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That the Sonic the Hedgehog film series has increasingly felt the need to soften its source material's implicit criticism of state and police authority is very funny, because how gutless have you gotta be that an E-rated video game about a cartoon rat fighting evil robots is too political for your taste?

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I think it would be so funny if there was a show about King Arthur and the knight of the Round Table where a different knight(s) joins the Round Table every episode and it gets to the point where the cast is like 500 people and absolutely no one is acknowledging that there are like 400 people in this court. Like a gratuitous amount of knights. The plot randomly pivots to knight or knights of the week and then back but it’s not an anthology exactly. Some of them die the same day they join, some randomly disappear from the story and others are technically there for the rest of the series but doing fuckall. Occasionally Arthur will be like “Where has Sir Whatever gone?” and everyone will shrug. Very important quest surrounding the major knights you’re expecting and a minor knight no one has seen for 5 seasons randomly joins in. You need a knightly spreadsheet to join in.

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behold his cool guy swag

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"If you remove that sword and defeat King Arthur with it..."

"You shall forever be the worst of knights, slayer of kings..."

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if jet actually like. told sonic that he was behaving in a really shitty way, sonic would probably at least Try to be more attentive (no guarantee that he still wouldn't be a dick about it, but he'd at least try). but because he isn't really paying attention, he doesnt realize that jet is actually legitimately hurt by any of his actions, and jet is too proud to admit that he's actually upset so sonic just assumes its their usual rival-y banter

like sonic doesn't mean to be an actual legitimate asshole to jet, but jet isn't communicating with him. and also he's. um. not really thinking it through. if he bothered to actually invest himself in their relationship he'd probably be able to figure it out on his own. but he isn't, so he doesn't

re: one sided sonic ships

jet is the only one in the lineup who has actually managed to date sonic. normally i wouldn't entertain the thought of sonic in a relationship because i can't see a scenario where he would willingly go along with one, so to speak. however:

sonic and jet bring out the absolute worst in each other. they bring out the worst in each other SO easily. and this is incredibly funny to me. they get toxic yaoi privileges

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because jet approaches his relationship with sonic the same way he approaches everything he does with sonic, or the same way he approaches basically everything. it is a challenge, it is a challenge and he is going to WIN. he is going to Win The Relationship. and. this would probably manifest as jet getting incredibly jealous/lowkey possessive and trying to monopolize sonic's time. if sonic isn't head over heels for jet and trying to include him in everything he does then jet is clearly losing the relationship somehow and We Can't Have That

sonic, meanwhile, doesn't. really care about jet. like he appreciates jet's company and respects him as a rival, it's just that jet's Problems(tm) are supplemented by actual, genuine romantic feelings for sonic, even though they're not being expressed in the best way, and these are feelings that sonic just does not return, think about, or really notice when they're not being explicitly displayed to him. (he's always aroace in my hcs. in my head this relationship happens before he really understands that about himself/has the vocabulary for it) sonic entered this relationship with a "eh sure im not really doing anything else rn" sort of mindset that leads him to be incredibly dismissive of jet when he starts getting "needy." and. like. jet is absolutely being possessive, but sonic would be dismissive and irritated with him even if he was just asking to spend a normal amount of time with him.

ironically, with the way this dynamic plays out in my headcanons, jet is the one being the most outwardly shitty, but sonic's constant dismissal/covert rejection of jet's actual genuine emotions mean that jet is the one who walks away from the inevitable breakup with the most genuine hurt. on the off chance that jet manages to hit sonic where it hurts (which does happen! just not as often) sonic is able to shake it off because jet is not nearly important enough to him for his words to hold any weight

and like. all of this could have been solved with proper communication. jet's problem is that he wants to insert himself as the most important person in sonic's life and refuses to accept anything less or else he's Losing, and sonic's problem is that he's constantly dismissive of jet's feelings even when they're being expressed in a really vulnerable way (which admittedly doesn't happen often, but still).

but both of them are too prideful to actually talk to each other and figure things out. so it's doomed to end in a horrifically messy split that sonic will forget about within three days and jet will seethe over for months. and then they either never talk about it again or jet goes "no if i try AGAIN im gonna WIN this time I'm GOING TO WIN" and sonic goes "jet you remember what happened last time, right? no? ok well if you're gonna keep bothering me about this i may as well get a free dinner out of it" and the cycle begins anew.

re: one sided sonic ships

jet is the only one in the lineup who has actually managed to date sonic. normally i wouldn't entertain the thought of sonic in a relationship because i can't see a scenario where he would willingly go along with one, so to speak. however:

sonic and jet bring out the absolute worst in each other. they bring out the worst in each other SO easily. and this is incredibly funny to me. they get toxic yaoi privileges

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re: one sided sonic ships

jet is the only one in the lineup who has actually managed to date sonic. normally i wouldn't entertain the thought of sonic in a relationship because i can't see a scenario where he would willingly go along with one, so to speak. however:

sonic and jet bring out the absolute worst in each other. they bring out the worst in each other SO easily. and this is incredibly funny to me. they get toxic yaoi privileges

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I feel like Tails works on a 50/50 scale

There is a 50% chance that in a situation he will be the voice of reason and come up with the best possible solution and keep everyone in line and on point.

OR

There is a 50% chance he's about to do some bat shit insane off the walls plan without telling anyone but it's not an actual plan and he's pulling a full "fuck it LEROY JENKINS" move. No one knows what he's gonna do next not even himself.

The first one Sonic is the running off on his own.

The second one Sonic is right behind him doing the same shit

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(throws this artwork at you and runs away)  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ enjoy my attempt at some perspective.

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bowser and his 8 children who he loves very much vs eggman and his 4-5 kids who he can't fucking stand

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bowser and his 8 children who he loves very much vs eggman and his 4-5 kids who he can't fucking stand

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REALLY GOOD FANFIC UPDATED THE LITERAL DAY AFTER I FINISHED A GAME THAT EMOTIONALLY RUINED ME INCIDENT. THE QUESTION IS NOT IF I WILL DIE THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY OF YOU I AM TAKING DOWN WITH ME

really good fanfic incident im afraid i am terminally ill and will never recover

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100% unironic recommendation: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog.

It's a dubiously-canon visual novel made for April Fools, yes, but it's a very good introduction to the series for a few reasons:

Focuses on the side characters. Sonic The Hedgehog has a lot of characters. I mean, a lot of them, and Murder doesn't even include everyone in the most prominent section of the cast! However, it does have a sizeable chunk of them, and its fantastic writing allows you get a really good feel for who these people are and how they interact with each other. Sonic himself doesn't get much of a spotlight in this game considering he's, well, dead, but you have the entire franchise to get to know that guy, so it's not a huge deal.

Outsider POV. You don't play as Sonic in this game, you play as some random schmuck who has no idea what they're getting into. If you know nothing about Sonic, or at least very little, no worries! Neither does your protagonist! You learn about the world and the cast alongside them.

Adjustable difficulty. Bad at platformers? Good news! This is not a platforming game, it's a visual novel with brief platforming interludes. Still bad at the platforming interludes? The settings menu features a wide range of accessibility options such as disabling certain types of obstacles, lowering how many rings you need to collect to succeed, and slowing down the gameplay as a whole.

Price. If the other games look a little expensive, I have more good news! This one is incredibly affordable, because it costs exactly zero dollars. It's completely free, you can just go to the Steam page and grab it right now if you want.

There are probably other games that are better suited for introducing you to the gameplay and storytelling style of the rest of the franchise (Murder is, obviously, a very different kind of story than what you'll find in most of the other games), but if you want a short, all-around intro to the rough idea of what Sonic the Hedgehog is like, TMOSTH is one of many good starting points.

Even tho I’m mostly a Sonic blog, I LOVE UR ART <33 like i love mario in general, but ur one of my favorite mario blogs ever💖💖💖

Thank you!! 💕💕 I'm honored!

I've always wanted to get more into Sonic, especially when I have friends who are good fans of it. I've never even gotten to play an actual game from the series, which I plan to fix. Just not entirely sure which game to start with... 🤔

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Everybody always so bold when dunking from the other parallel dimension 😔

"Redraw tumblr post" time of the year again, based on this one specifically that i found weeks ago but I needed to do something with it hfgjdh (with the original post being on tiktok). I just love canon Blaze being absolutely ass at cooking💜

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sonic tails and knuckles👍

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POC Eggman Design I made. Inspired Heavily by Blade, Alfred Coleman, and other such tomfoolery.

Quite pleased with the results.