#EXCITED FOR NEW SONIC SHADOW GAME AND ALSO SONIC 3

[marsoid]

Shadow and Sonic gijinka redraw bc every time I looked at my original doodle from 2018 I felt like microwaving myself

[princeofheartsarts]

late 2024/2025 is gonna be sooo hype guys im telling you

[tenebraevesper]

Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings

Honestly, there is a lot to be excited about with this announcement, but there are also a lot of questions. Going by all the information we were provided via Fearless: Year of Shadow and Ian Flynn's podcast, SEGA is clearly taking a new direction with Shadow's character, and the new TailsTube Episode and Sonic Prime - and I'd also count in the Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics) Urban Warfare Arc - are prime examples of what his future looks like.

I know that some people hate it, and some people are fine with it. As for me, I know that we won't be getting Sonic Adventure 2 Shadow back, and while there is Sonic Movie 3, that is still a different canon to the games and comics. As a matter of fact, comparing the Sonic Movies to the main canon would probably be the same as comparing Sonic Boom to the mainline Sonic games.

I had taken note of Shadow's character going through slight development in the Urban Warfare Arc, praised his portrayal in Sonic Prime and pointed out that his moments in TailsTube are actually quite neat. Personally, I am very hopeful for his character and I will accept him as he is no matter what happens.

[waywardcollectionchai]

Since I started being part of the Sonic fandom and the Sonamy fandom i've noticed both of them had quite simmilar misunderstoods towards amy's character.

And it's... Amy never was created to be an "obssesive girl" "an obssesive fangirl" "an obssesive girl who only thinks about Sonic and nothing else"

And this is a consequence of the bad localization Sonic had in the West and how they didn't understand Amy's character, a girl who was created with many qualities japanese people love but the west considers it "weird", still affects her character to this day at this point we're many hear by mouth and mouth how Amy is but never had the thought of thinking "all of this is true?"

Look at this comparison between japanese!Sonic and American!Sonic and how different they treat Amy (minute 1:50 - 3:29)

https://youtu.be/PiSVTpRCGXA?si=cF_eEzFO5N3BPFQO

Thanks to this majority of western fans thought Sonic was always mad at Amy when in reality that was not the original intention and destroys all the concept of "obssesive" and "fangirl" were she cared for birdie and protected Gama from Sonic.

A girl who always tries to be better, helping people many wouldn't pay attention but she knows they need help.

A girl who is conscious she has to work hard than his friends with super powers

And Sonic being one of her main inspirations 'cause he represents what she wants to become: being free, going on your own having adventures, the excitement everything against the boring

And you would say "but in heroes she was an obssesive fangirl😭"

No, the fandom scaled the proportions and couldn't handle a single innofensive joke

Amy knew exactly exactly what she was doing telling him to "Marry him" as a joke. He would low his defenses and cause him to feel embarrassed and nervous 'cause she knows he's terrible at romance or i'm general, feelings

And many forgot that in the game Amy didn't know exactly why Sonic, Tails and knuckles we're together. In the beggining Amy saw Sonic in the paper and told us she hasn't seen Sonic in weeks and when she saw them thought they were just hanging out.

I'm talking about the girl who all the game supported,encouraging Cream and Big to rescue Chocola and Froggy and they needed someone as determinante, courageous as Amy who reminded her friends how brave they are

She even shows appreciation and love for the landscapes (just like Sonic)

"But- but in later games she was so obssesive and fangirl for Sonic 😭" Again bad localization for the west when in the original sources she was handled bit better than the West.

Also, Western has an obssesive to always point out the bad interpretations of female characters and saying why they are "the worst" "the most annoying characters" when at the same time try so hard to prove why this interpretation of a male character is not "bad enough" or "not the worst" and why even with bad characterizations he is still the best **cough****cough** Sonic and shadow respectively **cough****cough**

The character is not perfect, that's a reality.

She has strenghts and flaws that made her unique on her own. Her love for her friends (yes, this includes Sonic), the animals, the good and "Bad" robots and even characters who we're "devil"... She saw good, hope and love for them. She decides to help them being at their sides to show them there's always the option to chose a good path

She is the heart of all teams, she brings happines and hope to everyone. That's why all the cast loves and appreciates her and never refered to her like fandom does. That should tell you something

Personally I don't agree with the idea of "Amy is not an obssesive girl anymore and now she is a strong cute girl" when she has a l w a y s been a strong cute, bubbly, sassy, kinda bratty, compassive, energetic, silly girl but many think this is new when it's always been in front of you, you just decided to finally see the character and not prejuices

[the-heart-of-a-monster]

HOPPING ON HERE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SUPER LONG THEORY POST BOYSSSSS

Hello THOAM people! How are you all doing today? Good? Great? Did you just have one of the best days in your entire life and you are certain that nothing could possibly ruin it for you now??

WELL YOU ARE WRONG. /j I AM HERE TO RUIN IT ALL.

that is very much a joke I’m sorry I’m very high on adrenaline right now becAUSE THE NEW COVERS FOR ISSUE 9 JUST DROPPED AS I’M WRITING THIS OUT AND I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS. So why don’t I just cut the dilly-dallying and get right on with it?

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So, first thing I wanna mention is Sonic’s current state and his relationship status. (You may take that as out of context as you want lol) Sonic is currently in an internal state of panic mixed in with exhaustion. MAJOR exhaustion! Bro had to rush to Omega’s aid right after fighting Shadow in a cave full of ice. If that’s not draining as heck then I have no idea what isn’t. And on top of all that, he not only almost killed Omega, but he also knows now that his friends have known what was going on with him for a while! Probably ever since the scene where him, Tails, and Knuckles went out for breakfast and he passed out at the table. (I can’t remember which issue that was atm. I think issue 3…?) In short, Sonic is experiencing a whole rollercoaster of emotions right now, and he isn’t even awake yet! As soon as he wakes up I theorize he’s gonna be asking everyone a lot of questions, and will then ask for elaborations on top of all the answers he receives! I also don’t think he will be as trusting of others anymore, since his friends all knew of his biggest kept secret for a long while now and nobody said or did anything about it!

Now combine that with the guilt he must feel for Omega… The last thing Sonic witnessed before passing out was him going on a rampage and almost killing the robot. He must not feel great about that…! 🫢 And his relationship with Team Dark will be relatively strained as well. I mean, aside from Rouge probably. She loves Omega, but knows the context behind the situation and doesn’t blame Sonic much for what happened, so I think she won’t change much around the Blue Blur. Though his relationship with Shadow was already strained before all that, so… Yeah.

ALRIGHT TIME TO TALK ABOUT CHIP WOOHOOOOOOOO

We all know now that Chip has finally experienced what I’m calling, “✨God Puberty✨”

(Imagine there are pretty pink sparkles floating around the name. Kinda like the classic “You’re watching Disney Channel” thing)

This ✨God Puberty✨ has essentially opened Chip’s eyes, and changes the game completely! Now we not only have a god on our side but also a god who has context! I believe Chip will try and guide Dark Gaia back to its sleeping state to restore balance like they usually do, as explained in the comic, but the attempt will backfire seeing as Dark Gaia was awoken prematurely by Dr. Eggman. (More on him in a second) Chip will keep trying, because they’re a big floofy funny god that just wants food and just went through ✨God Puberty✨ so they’ll naturally wanna keep this going at a peaceful rate. Because despite all of his power, Chip is still Chip. Just a smol bitty guy who wants ice cream. With the addition of being a god. Sonic will then of course have to step in, leading to him getting his Gaia energy taken away and him being free of this curse, and then the events of the game finale play out as normal. Probably. It’s getting late now and I’m getting tired so my brain energy is wavering so idk exactly if that’s what will happen but it’s some food for thought I suppose.

NOW WE CAN FINALLY TALK ABOUT EGGMAN OH MY GOSH YES LET’S TALK ABOUT THE PATHETIC EGG-SHAPED SCIENTIST THAT WE CALL A MAN MADE OUT OF EGGS

To keep this short and simple, I’ll discuss Eggman within the context we have based solely on the new covers alone. Meaning the only speculation I’ll be doing is based off of those and the last few times we’ve seen the guy in the comic. Which actually was… A long time ago, actually. If I’m remembering correctly, that is. I could be wrong. ANYWHIZZLE LEMME STOP JABBERING AND LET’S GET ON WITH THE THEORIZING-

So the first cover shows a new, most likely final form of Sonic’s, encasing Eggman in a cracked eggshell while using his claws. Or more specifically, there is Eggman, acting as an egg yolk, sitting in a puddle of egg whites with the shell on each side of him, while Sonic’s Gaia claws slowly close in on him in the back. Sonic is staring at him menacingly, his anger and frustration reaching a boiling point due to all the stress he’s most likely experiencing combined with the Dark Gaia energy within him. This cover makes me assume that this issue is gonna act as the final battle against Eggman, a final “Screw you!” To the fat man in red. Obviously, Eggy ain’t going down without a fight, as shown in the next cover, but we’ll get to that in a minute.

The first cover suggests that Eggman is gonna be the main role of the issue, and that he’s gonna get his ass kicked. Sonic is gonna confront him, fully transform into his final Werehog form due to anger and stress, and we’ll then move onto the next issue probably. Again, I’m getting tired so this theory is getting pretty sloppy.

Now onto cover numero dos! I love this cover honestly, and it’s literally only because Knuckles and Tails are seen defending a transforming Sonic from Eggman. They are literally using themselves as like. A meat shield. Normally I’d be like “Oh no what happened????” But right now all I can think is “Omg ✨Brothers✨ 🤩”

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AGAIN IM GETTING VERY TIRED NOW SO I WILL UNFORTUNATELY END THIS HERE AND WILL NOW GO BRUSH MY TEETH BUT HOPEFULLY I WILL REMEMBER TO COME BACK AND ELABORATE TOMORROW IF I HAVE THE TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING, IT MEANS A TON THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME OUT OF THE DAY TO DO THAT.

oki ima go sleeb now thank you bai

The art for the covers was great btw I just wanted to let you know it’s absolutely wonderful I could look at it all day

you're gonna love what's gonna happent his issue, i can tell!!!!!!

only um. i think you were wayyy too tired so you confused sonic with metal sonic. either that ur ur just very polite to metals insistance that he is the real sonic.

[spruzu]

Doing a silly post of all my (main) fav characters bcz why not.

They will mainly be in order of who i like the most but some are even and if i was asked to pick one between them i physically wouldnt be able to.

-KNUCKLES THE MF ECHIDNA!!!!!!!!!!

HES SO COOOOL I CANT. Theres a knuckles shaped part in my heart. (kinda wanna be him in a way it's kinda embarrassing) I LOVE all of his versions in sonic prime, renegade knucks has a special place in my heart though he's top tier. Sonic boom knuckles is so funny and stupid like him going ''Oh wait i cant read.'' is so funny to me as a dyslexic person myself. Movie knuckles needs to be protected at all costs istg he's so sweet. GIVE KNUCKLES ALL THE GRAPES HE WANTS! ���🍇🍇🍇

-Sonic the hedgehog

Sonic's on the same level as knuckles he genuinely so cool and i do base some of my personality off him... i love his character development in sonic prime but his attitude in sonic x is so funny its amazing. He's defo got a bit of attitude to him in the older stuff which makes me love him more. His jokes and ''Wtf is danger.'' attitude is so real. Also movie sonic voiced by Ben Schwartz HELL YEAH, i love Ben hes so funny i cant wait for sonic 3.

-Shadow the hedgehog

''Another sonic character? is all your favourite characters sonic characters?'' no, just wait i get to other characters <3 but MY MY MY MY MYYY OH MY I LOVE SHADOW. I remember my first sonic game, if you can even call it that, being Mario and Sonic 2012 Olympic games and always playing as either shadow, sonic, silver or amy. I loved paying as him. Also his game is SO FUN and his backstory is so fun to learn and 100% take some of his personality and put it onto mine like i do with sonic. He's just such a good character and im glad this is the year of shadow bcz we NEED more shadow content. i would ramble about him more but i cant think of anything else to say.

-Leonardo (ROTMNT)

Another character voiced by Ben schwartz! I just recently watched this movie and i LOVED it. I used to like TMNT when i was little but never fully got into it but my favourites were always Leo and Mikey. Im literally him /hj. He's such a cool character (i say that with all of them i just love them all so much). Also if any TMNT fans have any movie/TV show recommendations for TMNT i am willing to take them!

-Miles Morales

I remember watching Into the Spider Verse and i loved it so much, i felt bad for miles in a way because he had to go through seeing spider man die in front of his eyes then realising hes the new spider man and blah blah blah. Im watching Penny's (from snapcube) VODs from when she played Spiderman 2 and miles' suits are so cool i love how they added the spider-verse movie suits into the game theyre defo some of my favs. Across the spider verse was such a good movie but into the spider verse was defo better (hot take? idk). Im so excited to see what happens in the next movie.

-Silver the hedgehog

Another sonic character yes, but i love sonic so much its my main special interest/hyperfixation. Silver is so silly i need to see more content of him tho. It's also kinda funny how his first appearance was sonic 06 ,which as we all know, is an awful game. In need to see more of him we need another game with him in as a playable character. Smt like SA2 idk.

-Batman

All forms of batman, lego batman is top tier and the rest under him. I watched the lego batman movie in the cinema when it came out and little me loved it and i recently, abt 3 years ago, got fully into batman stuff. The movies are so good and batman is such a cool character to, i need to meet more people who like him.

Thats it for now, i would add garfield but i dont really have anything to say abt him other than hes the most realest character ever. Hate mondays, love lasagne.

Anyways, i love these characters so much most of them being my comfort characters **cough cough** the sonic ones **cough cough**.

[corffee]

I JUST HAD A THOUGHT

Sonic movie 3 is gonna be off the charts because we will finally get people outside of the fandom understanding who Shadow is and his behaviours.

Like no he’s not Emo, he’s not edgy for no reason, people are finally gonna start respecting him more because what he went through was tragic and difficult and it’s not easy to come back from that.

Shadow is most like be manipulated by the antagonist of the film, and with the writers seemingly being very passionate of his character I hope they’ll do him justice.

Yes, I do really hope this movie will make a change with how not just fans/people perceive him, but how Sega/the Sonic Team do as well. I hope it starts a new chapter in Shadow’s character in the games/comics because that’s where it currently lacks in. I also heard that Sonic 3 will be a combination of SA2 and Shadow the Hedgehog 05. SA2 and ShtH05 both have very good messages. SA2 is about trying to be/do good in a world full of hate and violence. ShtH05 is about trying to find your purpose and who you want to be as a person and how the people who are closest to you can help that. These messages can relate to mostly everyone in the world. Old and young. It’s really going to be a very purposeful, exciting, and fun movie as a whole. Plus, just finally seeing Shadow in the limelight for the first time and getting the recognition he deserves. And I am very excited in seeing how Shadow and his story will affect movie!Sonic since it’s a brand new take on Sonic in general. I have very high hopes for this movie and I hope it’s treated as it should be in the end.

[welcome-to-green-hills]

Why are people assuming that Sonic 3’s going to be an sa2 adaptation when you’ve said for years that it’s not? I remember when the news first came out you’ve said to not expect it to be sa2. Why are we so held bent on it being a movie? I’m not singling you out I’m ranting I’m sorry if this comes off as rude

It’s okay, honey. I didn’t interpret this as an attack towards me at all. You’re frustrated, that’s understandable.

I feel that this is a popular thought because of word choice and excitement. And by no means am I saying that this is 100% a bad thing. What I’m saying is that we need to be careful with how we phrase things. I’ve always been careful with my word choice here for this exact reason. The third film is taking elements from the game with its story being the main inspiration. This does not mean that it’ll be Sonic Adventure 2: the Movie (special guest star is Shadow’s game😂). “Elements” and “inspiration” here means that the SCU crew is taking what works and retelling it at a different perspective.

I also think that we’re making this assumption due to excitement. And because we’re excited, we’re starting to create ideas. Sometimes those ideas are bigger than what they seem; sometimes the ideas are really good to the point where we might treat it as a fact. All of this narrows down to how we share thoughts and feelings. It’s perfectly okay to have thoughts, ideas, and headcanons on how the movie will play out. Some of the ideas and fan theories that I’ve read online are quite charming. All that I ask is that it’s understood that it’s not an exact replica of the game. It’s meant to be its own story with the games as its backbone.

There is nothing wrong with being excited for a movie. Not at all! I encourage you to be excited and to watch it on whatever platform you want. What I will say is that we should be careful with our ideas in how we present them.

[legitimatesatanspawn]

Okay I'm both sad and excited at the existence of Sonic X Shadow Generations.

Sad because I would've been more interested in an expanded remake of, of example, Sonic the Fighters or Sonic R. Hell I'd be interested with a fixed up version of Shadow the Hedgehog or 2006. Odds are high this is just a "10% more levels to get away with saying new content for less effort" type of remake with more work put into graphics than anything else that would justify a $60 price tag.

Excited because hopefully the Shadow campaign is as long as the Sonic levels, adds in levels not already used from the other games, and whatever the bonus stuff is supposed to be. There's also the fact that it uses the new engine so I really hope they port in the Frontiers gameplay mechanics. Imagine if they ramped up the hubworld to something comparable to the islands. Also?

Damn.

On another note, the title keeps making me laugh. Sonadow shipping tag much?

Edit because I thought I added this before posting: $60 is a lot for a game particularly a remake. While there are people who haven't played Generations because it is now about 10-12 years old and you're potentially getting two games for one, OG has been somewhat regularly bundled and goes for sale on its own at $5. Which is why I won't be surprised if they delist OG Generations since people could get it for $5 and mod Shadow in. I mean they posted the OG Sonic games for the Sega Genesis / Megadrive collection and then in prep for Sonic Origins they delisted Sonic 1-3 and CD since those were around $5 a pop to about a buck or two (before getting into the Genesis collection when it went on sale).

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗

Oh hey, Jay! Fancy seeing you in my ask box! ^^

Also, a chance to talk about my own fics! Why, yes sir! And in no real order, besides numero uno!

Lost Memories (AO3/reworked version) / Lost Memories (FF.net/original version) - Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuxadow

To probably no one's surprise, this thing is my baby. I am slow as fuck with it and I don´t think we even hit the half-way mark yet, but I really do love this story. I definitely bit off more than I can chew with it though. It's a slow burn from hell and believe me, it probably kills me more than it does any of you, but... it's still my baby. However, someone please make these two fucks kiss already! Pleaaaaase!

2) Not quite as planned - Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuxadow

I dunno, I just think it's neat. Really liked how it turned out too.

3) Between dusk and dawn - Sonic the Hedgehog, Lancewain

Some spice for the sinners here. 👀 But underneath the detailed horizontal dance, it's just Lancelot and Gawain being in love and tender and just wanting to be with each other. Sadly, their time period didn´t allow for their love to be open... also, this idea haunted me for two years until I finally had the skill to write it down!

4) There for you - Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuxadow

To quote our lord and savior Shrek the third "Ogres have layers" and so does our boy Knux. Honesty, this was just me being fed up with how underappreciated and often unrespected Knuckles is. He's a complex character that deserves far more than the scraps he's been given. (This was before Movie 2 came out btw and since then I'm pretty happy with how he's been handled. Now give him his own damn game!)

5) Sweet treats are made of love - Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuxadow

It's sweet, it's domestic and simply slice of life. Also, I unintentionally made Shadow funny and that's more or less the reason it's here XD

For some honorable mentions.... one currently in progress (not Knuxadow, shockingly enough) and one new multi-chaptered Knuxadow fic I plan on starting once LM chapter 13 has been written! Stay turned for that one, because I'm excited 👀

[sortanonymous]

BREAKING: Local Sonic newbie* has no clue how to play through them for the first time

With this year already shaping up to be an exciting time for Sonic, I've basically decided to just start playing through at least an assortment of Sonic games. (Thanks, random guys online for those PC decompilations of the first two games (even if the Spring Zone boss is the worst)!) And it's kind of weird because even though I've had a bit of interest in Sonic for eight years now (longer than most franchises) and have kind of dipped my toes in even some of the newer classics over the years (Colors, Generations, and Mania), I'm still pretty new to most of the actual games. So a part of me feels like going with some casual, safe picks, Safe bets like the Genesis classics, Colors, Generations, Mania, and the other consensus good Sonic games, maybe also slightly iffier ones or ones that might not have aged so well like the Adventure games (on GameCube).

That said, my more daring side that loves planning whole marathons for game series (and then giving up by the end of game #3 at the absolute max) is thinking, "ALL OF THEM" (okay, maybe not the allegedly really bad ones like 3D Blast, Shadow, Forces, or vanilla '06). Play the good ones! Play the meh ones (I guess like Heroes, Lost World, and Superstars)! Play the 8-bit games and handheld exclusives, even the ones that are just shrunken 2D versions of console games like Colors on DS or Generations on 3DS (funny how we now have the big versions of both games on a Nintendo handheld, even if at least one of the ports got botched)! It's not even like accessibility is a huge issue, as having a Windows laptop that can at least run 16-year-old Valve games really well at 1200p/60fps as well as both a modded 3DS and modded Wii U means I've got plenty of options for at least the pre-Switch stuff!

[zurdurer]

The autism won,,,

Anywhizzle here's my interpretation of the trailer for sonic 3 :]

I'd warn for spoilers but there's not much to spoil atm LMAO

Sonic 3's trailer got released today (?) So soon after the sxsh generations one got released as well lol

But there is so much to UNPACK w that

The post on twitter is full of MAJOR things about shadow being a key part (ofcs and this is backed up w the trailer), but it was also posted while the sth twitter was taken over by Eggman!! Who is gonna be played by Jim Carrey again :] so I think this could mean there's gonna be stuff about the ARC which will be so incredible I mean just THINK about how they could use that

It'll probably link to the 2005 shadow the hedgehog game plot-wise but obviously not entirely! I think there's a high chance they play to the clone thing and Maria's plot line - though it'll be interesting how they spin that! Whether they chose to stay true to how its usually done or if they slightly divert it

I think if they stay true to how it is then they mayyy run the risk of the plot becoming a tad convoluted but I have faith that they could run w it n make it work well!!

The music in the trailer is a Crush-40 track called live and learn which is from sonic adventure 2!! Crush-40 make absolutely sick music so hopefully they'll be doing a lot of the music for the film

Speaking of sa2!! The logo for the new film is in a near identical format to the sa2 one! With Sonic's quills on the top, shadows on the bottom and the text between

This is probably grasping a bit but I think it could mean that there's gonna be heavy references to that throughout the film!! Which would be really kool to see yk

Anywhizzle I may be losing it a bit but FUCK am I excited about this

[sege-h]

Thoughts on the State of Play reveal

Under a readmore just in case

1- I know I said I'd keep the Son*dow tag blocked for a bit after Prime ended but I think I'll keep it blocked till the end of the year now lmao

2- I know the rumor has been going around since yesterday but I took it with a grain of salt since it's. Yknow. A rumor. But even when I let myself think 'what if its real tho' this is SO FAR FROM WHAT I EXPECTED. A!!! I thought at most we'd get is a remaster that'd also make Shadow playable! As soon as I saw the new level I was like WAIT WHAT. WAIT WHAT!!?!? and it just kept going from there!!!

I'm so happy we'll be getting a HD biolizard fight! He'll no longer be contained to the 3DS! Also from what little we saw Shadow will get to have some dynamic posing in the boss fights, like Super Sonic did in Frontiers. Good! I loved those!

3- Ian Flynn has #KnowingSmile'd the announcement and I'm hoping this means he got to write for whatever new content there is.

And speaking of Frontiers! I'm hoping that this ends up being Shadow's 'Frontiers' moment. In that his writing and character get what Amy's, Tails', and Knuckles' did in Frontiers.

4-I had the stream off to the side in another tab since I wasn't interested in most of what was shown. And then I heard the first few notes of the Generations music and i immediately switched tabs and I just!!! Feel like I did in 2011 except my computer/internet is way better, and you tube is shittier!

5- I'm excited for this for such Me reasons. For those new here- I live in a country that had no Sonic stuff for...well, never, really. Not until about 2022. The second movie did what I'd hoped the first movie would do (but then the pandemic happened) and brought over Sonic stuff here. For the first time in my life I went to a toy store here and it had Sonic stuff. I got to buy physical Sonic comics for the first time. For the first time in my life I can go to a video game store and actually see Sonic games there. It's been wild

That being said, 2011 had Nothing. Sonic Generations came out. And I didn't want to pirate it because a friend of mine had worked on it. I was determined to find it. And I only saw it irl one time- for the Playstation. A console I've never had. It was pretty upsetting! I remember posting about it here even....I've been on tumblr too long SHDGSHDHS

Later I'd find that there was a 3DS version. I have that! So I looked for that version of it alongside the PC one

So, for almost a decade, I looked, to no avail. And for this whole time I refused to look at any playthroughs! Any knowledge I had on whats in the game came from the trailers we saw

And then in 2019 my best friend helped me buy the 3DS version. I had 9 dollars on my 3DS and whenever the game went on sale it'd be on for 10 dollars. So he gave me a dollar and helped me get it SHDGSHDH

So I finally experienced Generations! It was surprise after surprise in that one, because I knew it was different but I didn't know how. I didn't expect a Rush level in it, or for the Biolizard to be in there!

And then in late 2020 when I got my new computer and could finally get steam, another close friend got me Generations for the PC! I'd somehow managed to dodge spoilers on it all those years so all I knew about it was: Theres Green Hill, Chemical Plant, City Escape, and a Silver boss fight.

I got to play modern City Escape for myself- which is the level that inspired the current iteration of my main OC, Storm. It was a joy

All this rambling to say...it's wild to think that once this remaster comes out, I'll be able to get it day 1, at least I hope I will. Still-it won't take me almost a decade to get to it

And if there's a physical release? I'll be able to go to a store here- HERE, not in one of our neighboring countries, not from somewhere else, but in a store here. Right across the street. And I'll finally have a physical copy of Generations. That was my final goal with the game-- I love it, I have two versions of it! And the plan was always that even though I'd gotten to play them now, if I ever ran into a physical copy of the game, I'd buy it. And now I'll really get to do it

6- Bonus thought of me being silly: Wowow my OC was shown at the State of Play--

[true-blue-sonic]

I was honestly so excited to see the new flufftober update when I refreshed AO3 today but wHEN I SAW IT HAD SUPER SILVER TOO that was another burst of excitement cause I love him so much

I kinda wonder; what do you think would be Espio's reaction to seeing Super Silver for the first time, and what circumstances would that "first time" happen in? Cause on one hand I'd imagine Espio would find the super form to be very alluring but on the other hand if they're in the middle of a battle he's not just gonna pause mid-fight just to marvel at his pretty boyfriend

I'm happy to hear you liked it!💕 I'm quite fond of Super Silver too; there's something about his design, the fact that his two largest quills and tuft of fur on his back raise up and his PK and said tuft become golden, that I find very appealing. Especially the fact his neck floof changes colour and rises up on his back really nicely separates him from the other two Super forms, in my opinion! And I really like the Shield of Light; not only the name, but also that it is something protective and used for defense. To me, in a way, it links towards Silver's ultimate goal being protecting others.

As for Espio and Silver's first time turning Super, I think it would be interesting if Silver actually does not know he can turn Super until that moment. Sonic might have elaborated about turning Super before in a recollection of his grand adventures, and then likely also mentioned Shadow can do the same, but I doubt Silver would immediately be incentivised to try it out himself. After all, the might of the Chaos Emerald is no plaything... but Espio can easily see he does wonder what it would be like if he could, haha! Just very innocently daydreaming about turning gold and having his powers be infinitely more strong, like a kid imagining themselves to be a superhero. It's cute to look at, but both Silver and Espio know to not go search for answers until the time is there.

And then one day things go completely to hell, like they tend to do in Sonic's world with a bit of help from Eggman. Everyone gathers the Chaos Emeralds to have a fighting chance, and Sonic turns Super to fight Eggman off; and I like to think that Silver does the same by sheer accident. I headcanon the Emeralds have a level of sentience and can reach out to people, and thus as Silver is studying them, he cannot shake the feeling he needs to get closer. Espio asks what he is doing, easily noticing that Silver is acting very off and almost like he is possessed. But by that point Silver has already reached out to the Emeralds, and Espio can only stare in shock as light engulfs him and Super Silver is revealed from there. All in all I think Espio might not be too startled once the initial surprise wears off; he can reason what happened to Silver because he knows Super Sonic is a thing, and I figure he always had a feeling it would not be odd if Silver with his PK is similarly attuned to the Emeralds to allow for such a transformation. And I like to think that turning Super comes with a sense of knowing what to do and a feeling everything will turn out okay, because they embody such positive emotions. So for Silver everything kind of 'falls into place' when turning Super, and he easily helps turn the tide of the battle after assuring Espio he is alright. If the situation allows for it Espio might catch himself marvelling a little bit, though he's got enough personal restraint to keep his head in the game and not get distracted. It would be a shame if he suffered injury while Super Silver is being all awesome and heroic, after all.

....And then the battle is won and Super Silver can depower, and because it was his first time, he basically collapses from dual exhaustion (the fight itself and the excitement around turning Super) into Espio's arms <3 <3 Espio will carry him to bed, where Silver sleeps for like a good twenty hours straight before waking up somewhat disoriented! But he's got Espio at his side to give him some water and food and fill him in on everything that has happened. Silver can dive further into what it felt like, but I think he quickly concedes turning Super is best kept only for emergencies, considering the strain it does put on him. But luckily Espio's got plenty of memories to marvel at mentally until the next time his beloved needs to turn Super! <3

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Mecha Sonic Returns After All These Years!!!

Man! You wouldn’t believe how excited I was when I learned Mecha Sonic would be making a return in the new mini-series of IDW Sonic staring Sonic and Tails. Mecha Sonic is a character who sadly hasn’t had many appearances in Sonic media. He’s in Sonic 3 and Knuckles as Eggman’s new robot Sonic look-alike in an attempt to steal the Master Emerald. But after being defeated and blowing up into bits he’s never seen again.

What made Mecha Sonic unique at the time he was the first robot Sonic to go Super. Long before Metal Sonic ever did. However, now that Metal Sonic can achieve a Super Form or even get a power boost from either the Master Emerald or the Chaos Emeralds. This makes Mecha Sonic really redundant. Sure, Eggman built Mecha Sonic for raw power rather than speed. But at the end of the day Dr. Eggman sees Metal Sonic as his greatest creation and is always giving him upgrades. I wouldn’t be surprised Mecha Sonic was just a project to humor himself. To show Sonic he could make more robot versions of the blue blur if he wanted to but really won’t. (Also, so Metal Sonic can stay unique. At least in the games.)

Sonic Origins also fixed up the timeline of the Classic Games. Sonic CD happened between Sonic 1 and Sonic 2. So, Metal Sonic came first and Mecha Sonic second. Another reason why Eggman keeps Metal around. 

Mecha Sonic also sadly never appeared in the Archie comics because of the pre-reboot days being wacky as hell and it doing its own thing. It also didn’t help when Sonic was turned into a robot he went by Mecha Sonic. Which might explain why he never appeared because that name was already taken. Hell, Neo Metal Sonic wasn’t even Metal Sonic transformed but instead his own character. Kinda, he was a project made by Charles and Rotor and there were a hundred of them. They died by Shadow.

However, there seemed to be hope for him in the post-reboot. As you can see by the art there was a planned story for him that would begin in issue 291. Sadly, this never happened due to Archie Sonic’s cancellation.

But now he’s back and there’s tension between he and Sonic. Sonic not too keen at seeing another robot version of himself since Metal Sonic in this universe went back to Eggman despite Sonic telling him he can do whatever he wants. Except being evil that is. So, makes sense Sonic isn’t being instant buddy-buddy with him.

Also, we can see in this image Mecha Sonic is defaulting back into his programming to kill Sonic. His one eye is yellow, he experiences a short circuit of some kind, and then his eye is red. But he’s able to snap out of it. We can see Mecha is troubled by this. He’s no longer the murder robot when he first met Sonic on Angel Island. He now wants to live in peace. Unlike Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic actually wants to change himself for the better.

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Making Mischief Ch 3

*wheeze*

This is so much later than I had hoped. Life happened, as it does. I'm not quite fully, mentally back yet but yay! *waves tiny flag* new chapter!

@Shadowsfascination and @shadamyheadcanons were a huge help when it came to editing this. I greatly appreciate their patience in dealing with my scattered little brain <3

Ch 2 Can Be Found Here!

(You can also read it on DeviantArt if you would like by following this link. I may... actually go back to uploading on A03 however. Remains to be seen.)

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Silver was excited that they all matched. He had pointed towards Amy before somersaulting, his red and black cape spread wide. She could hear his laughter all the way from the other side of the beach.

Had it been any other occasion, maybe Amy wouldn’t have felt the urge to knock him out of the air. 

As it was, she considered it graceful that she kept her mouth shut as he bombarded her with chatter. Amy tuned him out, drumming her fingers on the bottom of the plate she carried, her other hand maneuvering a fork with surgical precision as she tore apart her tiny little cake. 

It was one of the countless fortune-telling cakes that she had worked on at the Sunbeam Bakery. Her boss, Ganache, had finally let her help with the order after two years of her begging. Amy had been placed on the team that was to handle all of the plain cakes, which wasn’t the most grandiose thing in the world. Still, that did mean that when she cleaned up in the evening, she could take a good look at all the cakes in which a peach ring had been placed. 

That was what she had wanted. A ring. For marriage. 

For her Sonic. 

Amy watched as Cream and a gaggle of children about her age tried to snag bites from an apple hanging from a string. Sonic laughed as he bounced the apple about from high up on a makeshift scaffold towards the center of the beach. 

She smiled, watching Sonic laugh as he played with the kids. 

Amy pursed her lips, digging through the crumbs with renewed vigor as Silver yammered on next to her. It was hard to find the little mark she had left on them now that they had icing, but she was so sure she had snagged the right one.

“-And so Rouge told me that those little cakes can sometimes have a bean in it, like a whole bean? A pretty big bean? And if you get the bean in your slice of the cake, that means something bad will happen to you?” 

“No,” Amy said in clipped tones. “It means you have a year of financial fortune.” 

Silver blinked. “Is that why she told me if I get it I should give her the bean?” 

“Yeah, probably.” 

“Ah…” 

Amy rolled her eyes with a sigh, giving up as she finally started to eat her cake. “Silver, why do you keep falling for her tricks?” 

“Well, they’re not all tricks!” he said as he scratched the back of his neck, the cowl of his cape flapping as he did so. “Nothing about her letting me stay in the apartment was a trick, and you did tell me that she was correct about the lantern lighting at sundown.” 

“That is literally the only thing she has been honest about.” 

He shrugged. “It’s the most important one.” 

Sighing, Amy walked over to a baked goods stand as she threw out her plate and bought two soul cakes, talking over her shoulder as she did so. “How did all of that go, anyway?” 

“What?” 

“Staying with Team Dark.” Amy pocketed one soul cake while handing Silver the other as they walked back toward their spot under the tree, following a few paces behind Sonic. “I mean, they’re Team Dark. And they live above a casino. I’m sure that was interesting.” 

Silver shrugged. “It was nice. I wanted to go downstairs, and Rouge said I could, but Shadow said no.” 

“Did he?” Amy muttered.

“Yeah, so Omega made popcorn and we watched spooky movies. Then, when everyone else went to bed, Shadow and I played war.” Silver hummed as he chewed. “This cookie is really good, by the way. What is it?” 

Amy paused then, mouth open before turning towards him. “You played what?” 

“War. It’s a card game.”��

“Shadow plays card games?” 

Silver cocked his head. “Yeah?” 

“Huh…I didn’t think he could have any fun, let alone cards.” Amy’s brow furrowed as she threw him a sideways glance. “That seems like more Rouge’s thing.” 

“Rouge gambles, Shadow plays cards, and I think Omega just likes keeping track of everything going on. That’s the difference between them, so far as I can tell. Also, you didn’t tell me what this-” 

“It’s a soul cake, not a cookie.” Amy muttered as she scanned the crowd. “By the way, Sonic tells me you were the one who came up with the idea of the three of you wearing matching capes?” 

“Yeah! Well, kinda. How did you find out about it?” 

Amy took a deep breath, letting it out through her teeth. “I didn’t. I just sort of stumbled into it.”

“Ah. Same, actually.” Silver took the corner of his cape and inspected it. “Shadow told me about how Rouge had played a trick on him one year. I guess she bought him the same cape Sonic usually wears.” 

“Yeah, I remember that.” Amy couldn’t help but smile a bit at the memory. “Oh, he was mad.” 

Silver laughed, “Yeah, that’s what he said. After that, when Rouge decided she wanted Team Dark to all match, he went along with it. Not that he had much of a choice, what with Rouge and Omega both wanting it, but you know. At least he wouldn’t keep being compared to Sonic.” 

“So that’s why he went with the purple and orange costume!” Amy turned towards Silver, fully invested now. “I had wondered. The hat looked so silly on him. I didn’t think that could have been something he did on his own.” 

“Yeah, that was Rouge and Omega’s doing. I think Omega picked the hat specifically.” Silver chuckled. “Tails had told me about toilet paper mummies. I had planned to just go as that, but Shadow said that wasn’t a ‘real costume,’ and tried to give me his cape.” 

Amy giggled. “Really?” 

“Yeah. And I was worried. I didn’t want to just take something, you know?” 

“Why?” 

Silver looked at her then, brow furrowed. “Well, I mean, it was his first Halloween costume.” 

Amy stalled. Her mouth opened and closed. Half-jumbled thoughts and questions seemed to pool in her chest with no way out. 

“But he insisted and said if I didn’t have a costume, it could be my first one, too. But when I started to argue, Rouge stepped in and-” Silver shook his head, chuckling, “-and I don’t know how, but she had a cape exactly like it already. I guess she had a spare?” 

“Oh…” Amy swallowed, “Well… that was very kind of them.” 

Silver nodded, watching out and over the ocean, seemingly leagues away. The gulls overhead called out to the lapping waves, the screaming children, and the laughing dancers. Amy watched Silver’s face as he took it all in, both his hands now clenching the corners of his cape. She watches his thumb run over the stitching, his lips pursed tight. 

“It’s nice to have friends, isn’t it,” she said gently, looping an arm around Silver and pulling him close. 

Silver chuckled, a quiet, breathless thing. “Yeah, it is.” 

“Have you ever had spiced cider before?” 

“No? What is that?” 

“It’s cider with spices in it, silly.” 

He laughed then, and Amy smiled. “Want me to get you some?” She jerked her head towards a small booth next to a large fruit cart. “That’s Rolf. He makes the best anyone’s ever had.” 

“Sounds like a plan.”