#gerald is a cat

[maurofonseca]

here's all the classic sonic stuff I've been doing in the past few months, with text explaining where each character is taken from

[team-garlic]

[she-anemone]

sonics as various smiling friends season 2 characters

[luvkirby4ever]

Absolutely massive lore drops from Shadow Generations

Gerald Robotnik had 2 sons (which we have a picture of!!) whom he loved very much. One of them had Gerald's love of archaeology, the other his love of robotics.

The archaeology son is the one who initially discovered Emerl.

Gerald had found Angel Island and the altar of the Master Emerald but left things alone because he wanted to be respectful to the land.

^This explains why the Eclipse Cannon's core has a structure shaped like the shrine in SA2.

SPEAKING OF SA2... you know those cameos of Big the Cat in (the Dreamcast version of) SA2? Yeah, those are canon. Apparently he loses Froggy a lot which causes him to go on a ton of adventures. He even tells Shadow that he saw him running past a few times on the ARK.

Gerald was absolutely adamant about his research being used to help people, not develop weapons. He seems to have been constantly clashing heads with GUN who would not fund his research (which was to try and cure Maria) unless he was making weapons.

^Because of this, any weapons he developed (or in Emerl's case, studied) had some sort of counterbalance that Gerald would add in order to make the weapon suck less (see following couple of points).

He hoped that the technology that he developed to make Artificial Chaos (AI that can be added to any body of water to shape it as needed) would be used to help save flood victims by scooping them up out of the debris.

While studying Emerl he established a link and noted that since Emerl wouldn't listen to anybody else that at least he wouldn't be used for evil. He also attempted to change Emerl's AI to become "free-willed and emotions-based."

He didn't want to develop the Eclipse Cannon so it was purposely made to be too destructive to be useful. He figured he'd also use it to deal with Black Doom.

Project Shadow was named as such because Gerald thought the goverment were idiots for trying to make him pursue something as impossible as immortality. He saw it "as intangible as a shadow" and described the project as impossible as "chasing a shadow."

But when Maria saw Shadow she said "shadows let you know which way the light is" and Gerald remarked that she turned his bitter naming convention into something hopeful and pure.

Speaking of Project Shadow... we have a picture of Maria holding the little baby Biolizard!

Gerald developed the Chaos Drives (those things that come out of GUN robots that you feed your Chao in SA2) to try and apply Chaos Emerald energy to living tissue without damaging it. He used them on the Biolizard.

Gerald reluctantly provided GUN Chaos Drives so that he could continue researching a cure for Maria.

Maria loved the Biolizard.

The Biolizard grew large because of the experiments... which its body couldn't support. Thus the life-support apparatus on its back, though it seemed to be in great physical pain. It was hidden away in the area you fight it in SA2.

^These failures are why Gerald struck up a deal with Black Doom. Without Doom's DNA Shadow would have gone the same way as the Biolizard.

Maria has a little sister!!!

Maria was born on Earth and sent to the ARK because the low-gravity environment makes her condition more manageable. Gerald's journal makes it sound like Maria's sister was born after she got up there but in-game Maria mentions how she misses her sister so maybe not?

@nagichi-boop (I hope it's okay to tag you) has a nice post talking about the excellent "invisible disability" representation. Both Gerald's journal and Maria discuss aspects of her disability, including Gerald's anger the over ARK researchers who talk about Maria behind her back.

Maria helped develop Shadow's air shoes and inhibitor rings, her insight valuable as these are framed as disability aids.

If Shadow takes off the inhibitor rings, he'd probably explode.

Maria and Shadow were taught by a lady teacher aboard the ARK. Shadow never turned in his homework.

The only thing Maria ever saw Shadow consume was coffee.

Maria met Big in the white space and instantly loved him. Big asked Maria and Gerald if they wanted to go fishing.

Omega is not powered by Animals, Chaos Drives, or any Emerald-based mechanism. He mentions something about absorbing environmental energy or something? The takeaway is that he's probably not destined to end up like most robots in the series (dead) because he doesn't have a power source that's going to screw him over.

E-123 "I don't have emotions" Omega was worried about Rogue and values Shadow and Rogue's friendship. Just don't call it friendship.

Maria being up on the ARK for so long was causing strain and division between Gerald and his sons. Gerald was desperate to cure Maria and get his family back.

Big has met Elise.

Commander Tower was the only other kid aboard the ARK.

Gerald gave Shadow some pre-set memories so that his awakening would go smoothly. Maria and him became friends instantly.

According to Maria, Shadow is more confident now than when she knew him.

Gerald called Shadow son. I'm not crying you are.

Both in the journal and in-game Gerald mentions how he is sorry for the trouble and weight that he has placed on Shadow (because of needing to strike a deal with Black Doom).

Emerl was handed over to GUN to try and buy more time for Maria's research. GUN reestablished a link by showing him an increasingly dangerous amount of weapons until Emerl started to freak out and destroy stuff. One of his rampages caused an automatic SOS ping to be sent out...

...It was that ping that summoned the soldiers who killed Maria.

[scientistyaoi]

ponies ……

[fennecfiree]

heheh anyway lol

[flight-of-the-sacred-eagle]

Spoilers for Sonadow generations (you can pry that name out of my hands)

You know, I don’t see enough people talking about the dialogue. Not the cutscene stuff, although that is also peak, I mean the easily skipable stuff. The stuff you need to go and talk to character for.

It reveals so, so much. The one I’ve seen people talk about is how Gerald seems to have realized that he is dead in the future, which he really hints at, but I also think some of the stuff the other characters say is really underrated.

Take Omega for example. He states that Shadow should be able to turn his arm into a gun, yes, but later, he states that he’s willing to help protect Gerald and Maria (by destroying everything that tries to harm them, of course). And the little voice line that accompanies it is “I am helping Shadow!” Which is just. Adorable?

And then he suggests that, after all of this, he and Shadow go and bomb Egg bases. Which is awesome and shows that he clearly understands that this is probably not something Shadow is enjoying.

Maria states “I love you” to Shadow, multiple times, alongside saying she has a little sister but that’s a whole can of worms. I think she’s the only character to have actually stated the words “I love you” in a serious way in the games. She may be the only one to say it period. And to Shadow nonetheless- the character who has how many writing restrictions around him?

Rouge talks about how Shadow is one of the few people she respects, let alone trusts, which is huge. She also states that she’ll be here for him when this is all said and done, again because she realizes that this is going to fuck Shadow up pretty badly.

And then there’s Big. Not only is he now the second living character we know of to have ever interacted with Gerald and Maria (since Frontiers confirmed that Eggman did not meet Maria and probably Gerald as well), but he’s just… so chill. SEGA please throw him in more games just to continue to be chill.

Anyways, this is your PSA to interact with the characters in the White Space. Their dialogue, while small, is really good.

[sonicthetarot]

Sonic the Tarot Update #3

Hello everyone! We're back from our break to give an update. For one, Sonic the Tarot's Major Arcana and Suit of Cups lineart is now completely done! Here's a preview of the Major Arcana as a whole (please forgive the excessive watermarking).

It's also time to give a more detailed rundown of how the next few months will go. We aim to complete the art production phase by late August/early September. Then, we'll order a select number of decks before preorders... because we've been accepted into Sonic Expo 2024!

During Sonic Expo's event on November 8th-10th, Sonic the Tarot will be available for the first time alongside some potentially exclusive extras. The base deck will come with three components: the 78-card deck, a saddle-stitched guidebook, and a custom two-part box.

Once Sonic Expo is over, we'll open preorders for web-based sales; we expect these to be open for about a month, ending sometime in December. Afterward, once the manufacturer sends us the completed decks, we'll mail them out to everyone. Leftovers will be saved for future sale.

In the coming months, our branding will undergo a refresh to better reflect the deck's energy.

Additionally, we want to thank you all for being so patient! This is a dream project for us, and we're so excited to share it with everyone. Please look forward to more updates soon!

[murdercide626]

Well, I saw this Sonic tier list and decided to put one together. It claims to have "almost every" Sonic character, and that is accurate because there are some strange and glaring omissions, such as Tekno, Shortfuse, some of the Egg Bosses, and not to mention the Sonic movies aren't represented at all. But oh well, I worked with what I had.

Also, before you get mad at me for putting some characters in the C tier, just know that C is a passing grade which means I like them. D tier means I'm generally not very fond of them, but they can be tolerable or even likable to me under the right circumstances.

There are a lot of characters I didn't even put on this tier list just because I didn't have any strong opinions on them or I'm not very familiar with them.

Additionally, to reduce clutter, I only put one version of each character on the chart. For instance, rather that putting Modern Sonic, Classic Sonic, Archie Sonic, Boom Sonic, etc. on the chart, I just put regular, modern Sonic on there which basically represents all versions of the character, more or less.

And here's a link if you want to make one of these for yourself:

[estellardreams]

For @the-sky-queen's Sing AU, except it's the second movie! :D

Decided I wanted to mess around with this idea and see where it went. I hope you like it! ^^

Bonus: Non-Imaginary Planet of Love Under Cut

[requiem-for-a-fallen-angel]

Flashback, page 86.

In celebration of Shadow once again exploring his past in the new Sonic Generations, I thought I'd upload this on Tumblr, too. It's an old comic of mine that I originally put on deviantART back in the day (when my username was maria-robotnik). I hope you enjoy!

[i-justreally-like-cats-okay]

Gerry in a box

[team-garlic]

[artverso]

Gerald Parel - Black Cat

[eayenthecertifiedsilly]

Sorry for not posting for a few days, haven't been drawing much aa.

BUUUUT instead! I've been spending time hand sewing! Never done it before, this is my first project and I finished him the day after halloween.

Meet gerald the bat cat

[guiltypandas]

is their an Eggman in your warriorcats au?

Yes, there is! Meet Scrambledfur!

Scrambledfur was a River Colony healer, but really did some awful things as one. From not really caring for sickly cats to faking prophecies and omens to get a corrupt leader in power, he was in no way a good healer. The only thing keeping him in the colony was that he was an astonishingly good healer, just never used his skills to help the colony, only to help with whatever he wanted. Hence, why he went in the Dark Forest.

Here's some of his main family members!

(from left to right after Scrambledfur: Clearslate (Mr. Tinker), Dawnmouse (Belle), Rubypaw (Sage), Paledove (Gerald), Sweetpaw (Maria), Goosestorm (GUN Commander HELPP ), and Tallshadow (Shadow)).

They are all not very fond of him. All of them dont have good memories with him. But hey, at least he's dead and totally not haunting anyone, right?

Right??? Hahahah.