#cyber corruption

[mement0m0r1]

guys! look at him! hes normal!

[thebluestofblurs]

what if shadow was apart of the frontiers story? what if shadow had to watch as sonic slowly endured a painful cyber corruption? and what if seeing someone so full of life and energy suddenly start wearing down reminds him of a certain person he was supposed to take care of who suffered from a condition that put her into remission?

basically i should stop talking because the only words that come out are hurtful

[sorelymisinken]

Lost in Translation

The corruption effects from Fishing Vibes were really fun to do, so I wanted to do them again

Time Taken: 4 Hours

Total Layers: 40

[sparkles-rule-4eva]

I'm aware this is random timing but I've wanted to analyze this scene ever since I saw it and I was rewatching the Frontiers cutscenes so I decided "why not now" lol

This scene right here.

First of all, I'd like to say that Sonic & Tails's interactions throughout this entire game are IMMACULATE. And while I've seen some people complain that Tails "wasn't concerned enough" at the fact that Sonic was so clearly sick, this scene begs to differ.

It also shows, in both a good way and a sad way, how well Tails knows his big brother.

The entire time before, Sonic's been (for the mostpart) going around with a front. Pretending he's fine and brushing aside everyone's worries about him to turn the focus instead on THEM and THEIR problems, not his. ESPECIALLY with Tails. And this little fox knows probably better than anyone that Sonic doesn't like it when people fuss over him. So he's been playing along. Doing his part, doing the best he could in his digitized state, staying busy and all the jazz.

And sure, a couple times before this, Sonic was acting more tired than usual around Tails, but Tails didn't point it out. And he still doesn't point it out here, but his expression and body language say it all.

Now the corruption's getting worse, and Tails is just about done pretending along with Sonic that everything's fine. This time, unlike the last two times when Sonic had defeated a Titan when Super Sonic had flown down to find Amy and Knuckles, Tails is the one who runs to find him afterward.

He's clearly very worried, especially when Sonic barely acknowledges his presence and is really just doing his best not to keel over at this point. Tails reaches out in a vain attempt to touch him — whether to comfort him or help him up, I'm not sure — but still cannot touch him at all for obvious reasons. He pulls back and just watches him intently with this deeply sad, almost regretful look on his face. The End starts talking again and Sonic lifts his head a little to listen, while Tails just quietly shakes his head as he looks at him. As if he's saying, "Please don't do more, please just take a rest, I want you to be okay." 😢 Or it could just as easily be a sad sort of understanding, a resignation to what Sonic does, like, "I want you to rest, we both know you need it, but I know you, I know you'd sooner run yourself to death before you let us stay trapped any longer. And I can't do anything to stop you." 💔

And then, after having his fists clenched in obvious distress, Tails tries to reach out again, one more time. Almost unconsciously, as Sonic looks up to where the voice is coming from. Almost like he does want to stop him. He opens his mouth for a moment, too, like he wants to say something, but bites it back at the last second.

Then he pulls away again. His face is nothing but sadness and worry. Sonic tries making a quip at The End's new instructions, but he's still so clearly exhausted.

It's also interesting how Sonic won't look at Tails this whole scene, until Tails asks in that tiny, scared voice, "Sonic?" and he stands up, tells him to hang tight, reassure him they're almost done. Trying so hard to play the part of strong older brother even here, when Tails can so easily see how sick he is. 😔

Their dynamic will always be so fascinating and sweet to me. Even in these darker, more painful moments, the familial love they have for each other is beautiful. 💙💛💔

[star-stages]

Wanted to draw some Frontiers art, also rain.🌧️

then the cyber corruption version

Timelapse below --->

(don't mind the scribbles, I write notes on my csp save to remember where I left off.) (cropped the photos here for this post also)

My favorite part was this little raindrop

[nightfurylover31]

This only lasts for a split second, but you know fan art of this is going to be everywhere! I look forward to it!

[000marie198]

Sonic stop absorbing every kind of magical/wacky/mystical/unknown energy you come across challenge

[ram-to-the-ham]

Bc I’m gonna be a bit busy with College projects and such I decided to go ahead and dropped these half baked doodles of my Sonic Frontiers au that’s been clanging around in my head for a bit.

——— Transcript of Notes ———

Top Left Doodle Note: Bandages help hide corruption spread…. Sorta

Top Right Doodle Notes: Corruption stays in extremities ie: hands/feet. The more Sonic uses the power the more the corruption crawls up his body. In extreme cases it will start to crawl up his quills. This is being treated sorta like the metal virus (in terms of spreading on body)

Bottom Left Doodle Notes: Can make hologram projection type things. Power works better without gloves (more contact.)

Bottom Right Doodle Notes: Tails is currently the only one who knows about it (powers and corruption.) Sonic initially didn’t want him to know, but couldn’t bear not telling his little brother. Tails doesn’t like Sonic using his powers, it worries him.

[cloud8doesstuff]

The new DLC is truly the dark souls of sonic fr fr.

[meteor-moon]

just watched sonic 3. holy shit aughhHHhhhHHH

[pedroninjavermiliongreen87]

LEGO Sonic x ninjago cross kingdoms lost between kingdoms: Pedro infected with cyber corruption on Chaos island v.2.

[raccoonbug]

Random Sonic Headcanon #16: after the events of frontiers, sonic has some lingering effects of the cyber corruption. Some are expected, like gaps in memory and random pins and needles. Others not so much, like randomly frying some of the electronics he’s come into contact with. Tails had to ban him from the lab because his frying caused one too many fires.

[umbrenshadowart]

Ah yes. I totally remembered to post this right when I finished it. Mhm. Totally.

[sorelymisinken]

Fishing Vibes has to be one of my favorite tracks.

Total Layers: 35

Time Taken: 3.5 Hours

[sapphireflame]

Sonic Frontiers inspired AU plotline for Indigo Park

Somehow or another, you've gotten yourself pulled into the digital existence of Indigo Park's AI system where Rambley resides. You made it back out into reality, but while inside, you found and "picked up" the personality profiles of the other mascots, and even out in the real world they're ethereally and invisibly being carried on your person. You can't interact with them, but you are able to bond them back to their bodies to restore the mascots back to their former selves.

It's a win-win, right? Well, that's where the Sonic Frontiers inspiration comes in. And I have two options in mind for how this could go. The more on-the-nose way is for you yourself to deteriorate with every such rescue, a la the Cyber Corruption plot point that inspired this whole thing. The other, since this whole thing centers around the AI system in Indigo Park, would be for Rambley to be the one paying that price instead, his own AI core corrupting more and more with each rescue.

In either case, the big question is this: can it be stopped or reversed, or will you be dooming yourself/Rambley? And are you even willing to find out?

[sonicreferencephotos]

Tails; Sonic Frontiers