#poor silver

ABSOLUTELY!!! The second update showed more of Swing, and something that caught my attention and made my brain wonder was how he pretends to be so so sad and hurt when others are (reasonably) upset with him. He does it like it's a joke, but Silver, especially as a kid, would take it very seriously.

I can imagine Swing pretending to be hurt, going on about how Silver hates him and wants nothing to do with him, how Silver cries just at the sight of him. He's such a naughty boy, he can't even smile when someone greets him. Can't even do as his betters tell him to.

And Silver (in the midst of being horribly assaulted) doing his best to stop his tears and tell Swing he doesn't hate him, he was just... Surprised. Doing a horrible job at convincing Swing, and himself, that he isn't mad, he even likes it when Swing comes to see him, he understands that he needs to be punished, he knows that he's been bad. Whatever the king of desire wants to hear, whatever will keep him from getting mad or disappointed in him.

If he keeps up that line of thinking, maybe he'll come to believe it eventually. Just keep telling himself that he likes it when Swing comes, he likes it when Swing hurts him, and maybe it will be true, and Swing will be happy that Silver likes him and it'll all be over a little faster next time.

(Maybe Silver genuinely coming to believe in the lies he tells himself is the thing that drives Swing away and causes his visits to become so infrequent as Silver ages... He stopped crying and begging for him to stop, so of course he got bored. And at that point, it leaves poor Silver left wondering what he did wrong that drove him away. As if that's the problem here.)

So I just watched the Sonic Racing Crossroads opening cinematic, and I’m gonna need SEGA to sit down and explain to me what kind of Final Destination / Fast & Furious / Cthulhu fanfic energy this is.

Because this ain't a race. This is a war crime simulator with bonus kart physics.

🎬 The scene opens. All is peaceful. We see Sonic, the gang, and even the Babylon Rogues — yes, they're alive and not stuck in the Wii dust of Free Riders. Metal Sonic is there too, dripped out and ready to zoom. All is calm. All is good.

BUT THEN — Amy shows up and throws a SHURIKEN. Excuse me ma’am?? What Naruto arc did you crawl out of?? There's no item boxes. No pickups. This was premeditated. She doesn’t just bump Vector — she slices his ENTIRE CAR IN HALF. That man’s ride got absolutely paper jammed into nonexistence. 😭

💣 And then, A BOMB drops on the track. Silver sees it and looks like he just got flashbacks to 200 years of trauma. The fear in his eyes?? BRO. He gets blown up, loses control, spins out, and flies directly at Amy. The screen FADES TO WHITE like we're watching a tragic anime death scene. Silver’s last thoughts were probably "damn, again??"

🚚 Meanwhile, SHADOW shows up in a whole damn MONSTER TRUCK. Where did he get this?? Wasn’t he in a sports coupe like 10 seconds ago?? Did he hijack it off-screen?? He’s SMILING. Shadow. Is. SMILING. This man committed vehicular theft and was HAPPY about it.

🎯 Eggman is throwing missiles. Sonic dodges. Knuckles eats the entire payload and goes FLYING off the map. Dude looked like he got deleted from the render pipeline. Sonic saw it and closed his eyes like “I ain’t seeing this trauma today.”

🦅 Jet the Hawk finally gets screen time and IMMEDIATELY gets WRECKED. Eggman bumps Sonic — Sonic swerves — Jet eats asphalt. His arms were out like he was preparing to become a statue of failure. That man is NOT walking that off. Jet: "You haven't seen the last of me!" Also Jet: deflates like a pool toy.

🌀 They go through a portal... and suddenly it’s not a racetrack anymore.

It’s a DINOSAUR APOCALYPSE. Eggman gets snatched by a giant T-Rex. Not “hit,” not “bonked.” SNATCHED.

AND THEN — CTHULHU SHOWS UP. WHERE ARE WE?? Secret Rings? Elden Ring? A fever dream???

Sonic is dodging kraken tentacles like it’s Super Monkey Ball: Death Edition and the music is STILL like: 🎵 “Go Sonic Racin’~” 🎵 Bro now is NOT the time 💀

💥 The screen fades. Everyone survives. Maybe. Maybe they respawned. Maybe they unlocked reincarnation DLC.

All I know is, I haven't laughed this hard at a Sonic intro since Eggman launched Tails into orbit and he just said “I’m fine.”

[Note: Everyone already graduated from NRC. They just hang out with each other once in a while.]

Jade, about how much food (with mushrooms) he made: I was so inspired that I made too much

Grim, suspicious: How much is too much? It's not another three months of mushrooms again, is it?

Ace: Three?! More like a year of mushrooms!

Deuce, still having nightmares about it: Mushrooms for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day for three months. Even asking Epel, Jack, and Ortho for backup wasn't enough to finish all of them

Idia, in the background: ...So that's why Ortho was insistent on making me eat mushrooms

Grim, upset: Sebek didn't even answer his phone once!

Sebek, angry: Because the last time I answered any of your guys' calls, Ortho almost blew me up when I arrived!

Ortho, scolding: That's why we told you to enter through the back door, Sebek!

Sebek: WHAT BACK DOOR?! You people were in the middle of the ocean!

Jack: Good thing Ruggie and those kids were happy to take all those mushrooms off our hands.

Ruggie, proud: And we ate real good that week!

Jade, sadly: Did I not make enough? I would have made more if Floyd didn't throw me out the window.

Floyd, glaring at Jade: And I'll do it again!

Jade: No, I definitely didn't make enough

Azul, barging into the room at max speed: I think you made quite enough, Jade!

Silver:

Silver, knowing they had his number and could contact him for any reason:

Eclipse peeking his head around the corner: Is it happening again?

Silver: AGAIN????

Shadow: Sadly yes.

Eclipse: Do we wanna use the acid or the blades this time?

Shadow: Surprise- no wait. Put the acid inside those special made water guns.

Eclipse: I'll do you one better. That, and we strap the blades to chains or ropes and start swinging.

Silver: H U H?

Shadow: i like the way you think, little brother.

Silver: Can NOT believe you right now, Shadow.

Shadow: May I remind you who said "Yes." when I proposed?

Silver: .....

By the time they'd be seen he was already towering over them blocking out the moonlight and a giant skull looking down from the pitch black skies and trees. Blue flames illuminating as eyes as his head tilts, a sigh breathing down on them.

@sxturn-bxrs

@sxturn-bxrs

You would think that someone who lived in a house full of demons would get use to a sudden appearance from the shadows, but you'd be so very wrong. Golden eyes widen and ears plastered to the back of his head while all quills puffed out. Of course with how soft his quills were, Silver looked like a pom pom instead of a pincushion.