What if... Sonic Stuff

Some fake screenshots

This time I took as a basis the Sonic Riders. It was so exciting!!! But the most difficult was to create a background. I had to do them from scratch and I tried to make them in Sonic X style, so I hope I was able to do it.(￣ω￣;)

Sonic:

- Talks (mostly to Tails) while the teacher is writing on the board

- Kind of pays attention to class but doesn’t really take note of most of it.

- His notebook is not very organized

- Doesn’t always do his homework

- Isn’t very fond of rules

- Wakes up 5 minutes before class but arrives on time because superspeed

- Eagerly waits for PE class. Doesn’t take the game results seriously and his priority is having a good time

- Doesn’t use his powers during PE because he knows it’s unfair

- Doesn’t mind art classes, but can’t draw at all

- Takes extra guitar lessons

- Aside from PE, enjoys Biology the most

- Volunteers to carry stuff around for teachers because he’s a good dude

- Stays after class to throw away papers people threw on the ground and give janitors an easier time

- Buys snacks at the cafeteria

- Likes to chat with the schools receptionists, security guards and cafeteria attendants.

- Popular

- Despite not doing everything he should or studying that much, refuses to cheat on tests and takes responsability for his actions

- Goes to all of the parties

- Passes with alright grades

- Despite his mediocre grades and somewhat lazy attitute, teachers still like him a lot

Tails:

- Enjoys chatting with Sonic while copying what the teacher writes on the board

- Pays attention and takes note of everything. Does his homework

- Organized but pretty bland and boring notebook. Writes everything with the same pen and isn’t about fancy decorations. Terrible handwriting due to writing really quickly

- Enjoys PE a lot but isn’t as great at it as Sonic or Knuckles, for example

- Can draw decently, but doesn’t really like arts

- Enjoys Physics, Chemistry and Maths the most

- Struggles a bit with humanities

- Buys whatever at the cafeteria, not a picky eater

- Shy when meeting new people but has lots of friends

- Studies even though he wouldn’t need to

- Gets straight “A”s in most subjects

- Other students go to him to explain math problems when needed

- Doesn’t cheat himself but helps other students do it (they insist a lot :P)

- Even in his worst subjects, still gets “A”s and “B”s 

- Teachers love him

Knuckles:

- Doesn’t talk a lot, pays attention and takes notes

- Arrives late often

- Nice, organized notebook, with a few (bad) drawings and schemes here and there

- Likes PE. Is more serious about it though and gets upset when his team loses

- Really likes art, even though he can’t draw or paint well. Enjoys doing sculptures and is surprisingly good at handling delicate materials

- Enjoys History, Biology and Geography. Doesn’t like English or Math, and Physics are hell to him

- Brings food from home (mostly fruits and vegetables)

- Sometimes gets overwhelmed if there are too many people in the classroom. Prefers smaller classes

- Mostly doesn’t mind other people talking but gets headaches if there’s too much noise

- Studies and does well in almost everything. However, even when he studies all weekend he can’t get a good grade in Physics

- Doesn’t really go to many parties (too many people)

- Admits to having cheated on a Physics test once, and is ashamed of it.

- In the end, manages to somehow pass everything

Amy:

- Talks to Cream nonstop while slowly copying what’s on the board…

- …But pays attention while the teacher talks and gets mad if someone interrupts him while she’s listening

- Does homework, but pretty quickly and not very carefully

- Gets to school 1 hour before the classes even start

- Very organized and colourful notebook. Spends 5 minutes making every O perfectly round. Uses 72 different pens and tons of stickers. Keeps the post-it market running by herself.

- Probably one of the girls who likes PE the most. Very competitive

- Would like to enjoy art class, but is so bad at it she can’t

- English is her best subject

- Likes writing (especially poems)

- Sometimes takes selfies or uses social media in secret during class

- Occasionaly gets distracted staring at cute boys (read Sonic)

- Alternates between “Screw it, I’m buying three minipizzas” and “I’m on a diet, I’ll get fruit salad” phases

- Likes partying, but can sacrifice it if she needs to study

- Gets ok grades.

- Doesn’t cheat and refuses to help other people cheat

Cream:

- Talks to Amy while copying

- Notebook is simple but pretty and organized. Uses mostly 2 different pens to take note, only highlighting important things and using a few stickers here and there. Likes drawing on the edges of the pages. Beautiful handwriting

- Brings all of the teachers gifts for Teachers Day and for Easter

- Does all of her homework with dedication and care

- Mostly likes PE and isn’t bad at it but dislikes competition and doesn’t mind the results. She dislikes how serious Amy is about them as well

- Loves art classes, especially drawing and painting

- Likes Math a lot, but dislikes History

- Draws on the board between classes and writes nice messages for teachers and janitors

- Her mother Vanilla always packs food for her to bring to school. Amy sometimes secretly buys her ice cream though

- Gets nice grades

Big:

- Pays, attention, does his homework and takes notes. Very dedicated

- Tries his best at PE, but is pretty terrible at it. He is a good goalkeeper due to his size, though

- Likes art but isn’t delicate enough to do anything really good

- Popular with the girls for being a sweetheart

- Enjoys most subjects, but isn’t very bright. Does ok at Geography and Biology since he has a lot of contact with nature

- Spends all his allowance and savings on snacks and chocolate

- Brings Froggy with him on his bag even though he’s not allowed to. Sometimes, the frog escapes and he has to spend the break looking for him

- Doesn’t get grades good enough on all subjects, but teachers pass him because he tries really hard

Shadow:

- Pays attention, doesn’t talk and takes notes

- Doesn’t do his homework though, because he believes it’s a waste of time

- Organized notebook, but a pretty boring one

- Gets annoyed when people talk while he’s trying to listen to the teachers

- Is good at PE and is pretty competitive but believes it’s a waste of time

- Likes painting in art classes. Painting the sky or space is a favorite of his since it reminds him of living on the ARK. Actually draws pretty well

- Doesn’t like any of the classes, but isn’t bad at any of them either. He just thinks school is a pain in the a** honestly

- Doesn’t cheat. More because admitting he cheated would hurt his ego than because of morals

- Not that popular and has a pretty closed group of friends

- Studies a bit and gets good grades

- Doesn’t really buy anything at the cafeteria most of the time. When he does, he just gets whatever. Not a picky eater.

Rouge:

- Talks the entire class, even during explanations and rarely takes any notes.

- Doesn’t do her homework

- Gets straight “A”s without doing anything and people hate her for it

- Likes PE and is competitive as hell. A sore loser too

- Doesn’t like Arts at all and isn’t good at anything related to it

- Likes Geography, Math and History. Hates Chemistry and English

- Somehow is really popular but still only really talks to Shadow, one of the least popular and sociable people

- Brings food from home because the cafeteria is too low class

- Mostly doesn’t need to cheat, but will do it if she doesn’t remember something

- Likes talking to the receptionists

- Goes to the restroom during breaks to gossip and apply makeup

- Tells the teachers she needs to go to the restroom even though she just wants to walk around the school and skip class

DUDE YES.

Like Sonic ‘06 was the first Sonic game I played, so a lot of that stuff didn’t really gain significance for me until later. But now that I have the context it’s like?? my S ON

Bc that is the first game he’s really had a choice about what he wants to do. And he’s doing well for himself, working for GUN, working with Rouge, he seems to have found his place in the world and has somewhat made his peace with humanity, and then along comes Mephiles, trying to tap back into his fears of being controlled. Like when he shows him the stasis pod containing future Shadow - that was meant to be a serious blow, because Shadow has been used so often that he’s determined to never be used again, and then he sees himself, once again locked away in a situation he never chose:

And he is clearly very disturbed by this. This is something he thought he broke away from, only to find out that in the uncomfortably near future, his life is going to be out of his own control once more. You can see how shocked and upset he is by this.

Mephiles knows what he’s doing. He thinks he’s got Shadow right where he wants him, and offers him something that we know Shadow has been chasing for a good portion of his storyline through the games thus far:

Shadow’s response?

He’s gotten very good, by this point, at realizing whensomeone is trying to manipulate him. And he recognizes that same smugness inMephiles. So no matter how scared he is of his fate in that stasis pod, he’snot going to work with Mephiles. Because working with Mephiles means workingfor Mephiles, becoming his pawn.

But just because he’s refused Mephiles doesn’t mean he’sokay. During the rest of his story you can see him start brushing off help fromRouge, running out to fight alone while leaving her to do the research back inrelative safety. He’s starting to retreat again. He doesn’t want to trust. And itonly furthers this feeling of isolation when he discovers that in the future,Omega is the one to defeat him and seal him away - someone he thought he couldtrust.

So then Rouge chimes in with a quote that legit makes mewant to cry:

What does Shadow hear?

“I care about you. I careabout your freedom. I don’t care what everyone else thinks - I will fight the entire world before I let them control you again. You can trust me.”

And guess who he has with him from then on, until the very end of the game?

Shadow’s story in this game is honestly about learning totrust again. About what it means to gain your freedom only to have it threatenedagain, and about learning that in a situation like that you don’t have to go italone. He has friends he can rely on, and rely on them he does.

And all of this leads to his defining quote from that game:

Shadow. Will not. Be controlled. Again.

Es tan corto el amor y tan largo el olvido. 

Porque en noches como ésta la tuve entre mis brazos,

mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido.

Aunque éste sea el último dolor que ella me causa,