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@lightdash
✭ — independent & selective blog for SONIC THE HEDGEHOG from SEGA'S SONIC SERIES. (game) canon compliant & headcanon inspired, occasionally dipping into other sources such as sonic x or idw. oc and crossover friendly! set free by ame (any pronouns, 21+, gmt +0) since oct. 2013. 🌴
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go away.
Aw, that's the look of someone who missed him.
" What're you gonna' do, unionise? You're all like half my height. "
Big talk from a guy who got hit with at least five slicers. "Don't give us ideas."
💙 Favorite IDW character? 🎤 Favorite Vocal Track?
prompt: let me yap about sonic / not accepting.
💙: I really like the ( OG ) Diamond Cutters! They’re all incredibly well designed. Claire is my favorite of the bunch, next to Whisper of course. OH AND i like Clutch. He rules. His entire premise is just great and I think ABT did a fantastic job. Icky opossum.
🎤: It Doesn’t Matter. Any version. It always makes me smile because it’s so perfectly Sonic in every way. Dear My Friend and My Destiny ( elise’s theme ) are close seconds! I love that the latter is a love song / ballad.
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👽 Favorite Wisp? 💥 Favorite Boss Fight? 📉 Underrated character?
prompt: let me yap about sonic / accepting.
👽: THE NEGA WISPS… they’re soo cute! I love the upturned mouths. Sinister but adorably so. Jade Wisp also holds space in my heart because she sounds like a lil ghost.
Truthfully I almost gave a cheeky answer by saying “all” since the power-up voice lines have endeared me to every single one. Specifically the Japanese ones ‘cause they sound like the Kamen Rider narrator. MAXIMUM DRIVE ✨
💥: This question made me go “hmm” out loud. Metal Madness? Maybe? I have fond memories of playing it over and over again as a kid. Metal Overlord kicked my ass many a time, but the build up is worth it. The end of both Unleashed and S&tBK come to mind too.
For sentimental reasons I also want to say Solaris! The music.. the presentation.. the everything. It’s so good. I’m an avid 06 truther. There is some kind of overlap between Sonic and Final Fantasy enjoyers and I am smack dab in the middle, so all synapses were firing in my brain at the end of Endwalker because it was just Solaris Phase 2 ( for the xiv players here. i know there are some. hi. ) ( for my next powerpoint i’ll be explaining how the narrative themes of dawntrail mirror black knight. merlina is sphene and — )
📉: ooo it’s hard to say. We’re living in this awesome timeline now where Sonic Team has remembered hey, people like our supporting characters! We should utilize them more! Never did I think we’d get Mephiles back.. or Gerald and Maria.. yet here we are! But I’m going to go completely left field and say Lumina from Sonic Shuffle! Her and Void are some of my favorite designs in the series actually… they remind me of Seedrians. Ariem is cute but honestly they should’ve just reused Maginaryworld and Lumina. 🙂↕️
was getting a screenshot for a post, and damn, actual footage of me and @lightdash i cannot believe it.
☺️ 🤩
prompt: let me yap about sonic / accepting.
☺️: Something I love & cherish about this series is how it handles relationships — particularly during the 2000s. There is something incredibly special to me about the character writing in this era, how they all interact with each other. They exist outside of societal norms, almost, in a way I’d happily describe as ( unintentionally ) queer. There are themes of found family without the pretense of a nuclear one; no one is the mother figure, just like no one is the brother or sister. Their closeness isn’t defined by words, but the contours of themselves. This brought a lot of comfort to me as a kid.
Having said that, I love Team Sonic ( said the person who writes the blue guy ). I’ve spoken before on this blog about how I don’t really see Sonic and Tails as siblings, but very close friends instead. I value their friendship a lot, and I think Sonic sees Tails as incredibly capable. A friend, an ally, someone he trusts deeply. But not a brother, because Sonic doesn’t really… do labels. The same can be said for Knuckles. The way they all bounce off each other in Heroes is my favorite, especially the idle voice lines during stages. Sonic may not have a home in the traditional sense, but these two are what comes to mind when he thinks of it ( and amy! ).
🤩: I wouldn’t even know where to start! At risk of sounding very mushy, I owe so much to Sonic, both the character and series. It has brought an insurmountable amount of good to my life. Sonic is the reason I started drawing and roleplaying. If I hadn’t, I never would have met my friend group of 10+ yrs or my partners. Because of that it’s hard for me to pick just one memory when I have countless! I sincerely love this series and I suspect I’ll be writing this hog ‘til tumblr dies a death.
… but here’s a lil something recent: the other week I went on a big picnic with some local friends who’re all sonic fans! We do meetups every now and then. As we were all gabbing and drawing together outside, a mother and her daughter approached us. Mom excitedly asked, “oh my gosh, is this a sonic club?!” then proceeded to tell us her favorite characters. It was the cutest thing ever. 💙
🦊 Favorite spinoff game?
🤔 Hydro-city or Hydrossity?
🎧 Favorite overall soundtrack?
prompt: let me yap about sonic / accepting.
🦊: Ignoring the fact that the storybook games technically count as spinoffs, because they would be my answer otherwise: Sonic the Fighters! I hold so much affection in my heart for this silly game. A fun fact to go along with it is that my first ever muse on tumblr was Honey the Cat! This was before her run in Archie. Hell, even before Fighters was brought to the playstation store — I had nothing to work with other than a cute design and a dream. I would love to see her in IDW some day.
I also really like Murder of Sonic. Made me smile the whole way through. I think it captures the heart of Sonic ( the series ) perfectly. This tune frequently pops into my head. 🎵
🤔: It’s Hydro City™. Aaron I am rolling up my sleeves as we speak.
🎧: THIS IS LIKE ASKING ME TO PICK A FAVORITE CHILD… aaa what a difficult question! Not to be that guy, but I think every soundtrack in the series is special and worth listening to at least once ( with the exception of chronicles. sorry ). If I had to pick a favorite, though, it’d be the EU / JP version of the Sonic CD OST. It has some of my all-time fav tracks, like Tidal Tempest Bad Future or all the Metallic Madness’ songs. sonic, dead or alive, is mine ~
Some close seconds are Sonic Rush and Heroes! Hideki Naganuma put pure dopamine in that soundtrack. Also the menu / team select music from heroes gets stuck in my head all the time - reminds me of being a kid and playing it at my cousin’s house.
yesss i was hoping you'd rb it you never do ooc stuff. 🧡 Favorite Archie character? & 🦔 Favorite version of Sonic? (the character) & 🧸 Favorite plush/piece of merch?
prompt: let me yap about sonic / accepting.
🧡: You’re speaking directly to the me of the past with this question, specifically kid ame who had a subscription for these at their local comic shop. My dad would take me after school and I’d leave with the monthly issue and some overpriced hi-chew lmao. Anyway, my favorite character… hmm… probably Mina! I was obsessed with her design and I still think it’s incredibly cute now. The purple and green together is very pleasing. I love her boyfail of a boyfriend.
I’m also giving an honorary mention to Finitevus, because in my mind he’s practically Mar’s oc. Afaik they own this dude.
🦔: It’ll be no surprise to anyone here that my favorite interpretation of Sonic is Sonic X! Always has been and always will be. To me, Sonic in X is such a quintessential example of his character. Timelessly charming, both in English and Japanese. He’s cool and cute! He’s aloof but maintains his heart of gold. He knows how to slow down and the narrative benefits from this, as do the supporting characters — we get to see Sonic through the eyes of his friends ( and enemies ). I was drawn to Sonic the moment I first saw him as a kid playing Sonic 1, but X is where I truly fell in love with his character.
🧸: I’m needlessly excited and passionate about this question: the second run of san-ei sonic plushies! Specifically the medium ones from 2012, not the small versions. Here is a stupid drawing I did a few months ago whilst feverishly hunting down a Sonic ( regrettably, i have yet to get my hands on him. some day. )
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@lightdash
Oh, of all the—
"HOBBIES, hedgehog! Quit bugging me and go get some of your own! Can't you see I'm busy?!"
But... busy with what? The notorious EGGMAN had certainly made his name and presence known— the ever-recognizable Eggmobile carrying its pilot above... a village he couldn't bother remembering the name of. (They were in the sticks, that much he knew.) The very same that was currently being raided by Eggpawns aplenty. Homes were being broken into, citizens screaming as they were threatened with being bulldozed if they didn't wise up and get out of his way.
Though, no one seemed hurt, strangely enough. Frightened and shaken, sure, but... not hurt. Oh, sure, some people would hit the dirt if they were being uncooperative, but it wasn't a slaughter or anything. That wasn't how the doctor operated. No-no, he was mostly just... taking the villagers' things...? And not even precious things like food, water, or other monetary valuables.
Things of sentimental value were taken. Children's toys, a family heirloom— prized possessions that had personal, historical weight to them, no matter what they were. That's what robots of different makes and models were ransacking this place for.
And as said robots were no doubt being shattered by that awful prick-in-his-back, Robotnik would only grit his teeth, gloves gripping taut on the sides of his hovercraft.
"I don't like to debut my latest and greatest until they're out of beta... but for a pet project like this? I can make an exception." Though he'd have to cut a couple corners, his machines were no strangers to a little forced overtime. The doctor's console, fingers well-practiced danced and twisted to the song of sudden activations and protocol realignment.
At the introduction of the hero, the swarm of Badniks and fodder-bots snaps. [ NEW OBJECTIVE RECEIVED. ]
Fire on anything that breathed.
Ah, yes... now there was the proper dosage of fear and pain that was expected whenever He showed up. It was a spray of bullets and energy blasts! Motobugs chasing down the runners to slice into their Achilles tendons, Buzz Bombers scattering shots into whatever found itself unlucky enough! And Eggman knew this song and dance— threaten the civilians to keep the blue peacekeeper busy.
Then, the worker drones can do just that. Work. Rifle through bedspread and trophy shelf aplenty for anything that looked like a heartfelt desire. He needed them for a new idea he had. The mayhem of it all? Oh, the doctor couldn't care less. It's nothing but white noise as his attention was turned onto what actually mattered. His work.
—Ah, but he would press a button on his jacket, gold glowing red for but a moment as an unseen machine began to listen. "Computer? Set an alarm for... mmn, seven— no, eight minutes. The first three or so waves should give me the peace and quiet I need for at least that long." And with a grumble, it was back to his project he'd go~!
Another day, another beautifully sunny nap interrupted.
And so rudely too. Sonic was nearly sent face-first into the ground as the earth began shaking, the familiar sound of machinery drawing near. He immediately put two and two together — in a way, Eggman had summoned him. Funny how that works.
Much like his namesake, Sonic’s arrival is quick and efficient, no fanfare to announce his presence. In a sudden gust of wind he is just there, putting his body between one of the villagers and an all too eager egg pawn. “Long time no see, Doc!” He calls, delivering a swift kick to the robot’s head. Some sparks fly. “I heard all the commotion and had to come check it out for myself.” His voice lilts, entering “this will piss you off” territory. “You can’t have a party and not invite me!”
A party in full swing at that. Sonic doesn’t have the luxury of further banter. In the blink of an eye he’s across the village square, rounding a group of badniks that’re promptly swept up in his current. They can hardly react, too lost in blustering wind to fight. The mini tornado Sonic’s created jostles them around some more before they’re flung to all corners and left functionally out of commission.
… All except one, who immediately upon landing stands and scrambles into a nearby home. “Hey —” Sonic follows. Thankfully the bot in question is still dizzy and easily tipped over, but it isn’t without friends. These egg pawns were busy rifling through drawers, grubby hands full of priceless jewellery and sentimental photographs. Sonic tilts his head. “So that’s what you’re after…” He says, tripping one as it tries to sneak past. Strange. But Ivo always has his reasons.
That alarm ends up being much too generous. Three minutes in and the egg mobile buoys with movement, a loud clunk hitting the windshield. Sonic raps his fist against it. “Yo, Doc.” He holds something up with his free hand — a teddy bear, slightly singed. “What’s the deal? Decide to add some klepto to your mania?”
If Sonic is the earth then Super Sonic is the ocean — a beating heart and source of vitality that contains immeasurable memory, an endless horizon. He is without waves, weathering no storm due to the fact this form absolves him of fear and doubt, not that he felt much to begin with. There’s a calmness to him, a certainty that feels hopeful to allies and eerie to enemies. Sonic knows where it starts and where it will end.
“Super” exists as a manifestation of willpower, that of 1. Sonic & 2. the planet. Because the chaos emeralds are coagulated life energy, this means they contain memory, much like water; flowing and rearranging, past, present and future. These memories are a source of power, and when combined with the heart, achieve chaos energy. With all seven emeralds, Super is using that history — years of hope, love and indomitable spirit — to fight for what he believes in.
This power becomes stronger when emboldened by the will of others. Tikal’s prayer describes this perfectly:
“The servers are the seven chaos. Chaos is power... power enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the chaos.”
I believe this prayer to be, in essence, what every super form is: strength granted by the soul, the emeralds mere conduits, “servers” of that willpower. Sonic can certainly access this form alone, but he will be elevated in the presence of others — Adventure 1 & 2 being my go-to examples. He fights with the hope of everyone behind him, friends and strangers alike. As Tails says, “We care about Sonic, and he cares about us. That heart can create tremendous power.”
When Dark Oak refers to Sonic as the “controller of light” it is much like the prayer. Not that he is some literal arbiter of chaos, the same way he isn’t the savior Infinite claims he is. He simply unifies the chaos. However, there is some truth to be found. Sonic is of the earth and therefore its constant companion and reflection. The emeralds are cut from the same cloth. Who better to command them?
Super Sonic is hope incarnate. He will lead you to water.
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the blue isn't as blue as he remembers it. it seems Earth is full of these minute disappointments, & she hardly holds her own against the stark, prismatic make-belief that Shadow suspects is just another bitter alm imparted by vendetta. truthfully, half of his time here has been spent trying to exhaustively preserve what little purity remains - though there is very little, if anything, that can replicate the innocence that precedes all the violence. / there is something stolen in that, & that in of itself, he supposes, is the painful part of living: reconciling what is with what was, what is owed but never repaid.
so, he feels out of place here, legs crossed on the bank of a quiet lake, time ticking on his impatience. a weapon feels least at peace with no marching orders, & he feels more akin to a rusted piece of obsolete machinery than a creature dredged from the same heavenly place as the stars when he stands alone in untouched places of nature. his very existence within them feels like an aberration, / a sacrilege; Sonic alongside him at least abuts the perversity of it, & maybe that is simply because that shade of blue is the only one that puts his heart at ease. &, well, if he keeps a discomforted Shadow waiting again (the first time involving himself, a glamorous half-drunk Rouge, & a waiter sulking around his table like a silverfish - nigh unforgivable, he had thought), his principles on unnecessary violence be damned - the blood will flow.
if you aren't here in five, he starts typing, ... I will find you & beat the shit out of you. no, this will incentivize Sonic to drag his feet, as he is wont to do when someone else's time is of the essence, & it's not as if he would take Shadow seriously after his dogmatic commitment to contingent pacifism, though he'd argue time wasted is more than enough of a provocation. after a few minutes of deliberation, he settles with something else: ... I hope for your sake you didn't forget.
Sonic didn’t forget. With the suggestion still fresh in his mind and as chilling as the water he’s persistently avoiding, it’s a certainty he remembers. Unfortunately, he’d add.
But he is late. Not all that unusual, though in the past, it’s never been calculated. This morning is an exception to his own rule — not wasting precious time — because it means extra minutes spent on ( dry ) land. It has nothing to do with fear. Sonic likes water, and anyone close to him could attest to that with all the times they’ve found him lounging on the beach. It’s a matter of control - or, lack thereof. The inability to run, to gain traction… the thought alone makes him tense.
… The ocean is also home to a certain apex predator that Sonic has no interest in meeting again. Good thing Shadow picked a lake. Small victories!
Just as Shadow hits SEND, he’ll hear the buzz of Sonic’s phone somewhere behind. “Huh,” he muses, “could’ve swore I put that on silent.” Whether or not he’s joking is ambiguous as ever. With the sun only just rising, it casts a beautiful array of color over the lake, one that stretches to meet the water’s edge. Sonic notices the ambient light bouncing off Shadow’s limiters as he stands beside him. “Beautiful,” he thinks, then tucks it away.
“Yo, Shadow.” There's no need to announce himself, but he does anyway. His grin gives him away — I'm not late, you're early! "Enjoying yourself?"
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I stalked your mun art tag and your art is very pretty ovo. Do you upload art somewhere else I can look?
OH aw thank you! i am the world's slowest artist and a chronic doodler, but i put my stuff over at @beeames 💙
Sonic’s morality is an amorphous thing, so much so that we sooner see it defined by others than by Sonic himself. What that definition is varies greatly from person to person. To those closest, he is a good friend and ally. To enemies, a powerful force of nature. A reckless variable to world governments. Unlike your average hero, Sonic doesn’t follow a strict code or ideology, nor does he adhere to any rules.
He doesn’t consider himself “one of the good guys” — if he ever alludes to this, know that it’s tongue in cheek. Not that he aligns with being “bad” either, whatever that means. He is simply Sonic, and that can look like anything. It just so happens that his heart is forged from gold. It often leads him down a path that is good.
In recent media, Sonic has been depicted as more of a… er, “goody two-shoes” for lack of a better term ( the movies and prime, as examples ). He has a stronger moral compass and lacks resistance when it comes to authority. While these depictions of Sonic have merit and are fine on their own, I don’t factor them into my portrayal. In fact, I’d sooner use them as examples of ideologies ( my ) Sonic would clash with.
There are instances I do refer to, such as S&TBK where Sonic is willing to strike down Arthur for the good of the kingdom — I go into further detail re: Sonic’s view of death and his potential for violence here. Another example I really like is the short story for July ( 2021 ) written by Toyoda-san. In it, Sonic finds Shadow up to some shenanigans in the city and decides to help him, despite the fact 1. it involves destroying military property 2. breaking and entering 3. other nonsense that I recommend. I think Sonic is more morally grey than people give him credit for, if he believes in what he’s doing. Which he does. Often.
Sonic is someone who prefers to come to his own conclusions. He’s incredibly observant and emotionally intelligent, which makes him difficult to manipulate or out-smart. Those who think otherwise, either by misjudgement or ignorance, are really only giving him the upper hand.
