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You know, I genuinely don't like the "Sonic vs Shadow" rivalry the series has implemented these days. Idk, it just feels so....out of character for them both?
I understand that, after SA2, Shadow 05 was the first time Shadow has interacted with Sonic more heavily and it's also the same game where they went in the new (terrible) character direction for him, so...of course they're gonna have a vitriolic dynamic. But again, it just doesn't make sense.
I've never liked the new direction they took with Shadow, his original depiction (however barebones it was since SA2 was Shadow's debut game) and what we saw of him in Heroes (which is muddled because of his amnesia) is still my overall favorite version of him. I personally feel like the TRUE Shadow honestly wouldn't care about being Sonic's rival. He wouldn't care about competing with him.
Because, why would he? Who is Sonic to him exactly? Someone who at first got in his way, but then after he remembered Maria's wish, someone who he became the ally of? That's about it. I don't see Shadow as the type to care about other people's opinions, and that also goes for Sonic. In both ways.
For the record: I also don't like the more recent character depiction they've done with Sonic, Colors and onwards - how he was written in basically all of the main games prior to Colors is my favorite version. That Sonic is my modern Sonic. But I digress - we all (should) know that Sonic doesn't care about others' opinions. He does what he wants, whenever he wants to do it. He can be playful if he's in the mood, but I don't see any genuine reason why he would care to have a rivalry with Shadow.
Would he make jests at Shadow, maybe have an attitude at times? Of course, we've seen him be like that with Tails and Knuckles. But, wanting to actively compete with Shadow? Picking fights with him to prove he's superior / to "dampen" Shadow's ego? I feel like the TRUE Sonic, outside of moments where he could believe competing with Shadow would be fun and would want to do so because of that, wouldn't give a damn either. These guys should be able to vibe in the same space without always getting into a bickering session.
Yeah, I can see Sonic being salty over how GUN gave him a huge headache because of Shadow's antics, but I don't see Sonic as the type to hold grudges (excluding against Eggman because...he's Eggman). Especially not towards someone who ends up doing the overall right thing in the end (e.g. Shadow choosing to help them save Earth at the end of SA2) out of non-selfish reasons. No, Sonic shouldn't start liking Eggman because he sometimes chooses to help him & his friends reach a common goal, the doctor's just trying to save his own ass first & foremost.
Sonic and Shadow's animosity towards one another made perfect sense in SA2 because they were literal enemies. But now? Why??IMO, it feels like they've hammed up this "rivalry" between these characters purely for the sake of fanservice & nostalgia pandering. The whole "Remember how they fought in SA2? Remember the Faker cutscene?? Look at them call each other a faker, isn't that a classic???" nonsense.
And while fanservice & nostalgia pandering aren't inherently bad things....they are when the characters get flanderized or written OOCly to make them work.
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there is no question, ramble about his butt
With pleasure hehe Eggman's butt is so glorious and big and fat and heavy 😍
His butt looks very big and round but smoothed out in canon with no distinct shape of his cheeks because if you could see them, nobody would be able to pay attention to anything else fjdbdkgjdgh. He really has huge round shapely cheeks, very wide, thick, and voluptuous. If he lets his bodysuit cling back there as tightly as everywhere else, they're very visible and are absolutely irresistible
He has such thick cheeks that wobble when he walks and he really knows how to twerk and make his cheeks shake side to side, wobble and bounce up and down, and make them clap. If he wants to show it off, he can shake it and really arch his back to make it stick it out and make it so tempting. Very lucky ones will even get him backing it up to them and shaking it on them and they'll fall in love!
If his ass is smacked by surprise from behind because it's just so inviting, he'll get flustered and yell at them like it's so preposterous. But what they didn't see is when he was facing the other way, he reacted with a heavy blush and was definitely into it. After he'll purposefully stand with his ass sticking out or bend over in hopes they'll do it again despite his embarrassed outburst
It will become obvious that he likes it really when he's bent over and smacked over and over, he loves a good spanking. He can't hide it anymore and sighs and moans from pain and pleasure. He likes being told he's a naughty boy that deserves it for being a very bad man, he giggles and cheekily takes pride in his wrongdoing and enjoys the experience of being "punished" for it
However by the end of it when it gets too red, sore, and sensitive he'll get grumpy and grumbly about it again, as if he didn't just allow it to happen and clearly loved it. But after tender loving aftercare with rubbing lotion round and round his sore plump cheeks and soothing it, he'll end up one very happy man again, very blissed out and content, albeit a little embarrassed by how much he likes it
Squeezing his butt and pulling his cheeks apart gets big full handfuls of warm soft blubbery fat that makes him gasp in delight. When lifted up they feel so heavy and when let go they jiggle and bounce as they drop. If he's been denying he likes it, it'll immediately reveal him a liar as he drops everything and turns into putty in their palms - figuratively and literally with how his ass feels in them XD
Being buried under his huge butt and nearly suffocating is heavenly. He says "yeahhh, you think you can handle being smothered deep between my cheeks, feel my heavy weight, and breathe my musk?" feeling very mischievous and shifts and pushes down harder when he hears their muffled voice or cries under him. It's certainly very heavy, suffocating, sweaty, and musky down there
He'll use it like it's a punishment that only he gets a kick out of in some situations but it should really always be seen as a reward, because when he finally gets off them, their face will be red from blushing so hard as much as the suffocation lol and they'll be lovestruck. Then he'll tease them for enjoying it so much and then boast that he's just so hot that even being punished by him is enjoyable
He enjoys shoving it into people's faces with a cheeky smirk, backing it to make them take it more in a more assertive dominant state. But there are times he'll enjoy it so much that he'll completely get down and push himself up to them in a "please take me" way instead. He'll swear that it's always a case of the former but they'll be like fake ass strict dom I saw you enjoying the submission XD
At first he wants to keep the way he enjoys having his butt played with secret. But I can imagine that once he takes over the world and is fully in control and proven his power so he doesn't have to worry about ruining his reputation of feared mighty ruler, he'll bend over or lay down ass up and order it to be loved up and worshipped by servants, where anyone can see without a care
Because anyone should be able to see that it absolutely deserves all the love and worship like every other part of him! 🥰 I mean, who wouldn't want to smack, squeeze, fill, and kiss the glorious handsome mighty emperor's ass (in every sense of the phrase!) ? They'll all be eagerly lining up for a taste of that delicious cake. If only I could get my hands on it myself 🤤💘💜
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Doctor Eggman invites King Sharyar over for a feast. Sharyar thinks Eggman is finally acknowledging his kingly greatness when in reality the doctor is planning to stuff the king until he's castle sized.
Ohoho yesss. Being presented with a huge delicious feast is a great delight to Shahryar, it'd lure him in exactly as it does Eggman. He knows for a fact as his counterparts always love to eat too and Shahryar appears to be no exception with the size of his big belly. From the moment he first saw, it he thought of feeding it and proving that by finding out truly how much he can eat.
Shahryar is impressed with the huge feast set out on the table when he arrives and says "It seems you finally understand how to win me over. This is how I really should be treated as king" as Eggman has been attempting to flirt with and charm him for a while but Shahryar was all tsundere and tried to look like he's not into it lol. He's lot more openly positively receiving to this, a good sign.
They quickly dig in and neither are afraid to eat with the same gusto and greed they do in private. They're both big guys and it's obvious they like to eat a lot and fast, there's no need to hide it and they hardly even think to anyway. Eggman is very pleased every time he looks up to see Shahryar really going for it, stuffing his face and never slowing down. It's no wonder he has a fat belly too.
They both try to clear as many of the dinner platters at the table as they can, their bellies get fuller and bigger gradually and it feels so good to supply them well and fill them up fast. They both naturally eat beyond comfortable fullness as is the usual for both of them. They're so into it that they barely chat much during it and whenever they do, their mouths are full and never empty.
Eggman stops when he feels satisfyingly stuffed and sits back in his seat to belch as he slaps his huge swollen full belly that proceeds him. Shahryar frowns and says "Where are your manners?" because it's no way to act in front of the king! Eggman just giggles cheekily and says "Pardon me~" insincerely. He's eaten enough to feel satisfyingly stuffed and decides not to go any further than that.
Shahryar considers himself finished too. His belly feels as overfull and content as it does when he's satisfied with a feast. When he pushes the dishes away and sits back too, Eggman asks "What are you doing?" and confuses Shahryar. He asks "What do you mean? I'm done with my food." Eggman says "You're nowhere near done yet! That's not how you dine like a king! Are you really royalty or not?"
Of course Shahryar immediately gets defensive just like Eggman knew he would and says "Of course I am and you must respect and treat me as one!" and Eggman says "Well you better prove it then and eat like one. Now eat up, there's still plenty left." Shahryar hesitates and looks unsure of what to do. He really wasn't planning on eating more, he feels as full as he should. No appetite.
He can't bring himself to reach for more. When he still doesn't start eating again, Eggman says "Ohh I see, are you expecting to be fed by me like the king you are too?" as he thinks about how his servants would often feed him. While that isn't the case as he really just feels like he's done, he just decides to nod and go with it because he doesn't want him doubting his kingliness again.
Eggman slides another couple of platters towards him and starts feeding it to him from them interchangeably. Shahryar just accepts and keeps going. "That's it, I know you wanted it really." Eggman smiles as he soon has the king swallowing down more food again. This isn't true, he really would've been happy stopping right now but he needs to prove that he's a real king to be respected.
After he clears a couple more platters, his stomach is feeling tight and hefty beyond his desired fullness. But Eggman only slides the next two full platters up to him and repeats the same thing. He seems to feed him a bit faster than the last in fact. Shahryar tries to hide his surprise because he doesn't want to be teased again and just keeps swallowing it down like a true king should.
He can really start to feel his full belly starting to stretch to try to fit the food that's still continuously flowing down his throat and into his stomach. A burp escapes him and he sighs from the slight relief of tightness but it doesn't stop much. Eggman is pleased to hear this burp and says "Finally, we're starting to get somewhere." Shahryar thinks to himself "Finally starting to?" He's so full!
But Eggman keeps feeding him and gets him to clear those next couple of platters. Then he slides yet another in front of him. Shahryar tries to hide his surprise and Eggman acts like he hasn't noticed how much he's eaten and just keeps feeding him more. "Come on let's speed up and really get into this now." Again, Shahryar feels like he's already "gotten into it" more than enough.
But Eggman is very happy continuing to feed him with no signs of finishing any time soon. Shahryar burps some more and begins to quietly moan from how stuffed he is but Eggman still keeps going. He starts to think that maybe he just somehow doesn't notice the signs of him feeling extremely overfull right now or he takes it as a sign to continue because he doesn't slow down.
Maybe he doesn't realize how round and firm his belly is becoming under his luxurious silky robes. Because they are very loose fitting and have a lot of room because he's a comfy guy. But man, is his belly bulging full underneath them. It's so big and swollen under there and it's starting to ache from the food that continues to enter it nonstop. It starts to gurgle in protest of being overfed.
Eggman just puts another platter in front of him and keeps feeding him and Shahryar finally moans and whispers "Mmhh, sooo full..." as a hint. Eggman says "Oh really?" and checks by finally running his hands over his belly through his robes. Shahryar moans as his big hands collide with his firm round sensitive belly from having so much food forced into it. He hopes he'll realize now.
But instead he just says "Oh yeah, it feels so good doesn't it?" and keeps going. Shahryar really didn't expect to have to eat this much more be fed by him at all. He thought the feast was so big to be split between them, not that most of it was going into his belly! He's already eaten far more than what he'd usually have in his big royal feasts to himself. This is on a whole other level!
Shahryar whimpers as his swollen bloated belly is forced to expand even more and really starts to ache. Eggman says "What's the matter?" and Shahryar says "Alright, alright, I've had enough now. UURRRP! Too much..." But Eggman just says "You can't be done yet, you need to eat like a true king and they deserve more than this~" He doesn't want him to stop now, it's so exciting.
Shahryar whimpers again and Eggman just hushes him and muffles the sound by keeping his mouth full. He keeps a hand in his robes to rub his stuffed belly while he keeps feeding him to soothe and to feel how full it is. It's packed tight and feels so huge. The way Shahryar sighs and groans from now sensitive it's become just excites Eggman and makes him want to feed him more.
He loves how he looks with his fat cheeks full of food like a greedy fatty, swallowing down more while he's already stuffed and groaning so he just keeps shoving more into his mouth. Shahryar says "Why won't you stop feeding me? I feel like I'm going to explode." and Eggman is just cheeky like "You mean why won't you stop eating. You're the one that keeps accepting, chewing, and swallowing!"
Shahryar pouts at the teasing because he can't exactly argue against it this time. He doesn't have to open his mouth, chew, and swallow but he keeps doing it because he's so greedy. And when he looks down, he can tell Eggman is clearly excited with his erection that's stretching his bodysuit, so he doesn't have to wonder why he won't stop feeding him. They're both loving this, clearly.
Eggman announces that it's the final push for him to be done now but Shahryar doesn't feel like he can handle even a bite more. He gulps and seems nervous, finally admitting that he's definitely really had enough now and doesn't think his stomach can hold anymore. But Eggman says "Come on, I know you can do it, you have to! You've been doing so well!"
He's moaning and sighing as Eggman holds and gently rubs his belly to support it while he stuffs it even more. It's so overstuffed that it gurgles and groans and Shahryar moans and pants between big burps. Eggman kisses his chubby cheek full of food and tells him he's so handsome and such a good boy for this. Shahryar likes that he's so proud of him and it helps him finish.
When he's finally done, they're both very surprised and impressed that he managed to eat the entire rest of the feast by himself! His belly looks five times bigger than when he came here. They're both in awe as Eggman pulls the robes away so it's exposed and rubs and caresses it. A loud deep belch that he really needed escapes Shahryar and Eggman is so excited by it.
Shahryar groans and burps nonstop as Eggman rubs his belly and asks "Why did you feed me so much? I'm too full. OURRRRP!" and Eggman says "No you're not, you've finally eaten just about enough! You're a king, aren't you? You're supposed to dine like one!" Shahryar is like "Indeed but my feasts are never this big!" He's never felt so stuffed in his life and he's had many big feasts to himself.
"Well that means you've finally eaten enough like you're really supposed to. And it feels good, doesn't it?" Eggman says as he plays with Shahryar's belly, holding, caressing, rubbing and patting it. When he grabs a couple of thick rolls in his hands and shakes it, Shahryar groans and how heavy and packed full it feels. "Now that's the belly of a well fed king~" Eggman coos, feeling proud of his work.
Shahryar feels more like a big fat overfed blob of lard, so heavy and full that he can't bring himself to move. But he sure does feel like royalty when he's lay back on soft silk cushions with his gut very well supplied with a huge feast that was fed to him and is now being rubbed and worshipped. He feels like a big pampered fatty in luxury, exactly the way every well respected king should be!
But ohh he's just too stuffed full. It feels like Eggman got too excited and went really overboard with the size of the feast he had made for him. It started as a feast for them to share, yet the amount of it that Eggman expected him to eat was so much bigger than the entire feasts he usually gets all to himself! And he usually doesn't have to eat every single bite. Yet every dish here is completely empty now.
"Uughh, I do think you fed me a bit too much though. I'm sooo stuffed!" He whines as he looks down at his belly in disbelief. It's so packed full and looks absolutely enormous, he can't believe it's his and the amount of food stuffed in there. It looks the biggest and fullest it's ever been in his life, it's absolutely bulging and proceeds him so far. His fat spills out so much further than usual.
"Mmm nah, I didn't. If that was true then you wouldn't have kept eating like such a greedy fatty. You clearly needed it. You're just finally stating to eat the amount a big royal fatass like you has really needed all this time. The better you supply it, the longer it'll stay full. And the king should never go hungry for second!" Eggman has a very cheeky look on his face as Shahryar's eyes widen.
"So are you saying you're going to feed me this much again? It wasn't just a special occasion?" He's nervous at the sight of a very big smirk on Eggman's face. "Oh yeah, I am. An increase of your intake was due and you've proven you can handle it. From now on, you can really be fed like the king you are!" Eggman sounds very happy and excited as he announces this.
Shahryar may gulp at the thought of having to eat like this at least once more but he has no idea what's on Eggman's mind. Thoughts of feeding him like this over and over, so his belly always looks five times bigger than he started, until it already looks that big when he starts, then bigger and bigger, maybe making him eat more each time so he becomes the biggest fattest king in the world!
Shahryar struggles to get to bed, waddling with his huge stuffed full belly hanging heavy in from of him, making him feel slow and sluggish. His stomach is making very loud gurgling noises now as it tries to process and digest all that food and he can't stop burping and groaning. It's so adorable and hot, how he struggles and huffs and pants and clutches his belly to give it support.
Eggman helps him navigate and says "So sorry you have to walk all this way to bed, kings like you shouldn't have to walk like this, especially not after a big royal feast. If only some of your men were here to carry you. I'll have some robots ready next time to help." As hot as it is to watch, it'd be even hotter if he didn't get the slightest ounce of exercise after, not even a short walk to bed, so he will have that arranged to keep him lazy and fat.
When he makes it to the bed he collapses onto it and it creaks so loudly and dips a lot despite how it's supposed to be made to hold fatties like him and Eggman. But all the pounds of food in his gut are making him so much heavier than usual and the bed is struggling. He can't believe how much like a huge mountain his belly looks even when he's lay back too, there's way too much food in there!
Eggman is also very proud of how much he managed to stuff him. He runs his hands over his huge belly and rubs it slowly and Shahryar moans and whimpers softly again. It's absolutely enormous, his soft fat is spilling out much further than usual and beneath the softness is a huge overexpanded stomach packed so full and tight. He's never felt so massive and maxed out.
He can't stop moaning when Eggman rubs it as embarrassed as he is when he's been so stubborn and tsundere towards his advances for a while. But his stomach is so sensitive when so overstuffed, he can't help but moan from the pain of the ache and the relief of the soothing. And it does feel pleasurable too, though he's still too stubborn to admit that now. But he's so stuffed he welcomes his touch, he needs it right now, he tells himself.
"I know, it feels so good doesn't it? To have such big beautiful well fed royal belly. That's why we need to feed you like his more." Eggman coos and smiles at Shahryar's cute moans that he'd been wanting to hear for a long time. Shahryar does feel like a spoiled and pampered king, with an overstuffed belly being rubbed and worshipped. And he sure does feel like he has a king-sized belly!
Eggman then reads a bedtime story to him in the way Shahryar loves and demands every night but he keeps burping over Eggman's reading because he can't help it and he finds it cute. When he's done, Shahryar whispers "Please do it again." Eggman is like "Do what? Oh, rub your belly? See, you love me really." then has a smug knowing smirk on his face. Finally, he's getting confirmation!
"It doesn't mean anything, my servants do the same all the time!" Shahryar gets all defensive as usual. "And you're going to tell me you don't have a thing for those hunks too?" Eggman raises a brow. "Okay, you're right. Just for tonight, if it means I can get a rub." Shahryar huffs in defeat. Eggman is very pleased to hear that he's won for a change. Food and belly rubs really is the way to his heart!
He enjoys watching how Shahryar's eyes close and how he looks relaxed as he enjoys the rubs. He's still moaning quietly nonstop because it's just too much, the bulging fullness is just so intense. He sighs breathlessly in relief at the deep burps it works up. "Are you really going to keep feeding me like this everyday?" Shahryar asks. He just can't believe it or imagine eating like this ever again.
"Your palace has lots of room for you to grow, so you better keep eating up!" Is all that Eggman says with a sly smirk as he pats his huge belly. Shahryar blushes hard, his palace is so huge he has no idea how much he could mean and what he's planning but he can sure it'll be a lot with how much he fed him! Now it makes sense, he didn't just want to overfeed him, he wanted to make him fatter.
"So you didn't just want to feed me a nice feast, you want to fatten me up. You bastard." Shahryar huffs. But Eggman says "I want both for you! You really should be eating much more like the royalty you are and I want to help you with that. And with the bigger belly you'll naturally get from that, everyone will truly see and respect you as the king you are~ Isn't that what you wanted?"
Shahryar thinks about it and nods.
"Of course you do. So you're gonna keep eating as well as you did today!" Eggman tries to contain his excitement but Shahryar has no idea the wild things running through his mind. He doesn't know he wants to fatten him up until his butt gets too big for his throne and his body too wide for his bed, he'll truly be king-sized when he's bigger than a throne and king-sized bed.
He likes thinking about him having a huge excessively overfed royal belly that's very stuffed and gets bigger all the time. Hell, he really does have so much room to grow in his huge palace and he wants to take advantage of that space. He wants to make him the size of his palace. The thought has him throbbing like crazy as he rubs Shahryar's belly and imagines it being so so so much bigger.
Shahryar already feels massive with his enormous stuffed belly pinning him down, he certainly does feel like a very spoiled and pampered royal fatass. But it does feel pretty good once it's all settled in and he feels very well fed and satisfied. Perhaps he could get used to this, maybe he really should be a bit fatter... Maybe people will finally see and respect him as the king more and won't be so rude!
But he doesn't know yet that Eggman isn't just thinking about a "little bit". It never is, it's always to the extreme and maximum. Over time he will start to find out with the many more stuffings to come! Eggman gets excited at the thought of feeding him another big feast as early as tomorrow morning as he lulls him to sleep by rubbing his immensely full belly. This'll be sure to help him gain!
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The Sonic Adventure (Story Concept)
To preface, this story is a Fantasy AU based on a dream I had a while ago and I genuinely want to turn into a story because I really loved the premise. I will write down a detailed description of the dream, but I need to describe the setting first. Please note that, if there are inconsistencies, that’s because, again, this story was based on a dream.
The story is set in a fantasy world, something akin to Sonic the The Black Knight, with kingdoms, magic, quests, dragons, etc. The characters present in this story so far are Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Shadow and Dr. Eggman. Also, note that in the dream, everything looked like it came out of the Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW) comics (except for one moment), shown in the image above.
The premise of the story is that Sonic, Tails, Amy and Knuckles are adventurers, going on various quests of helping people or seeking treasures, with Sonic seeing himself as the greatest adventurer in existence. Sometimes, he’s accompanied by his friends, sometimes he goes on solo adventures, being a huge thrill seeker.
He and his friends also fight Dr. Eggman whenever he causes trouble. In this story, Dr. Eggman rules over the Eggman Empire, a literal empire populated by his Badniks and he tries to expand it by conquering other kingdoms, but is always foiled by Sonic and co. I guess Metal Sonic, Orbot and Cubot are also present, even though they didn’t appear anywhere in my dream.
As for Shadow... well, let’s just say that his and Sonic’s relationship and dynamic was the main focus of my dream and Sonadow fans will have a field day with this one. It is kind of insane.
To start off, in the dream, it was made clear that Sonic and Shadow have a history together (an iteration of Sonic Adventure 2 happened; don’t ask me how, it just did). However, for some reason, Shadow is depicted as an evil king/warlord with his own kingdom and he and Sonic are considered enemies. He has his own castle and land, and there were even banners with the Black Arms logo, so I assume Shadow has sided with Black Doom and that this is the Black Arms Kingdom.
It is established that Sonic and Shadow have been fighting a lot. Basically, whenever Sonic goes on a solo adventure, expect Shadow to pop up somewhere to fight him. Their constant interactions let them grow closer, where they see each other as rivals and always look forward to their next encounter.
At some point, Sonic learns about a mystical artifact with unknown powers and wants to find it, going on another solo adventure. Shadow also learns that Sonic is trying to find that artifact, so he follows the latter, deciding to make it a competition to see who will find it first; something Sonic agrees on.
The scene cuts to Sonic running through a cave filled with blue crystals, avoiding traps, only to find Shadow at the end of it. Surprised, Sonic observes Shadow as the ebony hedgehog reaches for the artifact, a blue crystal orb on a stone pedestal and places his hand on it, suddenly having a vision.
The vision in question? It is this scene:
I’m not even kidding, the whole dream looked like something from Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW) comics, and when Shadow had his vision, it was literally the cutscene from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) where Sonic is killed by Mephiles. Oh, and Elise was standing in the background for absolutely no reason. I was legit baffled when I saw that. Also, once the vision ends, the whole sequence goes back to the Sonic IDW art-style.
Shadow is stunned for a moment after having this vision and spots Sonic, turning to his rival and telling him that he’d team up with Sonic because he saw the future and he wants to prevent it from happening (confirming that the artifact they were searching for can show the future to the holder). Sonic is baffled, walking up to the orb and places his own hand on it, getting a vision of himself being killed by Mephiles and then turns to Shadow with a serious look on his expression, nodding in agreement.
Unfortunately, that’s where the dream ends.
However, there are a few interesting details I managed to gather from the dream regarding Sonic and Shadow’s relationship.
As I mentioned above, Sonic is an Adventurer and Shadow is an “Evil King” (even though he doesn’t do anything evil in the dream) and both see each other as rivals. They are also very competitive, with Shadow being more than willing to just leave his kingdom to confront Sonic, while Sonic is okay with derailing the adventure to deal with Shadow.
It is also implied in the dream that, despite being “enemies”, Shadow actually deeply cares about Sonic, but refuses to admit it, and those confrontations are their way of spending time with each other.
While he tells Sonic that the reason he wants to team up with him to save him from his death at Mephiles’ hands is because he wants to be the one to defeat Sonic, it is heavily implied that Shadow is unable to imagine a future where Sonic doesn't exist and it is hinted that Sonic is his only friend.
It was also implied that Shadow is kinda possessive of Sonic, but tries to pass it off as just being part of their dynamic as rivals, but Sonic understands Shadow’s true feelings towards him and doesn’t press the issue. Neither would admit that there’s more to their relationship than it just being a rivalry, but they are also aware that they do have strong feelings towards each other.
In any case, this is all I got. I do really want to eventually expand on this story to at least give it a proper ending, but for now, I’ll be keeping on working on Sonic Cyber Revolution, where Shadow is also kind of a tsundere towards Sonic.
#Sonic the Hedgehog Analyzer (Masterlist)
#Sonic the Hedgehog Analyzer#sonic the hedgehog#shadow the hedgehog#sonadow#amy rose#miles tails prower#knuckles the echidna#dr eggman#mephiles the dark
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Chapter 2: Release Shadow
Prison Island 8:45 PM
Eggman had arrived at Prison Island just as the day was ending with a huge grin, which he always wore on his face whenever it came to being late for something. The island itself was quite large, with some of the bigger buildings made from stone or brick, and a few others that seemed to be made purely out of metal. Eggman was quite fond of them because of their unique looks and designs.
"Well, here we are. The Prison Island," said Eggman, smiling broadly and placing his hands on his hips while staring around in wonderment. He took a step forward, while two robots looked nervous behind him. They were wondering why he was so thrilled when they saw the place. It wasn't exactly a nice place by any definition, although it was certainly creepy in this jungle.
"Uh, sir, why are we here in the jungle?" asked Cubot who couldn't help but look concerned. He hadn't seen Eggman this excited in a long time.
"We're here because I want to show you all my inventions!" Eggman told him enthusiastically, gesturing grandly towards the giant metal doors. He walked forwards confidently, his robot guards following closely behind him, and reached up for one of the keys hanging off of chains hanging on the wall of the prison. "I've invented a lot of stuff over the years, and now I'm ready to put them to good use." The key dangled from the hook where his hand used to be, and he began unlocking the lock. Cubot tried not to think about how his eyes followed every movement.
The door swung open, allowing them both entrance into the dark interior of the prison. They went inside, this place looked abandoned and desolate. There were no guards, nobody in sight at all, and there was no sound besides what they could hear coming from within the room.
"This place is... eerie," murmured Orbot, looking around the empty corridors. Nobody was around. It looked like this prison was deserted.
Eggman smiled slightly at him before continuing towards the cells in the back. Cubot and Orbot wondered what was behind these locked gates, as far as he knew this place had been completely empty. He tapped the keycard on the slot in front of one of the doors to unlock it, and they waited as the cell opened silently. The doors creaked loudly as he stepped through. Cubot shivered involuntarily and glanced to his left nervously as he heard a low growling noise. "Are you alright, Orbot?" he whispered anxiously.
Orbot nodded quickly. "It's nothing, don't worry," he replied reassuringly.
Eggman waved them to come inside before closing the cell once more. Once the three of them were inside, they immediately noticed something different about the cells. It was a laboratory, there were no bars anywhere, only small glassy windows that didn't seem to be very high up. They all stared around the place, trying to see if there was anything else unusual about these cells. Cubot even pointed at something.
"Hey, what's that over there?" He peered at something in the chamber of cells. His robot partner moved to join him, and they both looked at the object in interest. Orbot gasped audibly at what he saw. The glass was frozen with ice, and it didn't seem to have anything alive in it whatsoever. Even the rats had been scared away by the coldness. "It looks like an animal-" He began. The sound of footsteps echoed through the hallways. "Sir?!" Cubot and Orbot turned to stare at Eggman.
"I wonder what's inside that chamber," he murmured, gazing into the ice chamber with intense curiosity. He looked over at them. "You can go ahead and check it out if you want, you must be curious about what could possibly live in there." Cubot and Orbot exchanged glances hesitantly.
"Uh, I'd rather not," said Cubot, shaking his head slowly. "I have enough trouble dealing with animals already, it's probably best to stay away." Orbot shook his head as well. He hated going near such dangerous things. Besides, he didn't feel very comfortable investigating an unknown creature when Eggman was present.
"Hmph, it doesn't matter anyway," said Eggman nonchalantly. "As long as you two keep me safe, I don't care if you get your heads cut off for poking around."
He turned his head to the chamber and walked towards it, he turned on the computer trying to open the chamber, but he had to figure out what the password was.
"Hmm, now what would the password be?" he muttered and typed the word into the password box in front of the computer. The machine beeped an error that the password was denied. Eggman cursed under his breath and typed into the password box again but to no avail. Eggman slammed his fists on the deck of the computer in frustration.
"Blast it! How could the password be so difficult? And how can I just brute force open the door when I don't know how it locks!?" Eggman whined as he continued slamming his fist against the side of the desk. The robots stood awkwardly in front of him, unsure what to do, not knowing what to say to console their creator.
Eggman turned to the red robot," Orbot, you're the smart one here, right?"
"Me? I don't even know the password," he replied nervously.
"Yeah, me neither," said Cubot. "And I bet you know the password!" he added, pointing towards his creator. Eggman sighed exasperatedly and placed his hand on his forehead.
"If I remember correctly, what would my grandfather say the password?" he tapped the keyboard M-A-R-I-A, which the machines recognized as a word in English. With the final attempt, the chamber finally opened silently to reveal the contents of the room.
"My grandfather said it was, 'Maria,'" answered Eggman.
"Well, that did it, but who is this Maria?" asked Cubot.
"She was my cousin," he replied.
"That's it?! I thought there might be something weirder," said Orbot in surprise. He still couldn't believe that Eggman could find another relative of his. He was pretty sure there was nobody else living on the island besides him.
"Well, let's see what my grandfather held inside that pod," said Eggman. He stepped inside carefully, and the dark figure came out of the pod as soon as Eggman was close enough. The robots took a couple of steps backward as it appeared. There was no doubt in his mind that this thing was alive. It wasn't like they had any other option, since this was the closest thing they could access.
"No, it can't be..." muttered Eggman quietly as the creature stood up straight and revealed its entire body. It seemed to be a hedgehog, like Sonic, but it was different. It was a black hedgehog, his quills outwardly standing out, with red tips of his quills, he had white fur on his chest, the red striped on his arms, he attired red and white gloves and shoes, with each ring on his wrists and ankles. His eyes were crimson red and his red-winged eyeliner was on his eyes.
"Is that you, Sonic...?" Eggman asked as his voice shook.
"Who else could it possibly be?" the hedgehog asked, glaring angrily at him, although his expression changed quickly afterward. He bowed to his master respectfully. "My name is Shadow, and I thank you for releasing me from the pod."
Cubot, Orbot, and Eggman gawked at the hedgehog who was apparently called Shadow, who turned and bowed politely to them. Eggman's mouth was agape, he had never expected this to happen. He never imagined that his own grandfather created this hedgehog.
"Well, Shadow, welcome to the world," declared Eggman in surprise. He had never seen his grandfather's hedgehog before. "Are you... the military top's secret weapon?" asked Eggman.
"Oh, I certainly am, sir. I will grant you one wish upon my completion of this mission," assured Shadow.
Orbot blinked curiously. What exactly kind of mission could this possibly entail? This was definitely an interesting development, but he didn't really understand why this mysterious hedgehog would be able to help the army achieve his goal.
"What is he, a genie?" Orbot whispered to Cubot.
"Could be, I guess," whispered Cubot back.
A hollow sound filled the air, causing both Orbot and Cubot to jump. The giant metallic robot that looked like a skeleton was approaching them. Its glowing red eyes flickered between Eggman and the creatures surrounding him. It looked as if he was angry, it lowered its head menacingly, preparing to pounce. Orbot and Cubot looked at the large metal beast nervously, they wanted to move as fast as possible, but they didn't trust it, especially after its earlier attack on them.
The creature lunged forward, ready to destroy them. Suddenly, Shadow leaped out of the way and used his powerful punches to send the robot flying away from him. It crashed harshly onto the floor, sending a few pieces of metal crashing down onto it. Shadow looked furious as the robot tried to stand up, its legs giving way beneath it, as it was badly injured. The robot suddenly charged towards Shadow, its arms raised threateningly.
"Chaos Spears!" he yelled and threw these powerful spears forwards. All seven of the spears pierced cleanly through the robot and stuck into the ground, completely immobilizing the robot. The robot's eyes widened as the spear stabbed the ground before turning black, as though the spear had absorbed all of its energy.
Shadow smirked in satisfaction and walked towards the robots triumphantly. "There,"
"Wow, he's incredible!" exclaimed Orbot in amazement.
"Yeah, he beat the crap out of him with no sweat!" nodded Cubot.
Shadow stopped before the robots and looked at Eggman. The man was staring blankly, not believing what he was seeing. Then, realization struck him. That hedgehog was supposed to be dead; how did he turn up alive in that pod? The question immediately crossed his mind.
"I am free," declared Shadow, "and I seek revenge." His words shocked both Cubot and Orbot, who had thought that the hedgehog would try to escape from the island. They stared at him uncertainly, wondering what he meant.
"I've been imprisoned for 50 years, but now I am free. You are responsible for making this happen," announced Shadow.
"But, how can that be?!" exclaimed Cubot as Orbot looked at him in shock.
"50 years is such a long time!" Orbot added, feeling extremely confused by what Shadow was saying. He didn't get it. "How did you survive that long?!"
"This planet was my prison cell," explained Shadow, "but then the scientists discovered how to use the energy of this planet's core to create a clone of myself using a technology called the Matrix."
"I see," responded Eggman, feeling slightly interested. "So that means we defeat Sonic in some sort of duel, and no one can stop us," he chuckled. "Shadow, I need you to fight Sonic. You will defeat him, won't you?"
"Of course, I shall make sure nothing goes wrong. However, first, you will come with me. There is something I want to talk about with you." Said Shadow calmly as he turned around and left the room without looking back. “Bring me 7 Chaos Emeralds, and I will be waiting for you in Space Colony ARK.”
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Sonic Forces AU Role Swap, part 1
Since Wholesome Sonic and Tails Wednesday is over, time for some Sonic and Tails angst! Going back to Forces, there was something Eggman could have done that would be much more painful than keeping Sonic in a cell as he took over the world. A blow to the heart in the worse way possible.
What is going on? How did this happen? Those were the questions going through Sonic’s head as he was being repeatedly attacked by his assailants. He didn’t even have time to defend himself. Being hit around like a pinball. Finally, he was slammed into a wall, landing hard on the ground.
It was five on one, against some of the toughest opponents he ever faced. How could anyone stand up to that alone? And how were they all here? Wasn’t Chaos at peace? And why would Shadow join Eggman again? Sonic tried to pick himself up, but the pain dulled his strength. He could feel himself slipping into unconsciousness.
“Sonic!”
The sound of Tails’ voice helped Sonic cling to staying awake, though his vision was still fading. He saw the mysterious figure land in front of him. Who was this guy? How did he move like that? He began to walk towards Sonic…
“Wait!” Eggman’s voice was unmistakable. Oozing with his snarky confidence after that beatdown of his greatest foe. “I have an even better idea.”
“Hey, let me go!”
Sonic got his second wind when he heard the fearful shout. He turned his head, only to see the masked jackal grab Tails by the throat.
No! Not him! Get away!
He tried with all his might to get up, weakly reaching out his hand towards his best friend. But as soon as he got that little bit of energy left, he lost it. Nothing but a horrifying site fading to black, with the most heartbreaking cry he ever heard.
“SONIC!”
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His head was pounding. His body ached. It took great effort to just open his eyes. All he saw was blurs, including a large pink one to his left.
“Sonic! You’re finally awake!” Amy cried. She wanted desperately to hug him, but restrained herself due to his condition.
The blue hedgehog struggled to sit up, but managed to.
“Take it easy,” Amy warned. “You’re still hurt.”
Sonic looked around, now that his sight had come back. He looked like he was in some kind of old hospital. “Where are we?”
“It’s a building east of Central City,” the girl explained. “We needed a secret place to regroup and plan.”
Sonic raised an eyebrow. We? Why meet in secret? This was just raising more questions, and making his already throbbing head hurt more.
“Glad you’re not down for the final count.” Sonic turned his head to see a red echidna leaning against the door. Knuckles… wait, Knuckles?!
“Knux! Why are you here? Shouldn’t you be on Angel Island?” Sonic’s question lacked his usual sass, he was still too sore for that.
“I was,” Knuckles began, “but then Silver and I were attacked by Chaos. We realized something big was happening on the surface, so we got here as fast as we could. We got word you were in a huge fight in the city, and found you out cold.”
“Silver’s here too?” Sonic was always happy to see his friends, but Silver wasn’t really one for casual visits. It usually meant something bad, not that Sonic ever held that against him. “Seriously, guys. What is going on?”
Both Amy and Knuckles averted their gazes. They clearly didn’t want to talk about this, but Sonic needed answers. He threw the blanket off and swerved his legs off of the bed. Pain followed suit.
“Sonic!” Amy reached out to grab him.
“You should rest,” Knuckles advised.
“Not until I get some answers!”
Seeing they had no choice, Knuckles offered to take Sonic’s arm over his shoulder, supporting him as they walked. Amy led them into another room. There was a large computer against one wall, and a lot of containers. It looked more like a warehouse than a base. Silver and Espio were looking over the screens. When they heard the door open, they turned around.
“You alright, Sonic?” Silver asked as he approached.
“I’ll live,” Sonic casually commented. He’s been through worse, and he always was a fast healer. “It’s good to see you again, Silver, but I have a feeling this isn’t a friendly visit.”
The future hedgehog lowered his head. “I wish it were. And I wish I could have arrived sooner. My time is in jeopardy again. But rather than some fire monster, it’s… this.” They all turned towards the monitors. News spread over every screen, cities being attacked by Eggman’s robots, enemies, and more. “The damage happening now will be carried on into my future. Where the aftermath of the Eggman Empire still lingers on.”
Sonic removed himself from Knuckles’ support. He slowly limped closer to the video footage, his disbelief increasing with each step. “You’re saying Eggman… wins?” Maybe it was just the concussion, but none of this felt real. How was this possible? Sonic tried to think back to the fight before, his mind still felt jumbled.
“We’ve already contacted the Chaotix,” Knuckles explained, which was obvious with Espio there, “but we haven’t had much luck contacting Team Dark. We’re trying to spread word to any of our friends out there to stop Eggman. Now what about Tails?”
The mention of the name snapped Sonic back to reality. He felt a cold shiver down his spine.
“He was with you, wasn’t he? Where is he now?” Sonic’s head began to spin as Knuckles continued to talk. Memories began to flood back.
“He was…” Sonic began to mutter. He saw the figure before him, how his foes clobbered him. “That thing…” The last thing he remember was Tails in the clutches of… “…it took him.”
“What did?” Amy asked. She noted the shaky tone in Sonic’s voice, which was unlike him.
“That thing in the mask. With Eggman. He… he took Tails!”
“What?!” The others all looked at him in shock.
“I-I was right there, but I couldn’t… there was too many. Chaos… Metal… Zavok… Shadow…”
“Wait! Shadow’s with Eggman again?!” The rage in Knuckles voice was obvious as his desire to punch something right now.
“That makes no sense! Shadow wouldn’t do that!” Amy was so sure that the black hedgehog had changed. Why would he do this?
As the group kept asking questions on what was happening and what to do, Sonic didn’t hear a word. He was too busy trying to reel back in his overwhelmed mind. Eggman was taking over the world, and Sonic couldn’t stop him. He couldn’t take on so many opponents. But worst of all, he couldn’t protect his little brother.
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Ngl I wish Sonic's corruption in Sonic Frontiers was showed differently. I saw sobie reviews for the game and one person had this interesting idea that when Sonic would get corrupted, it would kinda be like a new form. Something like Dark Sonic. When Amy, Tails and Knuckles were trapped in the whole cyber thing, they were living through something like a nightmare. It would just be so... cool to see Sonic also have some kind of nightmare while corrupted, seeing himself but evil maybe?. I just would love to see more than just "oh look, something is wrong with Sonic, oh wait nevermind, his friends saved him". I get that they probably didn't have time, because the end of the game is... clearly rushed. But still. Maybe they could do something like that in the next game. I'm gonna be honest. I was always a huge fan of Dark Sonic and only recently learned that he's not really canon, since he only appeared in Sonic X. Something like that could be possible tho, because I've read that there is a reason why Sonic uses Chaos Emeralds only in emergency situations and why he doesn't always have them around. The creators stated somewhere that if someone would use Chaos Emeralds all the time, the user would want more and more power. And because of that greed, the power in Chaos Emeralds would become something negative. I think it would also apply it the user wanted to use the Chaos Emeralds for not so good reasons. Of course, Sonic isn't a bad person and that's the reason why creators don't want him to turn into something like Dark Sonic (like they stated themselves). But in my opinion, this idea would be great if it was executed correctly. What if something bad happened to Sonic's friends? What if Eggman or other villain went too far. What if Sonic just snapped this one time. Of course I don't want him to become something like Steven in Steven Universe Future or I don't want another game like Shadow The Hedgehog. I don't want him to go bizzare and start killing people and stuff. But I still want to see Sonic in some really serious situation where he actually showed emotions and he had to be the one to be saved. I guess I want something like that, because I feel like Sonic rarely shows his more vulnerable side. I get that he's the best positive boy, but I want to see him angry or sad sometimes AND COME ON. WHY WOULDN'T I WANT TO SEE HIM IN FORM LIKE THAT?
But I guess for now, the only thing I can do is to mod Sonic Frontiers and beat up Titans with Dark Sonic lol
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@spiinsparks : [ stumble ] – for the sender’s muse to catch and help the receiver’s muse keep balance. (Looks @ surge yknow the energy of when he protected her from metal yea that but she’s actually awake) / accepting.
SHE HATES SONIC SHE HATES SONIC SHE WANTS SONIC DEAD SHE’S TERRIFIED OF SONIC BUT —
But she hates Eggman more.
As she hated Starline more / he and Eggman are merging together in her battered fucking brain, and the distinction feels increasingly meaningless — if Starline fucked with her body trying to BUILD SOMETHING, Eggman feels more interested in TAKING IT APART.
She’s not processing / there’s been little processing since the monstrous doctor decided to REPOSSESS HIS PROTEGE’S TOOL; there’s just been panic and horror and empty threats and the shattered remains of her sanity splicing between rage and terror. There’s just been tests and fragments and Eggman doesn’t even bother to make her forget.
—— At first she’d tried to keep track of the days — there’s no windows in the lab — and then simply tests — but they blur together, the day he opened her up to check the machinery melting into the time he saw how many volts she could survive into the day he killed her just to see how quickly she’d come back. Now there’s nothing but the repetition pounding in her skull, AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. AGAIN. THERE’S NO ESCAPE. IT NEVER STOPS. IT NEVER STOPS. IT NEVER STOPS. I WILL NEVER BE SAFE. THEY WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO HURT ME.
( when she came to after another round of tests, another round of opening her up and seeing what makes her tick, to sonic tearing the restraints off her wrists, she’d hallucinated starline in his place, come to take his weapon home — and screamed so loud that the badniks had come not far behind. )
She hates Sonic, and she’s afraid of Sonic, but she’s far more afraid of mad doctors who want to test and break and build — and she’s too weak to fight, and she knows that, even past her pride. So she’d gone with him, once her panic had settled enough to see him, once she’d stopped trying to disappear into the lab’s corner. He’s had to do most of the fighting as they escape and she HATES THAT, but she can barely keep standing — she stays near the wall, using it to keep her upright. Her body screams with every step — her mind breaks with every second. Her vision glitches into some new horror around every body — Eggman, or Starline, or both, or herself.
KEEP MOVING, DON’T BE WEAK. JUST KEEP MOVING.
“We’re almost outta here,” Sonic assures her, and she barely hears it, staring forward, eyes bleary, legs trembling — hands trembling — DON’T BE FUCKING WEAK, SURGE.
‘You can hardly help it,’ either Starline or Eggman says, the weapon - girl too exhausted to bother parsing which — the sound, so near her ears, hissing, feels like a GUN GOING OFF — she jerks forward with a low cry, stumbling forward — eyes squeeze shut, prepared to hit the ground; instead, someone catches her.
Her eyes snap open, huge, and she sees — Kit, then Starline — it isn’t until she’s nearly jerked out of his arms that she realizes it’s Sonic. She pushes up and away from him, stumbling this time into the wall, and manages to catch herself against it. His eyes are wide, but she can’t read his expression. Her teeth grit. DON’T BE WEAK.
“‘M fine,” the tenrec spits, voice raw from disuse and screaming. She stares down at her hospital gown, at the blood on the edges. Anything’s better than looking at HIM — or whatever far worse monster her mind will replace him with.
She hates Sonic. BUT HE’S NEVER KILLED HER JUST TO SAY HE COULD.
“I can walk. Let’s get the fuck out of here.”
#answered.#spiinsparks#surge : main verse.#queue.#ask to tag /#body horror ment /#abuse /#human experimentation /#not human but yknow#ANYWAY. i was like what scenario would allow this 2 happen. i know. eggman captures her and she needs 2 get rescued#anyway! rough life for the tenrec
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The Dark Picture ~ Origins of the Ink Demon : Operation Drawcia Pt.17 ~
"At the Doctor's Castle..."
"Stage 3 : Cryptic Castle..."
[Cryptic Castle by Jun Senoue Plays]
Seto : Oi, Master Grim!
Grim (Metal Sonic) : Seto! Glad that I finally made it!
Seto : You're just in time to be at the arrival at Cryptic Castle! This is the place!
Solva : Sorry, I'm late! But I'm not too late! I had to escape from whatever is inside of Cyberspace! I had to to protect the core program that connects the key to the cyberspace.
Disc-Chan : That's the core of the Internet, dingus.
Solva : Well, excuse me, prince-
Seto : Don't say a friggin' word.
Solva : Okay.
Eve : Listen up, everyone! No fooling around! We are here to raise the defenses of the castle! Let us open the door nice and easy!
*SMASH!*
Seto : You even had to say "Nice and Easy". Ah...Whatever, let's just set up the denfeses. There's gonna be a huge game watch on game night, what'll be soccer, football, or American football the NFL.
Solva : Well, I'm not into sports, but I'm always into sports enthusiast!
Amy : Oh thank goodness! Shadow, you...Eh? What's the reaper doing here. Haven't we met you here before?
Grim (Metal Sonic) : I am? I am Grim...Grim the Reaper, but I was originally Grim the Hedgehog.
Amy : Hey, you're that robot Metal Sonic that I saw back in the Mystic Ruins.
(an image shows Amy seeing Metal Sonic in Doctor Eggman's base at the Mystic Ruins)
Amy : You were there inside the capsule when you had the chance to escape with other robot you rescued before Sonic could destroy it!
Grim (Metal Sonic) : Yes, you are correct. What on earth are you doing at this castle away! Well after, Gemerl was stopped and we had to put the world together! It's been three months since the other Metal Sonic went rogue for a rebellious reason. Now that my hometown in Central City by those aliens, I had no choice but to find a new home.
Seto : Like the Amy's Room stage from Sonic Battle?
Solva : And don't forget about the Library stage in Central City too as well. By the way, what happened to Night Babylon and Central City?
Seto : They got destroyed...when the Black Arms arrived in Westopolis, that's also the first level of Shadow's game, so now both Amy's Stage, Club Rouge, and the Libray Stage from Sonic Battle have all been demolished by Black Doom's reign of terror, or should I say his 2000 year old reign of Terror, that's what literally happened during the Gizoid Incident. Since the Dreamcast Era was about to come to an end, Gemerl made Eggman to confess his stupidity to others for making robots do all the crime after Metal Sonic turned against on him. That's what got into these humans to start major conflicts against both hedgehogs and aliens.
Solva : So the inhabitants of Sonic's world were able to make Sonic Villains pay for their crimes against others, that's what those Chaos Emeralds meant as a warning from the Ancients in the past. The Emeralds weren't used for destruction they were used for good, that's why Tikal was trying to stop Chaos because the Ancients warned them about putting into Omnicide, that's why!
Cryptic Castle Guard A : Enemy attack!
Cryptic Castle Guard B : Get to your positions immediately!
Alpha Team Leader : (via radio) This is Alpha Team! We are currently under heavy fire! Hostages have been secured! I'm requesting backup for any assistance immediately! We need your help to activate all five lanterns to set up the defense line on all five sectors!
Grim (Metal Sonic) : Stay put! Tell Bravo Team that enemy hostiles are near the defense line and stay in your positions. Secure the perimeter and make sure to tell them not to let anyone get killed in the battlefield! These aliens must be eliminated and I will put an end to Black Doom's evil plan!
Alpha Team Leader : (via radio) Copy that! I will get ahead! All units! Prepare to open fire!
Grim : You all heard the men. Get those lanterns set up
(scene flips)
Seto : Huh? So this is a lantern! But how are we supposed to light up the defenses. This is going to be a real treat, but I am giving the Black Arms a trick to smell our feet!
Solva : Does anyone have a fire! To think off?
Eve : Sure! As Eve Neuschwanstein got this one in system, I have a little fire power to prove it. (holds a lighter)
Seto : Yeah, that will never work. This is how you light up a fighter. (uses fire technique to lit up the center) That's one! This should be a real trick-or-treating mission! If we like to trick-or-treat kids, then I will give them a trick out of them.
Solva : And I'll give them a treat to smell the feets.
Eve : And then we'll have someting sweet in our lives!
Cryptic Castle Guard : Hey, Pinky! We found one of the hostages was securing?
Amy : What kind of Hostages did you save? (cuts to cream with a towel wrapped around her) Cream? What was she doing here in the castle?
Cryptic Castle Guard: It appears one of your teammates that you disbanded has run off into the castle all by herself. I believe that Eggman had some minor details that her little friend have run off into the castle. But we don't know how these two wandered off and Gemerl was worried sick about her.
Amy : Gemerl, who did we forget?
Seto : You know the brother of that Gizoid, Emerl.
Amy : Wait a sec, Emerl that Gizoid that we carelessly killed have a brother? Eggman created another Gizoid from Emerl's previous data. Why didn't you tell me that before Sonic forcibly killed him?
Cryptic Castle Guard : Because of crimes we carelessly commited, we don't know how a Gizoid was able to find herself worried that Sonic killed his brother before by Eggman's fault and that causes Gemerl to be enraged and decided to turn on him.
Amy : And Cheese, you know Cheese the Chao, Cream's sidekick/friend. Do you know where did he wandered off to?
*BOOM!*
Cryptic Castle Guard : We haven't got much time! More enemy intrusion is coming up at sector C! We need Lantern #2 to lit up!
Seto : No biggies! Just leave it to me, the world's greatest Shinigami that puts evil to their knees!
Cryptic Castle Guard : Then hop to it!
(Scene slides)
Seto : (Lits up lantern with a fire technique) Okay! That's #3 I set up more of the defenses! Now to Lantern #4. You do know where Lantern #4?
Solva : Yeah, I don't think that Lantern #4 is outside the castle, it's inside the castle, but I reconsider that much of a threat of what's inside the castle.
Seto : What's inside the Castle?
(scene slides)
Seto : Are you serious? I have to lit Lantern #4 over there!?
Solva : Well this is where the last remaining defenses are.
Eve : Yeah, you should reconsider going there, but I'm gonna head out to the Underground Area to find out what the exit will be.
Solva : Uhh, Earth to Eve Neuschwanstein! That passageway to the exit is infested with a--
*Creature Shrieking*
Eve : (drops entrance) Oh my God.... (shivers in fear as her colors drains) What the hell was in there?!
Seto : A Giant Walker creature.
Eve : Why would there be a monster sleeping in the passageway! Do you know how dangerous that was! The Goal Ring was underneath castle while there's a giant monster that resides in the underground area of a passageway!
Seto : You sure that you don't exit the castle.
Eve : I'll...pass, thank you very much. I hope I will recolor self. Note to self, never go down that passageway.
Seto : (uses a small flame and throws to the lantern) Okay! Now for the last one. How hard can it be?
(Scene cuts)
Seto : Eh? This is quite a drop! But this is totally easy! *instant transmission* Okay! Last one to drop! (uses fire technique to lit up the last lantern) Lantern #5!
Cryptic Castle Guard : Oh thank you, Seto! You have lit up all five lanterns at the castle! Now Cryptic Castle can be finally protected from Black Dooms invasions! Look! (the Black Dooms retreating and being frightened are shown) The Black Arms are retreating! What a look on their faces! No candies for the aliens, now that's a good trick out of them and I'll certianly give you a treat.
Seto : Now they'll make us smell our feat and give us something sweet! All in a day's work, my friend.
Alpha Team Leader : (via radio) This is Alpha Team! Enemy Intrusion has finally stopped! The Black Arms have retreated and all defenses have been activated! Mission accomplished!
"later..."
[Mission Accomplished - Kenichi Tokoi]
Grim (Metal Sonic) : Seto.
Seto : Master!
Grim (Metal Sonic) : Congratulations on setting up the castle's defense line. I must've admit, you have some fire power to prove yourself that you are the true Shinigami that Japan needed the most.
Seto : Heh. Pretty cool! I did all the hard work to lay off Black Doom to handle someone else's messes, they've ran away to invade the city that you formerly lived In, Amy Rose.
Amy Rose : Well, I didn't feel like living in Central City, it was a nice place to live in since I don't know where to live.
Seto : Actually, you left Central City during the Sonic Advance 3 story incident. No wait, you left Central City during the Gizoid incident.
Amy Rose : You're right, I'm sorry I had to forget things like that.
Bravo Team leader : Lord Grim.
Grim (Metal Sonic) : Bravo Team. What did you have something in common?
Bravo Team Leader : I believe these two hostages have been hiding in the castle for hours!
Cream : They gave us a bucket full of candy and a lolipop at the gift shop.
Seto : Wait a sec, does Cryptic Castle even has a gift shop? So we've been protecting a castle that is a tourist attraction!? or is it just historical castle for tourists?
Solva : It could be both. It's just a castle, the doctor with an IQ of 3000 had to own some place who couldn't afford. Now then let's return to Hang Castle Immediately!
Seto : Yeah, I hope you like a feast for my needless girlfriends that are deathless in the real world.
Solva : Same here.
*Radio Buzzing*
Solva : Hello? What's going on?
Sonic : (via radio) Amy! Earth to Amy! Do you read!
Amy : Sonic is that you?
Sonic : (via radio) I got big trouble at the Naval Station after encountering with Eggman Nega! Blaze is after the Eggman I knew! And the real important story here is that, Blaze is at it again, I believe she had befriended with someone, there's gotta be a better explanation to hear this!
Amy Rose : Say what? (looks at Cream in disappointment)
Seto : You asked that cats and rabbits are what friends, I mean, Cats like someone is always at our limits! I'll be there! when I get the chance of heading to Altitude Limit Zone! Things are about to Get Edgy!
Solva : It's just "Get Edgy" Seto. We'll be there shortly! I'll be heading at Altitude Limit Zone. What is the Altitude Limit Zone! Let's head to Anubis first.
Seto : Got it!
Cryptic Castle Guard : Why don't you use that door over there, it'll lead you to Mirage Road, the Egyptian Gods are having an Ethno Circus over there! We look humble details that Hang Castle Security are trying to investigate Eggman Nega's recklessness.
Seto : Alright, thanks brother. Meeting Anubis is sound like a piece of cake.
Solva : Yeah, lead the way!
Seto : Next stop, Anubis's place.
Solva : I wonder how the Egyptian Death God holding up with the mummies?
Seto : You'll find out sooner than that.
Grim : Old friend Anubis. I haven't seen face in years, I've knew since the beginning of time, it'll be helping out others.
~ Mission 16 : Lighting up the Great Pumpkin ~
#sonic the hedgehog#shadow the hedgehog#needless#sega#sonic team#studio madhouse#crossover#drama#comedy#dark comedy#horror#mystery#thriller#supernatural#fantasy#dark fantasy#science fiction#action#adventure#psychological
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I considered to not make this post because I know it will sound annoying, but as someone who was pulled to get in tune with the franchise for good by a YouTube channel that in its first years put itself between Sonic and the Expert Critics to point out how unfair and biased their criticism was and enforce the positives points of every game and also as an Administration student... I kind of feel uncapable to remain silent about some stuff.
Like, I get it that nobody would ever feel slightly comfortable around Eggman after everything he's done, gosh NOBODY would feel comfortable around Eggman upon learning is lightest crime, but saying that Sonic doesn't showing this himself in any way is a shoot in the foot as if it brings any huge continuity issue and creates an abysmal inconsistency in the franchise is not right either...
Sonic is a static character AND it is not a problem, I know such an ideal and ultimately optimistic person who can always carry on every traumatic experience no matter how harsh it is can never exist, but in the end of the day Sonic is a character, part of his point is being like this, it is about how he can change people for better without even intent to, how he can influence them for better just by being himself.
It at most will create some mild inconsistencies that doesn't bother that much, everything we need to do is turn our suspension of disbelief on, just like with Elise being capable to not cry since her age of 6 iirc, just like Gerald being capable to build the Eclipse Cannon and keep it in secret, just like Knuckles knowing to speak english/japanese so fluently even living isolated almost all of his life, nothing of this needs to be questioned, why am I going to question and complain of this in a fiction setting? Who am I? Cinema Sins?
It's just like the Mighty Morphing being capable to fight perfectly fine along the new Power Rangers when they return, by the Zordon Era lore itself they should be weaker, but why am I going to complain? That's fanservice, let's enjoy. Or Ash's Pikachu struggling troughout Sinnoh and Hoenn's journeys, previously he had faced and defeated pseudo-legendaries and Legendaries previously, but why am I gonna complain? That's the anime formula by the point. It would be cool if they paid more attention to these details? It would. Would we like if they came up with an explanation? Maybe. But in the end of the day, it just needs some suspension of disbelief.
Also looking from a more business point, Sega tried to put more investment in try to be more ambitious before and, besides the unfair criticism from the channels, it didn't pay off in sales as well as they expected:
Sonic Rush Adventure got a more refined, complex and detailed story than its predecessor plus all the gameplay videos I saw indeed seem to be as well polished and funny as Sonic Rush, which I could play, but its sales didn't reach its predecessor's.
Sonic Unleashed received lower scores than Sonic 2006 when it launched
Sonic 4 Episode II is an update in everything from the Episode I, but yet the critics somehow said it was worse. And it did affect sales.
Sonic and the Black Knight receives more CGI cutscenes than its predecessor, refines its controls and tries to insert Sonic more into the whole conflict of the game than the previous title, but yet it sold far less than Sonic and the Secret Rings.
With all of this on table it's clear why Sega chose to take a step a back and play safe with simpler stories: by the time more complex stories weren't paying off as the sales pointed, they had no proof that the more ambitious route of exploring the trauma Sonic could have was going to pay off, thus they didn't risk it. Sonic getting less lighthearted when the huge threat posed itself was not working on the time, so they went to make him be as playful as he could be and it paid off very well as Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations showed.
By this day however, it does show signals that more ambitious and complex stories will worth the investment as now a wide part of the fans are demanding it since Sonic Forces, but the past experiences will make them to be cautious doing this, that was the case with Sonic Frontiers that gone by the route to explore the characters more in deep but they still played safe by mostly repeating partially or almost entirely the way it was done in Sonic Adventure. The fact now is: this games was well received and so they see that investing on more ambitious stories with dramatic and epic turns of events, now they're gonna do that with Sonic X Shadow Generations too.
Meanwhile they didn't give up the lighthearted tone and will as well use it as Sonic Superstars and The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog also show this one tone is still appreciated
Also Eggman didn't really become an Actual Dad with a Child, all the special treatment for Sage is merely because of how brilliant of a genius she shows he is, the second she fails to him, she is being scolded and punished like any robot else, the second she rebels against him, she is getting to be deactivated by the doctor himself.
I do think they kind of shot themselves in the foot when it comes to the events of Sonic Forces, not because they were bad ideas or even because they were poorly-executed, but because of how it necessitates a change in character dynamics that Sega isn't willing to let happen.
Sonic canon is now existing in a time where Eggman's succeeded in taking over most of the world before, along with imprisoning Sonic for, and I need to emphasize this every time I mention it, six months straight. If Sonic's going to be jokey and casual with Eggman after that, then we need to be able to tell that it's something of a front that he's putting up, or else the character continuity makes no sense.
Recall how, in Adventure 2, Sonic would mock Eggman a bit when he thought he had the upper hand with the fake Chaos Emerald, but not because he wasn't taking him seriously as a villain. He knew that the situation was tense, he was talking big just because that's his personality.
Also recall how he completely dropped the humor whenever things got really bad. Well, he's seen things get pretty much as bad as possible in Forces, all because of Eggman, and I just can't buy the casual nature of their interactions in Frontiers because of it. No matter how casually Sonic acts around him, it's gotta be clear that he doesn't feel comfortable with him. And as entertaining as their dialogue in Frontiers is due to that vibe, it's out of character at this point in the timeline.
Yes, Sonic was the same way with him during Forces. But Frontiers was fully willing to let Tails have more serious, grounded feelings about what happened in Forces, so why not Sonic?
And seriously, what's with this trend of letting literally everyone but Sonic experience residual effects of Forces? Tails shows lasting guilt/anxiety regarding Infinite's first attack in both the games and the comics. And in those comics, the Restoration is all about rebuilding the world after the war, pretty clearly being shaped by their experiences. Meanwhile, Sonic mentions his imprisonment exactly once, and it gets brushed aside immediately.
I understand that Sonic wouldn't want to talk about it, but at a certain point, he doesn't really need to. A shift in how seriously he takes Eggman as a threat, showing his distrust whenever possible, would easily be enough to get the point across. Maybe make a point about him being a little antsy in tight spaces or something (which is the same way Forces communicated the effects being captured had on him, by the way).
And honestly, Eggman should feel a little different, too. He's now someone who's come so close to complete world domination and still lost, I feel like we should be seeing... I dunno, something. A different edge to his hatred for Sonic after such a monumental failure, maybe. Anything to show that Forces mattered at all to the major players involved.
Like, I don't think I'm asking for much here. If we can shake up the status quo of the series by allowing Eggman to be an Actual Dad with a Child, we can allow Sonic and friends to treat him as a legitimate threat who can't be trusted. But nooo, Eggman has to be silly enough to continue the Brand Image, which means that Sonic doesn't even get to have retroactive character development like Tails did
#(also it likely will fall on deaf ears like the last time I done that...)#(I'm still gonna do it)#in short: they don't really need to change the status quo that much#they have this option as well as they have the option to count on our suspension of disbelief#and so far they're lying on the second
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hehehehe boom agent stone designs
#agent stone#sonic boom#i rly like the second one im so happy how it came out aaaahhghdhh#i also did the first stone in black with just yellow cuffs but i dunno if im gonna post it#it looked good too tho. but heres the red so theyre matchy#my art#stobotnik#dr eggman#lord eggman#also sorry hes so tiny i just wanted to make him shorter maybe its too short idk#i always saw eggman as huge so
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Just saw gameplay for Sonic Dream Team and kept thinking "Damm, Julian would have a blast with this" every time Eggman stuff showed up
Then I got to the end stage and imediatly thought "well damm, Julian's definetly getting obsessed with this"
You're basically the first thing that comes to mind with anything abaut Eggman now, so yeah have this little piece of knowledge
(Will be honest, that Dream/Nightmare Eggman design was sick as hell)
Oh I HAVE been having a blast with it! In December I got to play through and 100% it in one of the fastest times I ever have with any Sonic game because it appealed to me so much! My only complaint is that I wanted MORE, there could never have been enough acts for Ego City especially and I was sad when there wasn't anything left to do in it! You'd be very correct that I'm obsessed with it, I've played Ego City a ridiculous amount of times over already XD
I looove the look into Eggman's dreamland and all the wild, creative, and very evil, self centered, and egotistical things that go on in his beautiful mind hehe. And the plot with him still being as evil as ever and how he kidnapped poor six year old Cream because having an artificial daughter is not stopping this man from being a terrible person/changing any of the things I love so much about him. And how the story acknowledged and emphasized it hehe
Ego City was a huge treat because all the levels were great for being parts of Eggman's dreamscape but I always adore the most Eggman dominated and themed areas like Eggmanland and it was right up the same alley, the key to my heart 🥰 It's all about him and there's gorgeous big golden Eggman statues everywhere and they even brought back the PAs to hear him everywhere!! My heart belongs there truly I've just been crazy about it ever since ahsjfbskgsjgh
And Nightmare Eggman is so beautiful and cool. He becomes the kind of big powerful eldritch horror he's always after and he was so wonderfully evil and gigantic and PURPLE!!! My favorite color! And the whole final boss act where he was multiplied and everywhereee throughout was so heavenly 💜 It really felt like this game was just made for me, just delight after delight and the only thing that should've been different is that I wish it could've been much longer!
It really means a lot that you think of me when you see Eggman! Thank you for sharing, it really brightens up my day to know I'm associated with him like that, it's such an honor! 😊💜
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Headcanon #277
This is an extended version of Headcanon #227.
Cross-posted on AO3.
Remember when Sonic got locked up on Prison Island in SA2? This is the explanation for it in the English dub...
...but in Japanese, it’s this:
No idea why they got rid of that in English. It’s so Sonic.
--
Amy bit her nails and shifted in her seat aboard the space shuttle, feeling her heart pound as a robotic voice counted down over the intercom.
TEN...NINE...EIGHT...SEVEN....
That golem was awfully big, but if there’s anyone who can handle it, it’s Sonic! He’ll make it in time...
SIX...FIVE...FOUR...
...right?
Tails pressed a few more buttons on the control panel and hopped into the seat across from Amy, and Knuckles clambered into the seat next to her. All three of them watched the open door on the side of the shuttle.
THREE...TWO...ONE...SHUTTLE LIFTOFF!
Amy heaved a huge sigh of relief when she heard the unmistakable sound of Sonic’s rapid footsteps on the metal platform leading into the shuttle, barely audible over the roar of the rockets. Within a second, he’d swung the door shut, skidded to a stop in the cabin, and leapt into the seat next to Tails. He buckled his harness in the nick of time and met their relieved expressions with a brilliant grin as the shuttle started its ascent.
“You guys weren’t actually worried about me, were you?”
“Of course we were! I was worried sick!” Amy scolded, shouting to make herself heard over the rockets. Tails fidgeted and nodded in agreement.
Knuckles crossed his arms and smiled wryly, clearly not as concerned. “Had to wait until the last second, didn’t you? I thought I’d have to go back out and save you.”
Sonic shrugged off their concerns. “Nah, I could take him. Just got off to a rocky start.” He snickered. Knuckles rolled his eyes good-naturedly, and Amy couldn’t help but giggle.
It wasn’t long before the rocket boosters detached, dropping the volume level considerably. Amy sighed in relief. Finally able to hear herself think, she started up a proper conversation. “When are we supposed to get there, Tails?”
“It’ll only be about an hour! We’ll be leaving the atmosphere soon!” Tails piped up, clearly excited.
Amy perked up, happy she wouldn’t be stuck in the shuttle for hours on end. She counted the time on her fingers. “So that’ll give us a little over two hours to stop Eggman before the cannon can fire again.”
“No problem! We can deal with him in half that time,” Sonic bragged. Amy’s heart warmed at his confidence.
Tails jumped back to the previous topic, apparently unwilling to abandon the shuttle discussion so soon. “At first I thought it was just a normal rocket. I saw a documentary on the Discovery shuttle not too long ago, and this looks just like it!” His tails waved excitedly. “You can tell it apart by the materials used on the fuselage!”
Amy grinned. She’d always found Tails’ enthusiasm for technology to be contagious and kind of cute. Sonic was used to Tails’ fixation and didn’t mind humoring him, so he lounged back in his seat to let Tails excitedly explain the unexpectedly comfortable interior that allowed them to sit normally instead of lying back like in most shuttle cockpits.
Knuckles, on the other hand, had no patience for such things. He held a hand to his forehead, closed his eyes, and sighed.
Sonic caught the look. A mischievous smirk spread across his face, and he turned to Tails when his rant started to wind down. “Hey, Tails, how are we supposed to walk on that station, anyway?”
Amy caught on. “Yeah! Won’t the lack of gravity be a problem?”
Tails’ eyes brightened further. “That’s a great question, Amy! I did some research on the ARK’s design a few years back, and the science behind it is fascinating!”
Knuckles hid a quiet groan behind his gloves. He lowered his hands to level Sonic with a heated glare. Sonic just shrugged innocently. Amy held in her giggles as best as she could while Tails happily infodumped about space and artificial gravity. Knuckles turned his grumpy scowl her way, but his frown turned milder as he squinted at her quills. He reached over and plucked something out of them. “What’s this?” he asked, interrupting Tails without hesitation.
Tails pouted. After a moment, Amy’s eyes widened. “Oh! That must be a quill from that black hedgehog I met!”
“‘Black hedgehog’?” Knuckles and Tails chorused.
“Yeah,” Amy said, nodding. “I ran into him on Prison Island. He must have left just before you got there, Tails.”
“Be glad you missed him,” Sonic cut in, crossing his arms. “What a piece of work.”
Amy tilted her head, confused. “What are you talking about?”
Sonic side-eyed her. “Uh, my impostor? The fake hedgehog? He’s a jerk!”
“What? No way! He seemed nice to me,” Amy insisted, side-eyeing him right back.
“Oh, come on. He attacked me!”
“Why? What’d you do?”
Tails and Knuckles exchanged looks of confusion. Sonic gawked.
“Well...the first time, I guess I just ran at him because he had that Chaos Emerald, but--”
“Why did he need a Chaos Emerald?” Amy interrupted.
“How should I know?” Sonic grumbled, irritated.
“So you just assumed he was up to no good?” Amy asked, clearly unimpressed.
Sonic choked. “He stole it! Of course he was up to no good. And I’m the one who got blamed for it!”
“If we needed a Chaos Emerald to save the world and it was being held at the federal reserve bank, would you just give up on it?”
Sonic opened his mouth, then stopped and narrowed his eyes at her. She smirked. Not to be deterred, Sonic moved on.
“That’s not all. After I got out of prison, I ran into him on the island, and he attacked me!”
“Why’d he do that?” Tails asked.
“I called him out for the faker he was, and then he had the nerve to call me the faker, and then he attacked me!”
The other three were silent for a moment. Tails opened his mouth to reply, but Knuckles shook his head, silently warning him not to get involved.
Amy had no such reservations. “Are you sure that’s exactly what happened?”
Sonic opened his mouth, then paused. He averted his eyes. “Well...I guess we kind of argued and attacked at the same time...but it was still definitely his fault!” he tacked on hastily.
Amy crossed her arms. “Sooo...let me get this straight. You just met this guy. All you know is that he needed a Chaos Emerald--maybe for something important! Then, other people happened to mistake him for you, so you called him a faker and picked a fight with him?”
She was tapping her foot rapidly. Sonic pouted. Knuckles and Tails glanced between the two of them with wide eyes, wisely staying out of it.
Instead of acknowledging her statement, Sonic narrowed his eyes. “Why are you defending him so much, anyway? He’s been nothing but rude so far.”
“He was nice to me!”
“Pfft! Shadow, being nice?! No way!”
Amy’s eyes lit up. “’Shadow’...so that’s his name!” She thought back. “It suits him. He seemed so mysterious...”
“Hang on.” Amy focused back on Sonic just in time to see a smug smirk spread across his face. “Now I know what’s going on! You like him, don’t you~?” he sang teasingly.
Amy gasped, indignant, while the others laughed. “I--of course I don’t! I barely know him!”
“Oh, yeah, sure,” Sonic replied, still grinning smugly. “You think I don’t know an Amy crush when I see one?”
“He is kind of the expert,” Tails pointed out. Amy choked on her words, unable to argue with that.
“Hmm...” Everyone turned to Knuckles at his inquisitive noise. He was examining the black quill in his hand. “How’d this end up in your quills anyway? What were you two doing?”
Amy balked and snatched the black quill out of Knuckles’ hand. Sonic snickered. “Yeah, Amy, what were you two doing? Were you cuddling~?” he asked, his voice turning sickeningly sweet.
“N-NO!” The other three flinched at her sudden shout. Sonic smirked, and she puffed out her cheeks. “It was an accident! I thought he was you, so I ran up and hugged him.”
Sonic’s smirk faded into something disgruntled and disbelieving. “You’ve got to be kidding me. Even you?! He doesn’t look that much like me. We’re different colors!”
“Y-you weren’t there!” Amy stuttered out. “The sun was in my eyes, and his back was turned!” She pouted. “I was just so excited to see you. I was really worried about you, Sonic!”
Sonic crossed his arms and grumbled something incoherent.
Tails shrugged one shoulder. “She’s not exactly the only one, Sonic. The entire military confused you two,” he pointed out. “The footage on satellite TV was pretty grainy, and it was nighttime. I wasn’t sure myself. I only came to Prison Island because I couldn’t picture you doing those things.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Sonic allowed. He stayed quiet, seemingly mulling it over, but then his eyes widened. “Hang on! Amy, are you okay? He didn’t hurt you, did he?”
Amy gasped and held a hand over her heart. “Aww, Sonic, you do care!” He rolled his eyes. She brushed off his lukewarm response. “You don’t need to worry, though. He didn’t hurt me. I pulled away on my own.”
He uncrossed his arms and squinted at her. “Really? Nothing? He didn’t shove you away or anything?”
“Nope! He even smiled at me a little when he turned around.” She gazed down at the quill cradled in her hands. “I basically sneak-attacked him and clung onto him, but all he did was wait around and then smile at me once I let go.” She looked up with a determined expression. “That’s how I know he’s a good person. He was so gentle! He can’t be a bad person if he was that kind to me!”
Tails and Knuckles made skeptical noises, and Sonic snorted. “Amy, you’re too kind for your own good.”
She clasped her hands under her chin. “You mean it?!”
“Ugh.” He dropped his head in exasperation.
Knuckles laughed briefly. “If he was that nice to you and you thought he was Sonic, I’m surprised you let go of him at all.”
Amy crossed her arms and looked away. “I did figure out it wasn’t Sonic eventually. After all, he didn’t try to push me off or run away from me.” Sonic averted his eyes, almost looking guilty, and Knuckles and Tails sucked in air through their teeth awkwardly. Amy moved on. “He didn’t feel like Sonic, either. His chest was nice and soft, and he smelled really nice!” She sighed at the memory.
Sonic cocked his head. “Do I smell bad?”
She froze and started to fidget. “N-no! Of course not! You just...smell like you run a lot...?” She grinned sheepishly, and Knuckles tried to hide a laugh. Curious, Tails leaned toward Sonic and sniffed. He immediately leaned back and tried to hide his grimace. Sonic sniffed his own armpit, then shrugged obliviously.
To Amy’s relief, Tails shook off his distaste and changed the subject. “I still want to know how in the world you got to Prison Island in the first place.”
“Wait, didn’t you give her a ride?” Sonic asked.
Tails shook his head. “She actually beat me there.”
Amy nodded proudly. “I did my daily tarot reading this morning, and the cards told me I had a destined encounter with someone who needed my help!” She sighed dreamily. “With that description, I knew it had to be you, Sonic! I found out you were on Prison Island. It wasn’t too far, so Big brought me part of the way on his fishing boat, and when the waves got bad near the shore, Cream flew me the rest of the way. I told them to go back home afterward because I knew it wasn’t safe, and I was right!” She nodded with authority, then winked at Sonic. “You should be thanking me, you know. You really needed me today!”
Sonic wagged a finger. “Not quite.”
“What?! You were on an island that exploded!” Amy protested, clenching her hands into fists. Knuckles and Tails recoiled, but Sonic was unfazed.
“Not exactly. Didn’t I tell you I got caught on purpose?”
“You were still locked in a jail cell, Sonic. You definitely needed me!”
“Tails was there, too,” Sonic pointed out. “He was on his way to save me.”
Amy turned her glare on Tails. He winced and shook his head furiously. “Oh, no! Don’t drag me into this!”
Amy glared right back at Sonic. “My tarot cards are never wrong! Who would’ve needed my help more than you?”
Sonic thought for a moment, then chuckled. “What about your new boyfriend?” Amy cocked her head, then choked when she realized who Sonic meant. Sonic smirked once more. “He’s sweet on you, isn’t he? Maybe you’ll save him with the power of love!~”
“That’s...that’s not how it works! I don’t even know him!”
“Hmm...this sounds kind of familiar,” Knuckles said, sounding suspicious. “Hey Sonic, didn’t she act like this around you on the day you met?”
Sonic’s eyes lit up. “Oh, snap, you’re right!” Before Amy could argue, he started counting off the similarities on his fingers. “Let’s see...we’d never met, she said we were soulmates because her cards described a ‘destined encounter,’ she hugged me right off the bat and trusted me immediately...and then I had to fight a rampaging lookalike, Eggman was trying to destroy a whole planet--”
Amy suddenly gasped in realization, surprising the other three. “Oh, no! Shadow was on that island, and it blew up...” Her face paled in horror.
“Good riddance if you ask me,” Sonic mumbled. At Amy’s withering look, he shrugged. “I wouldn’t worry about it. He knew about the explosion, and he can teleport. He definitely got out of there.”
Amy sighed deeply. “Thank Chaos!” After a moment, her expression turned from concerned to impressed. “Shadow can teleport?! Wow...not even you can do that, Sonic! Maybe you could learn a thing or two from him,” she teased.
Irritation crossed Sonic’s face, but then he turned thoughtful, as if he were considering something.
Before anyone could ask, Knuckles chimed in again, much to Amy’s chagrin. “So Shadow can teleport himself while you can teleport objects by summoning them, you’re both hedgehogs, he actually likes it when you cling to him...maybe you two are soulmates!” He snickered, and Sonic and Tails joined in.
“Knuckles! Oh, you guys--!”
The teasing continued until Amy was red and flustered from embarrassment. It only abated in the last five minutes of the journey when Sonic and Knuckles started bickering about who should land the ship, even though Tails was clearly the best option for that. Amy sighed and examined the black quill in her hands.
I know there’s good in you. I just know it.
--
Aboard the space station they were approaching stood a conflicted black hedgehog. He frowned down at the pink quill in his hands.
I hope she made it out alright.
He shook his head.
No. It doesn’t matter. That planet needs to die, and she’s still going to be on it. This is no time for second-guessing.
His face turned pained.
But she seemed...so sweet...
Before he could dwell on it any longer, he heard a pair of high-heeled shoes echoing down the hall. He raised his hand, fully intending to toss the quill aside...but he hesitated. He gazed at it for a moment longer before tucking it back into his own quills where he’d found it, trying not to think about his conflicted feelings.
#shadamy#shadow the hedgehog#amy rose#sonic the hedgehog#hc#Knuckles the Echidna#Miles Tails Prower#sonamy#only one-sided though#i was doing a bunch of research on space shuttles and artificial gravity to try and get the details right#and then i realized i could just have tails do the thing#this is one of my favorite types of headcanons to write btw#little unseen between-scenes that Absolutely Happened and no one can convince me otherwise
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I've had a lot of these same thoughts about Frontiers but I couldn't words right about it. But yeah all this big same-sies mood. This was all just gonna be some short tags but then I kept going so now it's a whole thing. My bad, lot of thoughts you brought out.
The overall story progression felt really clunky to me. Like over all I liked the story too, but it just felt like they had made story beats they wanted to hit but couldn't figure out the road map on how the get to them. And maybe it's because of it being an open world they just weren't sure how to handle that. But it just felt like scenes happened sometimes but they were not apart of the overall story, if that makes sense.
Amy's story progression though was probably the weakest out of the 3 (4?? including Sage maybe 5??? if you wanna add the whole Egg-dad story beat in we get through the logs). I mean I'm happy they've moved her away from her 90s personalty of “girl character has personality of girl and has crush” as written by mainly grown ass men, so we always love to see that go away.
I'm so glad though I'm not the only one that kinda confused on what Amy's characterization was supposed to be in this game. It just felt a little all over the place. Like the whole "share that love with the world" just really felt out of left field to me. Cause like okay, wanting people to know about what happened there sure do that, great, love it. But maybe if they steered it more towards her wanting to share the trials and tribulations of what ALL the ancients went through instead of just one random ass couple, that would have made more sense to me. Cause like what about mom and the kids that one was so much more heart breaking than the couple to me. (But I'm acearo so could just be my own perspective/bias poking through on that one tho since I don't really care for a lot of romance plot lines in most cases to begin with and I have 13 little cousins way more attached t) IDK this is my fav game version of Amy but like what was her character progression in this??? (Sidenote: that run animation when she was running up to Super Sonic really was awkward looking)
With Sage I wasn't a huge fan either. There were scenes I was kinda like - okay cool aloof AI character learning to feelings is fun and interesting - I usually like those kinds of plots cause they can just be warm and fuzzy. But also the whole "I'm gonna keep saying how it's no use and it's gonna end badly, but fuck you for asking for more info on why I keep saying that. I refuse to further elaborate and will just say cryptic one liners and fuck off." Yeah I agree that those plots are not fun. Sage, hun', sweet heart, you are an AI you got all the info just tell Sonic what's going on it's not like it's actually gonna interfere with Eggman's plans at this point. In fact it probably could speed up the whole process. But okay insert 'keep your secrets then' meme here for her whole deal.
Sage's random ass song had me laughing so hard though. Cause it just comes out of left field, re-shows a bunch of cut scenes we just saw, and then just abruptly ends. I felt bad for laughing cause I knew it was supposed to be like an emotional scene but it was just so random I couldn't help it.
No complaints with Sonic and Knuckled here 10/10 interactions.
Sonic and Tails too. That "lil' bro" line has fed me for months now. But yeah that scene where Sonic walks away looking like he's in to much pain and Tails just happily waives to him was bit off key. Like Sonic looking like he about to collapse and Tails is just there like ( ° ∀ ° )ノ゙. I thought maybe Tails just was like that cause Sonic had his back to him so Tails couldn't see Sonic's face in that moment, but it was still an out of place scene.
With Sage I wasn't a huge fan either. There were scenes I was kinda like - okay cool aloof AI character learning to feelings is fun and interesting - I usually like those kinds of plots cause they can just be warm and fuzzy. But also the whole "I'm gonna keep saying how it's no use and it's gonna end badly, but fuck you for asking for more info on why I keep saying that. I refuse to further elaborate and will just say cryptic one liners and fuck off." Yeah I agree that those plots are not fun. Sage, hun', sweet heart, you are an AI you got all the info just tell Sonic what's going on it's not like it's actually gonna interfere with Eggman's plans at this point. In fact it probably could speed up the whole process. But okay insert 'keep your secrets then' meme here for her whole deal.
Sage's random ass song had me laughing so hard though. Cause it just comes out of left field, re-shows a bunch of cut scenes we just saw, and then just abruptly ends. I felt bad for laughing cause I knew it was supposed to be like an emotional scene but it was just so random I couldn't help it.
Egg-dad was a strange plot line too, especially since it was mostly through just audio not any real scenes between the two. I could see them maybe in the future using it as a plot point of "Eggman had a little taste of love and lost it and now it's everyone's problem cause he about to start some nonsense over it." Like i know that they tried to be like 'oh but he understood that sage was just doing what she thought was right and he is sad about it now and look he made a backup.' But they could set up an interesting plot line of yeah he made a back up of Sage but it's only the memories none of the emotions and it just makes him worse now cause he'll do any thing and sacrifice anyone to get the Sage he cared about back. They probably won't go that route but if they gonna have that plot beat it's a road that could be interesting to see taken in the future to me.
hm. upon replaying frontiers. the cutscenes and character talks ... are. not as good as i remember. so im doing a belated frontiers review, focusing more on characterization than gameplay -- because i have very few complaints with the gameplay, except for chaos island. because fuck that volcano in particular smh
anyways -- for all my criticisms here, i still like the game, and i see the characterization as lightyears beyond forces, and its definitely doing damage control for about a decade of bad characterization... but... all i can still say for certain is that its a step in the right direction but definitely not without some flaws i really want to write out to get out of my head. because some of the conversations are kind of. hm.
anyways. im gonna go a little more in depth with whats rubbing me the wrong way about a few characters under the cut, ALONG WITH SOME POSITIVES, but if you don't want to see anything negative about frontiers, please don't read! i don't want to damage anyone's perceptions of the game if you love it. and i do stand by the gameplay being really genuinely fun, its really just the characterization that has a few things that are bugging me -- which is surprising because i really liked it the first go around. anyway, here we go.
okay so here's whats bugging me about the following characters: mainly amy and tails, and following them, in order of most to least 'off' to me -- sage, eggman, sonic, and knuckles. that being said, even the negative points COULD spin to a positive, and i'll end with the positives after i explain what's bugging me and why.
amy, the negatives:
she just seems incredibly melancholy. yes, the atmosphere of the game is overall mysterious and melancholy, but amy seems more affected than anyone else. it also feels like no one was quite sure what to do with her character in this game, and she has a moodness that she's never had in other games (other than crying over sonics literal dead body in 06).
the interaction with her and sonic and reuiniting the koco with its long lost love ... "would you really not help a person in need?" and i think sonics response was really good -- a gentle "no, but we need to prioritize XYZ first" -- ... yet we're meant to sympathize with amy? why? to me, the emotional impact of this scene with the kocos just did not land. it has the bones to be really impactful, but there are just some elements of the conversation between them that feel really, really off-putting. amy seems very pushy and defensive, and i don't feel inclined at any point to root for her, which is a shame, since sonic clearly seems to.
continuing with the kocos scenes -- amy asking the kocos to be careful when they finally reunite -- it feels really ooc and quite melodramatic. it makes me think they're trying to go with overprotective mother character for amy now, which i just really dislike, and doesn't quite feel like her. i hope they can make her more of the elements of her characterization that best suit her -- headstrong and protective, and inclined to do things herself, in her own way, even if she's taking too much control of a situation.
on that note -- agency. i get that she doesn't have agency in this game (none of the digitized friends have much) -- but unlike knuckles and tails, amy doesn't seem to try and do much herself. she asks sonic to do tasks for her, but it just seems that compared to the others, she's not putting in much work or taking much interest in her surroundings. knuckles tries to fight sage, and tails helps with a few tech things -- what does amy do? why was she written into this position -- no agency, and picking fights with sonic and attacking his character when he doesn't follow what she wants? i don't like this for her. i want her to be written well so badly but at every turn in the games, there's nothing to show what a well-written and compelling amy would even look like.
lastly, the scene where she says, "and i want to share that love with the world, no matter how far apart it takes us" -- i viewed every single side story and overanalyzed every detail i could find. this part still doesn't really track for me. what exactly does she mean by this? what type of love is she sharing and how? frontiers seemed like it was trying to set up side stories for all sonics friends, but... if amy goes on a solo adventure, what will it actually be about? how will it make her grow as a person? what will her character arc be? based on what she said here, i have no goddamn clue! right now, i feel like not enough seeds have been planted for her, unlike with some of the other characters. hers is the least clear set-up for a solo story beyond this, and i find that very disappointing. i hope she still gets one, but an amy-centric game will already have a difficult time selling given the niche market sonic fills in the gaming world -- she doesn't need even more sabotage to a potential solo-game by a poor setup.
overall, it just confirms that the amy i want to see most in a game, is an amy who simply has never existed. in sega canon, the only thing that's ever been consistent is that she has a crush. meanwhile, the fanbase might be pretty divided, but from what i can tell, fans; most consistent characterization desires for her are that we want her to be: extremely compassionate, maybe nature-focused, an incredible friend. protective and hot-headed, always taking charge even if she should probably think things through first. a girl with some growing-up to do, but she's always someone who takes responsibility for her friends' safety and will do whatever it takes to bail them out. she loves the world and everyone in it, and wants everyone to have a chance to find happiness and love. she's a huge romantic -- and yes, she has a crush, but it shouldn't be the most central thing to her identity. yet... i cannot point to a single game that's given us that, without an extreme level of gunk to wade through in-between decent traits. i want to love amy so badly -- but at some point, she has got to actually be written well again, or she'll be beyond saving.
tails, the negatives: (many of these are more minor, things that just really nag at me, and aren't as grounded and consistent as amy's)
this one kind of hurts me to even mention, because im really not sure how much was the script and how much was just voice actors not putting emphasis on the right words. but it kills me. in the like, very first scene with tails, sonic's getting cyber corrupted, and they have a back and forth that's EXCELLENT on paper, but the VA delivery really puts me off. to summarize the conversation, "[fancy version of] im digitized and the cybercorruption is super bad for you" "uh, in english?" "im fine, you're not, and i'm worried." "ill be fine! and i need this power to rescue you!" "you're always rescuing me, and... lets focus on the now. what do you need?" -- and ON PAPER, seeing it written, it's mostly fine, though could use a few more filler words in some areas to make it sound a bit more human. but tails's VA puts such weird inflection on the 'you're always rescuing me, and' part of it. it just doesn't make much sense as-is. for the effect it seems to be going for on paper, the last bit of the conversation should have been altered to be a heavy-sounding: "heh- i'll be fine! and I need this power to rescue you, anyways. don't worry about me, i can handle this." "yeah, but... you're always rescuing me. i just wish... for once i could... - nevermind. let's focus on the now. what do you need?" -- it doesn't change the substance of the conversation, but the tone would have been so much more compatible with the rest of tails's lines. i really wish they would've had more time to tweak the script and voice acting, because so much of this game could've been stellar, but it just barely misses the mark for me.
creepy energy when sonic shows up looking visibly exhausted and injured and tails not only doesn't acknowledge it. but puts on a huge smile and grins and waves at him as he leaves? what the fuck was that about? putting on a brave face would be a great move but fr what is he trying to do here? sonics not even looking back at him, why is he grinning and waving when his brother's badly hurt?
overall i think i just had a few nitpicks with voice acting but i have way fewer problems with tails than amy <3
sage, the negative:
i. honestly do not like her character. her death was sad but for most of her screen time, she was just so needlessly frustrating to interact with, and ive never been a fan of "the conflict only exists due to someone purposefully withholding information." shes aggravating.
i did not like her song. it was mad funny which was not the point.
it implies eggman could be a good father figure. bite bite kill kill etc.
she worsened every single cutscene where she was watching from a distance. get out of here sage... im trying to watch sonic talk to his friends :(
dialogue just sounds stiff
if she JUST TOLD SONIC WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE FIRST PLACE.........
eggman, the negative:
father figure eggman??? in this good christian minecraft server?
sonic:
overall, i quite like him here! i think my main complaint is that there was clearly so much more planned that just was not implemented very well, so its sonic's story arc that suffers most
the amnesia storyline is literally SO juicy that i feel robbed that almost all of the dialogue is nearly impossible to trigger, and almost nothing comes of it in the main cutscenes.
i feel robbed that his cyber corruption was resolved with zero effort. i would have KILLED for a cyber corruption fight, or some cyberspace levels that were super fucked up and needed some outside thinking to beat and escape back into reality.
notice how all of these are mainly wanting MORE though -- his actual lines, characterization, line-delivery, etc -- i don't have a problem with any of what we got. my issue is i just wish we'd gotten to see the finished product that we all know the game devs were hoping to finish before they got crunched. :( amnesia sonic i'll love you til the day i die
knuckles:
hes a little stiff at times but i have literally no complaints hes great. knuckles sweep etc
no but for real i do have a few issues with how congested and stiff he sounds. there are also some really weird pauses in the middle of conversation? it was most noticeable with knuckles, but i did notice it with all the others. i think they probably should have edited the sound a bit better to make it flow more, like a conversation and not like VAs just reading lines one at a time in a booth
something about the way he interacts with the koco rubs me the wrong way but i can't put my finger on it.
i still don't love the idea of commander knuckles.
NOW FOR THE PART WHERE I TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVES.
Because believe it or not, most of the negatives can be re-framed, AND/OR, are intentionally left somewhat lacking to set up for a transitional period so that the best characterization doesn't come premature. as in, if the characterization was perfect, it'd be like "haha, let's just pretend the last decade and a half didn't even happen. forces who?" instead, this takes the bold choice to acknowledge it and say, "yep! that happened. it sucked. we're doing better, but like real people, you have to go through the period of 'sucking less' before you get to the holy grail of self actualization.
so here's some of what i think are the positives, and/or the hidden meanings with some of these characters. but first i do want to go with a quick theme because its something i certainly believe while watching/playing.
the koco theory:
the kocos that each of the friends latch onto are ones that specifically project their issues from forces. it's most obvious with tails, but knuckles and amy have the same thing going for them.
with tails, the koco was a hero's assistant/pilot/whatever who fell short when the hero wasn't around. not much to say about it -- the game makes it super clear. tails even directly addresses 'just like when i fell apart around infinite' (paraphrasing). but just because his is the most obvious doesn't mean the others aren't doing it, too.
with knuckles, the koco were in a war against impossible odds... and knuckles was forced into a sudden commander position and didn't end up physically fighting much -- just like in forces. in forces, we hope he was fighting behind the scenes, but from what we the player saw, he was just in a supervisory position. sonic makes a dig at him for this in frontiers -- and i think it was meant to be a playful jab in-universe, but knuckles clearly takes it a bit more seriously. it bothers him to be in a supervisory position, and he's clearly a leader who researches military tactics, because he would've studied echidna war maneuvers, etc. i think this was partly meant to forgive forces / explain the role he was put into, but also to apologize to him as a character. he likes fighting even more than leading; putting him in a position where he's too immaterial to fight is torture for him, and he's grateful that sonic can help when knuckles himself is unable.
and amy... the koco she sees are lovers who are separated in a war zone; one is clearly a high ranking soldier, and the other, their lover. they come back together and confess their love just in time for both koco to die. this isn't a perfect 1:1 metaphor, but bear in mind that everyone thought sonic was dead. for six months. to them, he died in battle, with zero warning. of course amy would want a reunion between lovers before it's too late and someone dies. i think she has some serious survivor's guilt and regret going on. i still feel less overall emotional impact from amy's, because i'm just not a fan of love stories in general and i don't love how pushy she is with her scenes. but i think even sonic can tell that there's something going on with the way she's reacting to the kocos.
with that in mind, i'll add in a few other notes for each character. because the kocos being trauma-projection maps doesn't perfectly fix everything, but it does offer some explanations for some of the gaps in the stories.
amy, the positives:
despite still not being an amy characterization that i truly and unabashedly like..., this is still leagues better than any characterization i've seen for her in. ages. maybe ever. there are no moments where i think she's a bad person or aggravating -- instead, she seems very melancholy and thoughtful. i wished i could like her more, but we do see that sonic cares about her feelings deeply, and that's a step in the right direction.
notes about amy being knowledgeable about nature -- this is a trait that amy hasn't always had, but between this and prime, im liking this direction for her as a nature protector.
amy having a knowledge of the arcane! it's back and i couldn't be more pleased! i just think it's a very fun characterization trait for her and i quite like it
for the more mellow conversations, she seems like quite a sweet and friendly person. neat!
tails, the positives:
oh my god every single scene with sonic
no listen. listen. we've been waiting years for this to happen. tails getting some more room to breathe and grow up a bit? legendary!
i actually thought he grew up a bit too fast; the fact that they gave him the 'im mature and independent now!' arc in the VERY FIRST 3D SONIC GAME is kind of why the rest of the games have slowly watered him down and chipped away at his characterization. they played that card too soon, and too far. now we get to have that arc again and a bit slower; we're setting up in this game to see the real thing in a future adventure, and i'm very pleased by that.
little bro / buddy -> partner growth? holy shit... i adore this sm
the way tails reaches for sonic to physically try and hold him up -- twice in this game. my heart.
his vocabulary feels about right. it's not so over the top that it's aggravating.
he and sonic play off each other quite well, and understand each other fine -- aside from one joke about "those sure are words you said just now" (when sonics actively weakened by the corruption), sonic is insightful and his IQ isn't watered down just because tails is using higher vocabulary. this is clearly a duo that talks to each other frequently and understands each other quite well.
tails and sage's discussion is the only time i liked sage. i liked the way they communicated; i liked tails's ability to get to her by saying, 'my trust in sonic is also backed up by a lifetime of data' which was also super sweet <3
tails clearly cares about sonic and worries about him in return; he got an opportunity to see sonic when he was clearly not at his best. but he ALSO has a hero's mindset for most of this island of not trying to be a burden. granted, he does still need multiple pep talks, but his focus is to be useful and efficient as much as possible. you can also see that sonic has rubbed off on him in that way; you don't have to wonder where tails learned to push through negative feelings -- but he's still young enough, and sonic's a good enough friend, to help him open up. (unlike sonic who remains rather stoic through the end -- but thats just how i like him)
sage, the positives:
im putting a bulletin here so you don't think i forgot her. yeah.
eggman:
the fact that all the Deep Lore are from eggman and in the big fishing minigame. holy shit. i was SO PLEASED to find that out. this was such a fun way to give lil sprinklings of lore
and the content of the eggman voice logs were all great! he was in character and very fun to listen to
sonic:
my sweet summer child this is the best youve been written in so long. i am kissing you on your forehead you sweet blue creature.
optimistic and driven. focused on helping his friends. not stupid -- but he will follow the only lead he has, because what choice does he have? even then, he's not antagonistic towards sage, because he wants to have the bigger picture. he clearly doesn't completely trust the weird sky voice, otherwise why would he keep seeking out sage's information? he knows not to put all his eggs in one basket, it's just a pity that sage refuses to share information
RESILIENT LITTLE PUNK. i love him so much. he gets put through SO MUCH this game, and i really liked seeing it because it just drives home that he's an actual hero. this is doing damage control from forces, where he was allegedly tortured (yeesh) and was suuuuper chill about it, to the point that he has no reaction whatsoever when being freed. in this game, he's thrown through walls, shot missiles at, chased by giant buzz saws, keeps having to start titan fights without the last emerald -- and he presses on. we get to SEE him struggle. it's not heroism without struggle, and by seeing that it can be actually-difficult, his story is more impactful, and he's more interesting as a character.
his dynamic with each of his friends is unique, but he remains consistently characterized. it's fantastic. he's confident and devil-may-care while being a good friend and genuinely caring about each -- but with amy, there's a sweeter and more earnest undertone, with knuckles there's a clear rivalry and 'holding each other accountable and picking up the slack where the other fails' dynamic. they care but they're also both extremely stubborn about it so their affection is shown through tough love, and it's great. and sonic and tails's interactions are all gold. siblings, yes -- but sonic being tails's primary caretaker, there's a lot of responsibility there, even if it's largely masked by friendly banter. they care about each other, but it's clear who the older brother who's giving the pep talks is.
love that he continues to follow his views of right and wrong, without it being too in your face. it's not that he's stupid about sage -- but he knows she knows something he doesn't, so he won't antagonize her as long as he thinks she might crack and change sides -- he's seen it happen often enough, y'know? he's not the most patient guy for some stuff, but he's persistent when he needs to be
loved the voice acting in general. very fun sounds when running, especially the chuckles when you kinda miss a jump. he just sounds like he's having a blast on this adventure
loved all the mentions of the landscape etc as he's running. gives personality to both him and the area around the player.
no clue what sonic's doing after this game -- if all his friends are on solo missions, i hope he gets another one too. i know everyone wants him to house-sit for everyone else but i still love sonic going on adventures. i think he could have a fun solo adventure too :( storybook part 3 when? take sonic through a counseling book and make him fight all his demons from forced lol. by that i mean make him kick infinite's ass. kidding. mostly.
knuckles:
loved all his feelings about the architecture
he's definitely going through something and i love it
his friendship with sonic really shines here. yeah they're rivals but clearly they have a deep respect for each other. they also call each other out on shit which i think is important for both of them.
i liked his 'i think i'll have my own adventure after this' spiel best out of the 3 of them. yes even more than tails's. very well set-up. him and sonic sitting on the ledge just chatting felt like the most natural friendship in the world, and i get why knuckles is jealous.
that scene where the ruins are about to be destroyed. it got the perfect balance of 'deeply upset and worried' and 'can't express strong feelings well' ... beautiful
i loved so much of it but i actually don't have a lot to say specifically about him -- ares island was very atmospheric and i just liked him and his interactions with the landscape and sonic and the ruins.
overall?
more positives than negatives, truly. yeah, the characterization does still feel off in a few ways, and i don't like sage, and the cutscenes still aren't quite as good as i remember on my first run through. i think i wish they'd zoomed in a bit more, or made the digitized faces clearer, to show more feeling. i think i did also wish for deeper conversations than we got... especially with amy. but aside from some stiff conversations in some of the ruins-chatting, and some VA nitpicking where i wish they'd tweaked the lines or had lines closer together (there are some really awkward pauses in a conversation thats meant to be flowing) ... or done a few more takes of some things ... overall, i still don't dislike the characterization. it has room for improvement for a lot of these characters... but, there's officially positive trajectory now. i hope that these characters will continue on their upwards journey!
and bear in mind that i believe almost all of these could have / would have been fixed with a bit more time -- but that's sega's fault for rushing their franchise-saving game. the gameplay is a lot of fun, sega -- but everything else could've been even better if you just gave your game developers TIME. fuck's sake.
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My thoughts on Sonic 2
YOOOOOOOOOO I just got out of my first viewing of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (cuz we got it early in Germany) and I wanted to share my thoughts fresh of the press and piping hot.
(Don’t worry, I put all the spoilers below the thingie.)
One thing I can say without spoiling anything: I laughed when I saw the three posters in the theater. (translation as follows)
Knuckles: 2 times as strong
Sonic: 2 times as fast
Tails: 2 times as fluffy
Also, there is no second post credit scene. But the movie was such a blast that you’ll probably sit through them anyway just in sheer awe of what you have just witnessed.
- Nice how they made a new Paramount ring logo rather than just reusing the one from the first film
- Clever way of showing Eggman’s ingenuity with his Rube Goldberg utilities and traps.
- Applause for that Shiitake joke.
- How much you wanna bet that those obvious humans in silly suits, who are apparently pals of Knuckles, will receive zero context or explanation? *TWO HOURS LATER* Yep, just as I thought.
- They actually referenced Da Wae, Jeff Fowler you madlad
- More scenes of Sonic’s room are always a good thing
- More Sanic and fart jokes *insert George Takei Oh my here*
- Times they could have used the drowning music but didn’t #1
- So Longclaw really did die... that’s sad.
- Nice reworking of an innocuous detail from the first film into a plot point
- UPTOWN FUNK LET’S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!11111111
- Sonic made the dance scene good, great and awesome, and then Tails made it outstanding and amazing.
- One of the very few criticisms I have with this movie is the beginning feeling a tad rushed. Like, it would have been nice to see a flashback to Tails being bullied and feeling like a lonely freak rather than just having him tell us this. I suppose the comic tie in is supposed to fill in the gaps, but it’s most likely not going to be released here.
- Also, Tails canonically watches Sonic as he bathes.
- I’ll say it now, the cabin scene is my favourite in the entire movie.
- “Kids, there’s nothing more cool then being hugged by someone you like. But if someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that’s no good.”
- With just one word, heck not even really a word, Knuckles manages to make Jim Carrey Eggman look like a bore by comparison.
- Knuckles’ father here was a better dad in one scene than Locke was throughout Penders’ entire run.
- Sonic has the most Gen Z energy I’ve ever seen.
- GUN are total shits.
- Tails wins by doing absolutely nothing.
- Didn’t this film have a hedgehog in it? I could have sworn- oh there he is.
- Sonic is Jesus now.
- Times they could have used the tunes of concentrated anxiety but didn’t #2
- For a movie called Sonic Vs Knuckles in Japan there wasn’t as much bad blood between them as I thought.
- Times they could have made Honest Trailers’ prediction come true but didn’t #3
- Sonknux shippers are going to meem this scene to heck I just know it.
- Knuckles yeets himself into oblivion.
- Stone continues to be a simp.
- Nice trick with the missile Sonic.
- ♫ Sonic Heroes! Sonic Heroes! ♫
- The return of the dance off! YAAASSSSSS!!!!
- If I had a euro for every time Robotnik has turned himself into a god and Knuckles was the one who took that power away from him I’d have three euro. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened thrice.
- OMG, the Chaos Emeralds are so TINY!
- Wait are they actually... Yo, Super Sonic looks incredible!
- As a huge Sonic the Comic fangirl, that bait and switch they pulled was one of the most hilarious things I’ve ever seen.
- “You finally had all seven Chaos Emeralds together, and you threw them away?!” “Exactly!” “Eh, that’s fair.”
- I take back what I said before, I'm having a hard time if I like this scene or the cabin scene more.
- SONIC CALLED TOM DAD I CANT EVEN
- Nice callback to the baseball scene from the first movie. Great to see how much this boy has grown.
- Idris Elba wasn’t lying when he said the Knuckles ice cream scene was great.
- This movie in general has some of the funniest lines I’ve ever seen.
- I love the updated classic sonic sprite with the blue arms. It looks so good.
- Shadow being the one to be featured in the post credit scene didn’t surprise me. I’d already been spoiled on the fact that another Sonic charecter was featured in it, and he, Amy and Metal Sonic were the only candidates I could think of.
- Doesn’t this raise some plot holes with the events of the first movie? Because Commander Walters says he knows about Project Shadow, yet he had no clue what was going on when Sonic caused that EMP with his chaos energy.
- Shadow looks really cool though.
- I’m wondering how the 16 bit credits in the third movie are going to work, because unlike Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, he doesn’t have a classic form and his design is a bit too complex for that.
- Wondering how they’ll adapt his mess of a backstory.
- Also, it’s so obvious that he wasn’t given any lines so that could leave it a surprise as to who will voice him.
So in summary: I’ve found my new favourite movie.
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So I decided to make a tails for Corundum. Meet Ceylonite he used to be a tails but after what happened to him he’s no longer the way he was.
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During The time of Infinite and Sonic fight, Tails was at the Base calculating and brainstorming on how to find a weakness in order to stop him from causing more chaos. Tails was determined to find Infinite's weakness so his research went on for weeks upon weeks, until one day… All of sudden someone had opened up the door, Tails then heard a slam like something had fallen over. Tails got up from his chair to go see who or what has gotten into the base.
Tails was curious but skeptical about this but he built up the courage to see, and once he finally was close enough to the door’s entrance He then realized that it was Amy who has gotten into the base, but she was knocked out cold from exhaustion.
Tails tried waking up amy multiple times but it seemed unsuccessful so Tails made a makeshift bed for her to recover. Hours went by it was time for tails to check up on Amy to see if she has awoken, by pure chance she was indeed awake but silent and a bit frantic.
This wasn’t her usual self and tails knew that so then he tried to ask Amy some questions on what happened out there, but she wasn’t speaking up it seemed that she was still in shock to even speak understanding this Tails have given more time to recover and when she’s ready Amy can go tails at the computer to tell him everything.
More hours went by Tails was at his computer doing his research like usual when all of He felt something tap his shoulder, it was Amy it seemed like she was ready to finally tell tails what happened at City Sunset Heights. While on patrol Amy was unexpectedly attacked by Eggman’s Badniks after dealing with them She then saw a huge Energy explosion at Mystic Jungle, With Amy being a little worn out from the badniks She tried to radio call Sonic on her walkie-talkie that was given to her by Tails in order to give any information to them and call for backup as well. But She wasn’t getting any sort of response from Sonic so Amy then tried to radio Tails…
but there was also no response from him. She then soon realize that the radio communication was being blocked by someone, so she thought that infinite had something to do with this! Worried about something might have happened to Sonic she then ran to Mystic Jungle where the massive Energy explosion took place, Once she was finally at Mystic Jungle she Immediately went on searching for Sonic, it felt like the search was taking an eternity and Amy was growing restless but then she finally found Sonic she was overjoyed that Sonic was alright!
Amy then ran up to Sonic and gave him a surprise hug from behind him, But then Sonic started to laugh maniacally And told her “Oh so NOW you guys Care about me!” Amy was confused. She didn’t know what Sonic was talking about but before she could ask questions Sonic transformed into this new.. evil form, It's nothing like Amy seen before and before she could react Sonic turned around and threw Amy against some far off tree in the jungle. Once Amy thrown against the tree she.
Instantly shook the dizziness off and getting ready for Sonic’s next attack with her piko hammer she then heard Sonic rushing towards her, Amy was about to hit Sonic but somehow Sonic was able to catch her weapon before she was able to hit him he then broke her hammer into pieces and smirked and chuckled a bit. Sonic then Floated towards Amy, picked her up by the arm and told her “You’re no match for me Amy Rose, you're weak… you let that compassion get in the way of your true potential. It’s no wonder you always chase me, You wanted the same powers that I have.. well it’s far too late for that don’t you think? I suggest you run back to your little friends back at the base and tell them a new threat is on their way..”
Sonic then dropped Amy onto the ground and understanding what Sonic said to her, she got up and started running out of Mystic Jungle and just before fully leaving she saw infinite’s lifeless body on the ground without the phantom ruby on him. Amy now realizes that this is the biggest, and most dangerous threat that she and her friends that they face…
After hearing this Tails was in disbelief and shocked by this, he didn’t want to believe this, but Amy was telling tails that it was the truth and that Sonic could attack here at any moment. But tails didn’t listen so then he came up with a plan for himself, he’ll come up with a cure for Sonic in order to keep him calm long enough to safely remove the phantom ruby from Sonic.
So Tails ran up to his computer and whipped up a cure for Sonic, He then starts heading out the base but before he can fully exit the base Amy gets a hold on Tails' arm he turns his head looking at her.
Amy tries to reconsider Tails’ plan and that the cure might not even work plus on top of that he doesn’t know what he's getting himself into, Tails then yanks his arm out of Amy’s grasp he then looks at her with worried but determined expression then fully walks outside of the base in City Sunset Heights.
Tail’s start searching for Sonic all over Sunset Heights after hours upon hours of searching Tails felt as if he would never find Sonic but he didn’t want to give up, determined to help his best friend he continued searching but before he could continue he then heard a loud crash like a Building had fallen down.
But in the corner of tails eye he then spotted Sonic in the distance but he couldn’t believe his eyes everything that Amy had said was true, he then started to cry but he has to be strong… like Sonic was
He then wiped his tears away Tails then Started to fly towards City Park avenue where Sonic is, Now that tails is finally confronting Sonic and determined to help him and thinking the cure can work so that he can calm Sonic down long enough to safely take out the phantom ruby from him.
Finally arriving at City Park avenue Tails can confront Sonic he then yells out to him in order to get his attention, Sonic does indeed spots tails calling him and in an Instant his high and mighty attitude had disappeared as if he was alright but in reality he was faking it without the fox’s knowledge Sonic then floats towards tails, then he start to have a normal conversation with him tails instantly started asking questions about him and that Amy told him this crazy story about Sonic turning evil. Sonic goes on to say “ What..? No no that’s not true at all buddy! I mean you know me right? I’m not the kind of guy to just turn into some sort of bad guy..I’m the HERO!” Tails then points to the phantom ruby on Sonic’s chest, Sonic then reassures Tails that he isn’t insane or anything… right? Not really understanding how Sonic was so calm already and not out of his mind he then gave Sonic a hug because he was just so worried about him.
Sonic then gave tails a hug back but just before he can stop hugging tail’s Sonic spotted the cure and then thinking that tail’s have betrayed him he Snatched the cure without tails noticing, He then fastly grabbed tails by his chest and started flying up to towards the sky, Now with tail’s confused and fearful of his life he tried asking Sonic what’s going on,
but Sonic wouldn’t answer him with him and Sonic finally up to more than 100ft in the sky Sonic then started yelling at tails saying “ HOW COULD YOU TAILS..I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST YOU!! OUT OF ALL PEOPLE TO LEAST BETRAY ME BUT I GUESS I WAS WRONG HUH?!” He then shows the cure to tails, surprised and now scared of Sonic he tries to explain to him on why he made it but before tails can continue explaining Sonic then throws the cure away and then continues to yell at tails saying “ Y-YOUR TRYING TO “CURE” ME?! OR WAS YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS WAS TO TRY TO TAKE MY POWERS AWAY, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL TO YOURSELF?!”
Sonic then takes a deep Breath then he starts to talk in a calming but creepy voice “ you know… You were my best friend tails. You truly were,you were always oh so worried about me. But now that I have these new powers You don’t have to worry about me anymore…. I am no longer the weak little hedgehog that you once knew, and I can’t let you take that away from me…I’m sorry” Sonic then hesitated of dropping tails for a moment, but before he could actually do something A large red hand came out and took control making Sonic unresponsive for a few minutes the mysterious red hand tied up tails’ tails with its powers Then it dropped Tails.
In Tails last moments in life he cried a Single tear, closed his eyes and accepted his fate, While still up floating in the sky Sonic was back in control he noticed that tails was gone from his grasp then realized that he unexpectedly dropped him, with a cold expression on his face he did nothing he then turned around and floated away at the speed of light.
By the time Sonic left Tails just hit the ground unresponsive and no longer alive, hours upon hours went by. Eggman was at the time patrolling City Park avenue trying to find his enemies he then spotted an unresponsive tails on the ground, Now although he is a villain there was no way that he would do something like this… but then Eggman had a brilliant idea! so Eggman then picked up tails and Brought him back to his base and then sat him on his working table and started experimenting on him.
Dr. Robotnik then gathered Some of the Red Rings that were scattered around City Park avenue and one small piece of a phantom ruby that he found while at Mystic Jungle, He then put them on tails the red rings went on tails‘s arms and with a collar on the final red ring went on his neck. The small piece of the phantom ruby then was broken up into two even smaller pieces and placed into tails’s head and tail, once he was done he then activated a energy powered switch to be able wake up tails, and Just Like that there was a energy explosion around tails that have awoken him.
Tails was confused. How could he be alive? And how did he get to eggman's base?! Tails then spotted eggman and demanded some answers! Eggman then explained to him what he had done. Tails looked down at his hands then he looked a head in a mirror and that’s when he realized what he had become.
In raged by this, Tails tried to storm out the door but then was stopped by eggman he chuckled then he wanted to make a deal with him explaining that now he has a second chance at life with a new body, he has to bring back the actual phantom ruby and work with eggman. If not then he’ll take the smaller shards of the phantom ruby that are inside of tails and power him down for all eternity. At first Tails Was considering Not to work with eggman but after he thought about it for a bit. He then reluctantly accepted his deal.
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Now that Tails has received a new body he now has some of the phantom ruby’s power along with red ring powers although not powerful like Sonic it’s still enough to keep up with him. The newly discovered powers are mostly defensive to tails, for instance he is able to summon a Phantom ruby cube and trap his foes and as a bonus tails can also adjust the size of the cube and add some sort of spikes to them.
Although not using this ability often he is able to make fake red rings that are actually mini bombs that can stun his foes. With the Phantom ruby’s power he is able to make Special Warps zones in order to move around due him no longer able to fly because of his tail being different and mostly glitched but if he uses this ability too often he will get weaker and would have to retreat or run on foot to eggman's base to recharge.
Tails is able to make a hardened crystallized shell out of the red rings in order to fully protect himself but if he takes more than 8 hits it will crumble and no longer protect him. The phantom ruby has a newly created power made by Dr. Eggman himself, instead of the phantom ruby making a ruby mist to teleport, it instead allows Tails to make multiple Shadow versions of himself. Lastly if critically in trouble he can then create a massive shadow avatar of himself in order to keep on fighting… seems OP right? Wrong if he uses to much energy the Red ring on his collar will crumble only leaving the two red rings that holds his arms together, if this happens a Large Phantom ruby cube will show up while tails inside recharging and non responsive once it fully appears it will automatically teleport back to Eggman's base. If bothered, Tails would be incomplete leaving him vulnerable to attacks. If taken away from eggman’s base the recharging process can not continue and he will be in a loop in the large Phantom ruby cube until he can return to eggman’s base.
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