#neo's gender is neo metal sonic

[64albear]

Thinking an overwhelming amount about Neo Metal Sonic.

Like, please tell me, Why in the world am I crushing for a damn robot???

She's so. UGHHHHHAHIDLSLCOALXL

[stupidspacealien]

[generic-sonic-fan]

I am so glad people are enjoying Complex Inquiries, but there's just one teeny tiny minor problem that I'm seeing.

(I want to clarify that I'm not offended or ungrateful for my lovely readers! Absolutely not! I love you all so much and I mean that, no matter what your take away was from the story.)

But having a small portion of people gender Neo as he/him in their comments after I wrote a very clear scene where Neo explicitly states it wants to be referred to as it/its or at the very least, anything other than he/him is. . .

. . . a little disappointing?

I worked SO hard to ensure that any time the word "it" was used in my manuscript only ever referred to Unit MS-1/Neo. This was something I kept constantly in mind when I was writing my prose to make sure things were never unclear in the narration of events. Not changing Neo's pronouns from it/its was a very deliberate narrative choice and not one I took lightly.

Neo is explicitly nonbinary, not because "it's a robot", but because it is art. And it is not Sonic.

I also want to acknowledge that "it" can be a very difficult pronoun for some people to use because of past trauma. I absolutely want to respect that. Neo gets a little pedantic about they/them pronouns but that doesn't mean you can't use those pronouns for it. Please feel free to use they/them pronouns instead if it/its doesn't vibe with you.

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

anyway my Anger aside. i do think it’s funny how metal sonic fucking loves the sound of her own voice when she’s Able to talk. like she doesn’t fucking shut up in heroes. she's the exact opposite of what everyone sees her as and I think that’s beautiful

[s0upern0va]

"Go on, show me what you're made of."

[astronomical-bagel]

New additions to my desk area!

[captain-krow-drozdov]

I've Spent The Last Two Days Trying To Figure Out Why I'm Suddenly Hyperfixating On Transformers.

I Had Like, An Entire Conspiracy Board In My Head Going On, In An Attempt To Figure Out How I Went From; BBC Merlin → Sonic The Hedgehog → The Amazing Digital Circus → Transformers.

And I Finally, Finally, Found The Fandom Skateboard That Tripped Me Into Falling Face First Into Space Robot Territory.

Bloody Metal Sonic.

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

explain neo metal sonic then.

(jokes aside, as someone who’s extremely into this headcanon bc i have hyperanalysed Every Single Depiction of metal sonic from like, most continuities- OVA metal sweeps btw- and I think it fits personally I think an important part of the headcanon for me is that she's deeply closeted. and i will admit a huge part of it is that I latched onto metal sonic as a closeted trans kid obsessed with 1999-2006 era sonic lore lmao.)

I don't like transfem Metal Sonic headcanon I just don't see it. Like he could be a furry I guess. I can see him being a furry. He does turn into a dragon. But he never uses that shape shifting to be a girl. So I don't see it

[cerealandchoccymilk]

i think it's funny that most of us are introjects and also a few of us have the same name as a fictional character (that we're familiar with). but so many names don't match the source (if they're even an introject) at all lol

[operationlove]

Random Fan:Umhm I Wonder Who's The Trans Character in this comic... Hey Neo Metal Sonic you have any Ideas?

Neo Metal Sonic:Sweats profusely For absolutely no reason.

Amy: It's Sonic Duh.

Neo Metal Sonic: [Crisis Averted]

Bold of this random fan anon made up to assume that there is only one trans character in the comic, I'm counting at least 3, probably more as my HCs are fluid, HAH get it? Like the gender? Anyway, I'll see myself out

[jadedazemations]

I’m not normal about these two characters that have never met.

I went on the gender wiki for shits n giggles but ended up finding my best headcannons yet.

Mephiles is Libramasculine - meaning he’s mostly agender (doesn’t have a gender cuz he’s a fucking puddle last I checked) but has a small connection to being male. (He copied Shadow’s form, giving him male characteristics)

Neo Metal Sonic is Boyflux - Meaning he identifies as male but his masculinity is all over the place. He goes from badass heavy metal shoulder pads and spiky bracelets to skirts bows and flowers like he’s having an identity crisis. (Which he is.)

[itz-pandora]

Curious…

What would be the orientations and gender identities for all of the characters you’ve designed for Misc AU?

This is just all I can think of at the moment!

Sonic: Transmasc, He/Him, MLM (Gay)

Tails: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Asexual Spectrum unlabeled

Knuckles: Cisgender Male/Gender apathetic, He/Him, Aroace spectrum

Amy: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Pansexual

Shadow: Male, He/Him, Panromantic, Asexual Spectrum

More below cut!!

Rouge: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Bisexual

Neo Metal: Transfem, She/Her, Panromantic asexual

Silver: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Bisexual

Espio: Intersex, Male, He/Him, MLM (Gay)

Vector: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Heterosexual

Charmy: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Unlabeled but likes women

Mighty: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Pansexual

Ray: Demiboy, He/They, Androsexual/MLM (Gay)

Cream: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Unlabeled but likes men

Scourge: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Heterosexual

Fiona: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Heterosexual

Zoey: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Neptunic/Lesbian

Surge: Demigirl, She/They Zip/Zap, Neptunic/Lesbian

Kit: Genderfluid/Genderqueer, He/She/It, Asexual, queer romantic

Trip: Cisgender Female, She/it, Demisexual Panromantic

Eclipse: Intersex/Male/Gender apathetic (physically asexual), He/Him, Demisexual Demiromantic

Hazard: Intersex (kind of), Female, She/Her, Aroace spectrum

Blaze: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Bisexual

Sally: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Lesbian

Jet: Cisgender Male (bit genderqueer), He/Him

Wave: Demigirl, She/They, Neptunic/Lesbian

Storm: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Unlabeled

Big: Nonbinary, He/They, Aroace

Sage: Female, She/Her, Aroace

Infinite: Demiboy, He/They, Pansexual (preference masculine)

Mephiles: Agender, He/they/it, Asexual Demiromantic

Sofia: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Neptunic (Lesbian)

Mina: Transfem, She/Her, Bisexual

Jules: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Heterosexual

Chuck: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Queer

Aleena: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Lesbian

Tania: Cisgender Female, She/Her, Bisexual

Starline: Genderqueer, He/Him, MLM (Gay)

Stone: Cisgender Male, He/Him, MLM (Gay)

Eggman: Cisgender Male, He/Him, Bisexual or Pansexual

[mechaneo]

Sonic CD Bios

Rosy the Rascal

Real Name: Amy Rose Gender: Female Age: 8 Personality: Energetic and tomboyish. Easygoing. Special Skills?: Card reading, dowsing

An energetic and cheerful girl who likes mystical things and fortune telling. She comes to Little Planet by the "divine message of the cards," where she has a fateful? encounter with Sonic. And then…

Doctor Eggman

An evil genius scientist. This time, his goal is the Time Stones. He also wants to take over the world. In order to compete with his rival, Sonic, he builds a mecha that looks just like Sonic.

Metal Sonic

MAIN CPU: LIPS A.I. EGGMAN Custom Chip (three units installed in the head area). Logical operations are performed by a fuzzy interaction system in the CPU. Pseudo-neuro connection on each part of the system. SUB CPU: Neo Super FX DSP chip for power control (5 units installed in each part of the body). NEXT RISK chip-III for image correction (8 units installed in the eye area *By RGB) FRAME: Made of monocoque titanium COWLING: Made of reinforced blue metal tektite MAIN ENGINE: 250cc 4-valve orgone fusion engine. Maximum power: 55ps/6800rpm. Maximum torque: 7.54Kg-m/4000rpm SECONDARY ENGINE: Tesla power coil electromagnetic induction power generation. Maximum power: 256Kw Overall height: 765.4 mm Dry weight: 125.2 kg The ultimate robot created by Eggman. It has the same level of ability as Sonic, and can even go faster than Sonic at a moment's notice. He is in tune with Eggman's will, and sees Sonic as his enemy.

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

thinking about transfem metal sonic again bc she’s like. the most transfem character in fiction whos not in any way actually transfem or coded transfem like it’s entirely unintentional and that’s what makes it so interesting to me. bc like her entire Thing is identity issues she was built to emulate, surpass, and be a superior version of sonic which like. we can talk about eggman hating sonic so much he literally made a better version of him as his own child another time but besides that metal's entire life has been being forced to fill the expectations placed on her to Be someone she can never be. and this is something that causes her a great deal of anguish! she literally has a mental breakdown over it it’s something that’s clearly traumatic and distressing to her bc she can’t do it! defeating and proving herself superior to sonic is something inexorably linked to her, and both cause her nothing but misery and are both very literally dehumanising towards her. she clings to them, bc she has nothing else and it’s the only path that she’s been allowed to even consider, but they don’t make her Happy. she wouldn’t be so fucking angry all the time if she was happy! but it’s what she’s literally been programmed to believe she wants even though chasing that ambition provides her no joy or relief.

and in sonic heroes, the pressure makes her snap. if she Has to fill the mould she’s forced into, then it’s the outside world saying she’s doing it wrong that’s the problem, because she Has to be perfect, right? metal sonic is the golden child out of all of her “siblings”, and while that means she’s not outright going to be destroyed by her father and faces much less verbal abuse and marginally more affection, it also means she’s forced to uphold the perfect image her father sees her as, else she fail and face the same treatment she’s seen her fellow badniks go through. and that image she’s always tried so, so hard to force herself to fit is that of her father's magnum opus, his masterpiece, a superior version of his enemy. and to be superior to sonic she has to Be sonic and so if everyone says she’s Not they have to be the ones in the wrong and not Her she has to be the real true superior sonic and she has to Prove it.

but the thing is, not only is she forcing herself into performing the perfect role set on her- one that’s specifically masculine- she also reinvents Herself. this is something in heroes a lot of people miss, but neo metal sonic isn’t an upgrade From Eggman to her (and also came After her breakdown, she did it Because she felt she couldn’t Beat Sonic And Therefore Be Him if she stayed the same) her neo form is entirely self designed, and it was done all by her own hands. neo metal sonic is probably the closest we can get to how metal actually wants to present herself to the world, that’s Literally just named to be the New Her, and. ma’am this is a goth girl.

like. not only is she Literally Wearing A Skirt, not only does she Literally Have Eyeliner, she's also designed in such a way it looks like she’s wearing clothes, which feels silly to bring up until you remember sonic anthro characters almost universally only wear clothes if they’re female. and neo metal sonic straight up has hatsune miku sleeves a belt with a flowy skirt and leg warmers but with spikes. like it’s already fem as shit (in a emo edgy fourteen year olds oc way) but like i'm pretty sure by mobian standards this is about as feminine as a murderous robot can reasonably get. and while obviously that doesn’t = gender, metal specifically presenting as feminine in her idealised form she designed herself, while having a meltdown because she’s unable to Be A Specific Boy and is having an identity crisis bc she’s miserable trying to chase that is… like, that’s just a closeted trans girl innit. like this is Very Obviously not the intended read but like… it’s an extremely obvious and resonant one?

metal is, canonically, a scared teenager. as in, she herself says that she was scared Before her transformation. she’s mentally like 15 afraid of failure with an abusive and neglectful father figure suffering from psychotic episodes brought about by golden child burnout. like that’s not how it’s phrased in a 2003 game rated 3 and up but that is like, objectively what’s happening in sonic heroes she’s very open about her motives that’s just canon. which doesn’t make her Trying To Burn A Toddler Alive in any way not absolutely horrible like people forget how excited she was to murder a group that included Multiple small children in it brutally she’s fucked up. but her issues with her identity are more tragic than anything. her being dehumanised and treated only as A Superior Sonic broke her. and when she finally is able to express herself in any way, she's able to present as, well, a very edgy teenage goth girl but in robot form! she’s a fucked up and evil person but she’s also unable to be her true self and she’s scared and frightened and alone. and she’s not incapable of good! she Did sacrifice her life for shadow in rivals 2 like she can care for people she’s not inherently evil she’s a Person just one that steals your IP address. but what Makes her evil is sticking to a path and presentation that makes her evil.

tl;dr: canonically transitioning would have saved her (this was not an intentional story decision they just accidentally made her ideal form goth girl hatsune miku before hatsune miku was even an idea)

[bobvelsebishot]

@metalsonic41

I'm going to build a comprehensive list of every way that Metal Sonic is trans for you. I am going to refer to him using he/him pronouns for simplicity.

Transmasc:

First off, he is a robot with no sex. There is no definitive way to tell his gender, even by Mobian's loose standards of gender. So, therefore, calling him a "he" is definitively giving him a gender he was not created with; making him, in essence, transmasculine.

Transfem:

Most notably in his Neo Metal Sonic form, he is far more feminine. He gets longer "quills", mirroring longer hair of women and Mobians, and gets what is definitely a skirt. He also gets eyeliner in the form of silver markings by his eyes. This is sufficient enough information to give others a transfem headcanon for specifically Metal's Neo form, however there is evidence for his normal form as well. As said before, he does have no true gender, but there are a few main points of female Mobians that he may have. He has a decidedly stuck out chest; perhaps indicating the larger chest of a female Mobian. I'm going to be honest, there are other points, but I have forgotten them.

Nonbinary:

This one is very basic; He has no true sex, therefore making him genderless, and under the nonbinary umbrella. I would guess that he's likely Agender, due to having no sense of gender like other Mobians do. (That may be me projecting my agenderism into him, though, so take that with a grain of salt.)

Genderfluid:

He is a robot with no gender. So, then, would it not be generally correct to call him genderfluid? He is simultaneously multiple flavors of trans at once, so I'd say that this is a generally pretty accurate label to give to him.

I hope that you, MetalSonic41, can read this and see where I'm coming from. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors.

[chaseisglitched]

neo metal sonic is so gender btw