#fleetway comics

[mashounen2003]

I'm a bit surprised that Sonic acting differently on different media is still a topic of discussion. Like... This detail @mama-qwerty pointed out:

"The movie-verse is a separate universe from other media (I take all Sonic media as their own unique universes) and these versions aren't going to be exactly like the others."

This is already SEGA's official stance regarding the status of the Sonic series' multiverse and all the non-videogame branches of the franchise. It's been since their official Twitter account posted "Everything is canon" at least, even though everyone laughed at that tweet and thought it was just another pathetic attempt at modern humour from them.

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I suppose some fans' negative reaction to Sonic being "cringe" and actually quoting and referencing pop culture in the live-action movies is partly due to how Sonic was written in the videogames back in the 2010s, during the Pontac & Graff era. That was a time when SEGA saw a vocal minority of Sonic fans mocking their own "favourite" franchise on the Internet, spreading cheap memes and referring to the Sonic series as "cringe", and apparently decided they had to cater to them; this resulted in several Sonic videogames filled with low-effort comedy, easier to turn into memes, along with SEGA themselves using the Sonic series's brand Twitter account to basically mock their own flagship IP before the Internet even had the chance to do that first. A large portion of the fandom still doesn't remember those years fondly, and I'd not be surprised if they saw Sonic in the movies acting like that and it reminded them of wonderful gems such as "Baldy McNosehair" and "Green Hill is looking more like Sand Hill these days", even if expressing himself like this was actually in-character for Sonic.

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Anyway... Everything explained and pointed out by everyone else throughout this post could also apply to how I treat the old North-American canon from the Sonic SatAM cartoon and the Archie comic.

The Sonic from that continuity also lived a very different life compared to his counterparts in the videogames and the live-action movies: Robotnik had another modus operandi and started ruining everyone else's lives much earlier, which led to Sonic having to spend his childhood and early teenage years as a guerrilla fighter; Sonic also met Tails and a bunch of other friends when he was still 4 or 5 years old, which led to him already having some sort of family and having different priorities in mind. Besides, I tend to see the Sonic from the SatAM cartoon as a little bit younger than the Sonic from the videogames (only one year younger, though).

With all this, it's to be expected for this character's personality to change and evolve differently compared to its videogame version or any other version, and it'd not be surprising that this Sonic still has things to learn before becoming a character more similar to the more experienced, wiser, more emotionally intelligent Sonic we got in, say, the games of the Storybook Saga.

Something similar could be applied to Sonic in the British comic too. His life also goes down a separate path; the Robotnik of his universe was initially a good person and someone close to Sonic, which turns the entire rivalry between them into something deeply personal, which hurts even more; to top it off, Chaos energy in the British comic's universe works in a very different way that forces Sonic to avoid using it at all but also leads to him being this grumpy jerk who hates his life and keeps fighting for what's right but probably does it out of spite more than anything else.

I think one of the reasons Movie Sonic seems really cringe-y sometimes is not because he's doing or saying stuff that's unusual for Sonic's character in general, but that he's doing his normal shtick while referencing real world pop culture.

It's like when your friends from summer camp meet your school mates and suddenly all these very separate and distinct inside jokes start to intermingle. Sonic has always had his own world with its own culture that we've partaken in separate from our own world and its culture. So, yeah, it feels awkward for Movie Sonic to reference movies and television that we perceive as separate from his world.

"You're my Dad! You're not supposed to know what dabbing is!!"

I agree that it's a bit heavy handed and forced sometimes. (I still don't like the Winter Soldier line in 2; personal preference) But, Movie Sonic is not really behaving that different from other variations of Sonic. He's just referencing things I think many of us feel he shouldn't know about it XD

[shiliria]

The month may be over, but pride will never be🏳‍🌈!

All the thanks to @kapellosaur for the wonderful script✨

[essycogany]

Sonic As A Villain

I don’t have a name for him, but this is my interpretation of Sonic as a villain. Here’s a hint, imagine if you noticed it, but not through his personality.

I’ve seen many interpretations of Sonic as a villain and instead of having him be a Sonic but on a bad day like Scourge. Sonic but dark and more violent like in Sonic X. Or Sonic but insane like Fleetway or Chaos Sonic, let’s have something different.

Have you ever noticed how Sonic can always manipulate a situation? He does it a bunch when he fights or interacts with people. It’s almost never in a negative way, but it does come across as a bit prideful and egotistical. Usually everything ends up going his way or has to go his way.

I believe if Sonic was ever to be a villain, he’d be a master manipulator. Funnily enough Sonic barely ever lies about things in most continuities, but at the same time is able to trick people or bend things to his will whenever he needs to. I’d like to think a villainous Sonic would be perceived as a good guy. Like standing up for Tails, but instead of moving on and letting Tails join him, Sonic manipulates Tails into beating up the bullies who bullied him.

He’d make Amy feel as if she doesn’t need to fend for herself and tell her to rely on him whenever she needs help. Or tell Knuckles to never trust anyone or ends up not inspiring him, so Knuckles stays antagonistic and untrusting. He’d inspire people to be the worst versions of themselves. Therefore creating a toxic atmosphere. Ideas like that.

This Sonic would be one who’d not care about being famous or rule over anything like a dictator. He’s like normal Sonic in a sense that he goes by his own rules, but it’d be for the worst intentions. He also takes advantage that he’s fast and uses his speed as a weapon. Destroying homes, pulling pranks, stealing, messing up the ecosystem, and all that jazz. He might save the world if it meant he didn’t have to die. But he doesn’t care if some Egg-shaped scientist is destroying the world. As long as he’s not bothering Sonic, why should he care? If he does go against Eggman or any other villains, he’d most likely kill them on the spot. Not out of heroism, but just out of spite. He doesn’t like being bothered.

When he says he doesn’t mind being the bad guy, he means it literally. He’d lack the emotional depth Sonic has and be a caricature of the “Cool guy being a jerk” trope. He doesn’t care if he’s seen as evil or not. He just likes causing mischief. No tragic backstory for him. Sonic’s the way he is because he chooses to be. That includes when he’s the bad guy.

He could act like a good guy in front of a crowd, but in reality, he’s causing the issues people believe he’s saved them from. All you gotta do with an evil version of him is turn his best/worst attributes of his personality and crank them to 100. He doesn’t have to be wild and crazy about it. He’d be just as chill and laid back as normal Sonic. Except he enjoys the chaos around him. Unlike other evil interpretations he’s the most similar to normal Sonic. And it makes things so much worse when he causes problems.

This isn’t the perfect idea, but I do like the concept of Sonic but evil in a way that almost doesn’t change his morals/personality.

[aqspec]

Favourite insane deadly menacing scrinkle scrunkle after metal sonic

[siedaryth]

The Time Stone

(8/10) (many thanks to @kagulyhan for the translation!!)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Night Walker - art by Ken Barr (1993)

[shadowspronouns]

sparkle on !

[reinafish]

I was trying smth w my artstyle and wanted to draw fleetway-

Erm… that’s kinda fruity dude…

[bluutooth]

FLEETWAY AMY MY GIRL THE ONE AND ONLY

I doesn't feel like I made this shit back in march bro

[dibbzzepozzum009]

Coffee advice ☕️✨

[mr-arfvoil]

i'm literally shaking buy him brown contacts pls

[budgetaus]

If you Know Fleetway Super Sonic them you have Heard of Extra Life Sonic, right?

It's this Guy. Can you draw him pretty please?

Of course I know that guy. Thanks for including screenshots anyways.

Actually, fun fact, one of my AU's used Etxra Life's design for a while when I hadn't thought of one yet. The AU's called Roleswap and I'll draw him sooner or later with his NEW design but for a bit if you were uneducated you could mistake him for Extra Life. It's all old art, though, so I dislike it. But lemme show you.

Me 'n Roleswap (Extra life design)

Roleswap angst (Extra life design)

Sonic and Roleswap (Extra life design)

Sonic and Roleswap (Extra life design) if they went shopping together [Roleswap purposefully crashes into people and electrocutes them just cuz]

And I thought up the concept for this guy a LONG time ago. Scarily long. However, since this art is icky and is Roleswap (not Extra life) I'll draw a new piece for you. Because I just love bad, evil, crazy, and extra horrible.

Here's the less graphic version. Below it will be the "graphic" one.

That "what if" Extra Life escaped with a vendetta to just kill everything and everybody is nice food for thought.

(This took me 3 hours.)

[shiliria]

The demon 😈and the exorcist📿!

[alisaretter]

More fleetway stuff!!!

For no reason!!!

Yupeeee !!!

[aqspec]

doodle page with a randomly well rendered fleetway

[siedaryth]

The Time Stone

(2/10) (many thanks to @kagulyhan for the translation!!)