#feels like an attempt at justification that sonic would dislike and avoid on Principle even if he’s the only one seeing it that way | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

brittlebutch · 5 days ago

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sonic and snufkin actually kind of feel like very similar characters to me. holding hands over “my personal sense of freedom and dedication to making decisions based on what I think is right is what matters most, and if you’ve built some idealized version of me in your head then that’s none of my business and it’s not my responsibility if the reality of who i am lets you down in some way”. also the deep connection to nature and all.

#N posts stuff #this is also a little why i am extremely picky about fanfic for these two #bc fic where like. snufkin finally settles down in the valley or lets moonin come along on his winter journey or whatever #they grate because it feels like you’re getting rid of a core of snufkin’s character for convenience.#‘he would not fucking do that’ style. i don’t like it.#like you do you it’s not a big deal it’s just personal opinion #the same for sonic. for him it’s less about being tied down in a literal sense and more to do with. conceptually #like sonic is a character very Unavailable emotionally and i dont think that’s something about himself he’s willing to change #i think that sonic is a very Internal person and his personal sense of freedom is such that like #he doesn’t Care what other people think about him. in sa2 he doesn’t seem to care that he’s been mistakenly labeled a villain bc that’s #none of his business. and in tbk he’s blunt about how he’ll happily become the ‘villain’ in other people’s eyes if he’s making the choice He #thinks is right. i don’t think his aversion to emotional sincerity or openness comes from some Hero Persona #i think he just doesn’t ever want to be put in a position where he has to navigate his friends emotions about his emotions #meaning like. being open about your problems opens you up to people who think they know better than you and want to force you to listen #to them ‘for your own good’ which i think sonic would resent on a lot of levels. so he’s unwilling to make himself vulnerable to that #but also even if someone isn’t Forcing you to listen you can still hurt people by ‘refusing’ to take care of yourself the way They think #is best. so their emotions become a coercive force intentionally or otherwise which sonic would also resent #and sonic doesn’t want to resent his friends. so he’s like ‘okay i just won’t put us in that position then’#i also think he doesn’t feel a need to Justify himself to anyone. so explaining his emotions or the Whys of who he is #feels like an attempt at justification that sonic would dislike and avoid on Principle even if he’s the only one seeing it that way #anyway ‘he would not fucking say that’ but it’s sonic having a genuine moment of emotional honesty #i do think that snufkin is more. Open to his own emotions though. and the expression of them #Comet ‘weeping over the sea’ moment my beloved. sonic Wouldn’t do that i think #i do think he closes himself off to his own emotions he doesn’t want to be tied down by Those either #which is why i also think that sonic as a character is informed by repressed/dissociative amnesia #like i Am projecting a little but i also think it makes sense for him. ‘who i used to be is none of my business i only care about #who i am Right Now’ which is another reason why he doesn’t like talking about his honest emotions #bc if he talks about them then He can’t forget them properly bc that moment is now in someone else’s head for them to remember and remind #him of. and he doesn’t want to do that so it’s for the best if he never admits to anything so he’s free to ignore and forget what he wants #In My Opinion. these tags got long i wonder if tumblr is going to delete a bunch lol

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