Sonic Prime and Lord of the Rings: A Cross-Character analysis
So we all saw how Nine acted when he was hocked up on Prism energy…
that’s rough buddy
…but did anyone notice the similarities between him and the previous wielders of the Prism shards?
It reminded me a lot of Lord of the Rings, actually. The wielders of the Prism are so overcome, so intoxicated by the sinful energy that they cannot help but act irrational and ruthless.
And, if given the opportunity to hold on for too long, I’d imagine it might even become a Smeagol/Gollum situation. I mean, Dread was calling his shard “me beauty”— not all that far off from “my precious…”
I’m not saying that Nine and the others shouldn’t be held responsible for what wrong they did. But at least a part of them was acting under the maniacal influence of the Prism. I’m reminded of Paul’s words in Romans 7: 19-20:
“For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.”
On an opposite note: Sonic’s willingness to sacrifice himself points to his purity and goodness, and is almost sort of maybe possibly absolutely reminiscent of martyrs and saviors such as Jesus. Now don’t confuse what I’m saying here. I’M NOT SAYING THAT SONIC IS HEDGEHOG JESUS, OK. Please don’t make Jesus the Hedgehog a thing.
(That will immediately reverse the redemption that Jesus gave you when he died for your sins /j)
What I am saying is that all good stories have a hero, and the writers have to get inspiration for that hero’s qualities from somewhere. J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis both got their inspiration for their fantasy worlds (Hobbit/LOTR and Narnia, respectively) from the Bible’s story and message, so I don’t think that it’s a stretch to say that some of Sonic Prime’s heroic qualities are reminiscent of Biblical heroes.
After all, where better to get inspiration for a good savior than from the Ultimate Savior?
Sorry for the long post; here’s a Tails Chao
TLDR: Nine, Dread, and Thorn Rose were influenced by the sinful power of the Paradox Prism in the same way that Smeagol/Gollum was influenced by the sinful power of the Ring; Sonic’s heroic sacrifice is reminiscent of Jesus.
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So I used Sonic Prime for a lot of voice acting practices in the last couple of days, and here are some of my favorite characters
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I heard you say you love captains?? 🤨
Was drawing this yesterday and thought wow there must be so many fics about this and now I've fallen into a rabbit hole of pirate AUs
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Me whenever a studio decides to remove various shows from streaming services.
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In case you didn't catch it on Twitter this morning, Netflix approached me to do an illustration to celebrate the launch of Sonic Prime. Lot's of fun to put it together, and try out the new designs!
Got some WIPs I saved along the way as well~
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