#making it the first Sonic game! Isn't that scary?

[woosh-floosh]

"Which is worse? This mediocre pop song or that mediocre pop song?" BOTH WRONG its the versus theme from Sonic Eraser

[comicmanstudioink]

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG BUT SUPER EVIL AND SCARY AND STUFF!!!

(SONIC.EXE PARODY)

By Oscar James.

(PART 1)

Hello, my name is Tom. I'm a hyper mega super sonic fan, I mean, who isn't? He's Sonic the goddamn hedgehog! Who wouldn’t be?! I mean, he was so cool that he was able to take down the behemoth of nintendo and make them go third party. Sure Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's playstation gave saga a tad bit of trouble, but they were no match for the SEGA game cube and SEGA wii U and the games for the systems were some of the best of gaming to ever land mankind. Such as the spectacular sonic adventure 3, sonic heroes 2 and who could forget the sensational masterpiece of sonic forces (such a good and well written game that is)

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. The other day I was playing some sonic shuffle 12 on my SEGA switch and the mailman came and delivered some, you guessed it, mail! What he delivered however was something strange, it was a CD case and a letter attached to it. The letter was from my dear friend  Kyle who I hadn’t heard from in a few weeks at that time. 

It read:

Dear Tom

It's me, Kyle.

That's how I knew it was written by Kyle, only Kyle would write something like.

In this CD case there is a sonic game I got from this cult like looking person in the dark creepy alleyway by the arcade. They gave it to me for free so thought it would be alright. That would be the biggest mistake I would ever make… you have to destroy the CD Tom, it's too late for me. Don't even play it, or you'll end up ten feet underground… 

This text was crossed out for some reason and under it it read:

This game is super good and sexy and swagger and you should totally play it and stuff. I double pinkie promise it won't kill you I swear! Lots of love

KYLE ( I think that's what his name is anyway… ) 

This seemed a bit off, I don't know why Kyle decided to change handwriting and write in blood, but Kyle does sound like this however so I believed the letter. I rammed the CD in my pc and opened it up. The only thing in the CD was a game named sonic.exe.

I had no idea what sonic game this could be (sonic 1 maybe) I booted up the game and the title screen came up, but something was strange about it.

The Sonic on the title screen looked strange, he had a really long snout, he had four fingers instead of five, his ears were really long (kind of like devil horns) his eyes were black and had red pupils, he had no teeth, his gloves were a dirty yellow and he was just a darker colour palette in general. The water was red, the title read “SONIC the hedgehog but EVIL!” and the SEGA logo had 666 instead of 1991.

This was probably one of the weirdest bugs I ever did see.

When I pressed start and the game began, the first zone of the game was called “GROOVY GROVE”

The name is quite fitting to be honest, the grass and trees are blue (a very chill colour) and the flowers were wearing sunglasses and doing a little dance (groovy). The music playing was from the hit game Sonic 3D blast called “GREEN GROVE” ( which in itself was a groovy tune so it fit). What I found strange was the fact that I was playing as Tails instead of Sonic for some strange reason. Everything else was fine from what I could figure out. So I was playing the game having a grand time, then something strange happened.

The sky began to turn red and the water purple, the grass began to die out, dead animals began to pop up, the plant life had eyes and veins, my ring count changed from five to 666 and Tails had a worried expression on his face while the music was also beginning to slow down. Again, weirdest bugs I ever laid my eyes upon. 

Suddenly! The music stopped, then the water began to turn red (just like the title screen…).

As I continued to walk forward, I finally saw him, Sonic the hedgehog! But something was wrong, Tails looked worried to see Sonic, Sonic himself looked a bit menacing as well, closed eyes and crossed arms. As I got closer to Sonic, he opened one of his eyes slightly, but his eyes were black with red pupils (again just like the title screen…).

When all of a sudden…

The Sonic from the title screen revealed himself with his mouth wide open. Tails screamed in terror and the screen went black. Text then appeared on screen which said:

Hello you two tailed dimwit. You wanna play a game?

At that moment I realised… this wasn’t a buggy game. BUT A HACKED ONE!

The next zone went on, the zone was called “NOT SO GROOVY GROVE”

The zone was on fire and the plant life was dead, the ring count read “RUN! FOR GOD'S SAKE RUN!” Tails was looking at me, breaking the fourth wall, pointing to the right and waving his hands, panicking. It was clear what I had to do.

I had to RUN… to the RIGHT!!!

I ran to the right for a little while trying to escape whatever this hell hole was. But it was no use. Because all of a sudden.

The Evil Sonic appeared, running with a giant mallet in hand, rapidly approaching Tails and the drowning music started to play giving me an extremely anxious feeling. No matter how hard I held down the right arrow key on my keyboard. 

There was no way anyone could out run the fastest thing alive…

The Evil Sonic BONKED Tails on the head with such extreme force, that the word bonk appeared out of thin air. As tails fell to the ground, with stars in his eyes, all this Evil Sonic could do…

Was laugh, but not just any old laughter, this was a laugh of hysteria. This evil, twisted DEMONIC Sonic had no heart, no soul If he found this funny. The screen went black and text appears on screen which read:

"BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! THAT WAS WAY TO EASY, I KNOW TAILS IS LIKE EIGHT. BUT COME ON! Oh but I guess I shouldn't be too hard on the little guy should I. After all… I really should be blaming you Tom, you are a noob after all."

At that moment, a shiver went down my spine, he acknowledged me, he obliterated the fourth wall, I didn't understand how this was possible. Then I realised something, this game wasn’t buggy or hacked. It was… gulp HAUNTED!!!!! There's a ghost, or demon, or something else supernatural in this sonic game that I so carelessly rammed into my pc, I didn't know how to feel about this, but I sure as hell knew what to say.

“Did you just call me a noob?” “ Yeah, I did. What of it?” “Why though” “Cause you are ya noob” “EXCUSE ME! I AM WHAT YOU WOULD CALL AN EPIC GAMER!!!” “That's what a noob would say” “I'm not a goddamn noob!” “Yeah you are” “AM NOT!” “ARE TOO!”

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“AM NOT!” “ARE TOO!”

This went on for about five hours.

“ Well then, if you really are an EPIC GAMER! Why don’t you give someone else a shot…”

part 2

part 3

[ouroborosorder]

Can you tell me more about the negators mapping to fighting game character archetypes? I don’t know much about fgc archetypes but I love UU and this sounds super interesting.

alright so groundwork. Totsuka is a massive fighting game fan. UU is fucking full of references to street fighter already, and he's said before that he wanted to make a manga about fighting games. Dude loves them, so I'm not saying this baselessly. It's to the point where my conspiracy theory is that this started as a hypothetical fighting game roster.

I'll just go through the first few in order and then some notables:

Andy - Shoto. A mixed fighter who specializes at having good tools for any distance. Usually featuring a long-range projectile (parts bullet), a wide reaching mid-screen poke (Crescent series), and an approach option (Fucking flying.) Also, many Shotos have an "install" form, where they unleash a dormant power and transform into a more dangerous, aggressive version of themselves. Come on, dude has a Victor install. Also, "cocky immortal" is a very common fighting game archetype narratively, and one of my personal favorites tbh.

Fuuko - Setplay debuff character. Usually relies on defensive play, mixups, and pokes. When you come to understand the target well enough, you can push your luck, find their pressure point, and land a single glancing hit that applies a debuff that allows you to steamroll the opponent. And like. Falling in love with the opponent and then using that love to understand them is exactly how Fuuko fights. Characters like Londrekia from Under Night are a good touchstone here.

Shen - Chinese stereotype martial artist. This is a common thing in fighting games. Also, they tend to focus really heavily on mixups, forcing the opponent into making bad calls by faking one move and going for another - finding the truth through untruth, as it were.

Void - Bigbody close-range brawler. The dude literally walks into the boxing ring dressed like Balrog from Street Fighter. I mean, come on.

Gina - This is where my theory gets Weird but bear with me. Gina is the bigbody grappler. Grapplers in fighters are slow-moving, highly defensive, and focus primarily on forcing pressure by existing. Grapplers are scary because they don't have to change their position at all to force you to have to play differently. Plus, Gina is associated with her big barrier around her at all times that limits her movement and would make her hitbox larger. Also, her giant Unchange hands are a phenomenal grappler tool. Also, when fighters try to be subversive and make a grappler that isn't a massive guy, they almost always do it by making it a small girl who plays identical to a big guy.

Top - Obligatory rushdown fighter. His new 101 interpretation feels basically tailor-made for rushdown play tbh. Give him a rekka series and we're fucking good.

Rip - Motherfucking CHARGE CHARACTER BABY. This one is entirely because Rip literally has Guile's flash kick and a sonic boom, he does them on screen.

Phil - Full screen zoner. Also the amount of fighting games that have just one extremely weird robot character is absurd, he's basically tailor made to be the obligatory One Robot.

Billy - Copycat fighter. These aren't common anymore, but used to be more common back when sprites were frequent and tracing over another character's sprites was way faster than making a new animation. A character whose entire premise is using other fighters' moves, copying their abilities into an entirely new kit. Mechanically, these characters tend to have weird, disparate kits with a lot of unique options that otherwise would never be on a kit together, allowing them to adapt their playstyle to be the exact perfect enemy to whoever they're facing. Also "bouncing gunslinger" is a very very common fighting game trope, since fighters tend to balance out guns' innate power with weird firing angles.

Juiz - Midrange bait and punish swordfighter. Prioritizes pokes from every angle, allowing you to react and punish everything your opponent can do. Usually calm-collected fencers personality-wise. Maps perfectly to Unjustice's idea - wait until you know what your opponent's intent is, then negate their Justice.

Julia - Protege character who takes after two other members of the cast - being Fuuko and Juiz. Their fighting style usually is a mix of the two, combining their best aspects, copying their moves exactly sometimes, with their own unique aspects in there to show her own persona growing alongside their influence.

Latla - Actively a reference to Rose from Street Fighter. So. Rose from Street Fighter.

Backs - Joke character. You lose to this in bracket, you're going to be posting some real scrubquotes shit.

I can do this for almost every single Negator in the entire manga. The only characters I can't find easy maps to are Chikara, Sean, Tella, Ichico, Lucy, and whatever Unchaste's name was. (this may change if Unchaste actually ever appears again.) But they're all not fighters anyway, they're all support characters or literal children dying of an incurable disease.

[randomthefox]

Honestly, people complaining about Sonic following the directions the voice of The End and that it's out of character because he doesn't obey a figure of authority, yet completely side with Lanolin, and even LIKE how she orders him around, scolds him, insults him and Sonic doesn't rebel, needs to be studied. Wtf is wrong with these idiots.

That complaint doesn't even make sense because it's clear that Sonic DOESN'T TRUST the "scary sky voice" from the first moment.

Sonic is pretty transparent that he thinks the voice of The End is probably evil, but it's the only direction he has to go off of to save his friends, and he's confident he'll be able to just beat it up if and when it tries to start shit.

Meanwhile in the comics Sonic just. Takes everything Lanolin dishes out. For no reason. He cedes to her as an authority figure without any push back. It makes no sense.

Why isn't Sonic saying "hey that's nice that you think that, but I don't care. You guys can leave and go ask for backup if you want, I'm going to stay here and start blowing things up. See ya when I see ya.

Why isn't Sonic saying "hey, wtf is your problem, did you not see Amy almost wiped out?" Or "I don't care what you say, I'm gonna keep racing whether you like it or not"?

Hell, fuck that, why isn't Sonic saying ANYTHING in this page? Fucking look at it. None of the game characters are SPEAKING in this entire page. The OCs are arguing ABOUT THEM but the game characters are SILENT. They're DQed and they just fucking. Sit there. With no input.

What is this HACK GARBAGE WRITING??

Why do these characters just let Lanolin walk all over them? Why is everyone suddenly turned into a moronic doormat when this character is interacting with them, especially the game cast?

Could it be because THIS COMIC IS DOGSHIT WRITTEN BY MORONS? Could be. Could be.

[yanderes-galore]

could you make the yandere alphabet for Sonic?

Sure! I'll see what I got. Aged up as usual.

Alphabet Found Here

Yandere Alphabet - Sonic The Hedgehog

Pairing: Romantic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Manipulation, Obsession, Kidnapping, Isolation, Jealousy, Clingy behavior, Overprotective behavior, Delusional behavior, Paranoia, PTSD.

Affection: How do they show their love and affection? How intense would it get?

Sonic seems like the type to be affectionate towards his darling. There may be times he's chill towards them, small bursts of affection to show he loves you. Examples would include patting your back, compliments, hand holding....

Then there's times where he's more affectionate. That's when he shows more hugs, kisses, flirting etc....

Sonic bounces between intense and calm when it comes to affection.

Blood: How messy are they willing to get when it comes to their darling?

Sonic doesn't seem the type to murder so he tries to keep it clean for you. He prefers manipulation.

Cruelty: How would they treat their darling once abducted? Would they mock them?

He'd never mock you. If Sonic did abduct he'd treat you like he normally did. Just with more... isolation from other people.

Darling: Aside from abduction, would they do anything against their darling’s will?

He tries not to. Sonic is someone who enjoys freedom and wants the same for you. Just with some boundaries for your safety....

Exposed: How much of their heart do they bare to their darling? How vulnerable are they when it comes to their darling?

A lot, no surprises there. Sonic is very loyal and dedicated to you. He loves you and can be vulnerable if you're threatened. That's actually his excuse if he does abduct you. He wants you safe.

Fight: How would they feel if their darling fought back?

Very sad. He loves that you have the kind of personality, but it hurts him that you hate him that much.

Game: Is this a game to them? How much would they enjoy watching their darling try to escape?

Not a game. He finds it funny yet sad when you try to escape but he easily catches up to you without breaking a sweat.

Hell: What would be their darling’s worst experience with them?

The first time he genuinely snaps. You're used to the Sonic everyone knows. The one that's happy, easygoing, no sign of stress!

The moment you see him angry, eyes frantic, and the obsessive attention on you? That's the scary part. Even more so if he decides to proclaim his feelings and abduct you then and there.

Ideals: What kind of future do they have in mind for/with their darling?

He wants it to be you and him in a world without Eggman. Sonic isn't one to be tied down but he does value your protection above all else. Sonic wants you to live in a safe world... with him.

Jealousy: Do they get jealous? Do they lash out or find a way to cope?

Sonic does get jealous. He doesn't lash out and feels a nice run will help him. If not then he'll manipulate you away from the reason of jealousy.

Kisses: How do they act around or with their darling?

Sonic acts very easygoing and laid-back. He greets you with a smile and a hug. He's your typical Sonic, if not a little more affectionate, towards his darling!

Love letters: How would they go about courting or approaching their darling?

Sonic is persistent in getting you to date him to say the least.

He tries to keep it as classic as he can. He flirts with you and openly expresses the love he has for you. If you reject him then he'll give you time alone before trying again.

Mask: Are their true colors drastically different from the way they act around everyone else?

Barely. He still is himself unless he's pushed to kidnap then his colors would be different. He'd be way more delusional then.

Naughty: How would they punish their darling?

He tries not to and Sonic doesn't want to hurt his darling. He'd probably emotionally manipulate you/scold you or isolate you.

Oppression: How many rights would they take away from their darling?

Hopefully he wants to take none. Maybe some restrictions but unless you're threatened, none.

Patience: How patient are they with their darling?

A bit impatient at times. He likes to do things fast.

Quit: If their darling dies, leaves, or successfully escapes, would they ever be able to move on?

Probably not. If he did it would take a long time. He'd probably start blaming others, completely unable to cope. That's if you died.

If you left then he's begging you back.

Regret: Would they ever feel guilty about abducting their darling? Would they ever let their darling go?

At times he'd feel guilty, yeah. He'd probably let you go after awhile.

Stigma: What brought about this side of them (childhood, curiosity, etc)?

Probably paranoia/PTSD from dealing with Eggman all the time?

Tears: How do they feel about seeing their darling scream, cry, and/or isolate themselves?

Sad and upset. He never wants to make you cry or cause you pain. He'll try to comfort you, however, even if you hate it.

Unique: Would they do anything different from the classic yandere?

Ehhh, he gives you more freedoms and does not kill?

Vice: What weakness can their darling exploit in order to escape?

Pretending to be in love with him and manipulating him to get his guard down. It only lasts a little, unfortunately.

Wit’s end: Would they ever hurt their darling?

Tries not to.

Xoanon: How much would they revere or worship their darling? To what length would they go to win their darling over?

He'd go over great lengths to win you over. He doesn't really worship you.

Yearn: How long do they pine after their darling before they snap?

He could pine for awhile, but certain factors may make it happen faster.

Zenith: Would they ever break their darling?

By accident.

[egg-emperor]

You say you love "dark evil" Eggman but I do want to know, do you prefer Eggman as a goofy man with very evil tendencies, or a sadistic villain whose "goofiness" comes from how he can chew the scenery?

Both! Eggman has that perfect balance of humor and seriousness in his evil and his personality in general. He's a funny goofy guy with fun interests that are commonly considered childish interests and he can also act like a stubborn rude bratty attention seeking manchild. Which isn't separate from his evil, it's a part of it, considering he specifically takes it to dangerous and evil degrees.

But he can also be very serious, threatening, dark and more mature in his evil too when he's in more angry and violent mode. It really adds to the impact when the switch can suddenly flip from the one to the other which is why I think it's important for him to have both. Both are just as prominent, valuable and entertaining and make Eggman who he is and such a threat.

Or he can be both at once which is a big favorite of mine. He's the kind of guy who can do the darkest most serious dark and disturbing evil acts with a wide smile on his face and have a silly cheery demeanor and laugh, joke and tease while he subjects others to horror and pain. It makes him very creepy and scary with his unpredictability as his positive demeanor doesn't equal safety.

He's been shown to have dark humor and a sadistic side with the joy, passion and amusement he can express during his evil, the ways he's acted with amusement towards attempted/expected murder of Sonic and Tails, the way he acknowledges, jokes, and details all the gruesome deaths that visitors can meet in Eggmanland/Interstellar Park, etc. I love the balance of evil and funny.

Like the way he acts all jolly, silly, playful, and cheeky can seem like a huge contrast of demeanor against his actions at first. But it becomes clear he's fully acknowledging and embracing his evil and having a great time. So then it's like oh god wait it's in a deranged depraved way! And you realize just how scary and dangerous he is like this with a big eerie grin on his face and laughter.

It also pairs great with the way he has fun silly childish interests of theme parks, circuses, carnivals, toys, etc but with a deeply disturbing deadly twist. The happy, fun, colorful aesthetic in stark contrast to the evil of the intended danger and death. Where they can meet a gruesome demise in such a happy looking place, what's destined as happy dreamland is really a brutal nightmare.

This page actually summed it up really well for the games too.

Very similar to what's intended to go down in Eggmanland and the Interstellar Park in the games, by his own emphasis, boasting, and taunting over PAs. Meeting the most painful, disturbing, brutal demise in exciting, colorful, fun areas of play and amusement. You'll be lured in only to find that it's really for your horror, fear and death and his fun and amusement in the most twisted ways.

The same works for the sudden change in demeanor he can have between jolly and silly to deeply serious and threatening. Being the former mostly by default, you don't expect the latter and it adds fear and impact. But the combination is really even scarier when it's obvious he's enjoying this in a sadistic way, so you know there's no stopping him or changing his mind!

It also makes for many disturbing creative scenarios of combining these fun happy colorful "childish" places or activities with the most horrifying death, pain, and suffering. People would never expect such things to happen in a setting typically associated with innocence and joy, or through actions of playfulness as he treats it like a game and like playing with toys that he's going to break.

Things that are supposed to be safe and fun for everyone become extremely dangerous and deadly. It doesn't just have to be rides, it can be other gruesome but creative forms of death while he acts like an excited park owner, enthusiastic announcer on a TV show, a jolly ringmaster of a circus, etc, making a show and mockery of them and their demise and having a blast performing.

Evil doesn't have to consist of acting like a constant stereotypical hyper serious grimdark villain. I think Eggman is most terrifying and entertaining when his worst and darkest evil comes from the combination of silliness and goofiness he usually has by default in general, with the evil twisted humor and sadism that he can show while committing his most terrible evil at the same time.

If they perish they have to experience their last moments in fear, pain, and mockery as he turns their demise into a twisted spectacle of his twisted selfish entertainment. But if they were to survive, they'd live with the trauma of having a typically innocent setting tainted. And the sadistic smile, laughter and jolly demeanor that he displayed most throughout would haunt them.

He's capable of both and that's so fun with so much potential, I looove it 💜

[realareturns]

A translation of Sega Saturn Magazine's June 1996 issue. More Nightmaren lore and interviews with Sonic Team! Another long page so it's under the read more :)

Approaching NiGHTS!! Numerous Nightmares Nightmares that turn their fangs against the traitorous NiGHTS. They are the Nightmarens. Six of the most powerful bosses have finally revealed themselves!

1st Level: Wizeman’s right hand man, mighty ruler of his Nightmarens

Reala is one of the few first-level Nightmarens created along with NiGHTS as Wizeman’s right hand men.

In contrast to the free-spirited NiGHTS, Reala swears loyalty to Wizeman. He is also the one who enclosed NiGHTS in the Ideya Palace.

Photo: He has the ability to fly like NiGHTS and also uses a looping attack. He is truly the greatest villain of all.

First Level Nightmaren

Reala: Reala, who has the image of a “dark noble knight (Miyake clan)”. His stage will resemble a medieval castle, with red and black as the base colors.

From Sonic Team: Naoto Ohshima, design director, talks about Reala

By the time the character of NiGHTS was complete, many different types of NiGHTS had been created, but the one that brought together the “cool and cute” parts was what became the current NiGHTS. And then, Reala was created by collecting the “scary and frightening” parts. They are two beings of light and darkness, with equal abilities but contrasting personalities.

Blue text: A new villain is born! “It makes a lot of sense that Reala is quite popular overseas,” said Mr. Ohshima.

2nd Level: Boss-like figures that wait for NiGHTS in their own worlds.

Two of the second-level nightmares, which are like mid-bosses, had been revealed in the previous issue, and now the remaining three have finally been revealed as well!

What kind of stages they will have and what kind of attacks they will launch are still a mystery, but every boss is more unique than it looks.

Photo: Time decreases when NiGHTS takes damage.

2nd Level Nightmaren:

Gillwing: A second-level Nightmaren with the appearance of a gigantic dragon.

Photo: These aspects are consolidated in the Nightmaren’s world concept.

Puffy: Nightmaren with the image of a plump woman. As flexible as rubber.

Photo: Is there a key to defeating you? A huge body and a spacious world, like a mansion where an aristocrat lives.

Clawz: “A winged monster common in the west, with a basic structure, but smarter than a cat," is Clawz’s image. The highlight of the scene is said to be the myriad of small characters that look like mouse fireworks. [I'm not sure what "winged monster" is referencing, maybe mythical winged cats, which were sometimes portrayed as evil. It might just be a way of saying Clawz isn't really a cat, but a monster/Nightmaren that looks like one.]

Jackle: Jackle’s cape gives him the very image of a magician. Is the cloak a trick to throw all kinds of things out of thin air?

Gulpo: Gulpo is said to be “the king of all fishes.” It seems that attention is being paid to the expression of water, which is completely different from Nightopia. [Another part I'm unsure of. It might be referencing that you can't actually swim in the water in his boss room but you can in Nightopia/Splash Garden?]

From Sonic Team: A worldview liked by game enthusiasts (Sonic Team designer Shigeru Okada)

While Nightopia is a world that everyone likes and can easily get into, the world of "Nightmare" is a world where the bosses live and breathe, so it is really dark, but after clearing it, people think it’s cool.

I tried to create a concept that would make people think it was cool after clearing the game. The world of "Gillwing," which was the first world I worked on, took two or three different turns, and I had a hard time with it (laughs).

[summers-art]

🎵Song #2 Puppet Boy by DEVO 🎵[Full playlist]

Gonna answer this ask on this blog for consistency :] Thanks for asking! This is a fun one, it's one that I first discovered on this Billford playlist by Mikimuun which is what inspired me to start this playlist in the first place! This isn't the only song these two playlists have in common hehe, find music I like? I'm going to yoink it unapologetically

I absolutely love this song as a sorta theme for Metal Sonic. Metal Overlords theme is much later in the playlist so we get this instead at the start followed by Sweet Passion for Amy as number 3. I find it super funny to have this come directly after Digital Love, which is all about this adorable dream full of gay longing and yearning (we love to yearn here) and then the first line of this song is just WAKE UP, in the Eggman Empire we don't have time for that sorta nonsense it is time for business as usual; aka being a pawn for Eggman in his schemes

LYRICAL BREAK DOWN BELOW 👇

Wake up puppet boy

I literally just explained this, but it's funny so it's worth pointing it out twice. WAKE UP PUPPET BOY!!! ⏰⏰⏰

Get up puppet boy You've got a job to do Even so you're free to go Where your master tells you to

The job in question? Literally whatever Eggman tells him to, of course! But it most likely will involve destroying nature, disturb the peace, and attacking mobians and if it's a really good mission it involves trying to kill Sonic (and his friends). ALSO, gotta love the illusion of free will. Eggman programmed that into him

Listen puppet boy Before you disobey Consider that the strings attached Could make a big change in your ways

UHU... Eggman sure gotta be tired of his robots rebelling against him, maybe treat your creations a bit better? Nah... that couldn't be the issue. It's the robots at fault, better program any disobedience out of them instead. Anyway, I'm sure that the programming installed in Metal from his previous adventures won't come back to bite us in the ass later down the line 🙂 (looks into the camera)

Puppet boy It's the little things that count Little problems little minds Little points of view Puppet boy It's the little things add up Getting bigger pull the trigger Little things like you

ITTY BITTY YOU 🤏🦟 I like the HC of Eggdad, but I also think Eggman haven't been treating anyone that well for the last couple of uuuh, years? Not until Sage showed up that's when he started to actually seem to start caring (I haven't read any of the Sonic comics so going off game canon here). And I'm sure given that amount of time to grow and fester resentment towards your creator will DEFINITELY not blow up in his face later, trust 🙂‍↕️

Stand up puppet boy Time to start the show You'd better do some brand new moves They paid a lot to watch you go

Oh boy here we go again! Brand new moves would imply that Eggman would still give Metal upgrades, which would be awesome to see I want to see my little robot guy have more appearances and be allowed to be a scary enemy to fight in the games SEGA, PLEASE.

No! what's that puppet boy? Don't tell me what to do What's that puppet boy? I'm not a freak like you What's that puppet boy? I'll move when I want to I can't hear you puppet boy! Now dance dance dance!

HAH, you are so funny little puppet boy- you think you have a say in the matter? That's cute, come here I'm gonna pinch your cheeks.

Stay out of bed Unless you wanna get wet I'm a boy not a toy And I'm not through yet

You keep fighting your fight lil guy. Also uuuh what was that about not being a robot copy toy and actually being a Real Boy?

Stay out of bed Unless you wanna get wet Now wake up puppet boy

This matches the beginning very well again. Stop being in bed dreaming of a better life and go do your JOB. Sonic fucking hates water but is Metal waterproof? I actually haven't looked this up, considering all the electrical shit throwing water at a robot sounds like an actual death threat.

Listen puppet boy You're not a robot slave Consider that no strings attached Could ever make you misbehave

YEA? THE STRINGS ATTACHED TO YOU? THE WIRES PULLING YOUR MURDER ROBOT PROGRAMS? THOSE COULD NEVER MAKE YOU MISBEHAVE? BECAUSE YOU AREN'T A ROBOT SLAVE? SURE!!! (just don't look at song #10-12)

All jokes aside, these lines are like- the foundation to upcoming songs, like the prev ones mentioned. Strings and wires are a big theme, especially with songs like #13 Wires, #22 Two birds and #29 Black Sheep. Notably, those three mentioned are all from Amy's POV, I suppose it's easier to see the wires when you aren't the ones being strung along. These aren't the only ones, I was on the hunt for songs that had to do with strings, crossing lines, losing minds and pulled by wires but if I list all of those then well (gestures at playlist) I'd be listing almost every song LOL.

(chorus repeats) Now wake up puppet boy!

I love you Metal but you also make me so incredibly sad. I simply have to shitpost to cope 💔💙

[erebosblue]

✨Time to Ramble About Dark Sonic Because I'm an Edgy Bitch✨

ummm so I have many feelings about what Dark Sonic could be so here's me rambling for however long this ends up being.

alright, so, first things first. Darkspine Sonic, the only equivalent to Dark Sonic we have in the games, is very similar and also just as rarely seen. (one boss battle vs one episode. we're really so attached to an idea that has barely been covered.) so pretty much anything I say about Dark also sorta applies to Darkspine since I think they're basically the same just Darkspine isn't achieved with the Chaos Emeralds.

now, I personally do not think Dark should be any sort of evil. let me explain hold on- while the one time we saw Dark Sonic he was definitely more,,, murdery, he was not all that different from normal or Super Sonic. he was still trying to protect his friends, just more violently than he normally would.

essentially: I think Dark should be more overprotective while definitely still having anger issues. the important thing is that he should still be recognizable as Sonic. while Dark encompasses things Sonic tries to suppress in himself, you should still be able to tell that Dark is Sonic.

I know that Evil Sonic™️ is a pretty common trope not only in fandom but in certain canons too, but I just don't think it's as narratively compelling as a Sonic that is still good at heart, but is more unhinged. more dangerous.

Dark could be such a good way to get Sonic to have to face the shit he doesn't want to. all the emotional issues and trauma that keeps stuffing down. Dark should be a version of Sonic that is truly all the things he hides from others. not evil. not power hungry. simply flawed.

because Sonic has a very clear brand and while some characters flaws are a part of that brand, the ones that could be considered scary are definitely not. Sonic's an optimist, he doesn't kill, he's always smiling, he's always brave, he is always the hero.

make Dark the pessimist. make him violent. make him afraid. because while Sonic is absolutely an optimist and absolutely brave, no one is 100% that. everyone has moments of doubt. everyone gets scared. Dark isn't "the true Sonic" but he is another part of him.

what I'm trying to say is I want Sonic and Dark to kinda be like two sides of the same coin. who the "true" Sonic is, is kinda in the middle. because he's not lying about who he is, only hiding other aspects he doesn't want others to see.

(needless to say I will definitely (probably) write a fic about this.)

[klonoafan5]

while i was looking into some grimdark/dark mlp stuff (apple sleep experiment & silent ponyville 2, to name a few), i've realized that i actually had some dark au ideas for sonic of all things.

which would've sound strange to me if not for the fact that my favorite au is the murder of me

one of these ideas i've already rambled about ((sonic) the music box), but the others not so much.

which is why i'm taking this opportunity to talk about them :D

explanations down below!

dark rider

dark rider is a sonic x ghost rider crossover au. it started out as me taking scenes from the movie but putting sonic characters in it but over time i added lore that leaned more towards the comics

to summarize, sonic makes a deal with mephiles to save his dad's life only to end up accelerating his death and later on turn into the titular dark rider (aka shadow) to defeat eclipse and give him the contract.

now the young mechanic has to fight demons while facing his own and deal with the typical problems that come with having an super-powered alter ego.

like running from the police, ending up in a accidental love triangle with your childhood friend and crush because she thinks that your identities are different people, and finding out that you're actually a reincarnated soul!

wait. what was that last part?

2. something's up with sonic + untitled idea

okay so you know sonic.exe, right? the spooky scary 'I AM GOD' hyperrealistic stuff?

yeah so i'm not a big fan of creepypastas, but they do have some neat concepts so naturally i came up with not one but TWO ideas based on them because i'm so normal~

the first is called something's up with sonic and it's set in a universe where instead of sonic dying in the first encounter and becoming a vessel for spooky eldritch being #420, he actually survives by the skin of his teeth and beats the crap of it

HOWEVER this comes with the cost of its powers passing down to him and he has to grapple with these abilities because actions have consequences

he's still himself, but now he's capable of changing the very fabric of his reality! fun times!

the second is more or less a traditional creepypasta except the main protag is not the person who finds the spoopy haunted sonic game, but the soul haunting it after he dies by accident only to wake up as the titular hedgehog.

while processing the new reality he's trapped in, his friend and family are trying to look for him on the other side of the screen. it's not a bone chilling horror story, it's a mystery with supernatural elements

3. venom

another crossover au but with venom. like with the dark rider au, sonic isn't the hero of mobius, but a humble reporter living in the city of grand metropolis where the company of hexaeco (credit goes to TheLavaGolem88 for giving me the idea!) is conducting 'research' on a alien species that they have discovered

and by research, i mean taking people unnoticed by the world and conducting experiments on them.

sonic finds this out when a friend of his goes missing. with the help of a scientist who chose to rebel against the company, he goes into their secret labs and unknowingly becomes a host of one of the black arms.

one chaotic meeting with his friend amy and jump into a lobster tank later, he finally meets the symbiote shadow and the two work together to stop hexaeco and save the world.

[mrdrhenwardhykle]

This totally off topic to mostly everything else that I talk about, but can I just say that I generally don't know how I feel about the 'Sonic.exe/X' character mostly because of obvious boring repetition, lack of actual moral or reason to the plots, and sooort of maybe because of the twisted junk some of its multiple handed-down owners have done; but I am absououtly in love with EXIT CAVE ZONE/Hill.gym so much I literally need to describe how this song and its variations affect the narrative so well

(So you know what I'm talking about pre-ramble, here's the song/s. Feel free to make a choice. The original is somewhat lacking because it's the first and generally before this character got close to being interesting to me; but OTM is my personal favorite. There's also a remix that I like, but it gets a little getting used to compared to the other chorus')

(the original. Not as emotion-evoking as the OMT, but I still like it)

It begins to unnerving; still sounding like a Sonic game but as if some kind of deranged monster was pounding on a piano again and again to the point of breaking bones or skin. It first gives off the feeling of something approaching; slow but guaranteed to eventually catch up no matter what pace you choose. It's not completely antagonizing, however, as a synthesized violin and the chorus come in almost as a display of pity to the victim. There's really nothing that can be done at this point, the voice of the chorus doesn't seem to make that it's goal. It's sympathetic, as if this morally grey onlooker to this tragedy is giving a prayer to the damned. In a way, it's sort of the last relief the player can find (at least compared to the constantly negative 'sonic is god and will eat everybody-ooga-booga' narrative given so far).

But the beat starting off so slow is nothing but wrong. Out of place with everything so far- It's based around a franchise constantly themed with speed. The fastest thing alive has literally turned against you in the worst way imaginable- But your approach to this terrible given fate is a slow and sympathetic pace, as if there was some kind of game to it. As if it was waiting behind; watching as its prey fleas and struggles to its last ability to pick up as much hope as possible- just waiting to see how desperate for hope a person can get. It's just a slow lead and reveal to an inevitable death.

And with each different rendition- is it really enough to call it a death? It's a loop-an unintentional cycle of misery and pain. Death itself doesn't promise the end of the misery-soon enough or later the same slow pace and feeling will come up once more; proving once again to be useless.

Yeah. Sort of silly observation ig. I just think it's kinda weird that it's pretty much the only original song from the first version of this game (That I'm aware of-remember that I'm just babbling but I'm pretty sure). And also gives crumbs of another expectation or feeling towards the story other than 'OOOOOOOOooo Sonic the Hedgehog is gonna getcha OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!'

OMT is doing okay though. It still is making itself a hopeless story, but there's at least a little bit of a plotline and twist to it.

Like I said; I like some of this creepypasta's concepts, I just don't vibe with the whole thing. The idea of making a game character's strongest quality their friend's worst nightmare is generally genius and I think that's what some non-sonic copies miss out on (ex: say if you just did the same thing but with Crash Bandicoot it wouldn't make much sense-because speed isn't something he's known for or can be seen as a scary twist to his character).

I personally like to associate the song with the overall thought of an old game playing the player in general, as it literally kills that theme. And I love seeing accurate and interesting twists to older games.

[merrilark]

Welp, that's it for S2. I have mixed feelings about it. Overall, it's solid enough, but oh man is it repetitive with some serious pacing and characterization issues. The first episode and last two-threeish episodes make the season better, and I loved the finale, it's just a shame that you have to wade through so much unnecessary padding.

Overall Pros:

The animation is smooth.

The concept is interesting.

Sonic's new voice actor is fantastic! He reminds me a lot of a really pleasant blend between Jason Griffith and Jaleel White.

Love the game references (and very subtle SatAM references?)

Chaos Sonic was a breath of fresh air; he should have been a threat sooner and lasted longer

Dark!Sonic??? 👀 I suppose he'd be Prism!Sonic, but I loved that reference and the shard sound effects every time he flickered were cool.

The Prism Titan was actually terrifying to me.

Shadow finally gets more accurate characterization.

SEGA also remembered that Shadow can use his Air Shoes to hover and propel himself around space. Whoever was responsible for supervising Shadow's writing knew their stuff and really did a good job.

Knux was cool and it was nice to see Knuckles finally being portrayed as competent again.

Sonic's characterization grew on me, and I think he's really charming now.

Everything about Nine was pretty good. I enjoyed the build up with him.

Shadow and Sonic are at their peak whenever they're on screen together.

The Predator references (?) in space with Shadow were VERY good.

It was fun seeing Knux and Dread fight together.

Speaking of Knux, I loooove that Knux/Rebel is basically canon. 7 yo me shipping Knouge would be so happy.

Also I am now pretty sure I ship Sonadow. Romantically or as just platonic soulmates? Somewhere in between? I have no idea yet but I'm feeling things.

The finale almost made everything in the middle worth it.

Really good bones for a show. It has so much potential.

Overall Cons:

Spoonfeeds some things to viewers that feels unnecessary at best and a little patronizing at worst. I know this is a kids' show, but... c'mon, give the viewers a little more credit lol we don't need so many flashbacks, do we?

The pacing is terrible. There were so many moments where I kept thinking "okay, we get it" or "not this again" or "did we really need that scene?" There's a lot of good scenes but unfortunately they're all sandwiched between a lot of pointless stuff.

Too many robot fights that felt exactly the same.

Too few worlds. The concept of traveling to other universes could have been so fascinating to explore but all we got were four new ones in two whole seasons, one world of which is empty and still unexplored.

I'm not a fan of most of the characterizations. Knuckles being stupid is tired and inaccurate, Rouge has been watered down into what feels like the designated Mom Friend™ and just doesn't feel like herself at all, and I can't pinpoint exactly what it is, but Amy has lost a lot of her charm. Big is fine, but he feels like he's just there and doesn't really serve much purpose.

The Chaos Council. I can't stand any of them. I think it would have been better if New Yolk's big bad had been a retro Robotnik. These guys? I just don't care about them and I don't find them menacing in the slightest. The baby makes me homicidal.

It wasn't as glaring this season, but the number of duplicate background characters with little to nothing to distinguish them from the others was extremely distracting and took me out of the story almost every time.

I don't think I liked or cared about any of the alternates except the ones in NY. I liked Dread at first but he got annoying pretty quickly. Feels like a lot of wasted potential.

Rusty Rose exists but you mean to tell me that the Chaos Council DOESN'T robotize it's citizens??? Isn't that what she's alluding to since she's clearly not 100% a robot? I know Robotnik/Eggman roboticizing animals has already been done a lot, but that's because it's good! It's scary! It's body horror! It could totally be freshened up if they wanted.

Kind of annoying that the S2E1 emphasized the need for Sonic and Shadow to work together, actually had them say that out loud, and then... just? Kinda didn't give Shadow anything to do for another whole season? All he did was nag Sonic a bit, kick some space rocks around, and then help fight a little at the very end. Maybe I'm biased because he's my favorite, but it's a little tiring to see Shadow constantly being used in newer stuff as just a vehicle to draw a crowd because SEGA knows fans love him, yet not actually giving him anything substantial to do.

This is such a minor thing in comparison to Prime's actual issues, but I didn't like anyone's new voices except Sonic and Shadow. Although, if I'm honest, Shadow's voice sounds almost more fitting for Knuckles. It's better imo than Thornton's Shadow (also a great VA just not my taste for that particular character), but it's def more a Knuckles voice than a Shadow voice. Tails is also fine but I can't stop hearing Rainbow Dash pfff. I don't like Amy, Rouge, and Knuckles' voices at all (Knux aside; the Brooklyn accent somehow makes it better and really suits him LOL).

Anyway, I really don't know how to feel about Prime. The idea is so so good but the execution could use a lot of work. Somehow I'm still excited for S3 and looking forward to it, assuming it gets a third, so I guess that means it isn't all too bad. It's just a pity that it still hasn't seemed to find it's footing. S1 and S2 could have been trimmed and condensed down into one season easily, I think, and been a much tighter show.

[bigbroemen]

1, 2, 13, 16 for the gaming asks :3c

HI MALEX :D

ask 1 ive got answered for brostateexam on some that he sent me, this is what I wrote

1. Last game you finished

i am like pretty sure it was dark souls. ive been playing a Bunch of stuff on and off for the past 3 or 4 months but dark souls was one that i stuck to and i beat it with my caster character naomi in like early march

2. Game(s) you’re currently playing

ok oh god. okay i SAID i was playing a bunch of games on and off but truthfully i have Started a bunch of games and have not finished them and my heart isn't too set on touching back on them. some im ok with that and others i feel like i should get back to them

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time (JP) [dead/i should get back to it]

i stopped playing this in like late february and i definitely want to start playing it again. it has been more constructive for me for practicing japanese because it is just a bit less dense than other games like path of radiance. i think i like only finished the first little arc though LOL in the forest w the caterpillar boss

Super Mario Galaxy (JP) [dead/i should get back to it]

i got pretty far here! i think ive 100%ed everything up to the bedroom. there's not much i can say about what ive practiced with this game besides it was a nice refresher/maintainer; there's furigana for the kanji and all the characters speak in unique ways that are still digestible

Dark Souls (again. as a cleric) [dead/its ok i got like more than halfway through so it'll be fun to pick up again whenever i do]

after i beat the game with naomi i like immediately started another file as my cleric madeline. its been really fun with her and ive been enjoying using ultra great swords/lightning magic with her. iiiii got the lordvessel and i saved the cleric in the tomb of the giants, and i made it to the ash lake and the painted world for the first time this playthrough

Sonic Riders (JP) [dead/its ok i unlocked aiai&nights&ulala]

it is very very interesting playing japanese sonic because some of the characters have like very different personalities. sonic is more like, Cool Dependable Upstanding guy who like shouts stuff in english sometimes (ALL RIIGHT/Hey !), where I feel like english sonic is a little bit more of an rascal

amy is like a LOT more "cute". like english amy is like scary and Her Own Girl but jp amy is just like more sweet (for the record i feel like english amy is a lot more engaging and fun (I love lisa ortiz amy))

WAVE is like SO interesting, i feel like english wave is so bitchy and mean (love and respect to her all the same) and jp wave is still Mean but she's so much more cordial and polite, she's kind of like a gentleman about it and still offers respect to the people she speaks to

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic [dead/IM SAD ABOUT IT BUT I CANT DO ANYTHING]

i had been playing it for joey and he was Loving it and i was loving it too because i just love that game, but after i saved bastila the game started like crashing non stop. i did some troubleshooting/research and it turns out discord streaming and kotor just Do Not mix well. we had to give it up and im so sad. i had a demolitions/security dual wielding blade girl named DYNA BLASTER and she failed every single speech skill check

Stardew Valley [alive]

me and joey have been touching on this with our collective farm the past few weeks. its hard because his work and where he lives tires him out so bad, so he just needs to sit back and rest more than he can play games with me, but were in the beginning of the summer right now and things are going well. i am like being a spreadsheet farmer making max profits while he's got his strong variety of crops at his place so we can actually complete the bundles. we didn't realize we had access to the mines until the end of spring though LOL

Valkyria Chronicles [alive]

I will have joey fall asleep to me playing games and after kotor stopped working this is what i picked up. i like this game a lot, a lot of the uh.. the voice acting can annoy me (SOMETIMES i really like it) and how lightheartedly the game depicts war and racism irks me, but i love love love love how the game plays. its fire emblem but you're down On The Field doing the work and its very engaging

13. Quick, name the first song from a game that comes to mind

oh fuck ok well the first thing that came to mind was the metroid prime theme LOL

16. A game you’d like to replay that you haven’t

oh oh oh omg??????? I wanna replay crash bandicoot 2??!!!! i played it all the time as a kid when we still had our playstation like 1999-2001 and i remember the girl with her tiger and there was like a level with hot air balloons. i have slowly been building more and more motivation to get to it and this is like doin smth. time to add another game to the currently playing list

THANK YOU BRO bitch im gonna send u some........

[arcade-project-wr]

Arcade Project an Overall look back at this Project the Past projects and what the Future may have to Entail

53 blog posts for this project all leading up to this. Over the past 3 weeks ish I worked on my Arcade project. This project was to Design and Develop an Arcade style game where we try to make as much money as possible with a simple but fun gameplay loop that will make players want to come back for more. If you want to see how my Project works look at the previous Blog Post. Today was both stressful and scary but not because of the Project but because what its state represented to me of how I am doing in the Course as a whole, and whether or not I actually belong or even want to be here.

Strap yourself in its Lore time.

The first time I ever played a video game at my house and it being my property was an Xbox 360

it was a shared present for my sisters and I, however it was only me that really played it hence it went into my room. Maybe they didn't want to play it because it was in my room, honestly that's probably what it was. I played Lego Marvel Superheroes and Skylander Giants and Sonic Riders mainly.

One day my Xbox 360 Red Ringed in an Autumn

It didn't work until one windy Spring day when I moved my whole counter with my TV and Xbox to my window in order for it to cooldown and then it started working again, displaying my problem solving skills I guess. I was really happy as not being able to play video games for months felt off.

Then for my 11th Birthday in 2019 I got and Xbox One S

The game I got for this was Fortnite (trust me I'm not happy saying that out loud either)

I played it for years and it was the Game I watched several YouTubers play and was the reason my first dream was to become a Fortnite YouTuber. But my more Left Wing tendencies came up and I thought to myself that this isn't fair. How does someone just PLAY A GAME and get so much Money and Fame but the ones working several hours every single day to produce the game, that most of the time doesn't even get recognized and even when it does make money, majority of it goes to Shareholders and CEO's. (I'm getting of my soap box now).

And then I decided I wanted to become a Game Developer. I researched and played other games like Apex Legends, Sonic Generations, Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, CD, 3K, Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, Skylanders Swap Force and Trap Team and Overwatch

These games built up my dream game. An incredible Story with multiple different Campaigns where we see all the characters perspectives that was based of the Sonic Adventure games.

And a PvP Battle Royale inspired by Apex that later evolved into an Objective Based Hero Shooter similar to Overwatch. (If you ever want to hear about my Game I would like to tell you in person alone because I don't trust the internet or other people).

After I completed my GCSEs I was an above average student for every subject except for Art which I failed getting a 2. This made me wonder if I might have been denied this College Course completely due to the only Creative Course work subject being the one I failed. But I was excepted with no issue (at least to my knowledge). But when I was doing Art I didn't enjoy it but I had multiple times the option to leave the Course and do something else like Citizenship. However I kept telling my self "ohh its going to get Better" spoiler it didn't. So I made a mental note in my head to not make the same mistake and if I thought this Course wasn't for me that I would leave and do something else.

The Course began, for the First Project there was never a moment I thought to myself I didn't belong here or that I didn't want to be here, the idea was constantly in the back of my mind but it never really came to the fore front as it's a brand New Course so we aren't expected to make anything amazing. And at the time I would have said I had a good project. Now that thought has disappeared.

The Second Project, was when I started to think "I don't belong here" as I kept looking at others Models and Games and their Projects were all much better than mine, and by the end I didn't have a Game at all. I wanted to email Chris about it but I couldn't so I suppressed the thought. It did go away over Christmas and the New Year and even when I came back and I was exited for the Arcade Project this changed unfortunately.

This was the Project I struggled with. I needed a Tutorial to make my game which in comparison to other's games mine was boring, lack of skills necessary to make and barely required any work. The Project does work there are Questions and Answers and a Score. But there isn't a High Score, Attract Mode, Good Art Work, Music (but that was more a personal choice as none of the music really fit even the ones I liked), or a Win Screen. I hear and see my fellow Student's Games and Art work and I look back at mine and see it as what it truly is A FAILURE. I hate saying that but its the truth my Project was so simple and I had the instructions right in front of me and it's still the most broken boring and worst game here. That's like being asked what's 1+1 and having a number line and a Math Teacher whispering the whole time telling me the Answer's 2 and I still put down 3. Again I don't like saying this but if I shy away from the truth there is no way I will never improve.

I mentioned this on the other Blog, during this time I went to College, then went home and just played Video Games and didn't do my work. And yes there were Reasons for it but honestly I bet I'm just gaslighting myself and they were actually just Excuses. Because even now I have Unreal Engine and Tumblr at Home yet I don't do work at home still. I don't have Maya even though I asked about it and I don't have the Courage to ask how to install it at home because one I doubt I would even do the work, but secondly also because the fact I need to ask twice doesn't strike me as someone who can be independent because everyone else has it probably installed.

All of this has made me think about leaving the Course if that's even allowed. Simply put I want to stay in this Course, I gain nothing from leaving this Course other than a lot of free time and probably the Government breathing down my neck about "Education till 18". I do really want to become a Game Designer, Developer or whatever, I said to myself if you could magically give me the ability to Code , make good art or have brilliant ideas for games I would love to do that as my job. The question though I should be asking is am I willing to work for those skills. And this is when the word laziness comes into my head as an Adjective for myself, thinking I'm lazy and that's why I'm failing and why I can't stop playing games at home. The truth is probably half of that but I can't be the judge of that. But one example I wasn't lazy was my GCSEs I was failing History GCSE getting a Grade 2 in the Mock in April but only 2 months later ish I got a 9 top 5% in the country. This shows that a Comeback Story is definitely possible. And that is partly why I'm doing this Blog Post to show how far I might go, going from a considered Failure close to giving up, sticking it through and Succeeding in the End. That would be Awesome and Inspirational but overly Optimistic.

How I see it is like a Basic Table

Realistically I gain nothing from Leaving but Staying has the Potential for Happiness and Greatness. But for this to happen I'm going to have to make some Sacrifices, but am I actually willing to make it happen, banning gaming, practicing my skills on these apps, and never giving up.

But a line I think that applies here that I will never forget from my first main on Overwatch Zenyatta is

"Failure is Acceptable Giving Up is Not"

No matter how many time you make the same mistake no matter how bad you think your game is, that is okay but if you give up, there is no forgiveness with that.

I think all I need is a form of guidance to tell me what to do about my Home life and how to improve these skills as quickly as possible to make myself more confident and to catch up to speed with everyone else. I really want to succeed and do great things but as it stands right now I think Chris saying I'll get a Merit is too much even Pass right now is a bit of a blurry prediction. For me to Succeed I need to make tough choices now and really reflect over the half term how to improve and how to get myself back up, because if I keep the same attitude up any longer it will end in disaster for me and then I will never succeed. If I become a Game Designer I'll be happy, if I become a Game Developer I'll be happy, if I become the Game Director of my Dream game I'll be happy, if I become a Random 9 to 5 employee that gets to go Home and play video games and gets by I'll be Happy.

This course whether I Succeed or Fail isn't the end of My Story, it's just the Beginning. Thank You for this Chance and Hearing me out.

[soupum]

Parasocial Relationship? Sign me up!

I got tagged by @risu5waffles to participate in some ask game thing? I don't know, I'm too old for this. Seems fun, though, so I'll give it a go anyway.

Who were you named after?

Not gonna get into my actual name, because I don't feel like doxxing myself right now, but I will tell the story of my online name:

So, when I was a wee bab, My online username was basically just "Super[IRL First Name]". When I was about 14 and decided to abandon that name, I went with "Soup" because it's "Super" without the R, and because everyone like soup. I added the "'um" at the end because it sounded vaguely fantasy-esque to me.

Last time you cried?

Oof. That's a rough question. Think it was about a month ago, now? Had been having some serious issues with my body image for the past few weeks, and some hobby stuff went awry big time earlier in the day, and that just tipped me over the edge, and I broke down sobbing. I'm fine now, though. I got over it.

Do you have kids?

Nope! Not interested in having biological kids for personal reasons, but I have had idle thoughts about adoption before. Things would have to change big time for me before that's in the cards, though.

What sports do you play/did you play?

Speedrunning, I guess? I don't do it that much, because it hurts my hands, but I have contributed decently to speedrun communities before, and I do enjoy grinding a game once it has my attention.

I'd love to get into roller-skating or ice-skating one of these days, though. If you know my affinity for Sonic games, you can probably guess why, lol.

Do you use Sarcasm?

I think I use it the normal amount? Unless I seriously dislike you, I never mean to use it to hurt someone I know. Typically I use it to dunk on someone else who is already a tool, or for friendly ribbing with someone I already know.

First thing you notice about people?

Faces, I guess? I'm pretty bad with those, so I try to memorize them whenever I meet someone. After that, I guess clothes? I tend to notice tattoos, but I don't really process what they are most of the time.

Do you have any talents?

Self-deprecation is for losers, so I'm gonna go as egotistical as possible on this one. My talents are graphic design, Italian cooking, troubleshooting tech issues, and lookin' damn sexy after a shower.

Scary Movies or Happy Endings?

Happy endings, I guess? I don't really watch scary movies (although I have been meaning to), but I don't typically enjoy outright downer endings. Bittersweet endings, sure, but every downer ending I've seen goes along the lines of "life is meaningless and everyone dies". If I wanted to smoke down some of that rhetoric, I could just look at Twitter.

Where were you born?

That's for me to know and you to find out, buddy.

What are your hobbies?

The line between "hobby" and "thing I like to consume" always gets real blurry for me, so apologies if this isn't quite the answer you're looking for. With that said:

Photography

Reverse-Engineering

Phone shopping (Give it a go sometime! Pick a price range and find the best performance to cost ratio you can!)

Blender renders

Digging through the Wayback Machine

Do you have any pets?

I used to. Not anymore.

How tall are you?

167 cm, or 5'5, for all you feet fans out there. I am tiny. Bite-sized. Fit me in your pocket and lemme rummage around a bit small.

What was your favourite subject in school?

This would imply I enjoyed any part of school, lol. Off the top of my head, probably physics?

Dream Job?

Vague phrasing! Big fan.

If we're talking "what would you like to do for the rest of your life", I'm torn. Probably just making fangames and little software toys?

If we're talking "what would you least detest doing to pay the bills?", then whatever you call what John Carpenter has going on is a strong contender. Just make a bunch of genre-defining art when I'm young and then kick back and play Xbox while the royalty checks roll in.

I don't really have enough of a "network" on here to immediately tag anyone. @hirunda-maxpw, maybe? Hirunda, if you're reading this, you don't have to participate if you don't wanna. Totally chill.

Well, bye.

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So lately I've been re-playing pokemon emerald for like, the 18th time in my life and I forgot how difficult this game is compared to Ruby/Sapphire. It's actually kind of wild how much of an upgrade all of the gym leaders and even some of the trainers get.

Gym 1 is generally not a problem, it's a rock type gym so that's no surprise. Nosepass is surprisingly resilient, though.

Gym 2 is fighting and it's the only one where I feel like it's actually a difficulty *downgrade* in some aspects, especially in Emerald where you'll always have access to Sableye - which is completely untouchable by all of the leader's pokemon. His Makuhita loses Knock-Off for vital throw which was the only move on his entire team that could hit ghost types. Shame!

Gym 3, though? Oh my GOD this is where the crazy shit starts. They gave Wattson a level 22 MAGNETON *AND* a Manectric. For those that don't know, Magneton evolves from Magnemite at level 30, which not only makes this one ILLEGAL, but also makes it one of the strongest pokemon you will have encountered so far. Magneton has a base special attack stat of **120**. That **EASILY** dwarfs anything you will have seen up to that point. They also gave it thunderwave and supersonic to annoy the shit out of you, AND sonic boom to deal significant chip damage to your electric resist/immune teammates. Top that off with the steel secondary typing and a relative lack of accessible fire/ground/fighting types that can live a STAB shockwave coming off a whopping 120 base SpA and you've got a recipe for one of the most difficult early game fights they've ever done... and when you take it down, you're not even done! You've still gotta deal with Manectric, which is **ANOTHER** fully evolved pokemon that is VERY fast and has a respectable 105 SpA that specializes in finishing off whatever scraps you have left after Magneton. Unless you picked Mudkip, but that's a different discussion.

Gym 4 isn't SUPER crazy since it's not got quite the same level of threatening stats, but giving Flannery a full team of pokemon with Sunny Day, a Camerupt AND a Torkoal with Overheat **AND** a **WHITE HERB** so that it can freely launch TWO overheats is a VERY strong and VERY scary thing for a 4th gym. I had my own Torkoal and that sun-boosted overheat KO'd it from just over half. It's extremely scary.

This isn't to say I'm upset by all this, by the way. I love Emerald's tougher approach to boss encounters. People that have been asking for tougher pokemon experiences should *definitely* play emerald and choose either Torchic or Treecko as a starter. Mudkip is one of my favourite starter lines, but the ground/water combo is just so effective at completely countering the first four gyms that it's probably going to be less fun if you're looking for an explicit challenge.