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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.
#the murder of sonic the hedgehog#sonic team#sega social team#greg batha#ian mutchler#min ho kim#ellen alsop#sega#i haven't been crediting everyone this whole time but credit where its due#sonic#tails#original the character#amy rose#dr. eggman#visual novel#potential spinoff#we want more!#video game review#the videogame shutterbug
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legend has it that the young witch circe and the once beautiful nymph scylla shared a complicated past...
#art#cirscylla#that's the ship name i like for them best anyway#circe#scylla#greek mythology#welcome to my greek mythos yuri#DOOMED YURI#circylla#epic the musical#do i even tag it as that? i think i should cuz epic is the reason im so into greek mythos#jorge said we might get a spinoff about their backstory and im insane over that#i know it's probably going to be about how circe loved that one guy but still a girl can dream#this is them but younger! before circe turns scylla into the horrific man-eating monster that even poseiden fears#there's just so much potential here#consider a younger and much warier circe landing on the island for the first time after being outcasted by her family for her magic#and she meets scylla there who back then is a much happier and playful person#enemies to lovers to enemies again#i don't know if they ever make it to lovers or if they were only an almost#they're about to have the worst breakup in greek history#im rambling in tags MY BAD
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Okay, I have another idea: a spinoff with the Charles' children who are like a modern Holmes and Watson but gender reversed.
They would be: Nic and Norman Charles.
Ideal casting:
Tom Holland as Norman Charles
Izabela Vidovic as Nicolette Nic Charles
They would be perfect!!!
I miss a couple like Nick and Nora Charles in today's media; can anyone make a movie starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster as the Charles'???
They're perfect as the new age Nick and Nora Charles!!!
Or even a Fred and Ginger movie!!!
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One thing that is now unfair to ask is...what is Nine's name? Look hori treated him as an afterthought but his lack of origins works better than the comical twnko's origins.
Yes his family was all killed thanks to him but ...I can't help to think that scene was too ridiculous.
We never saw anyone mentioned them again, not even shig. (He remembers them in MVA and we do see the disgusting human puppet hori flay around) But that's it.
So Nine...
Im not one of those people who think a new character needs to be related to a pre stabelished one. Nine doesn't need to be a Todoroki, Shimura or hell even a lost Midoriya (hahahahahahaha as if hori would care for this family)
But ....imagine if Nine was related to Oboro, somehow, wouldn't that be interesting?
Maybe, maybe not.
Oboro's character became a thing to turns Aizawa into a better character...and fails. Kuro was sacrificed for nothing.
The thing about Shigaraki/Tenko backstory is that it feels... a bit overdramatic?
Well we can say that about his whole character, but the part of his backstory in particular when he kills his family is so exagerated for the sake of shock value that it kinda feels comical.
Horikoshi tried a bit too hard on make MVA feel like the edgier and "different" arc of the series, but the contrast in so big that I can't take it seriously.
Especially when Hori already nailed a dark tone without being super explicit or over the top.
Take the simplicity of Eri's backstory for example:
No blood, no unnecessary violence, just two panels giving a basic idea of what happened to Eri's father and yet the image of those clothes lying on the floor is much more haunting and eerie than the enterity of Shigaraki backstory.
Why Horikoshi stop being subtle with his storytelling?
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Anyway going back to Nine real name, or the lack of one, I think it's interesting how that aspect of his character adds to the underlying theme of how AFO and Garaki dehumanize people, especially the ones that are part of their experiments.
We know very well how AFO doesn't view other human being as persons but rather objects that belong to him. This starts with his very own twin brother, which name Yoichi means something like "my first possesion".
And just like Nine, number 6 from Vigilantes was a child which whole life was modeled by AFO. They both are just numbers without a real name.
In this case the idea is presented even more explicitly because Six was a child who suffered some kind of amnesia and couldn't even view himself as a normal human with a face.
He even died as a monster without ever know if he had an identity outside being the number 6.
It's funny how you mention the idea of Nine and Shirakumo being connected somehow, as isn't the first time I've hear that.
It's interesting notice how they share this common theme about sky and clouds as part of who they are (Nine's name also is supposedly a reference to the term "cloud nine") both Nine and Oboro are individuals willing to sacrifice their own lifes for others, and ironically both of them ended being experimented by Dr Garaki.
I even have the headcanon of Kurogiri being the "Number 7" in this line of experiments were Nine and Six belong, as sort of missing link between Six and the sentient nomus.
I probably should make a post later explaining better this idea.
And yes for Horikoshi, Shirakumo was just a diposable character to make Aizawa look cooler and more edgy.
While the author of Vigilantes clearly invested a lot of effort on making Oboro a real and memorable character which complements Aizawa rather than just being an accesory. But that topic deserves it's own post as well.
P.S: I have an idea of what real name we could give to Nine, but I keep it for me at least for the moment.
#mha critical#bnha critical#mha nine#bnha nine#shigaraki tomura#shigaraki#Number Six#mha six#oboro shirakumo#mha shirakumo#bnha shirakumo#bnha meta#mha meta#mha eri#mha rewrite#bnha rewrite#Again the “prototypes” subplot has crazy missed potential#Six got a decent arc and screentime at least#Maybe because the writer of Vigilantes knows better what to do with these characters#Wish Nine and Shirakumo got proper extended arcs in the main story rather than being spinoff exclusives
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BEGOÑA VARGAS as CAMERON in BERLÍN (2023-)
#requested by anon#SHE#what a beauty#if only the writers wrote her character better#she had the potential to be the best femme fatale#berlin cameron#berlin netflix#berlin series#begoña vargas#begona vargas#la casa de papel#money heist#berlin gifs#berlin edits#berlin edit#esther martinez labato#alex pina#berlin spinoff#lcdp berlin#la casa de papel spin off#berlin spoilers#bleulone’s gifs#my gifs#pedro alonso#lcdp#lcdp cameron#filmtvdaily#cameron gifs
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im gonna explode his dad
#stanley pines#stan pines#filbrick pines when i get you#altho probably a great potential plot point when we get that stan spinoff
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at least rebecca sugar is keeping busy i guess 😭
#no of course i’m not salty that adventure time gets endless spinoffs and most other major CN shows#were just given more content while SU - at one point the biggest fandom by far - gets nothing#of course i’m not bitter that despite SUs insane reach and popularity warner bros might consider it more ‘controversial’#due to the dumbest people in the room only ever hating on media its popular to hate on with zero critical thought about the other shows#and said criticism being in the worst faith imaginable constantly for years leading to WB potentially devaluing the brand#despite SU being the best of these shows precisely because its willing to be more complex and not always take the easy route#not to mention while being hated as an ‘sjw’ show and ‘too gay’ for the most deranged grifters to get clicks off#of course i’m not bitter about any of that. that’s so sillyyyy you’re silly#steven universe
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Shadow and Bone show CANCELLED? RIP Ice Court Heist, possibilities of Dark!Alina, Zoyalai my beloved, Kanej drama, everything. You will be sorely grieved 🙏😞
#shadow and bone#shadow and bone tv#six of crows#ice court heist#alina starkov#zoya nazyalensky#nikolai lantsov#zoyalai#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#kanej#crows spinoff will live forever in my head as an unattainable dream#there was just so much potential 😭#in these trying times we turn to ao3 for comfort
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The Axolotl is a being associated with death, the afterlife, and rebirth, guiding souls through to the other side and helping them reincarnate. (As far as I can find) Xolotl, the god for which the animal is named, is a psychopomp as well. Dogs, the animal he's associated with, are guides for spirits in the underworld. Additionally, he protects the sun every night as it travels through the underworld, a cyclical cycle of "death" (setting sun) and "rebirth" (rising sun). Sounds similar huh?
This makes me wonder: in the Gravity Falls universe, did mesoamericans know of The Axolotl ? Which name came first ? Did mesoamericans have the god Xolotl, made contact with The Axolotl, and give it that name ? Or did they have contact with The Axolotl, and from there it became Xolotl ? I feel like it's not a coincidence that The Axolotl and Xolotl share similar roles AND are etymologically related AND of all the things it could've looked like, it looked like an axolotl from Earth.
I just think it would be interesting...we know Bill has had impacts on human religions and civilizations, so why not other powerful beings? How might've The Axolotl contacted humans in the first place?
If you're knowledgeable about indigenous mesoamerican religions and this is inappropriate/inaccurate let me know and I'll edit or take it down.
#this is also a stretch but i wonder if the colour factors in too#albino axolotls (the pink ones everyone knows about) dont survive well in the wild#in the wild theyre mostly brown/black with mottled appearances to blend into their surroundings#most people dont know that so i imagine its nothing important but like. what if it was. i dont know how much background knowledge to expect#idk. just thinking about the axolotl. and the other nonhuman characters#i think theyre very interesting and have lots of potential. esp the henchmaniacs#i would watch a spinoff show of like. shorts of the henchmaniacs doing stupid shit#or even like character backstory exposition dumps. just like worldbuilding yanno#i wanna know more about this multiverse#anyway uhhhhhhhh tags yes tags#not tagging for bill because i only mention him in passing#gravity falls#gravity falls thoughts#gravity falls axolotl#the axolotl#brick wall
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Thinking about the current X-Men serieses, and how they have framed Rogue and Cyclops as the new Xavier and Magneto. And I have to laugh at the beautiful storytelling set-up of -
Xavier's first student, his most loyal soldier, who Xavier most likely considers as a son (more than his own tbh) and who he had hoped would follow in his footsteps, becoming the successor to the role Xavier's best friend took on during one of their many 'splits' as he rails against the system.
The daughter of Magneto's most trusted General, who was a member of the Brotherhood of 'Evil' Mutants, whose power is 'stealing' others' abilities and life force dedicating herself to protecting the world and guiding its people to a future of harmony and understanding while playing within the system.
The narrative symbolism is just 😘
#x-men#rogue#cyclops#scott summers#marvel comics#i am still big mad about how krakoa panned out because the potential in that storyline could have lasted for YEARS#however there are a few things about the x-spinoffs i like#jean and storm getting their flowers for one with their own solo series - despite controversy surrounding jean grey's artist#and putting rogue front and center#also i am a SUCKER for the trope where the rebellious kid takes on a leadership position as they mature#and it was LONG overdue for Rogue because they kept nerfing her at every turn to stunt her growth#she's now the boss#and also here for the trope of the lawful good character seeing what 'following the rules' gets them and deciding to play by their own rules#even if it makes them 'the bad guy'#which they tried to do with cyclops during a v x and the phoenix 5 but it didn't execute entirely properly#at least spinning out of the mess with orchis and scott's banana republic trial it makes more sense for him to pursue the path he chose#long rant in the tags lol
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I’ve been thinking about the next two SCU installments (Shadow spinoff and fourth movie) and had two different ideas about them:
A. Shadow doesn’t turn up in Sonic 4 because the spinoff is telling his story, allowing the new characters of that movie a chance to shine, and he shows up in the movie after that, and B. His story ends up continuing into Sonic 4, possibly to the newbie’s detriment.
As much as I love Shadow, I’m hoping scenario A is what happens, but scenario B feels more realistic from a filmmaking POV.
Hello, my dear❤️✨
I can’t necessarily see point “A” happening to the SCU. Shadow is a very popular character. If he were to have a spinoff, people would expect him to appear in the four… this was the same thought with Knuckles and his miniseries for the third film.
Option “B” seems the most logical choice to me.
#sonic movie 3#The amount of fanart and chaos that I’ve seen since 2022 of Shadow’s announcement for the films has been an all time high#This was the same with Knuckles when he was teased in 2021#I think that if Shadow were to disappear from the fourth even after his spinoff it would cut a handful of people watching a potential fourth#mystery anon#off topic
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would you rather have unlimited squid beatz but no splatoon 3
or
splatoon 3
unlimited splatoon 3
but no splatoon 3
#this is so fucking stupid i need meds sleep and head frfr#/hj#splatoon#did yall know i miss squid beatz dearly and have also gone on RANTS to my bf about how much i don't like splatoon 3#including side order#AND ITS MY SPECIAL INTEREST BRO#i only say i dont like it because every single part of the game had so much potential#and im so sad nintendo hyped it up only for it to be a noticably underwhelming product#TWICE#ughhh save me splatoon 4 and/or splatoon spinoff
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there is light somewhere (it may not be much light but it beats the darkness)
Rating: Mature Summary:
On the longest night of the year, Jade loses Kit.
It’s – it’s bad, of course it’s bad. The kind of bad that’s been building for weeks.
Struggling with everything they've been though, Kit and Jade fight at the worst possible time: it's winter solstice, the most dangerous night of the year when it comes to demons, to powerful forces sent by the Wyrm. But when things look their darkest, Jade opens her eyes and finds the goddess she's always believed in, fishing her out of a puddle. But just because you believe the world is one way, it doesn't mean that it is.
Part two of the exorcist Jade au! With the Tanthamorewinterfest prompts: longest night, and light in the darkness.
#tanthamore#exorcist Jade#now with Elora!#and the potential for a Hubert and Anne spinoff as they fight demons in their RV?#who knows#my fics#tanthamorewinterfest#jade claymore#kit tanthalos#elora danan#willow#willow 2022
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I'm genuinely so upset about the SaB cancellation... Despite everything I still had hope but Netflix obviously had to crash it and cancel the show like they do with every good story on their platform.
And why couldn't they just have announced it months ago instead of clowning us like this???
What is media becoming when writers don't even know how to write their seasons because they don't know if their show is getting renewed or not... cancellation feels like a constant threat and fandoms can't even get excited about a piece of media in case they cancel it.
No mournings no funerals but I'm mourning for sure
#the lost potential#no mourners no funerals#six of crows#grishaverse#shadow and bone#six of crows spin off#soc spinoff#being a soc fan is hard man#shadow and bone show#shadow and bone season 2#shadow and bone netflix#shadow and bone cast#leigh bardugo#sab netflix#netflix#sab cast#netflix series#netflix cancellation
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prayer circle that all the characters we haven't seen yet look good too 🙏
#helia..... HELIAAAAAA#listen#if they get rid of just One of the specialists i am gonna be upset#all of them? fine. equal treatment! But Just One??? helia ?? timmy???? no ma'am#iginio said theyre going to balance out the male characters so im hoping that means the specialists are gonna be better in the reboot#like a good mix of Actual Interesting Characters and arm candy#they have the range!!#like more info on their backstories and lives apart from the winx#while not making it all about them#fate had Way too much specialist propaganda imo alhglda#do i remember iginio saying something about a potential comic spinoff for the specialists or did i make that up#ik he said something about the trix but i feel like he slipped the specialists in there too...#hm....#iginio if you can hear me please dont fuck the boys up thanks man#the girls look good!!! keep that up!!! hire a gay man to design the specialists again!!!!!#whoever took helia straight out of a shojo manga bring that person back STAT
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I think for me the allure in base releases in persona games is how it feels cloudy and there's still mystery involved regarding how one should go about the concepts and characters introduced in the story. as inconvenient as it is, it's fun to scour different media release after, or even before, that release, to see how they tried to present these concepts and characters, how they actually came out to be, and how they decide to shape them henceforth, adding on to what was already introduced and simply building on it, or topping on details that probably weren't obvious in the initial release, or something they wanted to be more prominent to evoke a more specific image of those ideas.
it's fun to look at famitsu magazines and decipher what those game teasers were all about. it's exciting to read through novels or listen to drama tracks to look a new perspectives of the same story, or even look beyond it. the art book gets released and youre looking through creator comments and concept art and deciding whether to agree to these ideas and decisions or not
but when the re-releases came, golden and royal for me, the whole charm of the game was wiped away and just became too... saturated. the eerieness of bright eye searing yellow wasn't eerie anymore, it just look more mellow and hopeful. from fog and static, theres sub and glitter. which is I guess what they were pretty much going for, when they decided to try out a new technique to draw an audience in. the red and white and black gave a monochrome outlook to the player's worldview, and the flashy and chaotic elements of the ui and other game design made it feel like you were breaking out of the off camera elements that felt too limiting, too controlling and tame, yet dark. now, the flashiness felt like too much sugar in a dessert meant to be a bit more bittersweet. there's a new meaning of rebellion vs control considering how yal's prominence in the plot was completely overshadowed with what az had going on.
I guess what in trying to say in the end is that both the base releases and re-releases have their own charm and can be enjoyed in different ways and through different perspectives. it just makes me a little sad to see how these concepts and characters shrouded with mystery and aching to be uncovered, which is what intrigued me in the first place, were just... stripped naked entirely. you look under the sheets torn off by the people that wanted more people to look at these creations and you see that it wasn't even the same thing underneath. it feels like they stuffed all the things people could like than retaining what these things had that people already like, it's just that they didn't realize they liked it in the first place. their insides were mangled and now their outsides were prettied up as well. all this mystery and intrigue I once found were just blank spaces filled in by someone else rather than the audience themselves
yosuke's closeted nature, kanji's relationship with his own orientation, naoto's own identity and representation. even chie's tomboyism and teddie's malleable inhuman body. and even outside of that, there's adachi, another label slapped on him and exaggerated only the traits that would make him more marketable to an active market that wants to be spoonfed to fill their egos and say they're right. and I sit here looking over all that had happened to realize these writers are not as sincere as they could seem. it's a big project after all, and there's too many people looking over your shoulder.
and the nature of fandom itself, I suppose. if there's mystery and intrigue pressured by audience reaction profit, then then fog shrouding them would dissipate and theres no fun looking through the unknown anymore
#kommento#long post#// oops another essay let's go to sleep.+#// I talk about this pretty vaguely because I'm tired but also how I try to apply it to other things#// I hate how pstudio saw how people reacted to adachi. then they completely fucked over his potential in Golden#// yes I'm glad he's getting recognition! I'm glad he's rightfully popular considering his place in the story and how it was executed!#// but why did you exaggerate him the Wrong Way. couldn't you have handled him with more grace. this looks rather careless.#// his sl is a giant ick to me because I know where this came from and where it's going#// his promo art his merch art. however he's been presented after that just sucks it absolutely sucks. why did you do that to him#// I wish he had a lower profile and it's the fans that massacre him but NO official sources had to do it to.+#// this phenomenon also happened to akc sorry walnut head I'm so sorry#// this could've been elaborated in a three volume novel spinoff series that nobody read because it was never translated#// bangs my head into the wall and waddles into bed to wake up to my own pool of blood I guess
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