This is Not a Cocoon but a Metamorphosis

BORN TO FAIL - A SONIC THE HEDGEHOG FANZINE

a look into the thoughts, futures, and failures of a select few sonic robots. what lives to they build for themselves, and how do they learn to live in the first place?

This opponent proved to be difficult, not because they were strong but because they were quick and evasive. They ran circles around him and Phantom was growing frustrated. The unknown ghost grabbed him by the arm after dodging his punch and they managed to wrap something metal around his throat and the burn of a particularly powerful ectoblast melting what he could only assume was a clasp shut.

Looking down, Danny was horrified to see the serpentine eye of a very familiar amulet staring back up at him. One thing people didn't know about the Amulet of Aragon was that it didn't only turn you into a dragon when you got angry, it also heightened aggression so that you were more likely to get angry and even freed bottled up emotions. Between Vlad, Dash, Mr Lancer, his parents and even the GIW Danny had a lot of pent up anger.

Needless to say, Danny immediately transformed and only saw green as he went on a rampage. The Fentons went full offensive with the GAV when they saw thier "newest ghost" was a dragon and fired weapon after weapon at it. It was all for naught as Dragon Phantom smashed the vehicle with his fist and crushed it like a bug. Danny continued to rampage and destroy everything in his path until team Phantom noticed the Amulet and immediately knew what it was. They didn't understand why Phantom wasn't coming to stop the dragon and managed to corral it back into the zone and the dragon flew off, even angrier than before, but at least It wasn't destroying the city anymore.

Anyway, the bats spend like four hours trying to fight a white dragon that turns intangible whenever they try to hit it, and then Constantine finally figures out some magic that can hurt it and it immediately turns into a black dragon that the magic doesn't work on anymore. But hey, at least they can touch it now.

There were also people. At first they all ran away from him screaming. Good, that way he couldn’t accidentally hurt more than he had already. But soon after that a new group of people came. They threw weapons and shot guns at Danny’s gleaming white hide. No mortal weapon could harm him in this form. If anything it just annoyed and aggravated him further, making him rampage more violently. More people came and tried to hurt Danny. Some of it worked, but most did not.

Danny struggled to keep conscious but once they started throwing magic at him it was a lost battle. The magic was hurting him and binding his wings. So he switched forms. Though still a dragon, his bright white scales became black as pitch and he felt gravity take ahold of him again. The attacking people didn’t stop. Instead they tried harder to hurt him. Now everything hurt and he just wanted it to stop. Just stop! Please, it hurts! It hurts! STOP!

And suddenly it did.

The blazing rage receded and the cool balm of his core started working on healing his injuries. Danny felt himself start to shrink and become smaller, closer to his original size. But now that the rage and anger had completely vanished anxiety and panic flooded him instead. He had hurt people. Even if it wasn’t intentional he had hurt people. That went against every instinct that he had had from the moment his accident had happened.

Danny falls to the ground in a crumpled heap. He somewhat succeeds in sitting up. His first thought is that he’s back in Phantom form. His second thought immediately after that was to get the amulet off as soon as he possibly could. So he reaches towards his neck and pulls at the golden chain.

It doesn’t budge. It’s not moving. Why isn’t it moving?

His panicked breathing hitches and picks up. His hands start to shake uncontrollably.

No! Nononono, no! He has to get it off! He has to keep everyone safe and he isn’t safe with this thing clasped around his neck. He has to get it off. He has to get it off. He hAS TO GET-

An unfamiliar set of hands try to help him. Danny jerks out of their grasp. “NO!” Danny yells, his Wail tinging the word. Tears are freely flowing down his face to drip to the ground or onto himself. When had he started crying?

The set of hands pull away and they hover in front of the teen. Danny looks past the hands to see a bedraggled blond haired man in a rumpled trench coat and tired eyes. He’s saying something but Danny can’t hear him over the ringing in his ears. More tears well in the panicking teen’s eyes as he lets out a broken sob.

“I didn’t mean to hurt everyone! I don’t want to hurt anyone!” Danny harshly pulls at the golden chain around his throat. “I just want it off. I just want it off! But it won’t come off! Why won’t it come off?”

The man in the trench coat offers a hand and says something again. Danny still can’t understand what he’s saying, but the emotions he’s detecting are calm and reassuring. So he eyes the hand but doesn’t do anything other than sob brokenly and pull at the chain with less and less strength. And before he knows it the amulet drops from around his neck and lays uselessly in Danny’s hands and across his lap.

Utter relief floods through him. Then absolute terror before he throws the now broken amulet in a random direction and tries to get further away. Danny stumbles two steps before he runs into someone and he loses what balance he had. The person he ran into holds him up, gently supporting Danny to stand.

The teen’s blurred vision makes out a leather jacket and the color red. But there’s something soothing about this person. Something that sings safe to Danny’s distressed core. So the extremely exhausted teen winds his arms around a strong torso, grips fistfuls of leather, and fully collapses into this safe person. Not even a moment passes before Danny has slipped into the blissful realm of sleep and unconsciousness.

—

This is the plot of Sonic Prime, right?

"Till death do us part."

and mods are half the magic. here's how to install them and here's a bunch of gameplay tweaks.

this is just cosmetic stuff but i highly recommend it:

huge directory of cc

noblu/noglo

no white outline

if you find a sims player that you like the style of, check their tumblr for a resources page. they'll often list most of what they use.

123movies

dailymotion.com

also europixhd.io (havent used this in awhile so im not sure if it’s still ok)

yts.mx for torrenting movies

rarbg.to for movie and shows torrents

and prostylex.org is the same but has music and books too. also first cam versions of theater releases

z-lib.org for books (has 5 download limits daily per ip address)

getintopc.com for softwares

Tl:dr: design a cane based on comfortability and the disability of the character

First things first, you need to know why you’re character needs a cane. Do they have chronic pain? Unhealed injury? Muscle or joint issues? Do they have poor blood circulation which makes them dizzy? Do they need the cane all the time or does their disability fluctuate? Do they use a wheelchair or a walker sometimes?

There’s a lot you should know about a characters ability/disability in order to find what type of mobility aid they should be using.

There are a bunch of different kinds of canes/crutches. The 4 on the left are crutches. The difference between canes and crutches are, crutches are meant to keep weight off your legs as much as possible, and generally you use a crutch on each arm. Canes are used for stability and you usually only use one. Folding canes are great for people who only use their cane sometimes

Great! You’ve picked either a cane or crutches for your character. I’m done right? WRONG. Cane handles.

This is probably the most important part of canes because if you have the wrong handle your wrist will die.

I gently kiss all the canes on the left, they are all very good for grip and wrist, although the middle left is designed for left or right hand so you cannot switch hands with it.

The ones on the right are also pretty good, they wouldn’t be my first choice but they are still great. The top one is also very good as it has a wristband so you can’t drop it as easily. (Trust me when I say I DROP MY CANE SO MUCH)

Sigh. The middle cane handles… the bottom one I have never actually seen but it looks like it would kill my wrist. The top one is uncomfortable for long period uses, but it is good for if you’re a shepherd. And the pimp cane… the knob cane… it’s awful. Just no. It’s hard to grip, it is unstable it’s bad it’s awful I throw it into a fire. Please don’t give your character, they don’t deserve that pain

Now you know the basic ergonomic things, there are different shafts for canes and crutches

You can really get creative with this type of thing, just as long as it looks stable enough.

Here are some good examples of pretty canes that are ergonomic and good to use! (featuring victor arcane who i adore)

Add some cute details to the cane if you want! You can add stickers, colours, grip support. And while I love the concept of cane swords those are very unstable, if you want a cane weapon you can make it lead weighted, put knives in it. A poison vile in the shaft. Be creative.

Just some of these components are important to consider with a disabled character. There’s a lot more to consider with wheelchairs and walkers which I don’t have the experience with.

As a disabled person who uses a cane for a variety of reasons, there’s a few other things that I need to talk about.

1. Cane height. It needs to be a the right height otherwise you are going to do really bad things to your hips, knees, elbows, shoulders, and back. If your character wears shoes of varying heights, think high heels or platforms vs flats or bare feet, you’ll want an adjustable cane. (Or multiple canes, or both). Here’s a decent article by the Cleveland Clinic about this and this WikiHow article is fantastic. But seriously, if your character is really tall/really short it’s going to be tougher for them to find a viable cane.

2. Wear and tear. This is particularly noticeable around the handle and base of the cane. If your cane has a rubber foot, it’s going to wear down… much like the heel of a well loved shoe. And it’s going to wear down in such a way that will show you what part of the cane you’re putting on the ground first. You can end up with a very sloped bottom, which is why it’s important to either replace the food or in the case of canes where you can’t do this (wooden ones without a foot). BTW this is what I mean when I say a foot. 

It’s a rubber thing that adds traction, stability, and grip that is held on to the base of the cane via suction. It comes off with some jiggling and most canes can fit into a standard replacement (Thank the gods for standardization here).

The handle is also going to see a lot of wear and tear, particularly those with the funky foam on them. Most human sweat is slightly acidic and no matter what, everyone gets sweaty palms. And moisture can eat away at that foam. Again, there’s replacements for it. Along with replacements for any wrist loops (which like OP said, those things are great because you will drop your cane… a lot).

Dropping your cane is going to give it personality, nicks and dings and other things. It generally won’t damage the cane too badly… although if you have a wooden cane/handle you may want to check it for splintering.

Additionally many wooden canes need care in the form of rubbing down with oils to keep them from becoming too brittle. I’ve seen wooden canes split up the stem of the cane because of this. It was sad.

3. Style/Bling. At a certain point, when you use a cane enough you start to pimp it out. Some people do nifty wrist handles, others will have handles that have fluttery things on it like a kids bike, others still will have blingy cane designs… I’ve got two

This is my fancy cane:

And this is my everyday cane:

I happen to prefer wooden handles to plastic ones (it’s a sensory thing and wood handles being dropped better without becoming rough like plastic).

I’m currently keeping my eyes open for a space themed cane because… space…(Or sharks, because sharks).

The one place where people who use a cane for stability/walking assistance will not do (unless they want some serious pain) is get those carved handles or ones with anything that is spiky. Those hurt and cause blisters/bruises.

"He has to fund the Justice League. They often have a space program."

"But couldn't he do more good if he just invested-"

I want to see Bruce Wayne go off

For all his billions, for all his activity, for all his efforts, Gotham is a bonfire fed by the madness of mortal people, cultivated by dark powers and just existing there makes living souls like kindling for it. And left to its own devices,it’d become a breeding ground for supernatural unrest that no mere social service system or social awareness of activist campaign, no government program, no actions of a singular vigilante, could ever hope to undo.