and Sally is just like he's here, Sonic's here. And without thinking about it she rushes towards him, so used to her beloved responding in kind.....

Only for him to stiffen when she hugs him.

Immediately Sally realizes something is very wrong.

Just you see what I'm putting down??

[ninjapotatohead]

The cinematic parallels are uncanny