#her name's Ariem?

[howidraw]

Always love when a new animated Sonic trailer drops. Who is this new character? I had to draw her.

[naycelium]

The Conductor's Wife is so pretty I love her......

[spinoskingdom875]

Sonic Dream Team brought us a new character called Ariem. a mystical horned sheep-like being from the Reverie. Her name is based on REM sleep, a stage where dreams occur. She can Dreamweave by using the Dream Orb and can trap people in their own Dreamscape. If you notice her lack of arms, she reminds you of a certain Sega character from another Sega franchise.

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[artboxartist]

I just realized her name is Ariem and is pronounced like the acronym R.E.M, which refers to a part of the sleep cycle where your eyes move in your sleep and you dream a lot.

Also she's a sheep... which is the animal you count when you try to sleep (counting sheep)

[angelofdiamond]

A new game of Sonic has been announced!! And here the info and the plot: " in this all-new Sonic adventure, the evil Doctor Eggman has discovered The Reverie an ancient device with the power to manifest dreams in the real world. Navigate twisted dreamscapes, rescue your friends, and put a stop to Doctor Eggman's nightmarish dreams of world domination! " (This game is only for the Apple users, for the moment)

This sounds very interesting because it isn't the first time that the topic: " dreams" is in play but nothing from the dream-real world and here the new renders for the characters :

Cream and Cheese are back guys!!! But this doesn't end here.....

There is a new character and his name is Ariem 😍... obviously it is a dreamy aries and maybe it is this new character the real owner of the device or the source of his power. The fact that they chose an Aries with Hoopa's characteristics suggests that her power is to realize dreams somewhat like Illumina but in a more tangible way

(all the rights for the info going to TailsChannel and SEGA)

[beevean]

I brought this up to Greeny, but at least when Sonic started using the Trudy nickname, it was because he kept fumbling the pronunciation of Lutrudis, and even then, he only kept it up after Trudy confirmed that she liked it. :^)

I did think about Trudy ofc, and to be fair, Lutrudis is a longer, unusual name in the Sonicverse, deliberately so, so I can see Sonic shortening it.

What bugged me about that line in Dream Team is the idea that it's customary for Sonic to assign nicknames to people he trusts, which is just not the case. He's more likely to assign "nicknames" to people he wants to make fun of 😂 and even then, he doesn't usually shorten names because they're already short. What's the point of calling Amy "Ames", for example? He doesn't do that in canon. Shadow was never Shads, Knuckles was actually called "Knucklehead" when he dun goofed lmao

And same with Ariem. It's not really a name worth to be shortened lol. I can't really see Sonic calling her "Ari".

Also, as it was pointed out, Amy telling us "oh that's Sonic's way of showing that he trusts you!" is just an example of show don't tell. I can infere for myself that Sonic meant it affectionally... or even better, show it in different ways.

That being said, Lutrudis -> Trudy is more justified 👍 and Sonic shows that he cares in other ways anyway ;)

[sonknuxadow]

have they said what ariem(? thats her name right. idk)'s deal is yet. anyway im kinda hoping shes a villain. sorry

[pacifistcowboy]

is her name ariem because REM

[scrunkore]

Scrunkore Media "Thread" 2023: Part 7 (FINALE)

the scrunko core is dragged into 2024

77) Barbie (Movie, 2023)

What a wildly meta take on the most famous plastic doll in the world, this movie is a pink-tinted ride from start to finish with a lot of words to say about the patriarchy and consumerism, and it does it in such a strange way that I honestly have mad respect for. It's easy to see why it popped off so hard, it was fun and had very explicit political theming, as well as that banger Ken song. Very quirky movie that I enjoyed. [4.5★]

78) Sonic Dream Team (iOS, 2023)

Maybe I would have enjoyed this more had I played it on a device that ran it a bit better, but still, this was a pretty nice surprise drop from Sega's mobile game developers. You wouldn't expect an Apple Arcade exclusive Sonic title to have levels as fun as these with characters that play fairly well, but here it is, and I'm here for it. Short but sweet, a nice experience that doesn't offer much but what it does have is pretty good. I will say, some characters do sound kind of bad, though. Maybe they need better directing on the next one. Also I like Ariem, do more with her please. [3.5★]

79) Bocchi the Rock! (Anime, 2022)

Every social anxious gay girlie's favourite pink blob really is that pathetic, but honestly the show is pretty real about it once you look past the delightfully expressive nonsense going on with her animations. Genuinely like how joining a band doesn't magically improve Bocchi and she's still a nervous weirdo like a lot of us are or have been, but instead she just makes slow progress with a support network around her. And it does help the show's case that it's just a fun watch with some really good music, drawing inspiration from the likes of Asian Kung-Fu Generation (the main case are named after them lol). I was a year late to Bocchi, but now I totally get it. [4.5★]

80) Pokémon Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (Switch DLC, 2023)

Pokémon DLC seems to be their "thing" now, and I can't complain because this stuff is genuinely pretty good, though not as exceptional as the main game. Fun new and returning creatures in brand new environments from different parts of the world, being a new part of whatever the Japan stand-in is called as well as the ocean around Unova (which they really have been pandering to), along with a genuinely pretty solid character arc for the new boy Kieran and a nice supporting cast. I don't think this DLC as a whole is anything mindblowing, but it adds some substantial new content to what is one of my favourite games in the series in spite of everything it has going against it. There's an epilogue to this coming too, but that already "leaked" because they left it in the game. Oh, Game Freak. [4★]

81) I'm in Love with the Villainess (Anime, 2023)

Himejoshi of the world rejoiced, for the series they have been gassing up for ages finally made it into anime form, and it was really quite good. What is initially just a silly romantic comedy about a girl who is just extremely gay for the villainess of the game world she was reborn into ends up having some pretty genuine moments with discussions of homophobia and sad backstories that hit. What I hope to be able to call the "first season" covered a nice amount of content and ended on just the right note to get you wanting more, and overall it's just very gay and very good. Helps that the light novels' author seems like a real one too, she's interacted with fans in every language she's able to and I'll have to read her original work. [4.5★]

82) Doctor Who 2023 Specials (TV, 2023)

Doctor Who is back, and they brought back an old showrunner and even an old Doctor for a bit to pretty entertaining results, along with introducing the next Doctor in a divisive but interesting way. I will say, some odd decisions were made there, but I don't really mind too much, as the special episodes released within the last couple months of the year were really fun adventures. Concluding a story that's over a decade old, introducing genuinely good trans rep, finally going back to a classic-era villain just to kick his ass, it's great to see. I think Wild Blue Yonder was the best of these, being perfectly weird as good Doctor Who often is, but they were all nice. Christmas special showed promise for 2024's upcoming series too, May can't come soon enough. [4★]

82.1) Doctor Who: The Daleks Colour Special (TV, 2023)

A curious addition to the 60th anniversary of the series was a cut-down edit of the Daleks' original serial from the 1960s remade in colour with unnecessary inclusions of music and some odd choices of what to trim from it. I'm not sure it was very good, but it was nice of them to bring back a frankly ancient story in a new way. An interesting experiment, perhaps.

82.2) Doctor Who: Liberation of the Daleks (Comic, 2023)

Apparently they want you to read this if you want to know what happened to the previous Sonic Screwdriver, which is kind of funny because that's not actually that big a deal within this rather silly story. It's a short and weird comic plot featuring a virtual multiverse of different quirky Daleks, yet another excuse to have them in something because they weren't in the main specials. I kinda liked it, though, it was fun enough.

83/84) Scott Pilgrim (Comic, 2004-2010)/Vs The World (Movie, 2010)

Took me long enough to get into this series, and yeah it is actually pretty good. Shitty people bumbling into improvement is something that does require reading comprehension to enjoy (lol) but this is a good story where you're obviously supposed to know Scott and indeed several of the other characters have and do make a lot of mistakes. The movie does make this worse as well, kinda skimming over most of the comics' storyline, but it's well-directed so it's good enough if you want to watch it. Really has fun with it, and the series is in fact quite funny especially with how pathetic the lead character is. I do recommend reading the comics, it's a series with a fun vibe but also they say the R-slur a few times because it was the 2000s so watch out for that. Luckily other media in the series avoids doing that, because by the 2010s most people figured you shouldn't say that. [4★/3.5★] 85) Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Anime, 2023)

I can't believe they actually made Rebuild of Scott Pilgrim and that's not really hyperbole, this new Netflix anime based on the series does a great job of both deconstructing and fleshing out the source material in some really nice ways. Characters previously treated largely as jokes in the movie especially (poor Roxie) get a lot more thought put into them and many of the cast end up happier. I don't want to spoil a lot, but this is some good stuff that comes at everything from a different angle without sacrificing too much of what made the original stuff stand out. Might be my favourite of these. [4.5★]

86) Neo Yokio (Anime, 2017)

This show is so fucking stupid, so naturally it's the last thing I watched in 2023. It's some vapid rich person hipster shit but I think it knows that, and a lot of the comedy comes from that, but I feel some of the funny stuff is unintended too. Frankly it's hard to tell what angle it's going for, and it does have one kinda transphobic Ranma 1/2 parody, so I'm not sure if I'd recommend it in good faith, but it was a good thing to just mindlessly watch and laugh at from time to time. I'll watch the Christmas special at some point. [NEO YOKIO★]

And thus, the media "thread" comes to an end. That sure was a year in my life where I consumed media, I can say that much. Maybe for 2024 I'll be better at keeping up with this thing, but no promises. Still, this was fun enough.

Last part

[thecalvinistkat]

Wait her name is Ariem like REM sleep that’s genius I love her

[transmascsonicthehedgehog]

Seeing as it appears Ariem is named after the first zodiac sign, Aries, it seems like we can call her an advocate for murder given the personality type

HUH? WILD

[the-nintendo-dsi]

Ariem the Ram (I think that’s her name? From the Sonic Dream Team trailer.) has those vibes where she will just. Not be having it with the Sonic crew.

“I swear to fucking Illumina if these guys keep—“

“Omggg hiiii thanks for saving my cool dreamworld btw :))) feel free to come back after you save the day!…”

“Ok they’re gone VOID’S WRATH WHY DID I SAY THAT THEY CAN COME BACK.”

[naycelium]

Thinking about the Conductor's wife.............