#he’s the werehog because yeah

[0vergrowngraveyard]

what if i said a boscage mage version of sonic just forced his way into my brain and now him and mangey are all i can think about for the time being? what then?

[hyper-cryptic]

Back at it with my werewolf shenanigans!!! Meet He ! !! And also Hunnigan is there because I decided to make her an actual character in this AU <3

[essycogany]

Small Things Can Make Big Differences 🩷

Hi, Fans Of Amy Rose!

This is my opinion and we don’t know what could happen between now and Sonic Movie 3. Anyone can disagree. I’m 100% fine with that and this isn’t going to tarnish my enjoyment of the film at all, but I’ve got to get this off my chest. I’d love to see Amy Rose in Sonic Movie 3 and would be disappointed if she wasn’t in it. Yeah, she’d probably not have a HUGE role or time to develop as much. I get it, but at the same time, I personally don’t think we should shy away from characters having small arcs.

Tails had one in Sonic Movie 2 and I wouldn’t say the movie would’ve been better without him. I don’t think we should have to justify a main character like Amy who’s existed before KNUCKLES (and debatably Tails) being in a movie about her own franchise. We shouldn’t have to wait a whole year for it either. Stuff takes time sure, but other movies with Pokémon, the Avengers, Mario, My Little Pony G4, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and many others did it and did it well for the most part. Most of these have tons of characters that they wasn’t afraid to show in one movie. Characters with smaller roles still impacted the movies and in a memorable way too. We shouldn’t be so timid in bringing Sonic characters in Sonic movies. They’re just as marketable as these other franchises. The successes of the Sonic trilogies proved that.

Without Amy or other characters it doesn’t feel as full as it could be. Not saying we should’ve got all of them from the get go but a little more would be nice.

I’m saying this respectfully but that doesn’t make sense especially if we have enough time to flesh out the human core characters/side characters who aren’t even part of the main franchise and not the ones most audiences came to see in the first place. I’m neutral and understand both critiques and defenses so you can decide where to go to on that.

Back to before, you don’t need long drawn out character development in order to be written well. Tails turned out fine despite his small role. Heck, Amy’s roles in the GAMES were usually small but not less impactful because of it. Amy practically helped save the entire world with her “small roles” and one for an emotional and impactful moment with Shadow. Even small things can make big differences and that’s one lesson you can learn from Amy.

Amy’s interactions with Gamma in SA1 impacted the robot to the point of him sacrificing himself to free a Bird he needed to stay alive.

Amy believed in Sonic when the whole world (or Silver) was against him in Sonic 06.

Amy showed kindness to Sonic as the Werehog and gave her closest friend encouragement. She still loved him regardless of how he looked.

There’s more examples, but these are the most well known. Do you notice how most of them were small actions or small moments of development in small roles. And still managed to make Amy a wonderful character while impacting the stories?

I’ll also just show this too.

Also, don’t worry about her stealing time from Shadow. The film’s called Sonic Movie 3 not Shadow The Hedgehog. He can share the spotlight. Knuckles did in SM2. There’s no excuse in my opinion.

The movie doesn’t have to have Amy and wouldn’t be worse without her, but I think we shouldn’t overlook her importance to the franchise even if what she does is small. Or feel bad for being more aware of what little we get in these movies. It’s okay to admit certain flaws. Nothing’s perfect and not above criticism as long as we’re respectful about it. And for the kiddies who would like to see a cartoony animal girl character for the first time in these films, Amy would be a fantastic way to start.

Amy debuting in Sonic 3 and interacting with the boys would be a lovely way of establishing that close connection between the core four of the franchise. They’d literally have the definition of love at their sides. Again, small changes can make big differences. That’s all I have to say. Now I’m going to continue to be excited for the 3rd Sonic movie.

[son1c]

chimera sonic is so sick and twisted even moreso than the werehog because at least the werehog still had his legs. yeah they were a little hairier but they were still HIS. meanwhile the chimera's got his legs straight up replaced. he has twice as many now but they're not his. such a huge part of his identity has been taken from him and it's just sooo

[skaruresonic]

I actually found a fancomic based on ABT where apparently she had nightmares about her village being destroyed and she blamed Sonic (not Eggman) for that.

Sure, it's fanart, not ABT's vision... but what's with IDW and its fans and wanting to shoulder all the responsibilities on Sonic when he really always does his best? Now who's the one saying that Sonic should go Punisher on Eggman?

And why does it seem like they want Lanolin to snap and become a villain? ... also that's just Surge. She wouldn't even be special lol

Yeah I saw that one too lol.

Like not to play trauma Olympics, but uhhh. Lanolin. Did you not see how Sonic almost ran himself to death during the metal virus?

It's not like Sonic is oblivious to the shit Eggman puts people through; he also suffers alongside the rest of you. Like I said, sometimes he's the first and most direct recipient of the consequences of Eggman's schemes. Yet he continues on being the bulwark standing between Eggman and the world.

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Sure, it's fanart, not ABT's vision... but what's with IDW and its fans and wanting to shoulder all the responsibilities on Sonic when he really always does his best?

Honestly, I'm finding it hard not to interpret this all as the result of cynicism with the games. IDW never established Sonic vs. Eggman as a thing, let alone something done enough times to warrant such a reaction. The book assumes you know Sonic vs. Eggman is old hat and agree with the notion that something needs to shake up the series' most core dynamic. "Sonic is too much of a happy Gary-Stu, he needs to reckon with the consequences of someone else's actions" certainly is A Take(tm) in that vein.

I've read fanfics like this before, where traumatized civilians emotionally unload on Sonic.

...Dude, yeah, I get it, Sonic's the nearest lightning rod to absorb all your frustrations because you can't exactly take a swing at Eggman. But it's not like Sonic is the cause of your pain, and it's unfair to expect him to shoulder that burden. Even he cannot be everywhere at once.

Also, requiring him to take Eggman's life lest the trolley veer onto the other track and murder everyone else feels... unfair? Meanspirited, even?

"You could end everyone's suffering right now if you cared" is such manipulative phrasing, especially considering how difficult it is to off Eggman with any permanence, and how often Sonic does save the world. He frequently puts himself out on the front line for no material gain.

Dude gets dealt a really shitty hand sometimes. Nobody else got struck with the arrow of judgment and had his life burned down to a wick. Nobody else got trapped inside a capsule about to explode into what Eggman calls "floating chunks in space." Nobody else had to suffer the Werehog's curse, which is implied to be a painful transformation that occurs every night regardless of whether Sonic is prepared for it or not - and even worse still, in Eggmanland, he had to force that change via the sundial switch in order to progress.

You're over here going "hmmm Sonic, real sus how you never acknowledged the deaths of the thousands who perished when the planet broke apart," meanwhile the poor bastard is lying unconscious from exhaustion, having traversed Eggmanland, grappled with Eggman in a no-holds-barred match during a plummet towards the Earth's core, and fought a god for like a week straight on no sleep.

...We don't deserve Sonic.

Besides, for as much as everyone hypes up non-Eggman villains, do you think things will be sunshine and rainbows even if Eggman remains dead? That other beings won't cast their evil eye upon the world in the power vacuum that will inevitably appear? Will Sonic be responsible for the Black Arms too? Metal Sonic? Idk, The End?

It gets even worse because the book's writing forced moral responsibility onto Sonic to by begging the question of "Why doesn't he just kill Eggman?" in the first place. As if A.) he doesn't already fucking try on a regular basis and B.) as if it's that easy. Except now people are like, assigning moral negligence to Sonic's happy-go-lucky demeanor. God forbid the guy wants to chill once in a while, lmao.

And if you believe that Eggman doesn't actually have a body count, then this entire argument becomes moot anyway. Therefore Lanolin is potentially planning on assassinating Sonic based on the fact that he's not footing the group chat's therapy bill.

This is not that difficult. Sonic doesn't care whether Eggman lives or dies. Sonic neglects Eggman's pleas for help. Sonic acts homicidally negligent towards Eggman.

The lid, Patrick! Put your hand on the lid!

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Now who's the one saying that Sonic should go Punisher on Eggman?

I know, right? Wasn't offing Eggman supposed to be this awful no-no thing he should never do because Principles? Now he's an asshole for not pulling a Spock-esque "greater good" moral calculation?

I'm starting to lose the plot, in more ways than one. xP

[semi-sketchy]

Alright, since I'm at that episode, I'm gonna elaborate on my actual problem with Dark Sonic:

To be honest, I don't think there's anything really wrong with Sonic during the episode. He's angry his friends have been hurt by a villain, so he harnesses the power of the fake Emeralds (which he has a physical negative reaction to) and smashes said villain's testing robots to pieces.

I never really considered this a problem. Sonic can get angry, be antagonized, the SA2 Shadow fight in Green Forest springs to mind.

Plus, Secret Rings has Darkspine Sonic, which is about as close to Dark Sonic as it gets. Sharha just died, trading her life for his, he absorbs the Rage, Sadness and Hatred Rings and transforms.

Even after he leaves the transformation, he still seems pretty pissed at Erazor Djinn, with killing Sharha at the top of the list.

So, yeah. It's not 1:1 and I'm not claiming these are the same, X is obviously more exaggerated, but I don't really have a problem with the concept. We can talk about how Eggman comes in, tells Sonic he needs to be better and not let his emotions overwhelm him, but frankly I think that's more of an X!Eggman issue than the transformation itself.

No, my real problem is, and always has been, how the fandom interpreted it. That's it. I've read so many fics, seen so many posts about Sonic just "turning dark" when angry, as if any transformations have ever been purely emotion without an external power-source. (Super requires the Chaos Emeralds, Hyper the Super Emeralds, Darkspine was 3 of the World Rings, Werehog was Dark Gaia energy, Excalibur Sonic was the sacred swords, Wisp transformations needed the Wisps, Super Sonic 2 was Chaos Emeralds + Cyber energy....you get it.)

The way I've always saw it, is yes, Sonic is upset, but he also is being affected by the fake Emeralds.

This is the Discotek translation, I don't know enough Japanese to say how accurate it is, all I know know is "warui" means bad/sick depending on the sentence. An older translation (and the English dub) points to him feeling physically sick around them.

Far as I can tell, he's already reacting bad to these Emeralds on top of being antagonized, so he uses power that's at his disposal does what the villain wants: fuck up his shit.

If the fake Emeralds didn't exist, this transformation wouldn't have happened. Additionally, since X ended and the only fake Emerald in the games was blown up in SA2, it can't happen again. (Unless you write scenario where someone makes fake Emeralds, but that requires writing for the form instead of just slapping it in à la characters in IDW.)

Perhaps I'm being too hard on a lot of kids that never really interacted with the source material and just wanted to write Sonic fanfics. I've read so many that made it quite obvious that the author didn't know anything about Sonic besides he's fast and I'm not really out here trying to say Sonic shouldn't inspire people to create. Never said I hated reading those fics, I got a good deal of entertainment out of them. It's simply this misconception has stretched so far, it's like the original context has been entirely erased.

And that's the part of Dark Sonic that bothers me.

I've seen plenty of arguments for why the transformation was a poor choice and I don't entirely disagree with them. For me, I could take it or leave it. It was a one-off short transformation in an anime where Sonic pretends to be Star Trek for a season, it just exists to me.

Although, it's been awhile since I last saw discussion of Dark Sonic, as a whole it seemed to be a bigger thing in the early 2010s. Possibly because now we have more recent Sonic shows and movies, it's not just X being the latest thing anymore. I certainly don't read fics like I used to, so I'd be surprised if it is still as heavily used as it used to be. Maybe if I get some time, I'll look up some fics and find out.

[midnightshard06]

So not sure how many people remember this post I made a while back talking about how Bound by Fate! Sonic doesn't get recognized as the same person during the day and at night, but I was thinking about it again lol.

Yeah so about not knowing what people saw Bound by Fate! Sonic as at night has now changed. I felt like drawing it cause I was messing around with how I wanted to draw him in normal werehog form too (not much has changed on that front, just small tweaks really).

Yeeeep. I think my initial thoughts when coming up for the idea of him not being recognized at night had him still looking similar to the werehog to others, but as you can see I didn't end up going that way lol. I thought it could be cool to have him look like one of the Dark Gaia monsters. 1. Because it's neat to draw and 2. because of his connections to Dark Gaia. Plus hey! No one is gonna be mistaking the big shadow monster thing for that hedgehog that just came into town right?

Him looking like this to most people at night also helps justify how he's been treated and why some people actively go after him. Even if Sonic isn't aware he looks rather intimidating at night. Of course the general populace's reaction to Sonic really confuses anyone who just sees the werehog. Cause like sure he's sorta scary? If you squint? Nothing that should garner that sort of reaction though.

Also Sonic has no idea about him looking like this to most people cause he's literally never seen it himself. He sees himself as the werehog and the people closest to him, Tails and Knuckles, do too. Plus it's not like anyone else who's scared of him or whatever is gonna stick around to describe how he looks or show him a picture.

Also bonus drawing of the creature ™ cause it's fun to draw.

[speedartist-skyliner]

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Hi everyone I hope you all are having a great Halloween. I have decided to do cute animatic's this year. I would have tried animations but let's just say I'm not doing well;') . But that won't stop me from enjoying this holiday.

I tried to draw every one of the oc's as a character throughout media. Hunters is Alucard from Castlevania (because Alucard can turn into a wolf and Hunter would find Alucard relatable in a way. -I only know the show more than the games.-). Hollyberry is Moon from Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach (Hollyberry finds Moon fun and a bit unnerving he probably wonders how he was before his glitch. And maybe Holly's aware of @Pinky"s fnaf true colors au and wanted to be something like Knight Daylight & Knightlight.). Saragona is a phantom (what kind is it mixed he's wearing a phantom of the opera mask, and the outfit of the ghosts from SONIC Night of the Werehog short. And left eyes are inspired by Pomni possessed by ghosts and his right eye is inspired by Amy Rose the Hedgehog possessed by a ghost.). Why is he a ghost here? Well, he dressed up and used a magical gateway and yeah his costumes turned him into what he dressed as.

Rick's outfit is Scott Howl from Monster Prom (Why Scott Howl seems to be rowdy and excitable and friendly. That stuff reminds me of Rick with Li. -I don't know more than that though never seen much of Monster Prom. I was talking with a friend about ideas for Rick and they said this would fit.). Cole's outfit is Sebastian Solace from Roblox Pressure ( Cole finds potential sympathy for this man. They are both experiments treated poorly by others. But Cole doesn't know how to feel about him further than that. what he did.. and potentially did before he turned into the form he is now. Makes her hesitant to feel bad for him completely. -P.s. I have watched some lore videos about Roblox pressure. So I don't know everything about it.).

Hunter belongs to speedartist-skyliner -Aka me-

Hollyberry belongs to @pinkyhaert

Saragona belongs to @highflyartist

Rick lovegood belongs to @metallicartist

Cole belongs to speedartist-skyliner -Aka me-

Movies under the cut

[itz-pandora]

Sense Werehog Sonics emotions are stronger/random or whatever you said(I'm sorry, I forgot what the word is called).

Does sonic get angry at the most random things(that annoy him). And if so, how does one calm him down?

Oh I didn't even take time to think about this

He probably would be more irritable, yeah, I don't remember if I actually stated that tho lol

I feel like trying to deescalate and say that "it's not a big deal" would just piss him off more because IT IS TO HIM, AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY. He KNOWS it's not a big deal and that just makes him more upset because he doesn't want to get pissy about meaningless stuff

So indulging with him might rile him up, but then calm him down. Being like "Yeah! That was BS!" So he feels more justified, and he gets it out of his system.

But also leaving it alone would also be alright

I feel like if he was upset because he was upset, then comforting with words wouldn't really work, because there's nothing to say to make him feel better, since it all circles back to him having a complex made up about suppressing emotion.

Just being present would be enough. No words needed.

Sonic's not used to feeling this intense about stuff, and it makes him uncomfortable. He doesn't want to acknowledge his emotions because that's not what he does, he's not supposed to need to.

[tsubomiiiii]

curious question about the vamp and werehog au (shakes the bars in my cell I LOVE THEM SO MUCH) - do silver and shadow have a similar relationship of like. parental figure type beat in this au? like similar to what they had in another au of yours i honestly don't know if it has a name because i think it'd be really funny. if the situation with him getting turned by the loveliest green bastard and all: its a case of surge being like DUDE! WHY DID YOU DO THAT NO ONLY IS ESPIO GONNA HAVE YOUR HEAD, BUT HES SHADOWS KID!!!!!! YOURE SO DONE FOR!!! i dunno if this would be a thing but we must admit it would be a little funny

THANK YOU SO MUCH AUGHHSHDH

To answer your question, more like a parental figure Shadow becomes like a mentor figure for Silver as the story progresses, helping him out controlling his instincts and such. However they don’t meet until Silver runs away after being turned and bumps into Shadow and Sonic by accident (I will elaborate more on the plot in a proper post) (yes I am aware ive said that a lot today) (hepl)

But I don’t think Scourge and Surge would see a problem after attacking Silver until realize that Shadow (a well known and feared beast hunter) is with him, so yeah it puts up a really funny situation LMAO. Although Espio is not as known as Shadow is, they won’t see him as a threat until they see his skills and how much he cares about Silver so yeah KASNJANS

[the-heart-of-a-monster]

Before I begin, I wanna say that I already sent an ask that was an unfinished version of this. I had to painstakingly go into Google Docs and copy/paste all my writing/theorizing on here because for some reason when I write a slightly long ask my tumblr just has a meltdown. I meant to delete that first ask and send this one instead, but I couldn’t see anything because of said meltdown and accidentally sent it. Hope you see this finished version instead! Would be really embarrassing if you didn’t…

So yeah. Everything after this is copy-pasted and then continued from the unfinished version. Thanks for your patience!

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Yes yes, I’m back! I disappeared again for a while but I have returned once more to offer my theories and thoughts! And oh boy do I have thoughts…

Okay so first off I wanna disregard what I said last time about Sonic asking for Shadow to come inside earlier because uhh… Idk what I was thinking. Wow. Hot take from me lol. Guess I was losing the hype from rereading the page a buncha times in a row or something, because I don’t know what I was implying with that. So uh yeah sorry about that I guess.

Anywhizzle with that thankfully out of the way, I can continue on to the meat of these new pages! Sonic himself.

Bro needs himself a snickers-

I’m kidding, (No I’m not) but with jokes aside, this page just gave us something huge! Not only can Sonic transform in the daytime now with limited shade, but he can also transform if he feels just the slightest bit of negativity/anger, and he also doesn’t even turn into a Werehog anymore! He’s gone full Gaia mode now! He honestly looks like a coyote mixed with a wolf if you squint. Pretty cool! But this honestly just opens up so many more doors for so many more questions! What does this mean for Dark Gaia? Will it affect Chip? Can Sonic turn back into his hedgehog self? If so, is it based on a time limit, his emotions, or can he turn back whenever he wants to? Does he even know that he’s transformed yet? Does he know it’s him? AAAAAUUUUGHHGHHH SO MANY QUESTIONSSSSSSS!!!!! 😫

I do also wanna say that Sonic is so definitely right. I don’t really remember what Shadow said, but I do know it wasn’t this. Instead of Sonic ignoring his problems, now it’s Shadow, and that’s the exact opposite of what this whole entire comic has been about. Throughout this series, Shadow has always been the more level-headed of the three, (Sonic Chip and Shadow) and he was always the one to help Sonic get through the night when he transformed into the Werehog. I think he even wanted to spill the beans to someone once or twice, but refrained because he just couldn’t do that to Sonic. Pretty sure I’m remembering things wrong on that front though so. But you get the idea. Shadow ignoring his behavior and ignoring Sonic after everything they went through together… It isn’t like him. Yes, he’s a loner. Yes, he’s pretty edgy. Yes, he’s an idiot. But he isn’t stupid. He isn’t ignorant. Shadow is not like this.

Now Shadow trying to explain away his anger and behavior towards Sonic and his distance by saying “Oh, well, I just got really pissed and I lost control.” But then Sonic hits him with the Uno Reverse and transforms into his new Gaia form right in front of his face, snarling at him and getting all angry in front of the ebony hedgehog, hardly saying anything but a few clipped words. Sonic sees the hypocrisy in Shadow’s words and is not about to let him live it down. He sees the guilt, sees the negativity, and knows.

Which is why, when he turns into probably the scariest version of himself so far for the first time ever, he doesn’t scream or howl in pain or act irrational about it. Sonic, despite everything that’s been going on, remains in control of himself and his actions. He stares down at Shadow and says “And…?” As if he’s making a point. Like he’s calling someone out for their crimes or whatever. And he is. To Sonic, Shadow’s ignorance is like a slight on himself, a quick jab at Sonic’s character. And after everything they’ve been through and after what just happened in the cave, the blue blur ain’t gonna take such an insult very well. But again, despite his anger and despite himself and despite his brand new transformation, Sonic doesn’t really lash out at Shadow, instead showing him that “Losing control” is not a good excuse. Shadow may have lost control of his body, but to Sonic, that’s just an everynight thing now. He doesn’t care about that, doesn’t care about what Shadow looked like or how he felt, and instead cared about his actions.

I’ve been going on and on for a long while now with my “Sonic still is going to hide his emotions and feels like crap and still feels bad about himself” mantra, but this scene in particular is making me reconsider that. I feel like before all this happened, Sonic wouldn’t do what he just did now. I don’t think he would be so blunt/careless. I mean he isn’t being careless, there just isn’t really a better way to explain it. Beforehand, Sonic would’ve believed such an excuse and would’ve been like “Oh yeah I guess that makes sense.” But now he seems a lot more controlled, a lot more in his element. He seems more like himself. 

Despite everything, it’s still him.

So maybe Sonic is learning. Maybe Sonic is growing. Maybe he’s finally understanding that he’s still himself and that he doesn’t have to hide. Or maybe I’m being too hopeful and sleep-deprived to really get the true message. I don’t know. 🤷‍♀️ 

All in all, this took me half an hour to get through due to technical difficulties and because I had to put my sleep-deprived brain to work for this one so I am gonna leave it here and brush my teeth. Thank you so much for reading this hunk of junk, means a lot to me! Have a great day/night!

(I’m also so excited for the next page lol)

by chaos, despite everything, it’s still him.

[wereh0gz]

Sending this ask mainly just to encourage you to share if you perhaps happen upon more thoughts of this new au of yours 👀 [imagine grabby hands] ? (Not forced ofc)

Ehehehehe :)

Ok so. Like I said in the tags of my prev post, the main sort of plot for this au starts with sonic losing to dark gaia, which basically causes the apocalypse and kills most people on the planet, including (presumably) sonic's friends

Sonic is saved by chip using the last bit of his energy- not to seal dark gaia and himself away like he was supposed to- but to protect him temporarily from the ensuing destruction and teleport him somewhere safe. Because of that, he's still around but in a weakened and comatose-like state

When sonic comes to again, he awakens to find everything destroyed, chip unconscious near him, and the sky blotted out by thick purple clouds of dark gaia energy. A pit forms in his stomach when he realizes this is *all his fault*

He failed the world. He was supposed to protect it, everyone left their hopes and dreams in his hands and he crushed them

Now everyone he knew and loved is *dead* and it's all his fault and there's absolutely nothing he can do to fix it

But he tries anyway

Fast forwards a couple years, sonic's still alive (though not even he knows how). He's been wandering the world in a daze, not knowing where he's going or why, just knowing that he needs to keep moving, needs to find *something*

As far as he knows, he and chip are the only people left in the world, and chip is still in the god equivalent of a coma, so he's effectively alone... Until he runs into a certain ultimate lifeform that is

Meeting shadow leads to him finding out that at least some of his friends, as well as a few other people, managed to survive, which reignites his hope that maybe, just maybe, he can make up for his mistakes somehow and help the world heal

That's the synopsis of what I've got so far so here's a few other things

Exposure to all the dark gaia energy that engulfed the world slowly turned him back into the werehog, with it being permanent this time. There's no longer a distinction between day and night since the world's been plunged into darkness, but even if there was, he'd still be stuck in that form. Shadow is also changed in a similar way, though to a slightly lesser extent. He mostly just looks more alien

Besides sonic, chip, and shadow, the only known survivors among sonic's friends are tails, amy, knuckles, and omega. Tails and amy fled to angel island during the fallout as it's mostly unaffected by everything going on below. They periodically go back down to the surface to search for survivors with the help of shadow and omega, and then bring them up to the island. They've basically formed a makeshift town around the area of the master emerald shrine (much to knux's dismay)

Sonic is, understandably, completely changed from canon. He's quiet, tired, and striken with a grief and guilt so intense it's suffocating (also, he's allowed to cry. And he does it a lot. He needs to.) But he lives on, because even the smallest part of him still thinks he can make things right, even if it doesn't seem like he *can* do anything at the moment

Eventually chip will wake up but I'm still thinking of how that'll happen. Maybe visiting the now ruined gaia temples will do it

And yeah that's it so far 👍 I've got a design for sonic bouncing around in my head but I wanna work on art fight stuff so that probably won't be out for a while lol

[sonknuxadow]

back on the subject of werehog related takes ive seen around that i disagree with. i dont particular like it when people have shadow somehow meet werehog sonic and then be a judgemental asshole about it . because like yeah sonic and shadow arent exactly best friends but they still respect eachother to some degree and considering shadow is an alien hybrid who was created in a lab shouldnt he have personal experience with the whole "being different in a way that others might consider weird and/or monstrous" thing . shadow giving sonic shit for the werehog stuff just doesnt really make sense to me

[crusherthedoctor]

Random thought: Advance 2's entire ending is one of the best moments of the series, showcasing Sonic's core traits through pure animations and expressions, no dialogue whatsoever

From Sonic looking visibly enraged at seeing Cream cry for loosing her mother again, him immediately turning into Super Sonic, giving her a thumbs up with a smile to say "No worries kid! I'll get your mom back! You can stop crying!" and then going off to fight Eggman. People often talk about how savagely he beat Eggman as the Werehog but this moment here, above any other, truly gives me the vibe that he wants to tear Eggman apart for making a little girl cry

Then he saves Vanilla but just before her and Cream can thank him properly he's already gone in search of a new adventure, he doesn't care about being thanked

Is it weird that this game has one of my favourite transformation sequences for Super Sonic? Because it is.

Don't really have anything to add that you didn't already mention, and I agree with all of it. I think it should be looked at more often than it is as one of the moments in the series that you can point to and go "This is who Sonic really is." Behind all the jokes, behind all the sass, he's a true blue hero who can't tolerate any form of injustice, who does good because he wants to rather than it being an obligation. Very underrated character moment.

It's also great for proving once again why the Eggman Is Not A Villain crowd don't know what they're talking about. Yeah, try painting his kidnapping of a little girl's mother for no reason other than spite in a benevolent light, guys.

[thefakehedgehogaroundhere]

do you guys think that if someone other than sonic became the werehog they would have the same abilities or not because dark gaia energy is insanely powerful so i doubt that stretchy arms and cleats are the only things someone could gain from it.

like what if amy transformed. what could she do. could she like fly or some shit. or like shadow. would he like turn invisible.

i want to see dark gaia energy return and fuck w knuckles or rouge or something. wereechidna hell yeah

[atschoolunfortunetly]

Sonic and Tails Wholesome Wednesday Four Repost because the entire fic didn't upload.

If you saw the first one, no you didn't. Here's the fic.

Sonic hated this.

Though, to be fair, who wouldn’t hate their body morphing against their will to become what one may describe as a monster. 

His teeth felt uncomfortable in his mouth, his hands too big to do anything he wanted them to do, his ears picking up sounds he never would hear normally. He was taller as well, which threw him off with every step if the adrenaline of battle wasn't distracting him. 

He let out a huff and rubbed his eyes. He was more exhausted during the days since at night his werehog form gave him an energy boost. Speaking of which, he has no idea what time it is. All he knows is that the moment the moon rises, he’ll go back to being a beast. He tapped his foot on the ground and leaned back into the chair he was sitting on.

A sudden knock and a creak from behind took him out of his thoughts.

“Hey,”

Sonic turned around to see Tails entering the room and Sonic gave him a smile.

“Hey, bro! What’s up?”

“Well, nothing really. Did you get any rest?”

“Me? Rest? Thinking you got the wrong hedgehog, buddy.”

“Soniccc, you know you need your energy-”

“Hey, I tried bud! All I got was antsy instead! Sitting around and trying to take a nap while the world is split apart doesn’t sit with me!”

“Sonic…”

Silence filled the room as Sonic and Tails managed to get themselves into a staring contest. Both stared the other down as they waited for the other to say something. However, before anyone could get the chance to utter a word, Sonic felt a familiar sensation and the purple light over his chest only confirmed the thought.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he felt his body morph around him. One might think it hurts but it doesn’t…well, the first time it did but that doesn’t count. Opening his eyes he stretched his legs out before looking back at Tails. Any inch of tiredness he felt became dull as energy pumped through him.

“...Does it hurt when that happens?”

“No, it doesn’t.”

“Then why do you look so uncomfortable?”

Sonic grimaced. He knew Tails would find out eventually despite how well he tried to hide it. That doesn’t mean he won’t try to delay the inevitable.

“I wasn’t paying attention to the time to be honest. Caught me off guard is all.”

Tails raised an eyebrow and Sonic knew Tails knew that wasn’t the case.

“...Alright. Though what does it feel like to be, y’know, like that?”

Sonic let out a chuckle, “I’m going to be honest with you, it ain’t that fun. More annoying than anything.”

“Annoying?”

“Yep, annoying.”

“How is it annoying?”

Sonic clicked his tongue, “Well, for starters I can hear a lot of things I normally wouldn’t be able to.”

“Really?”

Tails walked over to where Sonic was and pulled over a chair, before sitting down with clear curiosity in his eyes. Sonic smiled at him before sitting up straighter.

“Yeah, and trust me, it isn’t as fun as one would think. When we’re outside I can hear people inside talking about things and let me tell ya, somethings are better left unheard.”

“Pff- sorry, sorry.”

“No! It’s okay! You can laugh! It’s just weird when you’re talking about something important and then I just hear ‘LINDA YOU ATE ALL THE OREOS!’”

Tails bursted out laughing and Sonic chuckled along with him. 

“Oh god, how do you not laugh whenever you hear something like that?”

“My self-control is better than one may think!”

“Really? I find that hard to believe.”

Sonic rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue, earning another laugh from the fox.

He pulled his tongue back in and was forced to remember just how sharp his teeth were as a point decided to make itself known. He let out an unintentional yelp which made the fox blink in sudden surprise.

“Did you just bite your tongue?”

“Yyyep. Ow. Ow, ow, ow.”

“Are you okay?”

Sonic let out a hum and nodded despite the fact that he could taste blood in his mouth.

“You sure? I mean, I would know how bad pointy teeth hurt. I have them myself, ya know?”

“Hey, we hedgehogs have fangs to ya know!”

“Eh, not as sharp as mine.”

Sonic faked a dramatic gasp, “Wow, my entire species was just slandered. Can’t believe this. I trusted you, ya know?”

Tails simply stuck his tongue out and Sonic faked another gasp.

“Betrayal! Betrayal from my own brother! A sad, sad day indeed.”

Tails began to chuckle and Sonic joined him. Despite everything, Sonic no longer felt as bad as he did a few moments ago.

“So, anything else you deem annoying that isn’t accidental eavesdropping and biting your own tongue a lot?”

Sonic rolled his eyes before taking a look at his claws.

He simply raised his hands upward and sighed, “Well, these also suck.”

“...How do they suck?”

“Well, they’re really strong, and that’s cool and all until boom. Broken doorknob.”

Tails blinked a couple times before tilting his head with a smug smile, “So that’s what happened to Professor Pickle’s doorknob, isn’t it?”

Sonic sighed, “Yyyep. My bad.”

“I suppose you’re also the one who left ten dollars on his desk as well?”

“...”

“Thought so.”

“I’ll have you know that doorknob personally insulted me greatly.”

“Sure bro, sure.”

“It dissed not only me but you. I protected our honor. You’re welcome.”

“What will I ever do without you?”

Sonic shrugged and grinned, “You’d probably be doing something boring, like being in school.”

“Some people like school, Sonic.”

“Nerds?”

“Me.”

“Ah, so you’re a nerd.”

“No! I just like learning!”

“Sounds like a nerd activity to me!”

“...You suck.”

Sonic stuck his tongue out again and Tail gave him a smirk, “Careful! You might bite it again!”

“Shut up.”

“No, you started it by calling me a nerd so you shut up.”

“I didn’t start nothing, what are you talking about?”

“Wh- Yes you did!”

“No I didn’t.”

“Did too!”

“Nah, I don’t think I did.”

Tails let out a huff as Sonic gave him a smirk. The room fell into silence once again and Sonic was comfortable with that. He still doesn’t like this form, not at all, but talking to Tails did make some of it better.

“...Anything else?”

“One would think being tall is cool but everytime I switch to this form and I walk normally sometimes I end up dragging my feet and it creates this-” “Awful scratching sound because of the spikes. I noticed that too to be honest. I didn’t want to say anything because I thought it would be mean.”

“Exactly that. Plus with my enhanced hearing it sounds like it’s right next to my ears and everytime I do it I want to scream.”

“Maybe if we scream exactly when it happens we won’t have to hear it.”

“Brilliant. I am going to walk the streets and randomly scream my head off and scare everyone nearby.”

“Pff, imagine doing it while talking to someone! LIke Amy-""What about me?”

Sonic and Tails both whipped their heads back to see Amy standing right behind them. Her expression looked confused as Tails immediately covered his mouth to not laugh.

“Wow, when did you get in here?”

“I walked in when you guys were talking about screaming to cover something up.”

Tails was trying so hard not to laugh as Sonic just blinked in shock.

“We were talking about the annoying scraping sound my shoes make when I accidentally drag my feet.”

“Ah…have you tried covering the spikes?”

“How would he cover the spikes?” Tails asked.

“I don’t know.”

“I don’t think I can even if I wanted to,” Sonic spoke up, “Wouldn’t the spikes break through everything?”

“I mean we could grab a really thick piece of wood,” Tails suggested.

“Yeah, but I would need to wear it with my normal shoes as well since, y’know, my clothes for some reason change with my form.”

“How does that work?” Amy asked.

“I don’t know.”

Both Amy and Sonic turned to Tails who gave them a deadpanned look in response.

“Just because I am the smart one doesn’t mean I know how transforming into a werehog works.”

“Yeah, Amy. Don’t stereotype my brother as a know-it-all simply because he’s smart.”

“You looked towards him too?!?”

“No, I didn’t.”

“Sonic, please stop gaslighting people,” Tails spoke, trying to hide a laugh.

“Gaslighting. We’re making up words now? Can’t believe I am in a room with delusional people,” Sonic spoke, also trying to not laugh and clearly failing.

All three eventually broke into laughter though as the room’s atmosphere lightened up significantly since Sonic was by himself. 

Sonic felt better now. Werehog or not, with his friends by his side he’s happy.