#is that u sonic anon? my beloved??

[blu-ish]

someone pointed out that shadow's running into a portal when he himself can't cross over and knowingly is setting himself to get hurt or worse

Risking death for each other, way bitches with self-sacrificing issues my beloved gay hogs

ANON WHYYY MUST U DO THIS TO ME I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I WANT TO STUDY THEM UNDER A MIRCOSOPE

[I mean, him crossing over to other world's is most likely caused by them decaying and such, that's probs why he was able to join sonic in the Grim. bUT THIS IDEA IS MORE FUN THO AND I LOVE IT TO BITS]

[crows-home]

hey! i hope you don’t mind me asking, but do u have any fics you recommend reading? (specifically sonic fandom ones)

im so sorry anon but im probably the worst when it comes to fic recs. I just started using the bookmark function on ao3 like last month. There's probably tons of fics that i've read and absolutely loved, but never saved and are just collecting dust in my history ToT

i'm going to shout out a few of my favorite authors whose works i absolutely adore and some fics under the cut!

There's definitely more authors and fics i missed, but this is what i was able to come up with!! in general, the sonic community is full of so much talent and i'm just really happy to be here :)

@cozyqueerchaos - I love every single piece they put out honestly and these fics are the reason i dipped my toes more into the sonic fandom years ago. they're THAT good. love them all.

@phantomruby - another wonderful fic writer that everyone should check out. "Slipping Away" makes me cry fr, although i haven't caught up on the latest updates. everything just makes my heart go oshfdsfhd

@chaoxfix - sonic fics are wonderful sonic takes are top notch i dig everything. the understanding of the characters and archie is just phenomenal.

@teamxdark - fell in love with the Tales of Avalon series and fell harder in love with the team dark Boomtober fics and dynamics and aaaaaa, wonderful writing and style.

@rubyiiiusions - every fic is a joy to read and every story really just gets your attention and keeps it till the end. i've bookmarked a few of them since last week :)

I went digging through my history and here are some of my personal favorite Sonic fics!

radio silence under a yellow sky by chaox Summary: Sonic finds out Tails is missing. And more importantly, that no one's been looking for him.

A gen fic about Sonic finding out Tails was MIA during Forces it's so so good i think about it a lot

falling by sonosuke Summary: Shadow likes a boy

sonadow during SA2 I'll cry. so angsty but it makes me :')

Birds of a Feather by SonicaSpeed123 Summary: Sonic has been trapped in Camelot for three years, but he's started to make a place for himself that he can finally be comfortable in with his beloved Lancelot Something has been bothering him, though: If all the people of this world look like the people back home, where is Sonic's lookalike?

Lansoni. Part of a series of SatBK mini fics that i really love, but this one especially because it answers the question of 'what about the Sonic doppleganger?'

you can hardly swallow your fears and pain by chaox and sketchjii Summary: Shadow is usually better at putting up that cold, unfeeling front, isn't he? Or maybe that's him. (or: sonic doesn't need to be in touch with his feelings if he pretends they don't exist in the first place)

One of my all time faves i love it so much i dont think i have the right words. shadow tries to give sonic mental health advice. it does not go well. takes place some time after Forces.

the time has come again for stars by rubyillusions Summary: (five times someone notices sonic and shadow are in love and one time they do something about it)

sonadow, Teen. obsessed with how the characters are written here and the way all of their friends interpret their relationship it's just so cute and sweet and shit and i love it a lot.

against every odd by eggskie Summary: "We're friends?" Nine asks, small and timid, and oh, doesn't that break Sonic's heart. "Of course we are. We always have been. Or we always should have been." Or: Nine isn't used to being cared about

wanna see how hard i can cry? Gen, Sonic Prime fic about sonic and tails and what they should have been.

Dreams Don't Come True by Skyblaze Summary: Short, mildly humorous fic with sonadow flavouring. It also takes the mickey extensively out of the Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 Next Gen game. Warning: not to be taken seriously.

This fic is just really silly i like it a lot :)

A largely platonic cave by mousewritings Summary: "You know I uh, love hanging out with you and all, but do you think we could go somewhere that's not a cave for once?" Shadow stares at him. "What do you mean, go somewhere that's not a cave? Think you're too good for caves?"

Sonic Boom Sonic and Shadow (pre-slash sonadow) my beloveds <3<3 this fic is so funny they're so insufferable

Also, uh. I know you said only Sonic fics but i'm going to add a few more fics that i really really love from different fandoms because i reread them a lot, i hope you don't mind! ^^

Our way by shpeeper Summary: Overall, the mission was pretty simple. Sniper was instructed to track the spy for a week, figure out his daily patterns, then put a bullet in his brain when no one is around. No one told him there would be a kid. An AU in which Spy raises Scout alone, and Sniper is hired to kill Spy.

Oh my fucking god i could go on about this fic. Sniperspy, Teen, TF2. filled with action and danger. Every time a new character would get introduced, i would have fun piecing together who they were in my mind. the first chapter already had me emotional, it's been in my brain for YEARS. And don't even get me STARTED with the twist at the end. holy shit.

Desmodontinae by Romiress Summary: Kirk wakes up in a Gotham that is not his own. A what-if, where Gods and Monsters Batman winds up in the DCU. Originally intended as a short oneshot, and expanded out into a small story, exploring the differences, struggles, and conclusions. Focuses primarily on Kirk Langstrom (G&M Batman), with a side or Hernan Guerra (G&M Superman), Damian Wayne, and Bruce Wayne. Guest appearances by various other Robins, Clark and Jon Kent, and several others.

The Gods and Monsters DC team means so much to me and oh my god this fic was made with so much love and care for the characters. It's been a while since i read it, but i remember this fic had me staying up literally all night, eagerly going through all the chapters, one at a time. i was in bed kicking my sheets quietly irl lmao.

[ivettel]

mcr anon again!! seeing your reply made me so happy, you have no idea!

i don’t have a favourite album just yet but i love the black parade (it’s the album i started with), three cheers, danger days, and even though whether it counts as one of their albums is a little unclear from what i’ve seen, i absolutely love conventional weapons! bullets is the album that is probably most different to what i’m used to, but the songs have been growing on me and i’ve started to love it more.

i have not gotten the chance to get into much of the lore yet! i’ve seen bits of the black parade stuff and a mention of the demolition lovers but not much more than that. i’ve been a little hesitant to reach out to anyone to ask about the mcr lore because there’s just so much that i’m a little intimidated and don’t know where to begin 😅

anyway i absolutely love you and your blog as a baby killjoy (i think?? it’s been 3 months since i got into them) and a seb fan <3

hello again!

oooh hell yes the black parade is what a lot of people would consider to be their magnum opus, i adore it--if you haven't already, please check out the black parade live in mexico! something about their live performances is just soo visceral and exciting and it almost makes their studio versions pale in comparison, esp when it comes to this album! seeing them live last september was genuinely actually life changing. my personal fav is three cheers, but there's a mcr album for every mood <3

also, yeah, cw isn't reeeally an album, even if people basically group the songs together like one. in short, what happened during the making of the black parade was really sad, like the band moved to a haunted mansion, mikey had a crazy mental breakdown, etc, and gerard was like so incredibly into the concept of the album that it took. Everything out of him? and like all artists do, he had that moment where he was like, well, i don't want to need to hurt myself irreparably to make art. so the goal for the next album was to just play it straight--no high concept, just pure fucking rock. and they tried a bunch of things that led to cw! but ultimately they couldn't make their sound work as A My Chemical Romance Album, no matter how they sliced it, and also there was some talk that the boys were getting tired of each other. danger days came out of the ashes of conventional weapons, which you can hear musically, and it's very cool! but so like there was a huge gap between the end of tbp and dd and people didn't know what happened in the interim until after the band broke up and released cw.

bullets is SO beloved--like you say, it's the most sonically different! part of that is the sound production quality (they recorded in a friend's basement studio under an indie record label called eyeball records, got signed to reprise after) and they had a shit drummer nicknamed otter (who thankfully got sacked before three cheers), and the boys were ohhh so very new to all of this. another part is That Was The Scene, they were raised on new jersey rock legends like the misfits, thursday was (and still is) super popular, etc. it's crazy though like, ray was going to try and get into the film industry! gerard had been interning at cartoon network! frank was trying to make it with his own band called pencey prep (he didn't join until may 30 2002)!

it's a very romantic album i think, a time capsule of the era for sure. gerard was suffering from crazy tooth pain and had to get punched in the face to stop bitching about it. frank wasn't even in the band and he hung around the studio smoking and napping on the couch. they didn't sell their CDs, they just gave them out to try and spread the word. they were piss drunk for their first ever show because they were so goddamn nervous. there's a lot of extra context that i think makes the album more accessible! but also if u keep an open mind and listen to bullets just as it is, and let all the melodies and themes wash over you, listen to the lyrics, you might find yourself loving it :)

for more info: i would absolutely recommend starting with life on the murder scene for a glorified summary of their time starting out and during the recording of three cheers! and for a full fairytale kinda rundown for their time in the band, tom bryant's true lives is like the beginner's bible. they'll give u a sense of who the band is! the lore and the ~characterizations~ given to them from those two sources have stayed to this day. but then yknow, you get deeper into it and you find that some things are kinda handwaved for the sake of story and you end up obsessed with whatever happened in 2007, and ugh. anyway! lots of levels to this. but def start out with those!

sorry this got so long, i could talk about this band forever LOL. but cheers, appreciate it, and if u ever wanna come off anon and dm we can totally chat! x

[danmeichael]

Shizun x Tony tiger anon here

Iam aware of those things... I've already tried something like this b4 with little success *cough* do you think Liu qingge could do a sonic rainboom *cough* I'm not entirely sure how I went the even weirder route this time but I've already given up cause it's too weird for me lol not sure how I ended up with shizun x Tony the tiger I think I was watching a gaming yt and said oh Tony tigers big hands on my waist and then after watching that vid saw big naturals Gandalf talk about shizun like usual and it clicked and it was also 12am for me lol my goal in doing these asks is to have skinzun 2.0 or something like it also u were one of like the first 3? Ppl I sent an ask too

have you ever heard the saying you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink?

skinzun was not created because someone sent asks to as many artists as possible in hopes that they would draw skinzun. skinzun was made because aph made a piece of art of skinzun and people loved that art. they found it cute, or weird, or funny, in a way that was meaningful enough to them that they all took it upon themselves to draw skinzun. people draw skinzun because they love him, in whatever ways you can love a skinzun. people are still iterating on the skinzun concept to this day because it's so beloved. because people are having fun in that sandbox.

you are not going to create anything like that by sending people cursed asks and hoping they'll love it enough to make you fanart.

sqq(cum)/tony the tiger is not going to be skinzun 2. no ask you, or anyone really, send is going to be skinzun 2. it's not because your ideas are bad, not because you can't create something good.

it's because you don't love it.

you can't create a skinzun by sending cursed asks to random blogs and hoping they'll love your ideas for you when you don't even love them yourself.

[yaoipaddlestar]

Hi 😳 Tell us about your OCs in excruciating detail Tails!

ok so to be honest it's been a while since i've come up with OCs (i mostly came up with fleshed out ones in my roleplaying heydays. which is to say i haven't being coming up with OCs in a while) and, in my writing, i leave a lot of my characters fairly ambiguous (which is. not a good thing lmao) and don't really think of them as OCs, but i CAN tell you about some of my old favourites (and one that i still think abt even tho she's really not that developed).

under the read more! :3

YOON HANEUL [surname/first name]

SHE/HER

AGE 28

First pic is Haneul normally, second is her half-way form

Picrew Author Link

Her last name, Yoon, means "govern/oversee" and her first name, Haneul, means "heaven/sky" and I think that's fitting because Haneul is a gijinka (of sorts lol) of the Korean Haetae (or chinese Xiezhi, or Japanese Kaichi [or shin'yō], or Vietnamese giải trãi, or --), a mythological being that is (in Korean folklore) trusted for preventing natural disasters and keeping law and order.

She's naturally a mediator, but, on her own, she can tend to mouth off and bitch. Her interpersonal skills are pretty good, but if someone really gets on her nerves (usually if they're being an asshole), she starts to goad and taunt whoever's bothering her. She likes humiliating people that she thinks deserve it (not to say they always do). The kind of things that get under her skin are willful ignorance, people not listening to her, and general chaos (I'm thinking, like, poorly organized rooms or events). She's not a particularly romantic person, but she's attracted to women. I think she could probably use a few lessons in compassion before being a great partner. She puts on emphasis on personal justice and order, that she can forget the kinds of things that can cause disorder.

Her parents are also Haetae, and they're much more conservative than her. She has come at odds with her parents because of their opposing views as to what their society needs in order to maintain order, and what "order' should look like. They avoid interacting with the mortal world, while Haneul readily and eagerly does so. She thinks that her best opportunity to understand what causes societal disorder is to fully immerse herself in that world.

Haneul is actually the last OC I created a few years ago before "retiring" from roleplaying (which is to say, my circles gradually died and I didn't look for new ones. I actually still love roleplaying lol, just not sure if I could successfully join new circles for it). I only ever used her once, but I made this picrew and am obsessed with how pretty I think she is, so I never really forgot about her.

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VAUGHN AINSCOE [first name/surname]

HE/HIM

AGE 31

Picrew Author Link

Vaughn is a big dumb bisexual idiot. He loves to paint and sculpt. His original passion was actually architecture, but gave that up for smaller-scale projects that let him get his artistic fervour out without making him think terribly hard. He doesn’t like math.

I originally created Vaughn to pair with an OC that a friend (at the time) of mine had created. Their OC was a lady who (iirc) was an assassin? I think. Vaughn was just her dumb boyfriend who loved her and wanted to spoil her. He’s very happy-go-lucky and is quite approachable. He’s not as conceptually developed as Haneul. He’s really just some guy.

Vaughn is another OC I didn’t use a lot, mainly because he was desired as part of a pair. I’m quite fond of him.

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Like I mentioned earlier I really haven’t been “making” OCs lately and honestly I almost feel ashamed? lol.

Maybe at some point y’all could send this ask again and I’ll have actual OCs to share. These are really just two of my fav oldies. Haneul I quite like. Maybe if I write something with a character I really latch onto then I’ll update this lol.

Thanks so much for the ask! I assume it was genuine and I don’t look like a dumbass rn lol.

[whrrlwind-a]

anonymous said: sonic adventure 2! a game with a wonderful reputation in the hearts of many and boy have you created a sonic that lives up to that feeling. you've taken on the 90's nostalgia of many and you have done incredible things with it, it's great to follow you and see whirl grow and learn. your blog, your muse and the entire aesthetic surrounding it takes me back to the good ol' dreamcast days and i thank you for that feeling. whirl is in wonderfully kind hands with you! thank you so much!

*:･ﾟ✧ anon??? ANON??? i am just SITTING HERE??? and you do this to me??? how dare u,,,,,, i (STARTS CRYING)--- okay for real tho, thank you??? this is so genuinely nice, i appreciate it so much....... especially since its so unprompted?? i literally dragged myself out of bed for this man thats how mcFucked Up(tm) u got me rn

*:･ﾟ✧ really, thank you tho!! im really glad you enjoy whirl and the stuff ive been doin with him!! admittedly like ive said in the past, tryin to capture the way he acts during sa2 and that general era isnt the easiest thing in the world for me, but im really tryin my best and im really glad its been workin out for me!! thank you again!!! it means a ton <3

[blessedshortcake]

Stop its literally 3am dont fucking do this to meeeee

Theory time!

Now the end credits scene of Shadow was actually a recolored Sonic model due to time constraints which is understandable. But! What if they utilize this look in the next movie? Maybe show Shadow’s origins in a new way, how he had a slight growth physically, mentally and emotionally.

He did go through a great change from being this new experiment to Maria’s closet friend to witnessing the horrors of GUN take the life he knew away from him to being locked up and broken mentally thanks to Gerald. Also during that time it would make sense even in stasis Shadow grows bigger and gets more chest fur that we recognize in his look. At this time his voice might even go deeper and scratchy due to all his time crying and screaming in pain at the loss of Maria.

Okay, that’s a pretty intense theory

[pandapupremade]

(s/i design anon) aa thanks! i want to start shipping with Big (because big my beloved <3) but I’m bad at making designs especially since I’m only getting into sonic way later than everyone else

BIG THE CAT IS SO GOOD I SUPPORT U SO MUCH!! if u have like, a basic idea i can try and help you figure something out? i understand if you'd rahter not ofc as Dms can be scary, but youre free to DM me or something for help if you'd like!!

i think there's nothing wrong with getting into sonic late at all!! its an old series but liek, it was also technically almost 20 years old when I got into it properly, so its better late than never!! many people who were into it early aren't really anymore, anyway, so like. fresh people tend to be. well. refreshing! to me at least

i rambled again so sorry but I genuinely love talking abt sonic to people fi you cant tell ffkjnhkfjcgnh