Sonic Obsessed Dork

Sonic Unleashed AU where everything is the same except Sonic has different outfits depending on where he goes.

I mean...

first of all, I appreciate your dedication to my opinions

Ohoho, a Sonic Boom ask? That’s quite rare for me to get here.

I’m not familiar with fandom opinion, so I wouldn’t know what the least favorite episodes are, nor if Sole Power is a more hated episode than Designated Heroes. For me personally, I hate Designated Heroes more and it’s my least favorite.

In terms of why Sonic would team up with them exactly, it’s vaguely hinted and such that he used to be a loner, especially since they get on his case in Rise of Lyric for wanting to go off on his own.

From that, I speculate that Sonic did want company, but had a hard time connecting with them and/or others. I mean, even in the show itself, basically everyone is rude and uncooperative to the point where the line between friend and foe is blurred in Sonic’s mind (look at literally any episode where Sonic and Eggman have a more friendly relationship for reference).

kdjnkgldfgkcfxg I-I mean, thank you, first of all??? >////<

Secondly, it’s not a weird question at all! Keeping characters in-character is a very natural thing to want to do.

A “character reference guide” is one way you can go about it. Just write down very basic traits about a character. If you want to go further, write down specific ways that they react to things to help you gauge their personality better (for example: [x] stays calm during first half of argument then quickly loses their temper, [x] doesn’t get hungry until they actually see food in front of them, etc.). The more notes you take, the better, and bonus if you mark down the lesser-seen parts of their personality (most people may not notice if you take advantage of these, but you get the satisfaction of knowing that you worked hard).

For dialog specifically, you can have direct quotes from the character on standby to remind you of how they talk. If you can read the dialog you write in the character’s voice without it sounding strange, you’ve done well. I also recommend that you take notes of particular quirks in their dialog patterns if they have any (for example: [x] likes puns, [x] prefers fancier/longer words, [x] doesn’t use contractions and therefore uses “I am” instead of “I’m,” etc.).

You can keep these things close whenever you write the character, but start doing it on your own once you’ve gotten used to it. If you’re someone who likes to analyze, I think it helps give you an advantage in this field to some degree.

If things just don’t feel right and you can’t seem to slip a character into the role you’re having them play, then re-think how your scene is set up and wonder if the character really works for the scene you’re trying to tell. It also helps to pinpoint exactly why your character isn’t working like they should (is it just the dialog, is it how the character came into the scene, or is it the reactions?).