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Baby's first Big Bang is complete! I had the wonderful opportunity to be an artist for the fic "What Was I Made For" by the lovely @bongo-spindash! (Link to the Fic: X)

Please make sure to check out the beautiful art of my fellow artists: @seagull-scribbles (x) and @chubbidust (x)

However.

Upon further introspection: The idea that the chaos emeralds have likely crushed planets and civilizations only for that cycle to continue with Sonic’s current planet makes way more sense. (And I’m suggesting here that they are older than the aliens in Frontiers too). The chaos emeralds are somewhat alien in nature. They twist things based on the user’s belief. They twist time and can help hop dimensions. You could argue they basically help users avoid physics.

I think that better plays into their name too. They’re chaos emeralds. They cause nothing except utter chaos positive or negative. And maybe it’s just my deep love for “spacey existential the universe is bigger than you can even conceive mortal” crap but I like to think about the effect its had on Sonic’s broader universe. And that Sonic and Robotnick are merely part of the greater cycle of chaos.

STH//: It's now or never. full ver under cut

Nightmare Coated in Metal

I know it’s totally unintentional on Sega or the writers part but it is funny how they keep giving Sonic traits that are very accurate to the real animal. For example,

Hedgehogs are very mobile creatures. It is not uncommon for a hedgehog to move nests often. They may only stay in one home for weeks at a time before moving on. They can also travel up to ten miles an evening in search of food. Hedgehogs are very well travelled. Which is why in Europe some people make “hedgehog highways” by cutting holes in fences so hedgehogs can safely travel between people’s yards.

Another fun fact that is accurate to Sonic is that hedgehogs are very opportunistic in where they make their homes. Often taking shelter in other animal’s abandoned borrows or nests. They can dig their own borrows too but sometimes they settle for just a nice pile of leaves. So Sonic constantly crashing at Tails’ many workshops is a very hedgehog thing to do.

Absolutely obsessed with these 0.1 second frames of Shadow smiling right before he beats up his dad