#but yeah with how many characters sonic has and how wishy washy it is with giving us screentime with em and stuff

[nibwhipdragon]

FAVORITE SONIC SIDE CHARACTER

Also I love your header I just saw it

UHHH. What counts as a side character actually. I've been thinking about this since I saw the ask.

I'd say Rouge, or Chip? I love both of them a lot, both in terms of character and design. Rouge was way more important in SA2 and Heroes than more recent games I believe and Chip was only important in one game so I THINK I'd count them as side characters. I think.

[beevean]

Y'know, with how much apathy Flynn has been commenting on his own writing in recent BKs, I'm starting to wonder if he feels almost... resentful(?) of his current position/influence?

I mean, think about it: the dude is placed upon the shiniest of pedestals by a good chunk of the fandom, almost everything he writes/says is taken as gospel or at the very least, considered better than anything Sega ever did, his fans basically write all his original characters' character for him, the list goes on.

I feel like he now knows he doesn't even have to try to make an effort in his writing anymore, the fans will just apply author merit/intent where there was none ("it was all in there, you were just too dumb to get it!"). And the most he can muster to say about this is a shrug and something along the lines of "you do you, I suppose".

I'm not writing this to make anyone feel sorry for him, I'm just wondering "mister, why did you even become a writer if you are making quite a clear impression that you could care less about your own work, to the point of making people think you secretly hate your job?"

I lost count of how many times he expressed outright resentment against SEGA, from him acting all offended that they dared to tell him that Shadow doesn't talk that much, to him spreading the notion that SEGA is homophobic because they wouldn't canonize his ship.

On top of this, he rejected Lavi's question about Sonic's morality in a snappy way because "no matter what I say, people who agree with me will be galvanized and people who don't will get angry". Basically, making it loud and clear that he's sick of the Discourse he himself created (but still making clear that he thinks that Sonic's morals is stuff "baked into the games").

I don't think he likes his job anymore. Archie was fun because no one gave a shit, but now? Yeah.

I wonder if he'll ever get hired again for a Sonic game - or if he'll accept the job.

But hey, on the plus side, no one cares about his Bumblekast so he's allowed to be as wishy washy and unprofessional as he can be, what a dream right? :^)

[your-sunshineandrainbows-blog]

Awkwardness

I am a VERY awkward person (in my opinion anyway). I can’t have conversations without anything stupid being said, or an awkward silence or two. Besides the negatives, there are positives – like the fact that anything awkward that happens can make for a great joke in future references, brightening the mood of the person you are conversing with (hopefully).

In this blog, I’m going to be talking about the things awkward people do. There’s quite a few so fasten your seatbelts kids, Mumma’s gonna take you on a trip *makes awkward hand motions and grins weirdly*.

1)      You can feel your awkwardness through pictures:

There have been SO many times where I have had a photo taken of me and I’m either hunched, I’m fake smiling, or the person taking the photo caught me mid-sneeze or something (therefore making me look like a wishy washy scary gorilla). There’s one style of picture taking that I really don’t like that much. I mean I don’t really mind, it just depends on the situation. Ok, so this is the full body image. The photos like the ones you get when you go on holiday and your mum and dad want you and your brother to pose in front of a sign or something. There’s one that looks so awkward and it’s at the Christmas ball at my church. My dad wanted a nice picture of me and my brother together and man, *rubs face* I looked so stupid. All hunched and insecure because people were watching it being taken :D. Woooooo. There’s another one from where I was forced to go to a school disco once when I was younger *tuts and rolls eyes* (ahem… mum) because I don’t ‘socialise’ enough. Pfffft, waaaaat… I totally socialised… with my favourite TV show characters. She put lip gloss and mascara on me and told me to sit down and smile at the camera. Yep, and I can’t believe I’m doing this but here it is peeps:

I mean, c’mon... that makes you feel awkward just seeing it. Right? :D

2)      Sharing stuff in front of audiences:

Heck, I find talking in front of groups of people so intimidating. This is not just on a stage, this is in meetings and presentations… all sorts of situations. I really dislike those times where you have to share your thoughts on something that you have no idea what to say about, so you’re awkwardly sat there thinking ‘ahaha, what has my life come to – what the heck do I say?’ Goes the same for when you have to give your opinion on something right off’ the bat. That one makes me want to tear my hair out, and oh man Imma be doing that tomorrow because I actually have an interview (Lord Jesus, I pray that you help me). I’m just sat there like ‘ummmm, ahh, uhhhhh… sorry, what was the question again?’ I’m a thinker, so when people drop bombs on me I haven’t a clue how to answer, and when I try it sounds so clumsy.

3)       Eye contact:

For me I find this very hard. Over the years I have learnt its ways. I still have those moments where I think to myself ‘I am interested in what this person is saying, so I should keep eye contact with them’ *stares at their eyes and joins in conversation with them* ‘but then I don’t want it to look like I’m being a creepy weirdo, staring through into their mind or something… I should stop’ *looks elsewhere* ‘Gosh darn it… now I look awkward and un-interested’ *doesn’t know where to look anymore*. That, ladies and gentlemen, is ‘La historia de mi vida’.

4)      Seeing people, you know in public:

There have been many a time where I have seen people I know, from school, college, church, work… wherever. It is as though I have turned into the female version of James Bond when I see them from afar. I remember one time I saw my Physics teacher in an outdoorsy shop. I was with my brother trying on new hiking shoes and we see her across the room. My brother hadn’t had her before so had no clue and did not care but heck I ran, jumped, and did of those dive rolls (I’m being over dramatic but I did run and jump). Don’t get me wrong, she was one of my favourite teachers but I don’t like small talk. I always find it kinda exhilarating hiding from them around a shop. It’s like ‘Is she there?’ *talks into imaginary walkie-talkie* ‘No, coast is clear – GO, GO, GO!’

5)      Laughing:

It always ends up being me, the easily entertained one, that laughs at almost everything. Something like someone’s voice crack, or them pulling a funny face has me chuckling to myself. I had this problem at school once. You see, I took triple science in school so I had many a class in a science room. All three of my teachers were THE BEST and sometimes pulled some good lols out of the bag. I remember one time they said something under their breath and I literally laughed out loud. Like, the whole class were quiet and there’s little old me on the middle row literally doing an LOL thing. Everyone looks up from what they’re doing and I obviously go red like ‘Heck yeah… woooo… no? Ok.’ My friend next to me is like ‘What are you laughing at?’ and I’m like ‘Oh, aha… nothing. Pfft, nothing.’ That’s when you look even more stupid and awkward because then it’s like ‘So, what were you laughing at?’ Hahaha *sarcastic/awkward laugh* just something in my head – I’m not weird at all.

6)      Walking:

Does anyone have that thing where they are walking perfectly fine, perfectly normal and then someone suddenly is walking behind you… and you can’t help but walk like a penguin just learning to walk or something. It is truly frustrating because you feel like turning to the person behind you to either tell them to stop looking or that you can actually walk like a normal person.

7)      Parties:

I try to avoid social interaction on a daily basis. It might be hard for some people to see that but I either put myself in that situation because I know I’ll enjoy it, or I don’t because I know I’ll end up playing fetch with a random dog outside instead. Usually I will hog the buffet table and sit, eat food, and if someone comes over to talk to me I’ll make awkward eye contact and just nod and smile.

I hope you enjoyed that little insight into the world of awkwardness. I think my last and final “Awkward thing” would be when you have to talk to strangers on the phone for appointments and stuff. Heck no. Get me away from those situations. For all I care, ask sonic to carry me to the nearest coffee shop so that I can read all the books I want.

Besides the weirdness of my blogs, I hope everyone has a wonderful day :)

CIAO *waves goodbye and swishes hair*