#sonic ramble

[sonicattos]

shadow the hedgehog deserves to be happy. there’s nothing wrong with him being nice, having friends and family, being loved and giving love. he should be allowed to be a little crybaby because of how much love he has. he shouldn’t have to be boiled down to “edgy guy” just because his design sees fit. that’s missing the whole point of his character. i miss him. my baby girl i hope they bring you back to life again.

[spruzu]

Something thats on my mind WAY TOO MUCH is that sonic ost's are 99.9% of the time bangers. NO MATTER THE GAME. It can be sonic 06 or sonic forces or just a game hated by most of the fandom but the music ALWAYS BANGS. Of course not all the songs are going to be good because... well it's a game. The ost is vast. But honestly, the sonic 06 ost HITS HARD and that game is awful. I know there are gonna be some people who disagree with me and thats fine but think about it, theres always one song that youve got to at least like.

Anyways i dont really have anything else to say.

Just go listen to sonic playlists.

[rollflasher]

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So, recently there's been a lot of controversy with Sonic Origins. At first I critisized a lot the complaints because most were rather pointless and focused too much on trivial stuff that doesn't affect the game itself or go beyond what is to be expected from compilation re-releases, and I still stand by that, however, right now I found out that apparently the game got released on a broken state, specially on the Steam version, and to top it all off Stealth himself confirmed the development of the game was very troubled.

I would normally dismiss this but a friend of mine had to experience Origins' issues first hand on the Steam version and while not as bad as Colors Ultimate, the experience apparently was less than stellar.

I usually defend SEGA because the fandom really pushes it at times, but I can't help but feel rather disheartened by this. If SEGA allowed this to happen, then honestly I'm actually concerned with what will happen in the future. SEGA already promised Sonic games would have more extensive development time for the sake of quality but it seems like Stealth's team had to face a lot of pressure for the sake of releasing the game for the anniversary.

I still don't want to jump to conclusions, but I'm actually getting concerned about Frontiers now. I still stand that the game itself looks very promising and the positive impressions from the demo are a good thing, but if Origins apparently suffered development issues and got further tampering because of things like Denuvo being inserted into it, I'm genuinely nervous about SEGA possibly hurting Frontiers' quality in the final product and then leaving Sonic Team to pay the consequences for it.

That would really suck, specially because it would be a very low blow for Iizuka if the project ends up being a failure, specially because of how important it is and how blatantly has a lot of work put into it-

I dunno, I'm really not sure how to feel about all this. I'm not going to jump into the ''SEGA is evil!'' bandwagon yet, but I'm really concerned about what the hell is going on behind doors, specially when their marketing for both Frontiers and Origins has been chaotic.

[song-of-the-rune]

y'all are absolutely free to use tumblr however you please but I want redditors to know that they could, hypothetically, start a sideblog about a particular topic, add moderators to it, turn on submissions (and asks), make an "about" page laying out rules and such, and create a good tagging system. If you want it to be a bit more familiar.

[northernfireart]

i can't find the original post of this idea but im obsessed completely with Sam Reich! Master

upd: The original idea was by @ace-whovian-neuroscientist!!!

[sneezinbird-new]

based of this post by @lazorbeanz

[fettiowi]

STOP LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE DAMN GAME

[emthimofnight]

Name ✨Stellar the Hedgehog✨

Age Varies based on what age I draw her, but let's say 16!

Pronouns She/Her

Basic Description The product of Project Stellar—a secret government operation aiming to perfect Project Shadow—Stellar is a genetic experiment combining the DNA of the Ultimate Life Form and the fastest thing alive. Designed to be a living weapon, Stellar was born in a hidden facility where she would have been raised to be an unstoppable weapon for the military. Thankfully, Shadow the Hedgehog (with help from Rouge the Bat) discovered her existence, destroyed the lab, and rescued her as an infant. Shadow then went on to begrudgingly inform his long-time rival, Sonic the Hedgehog, of their newfound child, seeing as she was technically just as much Sonic's problem as she was Shadow's. From there, the duo (along with help from their friends) raised Stellar as their daughter, sheltering her from the knowledge she was created to be a force of destruction for her masters. Along the way, Sonic and Shadow found themselves truly falling for one another, dissolving the barriers they had placed between one another as rivals, finding new appreciation for each other in their new parental roles.

Stellar herself is a bright, warm-hearted person. She has a strong sense of justice and never shies away from standing up for what is right. She takes after Sonic in personality, always cracking jokes and finding it hard to sit still. Despite this, she inherited Shadow's finesse and ability to plan out her choices, not to mention his abilities to utilize chaos energy. She has a love for figure skating, ballet, and make up (thanks to Auntie Rouge!), but don't let her feminine side fool you, she is not afraid to get her hands dirty! She would love nothing more than to spend her day smashing badniks into the ground with her skates if her dads would let her! Stellar loves both of her parents dearly, but sometimes wishes that they wouldn't be so protective of her. After all, what could they possibly have to be worried about?

Extra ✨Stellar's favorite color is red. ✨Her favorite food is chili dogs. ✨She is bisexual. ✨Her favorite flower is lavender, because it reminds her of home! ✨She learned how to skate from Shadow. ✨She calls Shadow "papa" and Sonic "dad". ✨She desperately wants to make her family and friends proud. ✨Her best friend is Camellia the Cat, the daughter of Blaze and Amy. ✨She loves racing Sonic, but is frustrated he always lets her win. ✨She can be VERY impulsive when angered, much like both of her parents! ✨She is SUPER dense when it comes to romance. She has no idea Camellia has been in love with her since they were little! ✨The inhibitor rings she wears keep her powers under control, but they also prevent her from truly mastering them. ✨Her powers are designed after collapsing stars/black holes. Extremely destructive to both herself and everything around her. ✨She has no awareness to the extent of the latent power inside her.

[rocketrrush]

honk mimimimimi

[thel0llip0p]

thinking....

[cosmic-sail0r]

IN HONOR OF RECENT NEWS

[sonicattos]

“all hail shadow” (shadow’s theme) is in second person, the song is being sung TO shadow.

the song is played after a hero story in shadow the hedgehog.

in the hero story, sonic consistently praises shadow, and he is also the last hero you see during this campaign.

all hail shadow is sung by sonic. thank you for your time.

[futuristichedge]

Time shenanigans

[donelywell]

July 15- 16 2023

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[nagichi-boop]

SHADOW IS WRITTEN SO WELL IN THE MURDER OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!!

First of all, just him showing up to Amy’s party is a step up from his recent “I will do everything myself, I hate everyone, imma fight you” attitude that we have seen. Secondly, and idk if it was intentional, but him attending shows he cares about Amy. He’s always had a special place for her after the events of SA2, so it’s nice to see him showing up for something that maybe isn’t his style for her sake. (Parties aren’t really his thing, after all.)

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It’s also really sweet of him to go through so many lengths to try and get Amy’s present. I definitely don’t think he forgot to get her a present, he genuinely just didn’t seem to know that it was a social norm to bring presents to a birthday. If he really didn’t care, he either wouldn’t have gotten her anything or he would’ve given her a rushed gift. But no, he went through a lot of effort, basically foregoing the game, just to stall Amy so he could get her a present she would enjoy.

And not just any present - he remembered her mentioning a specific band she liked and that she hadn’t seen them live. This not only suggests he listens to her and remembers what she tells him, but also implies that he has had multiple conversations with her. Clearly he must have also done some research too since he knew that the tickets were going live soon. He thought this through, even if it was a bit last minute, and did his best to get the tickets (even though he admits to not being the best with computers, which is also nice because usually Shadow just insists he’s the best at everything). I also think it was sweet that he didn’t heavily protest Amy’s suggestion to see the band together. He hesitated, but then yielded. This…for a character who recently has been written to be quite selfish.

He seemed upset that he couldn’t keep this a surprise, but he also didn’t become enraged or lash out at Tails and MC/Barry. In fact, he didn’t really lash out at anyone at any point which is refreshing, since in most Sonic media that’s his go-to emotion.

Most of his expressions throughout the game are fairly gentle in fact. Sure, he doesn’t smile, but he also isn’t actively angry. And the one expression where he does seem a bit negative just seems like his resting expression, or at absolute worse just a little annoyed. He’s very mellow throughout the game and it’s refreshing.

Even after he has finished talking to Amy, Tails and MC/Barry, he offers to stay with them and help them with the investigation. Normally in Sonic media, Shadow has no interest in helping others and only really cooperates if there’s a mutual goal/interest. And even then, he tends try to do things on his own. But in this game? He actually cooperates, and what’s more, he goes out of his way to offer his help.

So far I’ve mostly talked about his attitude towards Amy. But what’s his attitude towards Sonic? People debate back and forth on whether Shadow hates Sonic and the recent games and media have made it seem like he does hate Sonic. But in this game? I wouldn’t say so. I mean, he’s literally hanging out with him and his friends and instead of having beef with Sonic, he just focused on making Amy happy. And even when the situation gets more dire and Sonic is found to be knocked out, he doesn’t make any snarky comments or anything. In fact, he actually helps to tend to Sonic’s condition, even if it was just checking his pulse. If he rly didn’t care, he would’ve left it to everyone else.

Man, I could talk for hours about Shadow in this game. I can’t believe this April Fools prank game is actually the best characterisation for Shadow we’ve had recently. He’s not overly aggressive, he isn’t selfish, he isn’t super edgy. He is still sorta cold, but he’s not rude or mean. He’s actually really kind (in his own way), putting his needs and desires on hold to make Amy’s birthday fun and to help everyone out. I seriously hope that Shadow is written more like this in the future and not like he has been. Maybe Sega wasn’t joking about taking on board the complaints of the fandom.

[piko-power]

"I never knew you were a hugger..."

"No body protects nature better than you, sweet Amy."

Whoa, he's bisexual! I didn't know that!