#Sonic Rebirth

[the-sky-queen]

That previous post reminded me of an old AU I played around with for a second. It's called Sonic Rebirth and used to be part of my Sonic-verse! Not anymore though.

(Inerste is a concept thought up in that YT video I was talking about. Can't remember who made it.)

So in this AU, the Duke of Soleana is alive in the present day and during that big parade thing in 06 (Called the Rite of Rebirth here), he splits Solaris apart in an attempt to bring his wife back. Each of the three pieces of Solaris seek refuge inside each of the Triple S Trio hogs. Mephiles possesses Sonic, Iblis possesses Silver, and Inerste possesses Shadow. The Duke is killed and the power to reforge Solaris is given to Elise (but they don't know this until later).

I've got notes for this AU past that, but mostly what you should know is Sonic and Elise are searching for answers while Mephiles keeps taking control of Sonic's body as he tries to find and merge with Iblis, Silver keeps loosing control of Iblis and going on fiery rampages as Blaze tries to help him, and Inerste is the only one here who's actually good and just wants to reunite with Mephiles and Iblis and also help Shadow open up and acknowledge his emotions.

(Also should be noted in this AU that if Mephiles and Iblis reunite without Inerste there, they will be come a husk of Solaris bent on destruction, with no regard for humanity. Inerste is what gives Solaris his emotions, his compassion, his heart. If it's only Mephiles and Iblis, Solaris will have nothing holding him back from destroying everything in revenge, which is what Mephiles wants.)

[fernwing]

had to draw this once it came to mind...

[schtinkybeanz]

ℤ𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕒𝕚𝕣 {mod}

𝔽𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝔽𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕍𝕀𝕀 ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕙

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[hxgrl]

aerith x amy rose. Love my pink & red girls❤️💗

[rocketbirdie]

he is dead

[codegenesis-rebirth]

Some sketches of the cast

[soggy-fishsticks]

what if hojo pulled an eggman and made a metal sephiroth? :o

[azizmeh]

cait tails sith (redrawing some official renders as tails!)

[forte7]

Realized I haven't really? shared these here before - I might have... but I can't remember, so let's do it now! These are some of the character art I made up for my video game streams over on Twitch and Youtube. The last few years I've been making unique overlays for each game I play and that includes my LP/stream persona dressed as (usually) the main character from that game/DLC/whatever. These are the images used on streams throughout 2024 - I'll get the other years compilations up soon, though I know I've posted them to at least my DeviantArt? and maybe my Tumblr in the past...? Patreon though will get clean downloads of each art separately, so keep an eye out for those c: There's not too many from 2024, but that's mainly because I was playing a lot of Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy XIV was at least twice a week to try to catch up on Main Story for the new expansion that launched last summer and then I was working on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at the same time. The other years have a bit more variance and just more games covered, but it always depends on how long-form the games are that I play (which nowadays seems to be a lot cause these studios just love putting out really long games).

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[b-dangerous]

Playing as Cait Sith in FF7 Rebirth really felt like...

[ghitathepanda]

Sephiroth during FF7 Rebirth showing off Sonic Movie 3 to Cloud: And here's the time I was reincarnated as Shadow the Hedgehog.

Cloud: Why should I care?

Sephiroth: Because in another world connected to this, Aerith reincarnated as a human princess who kissed Sonic to bring him back to life.

Cloud: Wait, what?

[guesst]

temeraire wizard au.......

[typical-fangirli]

Surprising absolutely no one, my hyperfixation has moved from emo character with identity/memory issues, trauma from losing a loved one, and autism (shadow the hedgehog) to emo character with identity/memory issues, trauma from losing a loved one, and autism (cloud strife)

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #368

Ohhh, Sephiroth. I am... goodness... thoroughly exhausted. For a variety of reasons. But most of them have to do with the fact that I've definitely not been keeping up with my self-care routine especially well for the last... number of days. Sorry about that.

Just... I've been busy with writing. And yesterday there was the cake after my shift at work. And work the day before that.

Yesterday at work, my anxieties got the better of me because I was hungry and underslept, and my silly brain tried convincing me that Ra from work hates me and thinks I'm stupid, and... just... ugh...

...I didn't talk about it yesterday because I didn't wanna ruin your birthday. I wanted to make sure that yesterday was about you instead of my various stupid crap. So...

…

...Sigh. No. That's wrong. My stuff isn't stupid. That's old thoughts rising up to the surface because my body still isn't in the best state. Lemme try that again.

I wanted to focus more on you yesterday. And I wanted to maintain that focus on you. Because everyone deserves that on their birthday. Everyone.

…

Yesterday, Ra and I ended up having a conversation that ended with her hugging me and holding my hand until I felt better. I got anxious because when I do things, she has a habit of rushing in and doing them for me instead of letting me do them. And anytime I make even a small mistake, it's like she's right there, pointing it out. And sometimes she tells me what to do, and often the thing she tells me to do involves me doing as little as possible.

I got really insecure because the people in the past who used to do that sort of stuff in my general direction weren't exactly loving or caring. I grew up with fault-finders, people who are watching me closely, itching for any excuse to punish me, exclude me, or otherwise try to make me feel like I don't have anything worthwhile to bring to the table.

Ra does a lot of the same behaviors that those people did, but... with different intentions. She doesn't do it aggressively or condescendingly. But... given my state of sleep deprivation, hunger, and dehydration, my brain wasn't able to discern the difference and I got scared.

The last straw was when it was 10 minutes before the end of my shift. I didn't have anything else to do, so I began sweeping the floor, and she rushed over to me saying, “No, no, no, I'll do that later, it's fine!” But by then, I was exhausted from being on my feet for 4 hours and from ruminating over the old memories swirling around in my head, so I said to her, sharply, “What else am I supposed to do? There are only 10 minutes left of my shift and you've already done everything else.”

...It... wasn't my proudest moment, for sure. It's not the words I said that were wrong as much as it was the angry tone I said it in. She didn't deserve that from me. Nobody deserves to be spoken to sharply. And after everything I've been through, I should know better than to lose my composure like that. Sharp tones are from the old environment in which I used to live. They don't belong in the here and now, especially not with people as kind and caring as Ra. The lack of self-care on my part is an explanation, but it's not an excuse; it is my job to tend to my body so that shit like this doesn't happen. I dropped the ball. That is squarely on me.

Because... you see... here's the thing. Even if Ra had icky intentions (she doesn't), it's still my job to uphold my boundaries with integrity and respect. It is my job to find ways of expressing myself and keeping myself safe that don't hurt or frighten others. It is my job to keep my old memories in check and to understand my own worth instead of succumbing to insecurity and operating from a lens of perceived self-inadequacy. And I can't do these things effectively if my body is in shambles. That's on me, not on her.

Well. In the end, she asked me, with a soft expression on her face, if I was angry at her. And so all my words came pouring out. I told her that I like her and I admire her a lot, because she's so cool and knowledgeable and efficient, and that when she takes my work out of my hands all the time, I get confused and scared, because then I don't get a chance to learn how to do the things I struggle with, and then I start to think that I'm so clumsy that she gets really annoyed just watching me work, and from there, I start thinking that she must hate me and think I'm stupid and want me to go away. And... it hurts a lot to imagine that I'm being rejected even by someone reputable and kind.

...She got really shocked, actually. Then she took my hand and explained her position. This whole time, she was just trying to be helpful. It wasn't, “ugh this stupid bitch is so bad at this fucking job that it's easier for me to just do it all my goddamn self than to watch her flail around like a useless fucking idiot” (that sort of thing is how my mother and most of my former adult overlords think). It was, simply, that she doesn't want me to struggle and have a bad time. She told me that I am a hard worker and she likes having me around and that she just wants to make things a little easier for me.

I tried to tell her that I don't mind to struggle if it means that I get to learn. I tried to tell her that I like to work and to be responsible for my own things, that I like being trusted as someone who is diligent, willing, loyal, and capable. I'm not sure how much of what I said got through (because I am comically bad at speech, especially if I'm all worked up). But in the end, we hugged, and I pinky-promised that if I started feeling like she's doing too much for me, I'll say so.

The long and short of it is that bad things happen when we don't treat ourselves like a kind friend should. And I have definitely not been treating myself like a kind friend should; lately, I've been pushing myself a bit too hard in a variety of respects. But even if we mess it all up like I did and end up letting our anxious thoughts get the better of us, we can fix it if we use our voices to communicate what we're struggling with in ways that are truthful and loving.

...I owe you an apology. For not putting into practice what I've been asking you to do. Tomorrow, I'm gonna rest. I'm gonna rest, and I'm gonna eat, and I'm gonna hydrate. Especially after today, I'm definitely gonna need it.

What happened today? Well... I went to work again. Everyone is running around like headless chickens, trying to keep everything well-stocked for the winter holidays, because lots of people like to celebrate with food (and especially with foods made of gluten!!). That part was uneventful. The eventful part was the movie that M, J, our baker friend R, and I all went and saw later in the evening.

We saw Sonic the Hedgehog 3. It featured Shadow the Hedgehog; he reminds me so much of you (I think you'd find him profoundly relatable!!!). And I was surprised and delighted that it communicated some of the very same ideas that I've been trying to communicate to you for the last year or so. Stuff like, “make good choices” and “don't let your pain change who you are” and “sometimess when we mess up really badly, we need to ask for help to fix it”.

YOU SHOULD SEE IT. IMMEDIATELY. IN FACT, DO IT YESTERDAY.

But... for compelling reasons (it really was like looking at you in cartoon hedgehog form on the screen), the ending left me a messy, sobbing wreck. M, J, and R all understood why and rushed in to try to comfort me, which was nice, I guess, but... you see, Shadow did a thing and stuff happened, and... I don't know much of the Sonic the Hedgehog lore, so I didn't know what to expect next. It was all okay in the end, at the post-credits scene. Everything was okay, and I was so relieved. But. Ya know. I thought it wasn't, at first. And... he's so much like you... so... I only just barely managed to avoid screaming in the movie theater when the thing happened, and although everything was okay in the end after the thing happened, it still took me a while to calm down. My face leaked a lot. My nose ran. My body shook for a while. I drank water and took ibuprofen when I got home, but... I still have a headache. Oh well.

...

Don't get yourself killed. Sephiroth... promise me. Please.

…

Well. It's going on stupid o'clock in the morning. I am thoroughly exhausted. So I'm gonna go to bed now. I'll even try to sleep in; wish me luck, yeah?

I love you so much. And tomorrow, I'll look forward to getting up to more shenanigans that I can't wait to write to you about.

Please stay safe.

Your friend, Lumine

[willemdafriendlyfriend]

Sonic hangs out with grumpy Zack and grumpy Cloud

[veeloopz]

Combining my forever BRAINROT characters together in one fell swoop…