#sonic western

[galaxylover06]

Western Tikal!

Don't see many AU or alt designs for Tikal so I decided to start doing some of my own for fun! This week it's yeehaw hours

[foolnamedjoey]

Shadow isnt the best with kids

[aquadango]

Surge the Tenrec

[vladim-3d]

When Hedgehogs Go Yeehaw

Trying to push into the actual art direction I've been plotting for months, also I'm now interested in Americana, YEEHAW!! 🤠

[coiled-dragonart]

My sonic dragon for Sekkai Fractures, Ctesibius! Obviously his primary influence is a styracosaurus, and the music he can make mimics that of pipe organs!

[monorailmoth]

the second i saw @galaxylover06's Tikal alt design i knew i had to make fan-art i absolutely adore the concept

close up for details uwu

[loopd33loop]

Back on my sonic cowboy au

[sonadowkismesis]

i get the feeling sonic fandom at large isnt fond of big stylistic differences between humans and mobians but i think when done right u can make it look so charming tbh... so whimsical.. like fuckin uh. winnie the pooh

[minkparched]

About Bartleby and Sonia's dynamic in Sonic Underground...

Since Sonic Underground is so hated by much of the fandom and VERY FEW fans engage with it outside of an irony-poisoned lens, there's so much subtext and interesting tidbits thrown in that got lost in the wilderness of fandom ghetto. One thing I noticed is the dynamic between Bartleby and Sonia.

Bartleby seems to embody both the "cowardly" and "loverboy" archetype, being a (for the lack of a better word) utter simp for Sonia and promising her he'll "do anything for (her), my pet. Anything" as soon as she uses her ~feminine wiles~ to change his mind into becoming more sympathetic towards her "disreputable" brothers for a scheme against Robotnik. In most of their interactions, Bartleby lights up each time he sees her and despite believing that her brothers Sonic and Manic are bad influences, still genuinely cares for her well-being..

That being said though...

In several scenes, Sonia is in disguise and she often comes across Bartleby. On two occasions, she sees her fiance on a date with another woman and she (rightfully) becomes jealous. In one scene, she's in disguise near a hair salon to investigate unrelated matters and she comes across Bartleby, which makes her nervous. Bartleby, not knowing who spotted him, becomes visibly offended at the thought of being "caught" from whatever he was doing (however, it seemed innocuous). The series sets up a punchline that Bartleby lives some kind of secret (or at the least, separate) life from Sonia and it's a reoccurring joke that shows up whenever Sonia stumbles across Bartleby doing whatever Bartleby likes to do when Sonia is not around.

This also separates him from a character that he's constantly compared to, Antoine D'Coolette. Antoine was Sally's number 1 simp that refused to move on from his blind romantic devotion to her until he faced constant rejections and in spite of all, only gave up once Bunnie showed interest in him. And unlike Bartleby, he did not try concealing anything about himself outside of excessively playing up his bravery to win Sally's affection (well, unless you count Patch as being "Antoine" but then that got retconned by Penders for an admittedly better idea). Although there are some stunning similarities among prototype Antoine Depardieu and Bartleby Montclair, which makes me think that some of Antoine's prototype character motifs did get recycled for the Bartleby character.

Anyway back to the main point. And that is Sonia and Bartleby's relationship dynamic. Another thing that is pretty funny, is how Bartleby and Sonia argue over stupid things even when they're clearly still together like in the Artifact where Bartleby refuses to believe the ball he has in his hand is an explosive sold by Robotnik, accuses Sonia of trying to sell it for Resistance, and says she used to be a nice hedgehog before her brother's corrupting influence.

Certainly, Bartleby's classist views on "peasants" and his borderline racist/xenophobic views of some indigenous Mobians (strangely, Jamaican-accented but wearing Native American headdresses) whose island he wanted to turn into a resort (in the French dub, these connotations are way clearer with him calling them "primitives", while in the English dub he calls them peasants while calling their living conditions primitive) influences his disdainful feelings towards Sonia's "unruly" brothers. It's also especially narratively potent in a canon where class warfare is an established part of the living world and 3 of the main protagonists (Sonic, Manic, and Sonia) represent the different social backgrounds.

Ngl, I live for the drama and the potential storylines that can be sprung out of this dynamic. XD I mean I'm someone who loved pre-Flynn/early Flynn Archie for this reason.

Although Bartleby does seem to get redeemed at the end and has a nice little romantic moment with Sonia before departing to who knows where, I still wonder how that would work if Sonia's new love interest was Knuckles and she dated Stripes during their downtime. Maybe if Sonic Underground continued to a Season 2, he would've officially turned from a Neutral to a Good character and Sonia would be with Knuckles.

[misterygx]

He's the fastest thing alive!

[balestrra]

The Mirage Saloon proprietress Primadonna, and her trusted employee, Ms Rose

[razzymatazzed]

The loop by katypery is out NOW go read it NOW on ao3!!!

18+ readers only

[foolnamedjoey]

The dynamic

[aquadango]

Whisper the Wolf

[raxiraq1]

Fang The Ultimate Hunter

Molag it's just the best guy who made Fang The Hunter Fanart he's the only one 😎👌 LOVE FOR FANG

[0vergrowngraveyard]

there are two feelings that one experiences while watching aosth:

sobbing because of the brothers and “theres no fucking way this is real”