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[transgender-chiroptera]

YIPPEE YAHOO TRANS PEOPLE RISE UP!!!!!

[draco-after-dark]

Hanging around, like brothers do

Surely no shenanigans will happen...right?

(Just pretend I drew Floyd below the others in a hammock cause i was supposed to but then got sidetracked... this has been in my drafts for months cut me some slack I'll draw Feral and Floyd together at some point i swear)

since the shading is pretty harsh, base COLOURS!!!

[premamelody]

Despite your ask block rage...

DO DERG UZI X N!!!!!!

ask and u shall receive

[slavhew]

I wanna play OFF

[fadingstudentbananacookie]

Alicent Hightower & Her Womanhood

House of the Dragon @TBSkyenShorts (Youtube) Elden Ring Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

[herushingu]

Good evening, Hellsing 🛡️

Cleanup is harder when the activities keep going, but a little bit here and there make the difference. There's never a reason to push yourself too hard, even if youre told otherwise.🩸

[alrauna]

Lynne Bellchamber Fine Art (@lynne_bellchamber_fine_art)

[grim-green]

son of nyx

[teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps]

[moon9931]

i love....these types of characters.

characters that work for a..villain..rude guy...idk.... even if one of them isnt canon.

(he's canon in my heart leave me alone)

@sticklovezone sorry again for tagging you, again. I think branch is neat

[all-together-now]

Sang-mi by the way of personal tumblr wormhole goes around to the offices of the different Jewels of the Surgeverse, leaving boxes of homemade Holangi food with a note that says.

"Keep up the good work."

"Oh, wow!" Jewel gasped, looking into the box, "This looks-"

Just then a hand swung down and took a piece. Jewel looked up to see Rouge popping it into her mouth.

"Mmmm," he hummed, "Gotta say, Gemstone, I didn't expect you to have such cultured taste in food~"

"R-Rouge!!" Jewel spluttered, "G-G-Get out of my office!"

[crowfangirl2]

More sketches

[hall0wedwyrm]

Basically, TLDR i saw a fake screenshot on TikTok showing Amy in the Knuckles series and it got me thinking about how she... doesn't quite fit in the movieverse yet...

So here is my long rant about why it would be bad for her to join in Movie 3 and she should be saved for a future installment.

to preface: I DO NOT HATE AMY OR HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST HER. I think shes wonderful and shes literally a main character so shes very important obviously.

First, the elephant in the room. Shadow the Hedgehog. One of, if not THE most, complex character in the Sonic franchise, let alone in the main expanded cast. Having to introduce, and illude to, aspects of Shadow’s backstory (his relationship with Maria and Gerald, The ARK, how he was made, and the fallout) and his future (returning with amnesia in his next appearance, potentially introducing the Black Arms and some of the Heroes and Shad05 story beats that are important who he becomes) in about an hour and a half to 2 hours. I just don’t see how it would be a good idea to introduce a core member of Sonic’s friends into the movie series when she could be introduced later so that Shadow has more of a time to shine, and Amy can too later on.

Historically, Amy’s talk to Shadow to remind him of his promise to Maria has been filled in by another character when the plot called for it. In Sonic X, during its own adaptation of SA2, Chris spoke to Shadow to try and help him remember his real purpose and talk sense into him. While it didn't exactly work out, it shows that this role could be interchangable in SEGA’s eyes. I propose a similar story, using Tom’s niece Jojo. Being a character who is around Maria’s age and doesn’t have a complete character behind her as of now, this could be a more meaningful way for Shadow to realise his purpose and remember his promise. Hearing the words from someone who is like Maria (a young girl who cares about Earth) would be more impactful to him. I can see any human character taking up this role though, but Jojo would be the best candidate, due to her simiarities to Maria.

However, while not introducing another new character could be good for not overcrowding the movie with new arcs and introductions involving them, I could see this working for one character; Rouge the Bat. She was introduced along with Shadow in SA2, which is immediately a good sign, as their plots intertwine with each other. They both work with Eggman, until they turn the focus on saving the world. Rouge is one of Shadow’s closest companions going forward, and has her own arc too. She is the one who frees Shadow in Heroes, and rekindles their friendship there.

Rouge also could connect back to the previous movie. Being a jewel thief at heart, she goes after the Master Emerald, but in Movieverse its destroyed and the Chaos Emeralds are retrieved from it. She is established as being the Rival to Knuckles, and this could help him fill a new purpose on Earth (cos lets be honest… he didn’t really do that in his show-) of becoming a protector of the Chaos Emeralds instead or something. The main part of SA2 is about the Chaos Emeralds so this makes sense. Refinding the Emeralds or going to the right spot to use them and such but thats besides the point.

Another huge loss of introducing Amy in Sonic 3 is missing out on how she was introduced in the franchise. In Sonic CD, she was introduced along side another key character in the franchise; Metal Sonic. She saw a blue hero coming to help her, believing it to be Sonic, but turned out to be Metal instead. Having Amy navigate the trio around and give them the lore would make a lot of sense, given the way that others were introduced in the second installment.

Its also appropriate for this introduction too, since Metal Sonic is the perfect equal to Sonic, compared to Shadow's unintentional equal. After Eggman's failure of using Shadow, creating Metal is the next best thing. Whatever the story is with Metal, whether its faithful to Sonic CD or is twisted to fit the Movieverse story.

Now... I think introducing Amy could also mess up a lot of aspects of what the movieverse has set up for the stories of the characters. I 100% know that they will try and pull off a romance for Sonic and Amy, since its one of her main character arcs and for the longest time and its kind of (??) the main romance of the franchise. BUT according to the Sonic Dream Team character profiles, and the ending of Frontiers, she's drifted away from that interest in him... so to go back to that would be a really weird choice. I know its a different universe, but if SEGA is trying to steer away from that, then why would they go back on it?

PLUS I think it would be a huge detriment to both of their characters. Movie Sonic is much different to the Sonic's of the past, as he has all of the charms of Modern Sonic (his quick wit and charming personality) but hes younger and less experienced and jumps head first without thinking because he doesn't know what to actually do. He was thrown into the role of the hero in the first movie because the place he grew up was being threatened and he refused to run away. Amy being introduced as solely 'the love interest' also does a disservice to her character. She's strong willed, and unafraid to stand up to Eggman and any other wrong doer. She's also rather hot headed but still kind and cares for those who matter. (this is also part of a larger discussion i wrote about how in canon Sonic and Amy wouldn't work out because they want different things and are very different people but thats for a different day and/or if anyone is interested). Sonic immediately switching to a head-over-heels guy would be a complete ruin of his character built up, while also immediately destroying Amy's.

Another problem is that there isn't a focus on romance of any kind in the story so far, and introducing it could mess up what they have going. The Movie's are clearly about familial love and growing up and filling the boots of a hero. It is not a story of romance in any way. The first movie was friendship, the second was about family bonds and making new friends, and the third is most likely about trust or learning to trust again (Shadow has to trust Sonic to save the world). It'll also be a huge moment for Sonic's character; Meeting someone who is not just against him and Knuckles and Tails, but against the world itself, someone who is so hellbent on revenge for the one he lost, and how hes going to over come that WHILE meeting his new love interest... is a huuuuge task to pull off and the two stories don't really mix imo. Plus even in SA2 the extent of the romance is just 'Amy mistaking Shadow for Sonic and then she thinks its awkward and gets embarrassed and thats how they meet for the first time'.

So yeah this could be done much better if it's something thats going to happen, and it would be better left for a 4th or separate installment. Having a mini romance arc along with the Metal Sonic stuff works better because the introduction of a potential romance was worked more into Sonic CD than anything.

Im still gonna be pissed off if they do a romance, because Sonic the Hedgehog has never been about romance... but its also a multimillion kids film franchise and its bound to happen, especially when its the main male and main female character. Just know i won't enjoy it lol.

IF they do Amy... I want tarot cards AND the Piko Piko Hammer and if you take either of them away i will be causing problems (on purpose). If you give her the original outfit +11 points and if you make up an outfit whatever as long as it works and its cute (I'm partial to Dungarees myself).

anyway yeah id like to see other opinions on this... maybe some other ways it could work out? or how else she could be introduced? or maybe even of she could be in Sonic 3 but idk what they would do for her to make her not get sidelined or overtake the plot...?

[selvrse]

haven't posted here oops-

some new cq ocs while I was on short hiatus

[dracocheesecake]

I thought of a really fun parallel for Han/The Chameleon.

You know how the Chameleon has that golden tree?

Han, when the Den ran their game aboveground, had a real tree, hidden in one of their hideouts. He mostly used it to sleep on during the day (yes because he's a Sunda pangolin and they tend to be arboreal and are also nocturnal, which lends itself useful for easier thieving under cover of darkness)- however, it also acted as a council chamber, where everyone could meet up and climb into the branches for a seat, to have their voices heard.

The underground was just one of their hideouts, and it became their only hideout after Zhen handed in the rest of the aboveground ones to the Chameleon. The one with that tree?- It became a rather lovely little blacksmithing factory for the weapons and cages she needed- and the tree was the perfect kindling to start up the forge!

Zhen didn't know that was what she was planning to do with it. When she found out, she was absolutely gutted. She had a few memories involving that tree.

[cubezart]

more trolls stuff btw