#original character spinoff

[doughguts-art]

Here's a bunch of Enochs!

I'm trying to figure out how to draw him more consistently since my fangames take place primarily in Zone 3 (and will definitely require his appearance). He's also my favorite Guardian so I'm having fun drawing him!

Taking a bit of design inspiration from @ab-arts and @keikoyume 's Enochs because OMG they're both so awesome!!!

[sonknuxadow]

my reaction to that information

[packet-of-staples]

The urge to watch W*A*L*T*E*R and rewrite it so that Radar becomes a Zoo Keeper instead of a cop. I've read the plot summary of the pilot and a review and I have thoughts.

My hatred for cops aside, I just physically cant see him being a police officer?? Hes too big hearted and soft.

Let him be a clerk for a zoo while hes studying to be a proper keeper. You can keep the part about him not being able to be a farmer cause he cant bring himself to sell the animals that's fine. Let him be a zoo keeper!! Please please please he'd love it I'm sure!

[starstrvckfool]

‼️CW: BLOOD‼️

The ink scroll works differently in journey's and dragons, it basically shows CJ her mentors, ShiChen and JinLis worse moments in their life before their journey, kinda like the rose quartz/pink diamond situation in Steven Universe

[junesprince]

what we did wasn't a mistake

[totodiletearz]

im back again. still on that tome and fuyuki grind!! (i swear im working on other stuff im just not posting it here sorry LOL) in case you couldnt tell i dont wear makeup! so the last panel was very hard T_T lmao

[dreamtigress]

AO3 Wrapped 2024

Thanks for the tag, @onthewaytosomewhere! See their post here.

Comparing the overall flat view stats to the ones for 2024 is a fun comparison. I do love that my most popular fic overall is Geliefde, for a number of reasons.

While my volume of words posted for 2024 has been HUGE, I have also found myself slowing down on output in the second half of this year. Lots on my plate, and working more thoughtfully on my writing. I do have a slew of WIPs and ideas in the works, but it might take a bit to get them all done and published. I do hope to get Vakantie up before the end of the year, hopefully around the holiday break. Then y'all can look forward to more stories in 2025. Writing fan fic helps keep me sane, so it's going to keep being a part of my life.

Shoutout to not only the SOC fandom, but ALL of my writer peeps for support and tagging and general awesomeness.

Link to all my works for those in need.

Soft tagging @intosnarkness, @hotpinkmurex, @cameliawrites, @linearao3, and anyone else who wants to do one of these.

Blank graphic from @spicedrobot below the cut.

[carpwood]

concepts

[yumeurl]

got curious and read the toms memories from hbp and i still DONT understand why the fuck dumbledores beefing with this 11-year old kid. like him trying to explain to harry his analysis even with like u have NOTHING bro.....u knew two facts about tom when u first entered and u immediately assumed he was a bully, without regards to any context. i thought the cave thing would be more specific but theres legit nothing in it to show any malicious intent. tom showing them magic in an effort to impress but traumatized them instead is just as likely as tom doing something awful to them there, theres not much info to go from there, but dumbledore seems to be hellbent in scaring tom with the cabinet and the box and warnings of expulsion (which i find laughably funny when harry and co were stealing ingredients from snape as early as year2)

all i got from the orphanage flashback is tom being a troubled child considering his background (and my personal interpretation, lit just him having difficulty navigating around people who are not in the spectrum too), got wary thinking dumbledores a doctor, showed actual excitement with the confirmation that he actually is Something, and then get blasted by dumbledores cold shoulder that made him immediately close up, with him admitting he can talk to snakes in one last effort to impress him

its just so bizarre...like bro i just cant imagine treating a kid like this. as a character dumbledores p interesting but my god please let other people in the faculty talk to children and stay away from them GMFDMGDFMG

[deus-ex-mona]

has chizuutan been sitting this close to aizo in class all this time…?

[sysig]

I did some Souichi studies because I’m love he <3 (Patreon)

Bonus:

Here are the Studies compared to their Originals btw :3

So like, not a joke, not an exaggeration, I’m pretty sure this is my favourite panel in the entire Challengers/KoiBo continuity (and I decided to draw it first lol - it’s ‘cause I have such big feelings about it!!) It just hhhhhh, it so perfectly encapsulates everything he’s feeling in that moment; disbelief, betrayal, uncertainty, distrust, conflict - every moment of love he’s built up to that point has been thrown into immediate relief to what he’s been told and it’s all there, right on his face, it’s such a masterfully done expression ;; <3 I legit cry every time I reread, that whole scene is just so good, I could actually talk forever about his relationship with Morinaga in that one moment

The rest aren’t nearly so intense lol, mostly just grabbed from moments when I thought he was being especially cute <3 Concerned lad! His hair is so swoopy in Challengers hehe <3 <3 It’s actually even fluffier in his super early-on appearances, which are also excellent >:3c But I still like his KoiBo look best ♪ You can also see it’s a bit of a challenge to make his face as slim as he actually is, just thicken the lines inward until it almost looks right! Lol

I love this panel haha, everyone so silly chibi’d out. You can also really get a good look at how ridiculous his hair is, look at how the tuft that’s tucked behind his ear joins up with the tie! How does he tie it up like that, consistently?? How is he allowed in labs like that!! He’s ridiculous <3

Confused and blushy Souichi ft. Morinaga, I just kind of filled in the details he was covering lol. I love Souichi being dumb and having no self-awareness <3 He’s actually quite intelligent and emotionally aware a surprising majority of the time! But his blind spots leave big gaps haha

I love when he has his eyebrows in a relatively neutral position, he’s normally so grumpy! He looks so friendly even with just a neutral expression :D Plus his hair!! The way it’s communicated to be thin and feathery by being able to “see through it” to his lab coat, ah <3 Handsomest

Shy boy <3 I also really love the way his hands and wrists are shaped, such cool lines ah

I could’ve sworn he and Morinaga were like, almost the same size in Challengers... I guess Morinaga did have a second growth spurt, but still! It’s just an excuse to see him being cute!! Oh noooooo (lol)

Grump man <3 Beauty boy <3 His hair flows so beautifully!

It’s also fun to see a younger Souichi in a flashback, rather than in the Challengers style haha. He was a mess by himself, he’d hate to hear it but he really only does well with others haha. I also love how this scene is from the POV of one of his admirers, Momo is such a good girl and she’s so right <3

He’s being such a meanie to his sister in this scene lol, he’s the worst! <3 I was going to leave it at that, but adding his little frameless-glasses stem holes really made it look like Spamton’s googly eyes and I about lost it lol

[doughguts-art]

Finch and some characters from ONE (by the lovely @chimakiisane) This is my first time drawing Chahal and Oculi's normal forms and I'm so proud of how they turned out. Chahal especially!

[azurefaire]

it's nicky little melancholy hours.

she's feeling a little down, a little sad even :( who stole her secrets?

original:

[sonknuxadow]

i think i do want amy and rouge to be in the next sonic movie, especially if its gonna be an sa2 adaptation, but i cant help but worry that if they try to introduce shadow AND rouge AND amy in the same movie then at least one of those characters (most likely amy. tbh.) isnt gonna get the amount of screentime and development that they deserve. especially considering in the game timeline amy was introduced much earlier and by sa2 was already an established character while rouge and shadow were the newcomers. and then theres also the human characters who are gonna be making the cast a lot bigger than it was in the game so more people to divide the screentime among. like what if amy is in sonic 3 and she gets like 5 minutes of screentime and her big moment with shadow is given to another character again

[thevideogameshutterbug]

The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog: Can We Get More of This?

No joke. You might have noticed from my sudden return to activity after a while, but I really, really liked The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. Gaming April Fools jokes are quirky and weird by nature - that’s the point. But every once in a while a game developer will release an April Fool’s joke that is so fun and unique in its quirkiness that it takes off and completely captures the audience with its charm. Sometimes these are even on purpose - attempts to test the waters and deliver some fun at the same time, like the trailer for Fighting Ex Layer. Sometimes it’s probably not, but... maybe it could be. I think that’s what The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog could be.

I‘ve been a Sonic fan for a very, very long time. I’ve loved most games in the series for the whole length of that time. There are few Sonic games I could say I outright dislike, tbh. But something I’ve long felt the Sonic series could’ve benefited from way back when was a stronger spinoff game. I think people give spinoffs a bad rap just on principle. “Why make disposable spinoffs when we can focus on making mainline games?”, people say (Sonic fans are also a bit unreasonably petrified of alternate gameplay styles). But I think that’s the missing the point. Spinoffs are a major part of what gives game series their identity - especially family focused series like Sonic. Not just because they give accessibility to a wider range of gamers, but because they make a buffer zone. Main line games take a long time. You have to wait years to see it, and if it has problems... well... that’s the reputation of the series for the next few years until the next game comes around. Spinoffs, however, mean that there’s always something involving the character out there to keep people interested. I means that if even if one game isn’t so good, there’s always others out there delivering quality. It gives the series something to look at at all times, and that gives it longevity. So why think about Sonic, a series about super speed and hi-momentum platforming, and make a visual novel spinoff? Visual novels are slow by nature, static images and careful deduction. Well... you make it for exactly the reasons everyone loved Murder.

People like these characters. People really like these characters. They’re fun. They’re all unique from each other. And they bounce off each other so well. But Sonic fans rarely get the chance to really experience the characters. Sonic’s long had a problem of loads of characters without quite knowing what to do with them. Characters like Rouge, a jewel thief primarily used for spy parodies, just plain isn’t going to be in most Sonic games - the games don’t have those kinds of plots often.

But that’s where a visual novel shines. Visual novels are all about going from scene to scene interacting with large swaths of characters, quirky conversations and unexpected character and plot developments. It’s not just that you can use tons of characters, but that you can give them center stage far more freely than you can in a platformer or a more action-focused plot. Sonic has been absolutely killing it this past year with adaptations and projects that were all about exploring the characters and what makes them fun, and Murder’s just the latest example. All the characters get segments to themselves to show off, tell jokes, and be fun - it’s silly and cartoony, charming with lots of character moments and eccentric turns, and it’s perfect for Sonic. So I really want to see more of this sort of thing!

We could get more parodies like this - hey, if Detective Pikachu can be a thing, why not more Detective Tails? Or we could get more involved stories. Something more Adventure-esque, or something more Saturday Morning Cartoon-y like Colors. Or a mixture of both! Character focused, or whole cast all at once just like this. Another everyman as the focus character, or one of the cast - Tails actually makes a very good protagonist for this sort of thing. The sky is the limit, here. Even this little April Fools joke gave us a surprising amount of worldbuilding and fun ideas I hope get revisited someday. Plus, it has to be said that visual novels take an entirely different creative process than platform games, and this game indeed was made by a third party, so the crowd nervous that any spinoff could take away from the development of the main titles doesn’t really have much to worry about: in the end, these would be made by different teams. It’s just a good idea all around. So I really hope this doesn’t get abandoned. Give us the continued spinoff visual novel / point and click adventures of Sonic and friends. I imagine any future ones wouldn’t still be free, but sure I’ll pay for it. Why not? I mean, you’ve got a perfect premise right here:

Eggman Industries’ Famous Eggscape Rooms! They’ll scramble your brains. And maybe your lifespan.

[its-haughty]

o new breakout character dropped what

Meet Trapeze! A big elaborate joke character for a small spin-off story for my story: Breakout Civilisation!

(Lore stuuff)

Having been experimented on- once the security breach occured Trapeze took any chance to escape the laboratory.... Amongst the chaos and desperation to escape, they would find Grayson and letting out all their Rage- would maul him to death as revenge for the horrible things he's done. (horray!!)

Trapeze would manage to escape the labs and would run to a carnival to stay in hiding. Fortunately for her, a circus crew would find her and take her under their wing!

Now Trapeze learns to channel her Rage and uses her ability to transform into a Cassowary as a means to entertain audiences! Not only bringing entertainment but managing to find some comfort in herself... Maybe being half-human/half-animal had its perks that she could take advantage of.